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MACON, GA., JANUARY 6, 1866.
The New Year.
Another year, like a bubble borne upon
the stream of time, has floated into the past,
and is numbered with “ the things that
were.” What changes have been witnessed
by the year just gone—what joys and sor
rows—what temptations and trials—what
defeats and triumphs—are only known to
Him who knoweth aH things ! Where is
the old year ? And where are all the years —
first new and then old—which have come
and gone since that night on which the
Shepherds of Bethlehem hailed the Star in
the East, nearly nineteen centuries ago ?
How long a time and yet how short a time!
How long compared to the period of man’s
life on earth, and yet how short to those who,
already embarked on the vast ocean of eter.
nity, look back upon it.
Time has been said to resemble a varied
extent of country, diversified with fields
and flowers, hills and dales, mountains and
valleys. We wander on, as went the Chil
dren of Israel through the wilderness—as we
fall by the way our posterity continue the
ever onward march. Viewed through its
minute experiences, their toilsome journey
ieems to be long—but the old man who, from
some high eminence to which he has attain
ed, sees the sun set for the last time, finds
that the point from which he first set out
upon his pilgrimage, lies on the opposite
side of the little valley of his life, and is
almost within his reach.
And the history of these departed years
is the same old story. “Man springs up,
flourishes and ripens; the old Reaper comes
forth with his keen and well-tried sickle, to
gather in his harvest. Seated on his pon
derous car, he swiftly urges his mettlesome
and tireless steeds on to eternity. He hur
ries through the living human field, to cut
its tenants down. Thus, year after year
goes he by, bearing in his train the hopes
and joys, the cares and sorrows of man-
Mnd.”
To no people has the year just past been
more eventful to those of the South
ern States—to none has it brought more of
disappointment and of loss. The rich and
prosperous have been reduced to beggary—
and the old year leaves in penury, in many
instances in abject want, thousands to whom
the newyear brought “enough and to spare.’'
The land is full of mourners—widows and,
orphans—whose dear ones have been torn
from them by the hand of ruthless war;
and although peace now smiles upon our
land, it is to a vast multitude a peace that
brings no “healing on its. wings.” It has
been a sad—a bitter—lesson, and it be
comes us as a people to heed its teachings.
Let there be no such thing as despair or
despondency in our hearts. “Let the dead
past bury its dead,” while we look to the fu
ture, hopefully and prayerfully. “What
though Fortune, in her bitterest mood, may
cast the clouds of sorrow o'er our path ?—*
V hat though the merry laugh of joy may
find its echo in the mournful cry of sadness
or of misery ? What though the tide of For
tune, like the mighty ocean’s Wave, shall
rise, and sweep resistless over us ? We are
not conquered yet; our spirits still are free •
we dash its blighting spray aside, and 'like
a goodly gallant barque, we breast the storm.
There is a beacon-star which burns with un
diminished lustre to light us on our way.
And lo! high o’er the ramparts of the
wished for goal, a flaunting flag is given to
the wind ; behold the talismanic words, in
scribed in living characters of fire, upon it—
Hope amj, Persevere ! Yes, hope, in all our
cares and sorrows, shall cheer us on our way,
hope so sweet that danger is forgot, and sor
row flees before its inspirations.”
In conclusion, we-wish our readers health,
prosperity and a ‘happy New Year!’
The Cattle Plague in England.
Recent English advices show that the
terrible' plague among the cattle has been
increasing in England during the past two
months most alarmingly. i n November the 1
attacks had risen, compared with a previous
monthly average, from 14,000 to about 27,-
000, and the deaths, destruction included
to upwards of 20,000. Between the 4th and
11th of November, the number of cases in
creased by fifty per cent. In the ensuing
week tnings were not quite so bad, but there
was a further increase still. The London
Times assumes that the deaths, instead 6f
700 a week, are at least four times that num
ber, and if winter does not bring a change
for the better, the losses may be 5,000 or
6,000 a week before Christmas.
The recent action of Congress, prohibiting
the importation of cattle into the United
States, having been signed by the President,
is now a law of the country, and it is hoped
that worn ay escape this terrible plague.
Who will Advertise ?
The Mirror of the limes appears before
the public now, soliciting a good share of
its advertising patronage. Under the new
combination, with its facilities for getting
subscribers, it expects a large subscription
list; and therefore it has such claims for
such patronage as other papers may urge.
