, 1879-04-18
Lcttcr Postngo-A LonE-Contostel s1lt 'a'
u Newspaper tInvinE Writing upon ~
How tho CoatH Mountcd Up.

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How tho CoatH Mounted Up.
svracusd Courier.
The Bangor thle.) EPhly, Of recent date, pss
ltsf!eu an itesn CONCERNING lawsuit wheh ~
carried on By tho United States Guyernmrntlaa
defend tic nctton OF Syracuse PostAastet saa
refused to deliver u neMspaprr without Tug r.
ing lie administrator Of Col. Wili!am ". TsaA
Us Postmaster OF this city, under President toh
u!d under iaw Ut Congress suljectlls nesF ~
lapors nasstng through the malls with Hi,tsS Y!
on them to letter postage circular isoEn II ~.
lion. Cave Joans.'n, Of Kentucky, thf1 10y ie,s
tcrs tigld oLscryaucs Of that law, anu a.. ;
prompt compliance with tho Requirement, u"
Ut hlR circular On ulat subject II VI
III tho discharge Ut this duty by Col. ss,, Lsas
and while enforcing "nf!cia!" snstsuea9.tt,. as y,
LON tle department at Washington l.Ms 4.
suit axanst hirn was commenced. 4 pape' n, ,n
dressed TO MISS Foiton, 4 nlccc Of tlc III ~
Charles T. Hicks, then, or subsequently, ~. ~.
Of the County of Onoudagn, c!no to llis oss n.
aud, haylus writing on It, was Bublecteu toat
tar postage, which Dir. Hclis decllusd ~ pss ~,
to deliver thu papcr MIR. Hicks aueaelg'e'bps. u 4.
tendered tho usual newspaper uostaco ~. ~ ~
half Of his nclce, ullu demanded thu pafsts ,.
which was refused. Mr. Hicks tlIe'i, as mi
Of Aiiss Fclto!', minor, lnstttutcu sas x,,,.s
against Col. Teall as Postmaeter o. ,aaat a,astI i
H0 iAHQ HuR tCp0tkEA ~ lhG ID
Washington, utld tho rcturn mail hsaesIc;.o.
"nutograph" letter from tl,e l'ostmhsstteh.r,t KIN
eral Thanking Col. Teal for faithful assahhi sa III
Of duty, saying he Wla Lbs unlt 0!1lcel III ~ iii
rlytlly enforced TIC law md fully CONF ~
l,lstruclIona In his circular, a,nl cspe,Ga'I. .I.n
surlNy Col. Teall the Government "9ola "9olato.n,4 %
by hltn to the lust, and delray a! e.p.t ~.t
attending the litigation. 1nstEutt1lonss, n's,,"toa
Immediately dispatched fruln Mas"'itt itt
to tlu Hon. William 7. Alleh,t 1,ia
Judge of tlle Court Of Appeals, ihep ~ ~ Il
States. Attorney for thu Northern uts.a~s ...rnt
New York, to pEoceed to Syracuse ai!a IN ".
tho control and management Of tie ea.I1 ~ M,u
half OF the Unltcd states, which no a'aif for tA4
FELTON, sutd thu Postmaster In tro1eaa 'httott
value Of the paper hl!l the case wAs tssa tn+
Justice Of tho pencc, who held tiio pu, ss.s a1
stru1ti0ns Illegal, mud consequently kni,;u!lG
cents damages lnti costa Of S2.e4 lot p'tt - ~
Tito ease waa carried By thu POstmas1.es. ha
Court of Common Pleas, wIacl! ai!1% y from
judgment With additional costs u ts.'9Ts 9ss,ift d
thcro 1t was carried to the bupreEo .G.,jnneut
tic State, nv hfch added $37.03 to she Isn ~
tefore rendered, and tho Possluastel :. ~ uhs
pealed tho case to tho Court of ApIeas}ttakb
tha judgment was affirmed with tn1 Got ~
sum Of 37o.14, making SfN ~ y ~. ths Stslt
iscd With this Haeasnre Of 1usiics ~ ths cayo y
Courts, thu Postmaster went WIN !t,,, ~ yhs1
tho Supreme Court Ut the unlie1 o.a,,d o!..afd, nj
II Was ciaborateiy argued by Mr. St". tout
decdet by very laboreu uP1'Iloh " ~" suj ~
nlirtptng Lie fltIdtNgs vi otieT Iout ia 1hA
lerlng Judgment accordingly, but "''A
costs ihu record dues nut stow.