The weekly Louisianian., 1872-12-28
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

quence of the appearance Of the de-
fendant through ex7Justice w. w
Howe, of counsel, aud application
for twenty days time to prepare
defense. The High Court, there.
upon consented to grant the neces-
sary period and postponed the trial
Of this highly important case till
January 9th, 1873.
No EXTENSION OF TIME. - The
House Of Representatives did a
wise thing when it refused, on Mon
day last, to extend the time for the
payment of parish and city taxes,
Direct taxation has always been re-
garded with disfavor, and even the
tax-gatherer, into whose hands the
enforced tribute has to be paid, has
very rarely been q popular favorite.
Evasions, circumventions, and de-
vious ways have always been asso-
ciated with tax paying. This
granted, it is ineligible that there
should be numbers of people in
New Orleans who don't want to
pay their taxes. But there is an.
other and stronger reason why there
are SO many "tax resisters. here
The payment of the taxes in due
time, andpeaceably, willsupport and
strengthen the Republican State
and City Government, and there
being no desire or intention to con-
tribute in any manner to any such
institution, a popular grievance ID
made the hobby of many of "this
people" " to accomplish their task of
embarrassing, in the hope of de-
feaing the Republican Party, by
starving it out. This is the sum Of
the matter in a nutshell; and the
Legislature knows, as evidenced by
its vote, that a postponement of the
payment of the taxes now due will
result in good to no one but the
resisters of taxation, the men who
can, but who won't pay their taxes.
The bulk of the poor and the labor
ing people have been paying their
taxes all along, and leniency will do
no good to the only classes that any
such interference with the current
of public business is generally war
ranted or defensible on.
"To-DAY."- "-CHR1srMAs NUMBER.
The Christmas Number of To-
DAY, the popular illustrated weekly, |
of which DR.. Dio Lewis is the edi-
Tor, has just been issued. It con-
tains twice the usual number of
and these are filed with |
choice stories, interesting sketches,
delightful humor, spicy material
from Dio Lewis, Christmas music
and poetry, and unusually attrac-
i've general reading suitable to the
festival season. Several authors of
are represented, among
hem, Edmund Yates, T. S. Arthur,
Christian Reid, jean Ingelow, John
D. Stockton, Max Adeler, and
>thers.
The number is rich in exquisite
Illustrations, drawn by some of the
oest artists in the country, and exc
'uted by one Of the most skillful
in the profession.
TO-DAY must inevitably find its
way into hundreds Of thousands of
,omes in the land. It is just the
,aper for the 6reside and the FAM
y. We cordially recommend it to
he public; and we assure those
gho desire employment that they
annot do better than to canvass
Or To-Day, which offers especially ,
ood terms and q marvelously beau
iful. chrome to each subscriber. |
laclean, Stoddart 4 Co.. Philadel-
hin, New York, Boston, and Cin- ]
innati, are the publishers.
The Ascension Leader strikes off t
,e following melancholic spark:
Mr.. Bennett, Of the Herald, died
ithout a relative by his bedside; \
L. Raymond of the Times, after q
idnight, was found dead in his !
,llway; and Mr.. Greeley of the t
died in a private mad t
)uSo. II