But it has another claim still upon all
liberal men. It seeks to become a public
blessing. It is the cheapest 'paper in the
country. It commends itself, by its very
object, by its news, its miscellany, and,
above all, by its moral and religious tone,
to every family, as a repertory of choice, in
teresting and instructive reading matter;
and it wishes to be all it claims to be, most
especially to those in humble circumstances,
who can afford to pay but little for a paper.
But it cannot be sustained at its low price,
without a liberal patronage from advertisers.
They, therefore, become public benefactors,
by helping to fill its columns with their ad
vertisements. We trust they will consider
this, as one very great inducement toward
giving us the patronage we solicit;, and that
in Macon, first of all, we may find a host of
such friends, and other hosts of them in
other cities.
Two Papers in One.—We give our
readers two papers on one sheet. By cut
ting them apart, at the top, they may be
read by two members of the family at the
same time, and we would suggest that plan
where there are several feaders who are
anxious to get at its contents. The two papers
may also be bound separately, making at the
end of the year two handsome volumes.
' “Mirror of the Times.” —A little
blunder has prevented us giving this head
ing in the type we intended. Therefore,
the paper docs not present exactly the ap
pearance we had expected. When the type
ordered is received, there will be a change.
The Markets. —A gentleman whose ex
perience, industry and skill make him a
most valuable assistant, is to give us con
stant aid in the commercial, financial and
general business departments of the paper/
We will endeavor to make arrangements to
give weekly the latest news of the markets
in all the centres of trade in which our cir
culation is largest. We hope to commend
the paper to general esteem for the accuracy
of his reports.
Gov. Jenkins’ Inaugural Address.
—lt may be that many of our readers have
already perused this admirable paper. But
it deserves a second reading—close atten
tion—and we desire to have it in permanent
form. For this reason, and lor the sake of
giving it to many readers outside of this
State, who may not otherwise see it, we pub
lish it at this late date. We do not often
find an opportunity of reading so good a
State paper—so wise, so just, so high-toned,
so full of sympathy with the sufferings of the
people he is called to govern,
Important Decision*
, The Deputy Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has recently made the following
decision, which is of great importance to a
very useful class of the community :
A newspaper publisher having taking li
cense as a manufacturer, may sell his pa
pers; or he may sell bill-heads, printed
cards, and printed circulars, etc., of his own
manufacture or printing, without a dealer’s
license. The fact that a manufacturer has
taken a license does not relieve him from the
payment of the excise tax. The law, in
express terms, imposes a tax of six percent.
ad valorem on printed bill heads, cards, cir
culars, and what is usually termed as job
printing.
A New Book.
W. Gilmore Simms, LL. D., the emi
nent poet and novelist, proposes to publish
a volume, to be made up of such poems cf
merit as have been published at the South
during the late war, and which relate to or
were suggested by its events and incidents;
and he requests that copies of all such may
be sent him by their several writers, or others
interested, at the earliest possible moment.
It is especially desirable that each piece shall
bo accompanied, not only by the name of the
writer, but also that of the paper or period
ical in which it first appeared, and its origi
nal date of publication. His address is
Charleston, S. C., care of the, “ South Car
linian” • newspaper. This work could not
possibly be in abler hands, and we wish the
enterprise the fullest measure of success. The
newspaper press in the Southern States will
do the public and Mr. Simms a service by
j giving this notice an insertion in their several
papers.
People talk of the joys of youth. But ara
they not bah, need by the miseries of youth ?—•
orrow to the experienced is sorrow ; but sor
to l he i D expei-i ence and j B despair. The man
linßPwl. 1 'v 1110 tas * sen mu ch of life knows that,
1 &«:*■** —*
THE MIRROR OF THE TIMES.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United
States met at noon on the 4th of December. The
names of none of the Southern members were
placed on the roll. In the House, the old speaker,
Colfax, of Indiana, was re-elected over his oppo
nent, Brooks, of New York. A Joint Committee
(15 from the House and 6 from the Senate,) was
appointed to inquire into the condition of the
late Confederate States, and to report whether
they, or any of them, are entitled to representa
tion in Congress. In the Senate Mr. Sumner
introduced bills to grant the right of suffrage to
negroes in the District of Columbia, and prescri
bing a test oath to be administered at the South.
On the sth, the President’s Message was sent
in. It contains a statement of the principles by
which the President is guided in the administra
tion of the government.
