The New York herald., 1875-12-03

10 the Department as doing extensive mercantile busl
The publisher OF the Post Office Gasette in Washington
acknowledged that he had frequently received stamps
in payment for subscriptions TO his paper The sub
scriptlon price 81 The postmaster who sends the
reIntances pays forty for the stamps In other
words the government paws sixty cents and the post
master forty cents for each Of the subscriptions 10 the
Gdzcie
man writes TO the Department from Kentucky
under the date OF October 81 1870 that he 70 partner IN
a dry goods store and he wants $400 worth OF stamps
every quarter lie says that his proposition s 10 ac
cordance with law or he would not ask H.
Missouri postmaster wrote 10 a ST. Louis merchant
last Nav saving that he has seen his advertisement
a Salt Lake paper and no wanted sample OF w0men's 8
shoes No s. prunella or kid forwarded by mail, with
the price, and he would pay lor tnem ID postage
Delaware county (N ~ man writes to a friend,
and among other things he says:-"Stamps o. X.
understand you can get eigbtyhve cents the dollar
for them. If | buy for seventy cents shall get
you $500 WORTH Is there not spoke loose some
can use? We all welln
special agent Of the department writes from Ala
bama that certain postmaster has account with
hrm IN Montgomery. On several occasions he has paid
his bills with stamps The agent further says that he
sells liquor in the Post once and lives adultery with
Missouri man wanted TO pay alawyer in stamps for
defending him in criminal suit at law.
The following is the circular that has been sent to the
postmasters OF the country
OFFICE or TnrRp ASSISTANT Postmaster GENERAL
WAsnISGToN. y. O., Oct !, 1874
that certain postasers have engaged practice Of
canvassng outside the deliveries Of their respective Offices
for the sale of postage stamped envelopes,
paper and postal cards with the object avowed
ained that In many cases such sales are made at dis
count eress Violation Of section 800 the Postal Regu
ations and iurther that goods
are taken In payments and whereas the printed stamped
quently such Irregular practices which
said envelopes furnished requiston from any post
duct detrimental TO the financial interests OF the depart
Frst-That postmasters be prohibited from soliciting
orders outside the deliveries OF their respective Offices for
postage stamps stamped envelopes newspaper wrappers
coaTha in making sales postmasters adhere strictly
to the rates established by law and the postal regulations
Thrd-That postnastcrs be forbidden to use postage
cards articles of traffic for the discharge private ob
foar1-That no reqaisition for special request en-
veopcs be honoed by the department unless the party for
business within the delivery the party Office the
5a @@ the anH o the term, Of tn, order
% be = gSGa sans M h OF ss
While postm is prohibited by the foregoing order
from outside the delivery Of his Office the sale
of postage stamps stamped envelopes newspaper
and cards he is permitted sell any
cation must be unsolicited either directly or indirectly
From this must be excepted special request
veopes regard to which the fourth specification OF the
Every requiston received will be closely watched to
that the post Office from which i comes agrees with that
Should they not correspond satisfactory explanation viii
Postmasters and other postal officers agents will
promptly report 70 this office such violations OF the order
notice. and in each case give the evidence which the
they viii be cautious not to make charges upon false
insufficient grounds, or from malicious motives and they
will be held TO strict accountability Tor their action taken
The effort postmaster to his compensation
the OF others and to the prejudice Of the depart
ment will not be tolerated
BY order Of the Postmaster General
Z. W. BARBER. Third Assistant Postmaster General.
The following s the list of postmasters who have
recently been removed for traflckng in postage
William NJ Turner Warwck's Cross Roads, Union
county, Tenn.
Thomas J. Pattie, Cowan Franklin county, Tenn
Pleasant w. Lowe. 0oltewah, James county, Tenn.
John II. Gabreath, Goodlcttsvile, Davidson county,
Tenn.
Philip L. West, Waterford Mills, Elkhart county,
Ind.
Thomas J. Reed, Fort Ritner, Lawrence county, Ind
Joel Blackwell, Clay, Webster county, Ky.
Edgar NJ. Griswod, Horicon Dodge county, Wis.
