A country postmaster whom he had accused of overcharging, threatened an action at the last moment, which he compromised rather than be detained.

Our postmaster thought he was not allowed to send the mails by such a conveyance.

She could not believe it when the postmaster handed her only her father's weekly paper, she stood a moment, and then asked, "Is that all?"

J. COLLAMER, Postmaster-General.

BALLARD PRESTON, Secretary of the Navy; J. COLLAMER, Postmaster-General; REVERDY JOHNSON, Attorney-General.

SIR: In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives adopted September 2, 1850, calling upon me to communicate the full and exact cost of each of the lines of mail steamers now in service, etc., I have the honor to transmit herewith reports from the Secretary of the Navy and Postmaster-General, containing the desired information.

The accompanying report of the Postmaster-General presents a satisfactory view of the operations and condition of that Department.

I am happy to find that the fiscal condition of the Department is such as to justify the Postmaster-General in recommending the reduction of our inland letter postage to 3 cents the single letter when prepaid and 5 cents when not prepaid.

The report of the Postmaster-General, herewith communicated, presents an interesting view of the progress, operations, and condition of his Department.

In his last annual report the Postmaster-General recommended a reduction of postage to rates which he deemed as low as could be prudently adopted unless Congress was prepared to appropriate from the Treasury for the support of the Department a sum more than equivalent to the mail services performed by it for the Government.

The recommendations of the Postmaster-General in respect to letter postage, except on letters from and to California and Oregon, were substantially adopted by the last Congress.

According to the reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the Secretary of the Interior, of the Secretary of War, of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Postmaster-General, there are no papers in their respective Departments relative to the claim of Messrs. Belden & Co. MILLARD FILLMORE.

The ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE and the SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY, INTERIOR, WAR, NAVY, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

The bill appropriates $30,000, to be expended under the direction of the Postmaster-General.

On motion of Mr. Kennedy, the words "Postmaster-General" were stricken out and "Secretary of the Treasury" inserted.

The postmaster, going home to dinner, handed it to him, and, going back from dinner, was called in to lift him up-stairs to his bed.

Wrote an application to the Postmaster General for the appointment of S.B. Griswold as postmaster at this place.

Wrote an application to the Postmaster General for the appointment of S.B. Griswold as postmaster at this place.

One day its postmaster forwarded a letter, addressed to ex-Governor Boggs, which the latter brought out and read to grandma.

Georgia helped to compose it, and when finished, we carried it to our friend, the postmaster.

There are five Secretaries,State, Interior, Treasury, War, Navy, and a Postmaster-General; the Attorney-General also forms part of the Cabinet.

His great rival in patronage is the Postmaster-General, who has power to appoint and remove all deputy-postmasters, which, as the number of post-offices is 22,688, amounts to something considerable.

And the Flying-post, or Postmaster, has the following intelligence: "The representation of a sea engagement was excellently performed before the Tzar of Muscovy, and continued a considerable time, each ship having twelve pounds of powder allowed; but all their bullets were locked up in the hold, for fear the sailors should mistake."

Postmaster, No. 449.

In 1849 her husband was appointed postmaster, and she became his deputy, was duly sworn in, and, during the administration of Taylor and Fillmore, served in that capacity.