New Post Office Regulations

We publisiied nn abstract of these a week or two But they do not seem to be riglitly comprehonded by all. Tho free postoge on thirty miles is abolished on papers regularly taken. This is well, for the provisión was a foolish one. The franking privilege is restored tothe members of Congress in full. Of course they will look out for ihemselves. The franking privilege is an ancient one, consccrated by mnny yoars prnctice, nnd iis abolilion finally will come from the members, if at all, very much like puiling teeth. Yet the custorn is no nvre founded in resson than the divine right of of kings. " What good reson," says the Ero, "can be given wh members of Congress should receive or send their letters frce ? " They nre attendingto public business." Very well; they are paid for it - well paid, too. - Why, in addition, tax ourselvcs to payfor the letters they send to their wives, or ihe letters of iliird parties they may choose to frank ? " But public documents are valuable to the people, and should go f ree ? If valuable in themselves, then they are worth the postage to the few who receive them. The great body of the people, who receive no such documents, ought not to be tixed for tlie purpose of sending them poslage free to the select few. They have done enough already in poying, through the national treasury, the cost of paper and printing. Under whatsoever aspect this privilege of franking is viewed, it is unjust and absurd. It isa concession to private inteiests, at the expense of the public." The three cent charge on occasional popers sent by mail is oppressive andequal, besidos being in many cases inoperative. Suppose a Liberty man wants j acopyofthe Signal containing Hale's Speech, or nny other document, sent t a hundreá persons, and they are mailed with the several bushels of our regular edition, how is the poslmaslRr at Ann Arbor to know who are subscriben, and tvho are not ? He cannot find out, nor will he atte.npt to unless ho be a simpleton. To be sure three cents may be charged for these papers at the end of their destination, which will cause the greater partor all of them to be rejected by the persons to whom they are sent. And what will the government make by the operation ? Not much, we think. Thcre is another provisión which is both foolish and impotent, Any personmay &end two or more letters addressed under cover to one person : but if they be addressed to several persons, the sender is to be fined ten dolle rs ! Why is this distinction made? Solely to secure a few pence towards defraying the transportation of tons of speeches sent free througW the mails by members of Congress. But will the object bo accomplished ? If I mail two letters sealed in one evelope, how is the post master to know whether they are addressed to one or two persons ? He has no business to opon the package to ascertain ; and postmasters who refuse the delivery of letters til] each has been opened in their presence will find themselves very shortly in hot water. The practical result will be that whilo ihe provisión will be odious nnd contemptible, it will be of no prac tical use except here and there to founc a solitary prosecution upon, to defraud somehonest citizen out of ten dollars.- What a prodigy of wisdom we must have at the head of the Post Office department O rare Cave Johnson! Slaveholder a thou art, in the intricacies of finance - in vainly atlempting to grind out of the many a few coppers to supply the extravagant of the few, thou dost surpass allihe business men of the North. There is one other provisión of the law which s new to us and is thus referred to by the National Era. "Publishersarein the habii of enplosmg bilis in pnpers to subscribers. This they are allowed todo by law; but thcy are liable to a fine of thirty dollars should they send :he same bilis receipled ! Thnt s, it is legal to send a bilí, but illegal to send precisely the same bilt in all respects, with the bnreaddition of tho name of the publisher at the botlomü Could anything be more absurd ? Our subscriber's will understand now why the publishers of the Era has been obliged to desist from forwarding them receipted bilis."