Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-03-22
Impor tan, Charges is, Postal Affairs

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4IIorliculiurists an 2omolog lists 5xill
be glatlt0 jaarn fiat By. the nnw postal
arrangements passed at the :ata Session
o. Congress-, seeds or cuttings are class
ed as mailable ma tter.. in packages, and
are t.4 be char gt4l with apoata3e at the
rate Of one cent an n-ounee when sent nn2cr
fifteen hIn1Ird miles, and two cents an
ounce when sent over that distance. lhe
packag must not exceed eight ounces
The posta e on letters conye ed in the
IN ails from ;ny point east of he Rocky
NJ ountainsto any STATE or Territory on
the Pacific coast, and from any. State or
Territory on the Pacific coast to. an Y
point east of tho mountains, has been
fixed by the recent law at ten conts.-
Heretotoi letters conveyed by the Isih-
mns routes have been subject to the ten
cent rate. while those carried overland
between Missouri ami California were
only subject to the three cent rate.
The act empowers the Postmaster
General to o4procure and furnish letter
sheets, with postage stamps impressed
thereon, seombiding in one both sheet
and an envelope. {, ;4. r. ta..
Another section requires that letters
w hieh have been advertised. hall be re-
turned to the PosIoffice department, if
unclaimed, within two months after the
date of The advertisement; except in cases
where lette rs ara objected to seaports foI
persons ON board Of designated vessels
expected to arrive; and. aiso.. in eases
where letters are especially marked to be
retained for a longer period. This pro-
vision shortens tho time during which
dead letters are detained at the Office of
delivery about one month. The unclaim-
ed money obtained from dead letters is
to be applied hereafter to promote the
efficien " of dead letter office by pro-
viding for a more careful examination
and the return. Of large number to the
writers. I-../ ~. ..r.-s5
We. observe, also, change in the
rates of'postase on what are technically
called ship letters-that is. letters that
come by occasional packets or vessels,
aud not by the regular mail lines. Here
Ytofore, through a lapse in the law, the
postage on single letter of this kind,
delivered within the port where the yes
sci arrived, was six cents, while upon
similar letter by the same vessel. to be
forwarded thousands Of miles further
through the mails, the postage was but
Ave cents, The rate is now to be five
cents when delivered at the pert of arri-
val; and the ordinary postage, with two
cents added, when the letter is to be for
warded, -.t
To newspaper publishers and their
customers in tho interior, the most i'm
portant section is that v hich makes it
"lawful for persons known as regular
dealers in newspapers and periodicals o
receive by mail such quantities Of either
as they may require, and to pay the
postage thereon as they may be received
at the same rates as regular subscribers
to such publications. This is to give
the benefit of the reduced quarterly rates
to newspaper dealers who. on account Of
the irregularity in the number OF papers
and periodicals. they order, find il i'm
possible to pay postage quarterly in ad-
vance,
Two other sections enlarge the scope
of mailable matter, to be paid for accor
ding to the weight of the package, by
inoiuding maps, engravings, Autographs