He insists that the Government cannot consti
tutionally interfere with the subject of suffrage
within the States, though “good faith requires
the security of the freedmen in their liberty and
their property, their right to labor, and their
right to claim the just return of their labor.”—
Whether the two races can live together, is, in
his opinion, a matter of experiment.
He thinks that the future of the South is “ la
den with greater prosperity than has ever before
been known,” and that these regions will be
peopled by a numerous and enterprising popu
lation, which will vie with any in the Union in
compactness, inventive genius, wealth and in
dustry.”
He next delivers a blow against monopolies,
speaks a word in favor of the Homestead law,
asks provision for a large increase in the pen-'
sion list, now numbering 85,986 persons, re
quiring annually $8,023,445, and to be largely
increased next year.
The Post Office earned during the last fiscal
year $14,556,148, and expended $13,694,728.
At the commencement of the year 1865, there
were in commission 530 vessels, carrying 3,000
guns and manned by 51,000 men. There are
now in commission 117 vessels, with 880 guns
and 12,128 men.
On the Ist of May, 1865, the National mili
tary force numbered 1,000,516 men. The vol
unteer force has already been reduced by the
discharge of over 801,000 troops. It is pro
posed to reduce the military establishment to a
peace footing, comprehending 50,000 troops of
all arms, organized so as to admit of an en
largement to 82,600, which smaller number
will require an annual appropriation of $83,-
814,461.
lie thinks that the gradual reduction of the
currency, which has expanded from $200,000,-
000 in 1800-to s7oo,boo,qpo in 1865, is “the
only measure that can save the business of the
country from disastrous calamities ; and this
can be almost imperceptibly accomplished by
gradually funding the notional circulation in
securities that may be made redeemable at the
pleasure of the Government.”
The President, in referring to the public debt,
says that “we should look at the national debt
just as it is—not as a national blessing, but as
a heavy burden on the industry of the country,
to be discharged without unnecessary delay.”
The Secretary of the Treasury thinks it may
be liquidated within thirty years. It amounted
on the 31st of October to $2,740,854,750.
On the 6th, the standing committees of the*
Senate were announced. The following are the
chairmen: Foreign Affairs, Sumner; Finance,
Fessenden; Commerce, Chandler; Military
Affairs, Wilson; Pensions, Lane; Judiciary,
Trumbull; Claims, Clark; Revolutionary Claims,
Rarifcay ; Patents, Cowan ; Territories, Wade.
Mr. Sumner introduced a bill to regulate com
merce between the different States. In the
House, bills were introduced 4‘or the repudia
tion of the Confederate war debt, and to secure
to all persons equal protectiexf and the rights of
liberty. Both Houses then adjourned to Mon
day, the 11th.
Dec. 11.—In the Senate, a memorial was pre
sented and referred from 2500 freedmen of the
District of Columbia, asking the right of suf
frage. A resolution was introduced calling on
the President for information as to the foreign
occupancy of Mexico; and Mr. Wade intro
duced resolutions on the same subject, calling
on the President to indicate the policy of this
governmeut. In the House, a resolution was
introduced and referred providing for reim
bursing the loyal lor advances made and debts
incurred for the preservation of the Union ;
another declaratory of the condition of tne late
ly rebellious States and the position of Con
gress in relation to them; a joint resolution
with reference to the Mexican question. The
House retused to suspend the rules to allow the
introduction of a resolution to permit Southern
representatives the privileges of the house.
The following are the chairmen of the standing
committees of the House: Commerce, Wash
burne, of 111. ; Military Affairs, Schenck, of
Ohio ; Naval Affairs, Rice, of Mass. ; Foreign
Affairs, Banks, of Mass. ; Elections, Davis, of
Mass; Ways and Means, Morrell, of Vt. ; Ap
propriations, Stevens, of Pa. ; Judiciary, Wil
son, pt Iowa; Banking anddurrency, Pomeroy,
of N. Y. ; District of Columbia, Ingersoll, of
Illinois. 1
Dec. 12.—1n the Senate, a bill was introduced
and referred giving certain persons the right to
lay a telegraph between the United States and
the W eat Indies, and a resolution, also refer
red, declaring the writ of habeas corpus restored
in every State. A House resolution was called
up, for the appointment of a join imipi ,t ‘ , e on
the subjeet of the lately rebellious States, and
with certain amendments was adopted. In the
House, Mr. Raymond, of New York, presented
the credentials of the Tennessee members, and
after a brief debate, they were, on Mr. Ray
mond’s motion, referred to the Select Commit
tee, by 126 yeas to 41 nays. A resolution giv
ing them the privileges of the House, pending
the decision of their case,*was tabled, but they
were subsequently invittfti to take seats in the
hall of the House. „
Dec. 13.—1n the Senate, a resolution was re
ferred to pay the late Senator Collaiper’s salary
to his widow, and Mr. Sumner introduced a re
solution, which was passed, to find out the em
ployees of the War and Treasury Departments
who have not taken the oath of loyalty. In the
House, the resolution providing for a joint com*
mittee to examine into the condition of the
Southern States, with Senate amendments, was
passed. The Judiciar/ Committee were in
structed to report what compensation ought to
be made for property in the revolted States de
stroyed by the Federal armies.
