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RATES OF POSTAGE. to All Parts of the er Rates ‘The new Postage law, under the act of the last Congress, goes into operation Tuis Day, Tue Fist or Jury, 1851. We present herewith an abstract of sueh portions of the official tables and directions, published by the Post Office Department, as we regard of general importance to the public. Inland Postage on Letters. Maree or Livien Postace werwess Ov THE Veitan States, axp To avo ynom Canava. £ Fs 39° a= SF ay § 4 ee 3 28s Pt i ghia 3" 4 g 2 gin 39 3 ly ae qi 8 Fei<8 When prepaid. Cents. Cents. Cents, Cents. ‘Weighing } ounce or ander, be- img the single rate .. tea — 15 Over \;ounce,andnot overioz 6 12 30 ver ounce, and not over]. 9 18 30 45 Over 1}; ounce, and not over 2.12 24 = 40 60 Over 2 ounces, and not over 2}, 16 30 50 ity When not prepaid. Weighiog 3; ounce or under, be- ing the single rate........... 5 10 10 Over 3s ounce, and notoverl.. 10 20 = 20 Over 1 cunce,and not over1';.15 30 30 Over 1. ounce, and not over? 20 40 40 Over 2 ounces, and notover2), 25 50 50 Hemarks referring to above Table.—For every sin- gle letter in manuseript, or paper of any kind upon which information shall be asked or communicated in writing, or by marks or signs sent by mail, the rates mentioned in this table sball be charged; and for every additional half ounce or fraction of an ounce above the weight named in this table, an ad- ditional single rate is to be charged. Directions.—I\st. Every letter or parcel, not ex- eeeding half an ounce in weight, shall be deemed a single letter or rate. 2d. 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 one eent each. 3d. Each deputy post master whose compensa- tion for the last preceding fiscal year (ending the 30th June) did not exzeea $200, may send through the mail all letters written by himself, and receive through the mail all written communications ad- dressed to himself, on his private business, which shall not exceed in weight one half ounce, free of postage. This does not authorize them to frank ghy letters unless written by themselves, and on their private business only; nor does it authorize them to receive free of postage anything but written communications addressed to themselves, and on their private business. Note.—The mode of computing the rates upon in- matter. | The remaining portion of the last named States, and all of lowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, ‘Texas Mississippi, are over 1,000 miles, au the po: per zee will be:— Daily $4, weekly 80 cents. The postage on daily papers is largely reduced, and on weeklies, excepting counties in this State, which are over 300 miles, (where it will be 8 cents more than under the present law,) and Ssates over i miles and under 2,000, where it is raised a trifle. ‘To California and Oregon, the postage will be | th r year :— Pendy $6, weekly $1 20. ‘Transient Nowgepes ‘and Other Printed uments. Rares ov Postack wron aut TRANSIENT NEwsrarERs AND ¥ OTHeK DESCRIPTION oF PaunteD Marten, EXCE! s axp Peniopicans ING THRER MONTH, AND SENT OFFICE OF PUBLICATION TO BONA FIDE SUBSCRIBERS. FROM THE gar - : a oe @ » Cts. Cts. Cts. Weighing 1 ounce or unde yas tae haar ta Over 1 ounce and not ov 2 6 8 10 Over 2 ounces and not o' 3 9 12:15 Over 3 ounces and Jot over 4 1216 2 Over 4 ounces and uot over 5 10 15 W@W % Over 5 ounces and not overGoz.. 6 12 18 24 30 Over 6 ounces and not over7oz.. 7 14 21 28 35 Over 7 ounces and not overSoa.. 8 16 2 32 40 Over 8 ounces and not over 9on.. 9 18 27 36 45 and not over 1002.10 20 30 40 50 Note —For each additional ounce, or fractional art of an ounce, beyond the ten ounces embraced in this table, an additional rate must be charged. Directions.—1. On every transient newspaper, unsealed circular, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical, magazine, book, and every other deserip- tion of printed matter, the above rates must in all cases be pre-paid, according to the weight. Whenever any printed matter on which the péstage is required to be prepaid, shall, through the inattention of postmasters, or otherwise, be sent without pre-payment, the same shall be charged with double the above rates. 8. Bound books and parcels of printed matter, not weighing over 32 ounces, shall be deemed mailable Periodicals. Periodicals published at intervals, not exceeding three months, and sent from the office of publiea- tion to actual and bona fide subscribers, are to be charged with one-half the rates mentioned in the last above table, and pre-payment of a quarter's postage thereon must in all cases be required. Pe- riodicals published at intervals of more than three months oy charged with the full rate, which must be Poh id. N In case there is on or in any newspaper, periodical, pamphlet, or other printed matter or paper connected therewith, any manuscript of any kind, by which information shall be asked for, or communicated in writing, or by marks or signs, the said newspaper, periodical, pamphlet, or other printed matter, becomes subject to letter postage; | and it is the duty of the postmaster to remove land letters, i. ¢. letters from one office within the Uni- | ted States or Territories to anotier, and also upon letters between the United States and the British North American Provinces, is to be as follows, to wit: Single rate, if net exceeding half an ounce; double rate, if exceeding half an ounce, but not exceeding an ounce; treble rate, if exceeding an ounce, but not exceeding an ounce and a half; and so on, charging an additional rate for every additional haif ounce or fraction of half an ounce. Postage on Newspapers. Nawerarxa Raves, rex QUARTER, WHEN 5: or Pustication To nona ripe & BEC RIBERS. $™ 39 39 89 89 9 sq 8% §3¢ 34 § st) As ts ba be tt 4 Seg ae 8 zs swe os © Se & es 3 i 3 gre 7a 8 Cents. Cents. Cents, Cents. Came Guns Daily........ Ba) 75 100 125 150 Tri weekly 15 %& © 1 Semi. weekly 10 30 0 5 Weekly % 5 1 23 2% 0 Semi-monthly 235 7 10 12 15 Month! y.. oe , 3K 8 OM TK Remarks referring above table.—From and after the 30th of J not exceeding thr rates per qua. vanee. Th sent from the office of publicatio: bona fide subscribers Dirations refurring to aie bn rs only, when sent as uted, are to be ivered free in the county where they are publish- ed; and this although conveyed in the mail over 5) miles. 