New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-08

Scnooi Board on Monday night, subject Of the
greatest public importance is truthiuIlv set forth
The report should be read pondered and acted npon
by all who feel any interest III The advancement oF
education and the spread Of knowledge in New
Orleans:
To ts President 9ad Boqrd 8sSAs' sept ?
Gentlemen our committee on The IvcenTn ana
Library beg leave to present the following par
tcuars relative to the Library under the direction
Of your Board.
We have examined into its condition and qanar,z
afEairs, and approve highly Of the manner iii which
its current business is conducted. The books too.
admirably arranged, well selected and amonnt AZ
volumes
is finance is the feature to which we desire now
especially to direct your attention.
The chief revenue, it is well known, springs from
the contributions Of the pupils of the public schools
IN the form of monthly tickets. The average
number Of contributors OF this class is now tg0 han
dTsd and fifty. The number Of subscribers uneon-
adults and twelve minors.
Judging from the last nine months, the amount OF
revenue that can be relied upon from these and all
otheT sources IS about 500 per month"; or $1,000 per
annnm, and the actual necessary expenses Of tie So
clety as now conducted, everything being placed at
minimum figure, are, say $50 per month, OF 510sC-
The balance Of the credit of the Society in the
haaas OIL the Treasurer, 4. Giffen Esq. is S95 III
and the only Indebtedness that we can discover H.
SIO OF which $40 are for binding and $40 for peri.
This exhibit, while it indicates the entire solyepey
Of the Sccety, and reflects credit on the prudence Of
its officers, Is yet far, very far from satisfactory to
those who desire to realize the objects proposed by
/ its noble founder.
These objects, we believe were to foster pure lit
erary taste among our young people, and to diffuse
the advantages correct literary information through
4 out our community.
1t is often objected to a permanent residence in
New Orleans that the city offers so few literary re-
sources The objectors point you to the Athe-
neum Of Boston the Astor and other libraries OF
New York, and to cOgnate institutions in Philade-
/ phia, Baltimore and other principal cities, We an
swer them unhesitatngly, " Gentlemen, it is your
oTn fault We point them to our own beautiful
little Llbrary-of which we may already be Justly
proud-suppOrted mainly by the contributions Of the
children Of our public schools, and ask them,
Why DO you refuse it your countenance and your
support? Would the institutions of the Northern
and European cities have reached their present In-
portance had they been denied the aid Of the appre
ciatlye and wealthy members of their communitiesZ
And yet the only assistance yielded by this great
commercial emporium TO a Library as perfect in its
details, IA proportion to its extent any of those
referred to, is represented by subscription Of ffta
four members beyond the limits of the schools, and
I Of these twelve are minors
The measure that we propose is that short circu-
lar should be addressed to the merchants heads Of
families, and leading men in the city, setting forth
the claims and advantages of our young enterprise,
and invite their aid in swelling subscription list,
i not in their own favor, at least in behalf Of their
ued ndicous effort TO excite new interest among our
pupils themselves will, it is confidently believed
bring large aceessons to our treasury and leave US
disposal fund to invest monthly in the new and very
valuable works that constantly teemng from the
press thus extending the are9 Of our operations,
and establishing on an immovable basis an institu-
tion which shall be Of daily benefit to the youth who
are growing up aronnd US, and extend its salutary
influence to generations yet unborn.
Respectfully
Z. 4 WHARTON. Chairman,
r,. r,- W r CANPhELL.
RECORDER SUMMERS CoURT,-Asslstant Recorder
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amlned On tne charge ot larceny preferred against
MN by John langan. There was much witness and
2 Sreag quantity 81 lawyer II the case, which after
all qlQ NJ prove 70 be so very terrible Tor Casey,
hqCn 20 ~ astonshmeht, was oischafged.
ho9ett Maylah ana ROBERT Alexander, charged
WIN WIN DeaS more NOISY ana combatlYe thah the law
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ana fesPeG1aole genteEnen lem VINO had them taken up.
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