New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-24

The Postmaster General, the PLAIN dealing Gray
ard the Democratic County Committees meet with
decided difficulties in their crusade against THE
TRIBUNE. In some parts Of the West, where they
are at present operating, they find it impossible to
engage bona .fde, out-and-out, dyed-n-thswool
Shan. Democrat to act as Postmaster, for the
simple reason that there are none of that stripe OF
suffice mt decency or ability to fill the Office What
on earth to do uuder such circumstances, they have
been bothered TO know. They have finally bit up0
an idea which We must pronounce to be uncOmmonly
ingenious. The local Post Offices are to be shifted
about, and if the mountain will not come to Ma
homet, Mahomet is to be carried to the mountain.
These public institutions are 10 be transported, re-
yersed, swept thither aud hitler (like the Chapel
of our lady of Loretto), until they aght in ths
neiehboIhocd Of some faithful man, who will not
deliver THE TRIBUNE.
A notable instance Of this game has occurred at
Emerald Grove Rock County Wisconsin. This is
very Republican" section Of country and nno
ardent Democrats have, therefore, pehtioned II
have the Post Office taken out of it into neghbor-
ing locality, the more particularly as the Post
master writes the names on the cub Subscribers
" to TIE TRIBUNE" One hundred and nine citi-
zens Of Emerald Grove have demonstrated against
the il,ustrious nine; but then, what are one hun
bred and nine BLACK Republicans" 10 nine gen
tlemen who believe in suppressiDg this pepper Tho
same correspondent writes to us: We have good
reason to believe that your papers are purposely
" detained somewhere on the road, as they como
6" here very rr.guar'y." We suppose, at some
point another, the paindealiDg Gray Of Ce7elsnd
must get hold of them. But the same writer adds;
Should they remove the Office, we will mako some
arrangement to have TIE TRIBUNE come BY eI-
"pre.s.' Tsat's right, good friends; We shall all
fellows.
Another frierd writes TO Us from La Porte, lad;
"rbere is . deeplaid plan among the so-csus1
democracy to iDjure the circulation Of TIE TRis-
"UNE." Well, we have also q "deep.laid plsn,"
which is to make TIE TRIBUNE the best weekly
paper in the country. Let us see which plan is tho
deepest
In addition TO this private information, we learn
from The Portage County (OtO) Democrat Of tho
18th inst, that the Post. Office at Earlye, in that
county, has been abolished by the Post-Oiice DIG.
partment in WasbngtOn-sn act VIII oh this local
paper characterzes as "despotic, and in disregard
"of The rights interests, convenience and wishes Of
1.-the people, The motive Of this movement will
be found in the fact that the Postmaster at Frank
lin Mills in the same county, has refused to deliver
The WEEKLY TRIBUNE, and has returned Tor 10
said to have returned the same to our Office for d.
rection The people of that liz at once got togetho.
and protested sgsnst this and, in their resolutions,
ntimaed that they should DO under the necessity %
receiving TIE WEEKLY TRIBUNE from the Earl
vile flee. Upon this the Earlville Post Officer
declared in the paper before Us to be "a public con-
'vtnience and accommodate on Yves abolished
The Portage County Democrat says;
This act of psity tyranny has been perpe.ra.ed Ak
the instance Of j. W. Gray the Editor Of The Psia-
d,oler, 10 aid him 10 bis warfare sgairst The IL y
TRIBUNE and TO second his vain efors TO crcuIn-
sibe the circulation Of that and other Republic joa-
ala