Dec. 14.—Resolutions of respect to the late
Senator Collamer, of Vermont, were offerred
in the Senate, after which it adjourned till the
18th. In the House, various appropriation bills
were passed. .A resolution was offered and
passed declaring that treason against the Uni
ted States government is a crime and ought to
be punished. (Who ever doubted it?) Eulo
gies on the late Senator Collamer were pro
nounced. After which the House adjourned
till the 18th.
Dec. 18.—In the Senate, a petition of naval
officers asking for increase of pay was referred.
In the House, resolutions were referred provi
ding that no one of the lately rebellious States
shall be entitled to representation in Congress
until the Legislature shall have repudiated the
Confederate war debt and all claims for slaves
emancipated ; declaring that the representa
tives shall be admitted of such as have al
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ready complied with these requirements, and
have, in addition, passed laws for the protec
tion of the freedmen, and enunciating the theo
ry that class rule should not hereafter be recog
nized by law, but ibat all should receive equal
protection, without regard to social position or
race. A resolution was adopted requesting in
formation of the President as to the steps taken
by the empire of Mexico to obtain recognition
by the United States government. A resolution
was adopted . endorsing the Secretary of the
Treasury’s views in regard to contracting the
curroncy.
Dec. 19.—1n the Senate, a resolution was
offered calling on the Secretary of War for a
detailed statement of the numerical strength of
the army. A message was received from the
President in relation to the condition of affairs
in the South, in which he says: “From all the
information in my possession, and from that
which I have derived from the most reliable
authority, I am induced to cherish the belief
that all sectional animosity is surely and rapid
ly merging itself into a spirit of nationality,
and that representation, connected with a pro
perly adjusted system of taxation, will result
in a harmonious restoration of the States to the
National Union.” The President also furnishes
a communication from General Grant, in which
that officer says, that being in free conversa
tion with the people of the South, during his
recent toui% he is satisfied the people have ac
cepted the present situation of affairs in good
faith. Gen. Grant also says, there is such uni
versal acquiescence in the authority of the Gen
eral Government throughout the country visited
by him, that the mere presence of the military
force, without regard to numbers, is sufficient
to maintain order, and says that the good of
the country and economy require that this force
should be composed of white troops. In the
House, a resolution was adopted, by more than
two-thirds, to submit to the Legislatures of the
several States an amendment to their Constitu
tions forever prohibiting the assumption of the
Confederate debt.
Dec. 20.—1n the Senate, Mr. Sumner made a
speech in favor of the “bill to maintain the
freedom of the inhabitants of the States lately
in rebellion,” in the course us which he insisted
that the spirit of the rebellion still existed.
Senators Saulsbury and Cowan replied. In the
House, Stevens introduced a biil to pay pen
sions aud damages to the property of Union
men out of confiscated property, the pensions
to be doubled. Both Houses agreed to adjoui'n
to-mori'ow till the sth of January, 18G6.
Dec. 21.—1n the Senate, a resolution asking
the President to inform the Senate upon what
charges Jefferson Davis wars confined, and why
he had not been brought to trial, was referred
to (lie following committee : Messrs. Fessenden,
Grimes, Harris, Howard, Johnson and Wilson.
Mr. Sumner presented a petition from some col
ored people of Tennessee, protesting against the
admission of the delegates from that State until
their rights were l’ecoguized ; also, a petition
from certain white citizens of Washington City,
asking for negro suffrage. In the House, a re
solution was referred protesting against Euro
pean occupancy of American territory. Fink,
of Ohio, and Raymond, of New York, replied to
the speech of Mr. Stevens. Both Houses ad
journed till the sth of January.
