New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-20

MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1866.


Senate.
TIL, Senate met az noon to-day, pursuant to ad.
journment from Saturday. Iieutopsnt Governor
Voorhes presided
In response to the calling OF the roll, "a mem
bers appeared.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Palmer.
The journal of the proceedings OF the Senate
on Saturday was read and approved.
The following Senator's were present during the
proceedings:
Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Barrow, Bell,
Brownlee, Brusle, Bgrthe, Campbell, Coco Cooley
Duvigneaud, Fellowes, Foutc, Gibson, Hough
Kavapagh, Keansr, Lapeyre, Lott, Mohan, Nun
day, Nelson Newton of Jackson, Newton of
MoTehouse, Palfrey, PochG, Purcell, Scruggs
Taylor, Welch and Wilcoxon.
The President laid before the Senate Execu
tive communication announcing that the Governor
had signed the act to amend the act in relation to
the State Seminary at Alexandria
Mr.. Konner introduced an act to provide for and
regulate labor contracts for agricultural pursuits.
The bill, the Senator stated, was one of series
passed unanimously by the Senate, and he be-
1Gvcd unanimously by the House, at the late extra
session, but not signed by the Governor on account
Of objections arising out Of the political condition
OF the country The Committee on Labor had
been informed that these objections were now re-
moved, and that the Governor would now sign the
bill if passed. The bill he offered was precisely
the that Of last year. The bill was car
ried through its various stages and passed. and
sent TO the other House.
On motion Of Mr.. Munday the bill to make an
appropriation of $4,000 for the School of Medi-
cine, called mp and read first and taken up
for reading second time.
Mr.. Armstrong called the yeas and nays on the
first section of the bill He had no objection to the
institution, but he could not see how the country
could afford such an appropriation. The egisla-
turc had found it necessary to do all they could to
relieve the tax payers, and he thought this burden
ought not to be imposed On them.
Mr. Munday strongly supported the measure.
He said that the money was needed 10 enable a
valuable institution to continue its usefulness. II
was proposed to educate gratuitously student
from each parish in the State, to be selected by
the police jures. 1t had given medical advice and
assistance TO nearly twenty eight thousand patients
in New Orleans; and it had in other ways contrib.
uted to the advantage Of the city.
mr. Scruggs supported the bill, and warnly
urged the Claims Of the Institution. Among otteI
benefits it had conferred, he enumerated the effect
its competition had had on the Medical College oi
the University in increasing the number OF its
students from l8j to 404 in TWO years, while itsel
tad 200 students.
Mr.. Foutc supported the bin and read lengthy
memorial from the faculty, showing the grounds
on which they asked for the appropriation. Il
presented the loss sustained by the war the ad
vantage il conier5 on the city by bringing 20 many
persons to it, the benefits of the medical education
itgi7es, the attendance the faculty give at tbs
Charity Hospital etc, etc.
Mr.. Armstrong withdrew his motion for the yea
and nays.
Mr.. Lott inquired if the bill had been sent II
any committee, and being answered in the aflrrna
i've further asked if members Of the COMMITTEES
had considered articles l43 and LAG OF the Consti
tution reading as follows: university shall b.
established in the city of New Orleans It shal
be composed OF iour faculties, TO wit: of law
one of medicine, one of the natural sciences, AM
one of letters. The legislature shall provide b,
law for its organization and maintenance mo ap
preparation shall be made by the legislature TO
the support of any private school or institution O
learning whatever, but the highest encouragement
shall be granted to public schools throughout tn
State"
Mr. Duvigneaud opposed the bill, on the groun
that it is private institution, for the benefit en-
trey of the faculty who conducted it, and tina
they charged the students, who, the memoria
stated, had amounted to two hundred in number
one hundred and five dollars each which give
them an income of S2l ,O0O which ought to sufic
to sustain the college. The Senator held the ap
preparation would be in violation of the constitr
tional provisions referred to.
Mr.. Foute argued that the college was publ
school, within the meaning the l46th article of til
Constitution.
Mr.. Poch6 held that it was q private institution
but if there were any doubt about the question, h
would give the benefit Of that doubt to the Stats
and oppose the bill. There had been extravagar
grants made already by the Legislature, conside
ing the means of the country.
Mr. Foute, on behalf of Mr.. Munday who va
TOO unwell to speak himself, read the points this
gentleman wished to make in support of the bill
They were as follows:
The New Orleans School of Medicine does n,
come under the denomination Of private scho
or institution of learning" mentioned in the Last
article of the Constitution OF 1864, for the folloq
ing reasons, viz: lst. 1t was chartered by act
the legislature, approved March 9Th, 1867, for Il
most public objects and purposes I'd. 1t was II
vested by that charter with every power al
privilege that had been conferred upon the die
department. of the university Sd. BY an act
the legislature approved March II, 1857, it WI
endowed with an appropriation of $40 600 Given
thousand dollars), on the following conditions, /
wit lst That it should give its lectures free to OF
indigcnG medical student from every parlSh IN q
State. I'd. Its faculty should attend the wards
the Charity Hospital without charge; and 30. Ttl
it should Keep open free dsponsary for ten yea'
and in of its failure to perform these cont
tions, the proceeds of said appropriation, as foul
invested in the anatomical museum, library a.
apparatus of the institution, to revert to Il
Charity Hospital.
These objects and purposes together with the ps
Eoses privileges aud endowGent conferred by /
State, make the New Orleans School of Medicn
emincntly public institution of learning and
one can deny that they have been faithfully cf
3. ricd out, with the exception of the Free Dispe
sary, which was suspended al the outbreak of t
= war and which it is impossible for the faculty NJ
to continue. During the late war, every memh
of this faculty, save one, was in the army VIII
they returned at the close of the war, they fou
their institution converted into negro schoolhon
their library, museum, apparatus and furnItu
sadly damaged; and shortly afterwards the whit
establishment was actually sold under mortga
which had been given to raise the money VI
which the building was erected and on Whlcl
large amount had been paid.
Mr. Taylor called the yeas and nays on the ii
sectian, which was rejected by vote of lG to
This vote of course killed the bill.
On motion of Mr. Newton, Of Morehouse,
,salutian was passed inviting the Hon. