Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-15

Letters which shall have been addressed to
persons who have changed their residence shall
De respectively delivered or returned, charged
WI viz sns postsse when should have esen paid
oy the persons addressed.
ARTICLE X The rates which the two post!
of1ces Of France and the United States shalf
mutually have TO carry TO each others &C.
count, snail be marked on the letters at the ex.
change ONCE from which they are sent, in
oroinaIy ngures, plainly and uniformly, on
tne risnt hand OF the upper part Of the ad.
The rates of letters unpaid to pe carried to
me debit Of the corresponding office by the
those of prepaid letters to be carried to the
eIeoit OF the corresponding ONCE shall be
marked in red ink. FTs 4 /
ARTICLE XII The United States POST once
shall cause to be placed on the address OF the
prepaid letters which the United States ofaees
of exchange shall deliver TO the French ofices
OF exchange, this impression (PAID), stamped
ON its side. the French Post.O once shall cause
the impression (f Dh stamped in red ink, to be
which snail be delivered sy the Frsnch ON aces
OF exchange to the United States Offices Of ex.
ARrlcLl XII. The respectiv We of,c.. NJ sx
cnange shall place upon the superscription Of
the correspondence Of every kind Contained In
the mails which they shall receive from the
corresponding ofhces Of exchange. g stamp,
with the date, showing the way in which such
mails shall have been forwarded.
The stamp to be placed upon the correspond.
ence transported between the French frontier
ana the Americau frontier, at the expense of or
on account OF the Post. Once of France, snail
bar, independently Of the name of the exchange
once OF destination. the characters Ssrv. FIR. or
Br French or British Service) This stamp
shall be placed in blue ink on the corre-
spondence transmitted directly, aad in red in
on tne correspondence Transmitted by way Of
The stamp to be placed on tna correspond
ence transportsd bet tween the American FROM
tier and the French frontier, u he British
Post-Ofice. shall bear, indepenoauLy of the
name OF the exchange office OF desunslion, the
Characters Serv. Am. (American Ssryice.)
THIS stamp shall be placed In blue ink, both on
the correspondence transmitted direct and on
tnat comprised In the mails Of or for the Office
OF Havre. which shall have been transported
by the packets of the New York line to Bre-
men, and by the packets plying between Havre
and southampton. without touching the British
territory. IL shaIl Be placed in red ink On the
correspondence comprised In the mails which
snail nave I've been transported by the aid OF the
ARTICLE XIII. Each Of the mails EXCHANGED
between the exchange o6aces of the two couu.
statement. showing the nature, the number.
and the weight of the articles which the mali
snail contain, as well as the amount of the rates
mentioned in Article X.
The exchange ONCE to which the mail shall
oe addressed shall acknowledge its receipt to
the exchange ofiice TRANSMITTING IL, BY the next
The letter bills or statements and the ac.
acknowledgements of receipt, Of which the French
omces OF exchange shall make use. shall be
eoAformaole to the model d. annexed to the
present articles.
The letter bills or statements and the &C.
knowledgments Of recsipt, of which the Uni
ted States exchange offices shall make use,
eneu oe conformable TO the model Z, in ke
manner annexed To the present articles
ARTICLE XIV. In cases where, on the
DAYS hxed for sending the mails, an ONCE Of
exchange shall have no letter TO address TO the
corresponding EXCHANGE Offic0. 0fY7 of
transmission shall, nevertheless, send in the
ordinary form. q mail, which shall contain q
negative letter bill or statement
ART1CLB XIV. Letters which cannot be de-
nvered Tor any cause whatever shall be re.
turned on one part and the other, q; the end
S Those Of sncs st,sri Il
been placed In the account shall bs retained
Tor the sum at which they have been origin
which shall have been delivered prepaid to
destination or 70 the frontier of the correspond
Ing ONCE shall be returned without charge or
The deduction resulting fron charges on
correspondence which cannot be delivered
shall be established in detailed memorandums,
conformaele 70 the model +, annexed 70 the
ARrIcLE XVI. There shall be prepared every
three months, atuthe French General Post.
Once, precise accounts, recapitulating the
facts relative to the transmission Of correspond
ence between the respective oflces or ex-
change These accounts, which shall have tor
ments Of receipt Of mails sent and received
during the period OF three months, shall be
recapitulated in general account, intended to
present the dennitive results Of the transmis.
sion Of correspondence exchanged between the
two departments.
After having been discussed and objections
above mentioned % shall BE- % paid b. sas Depart Depart.
ment which shall be found indebted TO the
ether In the course Of the quarter which shall
follow that to which the account relates.
M AVvan fOf he m ha m hA
Ist In drafts on washin g:on when the pay
ment shan Be In favor OF the United States
%. In drafts on Paris when the payment
shall be in favor Of the French Post-Omce.
In the latter case the amount Of the account
nve francs thirty centimes per dollar.
ARTICLE XVII. The present articles shall
take effect on the fir:t day Of April, 1857, and
two post-ofices shall have informed the other,
year In advance, of its intention TO abrogate
them.
articles shall continue TO be fully aud entirely
executed, without prejudice to the liquidation
and pay ment OF the amount OF the accounts
between tns postal & dspadtment, ~ ,, OF the two
Made in duplicate original, and signed at
Washington, the second day OF March, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
JAMES CAMPBELL, [sEAL.l
u. N. General.
SARTIGKs. 1sEALl
additional 4rticlss TO the Postal Coarentioq of
March =. 1857, LetIceen Ae General Post. O1ice Of
he United Mates Of America and tae General
I'Ost-01iee Of France.
ARTICLE 1. Independently of the CORES
pondence which shall be exchanged between
the post.offices of the Two countries By the
routes pointed out in Article 1. of the conven.
tion OF March two, one thousand eight hundred
and dfty.seven, those of1ces shall mutually
forward from one to the other letters, newspa-
pers, and printed papers Of all hncs, BY the
pool and Portland, or between Liverpool and
River du Loup.
AIrIcII II The provisions Of Article IL,
vi, ylI- VIII, TX, x, XI., XII, XIV,
XIV, ana XVI, Of the convention of March
two, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
seven, concerning letters exchanged between
the French Post-Omce and the United States