Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-15
virginia and New York.
THE DIRECTTAX OF 1893.

THEDIRECTTAX OF 1893.
A direct tax OF 81 900 900 was levied 90 the
States 10 July, 1898. OF this amount there
was levied upon Virginia S345, 900; MaSsachu
sets, $3.50, 900; Pennsylvania. 1921 600; North
Carolioa, 1913 900; New York $751;, 900; Con
necticut, Sl29,0O0; South Carolina, SIP 600.
New Yok was then below North Carolina
iu the assessed value OF property, and Virginia
was the Empire State. Far seeing, sagac5us
meu like Gen. Schuyler, r bart Troup, E:ka-
nah Watson, Richard Varick, Dewitt Citation,
Chancellor Livingston, and Ambrose Spencer
welded the d ,stlnles OF New I or& from ll9S
onward. They had the cooperation OF Alex.
ander Hamilton, James Duaue, Culver ueur
Morris, and other great men and great hnan'
clers. Astor was al work 10 MS little den on
Broadway, plaDnlug voyages to Canton and the
northwest cJast and making shre|d caicula-
tions of the prospective v-lue OF real estate on
Manhattan Island. Chancellor Keut, Chief
Justice Spencer, Emmett, Wells, Benson, aud
other great jurlsIs were 10 the courts and at
the bar. The Wards and the Mn,urnS came
10 from Rhode Island; he Griswolds of euber
material race, and the Flowauds. IRON Conncc.
CCuI, lue VituueHs, llcLD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, ohu
became 10 time princes like the merchants Of
Venice and Augsburgh and Antwerp. The
Seatons, and the Wi!keses came from Scotland
to manage the banking institutions of the ris
ing empire. The Bayards, the lie Roys, the
Gouverueurs, the Jays, the Rhiue!aulers, and
others of Huguenos descent, gave grace and
culture. The Stuyvesiots, the R4msleys, the
Verplancks, the Schermerhor0s,a aud the Storms,
Dutch thrift aud unadulterated hospitality dis
peused 80 solid silver or solid mahogany. No
plated ware or Veneerlng were tolerated by
them. There was little parade, or extraVaga1ce,
or ostentatlon until The com meucemeOt O. tue
paper money era 10 1884, tu: plenty Of solid
substantial comfort. and as good theatre as
Drury Lane, add actors like Cooke and Fendell
aud Cooper aud the Elder ksan, and, ooe
memorable summer, the divin4 Garcia, after
wards the peerless ADD world famous Maiibrau.
Under such guidance aud with such pleasant
environment did the Empire State and the
Empire City stride on to greatness. Fortunate
wou dit have. beco for Virginia if meo like
those mentioned above, had controlled her
councils and shaped her destiny from the year
1898 New York might IN that event have
been the equal of Baltimore, Richmond Of
Cincinnati, Lyucbburg Of Abaoy, ADD the
State dotted all over with large towos like Utica,
Poughkeepsie, n :wburgh, AubuIo and Ithaca.
But 1t is useless to talk about this DOW, as the
motto of the Russells has il-che sara, sara
"What will be, will be-. You can not ma ke
a Dewitt Clinton OUT of Jefferson, or 10.
Gales cut of Father Richie. Ernest San
cho, who seems 10 have been the Wlsest man, OF
his time in Spain gives forth many curious OBJ
servatons CD this head, as be fellows his mas.
ter up and down the dreary selras aud Vegas
l.. l. l., md
gioa like Spain, full Of hidalgos, and the azal
saugre, aud POGO POGO and quieu sabe, aud
ruinous old castles, and beautiful women, full
OF spirit and fidelity to the death; aud brave
men, like the terrible Spanish infantry who
followed Cortez aud Pizarro through the passes
of the CordilIeras aud the Audes, and subju
gated the low countries, and sustained all over
Western Eurore the prestige Of The great eu-
peror? Yes, Virginia is like Spain beyond
doubt. Her wheat is the fDest in America as
that of 81 ain is the fuest 10 Europe; her iron,
like that OF Galllcia is famous for its ducillyi
her horses. ike those Of .Andalusla, for their
feetuess. To her, as to Spain, nature has beeu
prodigal of her gifts. But the gifts of Dature
avail but little 10 modern times without the
will to make the best use Of them. E1Eiand
has done this Spain has not New crs has
followed England; Virginia has followed Spain.
The result is patent TO tn. whole word.
10 transferring to the Gazette the above
commu aicatiou, published in the Washington
Sunday Herald of the I'd inst, We may be per
mitted to ask the writer if be knows tha. un
der one root (almos, 10 sigh. of The Spo. from
which the Herald is isSusd) there are TWO cen
otaphs, one bearing simply these letters, scup-
tured 10 marble, GEORGE WASHINGTON
aud the other, ROBERT E. LEE" and, fur
ther, can he answer 10 the affirmative where in
New York, was born the man ''foE whom such
a monum ut would suffice p
The TURKISH Wharf.-The Turks attacked |
the Ssrviau camp at Sootchau itcha, near Nov! |
Bazaar. The Servians were defeated and fed. |
The following news is official The ServiaD
division which entered Turkey by way OF
Yenevaroche was dispersed 90 the l2'h instant.
Seventy Christian families who Il d from the
neigh bornood of Metrowiiza with the Servian
troops, surrendered after the defeat of the LIT
ter, aud we're restored to their bones.
The Servans and Bulgariaos vino appeared
near Widiin we're defeated aud fed to SerVla.
Their losses wele considerable.
Ministerial papers state that Austria neither
ayors nor approves the desires of the Bosnian
Catholics for the annexation Of Bosnia to
Austria.