The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-05-24

0naehita Telegraph.
MONROE, LA. MAY "a, 1878.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
BY the terms of recent legislation the
Franking Privilege was abolished, and
after June 30th, 1873, the payment of
postage will be exacted from subscribers
to county newspapers, and also postage
upon all exchanges at the Office Of de-
livery. No changes, however, have
been made in the rates of postage, and
consequently postage charges will be as
follows:
LETTERS.
To all parts OF the United States,
three cents per half ounce.
PAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC.
Pamphlets, occasional publications,
transient newspapers, magazines, hand
bills, posters, unsealed circulars, book
manuscripts, prospectuses, proof sheets,
corrected proof sheets, maps, prints,
engravings, blanks, flexible patterns,
sample cards, Photographic paper, let
ter envelopes, postal envelopes and
wrappers, cards, plain and ornamental
paper, Photographic representations Of
different types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs,
roots and scions, can be transmitted
through the mails ut the rate of one
cent for each two ounces or fraction
thereof.
Books, two cents for each two ounces
or fraction thereof. Samples OF mer-
chandise, metals, ores and mincralogi-
pSvNNH ~, H.,
mails in packages not exceeding twelve
ounces, at the rate of two cents for each
two ounces or fraction thereof; to be
left open at the ends for examination,
and to contain no writing other than
the address.
All liquids, poisOns, glass, explosive
materials, obscene books, and all other
matter liable to injure the mails or those
having charge thereof, shall be cXclu-
de<l tfrerefroIn.
REGULAR PUBLICATIONS.
Newspapers sent by mail must be
prepaid by stamps, unless ssregularly
issued and sent to regular subscribcrs'
by publishers or news-dealers, when
the following rates arc charged, paya-
bic quarterly in advance, either at tlc
mailing or delivery office:
Daliies. ..... cents
jtt
.rri-weeklies. ....................."...15 cents
Seml-Weeklies....... ................1O cents
"eeklieS....- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5 cents
Semi-monthly, not ovor 4 ozs... 6 cents
Monthlies, not over oZS........ cents
Quarterlies. not over 4 ozs.... l. cent
Newspapers aud periodicals dropped
into the Office for local delivery must
be prepaid at the rate of one cent for
two ounces, and an additional ratio for
every additional two ounces or fraction
than two ounces are subject to two
cents, prepaid at all letter-carricr Off
ce,S.
The postage on regular papers, &C.,
must be paid in advance, either ut the
place Of delivery, to the carrier, or at
the office, otherwise they will be charge
able at transient rates.
BOOK MANUSCRIPT.
Book manuscript passing between
authors and publishers requires prepay
ment ut tho rate Of one cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof.
Manuscript intended for publication
IN newspapers, magazines, pamphlets,
&C., is subject to letter rates of postage.
GENERAL RULES.
Full prepayment by stamps required
on all transient printed matter, foreign
and domestic.
All letters not prepaid by stamps, ali
such rs 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 cas- unnail-
able" and sent to tho dead letter Office.
Letters which have not been delivered
can be forwarded, without additional
charge, upon written request.
Letters once delivered from Il post
Office cannot be remailcd without pre-
payment of postage.
Department postage, after juno 30,
1878, will be prepaid by special stamps,
furnished by the Postottice Department.
1t will, nevertheless, become impor-
tant for the correspondents of the scve-
raj departments and bureaus to fully
prepay their postage after that date. OF
course, the local officers and agents of
the department will be Instructed to
this effect.
Learning that john IL. Clay and
Robt. Watson were the two lrcchol,lrrS
who assisted in forming the Grand
Jury, a reporter of the Picay,,nr called
upan them.