The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-23

On the 18th inst the following advertisement sent
10 The counting of the Time with written instruc-
tons to publish 1t every other day until January lo:
orr nesis Misors LEDGE L,sHr
BosTos. Nov II. 1850 :
The lSh day Of Jsnaary 1855 at y O'Clock for irnishy
no,s ledge Massachusetts hay.
abe stone Is e Be delivered on the government wav
The plan Of light house circulars The diameter Of the
hsso !. tT ee The diameter Of the top fee six
ss he height ee four Ths tower
shove the solid portion three nches
he stone The rs twenty feet from the base
sea Say NC @ May Ky for The next twenty FEEL BY
wilhin The ensuing two years NAV be required.
To- he laid h te work that I; say the the
M course ps DC delivered in advance those the second
aa hose OF he sscoed in advance Of those the thru
az In That order for all the They be delivered
under the direction OF the superintendent the work. and the
ned states VII not be responsible for any of them unl they
Each bidder requested his bid specimen
Of the stone whit he proposes 10 furnish accompanied by
bid must Be accompanied s. he guaranty Of some r.
psea6e person that the bidder Is ae comply with the
sshy cert q ,ss value &C AZ The complete q
al ,hs cose Of The month end the remaining twenty cent
next until he s Aforesaid ps i Sus
The United States reserve The right e resc, AZ The bids
none Of them be deemed conducive TO tue interests OF
The bids be sealed Proposals for fur.
ed b. S ALExAEDER,
Leu Eng's, Boston, Mass.
This advertisement accordingly appcsyed in our
lurnns, and, sgroeably to request Immediately
the bill for the same to the Office Of the Boston Port
That bill was based upon the rates established by the
Navy Departmentrates agreed to after consulta ion
with prominent newspaper publishers in various parts
the w 70
the President himself The following order from of
the bureaus of the Navy Department. will furnish
readers with knowledge Of the for advertising
established by that Departments
NAVY DEPARTMENT
area rSy p aSd GG hs Aps
men. In yoar nsper once week. or tour weeks sopsecu
ssr
ne r sa Se he Rer
number after tic receipt hereof which number you viii Be
n.m9er q soas S IN Grwasas
s
sS 70 he editor q he 7 Boston ssss DS' . s'
| AT these rates The advertisement must come TO pre-.
eisey Sea- which the ollown calculation viii demon
nent contains 1850 ems, within fraction of ak
squares. Taking the Navy Departments allowance, we
making 81 &C. and 50 rs for the entire advertisement
each subsequent insertion. There required twenty
| insertions in all, and thus we have
For The first insertion. 81 SO
Twcnty-six subsequent insertions. ........,. 5s SO
--z
Total. .;......n.,....n.. ............... 1858 90
the rst days pnbeaon 10 one Of the propretors Of
the Pest a Mr. William Beas Our collector is quiet
and amabe young man, and presents bill with much
cleyeness That our patrons generally take pleasure in
paying up without haggling. But tins MIR. Beals it
distinguishes men Of his advanced years and a
Religious turn Of mind and instead Of paying the BILL
i was his bounSea duty he few into passion, grossly
nsulted collector, accused of outrageous at
tempt to swnde an peremptorily ordered the advertise
ment TO be taken Immediately out Of paper Al
though always entertaining high respect for grey hairs
and the ripper Judgment of seniors respectfully
declined to obey the Djunctons If Mr. Beas aud kept
the advertisement in the Times Then came the follow
ing note ona hessrs Beal, Greene Co.. publishers Of
the Boston Post -
OFFICE OF THE BosroE Pmor,l
PgrIrnEns or Bosros TINES: '~'o'
advertisement Of proposals stone for he light house al
w Elmer a @ o s S u M for
| yours, BEALS, GREENE 90.
Not being inclined to acknowledge Messrs. Beals,
Greene Co., the guardians of columns, the
dctators Of our terms Of the
Of our business affairs in any respect determined
pay attention to the above epte and TO keep the ad
yertisement in our columns for the specified time
coIdng to contract and take the chances for getting
pay We were in this disposition, when waitei
upon in sanctum by very large OF forbidding
aspect and at.ifed in sort of navy cloak satnet
trowses. This HANGED letter, stating to be
coumuEica ion which he had inst written for eye.
We took the document and asked our visitor to be sealed
while We scanned its contents: but he cavaIiery, and
with an impudcnt gesture said the letter required
apswcr and forthwith left We then perused the
Beals, Greene Co.'S note, in the following audacious
language -
ilITgr from TENANT n s. ALEXANDER.
OFFICE Minors LrDGr LIGnr,l
D., sr,s - -,,. ,os. Bo.ton, Nov 20, 1855.
ns sa + o an IL soil
leaning rom soneea tiss't your
s; s ss ws sssy double s
~ the r ra e.ss e oon and New York and believing
your paper d. consider It's continuance enough
ss he d ms s ss s
s op So a pRes s ns @ s @ IL n,a
sena'on q this Office or The Office Of the Boston Po Very
i''''''' go B s. ALEXANDER, Lieut. Engineers.
lhtretbat is about pretty specimen oolicia i'm
periinence as we have encountered FOR long time. We
have had bills returned to us from OF the depart
monts for ebate aens or correction and incurred yexa
tous and unnecessary delays in the nent OF Others
but never encounter ed similar piece of arrant nso
ience from any npsiart in Office tigh or low Lieut.
Alexander must learn better manners for although in
honorable service, and having fat government job
hand he must understand that his style of etiquette IL
more Of the Eeas nan Of the Chesterfield school, and
personally entitled TO respect than ordinary
man. We shall permit neither him Messrs Besls,
Greene h Co. to measure The value Of advertising
columns by any other standard than that of
choosing and neither him n'r the parties whom he has
Illegally made the dsbursing agents OF the government
This business cut us down whit in charges,
diparage the character Of paper with impuny Our
paper is property and whether this Lieutenant
cannot procure sufficient proposals for the stone
work of hiinot's Ledge lighthouse without
aid he has no right especially as government officer
TO treat us in the oontempuos aud vulgar and insoent
manner he has. We fought long and ardenty to place
the esent government IN power and have right
expect decency fep the subaltcrns as well
sidcration from thesupeTors Office In order TO for
tify ourselves thoroughly in regard the correctness
and entire proprety Of charge for this pary aive
tisomen', obtained the price which the Journals
paper which Lieut. Alexander win probably be willing
to acknowledge is respectable, "frst class +"
charged for the The Navy order taken the
basis and the result precisely the made
out, and presented TO Mr.. Beals in BILL calcua
nf
advertisement In the Journal and II found to
reach precisely the figure charged Lieut.. Alex
ander 500. We will respectfully ask the proprietors OF
the NEW YORK Herald and SIM Phadelphia Ledger and
argiS, and the Baltimore Sun 10 state what they would
charge for publishing the advertisement in their
columns, Mt their rates.
We feel perfectly convinced that charge a
proper one and what more, to have pay
for Ii to the last cent.
THE TRADE VS.. THE PRESS.
from the Boston Advertiser, Nov. 21.1
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