Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-25
important sUha,,,,ge,


nation. PosDasers aud others will act pron,ptiy
in this mat,eS which will ppsysilt confusion /: 81
Whereas, by the provisions Of an Act, approved
March Is, 1857. md amended blythe first section
Of an Act. approved May o. 1901, tho Postmaster
donerai ofatho Confederate States lis authorized
on and after Q, day TO DO named by him for that
purpose; TO take,tle entire charge and direcion Of
tue postal service in tho Confederate States,''
I aud oil conveyance of mails within their limits,
from aand after such day. except by authority Of
the Postmaster; General thereof sthereBy pro.
Now, therefore I, John II. Reagan, Postmaster.
General. ofstle Confederate Statcs Of America, do
issue this my proclamation, notifying all postmas-
!ers' contractors ana special aud route agents in
tue service of tho Post Office Department. and en-,
gagged In the transmission and delivery Of tho mails,
or otherwise in any manner connected with tho
service within the limits tho Confederate Stat cs
o' America, that on and utter tho lst day Of June
ne%t, shall assume the entire control and direc-
ton OF the postal service therein. And hereby
direct al posmasters. route agents and special
agents within these States, and now acting undor
the authority direction Of the Postmastcr-Gen-
erai of tho United States, to continue in the dis
charge oftheir respective duties under The author
ity vested III me blythe Congress Of tho Confederate
states, in strict conformity with such existing laws
ana regulations ns arc not inconsistent with tho
laws and Constitution of the Confederate Satcs of
America and such further instructions as may
hereattef.bc issucdby my direction. \Andthe said
Fos'masters route agents and special agents arc
also required to forward to this Department, with
out delay, their names, with tho names Of the
ohces OF Which they nre postmasters Giving the
State and Connty.) lobe directed 10 the !, Chief of
the Appointment. Bureau. Post Office Department,
alont gomcry, Alabama" in order thnt ilow com
missions N may bo issued under the authoriiyof this
Government. Aid ali i,estu,s els ,.ro i,efsL, re-,
CURED to render to the Post Office Department at
Washington, ID. c., their final accounts and their
vouchers for postal receipts anil expenditures up
10 inc ist dny of this month, taking care to for
Sc,IcI kts cnst Il .--NI.
stamped envelopes, remaining on hnnd. belonging
10 tho Post Otico Department Of the United States
IN order that they may receive the proper credits
thereiorin the adjustment of their accounts; and
they arc further required to retain IN their pos
session. TO meet the crdors of the POstmas Cen
eral OF the Uni ed States, for the payment Of mail
service within the Confederate States a!! Yoyen.:o
which hive accrued from the postal service prior
to the said list day Of June next.
All contractors, mail messengers and spccial
contractors for conveying the mails within the
Confederate Stntds, under existing contracts with
the Government Of tho United Stutes, nro hereby
authorized to continue to perform such service un-
oef my direction, from and after the day last above
named. subject to such notifications and changes
rs maybe found necessary. under the powers vest
ell IN the POSTMASTER General by the terms Of said
contracts and provisions Of the second section of
nm act approved May o, 1861, coHforuable thereto
mail messengers, arc required to forward without
'"ay, the number of their route or routes the
nature Of the service thereon the schedules of mr..
rivals and departures the of the Offices sup
piieu, ana inc amount Of annual compensation for
present service. together with their address direct
ed'o the 'Chcf Of tho Contract bureau, Post
Office Department, Montgomery, Alabama"
phtll postal treaty shall DO mndc with the
Gov.rnmemt Of the Unite States for the exchange
OF mails between that Government and the Govern
ment of this Confederncy postmastcrs will not be
authorized to collect United States posag 90 on mail
matter sent or, received from these States: and
until supplies of postage stamps and stamped en-
velopes gre procured for the pre- payment of post
age within the Confederate Stntcs all posiages
must be paid in money, under the provisions of the
iirst sectionof an Act approved March 2s 1861
Given under my hand and the scn of the Post Office
Department Of The Confederate Statcs of Amcri
en-, Mt Montgomery, Alabama, the 13th.day of
May, In the year 1861
| JOHN II. REAGAN
Postmaster. General.
In addition we give synopsis Of the new post
office laws: No mail matter is to bo sent to any
Of the non-seccdcd States except Kentucky. Mary
| land and Missouri.
Five cents will be charged for every single sealed
ieter conveyed over distance of less than five
hundred miles within the limits of the Southern
Confcderacy; andto any distance exceeding Tint
point, double that rate Drop letters are charged
| two cents each. 'N ,,
Newspapers published within tho Confederate
States, not exceeding two ounces in werht md
sent from the office to subscribers within tho Con-
tcderate States, arc charged us follows: wceklics
ten cents per quarters semi-wecklics, double Tint
amount; pnpcrs published six times u week. sixty
| cents, and dnilics seventy cents
Periodicals published oicner than bcnniols slnll
| be charged ns newspapers. ~.
| Books, bound unbound not weighing over
four pounds shall bo charged al two cents an ounce
| for any distance. -1-tG .s.a ,t +
Double the rates specified In these Acts shall be
charged upon all newspapers published boy ord the
| limits ofthc Confederate States p
The frnnkng privilege is abolished, except upon
matter relating exclusively to the business of tho
| Post Office Department.
The latter registration system is also abolished,
Persons having United States postage stamps
i would do well TO return them to poslmaslcrs, who
can send them to Washington and get credit there
for whereas, ifthcynrc so disposed Of they will
! DO a loss to the holder
SrEcuLATIoSs ON THE WAR.-Some Of t,,o
Pennsylvania papers arc alroady hinting that,
parties in that State, who affect an extraordi-
nary patriotism, and are rampant for war,
have only in view the ''pickings and steal.
ings." Tho Harrisburg Union thus expresses
itsof; 3nf
Within day or two revelations of an as.
founding nature have been made, which 90 TO
show that nnprinoiplea men are turning the
| whole affair into n grand speculati0n,~ aud a
Legislative investigation ia. freely talked III
| We are told that the contractors who are,qow
engaged i'm. getting zip clothing for the army
have turned the " ole nporati0n into q grand
I speculation, and arc making nice thing of it.
1t is said that they charge The State for eacl,
I military coat n,nde 80 O6 Wh;la thnv NO., ~