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No deduction or variation will be made from the fore going rates. ADAIR A SMITH. FRATERNAL RECORD. MASONS. ATLANTA LODGE, No. 59, F. A. M., meets on the sec ond and fourth Thursday nights in each month. LEWIS LAWSHE, W. M. John M. Boring, Secretary. FULTON LODGE, No. 216, F. A. M., meets on the first and third Thursday nights in each month. DAVID MAYER, W. M. R. J. M ibhey, Secretary. MOUNT ION ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, No. 16, meets on the second and fourth Monday nights in each month. L. J. GLENN, H. P. C. R. Hani.kitrr, Secretary. JASON BURR COUNCIL OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS, No. 18, meets quarterly, on the first lues day In January, April, July and October. LEWIS LAWSHE, Th. 111. John M. Bohinu, Recorder. OCRUR DE LION CO MM ANDREY, No. 4, meets on the first and third Wednesday In each month. W. W. BOYD, M.-.E.’. W. T. Msah, Recorder. ODD-FELLOWB. CENTRAL LODGE, No. 28, meets every Tuesday night. T. P. FLEMING, N. G. Willi*m Wilson, Secretary. EMPIRE ENCAMPMENT, No. 12, meets on the second and fourth Friday nights. WM. H. BARNES, Chief Patriarch, W. W. BOYD, High Priest T. P. Flemino, Scribe. MECHANICAL. FULTON MECHANICS’ ASSOCIATION meets 2d Fri day In each month, at Engine House, No. 2. C. M. CALDWELL, President J Ait as Noble, Jb., Secretary. BANKING. BANK OF FULTON—Alabama Street. R. W. HOLLAND, President A. Aubvbll, Cashier. AGENCY CENTRAL RAILROAD A BANKING COM PANY—Office on Alabama Street. A. W. JONES, Agent AGENCY GEORGIA RAILROAD A BANKING COM- PANY—Office on Whitehall Street near the Railroad. WM. W. CLAYTON, Agent AGENCY NORTH-WESTERN BANK—Office at Wash ington Hall. W. P. INMAN, Agent. ATLANTA INSURANCE COMPANY—Office, next dooi to Georgia Railroad Bank. J. P. LOGAN, President Pbbiwo Bboww, Cashier. ATLANTA FIRE DEPARTMENT. Meets quarterly on the third Monday evening in Jan uary, April, July and October. WM. BARNES, Chief Engineer. F. B. SHERWOOD, Ist Assistant. R. F. MADDOX, Al Assistant. F. M. JOHNSTON, Secretary. JOHN F. KZZARD, Treasurer. ATLANTA FIRE COMPANY No. 1, meets first Monday In Meh month. J. H. MECASLIN, President W. K. Mama, Secretary. MECHANIC FIRE COMPANY, No. 2, meets lint Friday night in each month. LEVI RICHARDSON, President C. C. Romb, Secretary. TALLULAH FIRE COMPANY, No. X meets Ist Wed nee day In each month. JOHN F. K2EARD, Pres MX Jobs Mcuumoa, Secretary. ATLANTA HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY, N-o, meets find Saturday night in each month. FRANK JOHNSTON, Foreman. Noxb R. Fowlkb, Secretary. TO ADVERTISERS. THE McKinney (Texas) Messenger, now In its seventh vofama, is published tn the heart or the richest portion of Toxas, has an oxtetmlvo circulation, and to one of the cheapest adverUain* mediums In the South Went as wit nem the following rutee per annum; (Halt caris, balance One square (l« lines) |l0: t squares *18; I squre* *18; 4'wjuarea *91;» squares *M ; • squares *97; T squares *9Q; 8 squares *88; • squares *M j 10 squares *39, Ac. LRT •mmourma is anvaucu two Address. THOMAS * DARN ALL, April Publishers. TURNIP SEED. H"' AVING just received a large and carefully eeleeted lot of Turnip Bead, we enn fora ieb orders for any quantity. Bead* ye I tabla."lß jujTSoif MASSEY A LANSDKLK Georgia Railroad & Banking Company. Augusta to Atlanta, 171 Miles—Fare, *5 50. GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent. MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 9.05, A. M. Arrives at Augusta at 6.20, P. M. Leaves Augusta, daily, at 0.30, A. M. Arrives at Atlanta at 9.45, A. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 7.15, P. M. Arrives at Augusta at 5.56, A. M. Leaves Augusta at 2.30, P. M. Arrives at Atlanta at 11.45, P. M. This Road runs in connection with the Trains of the South Carolina and the Savannah and Augusta Railroads, at Augusta. ATLANTA & WEST-POINT R. R. Atlanta to West-Point, 87 Miles—Fare,..*3 50. GEORGE G. HULL, Superintendent. DAT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 10.10, A. M. Arrives at West-Point at 3.10, P. M. Leaves West-Point, daily, at 3.00, P. M. Arrives at Atlanta at 7.51, P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 0.30, A. M. Arrives at West-Point at 5.46, A. M. Leaves West-Point, daily, at 3.15, A. M. Arrives at Atlanta at 7.59, A. M. This Road connects with the Montgomery A West-Point Road at West-Point. WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD. Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles—Fare,....