r Post Office Department, JuIy 13, 1881.
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 "Gentlemen: Your letter of the Sth inst. enclos- ing from E. T. Bridge, is received at this De- partment; and the post. master of Savages Mills, Me. will be immediately wrttento upon the sub ject.

 "The duty of the post' masters is very plainly laid down, upon the subject of which you speak, in the 12h section of the 17th instruction of the post office laws. They bound to gire immediate notice to e publishers cf neacspopers ohich arrioe at their office, and ,chich not taken ont by the persons to aohom they directed In case they neglect this duty they liable to pay the ,ehich ioould be due from the subscriber As to the right of post masters to sell the papers for the postage, as mentioned in the let ter of Mir Bridge, does not accrue until ofter three months from the notice bore spoken cf and it has ference only to the papers sent during and after that time.

 "I am, gentlemen, respectfully, your obedent ser want, W. T. BARRY. "Messrs J. EMORY and B. WAUGH"