The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-17
WASHINGTON
WAsHINsroN. April lo.
The Postal Cards,

The third Assistant Post Master,
General E. W. Barber, has given notice
that the necessary appropriation having
been made for the purpose the departs
ment will on the lst OF May next com-
int nee the issue to the postmasters Of
the postal cards, authorized by the act
of June 9Th 1872. The card sdopted is
foe, OF 4 and / inches in length and 8
inches in width and 10 made
of good stiff paper, water.
marked with the initials q. 8. P. o D.
iu monogram. The face OF the card is
engraved and surrounded by q border in
scroll work / OF au inch in width; the
one cent stamp printed on the upper
right band corner is from q profile bust
Of theGoddess of Liberty looking to the
left, and is surrounded by q lathe
work border, with the words U. s.
Postage above and one cent be.
low. Gu the upper left hand
corner are the words United States
Postal Card, with directions Ito make
the address only on this side" and the
message on the other. Under, and
occupying the lower half of the Card
are outlines on which to write the
address, the top line being prefixed
with tue words "To" TIE back of card
intended for the communication is
entirely plain being devoid even OF ruled
lines. In color the body Of the card s
ligh, cream, the printing, velvet brown.
No variation in size, shane, color, or in
any other particular will be made. from
the regular STYLE to accommodate special
cases nor will the Department do any
printing on cards beyond the engraving
specified in description Postal cards
will be sold for one cent each, neither
more nor less IN either large or small
quantities.
Celebrated.
NotW Withstsuding the cold, rainy wes.
ther which has prevailed here all morn
ing, the colored people of the city
turned out,in force 10 honor their day
OF emancipation. Sslutrs were fred
aud various societies had grand pa
rade. The procession was reviewed by
the President.
SuccessfaI Bidders.
There were seventeen bidders to sup
plv the Tressurers Department with
stationery for The next wear D. Ap.
pleton u Co., OF New York, and Ell
Lockwood OF Philadelphia, were among
the successful bidders The contracts
,mopnt IN ahont S100 00O
The HodOcs.
No official dispatches have been re-
ceived here since Saturday night, from
the Modoc country.
Untrue.
The published statement that the
President has appointed VIM. B. Boves,
of Alabama, Consul to Hesse Darn
stadt, and Thos. T. Foulks postmaster,
at C,ncin natl, Ohio, is untrue. The
President has made no such appoint
meuis
Commissioner Douglass, this morn
ink, received the following telegram
from Collector Bailev and the District
Attorney at Albany, New York:
The locom olives and engines Of the
N. Y. C. R R. Company replevied on
SATURDAY., bv the sheriff were this day
returned. The necessary papers will
he filed tomorrow. removing the suit
from the State court TO the US. Circuit
court.
The President to-day issued com.
mission 10 Assistant Secretary Sawyer.
authorizing him to act rs Secretary
in Gaze of absence or sickness OF Secre-
tary Richardson.
A Protest.
A number ol railroad presidents have
sent a protest to Secretary Richardson
against changing the seal lock now In
use upon railroad cara containing bond.
ed goods. acting upon a supposltlon
that such step has actually been de
termiued upon by the department,"hlch
ia not the case. The lock having been
found inper feet and easily picked, the
Secretary has decided to Lave an ex-
animation OF locks on the lst Of May, to
determine whether any OF them are
more perfect than the seal lock