Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-12

DOutn anu NORTHWEST,
Mails departing on this day for these
routes close at 1880 p. IN, including
Norfolk, Old Point Comfort and Ports.
mouth.
MOney.OTder G1lies.
Especial attention is called TO the
inoney.order system as a safe and cheap
method Of transmitting small sums Of
money through the mails. Orders are
issued in sums Of not more than $50.
Larger amounts can be transmitted TO
the same person at the same time by ad.
ditional orders.
The mOney-order Office is open from
s a. IN to G p. IN.
RATES.
On orders not exceeding $50, 10 cents.
Over 800, and not exceeding
Over $50, and not exceeding ''''
$40, 20 cents
$50, % cents.
Money orders can be obtained on any
post Office Of Switzerland at the above
rates.
Registry Department.
Letters may be registered by paying
postage in full, and q registration fee in
stamps, for
United States, Il cents,
Canada, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia, 8 cents.
England, ireland, and Scotland, 8 cents.
German-Austrian Postal Union,
embracing the German and
Austrian States, 8 cents.
Letters cannot be registered to
France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and
Holland,
Postage on Printed Matter, &c.
Newspapers.
Newspapers sent by mail must be
prepaid by stamps, unless regularly
issued and sent to regular subscribers,
when the following rates are charged,
payable quarterly in advance, either at
the mailing or delivery ONCE:
Dailies, IS cents.
Six times a week, 80 cents.
1Ti-Weeklies, Is cents.
Semi. Weeklies, 10 cents.
Weeklies, 5 cents.
Semi.mOnthly, not over four
ounces, 6 cents.
Monthlies, not over four ounces, 3 cents.
Quartorlies, not over four
ounces, cent.
Newspapers, periodicals, and circulars
dropped into the Office for local delivery
must be prepaid. The postage on regu-
lar papers, &c must be paid in advance
to the carrier or at the Office, otherwise
they will be charged at transient rates.
Postage TO Canada.
Postage on books and other printed
matter, including newspapers, can only
be paid TO the Canada line.
Books,
Not exceeding four ounces in
weight, 4 cents.
And for each additional four
ounces, or fraction, cents.
Uasealed Circulars,
Not exceeding three in number
to one address, 2cents.
Over three and not exceeding
six to one address, cents
Amy larger number the same proper
tiOnSte rates.
Transient Printed Matter.
One package to one address, not
exceeding four ounces, 2 cents
And for each additional fOur
ounces, or fraction thereof, 2 cents.
No transient printed matter is for
warded unless prepaid.
Miscellaneous Matter,
Embracing pamphlets, occasional
publications, transient newspapers,
hand-bills, posters, book manuscript,
proof.sheets, corrected or not; maps,
prints, engravings, sheet music, blanks,
flexible patterns, sample cards, phono-
graphic paper, letter envelopes, postal
envelopes or wrappers, cards, paper,
plain or ornamental; Photographic rep
Of different types, seeds,
cuttings, bulbs, roots. and scions;) the
postage 10 be prepaid is, on one pack
age to one address, not over four ounces,
2 cents; over four ounces and not over
eight ounces, cents; over eight ounces
and not over twelve ounces, G cents;
over twelve ounces and not over sixteen
ounces, cents. The weight oil pack
ages Of seeds, cuttings, roots, and scions
is limited to thirty-two ounces.
Postal Rules.
Many errors occur by persons not OBJ
serving the following regulations in de-
posting letters, papers, or miscellaneous
publications for mailing:
All drop letters must be prepaid by
postage stamps.
Prepayment by stamps required on all
letters to places within the United
States.
Full prepayment by stamps required
on all transient printed mntter, foreign
and domestic.
All letters not prepaid by stamps,
al such as are received in the Office with
itdmps cut from stamped envelopes, or
With such postage stamps as were in use
prior TO 1861, or with revenue stamps on
hem, are treated as unavailable" and
ent to the dead-letter Office.
Letters for Georgetown, D. O., require
cents for each half ounce
Valuable letters should be carried to
he post Office and registered II money
5 to be RENTED a postal money-order
lhoul9 be obtained. Ifupon points where
there is no money-order Office then the
letter should be registered. Money
should never be inclosed in an ordinary
etter.
All letters 10 be mailed must be plain.
y addressed, and the name Of the post
,fllce and State clearly written. Care in
bis respect will insure the prompt deliv.
.ry of all letters, while a defective I'D
Iress carries them invariably to the dead
etteT Office.
Local agents for the sale Of postage
lamps and stamped envelopes have been
established at the following places, where
he public can always be supplied