Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-04-23
From Washington.

eanis. The ard adopted is Eve aud one
eighth inches ia length. and three inche
ia width. and Is Esde Of good stiff paper
Slier.msrked With the initials ~. S. p
D. d." in monogram. The face OF ih'
card is engraved. surrounded By bOrdcI
IN seroll.wOrk and-eighlh Of an inch il
width The one cent stamp printed Al
the upper right-hand corner is from pro
Gle bust Of the goddess Of liberty. looks
to the left. and surrounded by 4 lathe
work border witt the words :" U. s. Post.
age" Inscribed shove. aud One Cent
below. On the upper left han! corner
are the words 4" United States Postal
Card. with directions to /" Write the ad.
dress only on this side. the message on the
other" Underneath, and occupying the
lower half Of the card. are ruled lines on
which to write the address; the top line
being pre6Xed with the word TO" The
back Of the card. intended for the com.
municatiOb. is entirely plain, being devoid
even Of ruled lines. In color. the body
Of the card is light cream, the printing
velvet brown. No variation in size.
shape, color nor any in other particular,
will be made from the regular style 10 ac-
commodate special eases; nor will the
department d. any printing on the cards
beyond the engraving specified IN the dc.
scription.
Postal cards will be sold for one cent
each. neither moro nor less, whether ~
large. quan'itie; or small. The object of
the postal cards is 10 facilitate letter cor.
resrondenee, anu provide for the transmits
sion through the mails, at a reduced rate
of postage. OF short communications eth.
er printed or written in pencil or iGk.
They may, therefore, be used for orders,
invitations, notices, receipts. acknowledge.
m9nts and other requirements of business
and social life, aud the matter desired to
be conveyed may be either in writing or
print, or partially in both. lu their
as mail matter, they are to be
regarded by pOstmasters the same as
sealed letters, and not as printed matter,
except that in no case will unclaimed
cards be sent to the dead letter office.
An ordinary printed business card may DC
sent through the mails when prepaid by
postage stamp attached; but
such card must contain absolutely no
written matter except tho address, other
wise it will be treated as not fully pre-
paid, aud refused admission into the mails.
All cards different from those herein
described, bearing embossed or printed
postage Stamps nd purporting to beUnit-
ed States postal cards. are counterfeit
and manufacture of such cards, or the at
tempt to use the same, will subject the of. |
fender to fnc OF $500 and imprison.
ment for five years. Postmasters will
not under any circumstances, be permit
ted to redeem or exchange postal cards
that may be INSTRUCTED, spoiled in print.
ing or otherwise rendered uAft for use, in
in the hands Of private holders.
VICTORY FOR GEN. FREMONT.
The supreme court of the United
States has rendered an important decis.
on in the case of f. J. Davis, Governor
If Texas, versus John g. Gray, receiver
lnder the circuit court of Texas, and that
he Memphis and lei Paso railroad COM
oany are entitled to the exclusive right to
ocate the land certificates of the said
state, and obtain patents therefor on the
ands within and forming a part of the
and reservation OF the said company, be-
ng the odd sections granted. June Goth,
1858. for the distance Of eight miles on
zach side Of the extension OF the line of
'ald road from the eastern boundry of
Texas to Ell Paso, designated and rccog-
lizod, according TO the returns and maps
If the same now on file in the general
and Office of Texas. The ordinance Of
he state convention, granting land to &C.
ual settlers, and repudiating the Mem.
1his aud El Paso railroad land grant. is
declared unconstitutional. The injunc-
ion OF the lower court against the gov
,rnor and land commissioners, restraining
hem, is made perpetual. The total a.
Mount of the laod.grant is 5000, 900
acres, Of viii oh the entire amount to the
Texas Pacific road, conditioned upon
10000 acres being set apart for the re.
lemdtion of the Texas Ell Paso bonds, this
amount being sufficient for the purpose.
The lands provided are ample for all the
sxpen SEES Of the receiver, besides redeem
ing the bonds. The result will release
Gen. Fremont from all obligations. He
mas, for some years, devoted himself al
most exclusively to securing this result,
and has refused political and all other em-
ployment until its contamination. In