The New York herald., 1845-02-12

This complaint, however, has reference to gene.
raj view of the grievance, but there is another view
even more distressing and more annoying, and that
s the inequality Of taxation. 1t is a most remark
able fact that of those who hold property in this
city only small portion are taxed, the majority
escaping altogether, which is occasioned by the
gross negligence of the corporation officials engag
ed In imposing and collecting the assessments. We
will give one mode Of determining this fact. Moses
Y. Beach has published a brochure, which he calls
| history of the " wealthy men of New York;
| Now let every one compare this catalogue of the
| "wealthy men" of this city with the assessment
lists in the public Office of the Corporation, and he
will be astonshed at the discrepancies which exist
between the estimates of the property by the
city authorities, and those given possibly in many
instances by the individuals themselves in the pub
icatlOn OF Moses Y. Beach, Beach sets himself
down as worth $3.50, 900, but he is not taxed
| fffh that amount! The same discrepancies exist
in almost every case aud in fact the increase of
taxation during the last year OF the present REFORM
ing corporation is probably not distressing or so
| annoying as the gross inequality in taxing those
who have the property. This is an evil brought
about by the incompetency of the assessors and
those engaged by the corporation to attend to this
department of the public business. Thousands
possessed of property escape altogether, while
others are taxed far beyond reason and fact Ought
there not to be some remedy for these grievances
VESSELS IN DIsTREss.-We are sorry to learn
that the steam frigate Princeton, the best adapted
of all national ships to relieve vessels in dis
ess coast, is still in port, and is likely to
| remain here. She has no business here, and
ought now to be at sea, giving assistance to the
poor frost-bitten mariners who are hovering on
our coast, almost in despair for want of relief
The fact is, this Princeton has been too much
praised she seems to have fallen into the wrong
hands for service and has become Of pleasure
yacht than man-of-war, built to protect the COM
mercial interests of this country. Allher movements
| have been extolled beyond all reason, and our
poor hard-working sailors have to suffer re-
turn for it. 1t is said, that her last cruze
ended in bit of humbug. A schooner, tho John
Hill, was dsmasted in the gale of last Tuesday,
and on Wednesday the towboat Samson went
down, to bring her and the packet ship Emerald
up to the city. When che reached the point where
the John Hill was. the captain of the Samson
found the Princeton there to take the schooner in
| tow. This was probably done because the officers
OF the Princeton wished to come int port, and it
was thought that they could do SO with more kclat
| If they had vessel in distress in tow. All this,
however, would be we'll enough If the pilot OF the
Princeton had not reported on his arrival that the
! Princeton passed ship ashore. II ship was
ashore, and therefore in distress, was it not very
reprehensibe, to say the least of it, in the captain
of the Princeton in coming into port, leaving that
ship to her fate, and her passengers and crew to
watcry gra We?
But enough for the present. 1t is the hope Of
every one that our government will look into this
matter, and see if something cannot be done for
II <Qc~.r L,.~n. Al.
| POLITICAL MOvRMENTs.-Some of the more dis
tant country papers, not connected with any poll
tical party, have been lately making mention Of
the name of General Scott as an eligible candidate
for the office of President in ls48. These are
strange and pregnant indications which, as they
rise into weight and maturity in the remote dis
'rcts OF the country, we shall duly note. We be-
lieve if General Scott keeps close mouth, observes
prudent silence on politics, writes few letters,
and contents himself with talking softly to the
ladies, for the next three years, he will be one of
the most popular candidates, and perhaps the suc-
cessful one for the next Presidency. All depends
upon himself
INDECENT ADVERTISING. of the "rigidly
| righteous" papers occasionally put forth great
deal OF morality In respect to what they call indie
cent advertizlng OF pills, medicines, and SO forth
| which appear In some Of the journals One Of the
most indecent of these advertisements that we have
seen is one OF extraordinary length, with naked
man or woman, one can hardly tell which, at its
head, and this appears in several of the civ
journals. The simple announcements of "monthly
pills." or life pills. or !" vegetable pills. or anv
other nostrum, are venial matters in regard to de-
cency ane propriety, when compared with the I'M
pudent and unblushing exhibition of human naked
| aess by raeans of a wood cut or engraving. And
yet these are the principal moralists Of the press!
HoAxnsG EDIroRs scoundrel who dates
mis- letter from Hudson, gives us long rigmarole
| account of certain transactions alleged to have
taken place among the anti-renters, which no
doubt is al lies, and written merely to impose on
us. Most likely some of the miserable, despicable
creatures who minister to the imbecility of the
Albany Evemimg Journal, are concerned in this at.
tempt to hoax US; but it has failed in this instance
The obje ct is evidently to palm of some msstate-
ment upon us, and provide the philosophers Of
| the Albany Evening Journal with some data upon
which to question our veracity. Not caught yet.
WKoFF's TRIAL AGAIN PosrpoNRD-There an
pears to be good deal Of difficulty in bringing to
trial the case of Dowling vs. Wikoff and
Doyle, Ia the Court of Sessions, which, it will be
perceived, has been again postponed einitely on
motion of defendants counsel. These postpone
ments only increase the intense interest which
every day is added to this important trial (post-
poned now for the fifth time); but the curious deve-
opents that are to take place when the trial comes
up, will fully compensate for the delay.
THE NKw Posr OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS OR
RATHER DfsARRANaEMENTs.-The manner in which
the affairs of our city post office are managed by
the present postmaster is ridiculous enough II
takes him nearly two days to assert one days
mails.
CoRRurTToNs OF THE Aims HoUsE.-The repre-
sentatons lately made of the corruptlons of polit.
L n he affairs az fho ua...s