The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-05-24

anu NlANl UtllNAlEAlrf sent lfNAA tllt i
office Of publication to actual and bona btc /
shall he charged with postage |
Is follows, viz. The postage on the regu- |
Jar numbers Of periodical published !
within the Confederate States. not ex-
oeeding one and half ources in weight, I
aud published monthly. shah be two and
a half cents per quarter; md for every I
additional ounce. or fraction. Of an ounce,
two aud half cents additilnal; If pub
lished semi-monthly. doubletnar amount. 4
And periodicals published quarterly or
hi-mOnthly. shall be charged two cents an
ounce; and regular subscribers TO news
papers and periodicals shall be required
to pay one quarters postage thereon IN
advance, az the office of delivery, unless
paid at the Office where published.
"And there Shall be charged upon every
other newspaper. and each circular not
sealed, hand-bill, engraving pamphlet
periodical aud magazine, which shall be
unconuected with any manuscript or
written matter and not exceeding three
ounces in weight, and published within
the Confederate States, two cents: and
for each additional ounce, or fraction of
an ounce, two cents additional; and in
all cases the postage shall be pre- paid by
stamps or otherwise, as the Post Master
General shall direct.
"And books. bound or unbound, not
weighing over four pounds, shall be
doomed mailable matter, and shall be
charged with postage, TO he We-psid by
stamps or otherwise, as the Hosi-Master
General shall direct, at two cents an
ounce for any distance.
"And upon all newspapers, periodicals
and books, as aforesaid published beyond
the limits Of the Confederate states, there
shall be charged postage at double the
foregoing specified rates.
sThe publishers of newspapers or pc
riodicals within the Confederate States,
may send and receive TO and from each
other. from their respective offices Of pub
lication, one copy Of each publication free
Of postage.
other unsealed printed transient( matter,
placed IN any p0st-office, not fol trans
mission but for delivery only, shall be
charged postage at the rate Of one cent
each.'
FranEjug PrirIge.
-N--FsFt7.Ii '.e it further enacted, That from
aud aftar tf6Se1sv when this act goes into
effect the ranking PSiylfge shai oe
abolished Provided, That 49, ros' N as
ter General and his chief clerk. the enNel
Of the Contract, Appointment and IL
nance Bureaus, and the Auditor Of the
Treasury for the Post-Offiee Department
shall be and they are hereby authorized
10 transmit through the mail, free Of
postage, any letters, packages, or other
matters relating exclusively to their OH
cial duties or 10 the business OF the Post
Office Department; but they shall, in
every such case. indorse on the back of
the letter or package to be sent free Of
postage. over their own signature, the
words Official business" And fer any
such Endorsement. falsely made, the per-
-on 20 offending shall iorfeN and pay
three huudred dollars. And provided
further, The several deputy pOst-masters
throughout the Confederate States shall
be and hereby are authorized 70 send
through the mail, free Of postage, al let
tess and packages which. il may be their
duty Or they may have occasion 70 Trans
NIT TO any person or place, and which
shall relate exclusively 10 the business of
their respective offices or 70 the business
OF the Post-Ofice Department; but IN
every suchs case the deputy postmaster
sending any such letter or package shall
iudorse thereon. over his own signature,
the words "PostOfiice Business" And
tor any aud every such Endorsement false
" made. the person making the same
shall forfeit and pay three hundred
dollars"
| PpmcHt 81 Postage ii MoHep W@ Postage
Sianps and Saupsd EHreiopes arc pr0c'.icf.
SECTION /. The Congress Of the Con-
/ lederate States Of America do enact, That
until postage stamps and stamped envel-
/ opes can be procured and distributed. the
Post Master General may order the postage
ofthe Coniederacy to bepre-paid inlmoney,
under such rules and regulations as he
may adopt"
Rspeaiof he LeticT RegiSiration Sgsien.
and be il further enacted. That the
I third section Of an act entitled IAN act
further to amend an act entitled ''An nc {
/ 70 reduce and modify the rates OF post
age in the United States, and for other
purposes. passed March third eighteen
hundred and filty-one,' approved March
I Sd, 1855, whereby the letter registrations
I system was established, be and is hereby
| repealed from and after the day when
this act goes into effect"
Conveyance q Mail Mater By cypress" and
other Chartered Companies.
"SFc. ,. That il shall be lawful for the
Post Master General to allow express and
other chartered companies to carry let
tiers and all mail matter Of every discrip
ton. whether the same be enclosed IN
stamped envelopes or prepaid by stamps
! or money; but il the same be prepaid
I = eN.a11 ksa v4nfA -
some post master, who shall stamp the
same paid, and shall account to the Pos
Office Department for the same, IN the
same manner as for letters sent by thS
mail and if prepaid by stamps, then the
express or other company receiving such
letters for delivery shall obliterate such
stamps, under the penalty OF five hun
dred dollars for each failure, to be rec0v
cred by action of debt in any court hav
ing jurisdiction thereof, in the name o
the Post Master General, for the use o
the Confederate States; but If said let
, tiers or mail matter shall be received By
such express or other company, not 70
delivery, but to be mailed, then the mat
ter so carried shall be prepaid at the sam
rate that the existing law requires It to b
paid from the point where it may be re
B ceived by such company to the point o
? its destination, and the post mas ter, wher
such company may mail the same, shal
deface the stamps upon the same.
section 6. Be it further enacted, Tha
! AGENTS Of any company who may carr
letters under the provisions Of this ac
shall be required 10 take an oath that b
, | win faithfully comply with the law OF th
= Confederate States relating to the carr
inc of letters or other mail matter, an
: obliterating postage stamps. which oat
/, maybe administered by any justice OF III
: peace. and shall be in writing, and signe
bysuch agents or messenger, and hled
the Post Office Department
i approved, March 18th, 1861"
u "AN ACT 10 continue in force certain Law
r Of the United States Of America.
h ..Be IA h,rther enacted by the COnfede
ate States Of America in Congress aseT
bled That All the laws Of the Unite
States Of America. in force and IN use
~ C,nfederate States Of America on Il
first dav Of November last. and not
consistent with the Constitution Of Il
% Confederate States. be and the same a
hereby continued in force until altered
repealed by the Congress.
ID Adopted, February 9, 1861"
Is Post Master Returns must be made
close on the 3lst March, the Both Jun
the 30lh September, and the 5lst Decor
4. Der. IN each year: Aud the Return
r. the fractional part Of the current qua
ter. which ends June 3Oth next, must
Ia promptly rendered to the Chief OF
m nance Bureau. Post Ohce Departmet
er Montgomery, Alabama, in the form 81
e, manner prescribed by existing laws Al
IS regulations.
n The crops in Tennessee are said TO
'h better and more promising than AZ
III period within the last six years.
- - ~
nj lis stated that it was 500 instead
ve 5000 which ex-President buchanan Ga
ov TO the Pennsylvania volunteers.
-
or The sixth Regiment Of Alabama Y
IN unteers commanded BY Capt. J. j. seso
er, has been ordered 70 Virginia
AZ. Gen. Harvey is a native Of Louisia
-, from which Slate he was appointed q
- position in the army. He stands third
N, the LIST Of army officers.
Of Lincoln's blockade Is somewhat |