, 1859-12-10
P.ERE0N.XE.

Postmaster General Holt has recently decided
m interesting and novel question. 4 husband,
who had been separated from lis wife, demand
ed that Ills village. Postmaster fhoud. deliver
Irer letters 10 him, and threatened sulta at lnw
if his demand was not complied With: :, The
vile, on tba other hand, forbade tbs dsIyery OF
her letters to tho husband. In these clrcur1-
stances, the Postmaster appealed to ME., Holt
for Instructions. That oil Ger pronounces the
claim advanced BIZ the husband to be too pre-
posterous TO be seriously Eeluted. Indeed. he
sayx it is ahor1ent to lxw in to the Christian
civilization Of the age, and be directs the Post
master to deliver the letters to the WIFE,. -
= HI H that tire wnsd hln1-
self must ci.bsr hold or 1rIve," "ix not true in
I'll caaei; tsthe KsE-fames 14ele1 ,'af Tnlahas-
-see, Flor.da, has -iurou.sd - flow, Of Eh'eh ho
has sold the 1iatent' Fight in twelve Statfs, 1e:
alizng therefor S33l 900. aud has giYep assay ol
this sum *e00, ,ooo for chn1cll purposes.
-MsLrxipg leases "a large1oEtupe to be d.
v1deel among his nephe1s aud hiecas: The copy
Eight Of: tbs }ifs sf:sfsshipgton, dre- rtanmes;
is understood to be the property Of his nephew.
Pierre irving, Of New YORK city. Nr: Irving,
although not peuusious, looked cut shtrr fur
his copy rights and investments. and for 1he last
eight Or teu years has probably received from
taO. .0pU. that 1e ii hedd. several Addition:
al volumes will prot,abiy he added to his works.
as 1S1IaniAeundi" fnG anthofized edition Of
which ia nov rubsished); "isoderick, The Last
King Of lhe Goths,nn which contains The legend
embodied in the well kno.uWctuEe Of Florinde,
published bJ Goutil; a volume or two Of stories
aa4 sks:elses. ga', zsE5S Prob abl1 a'= life and
Tho Washington Star SAYS that Daniel E.
Sickles appeared in Lis seat in the House Hall
on unudax- On lia se. e.appeaEance uleIe be Waa
warmly g,eced bY t!,a SerGeant.at Arms Of the
uouse. -" Mcssra. NonfEomeTy;: Cox; and
an1ther whose cornieuanc: We did not recog'
nizc. had eonversed' with him ere Ne LETT tue
l1ul}, after the sernnaion of tile first ballot for
Speaker. -. -. r.
The Hon. Edward Stanley Of ca1ifernis
| is ub1ut to become q candidate Tor holy ord
err, Manr- yaars .eiHce he was- Rrapresenta.
tive in Congress feosa North Carolina.
l. The latest threatened change Of Locofoco
| tactics TO keep The next President, is Tor Cou-
/ Eressional caucus to nominate ticket over The
| heud Of the Charleston Conventtou;; by way oi
forcing that body to iadorse the nomination.
THIS was tired in 1894, with Crawford. but mis-
erably failcl-. ... :, :; -
French papers relate that the nephew o
| Tie Lutte ssis Robert Peel, Sir Edward Edgerton
to schrci. for a will which vent down in aStealn
er wrecked few mouths ago. The document
| wilt nut him il possession Of G33, ,00V,o0 sterl
ing u the, property Of Lately deceased rela
or,rr tass, 1uo ~ oae4s Z" - : ~ s~'''
co'ess' -,
| Lord Nacau!ay has txo volumes more :, o
lis History OF England nearly feaas lor 1n'
| press: Dnt Il Is pelereu " tnes ~" NV ~
ishea luis seaaon. @ nc ~ III ti. .."el i,"lnre
o GH. Iasn Iasnas h;s S"n,,s recss;fates sn,na le
hna"s 'ea'ee A'' 1'sts"'
Several of the Virginia officers who com
Inanded at cliarlcs'own ~: ase no"' IN Masa'pe
ton, on their return to h'enmonu,, ana shs sa' ~,
that the marching and coaeternafen:nS o. ,!, y,
troops nnasr ~ order o! Ioa. Sinnn, 1,;a WI.
tfo~n stona Will Ine ha'se5 !oanu ~: neen, e.
cited ieellng o. n'efoF aaa 'no'sna''on as1'u'
those troops. ...
/ - Tho EnnSnn,nrn r3nss nF Brown 1Tulyersit