Internal Revenue Decision.
Treasury Department, 1
Office of Internal Revenue, V
Washington, Dec. Bth, 1865. J
Sir —l reply to your letter of the sth instant,
that it was formerly held by this office that the
receipt given for a stamped check was exempt
from stamp duly.
It is now held, hovrever, that the receipts for
a check, note, draft, or order, when received as
the payment of a sum of money, or of a debt due
exceeding twenty dollars, is subject to a stamp
duty, the same as a l-eceipt for money paid.
Very respectfully,
D. C. Whitman,
Acting Commissioner.
The State Road. — The report of Robert
Baugh, Superintendent of the State Road, shows
that since the 25th of September, 1866, the time
when the road was turned over to the State by
the United States authorities, to the Ist ofNo
vembea, the gross earnings were $170,793.38.
Expenses sso,o74.so—showing a net increase
for thirty-six days of $120,718.87. Eight loco
motives and 185 freight cars have been pur
chased of the United States Government. Eight
of the most important bridges were to be com
pleted by the 15th of Dec., and five more ou the
Ist of January. About. $200,000 are needed to
pay for repairs, purchase iron, etc., but the
Superintendent believes the road can be made
in a few years to relieve the people of the bur
den of taxation.
They tell of a tornado iD Italy which blew a
train of cars into the Adriatic Sea, and drowned
a lot of the passengers.
The production of sugar in the Sandwich Is
lands has reached from eight to nine millions of
pounds yearly, and is increasing.
The Pope of Rome was seventy-three years
old on the 13th of May, and on the 16th of Oc
tober he reached the nineteenth year of his pon->
tificate.
The Empress Eugenie has written a pamphlet
entitled “Mexico from a Providential Point of
View”
The Shah of Persia is ihinking of an iron-clad
navy, and has sent agents to Europe to study
the naval system.
English omnibuses have been established
which run from Jerusalem and Bethlehem to
neighboring places.
A merchant who started into business in New
York a few years ago, with a capital of $160,000
was admitted to the alms-house last week as a
pauper,
The Test Oath— Judge R. H. Busteed, of
the United States District Court at Mobile, re
cently decided that the Test Oath Act, as it ap
plies to lawyers practicing in the United States
Courts is unconstitutional.
Ex-President Frank Pierce was baptized
and confirmed in the Episcopal Church at Con
cord, New Hampshire, a few days since.
New Counterfeit Fiftv Cent
Currency How to Detect it. —The most re
eent of the counterfeit fifty cent notes are so
well executed that they are likely to deceive
even the best “experts.” The following in
foimation will be found useful in aiding our
readers to detect them: The counterfeit is a
bout an eighth of an inch shorter than the gen
uine. The words “United, States” in the coun
terfeit are not ouite as clearly defined as in the
genuine. The sword held by the female in the
vignette appears as a white speck in the genu
ine. In the counterfeit it is more heavily en
graved. Under the word “and” in the right
upper corner there is a flourish in the genuine
which is entirely absent in th® counterfeit.
This last defect is one of the simplest means of
detecting the bogus noteß.
DOMESTIC POSTACES.
The law requires postage on all let-
(including those to foreign countries when
prepaid,)exc putig those written to the President or
Vice Pres dei.t, or members of Congr ss, or. (on offi
cial business) to the chiefs of the executive depart
ments of the government, and the heads of bureaus
ana chief clerks, and others invested with the frank
ins: privilege, to be prepaid bj stamps or stamped en»
velopes. prepayment in money bemn proh bited
All drop letters must be prepaid, at the rale of two
cents per n&lf ounce, or fraction of & half ounce* by
p stag- stamps. If not prepaid, the double rate to be
charged.
Tne single rate of postage on all domestic mail let
ters throughout the United States is three cents per
half ounce, with an additional rate of three ee ,ts for
each a ditional ha f ounce or fraction of a hall ounce.
The ten cent (Pa itie) rate is abolished.
Rates of letter postage.to and from Canada and New
Brunswick, loc p- r U oz , irrespective of distance,
lo aud from ot er Ilrinsh N. A. Provinces for any dis
tance not over 3 000 miles o con s.
For any d,stance over 3,uOU miles " ...15 e nts.