Jacob S. McCourtie, Frankfort Pepin county, Wis
William W. Hale, Manomin, Anoka county, Mimi.
II. p Simpson, May, Martin county, MINI.
M. A. Seymour, Walnut Grove, Martin county, MINI.
Montana
Michael Kaiser, Cable City, Deer Lodge county,
Montana
NJ D. Morrison, Silver Creek. Minnehaha county.
Dakota
Mrs c. O Barber, Rural Jefferson county, Kansas
d. w. Mercer Matfield Green, Chase county, Kansas.
William Milroy Hebron, Clay county, Kansas.
A. A. Friedman Altoona Wilson county, Kansas
L. f. Williams, Blue Mounds Linn county Kansas
J. B. Ford, Forest Home, Franklin county, Kansas
Mrs M. A. Turner, London, Sumner county Kansas
H. +. Peterson, Ephraim San Pete county, Utah.
G H. oiiphaiit Kana6, Kane county, Utah.
William Morrison Richfeld Sewer county, Utah
Lafayette Cady, Republican City, Harlan county, Eeb.
c. s. Johnson Dresden, Otoe county, Neb.
Frank Austin, Macon, Franklin county, Neb
A. l.. Holbrook, Ridgeley, Dodge county, Neb.
stephen Huntington, Louisa Court House, Louisa
AIexander s. Waugh, Elk River, Clay county, W. Va
James Rogers, Valley Fork Clay county W. Va
llian Atkinson CragaWal WaRhinutnn cnunf
N.C.
Johp O. Keeten, Cuba Rutherford county &c
william A. Hoiheld, Mica Mitchell county, N G.
Columbus G. Bergen, Wolf Knob, Mcdowell county,
NC
William A. Westrope, Gibson City, Ford county Ill
David Galarno, Hicks Mills, De Kab county, LII
L. s. Hiatt, Wheaton, Du Page county Ill
william II. Hart, Catskill Station, Columbia county,
Mrs. H. L. Gates, Fort Hamilton, Kings county, N. Y
A. G. Kellam, Long Eddy, Sullivan county Ny.
Charles II. Bunting, West Freehold, Monmouth
slas oondict, Avondale, Essex county, M
A. N. Van Leuven, Lime Spring, Howard county,
B Keltner wooster, Jefferson county, Iowa
Alexander L. Anderson, Darlington, Sioux county,
J. j. Bick, clappcr, Monroe county, Mo-
Robert p. Fuller Pattonsburg, Dayiess county, Mo.
Steadman L. Jackson, Wheeling Livingston county,
Mo.
Thomas O. Hatton, Morley, Scott county Mo.
g. II. Schmertmann, Krakow, Franklin county No.
l. r. Rupard, Halle Green, Lacede county, Mo.
Samuel b. Sloan Hope, Hampstead county, Ark
J. NJ Smith, Durham Washington county, Ark.
@. H. Dewey, Cambridge, Lenawee county, Mich.
G. J. Sly, Elm Hail. Gratiot county, Mich.
Kate Robinson Raynod, Montcalm county Mich.
A c. Alexander, Wingett Run, Washington county,
Ohio.
Neal Ferguson, Cross Plains, Calhoun county, Ala
]. I. Wells Warrior Station, Jefferson county, Ala
f. Rothenhofer, Emore Elm0re county Ala
William II. Maham, Randolph, Bbb county Ala
james Stewart, North Chenango, Crawford county,
Pa
G. W. Lobaugh, Donnany's. Mills, Perry county, Pa
George Stanton, Stanton's Mills, Somerset county,
Pa
James Henry, Henrysville, Monroe county, Pa
John H. Stramburger, Lake Roland, Baltimore,
county, Md
Hugh Marshall, Phiopolis, Baltimore county, Nd.
James Hodgdon, Embden Centre, Somerset county,
Ne.
A. F. Hull, Higganum, Middlesex county, Conn
Merrill g. Forist Berlin Falls Coos county, N. H.
Lewis j. N. Marcy Taftsvlle Windsor county, W.
Luther K. Hubbel, West Charlotte, Chittenden
county, VI
Leander Matthews, North stoughton, Norfolk county,