2d. Newspapers cont: inches, are to be charge ng not over 300 square one quarter the above rates 3d. Publishers of newspapers are allowed to ex ebango free of postage one copy of each number only; and this privilege extends to newspapers pub- d in Canada “ “The weight of newspapers must be taken or determined when they are ina dry state. Sth. Postmasters are not entitled to receive news- = ree of postage under their franking privi e. in Sth Payment in advance does not entitle the par ty to any deduction from the above raves. jerald. Postage on the The following counties are under fifty miles from New York, and the postage on he Herald will be —Daily $1, Weekly 20 cents. 3 “i (lueen auffolk (part,) Richmond, West- ebester (part,) Rockland (part,) counties in New York; aud Hudson, Bergen, ‘Ketex, Middlesex, Morris (nearly all,) Paseaic (nearly all,) Somerset (nearly all,) Mercer (pert,) aud Monmouth (part,) | counties in New Jersey. The following are under 300 miles, and the post- age will be, per year— 'y $2, weekly 40 cents. Counties in Nuw York. Albany, Kin Broome, ( Ma . Ca) uga, art) Madisc ‘ oe. Moatgomery, Chenango, Onei¢ Steuben, (part) Choton, (part) Onondaga, (part) Suffolk, Columbia, Orange, Sullivan, Cortland, Oswego, (part) Tioga, Delaware, Otwe Tompkins, Dutchess, Patuam, Ulster, Eevex, Queen Warrea, Greene, Kepsselaer, Washington, Ham iton, Riehmor Westebe Herkimer, ovkland, The following towns in the counties of Cayuga, Clinton, Oswego, Seneca and Steuben. Cayuga—Five Corners, Genoa, King’s Forry Ciomon—Ciintonville ake Osvrgo—Central Square, Cleveland, Col Constantia, Kichland, Sacd Bank, Union Squ Seneca—Covert, F arm wodi, South Lodi. — Steulen—Caton, Corning, Cooper's Plains, East ted Post, Painted Post Comnectunt, Rhede Island, Massachusets, (except Orleans, t Eastham, Truro aud Wellfect Post-O : Vermont, (except the counties of nia, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille and Orleans, and the towns of Milton, W Milton and Westford ) Maryland, (except Aileghary and Washington counties. Hagerstown, Williamsport and College of James are under 300 miles ) Pennsylvanm, excepting the Counties of k Potte Somerset, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Washington, Crawford, Weetmoreland Mercer, Counties im Virgins saa Clarke, King George, Prince William, i Loudon, Rapp shannoek, Madison, Spotteylvania, Stafford, Modestowa mac ©. li, n ficer in Aecomac (0 Poet olen Tents to (Neo Hampshire Chesbire, Hillsboro, Merrimack, Rockingham, Suffolk, Strafford, (part) lnelading Dover. Offices in Maine. — . Alfred, Kennebunk, South Berwick, Berwick, Kittery, Spring Vale, Cape Nedick, Lebanon, Sanford, Laat Elliot, Lebanon Centre, Wells, Elliot, North Berwi West Lebagon, Emery’s Mills, Oquauquit, York. The following are und i + year—Laily $3, weekly 60 cents. ne wl Pei nes m Now York Negany, Jefferson, Oswego, (part) Cai aoe, Livingston, Senees, ( nal See ~ _ Nisgars, St Lawrence, ‘Tinton, (part) Cnondage, (part) Wayne, fe Ontar' Wyoming, Orleans, Yates the States of the Union not mentioned adore, aacept ® portion of Wisconsin, Illinois to actual and | —1st. Weekly | 1,000 miles, and the post- | r rRomOPrICE | Gibraltar | Greece, via Marseille: | Or any other place in the India bens and envelopes from all printed matter and pamphlets not charged with letter postage, for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is upon or connected with any such nted matter, or in such package, any matter or thing which would author we or require the charge of a higher rate of post- age thereon. Table of Postages to Foreign Countr! Letters are to be charged per single rate (not ex- ceeding half an wnaet) at the following rate: Great Britain and Ireland, 24 cents, (California and Oregon excepted ) 5 cents to be added when to er from California or Oregon. (VPre-payment optional.) Letters (pre-paid), Letters to or from: Alexandria, city of, via Marseilles } Algeria 2 cents each. Belgium Bremen, Free City of. Brunswick ..... ; Bey root, eity of, via Marseilles Dardanelles, the dog... Denmark . pe France German States 5 cents (California and Oregsn except- ed), when convey. .. | ed by British pack- Hamburg and Cuxhaven et. 10 cents to or from | Oregon and Cali- | fornia, when con- 2.) 81 eemts: ( whea veyed by con- and Uregon ed) United ket Oregon or C nia. when conveyed ly United States packet, Re man or Papal States K ; Switzerland Turkey in Europe . Tuscany, via Marseilles , Venetian States Walachia... WHERE wee aves siseecestia On all letters between the United States and the countries here named, when sent through the United Kingdom, the United States postage, and that only, must be collected in the United States by pre-payment when sent, and on delivery when re- ceived, at the rate of five cents the single rate when conveyed by British packet (unless from or to on, or California, then ten cents,) and twenty- ents the single rate when conveyed by United States packet, unless as aforesaid from or to Oregon, or California, then twenty-six cents. Newspapers to or from the above places, to be prepaid when sent from, or collected when received in, the United States, four cents each. Letters to or from— =“ | | Aden (Aria), via Southampton...... 40.4... 40 cents, Austraiia, via Southampton and Indi by Do, __ by private ship parcerens ae Azores Irlands, via Southampton and Lisbon. 63 sour bon and Borneo, Islands of, via southamp- ton and India... $taeeceses socsse Brazile. via Falmouth . sone Canary Irlands. 40... .++6 65 Verde Islands... ... 65 op, Island of, via Southampton 4 -) eS lund, Teland of via Southampton uthainpton and Iodia oy do. do. Seuth Wales, via Southampton and India 6 Do by private «tip oo New Zealand, via Souther Do. by pri’ Parma end Placentia. vie Philippine Islands, via So ortugal New Sumatra, Island of India vee Syria, via Southampton... .... . Ven Dieman’s Land, via Southampton and India ; 63 Any British colony of other foreign country, when conveyed to of from the United King- Jom by private ships ¥ P oT On all letters between the United States (Oregon Southampton | single letter; while the the quarter ounce for the r. Thus, letter directed to the East jes, bya British steamer, if it weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, will be charged 69 cents postage; if a quarter of an ounce, or more, but less than a half ounce, 75 cents —the foreign postage only being doubled for each quarter of an ounce. The foreign portton of the above rates is to be charges a follows :—Letters we ping under a quarter ofan ounce, one rate ; wi @ quarter | of an ounce and under balfan ounes, two rates; an ounce, and under three quarters of an ounce, ree rates; three quarters of an ounce, and under one ounce, four rates; one oun and under 1} ounces, five rates; ‘and 80 on, an tional rate be- ingsharges for each quarter of an ounce. hen a letter to these countries is from Oregon or California, and vice versa, the single rate to be collected by pre-payment when sent, or on delivery when received, is in each instance to be five cents more than the total amount here stated. Newspapers to and from the above places four cents each, to be pre when sent from, or col- lected when received in the United States. Letters to or from—(by the Bremen liae.) Bremen, Germany, (pre-payment optional) .... ‘ Oldenburgh.. do. do. do. 5 Mecklenburgh Schwerin «| do . Mecklenburgh Strelits do. 12 do. Naeeau oo. 666 eee do, 12 do, Prussia, (kingdom and provinces) | do. 12 do. Reuss ....... do, 12 do. do. do, . do, do. Suxony. Kingdom of. do. Schaumburg Lippe. do. Bchwartaburg Keidolstadt. do, Schwartzburg Sunderhausen do. Wurtumburg, Kingdom of... do, Letters to the cities and countrieS in Germany here nawed, if sent by the Bremen line, can be pre- paid to destination, if desired, by pre paying the amounts here stated, in addition to the United States pestage of 20 cents per singls rate. Pre- yinent of whole postage to destination, the United States postage only, or to send the letter wholly unpaid, is optional. It is supposed that these foreign rates have been educed under a late postal treaty between the Ger- man States; but official information of it has not been received. ly pre-paying only the twenty cents United States postage, and leaving the ba- lance unpaid, the advantage of such reduction (if = may be secured. Newspapers to the above places to be pre-paid when sent trom, or collected when received in, the United States, two cents each. Letters by the Bremen line, to or from Denmerk (Copenhagen and fur- Norway, (Bergen, Christina, and furthest parts) a St. Petersburgh or Cronst on Sweden, Stockholm, and furthest 20 cents—United Btates postage. Greece, and eas' On letters to the cities and countries on the con- tinert of Europe here named, if sent by the Bremen line, the United Staten Bea e only should be pre- fe paid, if pre-payment is desired, leaving the foreign portion of the postage to be collected from the re- ceiver. But letters to these places can be sent wholly uppaid. 5 Newspapers to the above places to be paid when sent from, or collected when received in, the United States, two cents each. Letters to or from— Havre. (Frence.) or any other port or place on the coast of France, Gcrmapy, or any other port on the continent of Europe where the United States steam packets touch, (Great Britain and LIre- nd excepted)... seceeceeeeee ” pied) \° cta—If distance 20 cts. U. 8. postage. from the mailing office does not ex ceed 2.500 miles; and 20 cts. where distance excteds 2.500 miles Havana (Cuba) .......ssseeeseee Wert Indies. Xe., British, viz., An-] 10 ete. where dis- ti.ua, larbadoes. Babomas, Ber- tance from the bice, Cariaco, Demerara, Do- mailing office does minke, Essequibo, Granada. mot exceed 2500 Honduras, Jamaica Montserrat.) miles; and Nevis, St. Kitt's, 8t. Lucia, St. | 20 cts. where dis- tance exceeds 2500 Vincent, Tobag dad ...: ~ | miles, The postage to and from the above places to be pre paid when sent from, or collected when received in, the United States. . ers to and from all the above places to be pre- when sent from, or collected when re- ceived in, the United States, two cents each. Letters to or from — Wert India Islands, (not British.) Mexico. ports or points in the Gulf of Mexico, or places on the Atlantic coast of Scuth America, uot in British possession....... | 4Scts. where distance ‘exceeds 2.500 miles { To be pre-paid on letters sent from the United State. On_ letters received from these countries, the British postage m' re-paid there, and the United States postage, only, of 10 or 20 cents, ac- cording to distance, must be collected at the office of delivery. Newspapers, 4 cents each, to be pre-paid when sent from ; or 2 cents, to be collected when received in, the United States, Letters to or from— Southwest coast of South America ) Tortola, Trini- (35 cte. where distance from the mailing office does not ex- ceed 2.500 miles ; and a, sei yequil, (Keuador). 0... Quite, do... jee | cease cu be pre- pai Payta. Lambayeque, id.) on letters Huanchaco, sent. Leing the United States and | foreign postage. | and California excepted), and the countries here | named, through the United Kingdom, and by the routes specified, the rates where affixed must be pre-paid when sent from, and collected when re- ceived in, the United Stat When the letter is to or from Oregon er rnia, five cents per single rate must ve added to these amounts. Newspapers to and from the above places, 4 cents each, to be pre-paid when sent from, or collected when received in, the United States. Letters to or from— Adem (Arm 6. cece eens Kast Indier ..... 4. Ceylon, Island of. OWiMe oes eee eee Hong Kong, Isand ¢ Mauritius. Philippin i . | 0 cents Britieh and ‘| to'cemte foreign conte fore 5 cents U. States. G total. } 58 cents British and and sea, 10 cents foreign S cents U, States. Moluceas, Sumatra 73 total, | # ots. Brit. and sea. 10 cents fi reign. Archipelago. wie ents Ny closed mail, Feypt Byria . By elowed Peypt . Syria. Sicily, Tela Tunis. Afrien By Freneb packet via M: Bpain, via Franee ....... 41 total computing portage to the countries here Dn ane Britt and fon and the United States postage, are sated by the ounce for ue on letters ved. being the | La Vaer, do. ed States poste Copiapo. (Chili) . age only | Huareo, do, Coquimbo, Vaiparniso, Bt. lego, j and towns, the British portage must be pre-paid thers, and the United States postage of 25 cents per single rate mast be collected at the oflice of delivery. Newspapers, Scents each, to be pre-paid whea sent from ; or 4 cents, to be collected when received in, the United Staves. On letters from Letters to or from Canada, 10 cents—when not over 3,000 miles from the Canada line; 15 cente— | where distance exceeds 3,000 miles. Pre payment | optional in either country. i Newspapers pay the regular United States rates to and from the line. To be pre-paid when sent frem, or collected when received in, the United States. N. B —All letters to and from foreign countries (the British North American Provinces excepted) are to be charged with single rates of postage, if not exceeding the weight of half an sunce; double rate if exceeding halt an ounce but not net an ounce; quadruple rate, if exceeding an ounce bal not execeaing two cunces; and #0 on, Ts two rates fur every ounce fractional part of ap ounce over the first ounce. Ship Letters. —Latters sent from the United States f by private vessels, are chargea- land postage, which must be pre-paid fiom the mailing office to the port of sailing. The Postmaster of San Francisco is specially instructed to make up and diepatch such mails to the Sand wich Islands, China, and New South Wales Porvoiwals —Veriodica\ works and pam phlets are pot entitled to transit conveyance through the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Lreland, but ited States to the il vire versa at two cents of each, if they do not exceed and at one cent per ounce, or fraction of an ounce, when they exceed that weight, to be collected in all cases in tae United States; and the same will be rubject to an additional like the Unined Kingdom when not es two ounces; but the third ounce raises the Britis! charge to sixpence, with an additional charge of twopence for each additional ounce. When sent to or received from foreign countries, without ing through the United Kingdom, they will be cbargeable with the regular United States » to be prepaid when sent, and collected when re- ceived. Newspapers and Deriodicals to foreign countries, (particularly to the Continent of pares) must be tent in narrow bands, open at the # or end; otherwise they are chargeable there with letter pos tage. » Private Sips —Letters and news- st Ont cage wate ship, with that purpose marked on them | 0 the postmaster of any sea-port town. On setters | the act. according to Foreign Cowntries.— in a post office to be sent distance. of Pt Prepayment When's letter is place: to a foreign country by private ship, postage on it must be paid to the sea-port, except letters and kets sent to Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, remen in Comane and those countries specially vided for by the Postal Treaty and arrangement. ‘ostmasters at tea-ports are required to send all letters for foreign countries by private ship, or otherwise, as opportunity is presented, Penalty for ons Letters in Unuted States Mai! Ships.—Itis not ful for any one to carry any letter, packet, or newspaper for distribution, or printed circular, or prices current. on b: vessels ansporting the United States mail to foreign countries. Violations of this law will subject tl offender to a penalty of five hundred dollars. Postage to and from Canada, Nova Scotia, Naw Brunswick, and British North American Pos- sessions.— An arrangement has recently been conclu- ded between the post office authorities of the United States and those of Canada and the other British North American Provinces, which is highly favor- able to all parties concerned. Under former regu- lations much difficulty and inconvenience were felt. The on all letters and papers originating in ta the Unite ‘States had to be pre-paid to the United States line, and the postage ascruing upon subse- quent transportation to destination, was left to be paid at the place of Cg eigg€ Between any office in the United States (not over three thousand miles from the boundary line by the route selected) and office in Canada, ova Scotia, or other Britisi, Provinces, the post- age on a@ letter not exceeding bulf an ounce in weight is ten cents; over three thousand miles (within the United States) from the line of cross- ing, fifteen cents. Every additional weight of less than half an ounce is to be charged as one addi- tional rate. Pre-payment in either country is op- tional; but less than the full rate cannot be pre- paid. The postage on all printed matter is to be re-paid, or sent free, to the line, at the regular nited States rates for newspapers subscribed for, and transient matter not subscribed for; and any postage afterward accruing thereon, beyond the ine, either way, is to be collected by the receiving office. The offices of dispatch and receipt are to ost bill to each other in due form; and the United States dispatch offices are instructed to keep regu- lar accounts of the mails received and mails sent, separately from their ordinary accounts. Postage Stamps. To facilitate the pre-payment of postages upon letters and packages, postage stamps of the foliow- ing denominations are provided and furnished by the Postmaster General, pursuant to the third sec- tion of the ‘act to reduce and modify the rates of postage inthe United States, and for other pur- poses, approved 3d March, 1801,” viz :— No.1. Printed in black, representing the head of: Washington, of the denomination of twelve cents. No. 2. Printed in red, representing the head of Washington in profile, of the denomination of three cents. No. 3. Printed in blue, representing the head of Franklin in profile, of the denomination of one cent. These stamps will be furnished to one or more of the principal postmasters in each county, who will be required to supply the other postunasters in their respective vicinities, upon being paid fer the amounts furnished. All other persons wishing supplies of stamps can obtain them from the postmaster at the county seat nearest their residences, or from the postmaster of bs other office having them for sale. the five and ten cent postage stamps issued b; the department, under the provisions of the It section of the act of March 3, 1847, and now in use by the public, will not be received in pre-payment of stage after the 30th of the present month. herefore, persons holding such will, as soon as practicable after that date, and before the 30th day of September next, present them for redemption to the postmaster of whom they were purchased, or to the nearest postmaster who has been authorized te sell postage stamps. Postage on Books. §&c.— The postage on all bound books and on all other printed matter, except news- papers and periodicals, published at intervals not exceeding three months, and vent from the offi of publication to actual and bona fide subs:sribers, must be pre-paid. If the amount paid and marked on such printed matter is not suffisient to pay the whole postage due, the excess of welgst youd that paid for, is to be charged with double the rate which would have been charged if pre-paid, and the postage ou such excess collected at the office of deli- very. If, by the neglect of a postmaster, such mut- tor is sent without any pre-payment, the double pre-paid rate must be collected on delivery. Distances on which Postages are Char ged.--Postaze must be charged on all letters, newspapers, and other matter, according to the distance on the route by which they were forwarded; and the (unless otherwise directed Lf the sender) mast be the route by which they will soonest reach their destination, although that may not be the shortest route. Prricdicals.—Subseribers to periodicals, to obtain the benefit of the provision in regard to pre-payment, must pay the full quarter's postage before the de- bal of the first number, when there are to be several numbers to be delivered during the quarter. If, b reason of apy increase in the of the “eeegee § or otherwiee, it shall appear that the whole quar- ter’s pr ¢ was not so ge in advance, the sub- scriber will lose the benefit of pre-payment, and the numbers received during the whole quarter will be cbarged with the double or unpaid rate, and the subscriber will be credited with only the amount paid in advance. Miscellaneous. Under the provisions of the 2d section of the new postage act, no newspapers other than those published weekly only, are entitled to circulate free of postage in the counties where published. The office f publication is the office where the paper is printed. In determining newspaper postage, the distances are to be com ved fom the offi of publication, and not from the county line of the ty fa whieh the paper is published; and the dist: is also to be computed over the route on which i: is carried. Newspapers published weekly only, in a couaty adjvining the Canada line, may be sent free to Canada, provided they do not leave the county of publication until they cross the line into Canada. Newspaper publishers may send and receive their —- kewrpapers to and from Canada free of charge A newspaper is not a periodical within the mean- ing aud intent of the provision which require: . ¢ on pericdicals to be paid in advanc: leclares thet the postage thereon shall be ene-half of the rates previously speci ied in the 2d see:ion of All subscribers to newspapers were and still are required by the provisions of the 30th soc- tion of the act of March, 1825, to pay one quar- ter’s postage in advance; but by so doing they are entitled to have the postage reduced below the established rates. Payments in advance on newspapers and poriod:- cals can only be made by the subscribers at the post office where they are to be delivered. ‘The postage and other matter, not te, must be pre-paid at the full rate. may pre-pay postage on their issues, but can have no deduction of postage on account of such pre-payment. When a periodical is published onty quarterly, actual and byma fide subscriber for such periodical may pay in advance, and have the benefit of the advance payment provided be pays to the postmaster at the office where he is to reccive the periods before its delivery. Ifa periodical is published less frequently than quar- ‘erly, the postage must be pre-paid and at the full rate. Letters mailed before the first day of July, though delivered after, will, in all cases, be chargod © With portage at the rates in force at the time of | mailing thereof. Cnoiera amone THE Troors at INprreNpENcr- —A correspondent of the St. Louis (Mo.) Krpublt can, writing from Independence under date of the 12th inst., say: 1 eno doubt youhave many exaggerated statements respecting the sickness here. The cholera bas visited us in a much more violent form than we could have wishe 4; but we sin- | cerely hope the worst is now passed. About two weeks since it broke out amongst us, without any ap- Farent cause for its coming, and has continued from that time until yesterday morning, with greater or #e violence. Many of our cititeus were exposed to it im all ite stages, and numbers attacked, who, by t'and remedies, recovered in alittle were trated at once and d into eternity. tain, there have been from nine to ten deaths of rown white persons—six white children—from Ber to six grown blacks, and from four to six black children *¢, | think, comprise about all the cases that have resulted Fon There has been no backwardness manifested on the part of our inhabi- h letter postage, when sent out of | In all, #0 far as [can aseer- | | extent. | | tants ‘ing attention when needed. I learn, from seurces, that oh sickness is still | amongst the ti on their wi nta ie. They hed no: reached U ‘uesday last— were detained a jan from the States, both of their surgeo di It is said, that since they left Fort venworth, from 120 to 160 have died and deserted. No cholera is with any of the merchant trains as yet. They ore getting along tolerably well, with the exception ot some | detention b; hgh water. We have had abundant rains here fora month now, and to-day still raining bard. No | from St. Louis, except by boat. tement in dieease—no new ¢neee singe day before yesterday, The Constit ‘The Powers of the Attorney General. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. In your paper of the 24th instant is an editorial article entitled “the constitutionality of the Canal bill to be tested,” which seems to me to be founded on a misconception of the powers and duties of the Attorney General. I rely upon your liberality for an opportunity to present to your numerous readers some observations on the principle involved in your remark. That principle is, that the Attorney General is “the people’s authorized legal agent,” and as such, may, in his official character, and by virtue of his office, apply to the courts to restrain the officers of the State from executing duties de- volved upon them by a law passed by constitutional majorities in both houses of the Legislature, a: approved by the Governor. If he possesses such a authority to represent the sovereignty of the State, for the purpose of arresting an act of the same sovereignty, through its government, in one case, he pomenee it in qll cases; and of course it becomes jis duty to exercise it in all cases where he deems an act unconstitutional. ‘The Attorney General is no more or less than any other attorney-at-law, whose business itis, according to Bacon, to prosecute and defend for hisclient. From the degrees of barristers and sergeants, Blackstone tells ug, ‘some are usually selected to be his mi ty’s counsel, learned in the law, the two principal of which are called his attorney and solicitor general.” These king’s counsel, he says, “answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue among the Romans; for they must not be employed in any cause against the crown without special license.” The crown in England means the government. The Attorney General is the attorney for the govern- ment. That government is the Legislature. ‘When it speaks in the forms furnished by the con- stitution, it represents and speaks for the sovereign people. As an attorney for a private individual cannot act against his client, so the attorney for the government cannot act agains; it. 1t would not be more absurd for an individual to smgnoy an attor- ney to sue him, than it would be for a State or corporation to pay a lawyer to prosecute itself. If acitizen should hire an attorney by the year to at- tend to his law business, he would be amazed to find him prosecuting in the name of his employer, one of his clerks for doing some act which ho bad ordered. The obligation of every executive officer is to perform the duties enjoined on him by the govern. ment. Even the Governor is, by the constitution, “to expedite all such measures as may be roselved upon by the Legislature, and take care that the laws are faithfully executed.” And is an inferior executive officer to do leas? If he seriously doubts the constitutionality of the act imposing a duty uponhim, he may resign, or he may decline to act until compelled ‘by the judgment of a court, ob- tained at the instance of rty interested in the Perteeannes of the duty. But how can he impeach is principal and arraign his acts? Jt would be setting op his own judgment—his own conscience—against that of the majority of the people through their representatives, and if once admitted, would arrest all the functions of govern- ment. Least of all, can the Attorney General ua- dertake to judge for another officer, and apply to the courts to restrain him from performing a duty imposed on him by the governme As already shown, it results, from the very nature of his oflice and employment, that he is to defend the govern- ment and its officers in all judicial proceedings re- lating to official acts; ard it results, also, from the absence of any provision for a substitute. Such has been the universal usage in England, in this State, and in all the States of the Union; and not an instance can be produced of an Attomey General ever asking the interposition of a court to prevent the full execution of any law passed by his own go- vercment. Every statute of this State, in relation to the duties of the office, affirms the principle here stated. ‘Whenever required so to do by the Gio- vernor, &c., the Attorney General shall attend the courts, &2., for the purpose of managing and con- ducting the suits and the prosecutions of the people of this State.” “It shall be the duty of the Attor- rey General, at the request of the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, the Treasurer, &c., to prosecute every person who shall be charged by either of thove officers, with an indictable offence in violation of the laws which such officer is spe- cially sears to execute, or in relation to matters connected with his department.” Suppose @ prosecution directed by the Comptrol- ler for wilful nay ing of a sbordinate officer, or for maiteasance in the performance of a duty eajoined by Jaw. So far from the Attorney General bein at liberty to question that law, he would be boun to enforce it. No proposition can be more extrava- ‘ant in theory, or more mischievous in prastice, than that which would place the Attorney General above the Legislature and the Governor, to super- vise their actions, to exercise a kind of veto upon their measures, to repudiate the acts of his clieas, and, at his option, arrest their executi a ves this denial of his right, in his offici 'y (0 question the acts of lis employers defeat their will, in the least obstruct or prevent any egitimate or regular proceedings to test the constitution ality of any law. very’person injured by its operation has abundant means of b the question before the proper tribunals. and the courts are open fore very such case. A fagi- tive claimed under the recent law of Congres, not wait fer the interposition of the Attorney Get ral of the United States to restrain the judges and marshals from executing it. The only use of such a law as you suppose to be contemplated, is to prevent an audacious assump- tion of a power such as no former Attorney General ever thought of, and the inevitable delays which must ensue in the prosecution of a work demanded by the people. Ww. Light Artillery. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD Will you, sir, have the kindness to call the atten- tion of the country, as well as the army, to the fact that an important law has been violated ia the late reduction of the light artillery. The act of Congress to reduce and fix the mi tary peace establishment of the United States, ap- proved March 2, IS21, requires to be kept in service four companies of light artillery, as you will see by the following clause of sestion 2, as follows: Bee. 2, And be it further enacted, That each regiment iilery shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant 1, One major. nt mi one quarter. ferjeant. and nine companies, one of which shail erigpated wud equipped as light artilery, ke The last claure of this quotation hay not been re- pe nd is still in force; and, of course, the Pre- sident has no more authority to change the organi- zation of these companies than he has to disband them. The law says one company in each regi ment “shail be designated as |i Rt artillery!” and it also says, it ** be equipped as light artillery!” What can be plainer or more direct. It will not do to say, because the law had been disregarded from 1821 to ISDS, that it may be again violated with im- punity — '+ is a weil known fact that Mr. Poinsett said, in ISS, that this law un it obligatory oa the executive to keep four panies, cmstantly mounted, in the service. ‘The four additional & ies auth y the act of the 3d of March, “47, left with the Prevident the discretionary power of keeping them tn »uated or not. ‘The companies affected by this illegal order are, Captain Sedge wick's wd regiment of artillery, (Duncan's old company,) and Captain Phelp's foarth artillery, (Washington old company,) both of which were equipped as light artillery ia 1939. inggold’s company was mounted or equ pped in . An Orricer U. A. 3—Should any one desire to see the of Congress above referred to, he wiil find it in Cross’s Military Laws, chap 125, page 215, edition (thied) IS46; revived by Captain Hetzel. ? of Severe Sronm in Western vy Youe.—The Baldwinsville, N. Y. Gasette gi an account of the devastations in the region of the severe gale of Sunday evening. ‘Tiber was blown down, fences prestrated, and crops damaged toa considerable On the farm belonging to Henry Westfall one mile north of the village, the quantity of wood blown down is ertimated at fro three to five hun- dred cords. A good deal of timber on Mormon M. Goit’s land was aleo uprooted. Trees, three feet in dipmeter, were writhed from their foundations, and others broken down like grass before the wind. bout eleven o'clock, at night, the house of Ebbia Kuveel, in Clay, was strack by lightning. A knot, some two or three inches in diameter, ae in | h the floor, was found in the room above; aving asred through a ceiling of lath and plaster to get here. Mr. Kt. and his wife were sleeping in the reom where the accident happened, and were par- tially stunned by the shock. ‘They did not know what had happened, nor could they account for their peculiar feelings upon awaking, until they = @ light ano saw the mischief that had een done. Taree children sleeping in on adjoia- ing room were not awakened trom their slumbers. Fatt, or Pixsacur Rock at Portage Farts. — We learn from the Geveseo Repuldican that the tock called the Pinnacle, near the middle Falls at Vortage, was hurled from ite place, on Wedaesda; of last week, into the abyss below. ‘This roel hung over the precipice below the second fall, and was 300 feet above the bed of the river. It was fifteen feet high, fifteen feet long, twelve wide, flightly tapering to the top, and estimated to igh over two hundred and ‘inty fons. prac ice had become commcn of climbing to the top to lock down from its dizzy height, and aid had fre- que x+y been neccersaiy to rescue persons who would have fallen off from dizziness. 1: was there- fore deemed prudent to dislodge it, and it wae done by order of Commissioner Follett, by applying a rand-blast. The crash was tremendous, and a mist rore froin the water, where it fell, which for «few moments concealed the spot from view. The scene was witnessed by @ large number of people from the opporite bauk of the river. ~ Rochester Ameri- can June, 27, of the Canal Bill— | | | archives of the | | a public declamation at the University Arrival of the Merlin—Intelligence from ‘Weat Indies, “ The British mail steamship Merliv, Captai) -mpson, arrived yesterday morning from S$ ‘Thomas and Bermuda. She left the former p on the 2ist, and the latter on the 26th inst. Sh brings the latest news from the West India islands: The Bermuda Herald contains the followi announcement of @ birth :— In St. Georges, on the 17th ult., of the American Mrs, A o Captain Austen hip Concurale ee daughter. ‘The same paper says:— There have been several Americ the neighborhood of these islands for @ mont roe most daily in sight ofland. We understand rng ‘whale was captured by one of them on Saturday week. ‘The most important item is the following, from the Bermudian of the 25th:— We stop the press to inform our readers that at a ing of the ¢ Council this day, the bill of Suppl; end App ition, which was laid before that body py Aid ted. No similar event has taken se i memoral the late Sir William Lumley." The Bermudian of the same date contains snpaaetie Considering that the people of these islan fairly embarked in agricultare, after yours af nang tic course with reference to that noble pursuit, we mi with pride congratulate the country on the results of th oe of the present year The fol Ing statement ex. hibits a comprehensive view of the returns up to present time:— Exports. Value} AEM, «ns snrnigond 4050s 201,100 Ibs. $37,68 Potatoes, 5,474 bbls. cleared out, to which add 208 ascertained to be omitted in the above quantity, and 250 to be shippedin afew days..., 5,032 bbls. 17,794 Onions, (one-balf at 5s., remainder Che seseeees 1,000,000 Ibs, 9,371 ‘Tomatoes, quantity cleared, 4,433 boxes—add 250 put aboard ves- sels ufter clearance...........0.2 Total value of produce exported. Puopver Ox MAND. Arrow root—estimated value of. Onions—ray 250,000 Ibs. at 28. 6a. Potatoes—ray 500 bbls. Total value of the produce raised this season. . $80,8: We are indebted tothe St. Lucia Palladi 30th ultimo, for the subjoined particula: earthquakes which have lately been experienced Guadaloupe. The following is a translation from newspaper printed at Puint-a-Pitre:— GUADALOL This day, 16th of May, 1851, Point-a-Pitre has had to undergo another severe trial. At sixteen! minutes after nine in the morning, a violent shock, of soribquege wes felt, its oscillations being from S.E.toN. W. It was preceded by a rumblin; noise like that of thunder. Its duration was o aboat one second. It were impossible to deseri the impression made on he population by th shock, recalling, as it did, that of the 8th of Feb ruary, 1843. Fortunately, at Point-a-Pitre, wi have no serious damage to deplore from it; ouq wooden buildings having withstood the I not one having fallen. At 2o’clock in the morn: ing, there wasa slight shock; and at 55 minutes past 9 another was felt; and then at 55 minutes 10, # fourth shock, accompanied with a noise stro: enough to create deep anxiety. Ina moment, thd whole town was on the alert; and after the prin shock, at forty minutes past nine, the ery ‘of fire wi heard, the shops were immediately closed, and tha] people thronged in the direction of the alarm. Fo: tunately there was nothing of consquence. A coal. pots overturned by the shock, had commanica: ire to some pieces of wood in a house in the Rue d’- Arbaud, near the Tabanon wharf, but it was di: covered time xtinguisl We repe then, that, for this time, Poiat-a-Pitre has escap free. Heaven grant thet we may not have to ree some heavy disaster as having befallen either wretched plantations, now in the height of crop, our sister colony of Martinique, or some of our, neighbors, the British, Danish und Spanish colonies. P. S.—Since the foregoing was written (1 P. M.)| some fresh shocks, of considerable violence, havi succeeded—one at 59 minutes past 1, another at 39 minutes past 2. We learn that several estates at Petit-Bourg, Goyave, Ste. Marie, and Capesterre, have incurred a good deal ofdamage. It is added, that the new bridge at Capesterre has su‘ferred much injury, and} a house at the Abymes has been thrown dowa. The following additional particulars are extracted, from a private lette OINT-A-PiTRE, ~~ The earth continued to quake, i violence, up to half past sever the 17th instant. It is unnecessa: the consternation into which th ie} may more easily imagine it ad to take refuge on board of t! they passed the day and night, untic ..e oscillations becs me less vi ther. We thank Pro spared. There ba ctacked, particularly those of the jai SURINAM. [From the Demerara Royal Jazette, te f 27.) By the Curacoanaar we have receive i papers to the 23d instant. They contain some im- portant government regulations for carryi effect the royal order of the Gth February last, pecting the slaves. These regulations, which form an entire new slave code, are too lengthy for us to go through the whole of them at present. Wemay safely say, however, th appear to be one, reat step more made by the government of tho’ Netherlands towards final emancipation; and how- ever they may be received by the planters, that, they evince much solicitude for the improvement of the lot of the slaves. In defiuing the amount of la- bor to be rendered by the slaves on principle adhered to in these regulations ‘k which he shall give his master daily. respect the Dutch government seem to have taken a leaf out ofour book. The principle, there, d which slavery in Surinam may now be considere: rest is that of compulsory task-work. Tehuantepec. owthat the Mexican government has finally’ annulled the contract with Garay, in relation to the passage across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec those pecuniarily interested in the enterprise, being} Americaus, will naturally look to their own govern ment for interference and an assertion of their just rights. ‘The present view of Mexico in relation thie matter, is certainly a second idea. For it i wellknown that when Mr. ‘Trist endeavored b; treaty stipulations to secure the right of free p sage for Americans by the Isthmus, the Mexie commissioners stated that the privilege of con- structing a way had been granted to an individual, who had transferred it with the auttority of tha ih subjects, whose righ’ wedge . pot Ak. wiedged, and the poini The tranefer of the privi fe icane, not relieve dit will not do at yy, after the surveys are made, ‘o deny the rights of the new company—rights derived from the original ¢ mpact. We have been favored with the following letterr relating to this subject : ‘Trnuanterrc, May, 1851, Your idea that the diiticulty with Mexico affect~ ing us should now be lvoked on as a question at issue weiweea the two governments for diplomatic negotiation and denovement, is corrset. e do not look to Mexico; we look to owe own government to intersore between us and Mexico. Our grant, documents of titles, &e., were transferred from Garey to Manning & Co, from them to Hargous, and from Hargous to us. And the titles of the lanced brogerty, after having been examined by the cabinet at Waehing‘on, passe ito our Seoate, who, in ¢xecutive session, exdoreed their goodness and validity, by admitting them, retaining possession ofthem, and ordering them to be deposited in the iy. Weecould bot har them in You thus see we may remain quite undistur anything done in Mexico. The ac’ of the Senate was preliminary to- taking up the treaty of Tehuantepec, which they ratified. They could not take the treaty into con- sideration, or act upon it, and conne sted. as it was with the grant ard oursel ves, without firs’ inquiring into the position and circumstances of the grant and ourselves This was necessary for consistency, propriety, and justification, and at once shields us, ond places us ot ground, and Under our country’s protection.— le Tribune. safer ¢ rt: L y Imprisonment oF a Rervatican Youra at Ha- vasa —On or about the first of this month, dui of Havana, @ youth sixteen years of age, son of Sr. Don Cirilo Ponce, a wealthy citizen of Cuba, was arrested and imprisoned for the following offence:--Back of the staging erected for the declaim board, on which was written, whil yet down, in large letters with chalk, cisto Lopes, y Mueran los Realist citeo Loper, and Death to the iste. audience being assembled, and the Captain Gene- raland suite having grrived, the curtain wasraised: for the declaimers to begin their speeches. On no- ticing the writing on the board, Captain Gene- ral immediately ordered the entrances to the build- ing to be guarded, and summoned all the students to appear before in order to find out which of them was the offender re for- one ed bim why he did it. He more than what I wish to ec Ile was order- ed to prison, and the public are at a loss to know what will be done with one soyoung, for his indis- cretion.— Savannah «Ga.) Republican, June 18.