The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-10
POSTAL GUIDE.
RATES OF POSTAGE WITHIN THE q. STATE

Established by the Act Of March g. 1855
For every single letter in manuscript, paper
of any kind in which information shall be asked
for, communicated in writing by marks,
or signs, sent in the mail not exceeding 5000
mi asst ou., ? 600 mile. g cents
Upon all letters passing through or in the mail
except such as are to or from foreign country
the postage must be prepaid, except upon letters
and packages addressed to officers of the govern
ment on official business, and so marked on the
envelope. This is not, however, to interfere with
the franking privilege
For a double letter there shall be charged dou
BILE the above rates; for treble letter, treble the
above rates, &c. Every letter or parcel not eX-
ceeding half an ounce (avoirdupois) in weight is
single letter, and every additional weight of half
of less than half ounce is charged
with an additional single postage. When advertis-
ed, cent additional is charged each letter. For
letter delivered by carrier, there is an addi-
tional charge of not exceeding one or two cents
For drop letters prepayment optional, mot to
be mailed,) each, l cent
For all letters packages ship letters convey
ed by any vessel not employed in conveying the
mail,
To this charge of cents is added cents when
the letters are not transmitted through the mail
but are delivered at the posoffce where deposit
ed and the ordinary rates of United States post
age are added when the letter is transmitted
Each new spaper periodical unsealed circular
or other article Of printed matter, not exceeding
three ounces in weight, to any part of the United
States,
For every additional ounce or fraction of an
ounce Z"
If the postage any newspaper periodical is paid
is either mailed delivered then half the above
rates charged Newspapers and periodicals not weigh
ing one and half ounces, circulated in the State
where published are likewise charged but half of the
above rates.
Small newspapers and periodicals. published monthly or
otener and pamphlets not containing than sixteen
octave pages EACH when sent in single packages weigh
ing at least eight onnces to address, and prepaid by
axng postage stamps thereto shall be charged only half
cent for each fraction of ounce, notwith-
standing the postage calculated each separate article of
OrpDaiQ
bic the first mentioned rates
Books bound or unbound not weighing over pounds,
shall be deemed maabe matter and shall pay,
For all distances under 5000 miles per ounce, cent
For all distances 1000 miles, 4"
Fifty per cent shall be added in all when not pre-
paid All printed matter chargeable by weight shall be
weighed when dry The publishers of newspapers and
rodca may send to each other from their respective Off
ces OF publication free Of postage one copy OF each publ
cation and may also send to each actual subscriber,
free of postage The publishers OF weekly newspapers may
send TO each actual subscriber within the county where
their papers printed and published one copy thereof
free of postage.
No printed matter shall be at the above rates unless
either without wrapper with at the ends
sides that the character OF the may seen
without removing the wrapper; any written or print
ed communication is put the after its publication
or upon the cover except the name and address
of the person whom the is SENT or if ANYTHING
else is enclosed in such printed paper If these conditions
not complied with letter postage shall be charged
When any printed matter received during anv quarter
has been in the postoce for the whole
quarter the postmaster shall sell it, credit the amount
Department
The establishment of private expresses for the convey
any letters packets packages letters or other
matter transmssable in the United States mail newspa
pamphlets magazines and periodicals excepted from
city. town other place. any other city town or
place in the United States, between which the United
States mail is regularly transported is prohibited bt
letters, &c, may be carried by carriers in slammed enve
opes Contractors carry newspapers ont of the mails
for sale distribution among subscribers nenai,, 81
SoOoo Is imposed on any person taking letters TouGb or
over any part of the United States purpose Of be-
ing sent out OF the United States without the payment of
postage.
Letters addressed to different persons cannot be enclosed
IN the same envelope or package, under penalty
dollars, unless addressed to foreign countries
RATES OF FOREIGN LETTER AND NEWSPAPER
POSTAGE.
Inc single rate OF letter postage By either the HavIe
collins or Bremen lines land the same in respect to tne
brltlsh nes) to or from any point in the United
Except Oregon and California; for from any pom. IN
Great Britain, is "a censpre payment oohas R;,iS
each country to collect its postage Whether I'll" fRrsb
Is sent from received IN the United Sta h., nenny
newspapers usually British postage p IN narrow
stamp eoua to two cents They must be sent IN Ia E
bands open the ends Letters ioi th , mail must
rope to pass through Great Britain IN 'ne is Inv
he nrranaid d cents when the Atlantic convey s 80
Tinted States packets. and cents ba ann to he
cts except ne former instance 20 cents and IN the lat
ar 10 cents Thus in the one case vi. IL ~ .h f-n;tsd
ter ~ at the mailing ofhce, IN the tinted
age 10 % the other be collected together with
tbe British transit and othef Ioresh p 6or or, aIi
te Between Great Britain and oregon ana Iall-
Of ,b single rate of postage is % cents
periodical works and pamphlets may De sem from Tue
;.d States to the United Kingdom and rice rerSd at
two cents of United states postage ec, the! no not
eed two ounces in weight and ut cents per ounce
tion Of an ounce when they exceed that weight to be
collected in all in the United States and the same
will be subject additional like charge in the United
KINGDOM When sent to France, Algeria, cities in
Turkey Syria and Egypt in which France has postofh
ces England to other foreign countries, 1cithod
1assng through the United Kingdom they will be chargea
BILE with cent fraction of ounce United
States postage-pre payment required.
Single rate of letter postage to from Bremen By the
Bremen line, 10 centspre payment optional Newspa-
pers each cents being the United States and German
postage-pre payment required Letters and newspapers