The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-10-04

| Floyd
| ADVERTISING THE Posi- OFFICE LETTEEs.-Eas
| Redwood Fisher, the Assistant Postmaster, the
management of advertising the Post-Ofice letters!
| For few weeks past we perceive that the officials
OF that branch of the government have selected for
| that service two three of the newspapers that
| have the least circulaion-and can be OF no use to
the finances of the department.
The advertising of the post office letters is, or
should be, matter of pure business-simply of dol
| lars and cents. The postmasters should invariably
advertise in those papers that can give them the
greatest circulation among that portion of the peO
pie who do not have boxes at the post Office By
this course, they will get rid of the greatest number
of letters-diminish the dead or dying ones-and in
crease pro tanto the revenue.
twas for such purpose land such motive, that
we originally recommended Col. Graham to adver-
se his letters the Sun, which, although less than
the Herald has pretty fair circulation among the
poor peop!e-lhe very class that never know they
have letters till they are advertised Col. Graham
offered the letters to u.s. and if we had been avar-
clous, we would have accepted them. But as we
had as much advertising patronage from generous
public as we could DESIRE which is increasing every
day, too, declined the offer and pointed out Beach
as the proper person, after ourself, give it TO- if
the interest of the department was consulted
This was done. Col Graham has since acknow
lodged the correctness of our views-and Beach,
with his usual generous nature, has loudly abused
us, and called us hard names for our advice.
But while we approve the conduct of the post Of
flee in giving the post office letters to the Sum- pa
per that has circulation only second to the Herald
cannot see the justice the propriety Of giving
them also to papers of Eno circulation whatever,
such as the Union, Morning Post, or Standard. If
Redwood Fisher be responsible for this bad policy,
we trust the Postmaster General will set him right
| CURIOUS MEDICAL MovEMENTs.-The Stuyvesant
Medical School, conducted by Docts. Mott, Patti
son, Bedford, and others, have published "card,"
stating that they have commenced suit against the
New York Herald, laying the damages at Ss25, 600
This is the most amusing movement in medicine
that has taken place by any school of education in
this or any other country. They have probably fol-
lowed in the footsteps of the College of Pharmacy
81 Nassau street, which has commenced a suit
against the Sun for publishing absolute falsehoods-
but the cases are in no way similar. Doct. Motifs
school, and Doct. Mott himself, .have always had
justice done them in the columns of the Herald
which originally brought them into notice, and only
censured when censure was due.
The Stuyvesant College, in the very card, boast
of their great number Of pupils
and yet want TO get out Of somebody's pocket
$25,OO0 in damages. The truth Isl that all these
efforts, movements, suits, cards, and newspaper
warfare, only indicate that remarkable fermenta-
ton is going in the progress of surgery and med
cine, and that the result will be highly advanta-
geous to the advancement of the science. The
establishment Of the school gave start to the
old schoo-but if the Crosby street institution has
got the vantage ground of the Stuyvesant in one
year, the latter must attribute il to their own quar-
| res and own mismanagement. The cause of medi-
cal education-of medical science in all its branches,
will, however, be advanced by this fermentation,
and we think more Of that result than of any other
The trial, too, if it should come to trial. will
be interestingly will develope fully the present
state of medical science in New York. for we shall
have at least five hundred physicians the stand as
witnesses We suspect the Institution will come
out as they have already done in their Injunction to
stop the publication of Doct. Motifs surgical ec-
lures They tried that and failed-'hey will do so
again. Doctor Mott is very amiable and worthy
man, so are they all, but we understand how to
conduct newspaper establishment, better than they
do how to conduct medical school.
SIGNoR De BEeNIs' CoNcERT-A New MODE OF
DOING BusrNEss-MUsIcAL RKrupIATuoN.-We have
been saying several handsome things of the Concert
proposed to be given by Signor De Begins Thurs
day night but il s-ems we have not come up to the
| Signors expectations. Accordingly, we received
yesterday the following naipe note from him:-
| Mr.. Bennett
DEAR SIR.
You will oblige very much TO insert good place
the advertisement touchan lie Maingerian Sstem affair
that may day be the orgne Of many Sc Sc SC, sc
charge the advertisement TO and if the Concert does
not go well ! shall not pay at all
| addieu
| Your truly
DE BEGINS.
This is cool, certainly-perfectly explicit and
clear-one of the finest specimens of musical re-
pudiation. eff the concert does not go well, shall
not pay at ALL" Bravo! bravissimo! This is CAPT.
tai, but it is not exactly the principle which we
conduct our business. We do not choose to rest
on such contingency, as the success Of any con
cert Our good nature made us insert the Signor':
advertisement, without the cash in advance, which