Evening star., 1876-09-01

Another Personal Tax COnuudrum.
Editor Sdy :-As 1t seems to be the fashion
POINTS touching this infamous personaI tax
bill, win you be good enough to inform me
upon what grounds Mr.. Attorney Birney
are TO be taxed? was told YESTERDAY al the
lax office that he had so decided; the horse
to be exempt, but the buggy taxed. Now,
ss s,.a = morse , WOULD oe as much use TO ply
o horse can be, such Q decision seems 10 be
emtnently lacking in common sense, You
mac s4ound as wsl % Ihyscan TO 60 g.op
tients as that he should expose himself on
horseback to the rains and hot sun for such
lied expounder Of the law Virtually becomes
the maker OF the law; since, from his ipse
dirt there Is, am told, no appeal. I am
quite sure that IL the members OF the Dis
trfct Commfttee OF the House (wno, by the
way, IL 10 10 be hoped Will all be LETT at home
In future for their shameful neglect of duty
whilst hereJ were TO be interrogatsd upon
the subject, they would emphatically deny
ever having contempt ated any such con-
struction Of that clause OF the tax bill.
MEDICUS.
Among the assessors the question OF as
sessiDg buggies used by physictans, In their
business, has been one of dou bt, and thus far
such vehicles have been included among tax
able personal property, on Hoyle's principle,
"when In doubt, take the trick" A verbal
opinion expressed yesterday by the Attor-
TO meeting Of the assessors this rnorning.
when 1T was decided that the rule governing
the assessments Of hacks, under clause 10 OF
me ne peIsonai TAX senedule, as published In
ply TO physicians bug gies; so that only their
value Ia excess OF 500 will be taxei. Those
schedule all eady rei urned Will be amended
in accordance with this decision.
A Crippled Soldier wants an InvestI.
CATION.
EditoT SnT:-l am an old crippled soldier
and of late have been afflicted witt blind
ness to such degree as 10 render it neces-
sary for me TO be led whenever leave tue
house: While returning from the doctors
acout a fortnight since, my wife, who was
leading me, was attacked by q ferocious cur
and bitten, the animal leaving It's home and
crossing the street for that purpose. After
biting her once, my wife, unable TO defend
herself, and fearful of my safety, was at
tackled again, her clothes torn. and had IL
not been for the servant of the owner, who
with difhculty dragged the brute home, would
have been bitten again. On my demanding
that the dog should be killed, the owner (a
LADY, refused to have 1t done, saying that
she would send 1t into the country. 1 pro-
cured, however. an order from the court for
Its destruction, which was given to an on
Ger the next day, but by some hoc,ls poc,ts not
time the animal had been Struggled into the
country for change of air. Now. think,
Mr.. Editor, that when laws concerning the
i health, and perhaps the lives, of citizens are
CATION made. am poor man, 1t is true,
but hold myself and family OF more inn
portance than all the ours that infest our
city, and demand an equal protection from
The laws as that accorded the richest person.
OLD SOLDIER.
street Dentist Wanted.
Editor Star:-The attention of the Neucha-
tel "dentist" Is called to the condition of r
street, between 18th and 18th streets "PIue',
those unstghtly holes, Mr.. Dentist. before
m ni0ef< o.
vania avenue" see them, and thereby ob lige
US and save your credit. MANY CITIZENS.
A Friend Indeed.
kd1or Stdr:--A writer for your paper OF
the 2lst ult, styling himself ga friend Of
the Hero Thomas" says that the EXPRESSION
of dissatisfaction by the Army Of the Gum
the site for the equestrian statue OF General
Thomas sis hardly to be wondered A." He
therefore, like q friend In need, recommends
gion OF Swampoodle northwea for reasons,
nearly all OF which are more applicable to
the site he repudiates, than to that he RECON-
y mends; II, as ne claims, his site is "high
higher. 1fhis favorite site is "accessi ble''
the other one is more so-it being the focal
point for streets and avenues not only from
every cardinal point OF the compass, but
from every intermediate point also. If mis-
site 1s at the intersection OF one "fine ave-
nue." the other Is at the Intersection of two
coth PospCCtlsrly mOTc 8ttrdctlV0 and
beautiful. II the site he selects "is in q
range with the Capitol"-visible from one of
Its wings-so is the one he rejects, and also
In full and fair view directly from the front
steps. II the site of bis choice is near the
Capitol the other one Ii mucn nearer. II his
10 on reservation Of q small fractional part
OF an acre, the other is ON one OF seven acres,
and "a general "thoroughfare" the site he
favors must suffer greatly by q comparison.
The route from the Capitol on Maryland
avenue to Stanton Place, thence on Massa
chusetts avenue to Lincoln Square, thence
on East Capitol street back to the Capitol
the whole way on q picturesque emlnence
overlooking the city and its delightful sur
roundings, immensely surpasses mis- "prom-
1nent and interesting drive In seeking recre
alton and pleasure" The people OF Capitol
Hill would think little OF his tiny circle. IN,
In bis estimation, . small place like that
will answer for the site, we can fnrnish q
beautiful spot much larger than his favorite.
directly at the intersection OF Maryland ave.
nue. and A street northeast, and separated
only by 1st street from the attractive and
spacious grounds Of East Capitol Park, im-
N, diately In front of the Capitol itself. The
assumption that the Army Of the Cumber-
land, as such, has made any expression on
the subject is apparently only fiction of the
imagination having no other paternity than
the wishes or sinister designs Of that sort Of
disinterested friendship.
Respectfully, 8. @. C.