Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-07-21

more time than | expected, notwithstanding
the most assiduous and persevering efforts bv
Mr.. Hassler to complete that part of It with
which he was charged. But it is now 50 far
accomplished as TO have enabled me TO make
the necessary determinations, and TO direct
the construetion of the standards. Ny pro
tracted detention in the Department has not
been without some pain and violence to my
feelings, under the circumstance IN which
have been placed, and | have only been re-
conciled to il from the consideration that the
undertaking which had cost the Government
some expense and myself much labor. pro-
missed to be Of great value to the country, In
rendering the import duties, SO FAR as they
depended on weights and measures, uniform
throughout the United States. The materl-
al for the report to the senate is nearly all
collected and embodied, and the government
will be greatly indebted to Mr.. Hassler for
tha scientific skill, minuteness and accuracy
with which he has made the numerous eiab-
crate and comprehensive Investigations. COM
parsons and experiments, certainly not sur
passed by those of the European philoso-
pliers, who have heretofore kept so far IN ad-
vance of us IN this Department OF Science.
Tie units for the yard, the pounds Avcidu
pns and Troy, the bushel and gallon, have
been established very nearly upon the mean
of those IN common use in the U States,
which mean, Notwithstanding the great yari-
ances Of the respective weights and measures
within themselves, is found TO correspond in
terms so nearly with those OF Great Britain,
from whichwere originally established, | have
considered the terms as indicating the point
of coincidence, neglesting the mean which is
necessarily somewhat vague, and have estab
Iished the units accordingly The manufac
tnre of the standard viii therefore proceed
under the immediate direction Of Mr.. Hass
Ter who will specially attend to their verifca-
ton and comparison, until the contemplated
supply, as well Of standards for preservation
at the seat Of government as those to be used
at the Custom Houses, is finished. there
fore have the honor to inform you, that my
official relation to the government terminates
this day. am, respectfully, your obedient
servant, 5. D lNG1AM.
Secretary of the Treasury.
To the President Of the u. States.
From the Washington Globe of July II.
DIR. P 6. Randolph has resigaed the office
Of first clerk in the War Department. The
duties of the Secretary OF War will be as
signed to one Of the Cabinet, who viii dis
charge them until the arrival of Gov. Cass.
1T is state by private channels that DR..
Randolph was dismissed by the President for
carrying General Eatons challenge to MIR
n5bam.l
Who are the parties IN this b1tslaesss
Our incorrutibie neighboro OF the Globe, eyey
t,qte to has friends, and who never looks at
change OF sentiments, he it right or wrong,
without thinking of--Henry Clay !! aud
blnshing tastidious man - be, the aforesaid
is offended that Mr.. highlands last letter
should be at once published, and this before
ii reaches the hands of the President. To
this we would just say, that il IS not every
letter nova days that reachesits destination.
We believe there is a corGe,s drawn around
the Psesident. kindly TO relieve hila from the
oppressive duty ofreading aud acting on every
thing that ought to coMe before him. This
friendly arrangement is rather in the wane,
its unpopularlty rensering IT odlous, and the
fact that public senun. eHt Cannot be entirely
excluded from the Presidents view, is dong
something to remove the film from the Exec
utiYe eye. In this view II IS proper that every
prompt me asnre be used TO Icndar it certain
that the President should know what is going
on around HIM
But another, and much better reason, is
one when does not seem 10 have met the
view Of the editor of the GLOBE. This reason
may be inferred from the quere at the head
Of this article. The Globe sees nothing but
through party spectacles, ne can see nothing
but Andrew Jackson and has party. He seems
to forget that there is a PARTY in this bush
ness paramount to all others--we mean the
People of tie United Stoses The Globe, and
by Executive authority too, looks at every
movement with the contracted, time serving
glance of personal devotee; with him Gen
jackson is all the world, and Nantucket be-
Sides" The Globe can see nothing but the
names and objects OF certain men IN all that's
, doing al this crisis. Now, much as we re-
spect individuals. and sincerely as we desire
to respect General jacksoa, it is no purpose
OF ours to make Calhoun, Ingham, or jack
son business of what is now doing; bur to
make it the business of the American people
to look to their stewards for that account
which must be given. We do not shun the
light; We do not object to any letters from the
President 10 Mr. lbgham, or any else, being
printed, even before the President himself sees
them. Let every thing be made known
give but the whole truth TO the people--it will
then be in the hands Of intelligence and pat
riotlsm. MIR. ingham dose not sesire to at
tack General Jackson, but to let the Aneri-
can people decide adyisedlY.--U S. Tels-
graph.
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