Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-06-05

We lost week notlceu tie faut That thl'
officer had been absent sfof seyeral week
from tlis Capital. We did hot do fiis il
q fsnlt finding manner. or III any nDktns
spirit towards Col. NichoIss. We stip
posed he might have been absent upoI
business connected with the ofiiue, ant
mentioned lis absence and the inconve
nienee to those having business with iii.
Office. for the purpose Of calling public at
~tention 10 ii, with d view that The Law
might be 30 changed as 70 obviate til,
difficulty.
The Comet, however, without shown.
or attempting to show tina. bis sbsenc,
was necessary, says 1t cannot be expected
that officers are to Sit ii the capitol for I'll,
mere houor Of the thing, and defes us Il
show that tho business of the Office ha,
not gone Oh regularly during the absence
Of the Superintendent.
We certainly do not desire any Officer
to work for honorland no pay, but we dc
expect officers who are receiving the hand
some suin of three thousand dollars pei
annum In addition to tle hono,-, to attend
to the duties of their office, and If Mr.
Nicholas Is holding the Office only for the
honor Of the thing, we desire that lie vii
do his duty, and ifie does not that lie viii
resign, and let some one have 1t who vii
do the duties Of the office for the three
thousand dollars. We notice, however,
that Mr.. Nicholas does mol hesitate to
take his salary, and we hope to be excus.
ed wien we say that OIL impression il,
that If tile small item Of three thousand
dollars was taken away, Col Nicholas
would Ooh give room to some one else,
and would not wait for an invitation to do
so; but we have been defied to show a
single instance when the business has not
gone on regularly during the absence Of
the Superintendent.
We deem it unnecessary to enumerate
all the instances, nor Is 1t necessary TO
leave the Parish. We might refer to Mr..
Cox, one Of the Directors Of Public Schools
in the End Ward of this city. We may
mention the case of Mr.. Purcell, Of Man.
chac, who after several visits 10 the Super.
intendent's Office. finally left without be-
Ing paid. We might mention the case Of
a gentleman who scalhea my miles, with
a draft upon the Superintendent, and was
told that nothing could be done for him
until Mr.. Nicholas came home. We
could swell the number but feel that IL IL
useless. W. learn that teachers have
travelled over four hundred miles with
drafts, and that they have been told that
= nothing could be done for them until
the Superintendent came home and
that drafts, upon the Superintendent, have
been offered for sale In this city, at twenty
aud twenty-five per cent discount, and
that ut this rate teachers have
not been able to have their drafts discoun.
counted. The fact that Mr.. Dnplessis
has been left in the office does not change
The matter--to every one who presented q
draft, the reply invariably was, that the
Superintendent was not ia town, and
could be done until he came back.
again repeat that the teacher should
,e paid the pittance allowed him by law
when due--he should not be compelled to
ZONE time after time to the capital for the
title pay due him, nor should he be com
to have his drafts discounted aud
{ Mr.. Nicholas. cannot stay at his Office
one should be appointed who will.
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