The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-04
The New Postal Law

Which goes in effect to-day among Other
things provides as follows:
Postage on, papers deliUered to reoula,
subscribers must be paid in advance for at
least one quarter.
Postage due on letters must be>paid when
delivered to the person addressed.
Bon rents must be paid quarterly in at-
vance.
The Post Master must send quarterly to
the Department a sworn statement that be
has complied with the above.
The registered letter fee ariU be tuea:g
cents, instead of five as heretofore, but q
RECEIPT given by the person to whom the
letter is delivered is returned to the writer
and somenew safeguards have been intro
duced
Letters are to be advertised apeeklu at Of
fees of this class and those not called for
will be sent to the dead letter Office four
weeks thereafter.
Postage ON drop letters viii be two cents
each instead ofone as heretofore.
Postage on Circulars atnsealed will be two
cents for three or ANY number less than
three, in one envelope, four cents for six
or any number less than six and over three,
and so on.
The Pacific rate of ten cents is abolished,
the single rate of three cents is universal
throughout the United States.
AH letters mltSt be fully pre- paid as usual.
But such as may be dropped in UNPAID
through ignorance or accident are to be for
warded charged with double rate, of pes
tage to be paid when delivered. Those
are to be sent to the Dead Letter Office 81
once. The old method of notifying tie
party addressed is done away with. ."
Letters to the President, Vice President
Heads Of Department or any officer IN ey
Department must be e-paid excepting
only those written by officer Of any De-
partmeIit to this particular Departments
THE SITuATIoN.-There is no remain
ing doubt that the Rebel Army of Gen
Lee One Hundred Thousand strong,is near.
ly or quite all this side OF the Potomac
Gen. Meade's Union Army is where Il
should be to cover Washington and Baltj-
more and meet him. - II
The Rebels occupy most of Western
Maryland-thati is to say, so much of it
as lies between the western slope of the
South Mountains and Cumberland--an
are treating it rather tenderly, being anx1
ious to cenciliate its people,
They also occupy considerable section
ofSouthern Pennsylvania, from Gettys-
burg on the east to a point near McCon-
nellsburg on the West, and are stripping
it very clean-of Horses, Cattle, Flour,
Groceries, Dry Goods, Medicines, and
whatever else they can convert to any use.
They are living Immensely better than
they have done for many months backin
short, they find the accommodations 80
good that they have half mind to stay.
Pittsburgh and the West do not seem 10
be threatened at present, which exemption
We attribute to the energy and spirit where.
with they rallied to their own defense, and
set to fortitying, arming, drilling, &c. Had
Eastern Pennsylvania promptly cvincef
she, too, would have .bea
safe.
The Rebels have thoroughly destroyed
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for a dis
lance Of sixty or seventy miles,so that u
cannot be restored save at great cost, am
with a considerable sacrifice of time.
They have more recently broken up tho
Railroad running from Harrisburg to Bal
timore, having torn up the rails at HanO-
vor Junction and possibly at York for that
purpose.
A single line Of Railroad-the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore-nOW
the loyal States with Washington
and the Union Government and the Army
Of the Potomac.
bloody and momentous collision
may be imminent, and may occur at any
We judge that the Rebels have made
this hazardous advance under the impres-
sion that our chief Army is demoralizea,
and not in fighting spirits. We trust tha'
they may rue this presumption. !,
We do not believe that Lee INTENDS !"
push much further this way at present.
but rather to take tho Union Army Ma'
and beat it, after which nc
will determine whether To advance to fhii;
adelphia or turn upon Baltimore anu
Washington. But We shall soon SEE
Y, Tribune.
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