Rev. J. C. Starr.

Union Chapel, Twentieth street, near Pennsylvania avenue. Rev. J. C. Hagey.
Ryland Chapel, Tenth street, corner of D, Island. Rev. L. M. Gardner.
Gorsuch Chapel, L street south, corner of Fourth-and-a-half street.
Waugh Chapel, A street north, corner of Fourth street east. Rev. J. R. Wheeler.
North Capitol Street Church, corner K street, N. E. Rev. James McLaren.
Hamline Church, corner of Ninth and P streets north. Rev. S. M. Hartsock.
Grace Church, corner Ninth and S streets. Rev. J. W. Smith.
Mount Zion, Sixteenth street, corner of R. Rev. E. D. Owen.
Twelfth Street Church. Rev. Geo. W. Heyde.

Dunbarton street, Georgetown. Rev. J. McK. Reilley, D. D.
Uniontown. Rev. Wm. Ryland.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL, SOUTH.

Mount Vernon Place Church, corner of Ninth and K streets.

METHODIST PROTESTANT.

Rev. W. P. Harrison.

Methodist Protestant Church, Ninth street, between E and F. Rev. D. David Wilson. Methodist Protestant Church, Virginia avenue, near navy-yard. Rev. J. W. Gray. Methodist Protestant Church, North Carolina avenue, near navy-yard. Rev. J. W. Trout. Methodist Protestant Church, Georgetown. Rev. J. K. Murray.

CONGREGATIONAL.

First Congregational Church, corner of Tenth and G. Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D. at II a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sabbath-school, 9.45 a. m. Mission-schools, 3 p. m. meeting, Thursday evening. Young people's meeting, Tuesday evening, 7 p. m. Tabernacle of the Congregation, Eighth street, between B and C streets, S. W. H. Hicks. Services at II a. m. and 7.30 p. m.

Services
Weekly

Rev. H.

Lincoln Memorial, Eleventh street, corner of R, N. W. Rev. S. P. Sweat. Services at II a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Mission Sunday-school, 3.30 p. m. Plymouth Catholic Hall, Eighteenth street, N. W., between L and M streets. II a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school, 9.45 a. m.

BAPTIST.

Services at

H. Cuthbert, D. D.
Rev. S. Saunders.
Rev. D. W. Faunce.

First Church, Thirteenth street, between G and H. Rev. J.
Second Church, Virginia avenue, corner Fourth street, S. E.
E Street Church, a square east from the General Post-Office.
Fifth Church, D street south. Rev. C. C. Meador.
Calvary Church, corner of H and Eighth streets. Rev. S. H. Greene.
North Church, Fourteenth street, between R and S sts.
Metropolitan Church, corner of Sixth and B streets, N. E. Rev. J. W. Parker, D. D.
Gay Street Church, Georgetown. Rev. Joseph Walker.

CHRISTIAN.

Rev. O. James.

First Christian Church, Vermont avenue, between N and O streets, N. W., Rev. Frederick D. Power, Chaplain to the House of Representatives. Services on Sunday at II a. m. and 7.30 p. m., and Thursdays at 7.30 p. m. Seats free.

PRESBYTERIAN.

First Church, Fourth-and-a-half street, between C and D. Rev. Byron Sunderland, D. D. New York Avenue Church, New York avenue and H street, N. W. Rev. John R. Paxton. Fourth Church, Ninth street, N. W., between G and H. Rev. J. T. Kelly. Assembly's Church, corner of Fifth and I streets, N. W. Rev. George O. Little. Sixth Church, Sixth street, S. W., near Maryland avenue. Rev. Mason Noble, D. D. Western Church, H street, N. W., near Nineteenth. Rev. T. S. Wynkoop. Metropolitan Church, Fourth and B streets, S. E. Rev. John Chester, D. D. Westminster Church, Seventh street, S. W., between D and E. Rev. B. F. Bittinger, D. D. North Church, N street, N. W., between Ninth and Tenth. Rev. C. B. Ramsdell. Fifteenth Street Church, Fifteenth street, N. W., between I and K. Eastern Church, Eighth street, N. E., between F and G. Rev. Geo. B. Patch. Reformed Presbyterian Church, First street, between N. and O, S. W. Central Church, Third and I streets, N. W. Rev. A. W. Pitzer, D. German Evangelical Zion Church, corner of Sixth and P sts., N. W. West Street Church, West street, between Congress and High streets, Georgetown. Rev. S. H. Howe, D. D.

Rev. F. J. Grimke

Rev. J. M. Armour.
D.

Rev. G. W. Landau.

UNITARIAN.

