New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-09
DAILY CRESCENT.


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An absence no1 s ssSasaa - 1sy o. two has pss-
vented ny keeping your Ssadem ss~vs3 Of saAtrs
here but they have misssd nsthj.s = ,tahsr-
any sort Of consequence bas been Doe = us,asy
n course there was no quorum present 10 s 4 ~
Legislative bodies This Il becoming such svesy ~
,64ir that no notice s taken Of t. From Friday nesn
Tuesday morning no busfness attempted TO b dous
md In this connection may be well to call stsention 10
he fact that since the rs week Of the session. there has
not bsen sueent number Of members present 70 take
consideration any Of the proposed smsndmsnts 70 the
Constitution This is great shame, and Gsrsg ons
bot every one whohas been here during the sson knows
The truth Of It, and there will be fetrbuton coming
upon its perpetrators at the next election.
Among the most attentive members Of the House
tics particularly that Msrs King, Day, sheats Hunt
srdesty Douglas and Bailey, the part Of the vig
and Mess. Wilson, Marks Mnndsy and Hisstsin among
the been ore constantly their seats and
attentive their duties have remarked that Mr. Par
ham extoed for his services this session when pr
ent he is doubsss among the democrats at isas the
sbiest debater on the oor but II be ahes his eonsttu-
ens has done what they sent him here do hs
has easy going sst Of constituents to satisfy inasush
as he has not bssn in sttsndAnes more than oss mspth
out Of the whole time Of the ssesion and undsesnd
that he viii not be back before the sdjournmeut
bill is before the House giving to the Adutant Gene
twentyh hundred dollars for bis valuable services
to the State What good this ocsr Is the State that
he should receive such amount Of money from the
Treasury compensation for his valuable services The
fact ia that the oce Is sinecurc. During the
Mexican war Gen Rowley (then Adjutaut General) lad
his hands full and in case Of another If volunteers
called out the incumbent may have something to do
but ct present the ONCE is nothing less than
place to stow away broken down politician and pro-
vide for the necessities Of those gouy old gentlemen who
contracted the disease other fat oss Gen. Davis,
the present incumbent, may have his uniform on
some gala day Indeed he sort Of undress coat
and vest generally in the senate but doubt yery much
vhether be has passed single company in review since
he oueht his epaules 1t would be great deal better
Il the once was entirely abolished but il regular stan
be necessary to the Governor and Adiutant
he deemed Indispensable Why let be appointed hu,
don't give him more than Eve hundred doiia, Thi.
would be quite enough to pay man for wearing uni
form
Mr. shesfe has given his attention to the psy Of III
members, and some time since, introduced bin allow
dollars day for each day Of their an.
@ cant. for every mile of actual travel going to and =.
tr;no from the seat Of Government 1t also provids
,ht each member of the General Assembly shall leave .
th fBce of the Auditor Of Public Accounts statemsu
q; writing Of his attendance and travel upon which In
Auditor s instructed to psy the earned by th
members The bill Was referred to the judiciary Com
mittee, Who reported unfavoraby upon it. 1t Is to
hoped that the House will concur with the committee
The only objection TO the Din that 1t does mot 90
enough. Mr. Sheafe should nave attempted TO expot
the mileage system-than which greater fraud vi
never practssd upon treasury Hn worse than an