New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-26
NEWS OF THE CITY.

PUBLIC School BoARD-Ffrst District
called meeting of the First District Public School
Board held in the room of the Assistant Aldermen
last evening.
Members present-Messrs. Beebee, Simpson Orchard,
Jennings, Hahn, Elmore Lusk, Bonford Maoaulay, Ma
thews Baldwin and Bloomfield.
Judge Rawle the President being absent, Mr.. Gilmore
was called to the Chair.
| Mr. Jennings, Chairman of the Committee on the
Lyceum introduced resolution which was laid
til the next meeting of the Board making appropria
tion towards paying the expenses of the Lyceum.
resolution offered by DR. Macauay to fine every
member of the Board who shall tardy at its meetings
fifty cents and every absent member one dollar to be
| collected for the benefit of the Library. Passed.
Mr.. Beebee proposed list of studies in the Girls
| High School. Adopted
| On motion the Board adjourned.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURr-Judge Robertson -
Thomas MCCARTHY yesterday tried before this court
on an indictment for larceny and found guilty. He was
| recommended to the cemency of the court.
Joseph Monade was tried for similar oense and found
guilty with Recommendation to the mercy of the court
HABEAs GoRPus-In the of Joseph Pinto and Isaac
G. Miard imprisoned for keeping gaming house. Judge
Robertson yesterday issued writ of habeas corpus
| turnable this morning at ten O'Clock.
| REooRDER WINTERS CoURT-Ffrst DISTRICT
Joe Williams whowas charged with having given to Henry
Bland worthless order bank of the city and having
knocked down and beaten Mr.. Bland when he returned
the fraudulent paper, at the time chewing up
destroying that evidence of his criminal design yesterday
forfeited his bond of $500 by not appearing to the
charge The papers in the before the First
District Court
| PnFnRING-A slave man named Furong was sent to
the workhouse yesterday and also sentenced receive
fifteen ashes for stealing small articles from the Leyeee
The RIOT ON JULIA SrREEr.-Ten dozen of the per-
| No.,
and Tchouptouas Streets the 18th inst yester
day arragned before this court for examination
shown that in the melee all sorts scientific and rough
andtumbe fighting done, clubs brlckbas and other
instruments and missiles having been used freely pistols
fred etc. and many cuts and Commissions given and re-
ceived Unfortunately however and very strangely too
the affair Invested of half its interest and importance
by the fact that nobody killed Peter oMelia Owen
Mulohay Michael Reagan and VIM Scott were sent be-
fore the criminal court under bonds of $500 each the
two latter were in addition fined $40 each carrying
concealed weapons.
LARoENY.--A man named VIM Lautherne
arrested the Second District yesterday afternoon
charged with having stolen watch and chain and gold
key The articles found between two mattresses in
his sateroom board the bark Rose Standish He
| locked up
| DISPUTED PROPERTY A respectable individ-
ual named VIM Adridge was arrested yesterday in the
Second District charged with obtaining Illegal possession
of slave claimed tobe the property person residing
Dallas county Ala The suit nstuted appears to have
its origin in difference Of opinion regarding the title to
| the negro.
REBELLIoUs SOMA great BOBBY of boy
named John Mouains night before last in
the Second District at the request of his mother
ing great noise and disturbance in her house for
breaking her furntsrs 1t appears she had attempted
chastise him for dsobedence and he not rsshin
operation resisted in violent and finally smashed
things up in fine style, at the time insulting and
abusing her in most unfal manner. Finding herself
entirely incompetent to administer the punishment he
much needed she applied to Recorder Ramos assist
and that functonary thereupon took steps
nsh the refractory young scamp with what he deserves
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| PROFESSOR HENRY De MARsAN.---The method
and abilities Of this gentleman highly spoken Of In this city,
great favor e ladies' and gentlemen study
Combining the oral system with the of but single