The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-08-07

night OF the iah instant has excited such admiration on
the par, OF your opponents have seldom Witnessed,
and induced me to return you the sword you ably
used, in testimony OF mine.
Our poor fellows have severely suffered occasioned
chiefly not solely by the precauon you had taken to
prevent surprise in short at loss which to sd-
mire most the previous arrangement on board the Bur
veyor the determined manner in which her deck
You have my sincere wishes for the immediate
paro and speedy exchange of yourself and brave
and cannot but regret that myself have influence
that way otherwise il would be forthcoming
am sir with great respect,
Your obedie mt servant,
JOHN CREME.
To Capt. TRAVIS, u. s. Cutter Surveyor
( For the purpose Of showing how these services
were estimated by The Congress of the United
States, we clip the following from the fourth vs-
lume OF United States Laws, page $50. ae..ls
The United States relnqush to Capt. Cahoone, officers
and crew their portion OF the proceeds of the British pr
liant.
linqush Capt. Angus o. Fraser. officers and crew.
their portion of the proceeds of the British ship Ardent
/ captured by the Revenue schooner Louisiana.
And again Vol s, page ll9-Brtsh privateer Dart.
nine pound cannonades captured by the United states
Revenue schooner vigilsnt, Capt John Cshoone, and
carried into Newport off which place she had commit
ted many depredatons.
This is conclusive evidence that in time Of war
our revenue cutters have performed some glorious
actions, and helped to win the laurels that belong
to our little navy.
We are extremely glad of having the opportuni
y ofletting the world see what services our reve-
nue. navy have performed; and we have no doubt
that if their services were again needed, they
would CALAMITY uphold the honor of their flag, and
be sore annoyance to the enemy.
SERVANTS PERoUrsIrEs-ANoTHKR EUROPEAN
Custom TO BE GUARDED AGAINsT.-It is becom-
ing quite fashionable in our hotels, steamboats,
or the driver who drives you, a wink, with small
sum of money, generally ranging from half dol
lar to a fi'penny bit. This is done by boods, who
wish to show the slight value hich they set upon
their money or themselves, and by pretenders
who wish to pass for bloods. 1t is never done
from motives Of charity, kindness, or gratitude,
but is, at best, piece of the purest folly. We
never gay swell stretch forth his hand in this
species of bestowal, without wishing that he may
sometimes himself stand in need of that quarter,
to strengthen his ribs with a dinner.
The direct result OF this illudged liberalty is to
expose all travellers and residents Of hotels, the
necessity of paying an unjust and grevouSpx, or
of being starved or otherwise neglected. AS soon
as " John " finds that you are not going to pay
anything he shuns you as he would wild beast,
and not unfr equently insults you. You have to
help yoursef-if the means happen 20 be within
your reach -and if not you must Ego without
your coffee is cold-your beefsteak burned, and
your eggs hard. boiled. Nothing you lay
your hands upon is fit to eat-while your next
neighbor is gorgng himself on all the delicious
" ht-bts" of the table. 1t is no use complaining;
you may be told that if you do not consider your
self well enough waited upon, you can go about
your business, or perhaps you may be told to Ego
to the dev' or not unfrequenuy you run a
sharp risk of being kicked out of doors.
Now all this vexatious Imposition has been
brought about, by the sham generosity Of parve-
nue. puppyism. In England the thing has
reached its maximum, and strange maximum
il is There you might as well think of leaving
hotel without paying your bill, as to depart with
out fleeing the servants. Waiter must have his
perquisite-so must chamber mad-so must bar
maid-so must ''boots''-errand boy, hoster and
groom, all expect to be feed, and if you do net
''come down" handsomely, they will set to work
before crowd Of gaping oilers, ard abuse you
like pickpocket. This is one of the much
talked of pleasures of an English hotel.
The sum thus mulcted from you is exceedingly
large, often amounting to pounds and guineas |;
but the most amusing part Of any part can be
called amuslng) of this ridiculous swndle, 10,
that in some hotels, they put the servants per-
qusites in the bill, and not only that, but take
credit to themselves for doing, for they for
ward in their advertisements, as great induce
ment for your patronage, that Servants fees
will be charged in the bill" God forbid that
we should live to see notice OF this kind in the
advertisement of an American Hotel and we do
not suppose we shall Still, though not so bad as
this we have been frequently annoyed with the
lesser evil of having to pay the quarters, or be
satisfied with very poor quarters indeed.
The New YORK PosT OFFICE AGAIN.-If the post
Office in New York be not conducted better than
it is, we think the public will demand that it be
abolished. 1t has never been so much msmanaged
within the recollection of the Oldest inhabtant as
it has been since, unfortunately, Cave Johnson
came into office. We now insert couple more
complaints about the non-reception of the Herald,
which we selected from batch that we got within
few days. They from the same place.
BRATrLEBoRo, VT, July 81, 1876.
am sorry again to be obliged to complain of the fire.
times they do not for two three days. and at
others file fold 10 received. This not general
ly the with other New York papers. They are
always received the evening Of the day which
they published The short comings of your paper,
however, is a matter of universal complaint here and