New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-08

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and clstter On the dates behind. Turning 70 -
she cause who should II b bat Santa AIMS, Ne well
known wooden legged news boyi Hs scrambled
over tbs slsta ia appsent utter unconscousneD tat
one Of his legs Vas wood. Our climbing conceit
wss gone. How Santa got up there, we did not
learn, noF did we stsy 70 see how hs got down.
TaD RRor1ss is getting too proad 10 report the
petty lits casss, police and Otherwise, which havl
been bis chief stspss 80 long. The big hrss 81 ats
have elevated him, and b. now saves himssH pzinci-
pally for hrs itsns. II any one, however, has
murder or suicide, or an elopement, Or other item
in the sensation line, that hs woad lire to have pub
lshed and duly spread upon IN these coumns be can
be accommodated, without charge By calling On u.
Though proud, we are always ready y obligs oar
friends.
CHRISTIAN SrRYCHLING, carpenter, broke his
leg and otherwise badly injured himself last evening,
by falling from house which he wss westhsrboard.
ing at the corner of Bacchus and Jackson streets.
he was taken to Charity Hospital
A LADY, in getting ont Of an omnibus yesterday,
got her feet entanged in the hoops Of her dre, fell
fiat upon the stones in the street, had her 6ne ak
dress and kid gloves ruined by the mud and heT face
badly bruised by the fall. She got up, with tbs
assistance Of female friend, before any gentlemaa
had the pleasure to offer her helping hand.
AHkESTS DE lusSI<otsuS AsSaAee -
these fiery times. We have two to report Or fatbes
arrests Of parties one charged with attempting 70
fire house, and the other with threatening such
4 thing.
John PomerviTe is under arrest in the Second Dis.
tric charged with attempting 70 fire tie premises Of
Of Mr. Cammack, on Bienville street
Daniel Fitzpatrick arrested On yesterday after
noon, on New Leyee street, By Sergeant MooEe upon
information that be had threatened to ire the house
occupied by himself, on New Leyee street, near Tha-
s in consequence of his landlord having thrsatened
Moore found under bed, in the far corner, in Eoo1
| where there was no fireplace, quantity o. ptne
kindling wood, fixed apparently for Lighting Thie,
and the threat uttered BY Fitzpatrick, were very pro
perly considered by Moore as good cause Of arrest
, w1LLrAM BRowN was yesterday sent TO the Insane
: Asylum. He is the Irishman who twice attempted
to drown himself
, FIRST D1srRrcr scHooL BoAHD-The Board II
Directors held its regular monthly meeting Last night
Mr. Saomon in the chair and fifteen members present
: The Chairman OF the COMMITTEES on the Girls High
. School reported verbally that everything was pro
Mr.. Lnsher, Of the Committeeon Boys High School,
reported seven Withdrawals and five admissions, the
ported in favor Of an improvement Of the system of
teaching Latin by causing more attention 70 pc paid
e to grammar and scanning Also, that the study q
"a Greek should be introduced.
= The committee on Lyceum and Library reported
= that sixty-fve valuable volumes had been received
ie by donation from one person, and expressed gratIn
IT, cation in the passage of the resolution BY the City
as Council enlarging the Library Association member
= ship privileges. The committee recommended that
ae the Library be closed at twilight, it's finances
to being too straitened to afford gas Reported Teso
en- donation Of sxty.fve volumes. 8
The Librarians report showed that ninety eight
gu volumes had been donated during the month that
l37 volumes had been loaned from the Library the
,al majority OF which were works OF fiction and a0F
Juveniles Total receipts Of Library from al sources,
s143 IS, which amount was exceeded by the expend-
IT. Mr. Lusher, Of the Committee on Teachers, ne
as ported various transfers to and from several schools
be and departments.
ue The Committee on Night Schools reported hvora-
bly, as to their operation that the whole number Of
en- pupils in attendance during the season had been
b 649an increase OF seventeen per cent over last ae
sons attendance, The committee thought that the
system Of long vacations was very injurious % he
progress Of the night schools, and recommends thai
for they be discontinued.
,se Committee on Normal School reported the total
ia enrolled pupils to be and that il was b
most successful operation. The recent Legislative
amendments to the act establishing the Norma
the School read and endorsed by the approval OF u
committee, as calculated to enlarge the usefulness
ntz the institution.
The quarterly report Of the Superintendent showe
the attendance for the three months had been 6044
Ter somewhat less than during the corresponding pero
,ta of the previous year. but natural consequences
the severe epidemic. The attendance at the nigh
school had been s49more than for the same qnarte
feu Of previous year. The report recommended aundr
uld excellent measures of improvement and that IN
me Franklin District be extended beyond its presen
limits. The report was accepted, and the Superb
tendent was empowered to carry out his views "a
ives extension of Franklin District.
!. & The various Visiting Committees reported on u
oils operation of the different schools, showing it TO
her generally highly 5 There M ~ vs.
pupils to schools other than those OF the school di
Of tricts in which they belong as had been done
ua several instances at the request Of parents addre
to directors who had accorded the permission
change.
,es The general sentiment Of the Board averse
we any transferring Of pupils, and resolution y.
t adopted providing for the etransfeing pupils ro
the Pauldng to the jackson School, and vice uers
Inc as when Mr. Hardy and MIR Lymes changed from o.
arm school to the other the parents who preferred eth
+n trct limits. The resolution Was to the effect To
on such pupils should be Immediately returned to Il
lare schools to which they properly belonged.
the At this stage of its proceedings the Board bad
adjourned but the night so far advanced that
reporters Of various papers who were present enter
.'ne into round robin" to adjourn Themselves ~
low, they did SO.
Two RECORDER SUMMERS CouRT.-A man named Ro
dth. ert Smith was arraigned yesterday and held
anne examination the 9th inst, on charge Of having
9Th inst. inyeigled, enticed and carried away q
a anu slave woman Martha, belonging to Mr. Simeon
nhe Buf0rd
number Of other cases of the routine characte
ASA Of drunkenness vagancy Disturbances Of the pea
flee H.o, we,e u'sposeu "a ~ sAe ~ ',1s
the prconnvv yy,,rz,s r,ounr.-The onlv case hef,
gut; this Court Of mentionabe importance yesterday
cot that of Catherine Schiller, who lives on 81 Phil
one street, between Dauphin and Burgundy, charl
press nsu,s9nnsa Case red or the 10Th inss
hing, Arrivals at the Prlnepal Hotels Testefdl
some
ides Sims. 3 Sowden, / Sleeper " Hurst 9 Boyt
ruins RsSkman II PssSn garronEn, ls.o Asy Na naF
;ook NeiI Miss. Hargaye \ yeale, Spark. i
valu III Bisis kip,.y Furiox Hayned AIes
n, der Voolfolk Nc; & Miss lpgrdsan, Ess,ns : x;
ment Lamkin and lady 4 " smith Rowland. MeHsl
les Of ssp Mstop = Rnmpie, L Parro Cos