The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-18

COn0uct-Vne NOODery Oh FOmetoys GA-
press-Movemcnts ofthe Post Ohice-What
II tn be done?
We published last Saturday an advertisement
signed by Moses Y. Beach. and taken from the
Sun, setting forth that he had made extensive ar
rangements to send parcels over this country, and
also over part of Europe. This advertisement
gave the public to understand that these arrange
ments had been made with the Post Office De-
partment at Washington, and that all parcels
would go "under the great seals of the United
States and Great Britain" that is, with their sane
ton. We were astonshed that our government
should make any such arrangements with such
man as this Beach, and we now have 1t IN our
power to place this whole matter in its proper light
The whole announcement is gross imposition
upon the public We have received the following
letter containing full expose of the humbug, from
the only regularly authorized mail agents of the
Post Office Department in this city:-
New YORK. December l6 1913.
Mr.. j. g. BLNNErr-
In your remarks in the Herald of this day. in noticing
Beach and the Post Office you do the Post Office Depart
would enter into any With him for the
poration of maabe matter over mail routes The fact
is, Moses Y. Beach has arrangement whatever with
the Post Office Department for the transportation OF mail
able matter any where's and his advertisement is gross
fraud on the Post Office Department and the public.
In order to place this matter in the true light before the
public il is to state few facts AS soon as
Mr.. Beach became aware that the Postmaster General
had entered into arrangement with Burgess Srnger
Co for the transportation of this matter the principal
mail routes in the country he applied for the priv
lege and refused the ground that he could send
multiply this arrangement Beach Immediately out
in his paper and blew the whole concern declaring
that the Postmaster General had his power
and called Congress to interfere and as soon as we
came out with the announcement of the routes over
which send he makes the announcement, which you
copy in your paper without the least shadow OF authority
from any one; doubt thinking thereby totturn the
matter into rdicule, purely out ofjeaousy Of rival
house.
These are the facts Beach we care nothing about-he
is not in way; but your article will have tendency
to mystfy the matter; therefore, in justice to us, we
hope you will give the above publicity.
N BURGESS, sTRiNGER CO.
This is the strangest thing we ever remember to
have seen. Such barefaced humbug is unparal-
eled. And what does it show! The advertisement
in question was taken from the Sun, which is filled
with other notices of books, servants wanted, &C.,
and what reason have we for not believing that a
greater portion of them are of the same charac-
ter? We have frequently seen advertisements in
that paper that could not be mistaken to their
source But what else can we expect from man
that is engaged in all kinds of speculations, from oil
ed that dealer in all sorts of stocks, and in all
kinds of humbug, such as we here expose, would
stop short of perpetratng another imposition, in
the shape of advertisements of the character
we speak of? On this point, however, the letter
of Burgess, Stringer IL Co. is clear enough in Its
exposition to put the public on their guard in this
as we'll as in other matters.
On other points connected with this affair we
have much to say. 1t has lately been stated that
we had made permanent arrangement with
Harnden Il Co. for the early delivery of the news
brought to Boston by the steam packets, and at a
stipulated price Other papers made the same ar
rangement. We have several times paid our share
of the of the expresses at different times
by that concern, and expected to receive the news
whenever contingency occurred by which an ex-
press was sent TO New York. With this expecta-
ton we awaited the news by the last arrival, when
to our astonshment, Moses Y. Beach received
his papers early one afternoon, and when
every one was expectngHarnden's express to arrive.
We Immediately sent down to Harnden " Co.'s,
and there learned to great surprise, that they
did not run an EXPRESS !; that they had run them
,. L., -, i1r tn, the n, New York editors without
Of themselves. This was cool, to say the least
of it, after making solemn engagement, and
breaking it sams ceremomie. Since then, how
ever, we have heard that Harnden & Co. did
run an express that Mr.. Brigham met with
a severe accident; and that his driver brought
the news to Hartford whittier Beach had sent a
messenger but the whole affair was and is still,
so shrouded in mystery, that we have deemed ii
our right to call for an explanation from these gen
tlemen. Other papers have made charges similar
to ours against them, and not word have they
lisped in contradiction thereof, in their own de-
fence against the said charges. We, and hundreds
of others, have linked them with Moses Y. Beach
in this transaction, in which the latter neglected,
for reasons best known to himself, to publish any
thing about the markets. This we did upon
what we considered strong proof, and as
they quietly acquiesce in all that has been said,
have we not right top put our finger to our nose,
and think? And are they not the sworn agents of
the Post Office Department!
But this is not all. After Harnden and Co. had
broken faith with us, we were startled with the
intelligence that Pomeroy and Co. had been rob-
bed of nearly half million Of dollars, and that
strong suspicion rested upon some one. AS link
to the chain, we give, in another column, the par
ticuars of this stupendous piece of rascality
This robbery takes place under very extraordl
nary circumstances, and, if nothing worse, great
criminal neglect falls upon Mr.. Amasa Copp, the
messenger Of Pomeroy. We are sorry ior MI
Pomeroy and Mr. Livingston, for they are enter
prising, deserving men, and this affair is a severe
blow to them; but we have now TO look at this
robbery, and at the whole system of plumber and
humbug from Jacksonville shinplasters and carrier
pigeons, as it exists, and revels, in wine and wo-
men, in this day and generation. AS part of this
affair, we have seen it stated that man, described
as "stocky built" was seen prowling about the
Utica about the time that Pomeroy's small black
trunk, measuring two feet by eighteen inches,
mysteriousy disappeared. There are many
"stocky built" men about town, and it is pity that
this particular one cannot be more fully described
We have our eye upon one ''stocky built' man,
and we shall keep it fastened upon him for the pre-
sent. Let this be remembered.
After all this, it clear that too great