Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-22
ANENT NEWSLETTERS
SUCH COMMUNICATIONS NAY BE
CARRIED NV EXPRESS.
RULING OF THE POST-OFFICE DEPT.
II Wa. Not the Purpose of the T..
NJ G.. Recent order 20 Change It
MISUNDERSTANDING pInion-Wash-
fngfon Personals.

SqeCial-f-A most lfuiul tAilt 4tAttl VI N-'N
acknowledgements. on the subject OF
news-letters between correspondents and
their papers. has just been issued and
published b. the Department for the In
formation Of correspondents. publishers.
transportation companies. and all othe~
concerned. II will b seen by this letter
that news communications can be car
rica By express. or otherwise than In the
mails. The following is the letter:
''Post-Ofice Department,
'of3ce OF the General Superintendent
Railway Mail Service.
''Washington. y. G. August .. 1856.
Dear Sir.-Responding 10 your recent
letter. i have the honor 10 communicate
the following ruling made several years
ago b. the POst-Ofiice Department:
The Post-Ofiice Department has never
insisted that 1t Is unlawful TO carry by
express or By private carriage, such
manuscript as T. intended fer publica-
ton. when not accompanied BY any mat
ter In the nature OF personal correspond
ence. Mere news matter prepared uy tne
correspondents Of the press FOR the
columns OF their papers can. under tnls
ruling. be carried by express. or OtntI-
wise than in the mails, but u any mat
ter in the nature OF perscnal CORE
epondence IS ilclose1 with SUCH manu-
script, II can only be carried lawfully
IN the cover Of a government stamped en-
III was not the purpose OF the recent
order issued by me TO change TINS Tullls.
Very respectfully, - 49,
Signed WILLIAM J.. WIlSSDN,,
Postmaster General
Division superintendents who have not
aIrsadv done so will publish the ao0Ne IN
their General orders; r,. = WHITE
General Superintendent
If would seem from the above that
f.t.sr can be sent 20 q newspaper from
crs r.o,nt 10 another on railway TRAM
On which there T. no railway mall-car'
by a passenger or basgagemasi or
other railroad employee. provided Il :
enclosed in a government-stanptl en-
veIope. This viii prove 70 be a great con-
xenfence 70 newspapers throughout the
country. and will be q vast saving 70 them
a. telegraph tolls. Thus. letter sent
frorn her on the so =. N. train. on
which there BE- no mail-car. by nand' can
be delivered in Richmond upon me a..
rival Of the train there al i-35 A. II.
Heretofore. and up 20 the present Time
a news letter mailed IL ample time 70
GO in a pouch 10 Richmond. carried IN
me baggage-car on this train, would 20
10 the post-office and remain there al
night. undelivered until the following
morning.
EMPRESS AND RAILROAD LETTERS.
Another order has also been Issued BY
the department modifying the original
order Of July p. which prohibits railroals
and express companies from carrying
their own mails At the request Of many
~ the railroad companies. the subject
matter OF the order above referred 20 was
admitted 10 the AttCrney-Ge for
his opinion. In view Of the latter il has
become necessary 10 modify and explain
that order 50 as 20 make II conform 10
The conclusions reached by the Attorney
General, which are Substantially as ioI-
lows: ,
The provisions az section lo22, postai
laws and regulations. 1pl3. excepting from
the prohibition Of sections $3.50 and -,
Reydsed Statutes, all letters and packets
that relate to the business Of the ran
800 On which they are carried IS a cor
rect exposition Of said secuohs anu
hence a railroad company mas flsnI 70 ~
carry letters without the payment o.
postage that are written and sent by the
a@icers 81 said company. which carries
and delivers them about It's business, anu
these only No other carrier must Hi
tervene. The moment this occurs .ucn
other carrier Is transporting letters 70 d
third person: but letters can De selt
from agent 10 agent. ana so on ihIo.isi u
q connecting route without mourning IN Ils
reralties imposed BY the statutes. FOR
Instance letter 30 regard 10 irelshl
carried from New York TO San Franclssco,
written by the agent OF the terminal nm
an San Francisco to an agent OF the me
Tasf win which II has immediate con-
uection may be carried and dellVered 70
The addressee. and then the agent OF NJ
connecting line, II interested IN ths sdIilS
subiect-rnatter may write ana ucANr.
a letter 10 fts next connecting line, ana
SO on through 20 New YORK Dut II tne
letter be addressed IN the nlst lIls ,.. !.
by the san Francisco agent 70 the ase 49,.
az the initial line at New Orh, IL MUS
s. scn+ nv mail or inclOsed In a stamped
envelope. as required by law. -
sRaijroads and express companies ana
other parties carrying MAYER unu , Iii
will be held 70 know Mt their own PSIn
the nature Of such matter. ana "hs'n NJ
r. can he lawfully carried outside Of the
mails or not" ~,,-,,-,
SMALL TRAIN WRECKER-
II now turns out that it was smali
negro boy. only years DID, tnat' s1t.,I'p ,
"a 10 wreck the train on the southern
railway. near Wellington station some
few DAYS ago. lie placed "A log across
the track Of the ro8c hat point. whlch'
hut for the Quici II the engineer IN
detecting IT, woui Zee caused wreck,
Involving the des elton Of a great dea.
OF property. and probably the sacrlnce ol
a great many lives. He had heard me
story OF the other wreck. and he resolved
70 emulate the deeds OF more expe-
rieuced criminals and he might nave
succeeded If his plans had not been as
covered. "
the how. whose name IS Charley Alex
ander was arrested, but the case against
him was compromised and he was re-
leased after a severe whipping, admins
tered By his father.
Personal.
Mrs. Senator Marion Butler, Of North
Carolina. arrived here to-day. and IS
stopping at the Shoreham. until hand
some residence, which the Senator mas
rented. can be made ready for her re-
ception. =,
Mr. Reuben Hayward. Of o street, is
spendlng his vacation at Fredericksburg.
Miss Lizzie Friess has gone 10 Quanuco
for a weeks recreation.
Thomas l.. Roper. Jr, Of Charlottes-
vile Va, and William l.. Slagg, or North
Carolina. are az the Metropolitan.
II. G. Paulefte. Farmville, Va; c. NJ.
Moore Charlottesville. Va, and a. T..
Wait. John A. Taylor. and r. NJ Smith
and wife, OF Pichmond, Va, are at the
National.
Miss NJ. Fisher. Mrs. Nowlin. and Miss
Pendleton. OF Lynchburg; r. Robbins. B.
Askew A. Cornwall Mrs. G. Cornwall.
and Miss G. Cornwall. OF Richmond, are
at the s. James.
]. Jones. OF Norfolk. IS at the United
Hotel