The Russellville Democrat., 1879-04-24


 We presume the case will be appeal ed tothe Supreme Court of the Uni ted States.
 4 Synopsis of fll,ss Kew Postal
 The following synopsis ofnew leg islation contained in the new post office appropriation bill just passed, and which goes into effect May l, has been prepared at the depart ment for the information of the pub lie: Mail matter is divided into four classes. First, written matter; sec ond periodical publications; third, miscellaneous printed matter; fourth, all matter not empraced in tine other tbree classes, which is not in s its form or natute liable to destroy, de face or otherwise damage the con tents of mail bags, or harm the per son of any one engaged in the postal service and is not above the weight provided by law, which is declared not to be exceeding four pounds for each package thereof, except in case of single books weighing in excess of that amount, Congressional docu- ments and matter emanating from any of the departments of the gov ernment, or from the Smithsonian Institute. What is known as the Comstock law in regard to obscene publications is re enacted, and such matter, as well as matter relating to lotteries, gift concerts, and fraudu- lent schemes or devices, are declared unmailable. Printed matter IS de- fined to be reproduction upon paper by any process except that of hand writing of any forms ofletters, char acters, figures or images, or of any combination thereof, not having the character of actual and personal cor respondence. Mail matter ot second- class embraces all newspapers and other periodical publications which are issued at stated intervals, and as frequently as four times year.
 Publication of the second class, when sent by the publisher thereof and from the office of publication, including sample copies, or when sent from news agency to actual subscribers thereto, or to other news agents, shall be entitled to transmits sion through the mail at the uniform rate of two cents pound or fraction thereof, such postage to be prepaid, as now provided by law. The free delivery of one copy to each actual subscriber residing in the county where the same are published, for merly merely confined to weekly pa pers, is extended to dailies and other matter of second-class, except at offices of free delivery; when deposit ed for delivery by its carriers at such offices, weeklies are delivered free, but dailies and other publica- tions of the second class, when deliv cred by carriers at the post offices where published paythe same rates as before.
 Where letter is deposited in the post office, withouts being properly stamped, the department forwards the package to it's destination, and collects the postage from the re ceiver.
 The St. Louis Republican, a paper always up with the times, says, "Politlcal philanthroplsts who are so ready to open their purse strings in aid of negro hegira, which they hope will damage the democratic party, will do well to consider that the work they have begun cannot stop when they get the negroes. out of the South. They must find them a welcome and home in the North somewhere, or this wonderful inven- tion will speedily return to plague it's inventors. Already republican Kansas is clamorous with indigna- tion at the outrage inflicted upon it, and the poor negroes find themselves surrounded by enemies instead of friends. St. Lous is blamed for sending the negroes to Kansas, but St. Louis has had nothing to do with the matter but to help these poor de, ludedgyictims finish the journey they have set out upon. Let the blame rest where 1t beiongs-on the polit- ical demagogues who insist upon playing battledore and shuttlecock with the negroes. It IS now an open secret that republican emissaries have started this hegira by filling the minds of the negroes with unreas. enable hopes of free lands and gov ernment aid in Kansas. It is pol itical trick that is working untold suffering for the negroes 1t will not be long before these poor people, and the farmers of Kansas who have had this burden put on them, twill fully understand it's motive and purpose" "
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