*s. JOHN W. LEWIS, Superintendent. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 10.10, A. M. Arrives at Chattanooga at 7.00, P. M. Leaves Chattanooga at 1.45, A. M. Arrives at Atlanta at 10.00, A. M This Road connects,each way,with the Romo Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Ten nessee and Georgia Rialroad at Dalton, and the Nashville A Chattanooga Railroad at Chatta nooga. MACON & WESTERN RAILROAD. Atlanta to Macon, 102 Miles—Fare *4 50. ALFRED L. TYLER, Superintendent. Macon A Western Railroad Company, ) Macon, Georgia, July 30, 1861. J ON and after Sunday, 4th of August, the Passenger Train will run as follows : Leave Macon 10 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta 4 P. M. Leave Atlanta Il A. M. Arrive at Macon.. 5 P. M. The 11 A. M. train from Atlanta connects at Macon with the Central Railroad 10 P. M. train for Savannah, and Southwestern Rail road at 11.45 P. M. for Columbus. IMPROVED METALIC BURIAL CASES. Illi i imii i"ii'V ALSO, a general assortment of WOOD COF FINS, including Rosewood and Mahogany. MarwhaPs Sheet Metallc Burial Cases, An entirely new article, nearly as light as wood, and closed up with India Rubber-air tight— for sale at my Rooms, io Markham’s New Build ing, on Whitehall street, up stairs. L. ROBINSON. Residence on Bridge street, near Col. John Collier's. Orders, by telegraph, or otherwise, prompt ly attended to. Jan. 15,1861—1 y. •CHIA DIPBT. COLE & WYLY, ' Wholesale and Retail { Dealers In pHINA, Glass, Silver, Plated Ware, Vases, i Parian Figures, Kerosine Lamps, Candle- ! sticks, Tea Trays, Table Mats, Baskets, Glass Shades, Table Cutlery, Ac., A., (HEAP FOR CASH. White Granite and common Crockery at i wholesale, at Charleston prices, nearly opt»o- • site Beach A Root's, Whitehall street, Atlanta,.... Georgia. April id, 1861. THOMAS F. LOWE, ■MI Commission Merchant, For the purchase and sale of Western Produce, CoUca, Groceries an 4 Merchandize geaerally, iArmmAMa STreef. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. April KIUL QA BBLS LARD OIL just received oa con- ; V sirnsnent and for sale by jue I BUTLER A PETERO. 1 THE PUBLIC GOOD BEFORE PRIVATE ADVANTAGE. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SfflßAl MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1861. DR. H. W. BROWN. OFFICE —At his residence on Calhoun street, near the Medical College. march 20. DR. JOHN G. WESTMORELAND, OFFICE on Alabama street, opposite Market House. Can be found either at his office or next door above. March 26. DR. W. F. WESTMORELAND, Office and Residence JVorth Side of jna rietta Street. March 21. DRS. ALEXANDER di SHELBY, Office on Marietta Street, North side. DR. Alexander’s residence on Marietta St., South side. Dr. Shelby may be found at the Trout House. March 27. SPRING MILLINERY! Mrs. J. M. Boring HAVING just returned from Charleston, where she purchased her present Spring Goods, takes pleasure in inviting her friends and the public to an inspection of them. Her stock is quite full, and embraces all the latest styles, which will be offered at prices to suit the times. Rooms in Parker’s new brick building, on Whitehall street.. April 11. COX.HILL & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS AND DIRECT IMPORTERS OF WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, &.C., Peach-Tree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. March 23 w p. e. McDaniel, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE, Hunter Street, between Whitehall and Prior, Atlanta, Georgia. March 20. BUTLER & I’ETEKS, (Successors to High, Butler A C 0.,) Commission Merchants, FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF T K JV.V ESS EE /• ROl> V (f. Cotton, Groceries, dee. ATLANTA GEORGIA, HAVE in store, at their Fire-Proof Ware House, on the corner of Forsyth street and the Railroad, (opposite the State Road Depot,) 100 BARRELS LARD OIL; 50 BALES YARN ; 100 BARRELS LARD; 200 KEGS PRIME LEAF LARD; 1,000 BARRELS FLOUR. May 4. CUTTING & STONE, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, CONNALLY’S Block, Whitehall street, four doors from Alabama Street. aprll. ATLANTA CLOTHING HALL. I HAVE just returned from the North with a large stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING, dfjdtL an<l sm rea dy so supply the cit- ju r > s « nß of Atlanta and the sur- pv illff rounding country, with COATS, PANTS, VESTS, SIH UTS, Handkerchiefs, Neck-ties, | HATS, CAPS, SOCKS, and everything else I k WjMk ,a tJl ® Clothing line, oi good quality and at LOW PRICES. J- : All Who desire