[58] Persons anxious to examine more closely into this subject, which, however, is now settled, no doubt finally, by a compromise with the parties, are referred to the opinion of the court, “United States _vs._ Kochersperger,” in report of the postmaster-general for the year 1860. INDEX. A. A Chapter of Accidents, 366. Abolition Papers in the South, 195. Addenda, 410. Addresses on Letters should be legible, 337. Advertised Letters, 314. African Post, 88. Alphabets of Different Nations, 30. American Flag, 173. Ancient Writing-Materials, 35. Ink, 41. Ruins, 19. Andersonville Post-Office, 365. Appointment-Office, Postal, 268. Appleton’s Postal Guide, 339. Augustus Cæsar, 14, 20. Austria, the Carrier System, 364. B. Bache, Richard, 146. Barry, William T., Postmaster-General, 190. Bells, Christ Church, 97. Biographies of Postmaster-Generals, 187. Samuel Osgood (1789), 187. Timothy Pickering (1794), 188. Jos. Habersham (1795), 189. Gideon Granger (1802), 189. Return J. Meigs (1814), 189. John McLean (1823), 190. William T. Barry (1829), 190. Amos Kendall (1835), 193. John M. Niles (1840), 207. Francis Granger (1841), 207. Chas. A. Wickliffe (1841), 210. Cave Johnson (1845), 211. Jacob Collamer (1849), 212. N. K. Hall (1850), 212. Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (1852), 213. James Campbell (1853), 213. Aaron Vail Brown (1857), 214. Joseph Holt (1858), 215. Horatio King (1861), 217. Montgomery Blair (1861), 217. William Dennison (1864), 224. Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-General, 217. Extract from his Report, 220. Blood’s Despatch, 394. Legal Opinion on, 394. Books, Ancient, 40. Boston Post, 94. Bradford, William, Colonial Postmaster, 118. Brintnall, David, 96. Brown, Aaron Vail, 214. C. Campbell, James, Postmaster-General, 213 Carrier-Pigeons, 50. Carriers, Letter, 255. Charles I., Postal System under, 61. Charlemagne, Postal System under, 21, 58. Chinese Post, 58. Decoy System, 317. Collamer, Jacob, Postmaster-General, 212. Colonial Post, 90. Colonies, the, 90. Commerce, 21. Commercial League, 21. Complaints about Mistakes, 370. Confusion of Tongues, 47. Congress, Colonial, 176. Places held, 175. under the Constitution, 177. Contract-Office, Postal, 268. Curiosities of the Post-Office, 357. Curious Cartridge-Paper, 163. Inscription on Letters, 343. Cyrus, King of Egypt, his Postal System, 19. D. Dead-Letters, 307. Account of, 309. Curiosities of, 313. Declaration of Independence, 98, 162. Decoy-Letter System, 314. in China, 317. Dennison, William, Postmaster-General, 224. Dishonest Merchant, 332. Distribution of Letters in Europe, 364. Domestic Postage, 264.