The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-07-17
Important Changes in the Postal laws.

| copy of the recent act of Congress TO amend
the laws relating TO the Post Oflice Depart.
mcnt, together with instructions predicatcd
thereon. by the Postmaster General, aud
has FURNISHED us with the following items of
interest pertaining to the same:
"Hereafter, prepaid and free letters will
DO forwarded at the request of the party
Addressed from one post office 10 another
without additional postage charge. ,...
Returned dead letters will be restorodto
the writer's thereof free Of postage.
Whenever the writer of n leteri shan on
dorse in writing, or in print. upon, The. oft.
side thereof his name andG addrcss, htwith
nrequest that the saineAbeireturned, to hini
II not delivered withinany number ofdays.
sucn letter Will not be treateds, as u de ad
letter, but will be returned MS requested
without additional postage charge. 'HlH'2 1
The system of request letters has been
IN operatioh for about three years, and
found to work well. Tho advantage of tho
present modification ofthc law is that such
letters are now returned TO the writer's with
out charge. whereas heretofore the writer
vas compelled to pay the additional regular
rate of postage for the return of the letter.
il is hoped this plan Of ''reoucst letters'
VIII be very generally adopted. as il is an
advantage both TO the postotiice department
and the public MS IL will reduce the number
of dead letters, and the correspondence will
be more promptly returned, while writer's
VIII bc spared the annoyance of Having their
letters opened and read by other than the
parties addressed
The Postofficc Department will furnish
stamped envelopes, when ordered, through
any Postmaster, i'll quantities of five hundred
or more, bearing business card, and re-
G"est to return TO q particular address, at
'he same rate charged for the stamped en-
'esorcs without the printing. The postage
Oh stamped envelopes spoiled in directing.
may be refunded in stamps by any rostmns.
Ter, under certain restriction This fact.
together with the liberal provision for re-,
turning unclaimed letters, and the low rates
nj which these envelopes arc furnished, can
not fall to commend their use to oil whose
correspondence is extensive.
/. ITnn PRussIAY "NEEpLE" GrN-As ,b;s +,
weapon will, in all probability, be frcquent,,
~ mentioned during the course of the pres y
eht european war, few words in descrip-'
tion OF Its plan and principles will not be
out of place.
The cartridge used in the "Necdle" grn
is made of stiff card board, the ball. now
der ana explosive composition being contain
GU IN one anu the same cylinder. It's great
PccnIinrlty Is that the decorating powder
- - ptaced Immediately in rear of the base of
I nc pail ana between it and the powder.
Inc advantage Of this is, that when the
powder is ignited that portion next the hail
IN which combustion is first perfected exerts
i's lull force upon the projectile, the powder
IN rear also exerting its influence, as it be-
comes almost simultaneously ignitel. Un.
der thc present system, in which that mart
OF the powder next to tho brcech of the gun
IS first ignitcd, II portion Of thcspowdcr is
frequently expelled from the gun with the
ball in condition of only partly combus.
ioh' the explosive force Of the powder first
consumed being adequate to expcl the ball
snd the powder i'll lis front before the whole
,nafge has time to become entirely ignited.
Fh1s in the Needle" gun all the nowdsr
s consumed. and applied TO tho best off,ct
ma ana so rs 10 obtain its fullest force nj
no same instant and in the same direction
Tho Needle gun is breeoh loader:
nd when tho trigger is pulled, stout
needle or wire is thrust through the base
I the cartridge, parallel with its axis, into
he detonating charge Sy tho ball causing.
ridge. '"i
In accuracy the "NecGlo" gun cannot be
arpassed, and its effective range is said TO
c about fifteen hundred yards. 1t is,
owever. doubtful whether it will be found
pear with lmpunity the necessarily rough
Garment OF an active campaign.
The Prnssian Jagres and sharpshooters
eheraliy arc armed with this formidable
eaPon, and upon q skirmish line, when it
IN be used with care and dcliberation. il
nst prove highly elective Richmond
tmes. lI
TIE TAX on INCoM Es Es--Aithough the re-.
,nuc of the Government amounted to $780,
10000 last year TINS largely eYoeedfnn;