New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-25
City Intelligence.
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MARDI GRAS.-Yesterday was celebrated after
the fashion of the good old times and with spirit that
made the hearts of the aborgnes glad The youngsters
who inhabt the middle of streets and drive large
business in vending matches, shoe strings and evening
papers prepared early for the celebration by filing their
match-boxes with -four and commenced operations by
crusad against the Ethiopian portion of the popuace
1t was, to many most amusing to coored gemmenn
watch the that they might happen be approach
ing and betrayng most evidently unwillngnes to
dergo the operation of witewashng The young rasca
with the flour boxes for a time satisfied themselves with
attacks servants and children and other helpless
uncared for classes and afforded large amount of amuSc
ment to the crowds assembled the bauquettes but
after time they became outrageous. and it was found
necessary to call upon the police for assistance and
raj of the little ragamufHns were marched off to the
guard house.
soon after large collections of people of both
and of all ages and coors began gather in Canal
street between Chartres and Bourbon anxious to witness
the grand procession that had been promised for many
days to create especial wondermcnt on Mardi Gras.
Among them, and along the streets passed many queer
gures on foot on horseback in cabs and coaches and
numbering furniture There stalking along with
six inch nose and boomers hat, passed woman six
feet high and beside her dapper gentleman with bowed
legs tightly fitting coat and military cap. In another
place might be group representing all the races of
the globe and sporting the most antastical apparel
scattered about generally, wonderful and Understandable
specimens OF the otesque, challenged the admiration of
| the crowds.
The feature of the day length developed by the
| arrival OF large representation of the Arab tribes
mounted generally fine horses and with their flowing
head dresses and scarlet mautes presented picturesque
apiGianee Many queer characters soon followed IN
clndng company of mounted Choctaws, whose horses
as most them looked sorry enough
TO nave been stolen Vehicles of all sorts, filled with all
sorts OF characters princes and officers and soldiers and
women and children and negroes mixed up in admirable
Joined the procession and made quite
AN imposing display The ceremonies of the day closed
as we believe without any accident than the tenn
porary spelling of neatly brushed coat and hat and
few injured corns
/ BOARD OF ScHooI. DIRECTORS. special
meeting OF this Board held Monday evening to act
upon the rquiSitiou of the Municipality Council at its
last session and. the call stated for the purpose of
considering the e&pedency of disseminating the of
the work entitled Wayands Moral Science in the pub
| lie schools of this Municipality
Ihe following resolution offered by Mr. Shortrdge, was
adopted,
ReS0Std That the of the work used in the public
schools, entitled ''Wayland's Moral Science be dscon
| tinued
Mr. Winston offered preamble aud resolution, which
the President decided could not be considered at that
time as the proceedings of the meeting mtedby the
rules to such matters designated by the call
They We're accordingly laid for action at future
| meeting
|. The following are the preamble and resolution:
Whereas, it has been ascerained by this Board that
there certain books in the Public School Library Of the
Second Municipality opposed the institution of slavery
as now exists in the South and that these works
iNntse To ahotiopisn and other doctrines SuhSer-ise
Of Southern fights intoxicating sash principles aTt eal'