All Souls Church, Fourteenth street, corner of L street. vespers at 71⁄2 p. m. Rev. Rush R. Shippen, D. D.

Morning services at II o'clock;

UNIVERSALIST.

First Universalist Church. Morning services at Masonic Temple, F street, corner of Ninth street, N. W. Rev. Alexander Kent.

FRIENDS' MEETING-HOUSES.

Orthodox Meeting-House, No. 453 Ninth street. Meeting at 11 o'clock a. m.
Meeting-House, (Hicksite,) North I street, north side. Meeting at 11 o'clock a. m.

NEW JERUSALEM.

Temple on North Capitol street, between B and C streets. Rev. Jabez Fox; residence, 320 Indiana avenue.

LUTHERAN.

Services at II o'clock a. m.

German Evangelical Congregation of Trinity, Unaltered Augsburg Confessior, Fourth street west, corner of E street north. Rev. W. C. H. Luebkert.

German Evangelical, St. John's Church, Fourth-and-a-half street. Rev. J. Salingor, D. D. St. Paul's Church, corner of Eleventh and H streets, N.W. Rev. Samuel Domer, D. D. Memorial Church, corner of N and Fourteenth streets. Rev. J. G. Butler, D. D.

Church of the Reformation, Pennsylvania avenue and Second. Rev. W. E. Parsons.

GERMAN INDEPENDENT CHURCH.

Concordia, G street north, cor. er of Twentieth. Rev. Martin Kratt.

GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH.

First Reformed Church, corner of Sixth and N streets, N. W. Rev. M. Treibe. German service on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.

I I

UNITED STATES POSTAL REGULATIONS.

FIRST-CLASS MATTER.

Matter which is wholly in writing, sealed or unsealed, printed commercial papers, filled out in writing, having the nature of a personal correspondence, or being the expression of a money value, such as notes, drafts, receipts, executed deeds, and insurance policies, manuscript for publication when unaccompanied by proof-sheets, reproductions by the copygraph and similar processes which are in the nature of personal correspondence, or imitating written matter, and all packages, the contents of which cannot be ascertained without destroying the wrapper. Postage, 3 cents each half ounce, or for each fraction above half an ounce. On local or drop letters, at free-delivery offices, 2 cents. At offices where no free delivery by carrier, I cent. Weight of packages not limited.

Postal cards, I cent.

Registered letters, 10 cents in addition to the proper postage.

The Post-Office Department or its revenue is not by law liable for the loss of any mail matter, but will use its best efforts to assist the owners in the recovery of lost matter.

SECOND-CLASS MATTER.

REGULAR PUBLICATIONS.-This class includes all newspapers, periodicals, or matter exclusively in print and regularly issued at stated periods from a known office of publication or news agency. Postage, 2 cents a pound or fraction thereof. Weight of packages not limited.

THIRD-CLASS MATTER.

Mail-matter of the third class embraces books (printed and blank), transient newspapers and periodicals, circulars, and other matter wholly in print, proof-sheets and corrected proofsheets and manuscript copy accompanying the same, hand-bills, posters, chromo-lithographs, engravings, heliotypes, lithographs, photographic and stereoscopic views with title written or printed thereon, printed blanks, printed cards; and postage shall be prepaid thereon at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof.

Upon matter of the third class, or upon the wrapper inclosing the same, the sender may write his own name or address thereon, with the word "from" above and preceding the same, and in either case may make simple marks intended to designate a word or passage of the text to which it is desired to call attention. There may be placed upon the cover or blank leaves of any book or of any printed matter of the third class a simple manuscript dedication or inscription that does not partake of the nature of a personal correspondence.

All packages of matter of the third class must be so wrapped, with open sides or ends, that their contents may be readily examined by postmasters.

Third-class matter may be registered and must be fully prepaid.

Printed matter is defined by the act of March 3, 1879, to be "the reproduction upon paper by any process except that of handwriting of any words, letters, characters, figures, or images, or of any combination thereof, not having the character of an actual and personal correspondence." Reproductions by the electric pen, papyrograph, copygraph, hectograph, and o her similar processes are third-class matter, unless they have the nature of personal correspondence, when they are first-class.

The limit of weight of packages is four pounds, except in cases of single volumes of books in excess of said weight, and books and documents published or circulated by order of Congress, or official matter emanating from any of the departments of the government, or from the Smithsonian Institution.

FOURTH-CLASS MATTER.