BARGAINS should give me a call. —ALSO, ON HAND— Jewelry! Knives ! Combs! A.n<l other Notions. M. OPPENHEIMER, Whiteall street, nearly opposite march 15U Eddle.nan A Bank i DK WITT BMVYW. TNCMI. W. SAVABK. BRUYN As SAVAGE, ARCHITECTS, ? Savattnait, Georgia, lu Batteraby’s new brick build ing, corner of Bay and Dray- | ■■KiSSlwsßß-i h>n Streets. WILL furnish Plans and Specifications, amd give their personal attention to the erec- ; tion ot Buildings in any part of the State. Refer to the Ctixens of Savannah generally. • March 18-Iy. I FRESH DRUGS S MBDfflft HUNNICUTT, TAVIOB 4 JONES, BSIGN OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE I ■ Corner Peachtree and Decatur sta., ATLANTA. GEO. HAVING unequaled facilities for the pur chase and Direct Importation of goods, the Proprietors would respectfully call the atten tion of Physicians, Merchants, Planters and the public generally, to their extensive new and carefully selected stock of DRUGS, MED ICINES, PERFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES, PAINTS, OILS, AND DYE STUFFS, which they are now prepared to sell on the most rea sonable terms for Cash or approved paper In addition to their stock of Staple, Drugs and Chemicals, they have a full assortment oi TOOTH, NAIL, HAIR AND PAINT BRUSH ES, DENTAL AND SURGICAL INSTRU MENTS, Ac., Ac. They are also Sole Proprietors and Man ufacturers of TAYLOR’S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC ELIXIR. march 30 ’6l. HAMILTON, MARKLEY & JOYNER, (LATE G. K. A J. L. HAMILTON,) DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. jqy THIS firm has been formed for the purpose of carrying on the MiFTITr-i DRUG BUSI ™» ■' ; ’ n ’ tß branches, have lately been enabled to replen- about twelve hun dred gallons of va rious kinds of OILS, ALCOHOL, <fcc. We can also now offer Gum Opium, Cream Tartar, Sulphate Quinine, Super Carb Soda, Sulphate Morphine, Sal Soda, Gum Camphor, Sulphur, Ac., Ac., With the usual assortment of CHEMICALS, DRUGS, &c. We give notice to our customers that the earliest day ships can come into a Southern port we shall commence to IMPORT DIRECT our supplies of Foreign Drugs, Spices, Cognac Brandy, Wines, Glassware, Ac. Terms strictly and invariably CASH. HAMILTON, MARKLEY A JOYNER. July 27, 1861-ts. 1861. 3861. SALMONS & SIMMONS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer* In FOREIGN & DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Corner of Whitehall and Alabama Sta., Atlanta. Georgia. NEW SPRING STOCK! ONE of our firm having returned from Mar ket, where he has just completed an exten- Ji,"' P urc ha«e of our Spring Stock of GOODS, A we take this method °f advising the pub- He oi the same. Our stock of Stap(© and Fanej were never more attractive. The supply of BLEACHED AND BROWN SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS. !>#., is ample. Grepe D’.ieflait, Harege Anglais, French C.hlnts, Jffoxambique, Grode Rhine, and a splendid assortment of Plain K Fancy Sllko, Silk JEantleo. Ihalert, Sc., may be found among our assortment also, Ladies’ ALEXANDER KJD GLOVXS, SILh. MliS,dbc. 'S.rery variety of Ladies’ and Misses’ SHOES, manufactured in Philadelphia expressly for our trade. A more beautiful lot of CARPETINGS. OIL CLOTHS AND MATTINGS we have never displayed in this market. All of which we will sell low for CASH. Orders promptly attended to. SALMONS A SIMMONS, Atlanta, March 28, 1861. BRYSON & BEAUMONT, Manufacturers and Dealer* in MEN'S St BOY'S CLOTHINS, GENTLEMEN S FURNISHING GOODS. CLOTBS. CASSIMKRKS AND VXSTING&, Markham’s I run-Front Building, White hall, Street, v. «. aarsos, 1 ATLANTA. GEORGIA. v. «. IBAVMOSTI April M, 18*1. Reckless Profligacy of the Federal Gov ernment. From the London Times, Julp, 81. The armies of Xerxes and the wealth of Solomon would hardly sustain a comparison with the hosts of men and mountains of money which—at any rate, upon paper—are placed at the command of Mr. Lincoln for the suppression of the Southern Confederacy. We may ven ture, perhaps, to pass without too rigorous a scrutiny the bold, though somewhat gascona ding, "vote by which the intelligence of the defeat at Manassas was received in Congress. The millions so precipately offered represen ted, probably, the patriotic resolution of the North to spend its last dollar in the preserva tion of the Union; but, without pressing these loose figures to their literal import, we are really astounded at the conclusions which are forced upon us by recent reports. It used to be thought that this country had attained an unhappy but