The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-13

is4 in Congress, il is entirely no supendous TO be
disposed Of without due confederation. question
arises as to whether legislators have the consti
tutional right to grant act of incorporation to
road not an inch Of which is within the Territorial
limits Of this State. In the Assembly, notice was
given OF bill to increase the tax exnigrants from
one TO two dollars per head. This h understood to
be in accordance wi the desire Of xhe Commissioners
of Emigration. kany other bills of considerable i'm
portance to our citizens, were brought uD in the
course of the day, but none of them wire finally
acted upon. This bids fair to be an extremely busy
session.
The Stse Military Convention at Syracuse, afssr
adopting resolutions advocating the codfcator OF
the military laws, yesterday resolved itself into
State association, and after the election OF officers,
adjourned to meet m Albany on the second Tuesday
in june Many items of interest were recorded in the
synopsis Of the proceedings; but as the miltxy CON-
panies of this city in way connected with those
of the State, tits unnecessary to do more than refer
to the report under the Geographic head.
An nohensiue keeper of toy shop, n Philadel
phia, named joseph Rink, was yesterday afternoon
murdered IN his own store, by some person unknown
rumor was yesterday afoat, that defalcatioa
to the extent Of some $40 900, had been discovered
in the accounts of subordinate officer Of the Reed
ing Railroad Company.
The Boasd Of Assistant Aldermen met last evening,
at the usual hour. There no business Of import
ance before this branch Of the Common Council.
The petition Of George Hamilton, for the purchase of
an original portrait Of Henry Clay, by Carter, was
referred to the Committee on Arts and Sciences.
The Board adjourned until five o'clock this evening
Profs sor Taylor Lewis, LID. Of Union College,
to have delivered lecture last evening, the first
Of course, at the Stuyvesant Institute, taking for
his subject The Six Days Of the Creation but in
consequence Of the nclemency Of the weather, his
address was postponed until next Tuesday evening.
The annual meeting Of the Clinton Hall Mercan-
tile Library Association was held last evening. 1t
was very numerously attended. The important
noucement that the Astor Place Opera House had
been purchased by the trustees of the Clinton Hall
Association made by ]. Terry, ESD, and re-
ceived with repeated cheers. So good, in the most
enduring sense, has, will at last come out of this
opera house The Mercantile Library Association will
be accommodated in manner suited to its high cha
racter and the vast influence which the majority of
its members are destined to exert hereafter for the
benefit of our country and the civilization of man.
kind The movement of our New York lterati pre-
sents complete reflex of the progress Of America;
ii is upward and onward, and the neighborhood of
Astor place promises to become the nucleus of all
that is good and talented in the Empire City. Here
we have the new magnificent Bible House, the Astor
Library, whilst the Society Library with that Of the
Mercantile Library Association, will be grouped
within view Of each other, ensuring communion of
thought and unity of action amongst the bodies The
Opera House will be made useful to New York soc
ETY. and the world at large.
The police intelligence Of this morning exhibits
very remarkable affair, charging two policemen of
the Fifth ward with committing burglary, one of
whom, it will be seen, shot by the clerk Of the
store, and is said to be MORALLY injured The whole
matter is now undergoing judicial investigation be-
fore the police magistrate.
We annex q brief list of the contents of inside
pages:-Wonderful accounts of the immense produc
tions of the Australian Gold Mines; Letters from
Kingston, Ja., and Washington City; The Dinner to
Mr. Meagher in st. Louis; The Religious Test in New
Hampshire; Mexico and the United States in
French Point of View Destructive Freshets in the
West The Law Relative to The Surrender of Bounty
Lands; Trade with Cuba, Porto Rico and the British
North American Colonies; Account of the Recent
Murder in Brooklyn; Commercial Review, &c.
The Progress Of Taxation In New York.
The increase of taxation in this city espe-
cially within the last few years, has become a
source of some disquietude to the people.
who complain of the grievous burthens that
are pressing them down. but beyond complaint.
appear to have no remedy-no redress. A
change from wing to a democratic city
government, or from democratic to wing.
is attended with no relief it is a mere change
of party names in the taxing power-a change
very often from bad to worse. like beast Of
burthen that has changed one cruel master for
another still more cruel and oppressive. The
taxation has increased so gradually that it
does not excite the same amount of alarm that
it would if the enormous load were suddenly
placed upon the shoulders of the people. The
man who begins by carrying the calf and car
ries it every day as it grows, will at last
be able to carry the same animal when
it is grown to an OK; but, after ALL
there is limit to human strength, and
there is limit to the power of people to
bear excessive taxation, even when gradually in
creased. 1t is the last feather that breaks the
camel's back and This long-suffering commun-
ity. as remarkable for its patience and endur-
ance as any camel. cannot be very far from that
point, at which, if its burthen continues to in
crease, it must sink beneath the accumulated
weight. When the crisis arrives, it will be too
late to give warning-too late to arouse to
sense Of danger when the calamity has hap
pened
The present is, therefore the time for every
citizen to give the subject the serious attention
it deserves. 1t is question in which all are
interested, and that comes home to every mans
business and BOSOM" Increase of taxation in
wolves increase of rent and that directly affects
the mass Of the people rendering the expense
living more dificult-so difficult that very
large proportion Of those who do business in
New York cannot afford to reside within its