, 1862-11-08


WASHINGTON. Noy. T.-Postase stamped
envelopes werr drss Introduced in this country
in the year 1858, and although ol1.rsd at the
price lar below that oi the otdi1ary envelopes
OF the mode, they d.. not as yet seem jn stiy
appre cis1ed oy thc public. There has been
envelopes used avMually. IN 1s54 it amounted
to 2Gi,4SG; il 1856. -, IA, l51; ia 1858, 3d.
7aa5 :75; in 1861 3G0, ,273; the l15ter being less
thar Is per Ct. of the issne Of separate ostage
stamps, which increased from So. co., 900 in
1851 10 Sill ,00u, ,000 in 1SG1- The GREATER
eatapness Of government cnvelops, as COM
pared "ith those Of The trade, Is generally
overlooked, because tho purchaser Of tha for
mer is required to pay lhe additioaal charge
OF pcstasa-1o0 stamped envelopes are sold
tor 81 Is, whi:e tho Same number Of plain Gu
velcpes. Of similar quality, may be procured
fer about fvrty cents but 70 tlis suu must
be added $500, the value Of The postage
stamps which must be ailixcd ty sncn enve-
1opes before they can be u:ei Ia tae mails,
thus making 100 letters cost S3-30, or twenty
two cents more than when covered By gov
trnnert envelopes It appears that persons
Eho make use Of ua=fampod envelopes
pay for them about 100 Per CENT more tlan
il they czu!;loJed stamped envelopes.
The num1er OF SEPARATE pust4sta Stamps used
during the ytar ending J,:ss: 80. 1851 was, os
above stated, up4a7sas Of :ssa3 ,o9o,9Jo. As
suning that Il 1ike number o; unSta1lpsd en-
hG4Otto were H1Eu lsst-i3 1t t.ufiS-S!A
cents per lou, which is q very low csriu1ate,
tie cost thereof would have b:sn ST. 3ol];
whereas, government cnFe1a aes would 4 avc
cost the censnm.rs only Sc, ,0N. Hence,
sum eqnal 20 the difference Of alnouats,
nanaeiS, $S5, ,00, uay b. considered as &c u.l!r
lost to 1tlc public, which is owing in . great
ecgree to the ~aut OF proper appreciation Of
tee advantage Of the stamped caTelop!s.
Objection is not naftc4uently NJ .de
to the government envelope either on acc ouat
OF its for1n, size or qualify, or because Of tae
danger Of losing eotn the envelope and tue
ed or other wise accidentally defaced, such
objection tGe postmaster general has deter
mined if possible to remove, aud to this eed
proposes 10 arrange for embessing under
proper reEtricticps 1he postage stamp on any
envelopes that rnay be offered for that puf-
| pose by s:a:ionels, bankers, merchants, and
ether business nleu- Such parties will this be
Enabled to procnre stamped envelopes Of auy
| form a1c quality adapted to their o IN tastes,
which arc now 80 varied that they cannot be
| anticipated by thc post office department. It
is also believed thai sta loners will be induced
to provide themselves with varied ssamoed
| en1e'opes sni1ed to the wants of customers,
making such envelopes. gqua1ly ith the ordi.
!, nary nnstaI1Fcd article, regular portion ol
/ their stock IN Trade It Is dcsmet exps1i..nt
Eo~eSsE, IS o pre:a1tian against fraud, tha'
that no one be permitted 10 enter into sucl
| trade without having first obtained from ths
pnstu general regular license for thai
purpose, and that all pr1yste parti desirius
to haze their own nyelcpes stamped must b;
ti'factali;y shown to be Of good etandlas
aud be required 10 have their names PRINTED
| on tie envelopes. They will then, on pay
Dit Mt Ct the pestase, oht.ia i permit to hav
The *orE done BY the government contracto
tor stamped envelopes at New York.
| From Il kenIueky.
LOUISVILLE, NOV. THE Louisville an'
Nashville railroad Is taking frsigAt to Miteu
sl|sviller Tenn. It is supposed that tue en-
tire ROAD will be In running order by the l4rn
The rebels are reported IS having crosse
from Tennessee, with'a large forsglng train
into Whitley county, to forage in tbas count
snd along the Cumberland River Steps ar
taking to prevent this outrage on the 1oys
u:euntaineerp, TO stop the rebels from prt
enring their subsistence in Kentucky, and t
stop ccntraband trade in the State.
4 man calling himself John ". Lee, fro1
Knoxville, Tenn, pretending to be loyal b
been arr-sted By order OF Gen. Boyle. q
had over S1G0, 600 with him, which was aEel
md is held for the action Of the authorities :
Washington. He says the money belouss
lossl parties in Georgfa- The military 81
thorities think there Is something ffaUdHles
| or wrong in the matter.
+ I Gen. Boyle has sent to Cairo, for transport
tion 10 Vicksburg, l,7C0 rebel prisoners, ca
tured ~ Gen. Buell., and will send tll;h
| abput 00 more