New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-10
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
A POSTMASTER OVERRULED.
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Solicitor Freeman, of the Post Office DEPART
mcu gave decision yesterday OF cohsidef'Do me
est TO publishers Of newspapers The Postmaster ~ 'i
cinnat had assumed that reey ga;ee sent out 10 Fos
masters free IN tor specific services ahoueu "
the company in keeping up ITS posters and performing
other similar services not papers sent 10 fegai
subscribers within the meaning OF the Law"
and that every such paper must be Pal'
for in advance at transient rates ne
asserted that to attempt to circulate such laItrs af
those engaged in u 20 fine and imprisonment me SUD
ec was brought to the attention OF the Pofima-ter ON
decided Immediately that the Postmaster AZ thcn''aI'
altogether exceeding us authority 1Iu hg MIA " 49,
dertd to withhold more papers OF TINS kil nc posi-
ton taken Is that payment in services makes man as
nucn a bona Tide subscriber As payment III money
A FRESH SUIT AGAINST MRS. GAINES.
Ann Mary Kittte, Christian kitteIl, Anna
Maria shafcr Sciber Catharne Elizabeth Dte"er
and Christian james Drehcr, yesterday fled bill IN
equity against Mrs Myra Clark Gaines. The petition sets
forth that Anna Maria snaefer resident Of this city
and the others are subjects Of Germany that ~ $50
John Michael Zimmerman died lh,es,ale IN I",uali LII
leaving considerable amount OF personal iii' Ieal
estate that state, but ieit u" IesH ipI
resGnta,lNe mere I. I T11 p irb is erected tie
St. Charles Hotel and the tract of Land which 1as b.eh
the subject Of controversy octWcch the Ct' Oh 49,
leans aud tine defendant 10000 acres OF ma a1olnu6
Port Hudson and $4,000 acres upon when Baton kouGe
is located when we're the subject OF Spahlsl grant III
1902 and conveyed 10 Zimmerman aud Lis helfs;;
They charge that said defendant mas, by a multiplicity oi
Judgment Of custer against the tenants and airge tat
within The last year she has Offered to compromise Win
said plaintiffs, thus recognizing their cl4h'
HOTEL LETTERS
The Postmaster-General has written letter
with reference to the remaiing OF hotel letters III
which he SAYS Under uniform railing OF the Iost
Office Department the right to forward letters by
mail to second destination without additional
hostage applies only such letters as have rot
vet left the custody of the postal officials when
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FOR nartcs who have given tho proprietor Instructions
TO forward Their mail to another address inc proprietor
sIoud at once redirect letters and return them 10
the carrier which case they may ne Wout
additional charge; but the carriers ao"'d 10 eaNe
mem at the hotel they taken ont OF his presence,
they are regarded "a having been legally DELIVERED ana
cannot again b. mailed without prepay VI "S''so
anew Of AT least one full rae OF postage 70 ceh1s) Oy
stamps Affixed
THE PREPARATION OF APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The House Committee on Appropriations will
meet on Monday to assign the duSy Of preparing the
vorious annual appropriation bills TO subcommittee.
The legislative Executive Judicial Appropriation
BIN will be prepared by Chairman Atkins, Messrs.
Durham and Foster. Mr. Hewitt Will nave IN
PeusIon App opriatOn Bill IN charge IL is not yet
settled to whom the others will be ASSIGNED CHAIRMAN
Atkins expects TO have some OF The smaller appropr
tion bills ready to report to the House immediately AFTER
the holiday recess. lie does not expect that the com
mtcc will reduce the total amount OF the appropriations
much below the amounts appropriated ior tae isI scai
year, and he thinks quite probable th"t TIC amounts
A PATENT FOR AERIAL SIGNALS.
Letters patent for aerial signals have just
been granted to Mrs. Martha j. Coston, Of this city
Those signals are the invention OF her son, Lieutenant
H. H. Cost0n OF the Marine Corps, and are an improve
ment on the present mode Of using the well known Cos
ron night signals which invented by father The
original Coston signals consist OF combination OF col,
orrd fires displayed from IKE Location, ana
serving to telegraph orders with unmstakabe certainty
Tne Invention Of Lieutenant COston connects the orgi
@ Costnn signals with aerial signals, lgntcl ~ the
action of the hammer piercing pin OF gun OF Otuet
GrearIn and burned shown in tine air. Ihey can DC
fron "A
veal the locality from which they are transmitted
THE INTER-oCEANIC CANAL SURVEYS.
Commodore Ammen, Chief OF the Bureau OF
NavtgBtion who during the Administration OF General
Grant directed the various surveys OF Nlcarauga le-
onntepec and Darien routes for an InterOceane Canal
:. 10 orved "a chairman OF the board TO cOllate tho
taial collected BIZ tue several expeditions cilIed on
secretary Eyaits yesterday Tor the purose o uooS
~ attentton TO the subject The secretary listened 10
,wnet the Commodore had to say with evident interest
and nr0msed to give the matter his early attention.