New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-04
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YESTERDAY was bright, cool. and breezy euouah
70 raise dust in some Of The streets. The number
Of people bustling ABOUT the streets were 20 prodi
gious that We would have been puzzled to imagine
where they slowed themselves at night, had We not
known what prodigious number of houses and beds
there are IN New Orleans! And tie number and
style Of the ladies out, gave rs most Staggering
idea Of the extent Of the drygoods trade. kss I.s
TIE CONNECTING LINK between St. CHARLES and
Royal streets, ACROSS Canal Is being squareblocksd
II the link between Camp and Chartses, square be-
low, could be similarly improved, and IL the CON
tractor could be wheedled into putting down few
additional layers Of blocks on ST. Charles and Camp
say as far up as Poydras for lagnappe, what nice
thing would be, to be sure! Wouldn't II, thought
|<CArr. EDWARD Duss, Of the ship Fanny For
rester, is out Of trouble. Recorder Long examined
him yesterday. The cook Of the ship, John Stewart,
f. m. Co. arrested as accessory to the attempted alb
duction of the slave girl Martha, had no papers to
prove his freedom, and his testimony was in conse-
quence ruled out. This was strong point in Capt
Dunns favor, besides good thing for the shipping
master, Burbank, whom the said cook had charged
with attempting to persuade him to swear falsely
before the Recorder, in Capt Dunns BEHALF The
statements Of Martha made to the police, being the
statements Of slave, could not, OF course be re-
ceived in evidence against the Captain. 8
so all the Recorder had to weigh was the evidence
Of the police officers, who followed and watched
Martha in her male disguise, and arrested her on
board the ship The testimony Of the officers was,
that when Martha went to the Captain on board the
ship, (hey being close behind her) the Captain did
not appear to know her, and spoke to her a. to an
unknown negro man, asking him what he wanted.
The fact that Martha in her disguise went aboard
the ship just on the eve Of the ships departure, and
that key, said to be that Of the Captains state
room, was found upon her after arrest, the Recorder
did not deem Of sufficient weight to justify him in
detaining the Captain, particularly as Martha was
proven to have told falsehood in stating that she
belonged to Mr.. Ramsey; she being identified in
Court and claimed BY Mr. Leonard FASH as the runa-
way slave Eliza, belonging to Mrs. Pratts So the
| Recorder discharged Capt Dunn upon which the
Captain weighed anchor, smiled benignly upon the
assembled sharks Of the law, sailed out of the shoe
in the wall, and tackled for the Government Wharf
amidst the congratulatng broadsides Of feet Of bis
| friends.
As matter Of course, the Captain took with him
his cook, who couldn't prove himself free, and the
whole thing ended in smoke.
FIRST DISTRICT SCHOOL BoARD.-This body held
its regular monthly session last eyeninng Dr. Lind
| sey in the chair. a
Mr.. Campbell reported favorably in regard to the
progress and condition Of the Girls high School, ex.
cept that the piano was badlyin want Of new cover
No report from Committee on Boys High School,
or Committee on Schoolhouses, though Mr.. Giling.
| ham, of the latter, made verbal statement.
| Nj. Wharton, of the Committee on the Lyceum
and Library reported the receipts for January to be
$253 l5 balance to credit on Treasurer's books
$40 10; total cash to meet expenses, 1888 rs.
Mr.. Rogers the Librarian, reported the receipts o
the Library for the last month"; the number Of books
read and the statistics of the Library for the yeai
1858 the latter showing the excess Of expenditure.
over receipts by the Library to be $5l5.
Mr.. Greenwood read the report OF the COMMITTEES
on Finance and Accounts.
i No report from Committee on School books. o,
Committee on Teachers, or Committee on Nigh
Schools, except a verbal report by MIR. Solomon, o
the latter, that the night schools were in fine pro
gress and that the services of some of the assistant
teachers had been dispensed with, as unnecessary
The reports Of the Visiting Committees were read
They disclosed nothing Of particular interest excep
that Of the Fisk School Visiting Committee, which
was eloquent, CLASSICAL and humorous about the tat
tered old curtains in said school.
Mr.. Salomon made mention Of bill lately intro
duced into the Legislature for the purpose Of chang
consolidating the present four School Boards into two
Boards of twelve members each, one Board for the
| First and Fourth Districts, and one Board for the
Second and Third Districts etc., and spoke in oppos
ton to the measure.
4 Mr.. Lusher favored the measure so far as related
to consolidating the High Schools and spoke at
length. He concluded BY offering resolution for ap-
proving the bill before the Legislature and for au-
thorlzing the four School Boards to elect each year
six Of their number, each to form Central Commit
tee for the transaction Of business to the common in
terest of all, etc.
After considerable discussion Mr. Lusher then Of
fered his resolution in altered FORM for authorz
ing each School Board each year to elect three OF
their number to form Central Joint Committee, for
the purpose of founding free academy for the ben.
| eft Of the whole city etc. 81
After further discussion the whole matter was laid
| on the table.
Mr.. Salomon suggested that the new School House
to be opened on the 22d Of February, should be
named. Different members suggested different names
the principal names offered being Madison Clay, Cal
houn and Peters Samuel J.) vote being taken
the result was follows: Henry Clay, 4; Peters, 8
So the School was declared named the Henry Clay
School,
Mr.. Rogers gave notice of the School examination
| to begin on the 14th.
The Board then adjourned.
4 FIRST DISTRICT CoURT.--Jt.dge Hunt.-Jame
Hallett yesterday pleaded guiltyto charge of for
gerry, anu was renamed TO prison to await sentence
Mrs. McCune was dismissed, by nolie pTosequi
from the charge Of keeping grogshop withou
license.
N. Oubiran was tried for keeping grog.shop with
out license, and convicted.
John Walker was tried for larceny, and convicted
John Gryer was tried for assault and battery, bu
the jury failed to agree.
Alexander Fraser charged with assault and bat
terry; Caspar Squier, charged with larceny and
special policeman Thomas Boylan and Michael j
Farrell, charged with falsely imprsoning q man
were all dismissed by nolle piosequi.
RECORDER SUMMERS CoURr.-Louis o. Roscoe, foi
beating his wife at their residence Gascuet street
was yesterday sent before the First District Court
He gave bail for his appearance before that augus
tribunal
John O'Reilly was sent before the same Court, fol
taking away from the store, No. 1Os Poydras street
on the 27th ut six globe lamps, which at the time
were part and parcel Of stock Of goods in the charg
Of Peter Schiller, Sheriff 3 keeper. He gave bail 10
his appearance before Judge Hunt.
Thomas and Bridget Dooan, Catherine Gleason an
Mary Logan, hauled up for raising beastly disturb
ance on Calliope street, were disposed Of. Bridge
Doolan was discharged; her husband and the lei
were sent to the Work House for month job
Murphy, for stealing whip out Of Thomas Fit.
geralds wagon on Front street, was sent out for
month. John Biereomer, for stealing trunk of Ii