PosT OFFICE, LITTLE ROCK, ARK's.
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 Sir; enclose one of large packet of let ters or circulars which were received at this office, by the last mail from New Orleans, fer the purpose of obtaining your opinion, whether, or not, 1t ought not 10 be charged with full letter postage, in consequence oI the blanks in t being filled up with writing, My impression is, thata circular, to eniitle il to be charged at the lowest rate of postage, ought to contain no writing whatever, and that the fllingup of the blanks in circular, ough. to subject il 10 the highest rate of postage

 Another question has suggested itself to my mind, on which beg leave to ask your opinion. It is this: the mail is carried on two different routes between this place and Memphis, Tenn, one of them No 5S0l) by land on which the distance Is between l50 and loO miles. though stated in the schedule to be l40 miles. The other No 5806) Is carried 60 miles by stage to White River. thence by steamboat 10 the Miss, distance of some l30 miles, and from thence 10 Mem. phis, making the distance considerably over 300 miles. By the former route the postage on single letter is only .fre cents, while. by the latter, ifcharged according to the distance carried, 1t would be tea cents./ The practice of this office, as well as tho post-oilice al Memphis, has been to charge , cents only on all letters, not exceeding half an ounce, which pass through the mali, on either route. Now, the question is, ought .e nol,o charge