New-York tribune., 1872-09-21


several other papers ought % bring I'Ts wErkLy
TRIBUNE, which IL issnod day ePrDor' OUT nns too
Otter not been forthcoming FAthER-N
Portland, Alo., Aug. %, 1872, I|
A Pennsylvania friend writes
TO fhe Rdftor Of The Tribune.
SIR: In our Post Office the other evening, was awt,
ness OF the following scene sedatc old farmer" Hand
me INV mail please" The clerk hands out the papers
but among them strange sheet me Neo- York Tunes
Farmer" don't take thIs paper CleTs nGver S,e
here are in large numbers aud intend TO bny copies
of TUE TRIBUNE nave them distributed through the
for t trouble Greeley men do not Ike have Govern
mcnt officials say, We give you that JUsrlck'
MedduiNe, Penn, Aug. 20 1872
A subscriber at Point Pleasant. Ocean County,
New-Jerscy, complained the other day that when he
called for his TRIBUNE he was presented by tho
postmaster with copy of The Tines. and informed
that THE TRIBUNE had not been received.
Whether the postmasters are generally lying when
they say that THE TRIBUNEbas not been received"
of course we cannot tell Wo only know that tho
papers arc sent They may be suppressed at the
New-York Office; they may be intercepted on tho
rOutc they may be detained by the postmasters al
the places of destination. There Is oyldonce that
various modes of robbery arc adopted At htnohS'
Pennsylvania for instance, the correspondent ABOVE
cited tells that our dciraudcd snbscnDeTs arter
threatening TO have the matter investigated toere
permitted 10 have The tribune" that tho papers
mnst have been in the office. The postmaster there
seems to have taken it upon himself to persuade
these gentlemen that TIE TRIBUNE wasnot and that
| The Times was good for them-iust like nurse
taking away achild'ssugar candy and recommending
castor oil instead AT Milan on the contrary, III Inc
same State the postmaster supports the Liberal
ticket and is positive that mo package of IHIBUNEs
was received there. but In its stead package OF
! 7imese, addressed to the subscribers Of TnE
] m. 4Ix
one paper for the other somewhere between the New
| YORK Office and Milan. Unfortunately we cannot
tell where the frand was committed; if We could, wo
! might soon have somebody in jail
Werecently called the attention Of the Postmaster
! General to a case Of the Same kind in North Caro-
! lima. We have thirty-one subscribers at Franklin
| in that State and some time ago complaint was
| made to us that tho package Of TRBUNEs was
broken open on the way. and number OF copies OF
Tie Times franked by Senator Pool, inserted in II.
Hesitating to believe such story, made in
quiries and received the following letter
TO me Editor Of The Tribune. T..
mistaken have made close inquiry % H ana 1He
Postmaster confirms all have SAID I'M IhibCNl m @
edge-the wrapper torn on one edge ABOUT be mnuuIe
Of your package some 20 copies o. tSS HS v @
as we'll as could be-toO small now, and al tied Win .
strong twine It made awkward package, me 1tmeS
bcing folded into shape nearly square. Yours IA not
So me Ti,es Was under John Pools i3lnk. r. {. Gas
ton Postmaster at This place, and myself Enow az say
! h. be trnc. Yours truly, '" L" LOVE-
| Franklin. n. o., sept a. 1871
As pertinent to these stories we quote the follow
ing sections from An Act TO revise, consolidate,
and amend the statues relating TO the Post-Office
Department" approved June s, 1872:
"sEC. 145. That postmaster who shali unawinIy M
detan IN his office any letter other mail matter the
Dostpg of which is not prohibited by law, WIN intent
to prevent the arrival and delivery OF the same 70 the
person 10 whom 10 Is addressed SHAH, on cOiNcuOn
thereof forfeit and pay not exceeding nNe Dnhufcu
dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding six inoDihs,
and he shall thereafter incapable or hOldhg
the Office of postmaster. -
men OF tie postal service who shall unlaWiuly delD,
delay open any letter. packet, bag or mail Oi leLerS
utrusted to him, which shall have come INTO ms
on and which intended 20 DO conveyed by
mall or carried delivered by any mail-carrer, mali
uessenger route agent, leercaTrer, or other person
emplOyed in department OF the postal service, or
Forwarded tr0ugh or delivered from any post Office or
,rauch nOsfOfice established by authority of the Post
any such person VINO snail secIcte' en-
beLzic or destroy any such letter packet bag, or mail
OF letters rs aOresad, which shall moi contain any
security for relating 70 money, or ether
thing uf value every such person shall on convection
thereof for every such ofense, forfeit and pay penalty
OF pof exceeding five hundred dollars or be imprisoned
than one year, OF DO, al me dlscieuOh VI Tue
'sEC i47. That any person who shall take any letter
postal card packet which shall not contain any hrtl'
Gle OF value OF evidence thereof out OF pOst-Oiee
branch pOsOihcc, or from letter or malrcarner, or
which has been in any postOtce or branch postoce.
in the custody Of any letter or Inalller before IL
shall have been delivered to the person to whom lt was
directed with design 10 Obsrnct the correspondence,
or pry into the business secrets of another or shall
secree, embezze, or destroy the same, snail ON oOnVG-
tOl thereof, for every such OifenSe, tOfot ana pay a
penalty exceeding five hundred dollars or he I'M
prsOned hard labor not exceeding one year. or both.
aC the dscIe tiUn OF the court