Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-03-09


stamps Of this Confcdcracy. attached to let.
ters deposited in his office for delivery or ia
be sent by mail and if any Postmaster send
! ing letters in the mail with such postage
stamps attached, shall omit to dcfacc the same,
ut shall be the duty of the Postmaster to
! whose Office such letters slTill bc sent for de-
livery to-detace the stamps and report the dc.
fknQuent Postmaster to the Postmaster Gen
eral, and if amy person shall use or attempt
to use, IN the prepayment Of postage, any
postage stamps which Shall have been before
used for Ike purposes, such person Shall he
subject to penalty OF Fifty dollars for every
such offence TO be recovered in the name of
the Confederate States of Anicricn IN any
court OF competent jurisdiction.
t. SEC. .. And 10 10 ttJihc,a e8actoa, That
rom and after the day when this act goes in.
! to effect, the frapkiug privilege Shall be ahol.
lshed. PrOe{1ed thatthc Postmaster General
aud his chlef clerk and the auditor of the
Treasury for the Pustoifice Department., shall
\ be and they are hereby authorised to trans
mlt through the mail free of postage any let
tcrS, packages, or other matters. relating ey
clnSlrcIy to their Official duties, on to the bu.
@ncss of the Postnfhco Department; but
/ they shall, n.cNcry such case indorsc on tho
/ back OF the letter or package to be sent free
| OF postage, ovcr their own signatures, tile
words . Gi!lciall Business, aud for any Slich
/ sslhdorSement falsely maGc the person SO of,
! icudlaa shall forfeit and pay $500; 0ata p,D
1'dcI (&H~r, the several Deputy Pustmas
| tcrs throughout the Confederate States Shall
\ be and hereby arc authorised to send through
tue NAL free OF postage all letters and pack.
| ages which it may BET iheir duty, or they may
have occasion to trausmit to any person. or
! place, and which shall relate exclusively to
the business Of their respective Offices, to the
business Of tue Post Office Department. but
IN every such case the deputy postmaster
sending any such letter or package shall in
dorSe thereon, over his own signature, the
words " l'ostoilice Business" and for any
aud every such Endorsement falsclv made tbc
person making the somoshall foricit and pay
Src & ,ujLa , Nm. r.,
tbc thrl sc,t;nn f ",,".'''a, trgs," A,'''
.tLcr to ,ncnd ~, g,i',.''u AZ, Actlor
and modify tba r,tos ~ "n "VI .ore'"'
ctaias rn3 for o,lo,. p2c"' -, 'o ,'lep
1e6f o,.,,ro,,,i n, R,r'Vu 'i"'S"
ttbeIrttnr loC|' TmSioOy
boynn1 is 6erchv rSpc9f IS, f"o" "'' I '~,1so
J,v wLcn b;s act ',G So anu ''''' '''e
SD Jo1 ~ n,,.,l1
That mo nttrrs LII /',, .;t sfsSf%' "o'
or ntLcr nl,.,orn -" - ooo i'"P'sSS
sbnIi Lc nrc,,,;d -, 1tvSI' p',Sss .po s"!ne
oI o. xxx AZ e,5" ei.aI'sou ~ q S,'''uP-
comnonv yiolatinr III ,,rl,.;'S %eS' ~ Any
shoI foy,cit and NV s,,,,, |y1 oF ~ ."'9 a"S
d,jlrs. fnr .o,nb nToSn, 49, ...li
action nr leht in an, |,rt GS ~ ~
ocy hnvino cooniyonca thcroof -, Hn',' g'',ss,'
and for tLc uSe of th;s C,ncaJ a.ao,. wy D'''"'
SIC 8 1.d ln - f,,.,iIs ., nj.
the Postmostcr Gcnf,3I of.tho rn"c,,s.aaY ,,,S
Ettotos ]o o,d ;aIni,' IL %'V
ollneccss,fy 5rra,rmcnts fr iIe ~ .sHo
of mailg between the Toryitor;cs Of tb;S nNJ
other oovcrnmonts snL;cot 70 tfo o,,;'a'' f
- -. - - -" ~ wv "IH'"NdLo ol
te4G1 resident, unttl postal treaties can beef
i'c5@~ 50, -,syou, =. ..-l
i"SSe" -l.eo' V''y -, lcol'...e
5WAsIifNGToY. February 25f-Nt Tinco,r
visited Congress to.dnv. Mcssys .Tolbson
of Tennessee. KonnCdy rof. W,rylonS .r.,,ro
the ONLY Southern Senators who noticed him
at all; He was also cyolly received in tbo
Iouseby southern men.
The Senate has n,ssod tie Civil. A ,,,,r,rr;
ation bill. iicludinp anmoprigtions fnr fbn
Southern coast; lirbt .bdmseS haocom. e.. ="
| The Peace Conference. 70 tbc nttcr aston
.isincnt of everybody has aoreed an = com,
promise at hast. The pln6 OF settlement tixcd
upon is the Old Nli&Smfi (on{,n.o,niso Will
slight modifcations Thc anti.con, rron,itc
Republicans are ndw endeavorine to dissnade
the Congress from mixing apy rcnort nnti
after the Inauguration of hinc0in = 't'