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Show FREIGHT TRAINS WILL CARRY MAIL WASHINOTON. Aug. !. Arrange-menta Arrange-menta having been perfected bv the poet -office department for the transmission of second clsss mail, consisting of maaa-aMee maaa-aMee wext aortsaleaia a aaes feeiahtbe glnnlnr Bentember 1. en order wis Issued Is-sued yeelerday formally authorising the scheme aa heretofore announced. II wae with the Idea of reducing th expense of transporting Ihe gresler part of second-claes msll that Postmaster ijeneral Hitchcock took advantage of en old atatuta. permitting the department to send It hv freight. The publishers are to be permitted to print on the wrapper of each coov or bundle of their publications ss to Ihe date on which delivery le to be made. In accordance with this srrengemen postmasters hsve Seen directed to earrv out the Instructions with reso'-' to the delivery of fast freight mall. Publishers hsve assured the aoatmae-ler aoatmae-ler general that thev will be satisfied ! with the arrangement and assurances have) been received from the railways that the mall can be delivered promptly. The expenee of transporting and delivery will be fur less thsn at preeent. |