New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-10
Matt Gieaninss, &c.

Matt GieaninSs, sc.
II 1t has long been deemed a hardship
that the owner of encumbered real estate was
obliged to pay tax upon the full assessed value Of his
property Various efforts have been made to avoid
this Injustice but hitherto without effect. propo-
si.on is now pending, which, it is believed, says The
Albany Eren,ng Journal, will remedy the evil, and
secure more equitable distribution Of the public
burdens The proposition is to compel the holder OF
mortgage upon real estate to pay his portion of the
tax upon the mortgaged property-only requiring
the possessor of the property to pay such share Of
the tax as is embraced in the assessed value over
and above the mortgage. 1t is generally hoped that
some effective plan may be reached to effect this de-
siTable result.
e A bill is now before the Pennsyva.
MIA Legislature giving to the Board OF Heath Of
Philadelphia the authority to make such rules and
regulations in regard to the construction of build
ings as they may deem needful. The bill requires
each person, before he commences to build, to file in
the Office Of the Board OF Health description of the
building its size the kind of materials of which it is
to be built, &c. The Board OF Health, If satisfied
with the description, will grant permit, without
which no building can be commenced or be leased
under forfeiture of 5000. provides, Also for the
inspection of buildings while in course of erection.
n The statement going the rounds of
the press that the lady styling herself the English
Countess" who, some time ago, took up her resi-
dence In ST Augustine, Fla, is nothing more than
the deluded wife of respectable inhabitant of Can
ada, who deserted her husband in company with
clergyman of the English Church." has been pro-
nounced by The Savannah Republican as totally I'M
true. She is said be lady of umblemished reputa-
daughter of Count, and her reasons for taking up
her residence in Florida, if made public, would be
deemed entirely satisfactory.
To A horse thief named Clay, recently
arrested in Tippah County, Miss, and who turned
States evidence against his associates in inquity,
revealed the fact that aling is reduced
TO a science, and that master, salesman, striker,
runner and stealer constitute the different degrees
of this new order In his disclosures, he confessed
himself to belong TO gang of horse-thieves, who
operate from the Tombigbee, through Mississippi,
Arkansas and Texas.
u A bill to prohibit colored mechanics
or masons from making contracts for the erection of
buildings &C., has been introduced into the lower
House of the Alabama Legislature, and will proba-
bly PASS both branches Notwithstanding the pas
sage of such arbitrary and tyrannical laws as the
above, some people wonder why the coored people
10 this country Go net attain to eminence and POSI-
tion
U The Philadelphia Inquirer has been
assured by gentleman who recently returned from
Europe, that large quantities Of American coin are
imported into France from the United States and
that by peculiar process, cor siderable portion OF
GOLD is extracted while the value Of the silver is not
Unmarried Indeed it is said that quite an extensive
business is carried on in this way. The process is
neculisr one, and known only to few scientific men
in France.
" On Saturday, the 7th inst, the ship
LADY Franklin was launched from the yard of Jairus
Pratt of East Boston, fully ngged and without bal
last. As soon as she touched the water, the wind
heipr high, she capszed. There were about forty
nsrsons on board at the time, including number oil
children, who chung to the rigging. and were all
,.scued in safety The latest accounts say the ship
will probably be rghted without much difficulty.
Y 1t appears from the late report OF
the Board of Public Works of Virginia, that in that
State CTS miles of railroads have been already CON-
nle.sd. and that s37 miles are now under contract
The cantal stock of the railroad companies amounts
q, ALAG III IOo in which the State has an interest OF
81 433 49, Besides her railroads, the State mas
S12 miles OF CdEfls dueduy CohS'u
u Mr.. McWilliams, Railroad Con-
ductor who elected a colored man, named Tnomp-
son, from the cars at EImra, n Y, In August iass'
has been tried for the offense and fined 80 we
have Lot heard whether the Union Safety Commit
tee contemplate calling an extra session OF 'ha'
body of sels-saenfcing patriots In view OF the im
minent peril to the Union involved in the result OF
this trial.
e Accounts from Mexico to Jan. "a,
state that several local instructions had occurred
bu, they were promptly put down by the uo'ers
ment Congress had assembled, and tie Message Oh
President Arista received The Message represents
the country to be in the most disturbed conA"on'
and that it had barely escaped war VIII I1s''"N'
in consequence OF the National debt.
" Mr.. Grass, bearer Of dispatches from
the American Representative in Mexico mas AiIi,e.
in Newt Orleans. He had succeeded II pui0nAS. ,t
piece of ground from the Mexicans fol inc ounu.s
of an American cemetery, in which large nunos.
of the officers and soldiers killed iurihs 'ne iA''
are to be inferred. -,
e Benjamin Loder, ESQ., the Iresla aen.
of the Erie Railroad Company, the supei'n''husn''
Engineer. and other officers OF the koaa, are 40 !"
ON Ton, ~ io.nection of the Road. THESE gen.
,lemen arrived a, punkuk by special train on oa'of
Gay evening last Il
HThe Sugar planters of Louisiana held
a meeting on the ia inst. to oppose the as'emp
which is making to change the present rae u 1H'
fare Of susar hogsheads. They say II u nisniy un
inst and INJURIOUS and demands the serious, speeoJ
and united condemnation Of the sugar planners y