New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-09-27

sha yesterday at noon, in the Merchants and Auc-
tioneers Exchange sold the ship Marshall at auc-
ton She was bought by Mr. P. A. Giraud for
$35,o00 This is considered very good price for
these times
FoR COLUMBUS, KY.-Sergeant Harry Douglass,
of Company G, Continental Guards, who has been
| in the city for some days on company business,
will start for Columbus, Ky, where he will join his
company, at O'Clock tomorrow morning. ANY
person having letters or packages to send to
friends in Columbus, can send them to this office
to-day before o'clock, and Sergeant Douglass
| will take charge of them with pleasure.
| A Coon SCGGEsTIoN.-We gladly publish the
| following communication sent us by an esteemed |
| fellow citizen. The suggestion il capital one
and should meet that attention from the authorities
which it deserves. We have frequently alluded to |
| the fact that the city overrun with dogs-Was |
| positively alive with them and that they were |
| dangerous, troublesome and useless, and hoped |
that some means would be adopted to thin them
| out extensively. Our correspondent has hit upon
the to accomplish it, and do it too in most
efectual manner Making the luxury of keeping |
| a dog expensive one, and the race would soon
be doolaed to slaughter; and to give the funds
raised by the tax to the families of volunteers,
would make every good citizen an interested party
in seeing TIE ordinance carried into effect But
here is the communication alluded to-
| Mr.. Reporter Of the Crescent-1n these war
| times, when every energy should be spent in ras
| ing funds to supply our volunteers and support
their destitute families, it may not be amiss n an
humble citizen TO suggest the proprlety OF making
| such luxnres as dogs contribute to the fund
have no doubt but that one hundred thousand dol
lars may be raised in the city by the imposition of
tax of one dollar on each dog, and imposing
fine Of five dollars on the owner of each dog found
+t,o+t tLn+ 10,
half such fine to be paid to the infrm and the
An OLD CITIZEN.
THE LATE Posr-OFFIcE ROBBERY CAsE.-Chas.
| Bacarisse, the young man who was arrested
week so ago on the charge of feloniously taking
| letters from the Postoflice, was examined before
Confederate States Commissioner Lusher yester-
day afternoon. After hearing all the evidence in
the case Commissioner Lusher fully committed
him for trial before the Confederate States Court,
which will meet on the first Monday in November
next, and required him to give bail in $4,000 to ap
pear that date. The required bail was fur
nished, Messrs VIM. I. Hepp and FRANCOIS La
croix signing the bond.
| FOURTH DISTRICT SCHOOL Board This body
met Wednesday evening in regular monthly session.
| Seven members were present-Mr. Cooper in the
| chair.
The minutes Of the previous meeting were read
and approved.
Letters OF application for situations as teachers
were received from Miss Lizzie Woelper and Miss
c. E. Clarkson Read and referred to Committee
on Teachers
A proposition from D. W. Morris, ESQ, proprie-
tor OF Scriptnral Paintings to exhibit the same at
the different schools in this District, onehalf of the
proceeds to be given to the Relief Committee for
the benefit of our volunteers, was referred to a
special committee, composed of Messrs. Brewer,
| Fash and Philips, with power to act.
Sundry bills which had been approved by the
Committee on Supplies, were referred to special
committee for examination, all the members of the
Committee on Accounts being absent. Said special
committee reported bills correct, and they were
ordered to be placed on the pay roll.
The Committee on Supplies, Mr.. Philips chair
man, presented long and interesting report upon
the matters specially referred to at last meeting.
This committee reported school books very scarce
and prices high. 1t had, however, succeeded in
obtaining a sufficient supply of books for the
primary divisions and partial supply of those re-
qured for the higher divisions, and submitted
letter from H. D. Mctinns, contractor for supply
ing our school books, stating his utter inability
owing the present condition of the country, to
comply with his contract for the remainder OF the
year and asking to be released.
4 resolution, granting his application, was
adopted.
The Visiting Committees reported the several
schools in lourishing condition.
The Committee on High School reported the ill.,
PRODUCTION into the boys department OF military
drill as cmnently successful.
Mr.. MeEen, the Principal, seems well-quafed to
give the necessary instruction, and the boys enter
into the matter with zest and hearty goodwill.
| The SupcrintendentS report was read, showing
that the schools opened with a large number Of
pupils in attendance and with all the teachers, ex-
cept one, who was sick. at their posts.
The report showed 23S more scholars on the day
OF opening than on the corresponding day last
year, and an increase since the opening Of 320.
Number in attendance this day, 25th inst, 2002.
The female department of the Laurel School has
. beenremoved to the McDonogh school, a fine, large
and comforta BILE two.story brick building, erected
with the appropriation of $4,000 made by the
Council from the McDonogh School Fund last
| spring.
> The school is furnished with neat, comfortable
desks and seats, all made in the Fourth District.
The Superintendent stated that the parents of
some of the pupils in the High Schools had re-
quested him to allow heit children to discontinue
certain studies some wishing to dispense with
French, some with Latin Others with Algebra
Geometry, etc, Not having the authority to do So
he asked of the Board permission to grant such
|, conditions as the Board may impose.
On motion Of Mr.. Philips, a resolution was
adopted giving to the superintendent the authority
to grant such requests provided that they be made
in writing, and that no pupils except those who
take the full course Of study prescribed shall re-
ceive diplomas, or participate in the exercises of
! the annual exhibition. This last clause was added
) on motion of Mr.. Brewer.
At the suggestion of the President, and in con-
sideratiou OF there not being quorum of the com
mon school fund in the city, the Secretary in-
structed to collect from the City Treasurer the bal
ance on last months pay roll and deposit the
same for the payment OF bills for repairs ofschool-
houses.
Messrs. Philips, Dowler and Campbell were ap-
pointed a special committee to report at the next
meeting, upon the subject Of military instruction
i'll the intermediate schools.
The Board then adjourned.
RECORDER EMERsoN'S CoURT.-Jean Marie Morel
was committed for trial before the First District
Court, on charge of having stolen one hundred
and ten dollars from widow Verges the keeper of
a grocery on Dryades street.
Thomas Maher, accused of manslaughter, in
; killing Jerry Sullivan, was arraigned and ad-
mitted to bail in $1,000. He will be examined on
the I'D proXimo.
The keeper of the Age drinking saloon, on St.
Charles street, was tried a charge of having
sold liquor to slave. The defendant proved that
he did not sell the liquor to the negro but gave it
to him, as he was employed about the house and
also, even if he had sold it, there would be no
ground for prosecution, the negro was de tucto
free, being one of those emancipated by the late
John McDonogh. Under these circumstances, the
charge was dismissed.
The application made by the keeper of the Crys-
tai Palace collee-h0use, for new trial upon the
charge for which he was recently convicted OF
selling liquor to slavs was refused, and the fine
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