New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-04-21
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We have no doubt as to the result OF the vote
10 be taken to-day, but word in relation to
The matter may not be out Of place. We pre-
sumo the question at issue is fully understood
BY every one who has paid the least attention
Rio it--whether the direct taxation in aid Of the
two great railroad projects shall be continued,
capital stock and issue bonds payable twenty
years hence in lieu thereof It is not question
Of whether the city shall lend its aid to the
construction Of these roads. That has been de-
cided already. Its but o proposition to change
fhe MEANS Of rendering that aid, and the mea-
sure proposed will, if adopted, prove immensely
beneficial to the city and to the two companies
Il will relieve our property from the immediate
pressure of portion Of its present heavy taxa--
ton. and substitute IN place thereof the pros
pective payment Of bonds twenty years hence,
at q period when this city will probably have
become one Of the richest marts Of commerce on
1.-THE continent, BY means Of these great channels
1 of intercourse and barter themselves 1t will
place the subscription in a shape to be rendered
immediately available for its purposes, aud thus
secure the speedy completion and success of the
magnificent enterprises contemplated. and has
ten the immense benefits which the city will
surely reap therefrom. H
Our attention has been directed to an anony-
nous handful, calling upon the voters to save
themselves and the city from impending bank
lruptcy, by defeating what it calls this scheme
| toSetheir inter ruin. It characterizes the mea-
snre as an additional special tax in aid Of dis
| tant and speculative railroads. This is an I'M
blushiDg and direct falsehood, intended to de-
ceive and blind the people as to the real objects
contemplated, for the main feature of the pro-
\ position is Gas we have already stately to with
draw the immediate special taxation, and sub
stitute therefor the payment of city bonds seve-
raj years hence To the city the beneficial
results of this wise step will be almost incalcn-
liable, and the minds Of all intelligent and
unprecedented persons must come to the same
conclusion in regard to it. Let the voters pom
der It, and calculate the weighty interests de-
pending upon their decision. SSs
We refer the reader to interesting correspon-
Idence in another column, touching this matter.
DEATH OF Nh. JOSEPH Colin that
hearty and strong regret which moves US
4 when man Of humble but inyariable worth
dies. just as much as if he had been :
4 Prince, we record the death Of Monsieur JOSEPH
Colin, the Treasurer Of the Orleans Theatre, W,
know not for how many years past. He had, a
4 any event, been a trusted officer Of that excel
lent establishment, ever since the year 1909.
+ Wehad the pleasure and esteemed it an homo
to know this most worthy mon. He was tn
very image of useful, simple hearted love o
IS duty never having swerved from it, never ne
elected it, in the whole course of his long ser
vice, much as it exposed him to temptation
Nor did his integrity and DILIGENCE exceed hi
gentleness and kindness Of heart. A bette
man than Joseph Colin, there could hardly be.
He died at s p. NJ. yesterday. His bod.
lies at No. LAB Dumaine street; and will b
, taken thence to its last resting place, at pre-
cisely S, this friday evening.