Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-01

amending the Postal Laws, makes sun
dry changes which he pablo saoald IN
dsrstsnd, as they areeoing into effsct
a. tlss various poss-oficss IS tie post
t u5aster4 receive shEir oiicisI iaslrpsaqns,l
We specify the changes 50 fer as they
inmsdiately concern the pu5io. They
| 90 into operation ct the Poss,oifies. here
] se-dsys .-su s1I u f7s7 ssa -
Ussder this Act, letters, SHELLY unssid
instead Of biug sent,t their addrRss,
"a heretofore, charged With double post.
I age, to be collected on delivery. ars> sent
10 the Dead Letter Office, 81 Washing
ton 70 tbs rule there are The fo'l5w-
ing exceptions, viz letters lawfully
/ frqRkea sand Only eertJssa letters Of
/ soldiers, sailors aud r5arfTes in the ser
/ vice Of the United States. Included
I wifb the ~frenked' letters ars all com
n afHcatieus on official business of wi,at-'
ihever origin addressed 10 heads Of TX
1 eeatiYs Departments at Wssbineto or
i heaas Of Bur@sus therein. OF Chief Clerks
I thereof; and It is not necessary 20 mark
4
Letters partly prepaid viii b. seat 10
iheifs destination charged with the IN
paid postageat single rates. Also, iei-.
/ ters Of soidiers, sailors and marints,
dT49 certified sFfanked letters, &c,
/ will bs sent free, Sc heretofore. Letters
bearing reqaesfs 10 return them direct
Ito their writer's, If unclaimed, will,
whether wholly or partly unpaid, be re-
tornsa 10 their Writers, wifh stamps not
/ eaEcsied, for fall prepayment Drop
iettefs wholly unpaid Will likewise be
sent 10 the Dead Letter Office IF o let
ter lss paid less than one full rate-!or
insFaaee, If q letter TO be mailed whic
should have three cent stamp on, bas
ron only a TWO cent stainp-it.wiii be stnt
to the Dead better gDdiee, - if wholly
unpaid. Lstters-EilI- be forwarded az
heretofore, unpaid, # desired, 10 be cob
lsetsd sor 81 sIngle rates On delivery.
Printed matter, If not regular but
Transient, will be charged for st double
rates ifuOtpreeaid, AS heref0fJte.
Phe provisiobs for tliere irn5utsement
20 loyal PUsimasters of losses suffer
eddy. rebel forces or gussrinss, Drained
forces, Other than the foregoing, are ex-
tended 10 still further favor those who
have suffered as mentioned.
Severe penalties are prescribed for
wiliully and inslieieusIy ibjurihg tear
ing down, or destroying letter boxes,
pillar boxes, or other receiving boxes OF
| The Pesto Office Department, or aiding
therein
Severe penalties are also prescribed
for the case of post Office employees who
may wilfully remove postage stamps
from letters, when put on % prepay
20 tage. /
The free delivery system is modified
as follows: 1t will not be introduced
.ialo places Icontainiug less than 81, 600
inhabitants; but penny postmen are al.
lowed to deliver Rsi4 matter in smaller
places aud to charge therefor not over
one cent on each letter, snd over half
cent on each paper, to- collected ION
delivery Where free delivery by car
riers does potexist, t7e postage ouDrop
letters win only be one cent, instead Of
two cents as heretofore Hence Drop
in future
The Department adesires to encoura gei
the plan Of sending lettefsnot delivered
20 their pFoRsE, address dWsedy back TO
their wgi'ers, without eneu 20 boring the
Dead letter Office with lhen. The plan
is deemed beneficial both to the Depart
ment aud to correspohds6t3, Gs the
Dead Letter Office il saved labor and
resPons ih!hty, ard sPoodence 10
saved from danger Of improper in
teri renee and loss Of valuables con,ain-
ed therein Il is true that postage is
charged on letters retained directly to
the writer, but as the Department aims
to returu al updeHyered letters to the
wSters from the Dead fietter Office,
when TIE hame and address can be az
ceriained, there is return postage to pay
in any event, and It Is better % have
such letteraTeturned direct
Ia order to facilitate the return OF let
tiers By This latief mode, postmastefs are
particularly erioined to exercise the ut
most care in. observing al directions on
letters for their retuFn7to wTiters.g All
THAT il necessary to fnsure the pfompt
return OF letter, if the F. ~ does his
duty aud the letter does aos sctid ehtsHy
miscarrY, is for the writer 10 write scrOss
the face OF his letter Return, il not
called FIR within ten days Tor any other
number o. days, not exceeding thirty
q -, (9i'h, the name ofihs writer
and the posi- ofice address )stes
So anxionssis the Department to en-
courage this practice, that stamped en-
velopes viii be furni ed to persons or
iering them, with requests to return,
and the name, business, and post ofiic"
address of parties printed in full, at the
mere cost of she stamps and envelopes
- - 81 IA
letter and official size When staIIped
envelopes are spoiled IN directieg. the
price Of the stamps thereon will be re-
funded in stamps, If they have not pass
I'd through tae mail ,a@n@ @ tA
Any further information can BE- OBJ
tanned from she 3 p NJ
z. S Any person wishing to- Seat
lock drawers or glass boxes can have
them There sre a Number left not
rented. For business men who receive
considerable mail matter, the lock draw
ers are just what they need aud what
they will like after using them. Each
drawer has on it good three-tumbler
lock, with two keys-keys, locks, and
drawers numbered, and no two locks
alike III
The pubic shoald reeoilect that for
the transmissinn=of sm sllgums o. money
the 'fcney order system offers great ad-
vantages il respect to safety and cheap
mess. Try it.
81 The following be61tifaI hymn
was seug-in the Walnut Street Presby-
terrain Church on the occasion Of the
funeraT obseqaies Of our Tate President,
and will be repeated in tie services Of
this morning, in the same church We