unapproachable eminence in na tional indebtedness. Half our entire expen diture in ordinary years still goes to pay the interest of borrowed money, and when we were told to look at America and observe how, un der democratic institutions, a country as po pulous as our own could be governed at a quarter of the expense, we could not but feel the force of the contrast. We knew, in deed, that America had all her temptations to come, and it was occasionally remarked in these columns that the tendency to extrava gance on the other side of the Atlantic was rapidly increasing; but the comparison still remained a striking one. Now, however, a cri tical test has been applied. America is involv ed in war, and the rate at which she is rais ing men and money will, if carefully examin ed, appear almost too extraordinary for be lief. The exact position of American finances must be to a great extent a matter of estimate even in the country itself; but it has been calculated, on good authority, that the actual expenditure of the Federal Government at the present moment is the rate of about £75,000,- 000 per annum. This, it is true, is less by £9,000,000 than the amount of our expendi ture—£B4,ooo,ooo—in the heaviest year of the Crimean war; but one-third of that charge was absorbed in providing for the national debt, and the whole sum only showed an ex cess of some £35,000,000 over our ordinary place expenditure. In 1853 we spent £51,« 000,000; in 1854, £60,000,000; and it was not until we found ourselves in the very ag ony of the struggle that we added some sixty per cent, to our usual outlay. We may say, that the war cost us for the twelve months, when it was most expensive, about £30,000,- 000 of money, whereas the civil war is cost ing the Americana at its very outset at least twice the sum. An expenditure of £75,000,- 090 represents an excess of about £60,000,- 000 on the ordinary outlay of the Federal Government, and this incurred when the first campaign has just been opened, and before the real proportions of the war can be sup posed to be developed. This however, through a most ominous fact constitutes by no means the most striking feature of the case before us. When we, in this country, were spending these tens of millions upon the war in hand, we were also taxing ourselves in propotion. We met an outlay of £84,000,000 by taxes to the amount of £63,000,000 net, actually paid into the Exchequer after the cost of collection had been deducted. In the following year we provided no less than £68,000,000 to meet an aggregate charge of £78,000,000 ; so that in the two years together we added only some £30,000,000 to the national debt. In fact, the whole war, sanguinary and exhausting as it proved, only augumented the public debt by the sum of £32,793,000. Let us now con trast these statistics with the accounts receiv ed from America. The ordinary Federal re venue amounts to about £16,000,000, so that the extraordinary charge of the war, to be met either by taxation or loan, is, as we have said, about £60,000,000. But how do the Americans propose to raise this ? What pro potion will they borrow, and what propotion will they levy by taxation ? As far as we can collect from the figures transmitted, they de sign to borrow the whole. They have voted fresh taxes, undoubtedly; but these taxes, we imagine, will do little more than provide for the mere interest of the debts contracted, or, as it is phrased, serve as “ a basis for loans.” We arrive at this conclusion partly by arithmetical calculation, and partly from intimations conveyed by the American jour nals. We are told distinctly that though Con gress was ready to authorize any amount of loans, it hesitated when asked for supplies on which to base them ; and we obserwe that, though the best affected of the New York ban kers did at first suggest that provision should be made for meeting part of the principal, they presently admitted that this arrangement might be dispensed with. Moreover, it seems pretty evident that the produce of new taxes will not suffice for much more than the linquidation of the enormous interest, which, as we shall presently remark, will be inces» santly accruing. Until we get the estimates of the Government placed before us we can do little more than approximate to the truth as by conjecture and computation; but if the Federal revenue were to be doubled by the proceeds of fresh taxation, the increase of in come would be almost all absorbed in paying the interest of the debt which will probably bo contracted by this time twelve