Mailable matter of the fourth class embraces blank cards, card-board and other flexible material, flexible patterns, letter envelopes and letter-paper, merchandise, models, ornamented paper, sample cards, samples of ores, metals, minerals, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, drawings, plans, designs, original paintings in oil or water-colors, and any other matter not included in the first, second, or third classes, and which is not in its form or nature liable to destroy, deface, or otherwise damage the contents of the mail-bag, or harm the person of any one engaged in the postal service, or matter excluded by sections 3893 and 3894 Revised

Statutes, to wit, obscene matter, and matter concerning lotteries. Postage rate thereon, one cent for each ounce or fractional part thereof.

Other articles of the fourth class which, unless properly secured, might destroy, deface, or otherwise damage the contents of the mail-bag, or harm the person of any one engaged in the postal service, may be transmitted in the mails when they conform to the following conditions: Ist. They must be placed in a bag, box, or removable envelope made of paper, cloth, or parchment. 2d. Such bag, box, or envelope must again be placed in a box or tube made of metal or some hard wood, with sliding, clasp, or screw lid. 3d. In case of articles liable to break, the inside box, bag, or envelope must be surrounded by sawdust, cotton, or spongy substance. 4th. In case of sharp-pointed instruments, the points must be capped or encased, so that they may not by any means be liable to cut through their inclosure; and where they have blades, such blades must be bound with wire, so that they shall remain firmly attached to each other. 5th. The whole must be capable of easy inspection. Seeds, or other articles not prohibited, which are liable from their form or nature to loss or damage unless specially protected, may be put up in sealed envelopes, provided such envelopes are made of material sufficiently transparent to show the contents clearly, without opening.

Upon any package of matter of the fourth class the sender may write or print his own name and address, preceded by the word "from," and there may also be written or printed the number and names of the articles inclosed; and the sender thereof may write or print upon or attach to any such articles, by tag or label, a mark, number, name, or letter, for purpose of identification.

The limit of weight of packages is four pounds.

Fourth-class matter may also be registered, and must be fully prepaid.

WASHINGTON CITY POST-OFFICE

Postmaster.-Daniel B. Ainger, 1129 Fourteenth street, N. W.

Assistant Postmaster.-Myron M. Parker, 1316 Twelfth street, N. W.
Cashier.-Thomas L. Tullock, 121 B street, S. E.

Superintendent of Mailing and Distribution.-Horace P. Springer, 730 Eighth street, N.W.
Superintendent of City Delivery.-James E. Bell, 330 C street, N. W.

Assistant Superintendent of City Delivery.-George H. Plant, jr., 918 M street, N. W.
Superintendent of Registry Division.-H. J. Hanford, 1106 Sixth street, N. W.
Superintendent Money-Order Division.-Simeon H. Merrill, 916 P street, N. W.
Clerk in charge of Branch Office at Georgetown.-Huldah W. Blackford.

Clerk in charge of Branch Office at Capitol Hill (corner Third and East Capitol streets).— Isaac A. Bassett, 643 East Capitol street.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.

WASHINGTON, D. C., POST-OFFICE.

Fredericksburg, Richmond, Petersburg, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, Montgomery, New Orleans, and Southern States: Close at *6.00 and *10.35 a. m. and 4.30 and *9.30 p. m.; arrive at 9.30 a. m. and 1.30 and *9.40 p. m.

Richmond, Gordonsville, Charlottesville, Staunton, White Sulphur Springs, Covington, Huntington, Lynchburg, Bristol, E. Tennessee, Alabama, &c.: Close at *6.20 a. m. and 10 oo p. m.; arrive at *8.10 a. m. and 1.20 and *9.40 p. m.

+Baltimore, Philadelphia. New York, Boston, Northern New York, +New England States, Foreign and Canadas: Close at 4.00 a d 9.2, a. m. and *1.30, *5.0, and *9.30 p. m.; arrive at *2.10, *6.40 and 11.10 a. m. and 12.50. 5.00, and 10 20 p. m.

Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Cincinnati, †St. Louis, Cleveland, ‡Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, Western States and Territories, and B. & O. local, and Southwestern States: Close at $7.26, 48.10, 9.25 a. m. and 7.30 p. m.; arrive at *7.30 a. m. and +*2.10 and 10.00 p. m.

Hagers own and Weverton agent: Close at 8.10 a. m.; arrive at 7.40 p. m.

#Harrisburg, Elmira, Niagara, Buffalo, Western New York, and Pennsylvania, +Western States and Territories: Close at 4.30 and 9.25 a. m. and A6.55 p. m.; arrive at 9.10 a. m. and *8.00 p. m. Fortress Monroe, Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Eastern Shore Virginia, and North Carolina: Close at 5.10 p. m.; arrive at B11.10 a. m.

Leesburg, Alexandria, and Round Hill agent: Close at 8.30 a. m.; arrive at 3.40 p. m.

