The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-07

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homo with a number N mon who we're SAID
10 be incapable VI solnshhom ahd lfJustcol
| When nd Sal funoleo0 N was easy Tor you
Ia tell mo ydu Intended 10 dg lIus, aud
40 regarding tho particular work wes eenI
10 do, aud which came undor ihe general
head Of Physics a competent man was
appointed ~ take charge VI the collection
pertaining 10 natural history and ethhol0g-
Ical specimens At tho academy Oh science
made tomo rambling remark which i
based on the supposltion ! was something
more than "a mere accessory Nothing IN
your conversation gave me any grounds
for believing otherwise, although you had
ample opportunity TO enllghten me, until q
general conversation held In your rooms, at
the Palace hotel in the course Of which In
teryiews by reporters came up and you en-
dorsed lady's statement that the WASH
ington Posts interview was accu-
rately reported. In n moment saw
| was in trap; not trap set
by you, for you did not want
any body but navy people with you, as your
acting plainly showed. j hoped for honor
in coming to the Arctic, and also profitable
information. | volunteered to come, Ieav-
ing behind me happy home; volun-
teered on what was believed an enterprise
full of danger, and herein lies the big tooth
of the trap. | could not under any circum-
stances, for any cause, at that moment re-
treat from my post without mourning the
slur Of cowar1ice, which you know would be
only too readily cast on any one who
backed out at the last moment. Had you
told me n day before we sailed L was 10 live
in the forecastle and have the work OF an
ordinary seaman instead of being treated
as a member of the cabin mess, doubt If |
could have gone back, You have it in
your power to heap or permit to be heaped
any amount of disrespect on me socially
and officially, and l am as a man with his
hands ted cannot retaliate. can only
resent by silence. Three separate times
you have threatened me with an ex-
action of obedience if it took ev-
cry man on the ship. When l
laid before you the facts of one or two cases
in which 1 felt aggrieved by others, you be,
came at once the apologist OF one party ana
did not wish to hear anything about the
miserably. In my official capacity am to
infer, by the withdrawal Of several instru-
ments from time to time, that have either
neglected or do not possess the ability, to
use them. First, magnetic instruments,
one by one, and then Photographic
apparatus, especially given in my
charge, and to. which all had free
access. by eAerClSe VI Oiho,ui Co'u eSoJ
l was directed to give DR.. Amber the Dan
iels hygrometer, which did. l don't be.
lieve he has used it, since no explanation OF
such, as kindly courtesy would suggest, has
been given to me, no more than if l was
lamp trimmer in the fire-room. Yet if l
wanted little hot water to make tea
for luxurious breakfast during I
mid-watch, official courtesy demands must
90 to Mr.. Melville about it. Don't you sup
nose am as sens tive as Melville or your
self or anybody else when | am treated
with official discourtesy? You think You
can do with me as you please now. and
laugh at the future. You are making q
mistake common to men of your DISPOSE
ton and habits of selfcomplacency.