The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-24
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What elseY Outcriee against Terry monopoIies land
lord ccueites, aud coal and provision Spectators rha
too, we occasionally hint At in delicate way. Then
there are circumstances and suggestions political
and social suestons pufs Of artists, Guack medicine
venders and other great public characers invitations
to literary readings, soirees dansontes target
sions aud complimentary demonstrations OF pr
rate and public wrong; indications Of much abused
innocent hack drivers and street s~espers in 6ne
communications on every conceivable subject and
often In ineonceivably bad grammar. of course
could not afford to publish these var.egated
statements, we, in most cases, even notice
them. Occasionally, however, we relax the rule, and
endeavor to show favor TO this class Of
pondents. We do TO- day to certain extent AMI the
following summary of communications which were
ceved At this Office few days ago is the couse
quencs Of that condescension:-
The first of these communications that comes under
notice is from Mr.. j. B. Coppiuger, of Wall
street. complaining Of the ldche of Post Office sys
tenn and of the nsoent disregard with which letters and
applications to the heads of the department are treated
Mr. CTS special of complaint the non delivery
and loss Of letter containing money, mailed by him in
this city, and directed to person in Newark N The
loss Of the letter brought by him under the notice
of the Secretary of the New York Post ONCE at whose
suggestion application for restitution with accompany
ing afadavts, made to the Chief Clerk Of the De-
General but neither Of these funconaries had paid
slightest attention to the matter The worst of it is
that this the third instance within eighteen months
that Mr.. Coppinger had lost money in this way.
In his letter to us he Indignantly says these things
can be- and the property Of the people, in charge Of the
Post Office, be thus lost made away WITH and
one to be responsible for it. then the contrvs
another for the transmission Of letters the
better. In this sentiment ne win find Q remarkable
uDanimy Of opinion throughout the city country
The post Office system, carried out here unpopu
lar as 1t is laundering and inefficient. There many
other complaints of different character to be made II
was but few Gays ago that attention called to
an instance of palpable fraud the part Of post
Office functonary, which could not under proper
regulations On single letter (not pre- psid) msdireced
to New York. instead Of Brooklyn and forwarded to the
latter city, the postage charged II cents The letter
carrier must, of course, have gone the sknockng
down" principle said to be very popular institution
in the communicated pocketed the difference between
the regular postage and that which he levied We un
derst md this is not unusual thing and under the
present system, We not surprised at It. Here we
leave the post office delinquencies
The next commune alton before us is signea Pablus
II contains indignant TRADE sglns the proprietors
OF the transfer lines Of omnibuses running from Grand
street ferry down Broadway for refusing to give trans
fer tickets after eight O'Clock in the evening" and for
poyipg driver who laid violent hands upon and applied
abusive epithes to the said Pubius. Complaints against
omnibus lines and drivers have their novelty but we
believe the remedy for any violation of the law Is
easy and open against stage drivers against any other
class of the community Why not have the
law?
Another correspondent under the nom dc plume of IA
Tax Payer OF the Ward, undertakes to vndicate the
street cleaning contractor Of the Sixth ward from ra
a. -.~..~
tanned in article in the HERALD noticing the flh Of
that locslity Ths writer ia evidently an admrer or
personal friend Of the contractor and manfests that
friendship too unmstakaby He processes also be an
admrer Of the rules Of Lndley Murray which he rays
were not observed in the article question: but his style
of photography does not evnce any remarkable atten
ton to the principles Of the great grammarian.
another correspondent, whose We do not give
having potion Of advertising business people gratu
touly-nforms that were in error in the recsnt
publication of table, showing the number of spirit
Licenses granted 10 each ward in the city, nasmuch the
Eighteenth ward, where he does business, AID has IL
cense appears in such tabular record to have had no
licenses granted
Then again. another indignant orrespondca At styling
himself "Old School" reads q homily the vicious
propensity f gambling in -four speculaons manifested by
many Of our mercantile boods in the city and
The times are out Of joint, but fear that Old
schoop' wss never born to set them right again.
The next communication that comes under our notice
is Of totally different character II is written under the
caption Of New jersey ahead tall corn and proceeds
to inform for the edifcation Of readers Of the
fall specimens Of that cereal. grown the farm Of Of
his friends at Middletoxn N J. We give the Dutch
mer, in question, all JOY Of his bountful harvest.
The next in order is circular sent offering prize
Of twenty dollars the best printed specimen number Of
American newspaper, published in 1854 The circu.
lar is by credtable to rogrcss in
the art Of thsgrsphing, to say nothing Of its grammati
cal bupders However, the offer of the prizs has some
thing novel in H. and though modesty may preven. us
competing for it, give II the benefit OF our circulation
Here 1t is
$20 PREMIUM 500.
For the best specimen umbr Of American newspa
per printed in the 1854 having cue regard its
typographical and artistical appearance.
This Is the first premium ever o1ered-so far as we
knowby society for the art Of printing We would
our fair The premium will be sent to the Office TO whom
II is awarded by the judges.
Sumner county, Tennessee.
send mmec lately.
stil another change in The subiectl The next in |
order the programme is complimentary invitation
from the Simonson Light Guard, asking us to be
guest 1t their third annual target excursion which
to have come of Thursday last at the River House.
Harlem We had TO forcgo the pleasure which We, no
doubt would have derived from the excursion but wished
the simonson Light Guards all Of pleasant and
agreeable things. |
Another jump from the agreeable to the unpleasant
Our next letter informs that grand cowhding affair
came of yesterday morning, in which young Bowery
blood treated to that dclectable amusement by
old The young blood appears to hsvc been making
loveto ''ths old mans daughter" and his advances
having been frowned on he resortsd to the cowardly
pitful revenge Of rsviling his Desdemons and her
family. "The consekcns Of that manuver," rs Mr.
Weller has it, . good sound drubbiDg with COW
hide, administered by the outraged parent.
Last Of all that ends this varegatei catalogue
is gey enough communication in regard to the
United states Inebriate Asylum. The writer Mr r. Ben
SELL takes objection TO statement in connection with