The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24
Tax Payers Meeting.

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Tax Payers Meeting.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather last Saturday the meeting of
the people of Rapides to take into con-
sideration the present enormous taxa
ton, had to be postponed until next
Saturday. Hitherto the people of the
Parish, and of the State, have general
ly acted towards the Radical tax-gath-
ers in accordance with Hoods advice
"Here Genes Mr. Winter, collector of taxes;
/ advise You to give him whatever he
dres.''
But things have come to such pass at
last that the people have nothing with
which to satisfy the never ending de-
mands of these daughters of the horse
leech. The taxation with which ny
Bird government has loaded a willing
people has got to be intolerable. 1t is
time, therefore, that the people should
speak out on the subject.
1t is true the proper time to have
wrought cure for the evil was the last
election, when the people had an OPP
portunity to rid themselves of the load
under which they are now reeling. So
we urged, but our voice was unheeded.
The people who "took no interest in
politics" seem now to have taken some
little interest in the amount of money
a Radical government costs them. We
hope they may learn a little wisdom
from their sad experience.
We hope the meeting on Saturday
may be fully attended and that it will
be prudently conducted. Anything
like revolutionary resistance to the
laws is worse than useless. There is
no way of getting rid of taxes laid ac-
cording to law. But there is much
that the people are called on to pay
from which we are confident even the
Radical Courts will relieve them. Let
the meeting take steps to test the mat
ter in the Courts, and let it raise its
voice against any further increase of
taxation, and it's action cannot fail to
have beneficial result.
A RAILROAD UNDER THE ENGLISH
CHANNEL.-It is proposed to lay down
a cast.iron tube for railway purposes
between England and France. The
tube would be commenced ct one
side of the channel, and laid at the
bottom of the sea, being built up in
side horizontal cylinder or bell, to
be constantly pushed forward as the
building up Of the tube proceeded.
The line selected for the tube to be
thus submerged, is close to Dover,
on the English side of the Channel,
and would extend to Cape Grisnez
on the French coast, the distance be.
tween the two points being twenty.
two miles, and the average depth Of
the water ITO feet. According to this
plan, the tube would be made large
enough for the passage of railway
carriages of ordinary construction
whilst the traffic could be worked by
pneumatic pressure, thus securing q
constant supply of pure air, and al
the same time producing the posi-.
bility of q collision. 1t is estimated
that slow train will be able to &C
complish the distance in one hour
and six minutes, but an express trair
in forty-six minutes. Five thousand
passengers and ten thousand tons
of goods could be conveyed through
the tube daily.
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neA- The highest point ever attained
by any balloon traveller, namely sever
miles, was reached by Mr.. Jane,
Glaisher, the English aeronaut, in al
ascent made from Wolverhampton, OIL
the ID of September, 1862. At thi
height Mr.. Glaisher became insensibl,
and Mr.. Coxwell, his companion, YER.
nearly so.
i p From and after this date an,
trip, our weekly packet, B. L. Hodg
No. 2, will change her hour of depart
ure for New Orleans. Her time 70
leaving will be at 10 o., lock.
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70 The District Court is still il
session, driving brisk business
Criminal docket over with and onl,
two convictions. Will adjourn OF
Saturday.
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n@- The Adjourned meeting OF tn
Tax-Paycls of Rapides will come OF
on Saturday. The place, the Cour
House the hour IL NJ.
~ Forty thousand tons of lead ar
imported into the United States ever,