New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-07
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hotei, WHICH WaS certainty warm enough 10 1nduce +
him to forget what was going on outside. II rained
nearly all the day; eodiy, ay, nastiIy and without
thunder; though the deficiency a. to thunder was
completely made up, at noon, by the national salute
which Captain Walton and bis gallant Washington Ar
erists fired on Lafayette Square, not as an acconpa
niment to the rain but as compliment OF their own
to the renowned and honored military chieftsn who
is now the citys guest The thunder Of the Arterisss
is to be repeated at the same honr and place today,
rain or no ran the object Of the thunder being the
same as yesterday. With his reception, and treat
ment since, and the public honor destined for him
on tomorrow, the old hero Of Lundy's Lane and of
Vera Cruz and Mexico will have no opportunity Of
thinking that the people OF New Orleans are for
getful
A IusCIoUs NATuRAL."-This was the name
given by an oldtime friend Of ours to anything en-
titled to the Latin title OF iusus nature. We were
reminded Of onr old friends corruption Of the ttls
yesterday, upon receiving, from another friend, !
New Years gift in the shape Of parsnip avegeta
bic having body and two legs, and in its shape SOL
much resembling a drunken man, scarce able to
stand, knowing nothing, and caring less, as to pro-
woke the merriment Of all beholdeFs. II is real
curiosity of the funniest things ever dug out Of
the ground and almost tempts Us to believe that ma
ture loves to perpetrate sly joke in WHILE as
well as the smaller wags of humanity.
THERE is LESS LITIG in the District Courts at
present than there has been for many years past So
we discover in perambulations through the courts
and so we are assured by several legal friends whose
judgment such matter is bound to be intallble.
This is bad for the lawyers but it s or ought to be-
gratifying to the community at large.
| One OF our legal friends, whose opinions, as q
general thing, welbased and sound accounts for
this falling off thus l. The revival Of trade and the
| great abundance of money since 1857, has enabled
merchants and other tradesmen to plank up their
cash when due, and settle their little disageements
without an appeal to law. q The invariable system
Of appealing to the Supreme Court from the decisions
Of the lower COURTS and the great length Of time re-
qured by the Supreme Judges to render verdict Of
agreement, one way the other, upon the different
Gordian knots submitted to their wisdom chokes off
all appetite for litigation by those who wish speedy
settlements We are of opinion that our legal
friends opinion is perfectly sound and correct.
AS general thing, lawyers being talented, must
exercise their talent in way or another; and il
press Of business does not keep them down to sober
hard work. and plain, legal English in their writings
they bound to break out into poetry or humor
scandalous wit, upon the slightest pretext. AS ar
instance Of the effect of little to do and of leisure
upon lawyer, we subjoin the following items from
bill of charges filed against welknown citizen
within the last few days, before Judge Howell of the
Sixth District Court: 81 asgas
!. For writing q begging letter. to John sli.
dell detailing your varied accomplishments
directing his attention particularly to the
different public positions you held your pe- 4
culiar qualifications for, and soliciting from
him, your appointment to the Office of - r S
4 -, at that time and now held by Mr..
8 For writing report for you as !" committee
of one" appointed by the Board OF Directors
: Of the -- of Louisiana, referring to the
disputes between Professors -e and
0 -, which, for length Of time, had dis
tarbaa the me- deqanmt & the n members Of the
the E. as seat OF learning |; dissecting,
at least, forty. pages Of correspondence be-
4 tween the Professors, furnishing an opinion
upon the merits Of the case, and signing your
; name at your own request, ETC. lThis report
t is believed to have knocked the Professors
d into cooked hat, relieved the Board from
very perplexing questions and to have re-
bounded much to your credit ......... .$75
FIRST DISTRICT SCHOOL BoARD.-This Board bel
its monthly session last evening" DR.. Lindsey in til
chair. We were pleased to see at his old post ths
venerable citizen and sterling member Of the Boar6
]. G. Poindexter, ESQ., who has been absent for II
benefit OF his health, and returns much improved.
& The committee reports were read. Those upon th
= Boys and Girls High Schools embraced nothing
. particular interest.
J. Lusher the want Of additional teachers in the Jacl
= son School; the transfer Of Mrs. Robinson to th
jackson School; and the appointment of Miss
Kasson to the vacancy of Mrs. Robinson in the s
e John street branch Of the Fisk School.
e The Committee on the Library and Lyceum r,
ported through Mr.. Wharton that the receipts of tt
past month had exceeded those ofany previous montl
and that it was expected that the forthcoming ectul
Of the Rev. DR.. Boles, would enable the committt
8, to balance the accounts of the Library. The Ho
Pierre Soule had been invited to deliver the fourt
T.. lecture of the course in the Lycenm, and it W;
y thought the invitation would be accepted. Rev.
Palmer had also been requested to deliver lectu
ID supplementary to the one previously delivered
ia him.
~ The Librarian, Mr.. Rogers, reported s231 as Il
u proceeds OF the lectures delivered in the Lyceum
far, and reported that number of books had be,
le donated to the Library and duly acknowledged
et The Committee on the Normal School, reporte
and announced that an elaborate report had been pl
e. pared by the Principal Of the school.
The Visiting Committees or some Of them, subm
" ted reports, embracing nothing ofpublic interest
" ing report, in which he alluded to the number
scholars who had been taken from the High and D
rict Schools to go to trades or other occupations
c, of the preparation now making by the teachers
" pupils in the schools for the approaching annual
aminations. The report also alluded to the want
es pianos and other means of musical instruction
us some of the female schools
The Visiting Committees for the ensuing thl
:. months were appointed as follows:
la Marshall and Franklin School-Messrs. Edwar
he and Lusher.
on Fisk and Branches -Messrs. Blanc, May and Gree
wood
,et Washington -Messrs. Wharton, Andrews and Re
~ Pauiding-Messrs Palftey Campbell and Goodri
IVebster-Messrs. Clark, Salomon, and Stringer
)te Jcterson-Messrs. Farwell, Demarest and Wrig
1ill Jackson-Messrs. Schmidt, Gilngham, and Pc
dexter. t55s9
- Mr.. Lusher, of the Special Committee appoin
ph to prepare memorial to the Common Council,
She ported that the memorial had been prepared and
ws rangements made to print GOO copies Of it.
ant of discipline In regard to boy in the Fl
". School was reported upon the committee report
ase justification Of the teacher, and requiring that
vas boy apologize in open school for the msdemea
ock perpetrated or submit to the punishment provi
1nll by the regulations.
A"A A letter was read from Mr.. Morris, acting Pri
pal of the Boys High Scoool, giving his reasons
re. requiring better pay than $l25 per month, and
ing closing his bill for s75 per month more than |
amount, or the same as given to the late princi
uuo say $2400 per year, or 5000 per month"; Mr.. Iu:
.se stated that though Mr.. Morris did not command
ing attendance Of near many pupils his predeces
he had still been faithful and energetic in the
ces charge Of his duties and he would, therefore, of
resolution for paying him $l66, the amount neces
to raise the salary Of past services to the des
,eyel. The. resolution was adopted.
rms Mr. Rogers, the Superintendent, was by accla
tion reelected to his Office for the ensuing year.