months. In other words, the Americans are now creating a national debt at the rate of £60,000,000 a year. We entreat the reader to observe for a mo ment what this implies. Such a course throws all our borrowing into , the shade. In all the nine years of the American war, from 1773 to 1783, wo only borrowed £104,000,000. In the twenty two years of the great Revolutionary warwe averaged less than £40,000.000 a year, aad In the tremendous year 1813-14 the loan was but £36,000,000. But this is only half the battle. The burthen of a load depends not so much on the amount of principal as on the rate of interest. We borrowed our mon ey eves ia 1813 at a little above four and a half per cent, and in 1854 at a little above three per cm t. The Americans, however, be gan by an offer of seven per cent., and are at this moment compelled to pay ten or twelve NEW SERIES: VOL. I-NO. 181. per cent. We find, therefore, that while £60,- 000,000 annually would bo added to their na tional debt, £6,000,000 annually would be ad ded to the charge of that debt., so that four years and three-quarters of their present ex penditure would saddle them with a burthen, equal to that which we have incurred in a cen tury and a half. Mr. Gladstone has to pro vide some £23,000,000 to satisfy the public creditors of Great Britain, In the year 1866, if the American should be protracted so long, Mr. Chase’s successor will have to provide rather more than that sum for the creditors of the Union. It is obvious to remark that the war may not be carried on so long, or continued at bo heavy a cost; and, indeed, the exorbitant pro positions of Congress were problably based upon the assumption that the wayto make short work was to go to worx unsparingly at first. But the history of tho campaign up to the present point contains little to suggest a spee dy termination of the struggle. The South erners are not likely to succumb, nor the North erners to retire. Neither is it at all in accor dance with experience in these matters that the cost of a war should be diminshed as it goes on. The scale of operations, indeed, as far as resolutions go, has been actually extended. The last mail tells us that the volunteer bills passed by Congress empower the President to call one million men into the field, and it was supposed that half those numbers would be actually raised. Napoleon had not a larger army when be crossed the Niemen with the most prodigious host ever seen in mo dern days. We can detect no sign, therefore, of any curtailment in the dimensions of this extraordinary war, though we may well doubt whether the Americans will find themselves able to borrow quite so fast as they desire.— They have evidently the will to rival the most reckless of States in this ruinous race, but they may not have the power. Their credit is already but indifferent, and the terms of the market are sure to become less and less fa vourable as loan follows loan. This, howev er, is the only difficulty likely to operate as a check to the career. The desire for a com promise, already discernible in the classes on whom the expenses of the war will fall, would be ineffective in comparison with the passions of the multitude exempted from taxation.— We see, in short, the Democracy in a crisis which brings all its various pretentions to trial. Its institutions are certainly not calculated to make men pacific, or this unnatural war would never have been adopted and prosecuted as it has been. As certainly have they no tenden cy to promote public economy, for the expen diture of the Americans is beyond all exam ple. We shall now be able to note their oper ation on popular opinion, and observe how taxes are regulated and obligations incurred in a great national struggle. The commence ment, however, says little for a system which has been eo loudly extolled as superior to all others. NEW POSTAGE ACT. The following law has been enacted by the Congress of the Confederate States of America : LBTTEB POSTAGE. An Act to prescribe the rates of Postage In the Confed erate States of America and for other purposes. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after such period as the Post master-General may by proclamation announce, there shall be charged the following rates of postage, to-wit : For every single sealed letter, and for every letter in manuscript or paper of any kind, upon which informa tion shall be asked for or communicated in writing or by marks or signs, conveyed in the mall for any dis tance between places within the Confederate States of America, not exceeding five hundred miles, five cents; and for any distance exceeding five hundred miles, double that rate; and every letter or parcel not exceed ing half an ounce in weight shall be deemed a single letter, and every additional weight of half an ounce, or additional weight of less than half an ounce, shall be charged with additional single postage; and all pack ages containing other than printed or written mat ter—wnd money packages are included in this class —shall be rated by weight as letters are rated, and shall be charged the rates of postage on letters; and all drop letters, or letters placed In any post-office not for transmission but for delivery only, shall be charged with postage at the rate of two cents each ; and in all the foregoing cases the postage must be pre-paid by stamps ; and in all the letters which shall hereafter be advertised as remaining over or uncalled for In any post-office shall be charged with two cents each in addi tion to the regular postage, both to be accounted for as other postages of this Confederacy. PORTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS, PAMPHLETS, AND OTH ER PRINTED MATTER, INCLUDING BOOKS. And be it further enacted, That all the Newspapers published within the Confederate States, not exceeding three ounces in weight, and sent from the office of pub lication to actual and bona fide subscribers within the Confederate States, shall be charged with postage as follows, viz: The postage on the regular numbers of a newspaper published weekly, shall be ten cents per quarter ; papers published semi-weekly, double that amount; paper* published thrice a week, treble that amount; papers published six times a week, six times that amount, and papers published daily, seven times that amount And on Newspapers weighing more than theee ounces, there «hall be charged on each additional ounce In addition t the foregoing rates, on those pub lished once a week, rive cents per ounce, or fraction of an ounce, per quarter; on those published twice a week, ten cents ;>er ounce per quarter ; on those published three times a week, fifteen cents per ounce per quarter; on those published six time* a week, thirty cents per ounce per quarter; and on those published daily, thirty five cents per ounce per quarter. And periodicals published ottener than bi-monthly shall be charged as newspapers. And other periodicals, sent from the office of publica tion to actual and bona fide subscribers, shall be charg ed with postage as follows, viz: The postage on the reg ular numbers of a Periodical, published within the Con federate States, not exceeding one and a half ounces in weight, and published monthly, shall be two and a half cents per quarter ; and for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, two and a half eents additional; if published semi-monthly, double that amount. And pe riodicals published quarterly or bi-monthly, shall be charged two cents an ounce; and regular subscriber* to newspapers and periodicals shall be required to pay one quarter’s postage thereon in advance, at the office of delivery, unless paid at the office where published. And there shall be charged upon every other news paper, and each circular not sealed, hand-bill, engrav ing, pamphlet, periodical and magazine, which shall be unconnected with any manuscript or written matter, and not exceeding three ounce* in weight, and publish ed within the Confederate States, two cent*; and for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, two cents additional; and In all cases the postage shall be pre-paid by stamps or otherwise, as the Post master- General shall direct. And Books, bound or unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and shall be charged with postage, to be pre-paid by stamps or oth erwise, as the Postmaster-General shall direct, at two cents an ounce for any distance. And upon all newspapers, periodicals and books, as aforesaid, published beyond (he limits of the Confed erate States, there shall be charged postage at double the foregoing specified rates. The publishers of newspapers or periodicals within the Confederate States, may send and receive to and from each other, from their respective offices of publi cation, one copy of each publication, free of postage. All newspapers, unsealed circulars, or other unsealed printed transient matter, placed in any post-office, not for transmission bat for delivery only, shall be charged postage at the rate of one cent each. Daily and Weekly "Confederacy” for sale at all times, at five cents per copy.