Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-30
DAILY EVENING STAR.
asLTIMoRE CORRESPONDENCE.
BALTIMORE, May 29-10P.


Our CITY Commissioners have just
concluded their report upon the assess
nent, and state that city tax OF one
dollar and three quarters OF cent on the
hundred as city tax, and fifteen cents
ON the hundred dollars for the State, will
ba euff;cient to meet all demands. This
i much less than previously estimated.
Our tax is. therefore, less burthensome
than was apprehended it would be. en-
der the impression some months ago that
the city and State tax conformity would
reach about 1886 on the 500, landlords
had began to raise their rents for the pur- :.
pose of grinding the extra expense out OF
poor tenants. Whether they WILL no"
relent, and make deduction, requires 10
be tested. Either the compensation tor
labor must be advanced, the prlce OF the
necessaries of life be reduced, or poor
neonIe must greatly suffer. Harder
and more unpropitious times have never
been known with those of ordinary
circumstances. 1t is an old, and, per-
haps, a truthful maxim, that when the
farmer prospers all others reap the bene-
fetal effects. The past year has not ver-
1iltu tNlS iucd. Vd uclS SOt WV oOii.sAS
bushel for their wheat, eight and nine
dollars per barrel for their flour, nearly
two dollars per bushel for potatoes, and
correspondingly high prices for every
thing else. whilst mechanics and laborers
pay these figures, without receiving much
more as compensation for services rem
dered. than they did when the same arti
cles could be purchased at half the cost.
The physical world of ours is like q
drop of water filled with animalcul3.
The big g Water Devil" king of all,
swallows the lesser ones, and the lesser,
those still more diminutive, and so On
ad infnitum, until the whole kingdom is
transformed and transmitted. Iii doubt
less all right, otherwise there would be
different order of things. Contentment
is a jewel, and the philosophy which SUI
perinduces it worth cultivating. Happi-
ness, however, in oppression, is some
what like "love in a cottage" rather
impracticable, and often banishes at the
reality.
Our various German associations are
making extensive preparations for their
annual festival, which commences next
Monday. They expect to be joined by
various large associations from New
York, Boston. Philadelphia, Washington,
and elsewhere. The amusements consist
of singing, athletic exercises, and various
other enjoyments. Lager beer is gene
rally in great demand upon such Occa-
sions, as also other good things of life.
These festivals are generally held in the
woods, short distance from Baltimore,
and thousands Of our citizens visit them.
Any quantity of blooming, beautiful
German damsels honor the occasion with
their presence.
We are to have very large military
parade on Monday, when it is expected
all the volunteer companies will turn out
fully.
Within the past few days several rabid
dogs have appeared in our city, some of
which were killed, after biting others
One or two persons, ] am told, have been
bitten. Baltimore, at present, swarms
with the canine race. Every street is
filled with ours, and their yelpings make
night hideous. The City Council would
be doing great service if they would pass
some stringent unviolatable 'dog law"
The most effective mode would probably
be to arrest the owners; hold them re-
sponsible, and then administer poison
Sausengers afterwards. Let the work of
determination commence at once. The
injury done by one rabid dog cannot be
repaired by the value OF all the dogs in
the continent Of North America, including
Asia, Africaa and Europe.
RODRR.0.