Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-26

Due $40 p. m Closes a. m,
On Sunday only one mail is received |
from the North, and two from the West,
South and Northwest.
Mails departing on this day for these
routes close at 1880 p. IN, including
Norfolk, Old Point Comfort and Ports.
mouth.
MOney.Order once.
Especial attention is called TO the
noney.order system as q safe and cheap
method Of transmitting small sums Of
money through the mails. Orders are
issued in sums of not moro than $50.
Larger amounts can be transmitted to
the same person at the same time by adj.
ditional orders.
The money.ordcr Office is open from
8 a. IN to 6p.m.
RATES.
On orders not exceeding $50, 10 cents
Over $50, and not exceeding
$50, Is cents.
Over $50, and not exceeding '
$40, 20 cents
Over $40, and not exceeding
$50, IS 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 a registration fec in
stamps, for
! United States, II cents.
Canada, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia, 5 cents.
England, Ireland, and Scotland, cents.
German.Austrian Postal Union,
embracing the German and
Austrian States, & 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 arc charged,
payable quarterly in advance, either at
the mailing or delivery ohce:
Dailies, 80 cents.
| Six times a week, 30 cents.
| Tri-Weeklies, Is cents.
Semi. Weeklies, 10 cents.
Weeklies, cents.
semi,mOnthly, not over four
ounces, cents.
| MOnthlies, not over four ounces, 3 cents.
Quarterlies, not over four
ounces, cent.
Newspapers, periodicals, and circulars
dropped into the Office for local delivery
must be prepaid. The postage OH 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
natter, including newspapers, can only
be paid to the Canada line.
Books,
Not exceeding four ounces in
weight, cents.
And for each additional four
ounces, or fraction, 4 cents.
Unssaled Circulars,
Not exceeding three in number
to one address, 2 cents.
Over three and not exceeding
six to one address, A cents.
Any larger number the same proper
tionate rates.
Transient Printed Matter.
One package to one address, not
exceeding four ounces, cents
And for each additional four
ounces or fraction thereof, 2 cents.
No transient printed matter is for
varded unless prepaid,
Miscellaneous Matter,
Embracing pamphlets, occasional
publications, transient newspapers,
band.bills, posters, book manuscript,
prOoEsheets, 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
reservations OF different types, seeds,
cuttings, bulbs roots. and scions;) the
postage to be prepaid is, on one pack
age to one address, not over four ounces,
cents; over four ounces and not over
eight ounces, 4 cents; over eight ounces
and not over twelve ounces, G cents;
over twelve ounces and not over sixteen
ounces, 3 cents. The weight of pack
ages Of seeds, cuttings, roots, and scions
is limited to thirty-two ounces.
Postal RuIes.
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.
prnnavTnaN,f htf AZ n Tnng ronuirnd On al
letters to places within the United
States.
Full prepayment by stamps required
on all transient printed matter, foreign
and domestic.
All letters not prepaid by stamps,
all such as are received in the Office with
stamps cut from stamped envelopes, or
With such postage stamps as were in use
prior to 1861, or with revenue stamps on
them, arc treated as "unmailabe" and
sent 10 the deadletter Office.
Letters for Georgetown, d. g., require
3 cents for each half ounce.
Valuable letters should be carried to
the post Office and registered, If money
is to be RENTED n postal mOney-Order
should be obtained. II upon points where
there is no money-order Office then the
letter should be registered. Money
should never be inclosed in an ordinary |
letter. .....
All letters 10 be mailed must be plain
~ addressed, and the name Of the post |
office and State clearly written. Care in
This respect will insure the prompt deliv-
cry Of all letters, while a defective ad.
dress carries thom invariably to the dead
letter Office.
Local agents for the sale Of postage
stamps and stamped envelopes have been
established at the following places, where
the public can alwaysbe supplied;
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