New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-03
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was lively.
MoRruARY.-The Board of Health report that
there were lbs interments in the city cemeteries
last week. No yestige yet Of yellow fever.
CoAMoN CouNcIL.-The weekly meeting of the
Common Council takes place this evening. We
understand that the election Of city officers will be
deferred to the next meeting.
NEW ORLEANS TYPOGRAPHICAL USIoN. = This
Society on Sunday elected the following named
gentlemen to their respective offices, to for
the ensuing term of six months President A. P,
Bennett; Viee-President, Eugene A. Foin; Re-
cordng Secretary, Tim H. Draper Financial
Secretary, b. J. Neville; Treasurer, H. L. Kelsey
Corresponding Secretary, H. g. Powers: Door
keeper, H. j. Dreyfuss.
DELEGATES TO THE BAToS ROUGE CONVENTION
The following citizens of Jefferson Parish have
been elected delegates to the Bell and Everett
Convention, to be held at Baton Rouge tomorrow:
J. U. Layillebeuvre, Christian Roselius, f. Charlie
vile, A. n. Ogden, Jr., N. Gommandeur Fergus
Gardere, Jules Buisson, Pierre Sauye, j, E. Tru-
daau, and Pascals Labarre. These gentlemen
represent at once the wealth, the intelligence and
the patriotism of Jefferson parish.
TosIoRRow Tomorrow will be the a big pun
cent respectfully gives it's advice and consent that
its friends and readers govern themselves accord
ingIy. The Glorious Fourth comes, like Christ
mas, only once year.
TlE kILIdSG or HARRY CoPLASD.-The Grand
Jury have reported true bill for manslaughter
against George ". Overall, who, in q fracas at
Sam's shot Harry COPELAND, the actor, in the leg,
the wound some time afterward resulting in DEATH
Mr.. Overall had been acquitted by the Recorder,
| on the ground that the shooting was done in self
| defence.
| StucIDE,-Mr Edmond Armant, gentleman Of
one of the Oldest families in Louisiana, committed
suicide yesterday morning, at o'clock at his resi-
dence. corner of Bourbon and St. Ann streets, by
| cutting his throat with pocket knife. Mr.. Ar
mant was a bachelor in affiuent circumstances, of
an amiable and social disposition, and had great
many friends. He had been suffering for some
time past from opthalmia, and was fast losing his
sight. with hardly any hopes of cure. This made
him very melancholy and preyed continually or
| his mind no other cause can be imagined for the
/ fatal deed Deputy Coroner soraparu yesterday
held an inquest over the body, and returned yer
dict of death by suicide.
THr SECOND DISTRICT SCHOOL ExHIBITIoN.-The
New Opera house yesterday presented spectacle
of rare interest and beauty. The girls of the
schools, in holiday dress, covered the stage, the
i boys filed the parquette: all the rest OF the
4 theater from the parquette boxes to the uppel
t tIegs was glutted with spectators, principally
II gassiss We never had the pleasure of witnessing
/ iEsrs Interesting OF beautif5 spectacle in any
i theater in this city. $
A fine orchestra discoursed tasa best of music
Mr.. .Ganonge, the Superintendent, and hlr GassaFd
the Secretary Of the School Board, conducted tn
exercises. Several members of the Board weri
seated on the carpeted platform, which had beel
erected on the stage for the occasion.
4 After d number of rectations and dramatl
scenes by the boys of the different schools, cam
the chief excitement of the day: the delivery 0
diplomas and prizes to the graduates OF the Hig
Schools, and presentation of medals and prizes
the meritorious pupils of the other schools IN
, prizes consisted Of books, selected according 7
the age and scholastic standing of the pupils. Th
, scene was one of great enthusiasm; the orchestr
playing and the audience applauding upon eae
presentation.
We have always taken a lively interest in tn
| progress of our public schools, and it has AWAY
been great pleasure to us to mention honorabl
the schools and their teachers and pupils durin
+ the examinations so for as they have deserved il
and to mention with conspicuous honor thes
. pupils who come off with triumph on an occaslo
like that of yesterday. But on this occasion W
regret to say that we must omit our usual publics
| ton of the list. We were anxious to get the lis
' | but found we could not do so without damage t
our self.respect; for we found the School Director
| or their managing committee, deficient in eourtes
i to the press.
j. No invitations were issued to the press; nt
were there any accommodations forsuch member
n of the press as felt disposed to attend without u
. formality of an invitation. Mr.. Cassard, the se
retary, politely gave us tickets Of admissions %
{; this was not the invitation of the Board, or an
f thing to be construed into the usual recognition
the press by the Board.
al We went and had to take g standee : in I'll
RI third tier, where we could see well enough, bl
could not hear anything. Toward the close OF IL
t / exhibition we went to the rear entrance, an
G asked admission, that We might see some OF IL
i Directors and procure the list of diplomas al
. prizes awarded. After explaining our status an
object, We were refused admission, the gruf doc
keeper pointing to the sign, :. no admittanee."
t Afterward the list was sent out, and offered to I
# to copy, but We refused to touch it. We inter
that if the Second District School Board see pr
per to refuse or neglect the usual courteses to tt
press, We shall respect ourselves, and act on II
d defensive. Courtesy costs nothing-the lack OF
d sometimes costs great deal.
n THE JoE DAVIS MYsTERy.-So tidings have y
!. been received of Joe Davis, the sailor boardin
house keeper, whose disappearance and probab
tragic fate we chronicled yesterday. Whilsit ce
n tain that the Johnny Wright returned to al
g left the city with the watch of the missing man. 81
is money supposed to be his it is not now consider
d by any means certain that Davis was heased oyt
!, board or killed in any other way II is stated tn
70 he has several times absented himself and sta
le away considerable time without letting any o
y know where he went or what he was up to. NJ
3 CalIuul the man arrested ashaying brought Wrie
a. up to the city in his skif declares that the be
+, in which Davis aud Wright and the others We
u down. being sail-boat, was capsized, but right
"a again; that Wright was wringing wet and the oil
I'd one who got into his boat to return to the city
ne that Davis, who was drunk, and the others, land
on the other side of the river. boy has also be
% secured by the police; he seems to know SOL
IN thing of the business, and corroborates Met
lum's story about the capsize of Wright's boat.
it stands, the whole affair is still very handso
inf mystery.
Ter NEW REGULATIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT