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AN ACtIn e , be esitled en acet to
prnsertAhe 'oin rtLa of postage toe
- (o federat 8titi if Ameaurica, oed
aSe1rof y 1. 2ke ien ugresw of the Con
fderate States of America do enact,
T'hai from and after such period aathe
Postmaster General may by precla
aa.tion.anlottucthe, thereahall be charg
*pd the following rates of postage, to
wit: For every single letter sealed
and for every letter in manuscript or
paper of any kind upon which infor
inution shall be asked for, or commu
nicate inwriting, or by marks or signs
conveyedin the mail for any distance
between placed within the Confedrate
States of America, not exceeding 500
miles, 5 centst; and for any distance
exceeding 500 miles, double that rate;
and every letter or parcel not exeed
ing half an ounce in weight, shall be
deemed a single letter, and every ad
ditional weight of halfan ounce or ad
ditional weightless than half an ounce
shall be charged with an additional
single postage; and all packages con
taining other than printed or written
matter. and money packages in
eluded in this class, shall be rated by
weight as letters are rated, and shall
be charged double the rates of postage
pon letters; and all drop letters or let
ters placed in any postoffice not for
transunission but for delivery only,
salul be charged with postage at the
rate of two cents each; and in all the
foregoing cases the postage must be
prepaid by stamps; and all letters
which shall hereafter be advertised as
remaining over or uncalled for in any
postoflice shall be charged with two
cents eaeh in addition to the regular
postage, both to be accounted for as
other poastages of this Confederation.
"SEc. 2. t Ad be it fbrtker enacted,
'T'hat all newspapers not exceeding
three ounces in weight, sent from the
ofice of punblication to actual and'bo
nafide subscribers, shall be charged
with postage as follows, to-wit: the
postage on the regular numbers of a
newspaper published weekly within
the State where published, shall be 6k
cenlts per quarter; and papers publish
,d semi-wedkly, Aduble that rate;
and papers pullished thrice a week,
treble their rate ; and papers publish
,",' daily, six times that rate; and
the postage q9.ll newspapers to ac
tual subscribersi without the State
where publiashed, shall be charged
dI.,ublet he fo _going rates; and peri
eeiicabl sent romn the office of publi
c:ation to actual and bona fdesubscri
tb.rsa, slull be charged with postage as
follows. to-wit; th4, postage on the
regular numbers of, a periodlical, not
lxcetedinig onee and a, half ounces in
weight. and published monthly, with
i:n the State where published. shall be
:~ cents per quarter; if published
s"ini-monithly, double that rate; and
f;,r ev-ery additional ounce or fraction
.of an ounce, double the fotregoing
rates shall be charged;. and periodi
calspublished quarterly or hi-monthly
shall be charged one cent an ounce ;
and the postage on all periodicals
without the State where published,
shall be double the aboyv. speciged
raet,-; aind regular si'bscribers to
jewspapers and periodicals shall be
.r-quired 'to pay one quarter's postage
i:a advance. And there shall be charg
oe1 upon every tither newspaper and
each cireular not' sealed, 4-andill, en
.grvLig, pamphlet, periodical and
agazinie which shall be unconnectd
-wi th any manuscript or written mat
t, r.,.nor exceeding three ounces in
weight, r cents; and for each addi
tional ounce or fration of an ounce, 2
,ents a;dditional.; and in all cases thq
postage shall. be ,prepaid by stamlps.
Anli books h~aud or. unbound, not
;weighing over fiur 1pounds, shall be
rdemeld mailable matter, and shall be
charged withi postage, to be prepaid
hy stamps, at 2 cents per ounue, for
any distance. The pu bliisher~ of news
iapern or periodteals may send to
ua1 other, from ,their respective ofi~
.tas of publication, free of postagei,
oh e cijy of each publication.
Eu. 3. And be ivtfirtker euact~d,
• That it shall be the duty' tf the
i ot~iuaster General to provi~o aid
firnihl to all DeputyPosmnastersarid
t all otheregiw'setaplyingand ay-
ing therefora stamps,
ald sytagnyt deumomn
inm tion of twa easts, . emits, and
trety eit.: t ,faciUlltafe the pre
- ct' of~pwoetitge yrided for in
t:h:.t, mand any peJeao iho h.hll
tbrgeo esranterfeit aa jpostee stam,
fomm er sect
visip of this 'br former act
S tie s nu are impressed or
printed onor xttac'ed to envelopesjor
not, or any dies, plate or engraving
therefor, .or shall make, or print, or
knowingly use or:sell'or have in pos
session, with intent to.use or sell, any
such false, forged or counterfeited
dies, plate, engraving or postage
stamp, or who shall make, or print, or
authorize, or procure to be made or
printed, any, pastage stamps of the
kind provided and furnished by the
Postmaster General as aforesaid, with
out the especial authority and direc
tion of the Postoffice Department, or
who, after such postage stamps have
boeen printed, shall, with intent to de
fraud the revenues of the Postoftice
Department deliver any postage
stnuups to any person or persons other
than such as sl all be authorized to
receive the same by any instrument
of writing, duly executed under the
hand ef the Postmaster General and
the seal of the lPostoffice Department
shall, on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished by
a fine not exceeding $.500, or by im
prisonment not exceeding five years,
or by both such fine and imprison
ment; and the expenses of procuring
and providing all such postage stamps
and letter envolopes as are provided
for or authorized by this act, shall be
paid after being adjusted by the Au
ditor of the Postoffice Department on
the certificate of the Postmaster Gen
eral out of any money in the Treasury
arising from the revenues of the Post
ofice 1)epartment.
"Sec 4. And be it fxrther enacted,
That it shall be the duty of every
Postmaster to cause to be defaced in
such manner as the Postmaster Gen
eral shall direct, all postage stamps
of this Confederacy to letters depos
ited in his office for delivery or to be
sent by mail; and if any Postmaster
sending letters in the mail with such
postage stamps attached shall omit
to deface the same, it shall be the
duty of the Postmaster to whose
office such letters shall be sent for
delivery, to deface the stampsand re
port the delinquent Postmaster to the
Postmaster General. An? if any per
son shall use, or attemp4 to use, in
prepayment of postage, any postage
stamps which shall liare been beftre
used for like purposes, such lersons
shall be subject to a penalty of fifty
dollars for every such offense, to be
recovered in the name of the Confed
erate States of America in any court
ofcompetent jurisdict ion.
"Sec 5. And be it further enacded,
That from and after the day when
this act goes into effect, the
franking privilege shall he abolished;
preided, that the Postmaster Gerner
al and his chief clerks, and the Audi
tor of the Treasury for the Postoflice
Department shall be and they are
hereby authorized to transmit
through the mails, free of postage,
aniy letters, packages, or other mat
ters relating exclusively to their offi
cial duties, or to the business of the
Postoffice Department; but they
shall in every such case endorse on
the back of the letter or packages to
be sent free of postage over their own
signatures, the words, 'Official busi
aless,'and for any such endorsement
falsely made, the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay taxes $300; and
providedfurt&er, the several Depuy
Postmasters throughout the Confeder
ate Shall shall be and hereby are au
thorized to send through the mails
free-of postage all letters and pack
ages which it may be their duty, or
they may have occasion to transmit
to any person or place, and which
shall relate exclusively to the busi
ness aftheir respective offices, or to
the business of the Postoffice Depart
ment; but in every such case the
)Deputy Postmaster sending any such
letter or* ackage shall endorse there
on, over ~is own signature, the words
'Postoiie business,' and for any and
every ueh endodrsement, falsely
made, ihe person making the samune
shiall forteit and pay $00o
SSee.: 6 And be ti furthe~ ,enacted,
Tlifat tlie'thIrdlsectii of an aet en
titled an act further to amend 'ann
act entitled n a.ct to redue and iod
Ly the rates of popitart~,gn the 'United
States,.and' fAr otrer J:*ioses1a pss
id March 3. 1851,' pree fitp 4 irck
.2i185, ·-bereby thetettbr reigta-;
tion siystem was esth1lshel, be and is
hereby repealed fromn and nfir the
day when this act goes into effect.
*'Sec. 5 Be it furiker enacted, etc,
T_.ttno letters ahallbe carried by the
ex e or other chiarere
is, s the same all bq
by bijag enlosed ina i.tami d en
velop of -'thins Confederacyr atid aany
company, violating the provision of
this act shall forfeit and pay the sum
of-500 for each effensesato be recov
ered by, action of debt in any court of
this Confederacy having cognizance
thereof, in the name and for the use
of this Confederacy.
Sec. 8 Be it fitrther enacted, That
the Postmaster General of the Con
federate States be and is hereby an
thorised to make all necessary ar
rangements for the transportation of
mails between the territories of this
and other Governments, subject to
the approval of the President until
postal treaties can be effected."
"Passed Feb. 21, 1861."
THE SHIIREVEPORT'
Weekly News,
Published in the city of. Shreve
port, Parish of Caddo, every Monday
morning at the low price of $2 50.
The News will not be forwarded to
any address, until the subseription
money is received, as it is published
on the cash principle; and the terms
being put at low figures, will not ad
mit of credit.
It is the cheapest paper published
in the State, the sheet is 24 by 36 in
chtes, and contains twcnltl-eiyht col
umns of reading matter, set in solid
type. The Weekly News is made
u of the reading published in the
dciy, and contains the latest news; re
ceiveyd in Shreveport, and well se
lected articles. In fact it is one of
the
BEST FAMILY PAPERS,
published in the South.
Sp1ciien copies will he forwarded
to such as desire subscrilbing.
The columns will contaiii articles,
selected andoriginal. which will prnwe
of interest and tend to the' welfitre ,,f
its readers. It n ill be devoted to the'
interests ,of the South; and internal
improvements in the Parish and vi
cinity, will receive the undivided at
tenti,,i of the piiblishlr,
The columns of the News will he
open to every person. Personal arti
cles will ot. under anyi circulnstances,
(either a.s coulnuinrieatiolns or adver
tiseiinnts.) be published.
CorrespoLnence is solicited from all
sections.i.
JNO. DICKINSON.
Proprietor.
Papers lpublishiing the above three
months. will be entitled to an exchange
for the Daily.
PIROPE.('TL'
OF THE
BOSSIER BANNER.
T HE Bossier Banner is published
at Belle.vue, La.. at three dollars per
annum to single subscribers. Adver
tisenients inserted at $1 per square of,
ten lines or less, and 50 cents for eac ;
subsequent insertion. Professional!
and business cards not exceqding one
sqluare, including paper, ten dollars
perannum; five dollars for six months.
Advertisements for the year iuserted
on very liberal terms. The Banper
is an indepenudet paper, and has as
large a -circlation as any paper ph
liahed iu North Louisiana. Address
W . H. SCOANLAND,
Editor and Froprietor.
ir Read. .g
To CountryPrlaters, & Merchants.
The facilities of the Shreveport
Daily NXe's
.1)B OFFICE,
are such as to enable us to, do prin
tiug,
Of a:ny description, at the shortest no
tice.
Printtrs sending orders, can have
,JOIB done at suficient low prices to
enable,tihem to realize a fail Vrofit, on
the same-.
Te Mlfase must alvoaas a compantJ
-the order.
- ,JCountr y.(erchants, can save thime,
trmtble, arl'esprepse, by sendingall
their orders for JOB PRIN'TING, at
the Nhews Oftice, Shreveport, La.
An: *Int iV 6orre-porae
who lately left Baltimore for Harper's
Ferry and other poinutin Virginia;
lvesthefollowing account of observa
tions in a private letter:
I believe there is now at least-
troops in arms on the soil of of Virgin
ia. They are a very muscular and
determined looking set of men, and
every man is a terrible marksman. I
never saw such an eagerness to fight
exhibited by any people. At Har
per's Ferry, a Kentuckian challenged
a Virginian to shoot with the rifle.
The distance was a hundred and fifty
yards. Old Kentucky covered his
six bullet holes with a half a dollar,
and Old Virginia was obliged to get
a small tin cup to cover his; but he
claimed the victory, on the ground
that his bullets were twice the size of
his adversary's. Twenty-eight men
shot on the same day, at three hund
red yards, at a log the size of a man,
and twenty-two bullets pierced it.
These shots were all off-hand. 'There
is a company here who pratice firing
at double quick time-as those who
fire standing. They are terrible fel
lows, and they seem to have a most
insatiable desire for a tight.
Col.E/llsworth Engaged to be Mar
ried.-Tle New York Herald says:
Col. Ellsworth has been engaged
for the last two years to Miss Carre
Spufford, a young lady of seventeen,
daughter of Charles F. Spaflird, a
resident of Rockport Ill., Miss Spaf
ford, was recently a student to the
Carrol Institute, Brooklyn. The
Marriage would p)robably have taken
place ere this but for the brealing out
of the war, Col. Ellsworth was twen
ty-seven years of age.
Letter of C. M. Clay to the London
Times.-Cassius M. Clay (now in
Europeas one of Lincoln's Ministers)
writes to the Lon(don 'tilues on the
American struggle, briefly but decis
ively. lHe says the rebel States can
be subdued ; it is- not proposed to
subjugate them, but simply to put
down the rebellion. luglanhd's inter
est is to stand by the Union. lie in
,1quires it England can afford to offeid
the United States? HIe concludes
by saying E'igland is a natural ally
of the United States.- U. N. Paper.
A Thinking Club.--l)uring thel
reignof terror under old John Adam's
administration, when it was made
treason for any man to open his
mouth to discuss the acts of the ad
ministration, and the gag law was
applied to men, about fifty democrats
of Easton formed a (thinking club.
They met once; a week, thotuhlit what
they pleased and adjourned.
lion. WrV. A. Forward, Associate
Justice of the Supremet Court of Flor
ida, has enlisted as a private in dli
ranks of a collmpany re'tntly orgaaniz
ed in Plutnla county.
The manLamlbert,reported to have
been hung.at Manassas Juncticoa, as a
spy, has, it is said, been released. It
seems that he is innocent.
Extensire Sei:ure of CGon terrfit
Muney--etw Orleens Banks Repre
sented.-An extensive seizure of coun
terfeit money was effected in St.1
Louis on the 7th. Among the. bills
were ones and tens of the Citizens'
Bank of New Orleans, and fifties of
the Southern Bank of New Orleans
L ( Congress has enactod the fol
lowing law in reference to.. Newspan
pers, entitled the
N. IWSPAPA', :L4 i :I.
Subscriber. who do not give ex crs
notice to the contrary, are consIdered
as wishing to contintue the subscO'ip
tiol.
If suberibers order the discontin
uance of their papers, the publishers
may continue to send them till all that
is due bh paid.
If subscrihers neglect or retifse to
take their papers from the ottice to
which they are directed, they are held
responsible until they have settled
their bills and ordered their paper d(5
continued.
If subscriberremove to otherplaces
H ithout informing the publisher, and
thie pFper is sent to the former direc
tion, they are held responlsible.
The courts have decided that refus
ing to take a paper or periodical .from
the office, is prima facze evidenctt o
fraud
Cornielda E prcii4 for. the Daily $sri.
B . .. .. 8 ;) 14)
COPPtBBt .... ... .. Or 1
i0tc .".... ..... 4 a 7
BAcon, $houlders. 13 'a -
Hamns ... 00 ra ]
Sides..... 15 a 1>t
LARD ............ 17 a -
ROPE............ 10 w 124.
IRON............. 4 .. :,
CA NDLES....... . 23 264 .
C0e1s8.9......... . 124a. 14.
SPI;NYAIN.. ...... 274' -
LEAD............. 9 'aý 10
Wlsst,,, 4P gall.. 40 'w o50
t,1Assn. .. -:......- - a 374
()II,, Lard ...... 61 '0 a-.