For every add tional half ounce, or fraction o a l.a'f
ounce, au additional rale is cliargeu. Prepayment is
optional en all lett rs f»r the British No t . American
Province-, exc pc New 1* oui dland, to which prepay
ment is compulsory.
Letter post ge is to be charg and on all handbills, cir-*
cul ts, or other printed matter which sha 1 co.tain
any manuscript writ ng whatever.
Daguerreotypes, when sent in the mail, are. to be
cha ged with le ter potage by weight.
Photographs on cards, paper, and other flexible ma
terial, ( -ot in eu-es) c m be sent at ilie same rale as.
miscellaneous primed matter—viz : two cents on each
four ounces or f action hereof.
Photograph Albums .are chargeable with book post
age—four cents for each four ounces, or fraction there
of
Postmasters are autho ized to pay for each letter
addressed to the Un ted States by any se -going ves
sel frm a foreign port, (not carrying the mail,) two
eents. and for . ach letter addressed to the United
States brought by any vessel on inland waters, (not
carrying the mail,) or brought coastwise from one do
mestic port *o another, one ceu ; but to ei title the
eatr er t-> such payment, the lett. rs must be p omptly
rie ivened to the post office upon arrival. At the post
office where deposited, such letters will be chargt and
with double ra es of postage, to be collected at the of
fice of delivery . that is to say, six cents for the single
v. eight, if mailed, ands ur cents the single weight if"
delivered at the office; but if such letter has been
! repaid by United States stamps, at such dou e rale
of postage, no additional charge will be tun e. If only
jauly pit-paid by stamp-', double the unpaid balance
will be charged and c >llectea on delivery.
Postage on Daily Papers o subscribers when
prepaid quarterly or yearly in advance, ei
ther at tin mailit g ofrice or office of deliv
ery per quarter, (three tnon hs) 35 cents.
Six times per week, per quarter, (3 moutn. )... o eenls.
For Tr.-Weekly “ “ 15 cents.
For Semi-Vv eekly “ “ 1 cents.
For Weekly “ “ 6 cents-.
VVekkly Newspapies (one copy only) sent by lite pub
li her to actual aunser b rs within the county where
printed slid publish d ,free.
lostaoe Pisa Quakte > (to be paid quart rly or yearly in
advanc ) u Newspapers ad Periodicals issued less'
frequently than once « week set t to actual sub-icruers
in any paito. ti.e United States:
Semi-monthly, not over 4 0z...., 6 cent®.
“ over 4 i z. and not aver 8 oz . ...13 cents.
“ over 8 oz. and not over 12 oz 18 cents.
Monthly, not over 4 oz a cents.
‘ over 4 oz and not, over 8 oz G cents.
“ over 8 oz and not over 12 oz.. O cents.
Quarterly, not over 4 oz l cant.
“ over 4 oz and not over 8 oz 2 ceuts.
“ over 8 oz. and not over 12 oz 3 cents-.
Publisiixrs or Newspapers and Periodicals may sevuitt©
each <>tner from their respective offices of pablic<>
tion,free of postage, one copy of <a n pub nation
and may also s-nd to each initial subscriber, inelosj
ed iu their publications, bills ano receipts for she
same, free of pos age. They may al o state on their
publications, tne dau; when the subscription expires,
to b written or printed.
Reiig ■ us. Educational and Agricultural Newspapers
of small size, issued less frt quentl loan once t»
week may be sent in packages to one address at the
rate of one cent f reach package not exceeding four
ou ces iu weight, and an additional charge of one
cent is made lor each add! ional four ounces or frac
tion th roof, the pos age to be paid quarterly or
yearly in advance.
Newsdealers may vend newspapers and pe-iodicals to
regular sub.ciibers at the quar erly xates, iu the
tame manner as publishers, and may also receive
tm m fr m publishers at subscribers ra es, in both
cases the postage to be prepaid at the mailing or de
livery office. j.
Publications issued without disclosing the < ffice of
publication, or co taimng a fictitious statement
thereof, most not be forwarded by postmasters un
less prepaid at the maili g office atthe rates-of trans
ient printed matter.
postage on transient printed matter.
{All printed matter (exe-pt single copies of newspa
pers to regu ar subscribers) gent via Overland Mail,
is to b charge t at letter jwstage lates.]
Book-i, not over 4 oz. in weight, o one address, 4 ets. •
over 4 oz. and not over 8 oz. 8 ets ; over Boz and not
over 12 oz. 12 ets.; over 12 oz. and not over 16 oz., 16
ets.
