The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-08
BALTIMORE AND FREDERICKSBURG
? 0S L A L GUID E.
RATES OF POSTAGE WITHIN THE o. STAT

Established By the Act Of March 8, 1855
For every single letter in manuscript, paper
! oil any kind in which information shall be asked
for, or communicated in writing, or by marks
or signs, sent in the mail not exceeding 1900
miles eest ava. . mo III. 8 cents
Upon all letters passing through or in the mail
! except such as are to from a foreign country
! the postage must be pre- paid except upon letters
| and packages addressed to officers of the govern
ment ON official business, and marked on the
envelope. This is not, however, to interfere with
| the Thanking privilege.
For double letter there shall be charged dou-
BILE the above rates; for treble letter. treble the
above rates, &c Every letter parcel not ex-
ceeding half an ounce tavoirlupOis) in weight is
a single letter. and every additional weight of half
an ounce or OF less than half an ounce is charged
with an additional single postage. When advertis-
! ed cent additional is charged on each letter. For
a letter delivered by carrier there is addi-
! tonal charge of not exceeding two cents
For drop letters, prepayment optional, mot to
| be mailed,) EACH cent
For all letters or packages ship letters convey.
ed by any vessel not employed in conveying the
mail Q
| To this charge of 2 cents is added cents when
| the letters are not transmitted through the mail
but are delivered at the post-ofice where deposit
ed; and the ordinary rates ofsUnited States post
age are added when the letter is transmitted
through the mails.
Each newspaper, periodical unsealed circular,
| or other article of printed matter not exceeding
three ounces in weight to any part of the United
States, g
For every additional or fraction of an
ounce,
the postage on any newspaper or periodical il maid
quarterly or yearly in advance the office where the
is either mailed or delivered then half the above
rates are charged Newspapers and periodicals weigh
ing and half ounces circulated in the state
where published, are likewise charged but half the
above rates.
Small newspapers and periodicals published monthly or
oener and pamphlets not containing than sixteen
octave EACH when in single packages weigh
ing at least eight onnces to address and prepaid by
ing postage stamps thereto shall be charged only half
cent for each ounce or fraction of ounce notwth
standing the postage calculated each separate article of
such package would exceed that The postage
all transient matter unless prepaid shall be charged dou
bic the first mentioned rates.
Books bound or unbound, not weighing over pounds
Shal De deemed naiia6le matter and shall pay
For all distances over 1900 miles, 2
Fifty per cent shall be added in all when not
paid All printed matter chargeabe by weight shall be
weighed when dry The publishers of newspapers and pc
rodlcas may send to each other from their respective
ces OF publication free of postage copy of each publ
cation and may also send each actual subscriber en-
closed in their publications bills receipts for the same
free of postage The publishers of weekly newspapers may
send to each actual subscriber within the county where
free of postage.
No printed matter shall be sent at the above rates unless
either without any wrapper with at the ends
or sides so that the character of the matter may be
without removing the wrapper written print
cd communication is put on the same after its publication,
or upon the cover or wrapper except the and address
of the person to whom the is sent if anything
else Is enclosed in such printed If these conditions
are not complied with letter postage shall be charged
When any printed matter received during any quarter
has been pOstoice for the whole of the succned
quarter the postmaster shall sell it. credit the amount
of the sales directed by the Post-oice Department
The establishment of private expresses for the convey
ance ofany letters packets packages other
matter transmissable in the United States mail (newspa.
per pamphlets magazines and periodicals excepted from
one city, town. other place to any other city town or
place in the United States between which the United
States mail is regularly transported is prohibited but
letters &c be carried by carriers stamped envel
opes Contractors may carry newspapers of mails
for sale or distribution among subscribers penalty of
$4,000 imposed person taking letters through or
over any part OF the United States for the purpose of
ing sent out of the United States without the payment of
postage. ' "
Letters addressed different persons cannot be enclosed
IN the same envelope package under penalty of ten
dollars, unless addressed to foreign countries
RATES OF FOREIGN LETTER AND NEWSPAPER
POSTAGE.
The single letter postage Jy either the Havre
Collins or Bremen lines land the in respect TO the
british nes) to from any point in the United States
Except Oregon and California for or from any point in
"reat Britain, Is p centspre payment OPTIONAL Newspa-
pers each two cents United States and two cents British
each country to collect its postage whether paper
is sent from or received an the United States British
newspapers usually British postage paid by penny
stamp equal to two cents They must be sent in
bands open at the ends Letters for the continent of Eu
rope, to pass through Great Britain in the open mail must
be prepaid 81 cents when the Atlantic conveyance is by
cts except from California or Oregon when the sum to be
predis, in the former instance 20 cents and in the lat
ter 10 cents Thus in the the Atlantic sea post
age Is to he collected at the mailing office, in the United
States and in the other left to be collected together with
the British transit and other foreign at the office
of delivery. Between Great Britain and Oregon and Cali
fona the single rate of letter postage is % cents
Periodical works and pamphlets may be from the
United States the United Kingdom and vce rerSd at
United States postage EACH if they do not
exceed two in weight and at cents per nc or
fraction of 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 or cities in
Turkey, SYRIA and Egypt, in which France has off
ces ria England or to other foreign countries aptout
passing through the United Kingdom they will be chargea
bic with cent ounce fraction Of an ounce United
States postage-pre payment required
Single rate of letter postage to from Bremen by
Bremen line, 10 cents--re payment optional Newspa-
pers, each cents, being the United States and German
postage-l1e payment required Letters and newspapers
to other parts of the continent may also go by this ne
subject to various rates
Single rate of letter postage from France or Age
ria, 10 cents the quarter oncepdyraet optional news
papers, periodical works. books stitched or bound pam
phets catalogues papers ofmusc, prospectuse cIcuas
and all other kinds of printed matter addressed to France
Algeria or cities of Turkey Syria and Egypt in which