Linsed .. .. I - o - ( -
Fl.ol:It, 4' lhurr(l. . - 0 ( i..Ih 00
IPoK............. 28 00 vt@30
LTa, ............. . 5 00 'ii
VIN.:At......... 3 'a (; (O0
CEM.'r. ........ 4 00 ':
PJOTATOES, , b|arrel' ) 50 -. 0 00
BAa9u;Iu, India... 15 'a
Kntuckv - ra, 15
ConN, "P bushel. __1 00 oii -
()OArs. ............ 75 4i
BRAN,  cwt...... 1 15 ra
HAY.............. 2 75 'a
'OWDIER, 1 Keg.. 12 o0 ra- no
,NAII.S........ .. ...4 0 'ta-:
SIOT, ' hg. ..... 2 25 ea "2 :r .
SALT, 'i Sack.... 2 00 'a
Ur PFRlIul(..T.... . ()0 ra .
DowN, COTTON-.. 1 00 0''
Shreveport C.ottoui tLltart
Corrected Expressly for the Daily rVrs.
Inferior.............. 0 ra 9
Ordiltarv....... ... 0 '7 (o
Good Ordinary 0....... a t
Low 3Middling ...... 7 'ii 0
Middling ............. S a. o
Good Middling....... 9 'a0t)
N-ew ()rlean>n. Prices (uarIrat .1
SUGAR ........... 5 ra G
CUF I,------ ---"-- º r
COFFEr,...... ... 1- '
RIC(:E............. 5 4
BACON, Shoulders 1 /
Ilams..... . 18 ta
Sides...... _ 14 a 15
LARD ............ 13 e
Ill,,e. ....... ... 74 't, $
itoN.......... .. --- 0 0)
(CANDLEs . .. ....... 19 r) 20
(ii R.~.s.. -- .. - .....- 00 0
SP-UNYARN 0...... 0 r2
,.:. )............--- O 00
W mII.Ky', `'' gall.. 37, '
Mr .A s:s, ... .. . 11 13
l..ARD ()il. .......... 9i ra, I00
Linseed, . .. 0 65 ' 0 .00
Fol.utl., P barrel.. 9 00 10 00
I'ciRK............... G 00 r 00 u0
Li,1. ....... ... 2 00 'a 0 00
VISI:(A , ........... 00 ra 0
C(i:.mr..NT, .......... 00 'r
I'(ºTA'I'tT( s, Y bi1 . 1 2i5 'i 1 7;
B 0a;l.N a, Ildia... 14 'i
Kettu~ckv, . 11 ' 14
(CoIN, 4? hushl.... - NO 'a S5
).,",Ts ............. 0 00 rii 0 65
B .131t. , P 101, b1. .. 1 50 00
HlIA, -P tonll...... :35 00
l'wtI)I. i. 1' kg.. . 0 00 4a
NAII.ý."-.. ... ... . ) 00 @
Milor, '"' hI? . .... 0 00 r' 0 00
MSAlr, iYtck .k... 1 415 'a 0 00
N-v ()>rlknt»s ('ittle" .lstrlrct.
'.'exas,P he.ul, 1s t qty 20 00' 2OII 00
2d qty. ......... 10 001a.IS 00
Ve4al (att l ,, 4 I-.ad . . 7 00Ja-10 1(19
$llhepl, 'P head, 1.t (qty' I (004ra 5 0()
Lut~ri r. . 2 0r'a. 4 (01
IIogg,, 100 ls igros. ' oo0ra 6 o00
Milch Cows., .P head. :30 00'=.(0 0
2(I quality........ :() 00,a00 o(1
4hl-r~evelport IIidt. 3ILrictes
('Corrected ioaily by . . I. 'ron
I)RV HIDI*...... ...----- 5 (:
(iRERN do .........- .
JIEkSu SKIx......-.- - 109a 1
(CA.x do . ........ ' a 10(
OT'rrE" ..............25 'ral Oo
1Ei.s \AX ............ .0 r -
'T'Ai.)w .............. G ' -
IlV5',BS'EJl's I.'L.ItBR IDGEDi).
DICTIONAl1 Y.
1500 Pictoral j/blr.,itioen_..
600 to 1,000 new wrnlUds i tlie Vt~
hulary. With thelr new reLftxrvt
TIogetltr with all the matr otre
ou0 edijLiB. I n one volp.e .1795,
afgeli.1)rice *6.50. S iby SIl
C. &t C. M3 RRIAM.
Springfield M a.-