New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-01

Curnra's IEAKr on TEE AspEa-OOupis, No. ~ Broad
How CuAPEt--BrOadvsy C1p- Ulliuns' Whaling
NaTloSAi Ac,DExr op DEnGs-No. 62S Broad"ay' day
NrBLo's s.IooS-Goa,chslk's Concert.
! TuE FlRsr OF MAY.-Tbe streets, lsst night were
I lrr.d with bonfres, and the sir was filed with the
smoke Of burning straw and household rubbish. We
/ knew the symptoms iustinciiyely. They unmldaka'
bly hcraded tie annual hegira Of our unhappy Man
hatanese. To-day sacred to foral festivals, beyond
town limits the domestic lie of pent-up citizens
viii be anything but harmonious, and the trials and
troubles Of thousands of homeless families will be
moyingly pathetic, and really too melancholy
for mention. OF course the upholsterers aud
china merchants viii reap rich hsrgests, from the
havoc Of May-day accidents, aud good many tenn
pcIs win be temporarily souredi bu- after day or
two things will settle down alier fashion, every
body will ieoice that the yearly social earthquake Is
20 safely over, and inwardly resolve never 10 move
again % long as hey live, and Of coIsetAey VIII keep
tart 10 their resolve i'll cheaper rents, more stylish
houses, OF tie rapacity OF realestGte owners move
them 10 once more pull down their household gods,
and tske 10 the streets IN quest Of other quarters
Bulls Hrap.--It appears from report OF ,he
beef cattle market that all the stock received this
weel has been god at prices on tho average, better
than they were the previous week, ana that not
.vi,hsiauding tie Ianc about en over eupliy, tba,
the receipts Of the week were over lO) head less
than last week, tLo weight ..ld quality beng about
the samo. OF the 3,C9J head aold at Forty fourth
street, 2,.i4 head came i.On IL lois-nO9e dian
tlree-folr;ls OF the entire supply. Tbs shows
p.ety clearly, the great resources Of the country to
furnish food.
VALUATION or RE5L AND PERsoyAL EsraTr.-
Yesterday was the last day appointed BY law for the
Commissioners Of Taxes and Assessments 10 hear
appL a.ions for changes the sssessment rolls ior
1862 from parties who arc dissatisfied with the
amount ret down az inst their names or real per-
sonal estate. TIE Office OF the Commissioners has
been trongcd FOR The last few days, and was quite
tesieged yesterday by parties VINO had put OF the
matter until The eleventh hour" The appliea-
tions for reductions have been unusually numerous
this wear and some Of the examinations have been
quite prolonged.
Yesterday tie assessment rolls were closed and
during iho next tw0 months tae COmmissionels win
devote themselves to adjusting the valuations aud
making up the aggregates Tor The Inspection and re-
VISION oi Tie Inaiu ~ cdttlf4,li- A4lef iLat AZ
grioyel parties viii have 10 other remedy than 10
nyply % itu Board for remission Of tax - and
such applications viii be ulayailing unless Il can be
proved hat the applicant Was prevented, by absence
from the oisy, from presenting his case 10 the Com.
missiorers. h j. impossible az present 20 say what
are the precise differences between the valuations OF
kis ye'.I and ts.s year. tie Commissioners have
10 MI be up the ned 1sied ami corrected foo,ngs for
1902 br i, j. bell we'd that tle toal OF tie per-
sonal estsie VIII be one-Ith less than last year
zen the amount vas $i.i,u-4,au6. IL real estate
there will be considerable falling Oh, and egre.
ally in the p'rst, Second Third, Li Fourth
" arls. IA rbe iIr.t Ward the decrease will be
about /. D. 10000; second Ward, >2,oon 0Ul; Third
Ward a ,oVp,riU. The dccr,. q IN the Fourth, al
though considerable, ia not as large in proportion As
in he other three lower wards IL the First Ward
o. decrease i- Hige on Broadway, Cedar Pine, and
Liberty streets The only oth,r ward reduced il
the ilf,ositn it slls Oh about Sic0O,OJo. These
reductions VIII nuke an aggregate Jl about $500
coo on ro1i estate, and S10R,Oo9 on personal es-
tate or total decrease oi $ij,oDOU00 IN the total
yalI., lon Of ia1.bic property in this county. The
to-d valuations of ieal and lefsOa.l estate III 1850
and 1861 were follows;
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