Circulars, not exceeding three in number, to one ad
diess,2cts ; over three and not over six, 4 ets ; over
six and not over nine, 6 ets.; over nine and not ex
ceeding twelve, 8 ets
On Mi-cellank us Mailable M'tter (embracing all
pamphlets, occasional publications, tiansient news
papers, handbill* and poste s, book manuscripts
and proo'-sheets whether coirected or not. maps,
prints, engravings, sheet music, blanks, flexible
patterns, samples and sample cards, phonographic
paper, le ter. envelopes, posta' envelopes or wrap
pers. cards, paper plain or ornamental, photographic
representations of different types, seeds, cuttings, ,
bulbs, roots, and scions.) the po-tage to be prepaid
by stamps, is, on one package to one address, not
over 4 oz. in weight, 2 ets.; over 4 oz and not over 8
oz , 4 ets ; over 8 oz. and not over 12 oz., 6 ets ; over
12 oz. a M not over 16 oz . 8 et-o
By a recent order of the Postmaster General the fiftlß'
subdivision of the 42d instruction of the new Past
Office Law, has been amended by striking oat the
word twelve and inserting thirly-two b f re the word
ounces, so that it shall read as mllows— -The w< ight
of packages of seeds, cutti' gs, roots and scions, to
be franked, is 1 mited to thiny-two ounces ”
A 1 mail matter not sent at letter rates of postage,em
bracing books, book manuscripts. proof-s'n ets and
other printed rnader, and all other mail matter, ex
cept steds, must be so wrapped or enveloped with
open sides or ends as to enable the postmaster to
examine the package without de-troyi.ig the wrap
per, oth-rwise suen packages must be rat and with
letter postage. No communication, whether in writ
ing or in print, can be sent with any seeds, roots, cut
tings or scions, maps, engtavings or other matter
not printed, except upon the separate payment of
postage upon e«ciiseparate matter atthe established
rates.
Exeha ge newspapers and periodicals cannoibe re—
maileo without being eh rgeubfe with postage -
Weekly newspapers am. ail ether printed matter to *
the British North American Provinces, although sent
fr m countries bordering oft the line, are chargeable
with the same rates as when sent to any point in tha
Uniteo States.
45P-A 1 transient matter must be prepaid by stamps.
But if it comes to the office of delivery without pre
payment, or short-paid, the unpaid postage must be
co lected ou delivei y at double the prepaid rate.
Great neglect exists iu the strict quarterly prepayment
of postage o i print and matter ,-et t to regular sub
setioers No such paper should he deliver ed, unless ib
is either prepaid ai tne mailing office, or at the de
livery office for at at least a qua ler. ' f not so pre
paid, postmasters must collect p stage on each copy
as on ransient matier. If they, ail. they will be charged
with the full postage due , and in clear cases removed
from office for neglect.
To inclose or conceal a letter or other thing (except bills
ana receip s for subscription) in, ox to w.ite or print
anything, after its publication, upon any newspaper,-
pamphlet, magazine, or other printed matter, is ille
gal. and six'jects such printed matter and the entire
package of which it is a part, to letter postage.
Any word or commun’cacion, whether by printing,
writing, marks or signs, upon the cover or wrapper
of a newspap r, pamphlet, magazine, or other print
ed matter, other than the name and address of the
person to whom it is to be sent, and the date-when
subscription expires, subjects the package to letter
postage.
Making thb best of it.—A Yankee out
walking, in Virginia, at Wheeling, while him
self a talking, experienced a feeling—strange,
painful and alarmin’—from his caput to hte
knees, as he suddenly discovered he was cover
ed o’er with hees ! They rested on his eyelids
and perched upon his nose; they colonized his
peaked face and swarmed upon his clothes.—
They explored his swelling nostrils, dived deep
into'his ears; they ci’kwled up his trowsers
and filled his eyes with tears ! Did he yell like
a hyena? Did he holler like a loon? Was h®
scar’t, and did he cut and run ? or, did the crit
ter swoon? Ne’er a one! He wasn’t scar’t a
mite ; he never swoons—nor hollers; but h®
hived ’em in a nail keg tight! and sold ’em for
two dollars!
Rhine Wine.—Some queer fellow, who has
tried ’em, says: “There are two kinds of win®
in SiQttgard ; to drink one is like swallowing
an angry cat; the other like pulling the animal
back again by the taiL”