Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-15

Horticulturists and pomologists will be glad
to learn that by the new postal arrangements
passed at the late session Of Congress, seeds OF
cuttings are classed as mailable matter 10 pack
ages, and are to be charged with postage at the
rate Of one cent an ounce when sent under fl-
teen hundred miles, and two cents an ,ounce
| when sent over that Distance The package
must not exceed eight ounces. ~ %
The postage on letters conveyed In the mails
from any point east OF the Rocky Mountains 70
any State or Territory on the Pacific coast, and
from any State or Territory on the Pacific coast
10 any point east ofthe mountains, has. been
hxed by the recent Law at ten cents HeIe ofire
letters conyeye ed by the Isthmns rou es have
been subject 70 the ten cent rate, while those
carried overland betW cen Missouri and Califor-
MIA were oDly subject TO the three cent rate. b
The act emppwers the Postmaster General
70 procure aid furnish letter sheets, gith post
age srampe Impressed thereon, combining 10 one
Doth rbeet and an envelope ~ ID ,sEuRa 4,
Another section requires that letters which
have been advertised shall be returned TO tbe
Poslofice Department, II Unclaimed two months
after the date of the advertisement; exceptl ip
cases where letters are directed 20 seaporls, for
persons on board Of designated vessels expect
ed TO arrive; and, also, In cases where letters
are especially marked to be retained for o long.
er period This provision shortens the time
during which dead letters are detained at the
Office of delivery ab,ut one month The uu-
claimed money obtained from, dead letters is to
be applied hereafter to promote the efficiency of
dead letter office BY providing Tor more
careful examination and the return Of large
number to the v tie D. n9s',3 IA 40
We, observe, also, q change In the rates Of
postage on what are technically called ship let
ters--tbat is, letters that come by occasional
packets or vessels, and not by the regular mail
lines. Heretofore, through lapse in the law,
the postage on . single letter Of this kind, de.
liyered within the port where the vessel arrived,
was six cents, while on o similar letter BY the
sa me vessel, TO be forwarded thousands of miles
further through the mails, the postage was but
Eve cents The rate is now TO be five cents
when delivered at the port Of arrival; and the
ordinary postage, with two cents added, when
the letter Is TO be forwarded.
To newspaper publishers and their customers
| in the interior, The most important section u
that which makes IL "lawful for persons known
as regular dealers In newspapers and period
| icas 10 receiveby mail such Quantities Of eth
er as they may require, and 60 pay the postage
thereon as they may be received, at the same
rates as regular Subscribers 10 euch publca
tons" This 10 TO give the benefit Of the re-
lduced quarterly rates to newspaper dealers who,
on account of the iFregularity 10 the number Of
papers and periodicals they order. find it i'm
possble to pay postage quarterly ID advances
Twsoother sections enlarge the scope Of mail.
dble matter, to be paid for according 70 the
wsight Of the package, By including maps, en-.
Cravings, Autographs or Photographic prints
on rollers or paper covers; books, bound or
unbcund, phOnoeraphic paper and envelopes;