Manassas, Warrenton, and Alexandria and Strasburg agent: Close at 6.20 a. m.; arrive at 8.00 p. m. Westminster, Hagerstown, Md, Western Maryland, and Baltimore and Williamsport agent: Close at 4.30 a. m.; arrive at 8.00 p. m.

Ellicott City, Frederick, Md., and Baltimore and Harper's Ferry agent: Close at 6.10 and 8. 10 a. m.; arrive at 7.40 p. m.

Upper Marlboro', Leonardtown, Md., and Bowie and Pope's Creek agent: Close at 6.10 a. m.; at 7.40 p. m.

arrive

Annapolis Junction and Washington Branch B & O. R. R. local: Close at 7.00 a. m. and *1.30 p.m.; arrive at 8.50 a. m. and 7.40 p. m.

Benning's, Bowie, Odenton, and Baltimore & Potomac R. R. local: Close at 9.25 a. m.; arrive at 9.10a.m. Baltimore, Md.: Close at *6.10, 7.40, and 9.25 a. m., and *1.30, *5. 10, and *9.30 p. m.; arrive at *6.40, 9.10, and 10.30 a. m., and 5.00, and *8.00 p. m.

Georgetown, D. C.: Close at 5.25, 6.45, 11.10, and 17.30 a. m., and 2.10, 6.00, and 15.00 p. m.; arrive at 6.30 and 9.30 a. m., and 1.30, 5.00, 8.30, and 17.00 p. m.

Alexandria, Va.: Close at *6.00 and *10.35 a. m. and 4.30 p.m.; arrive at *9.30 a. m., and 1.30, 7.40, and *9.40 p. m.

Leesburg, Va.: Close at 8. 50 a. m. and 4.00 p. m.; arrive at 9.45 a. m. and 3.40 p. m.
Frederick, Md.: Close at 6.10 and 8.10 a. m. and 4.00 p. m.; arrive at 9.00 a.m. and7..

7.40 p. m.

Winchester, Va., Charlestown, W. Va., and Rockville, Md.: Close at 8.10 a. m. and 4.00 p. m.; arrive at 10.50 a. m. and 7.40 p. m.

Annapolis, Md.: Close at 7.00 a. m. and 4.00 p. m.; arrive at 9.00 a.m. and 7.40 p. m.

Fort Foote, Fort Washington, Glymont, Gunston's, Marshall Hall, and Mount Vernon, on the Potomac : Close at 9.15 a. m.; arrive at 5.00 p. m.

Tenuallytown, DC., and Bethesda, Md.: Close at 7.30 a. m.; arrive at 12.30 p. m.

Arlington, Va.: Close at 10.00 a. m.; arrive at 9.00 a. m.

Brightwood, D. C.: Close at 10.00 a. m.; arrive at 9.00 a. m.

Silver Hill, Camp Springs, Clinton, Oxen Hill, Piscataway, Accokeek, Suitland, Forestville, and Upper Marlboro', Md.: Close at 7.30 a. m.; arrive at 6. 10 p. m.

Cabin John and Great Falls, Md.: Close at 7.30 a. m.; arrive at 6.00 p. m.

Mount Pleasant, Md.: Close on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3.00 p. m.; arrive on the same days at 2.30 p. m.

Fortress Monroe, Hampton, National Soldiers' Home, Norfolk, and Portsmouth: Close at 6.00 a.m. and 5.10 p.m.; arrive at 9.50 a m. and 9.30 p.m.

Deliveries.-First, 8.co a. m.; second, 11.30 a. m.; third, 2.00 p. m.; fourth, 4.00 p. m.
Collections.-6.00, 9.00, and 10.30 a. m.; 2.00, 5.00, and 7.30 p. m.

Special, daily, except Sunday: Pennsylvania avenue, between Second street, S. E., and Twenty-second street, N. W.; Seventh street, between Pennsylvania avenue and N street, N. W.; Ninth street, between Pennsylvania avenue and K street, N. W.; F street, between Seventh and Fifteenth streets, N.W.; Sundays at 5 p. m.

First and third deliveries include the entire city.

Second and fourth deliveries the business districts-from Third to Fifteenth streets, N. W., and B to K streets, N. W.

Carriers' window open from 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays from 9 to 10 a. m, and 6 to 7 p. m.

General-delivery window open day and night, except Sunday, when it is closed from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Money-Order Office is open from 9 a. m to 4 p. m.

Registered-Letter Office is open from 8.30 a. m. to 5 p. m.

Deliveries and collections are made at the hotels for the arrival and departure of each mail.

*Sundays included; all others daily except Sunday.

+ Close.

Sundays only.

+ Arrival.

A Except Saturday.

B Except Monday.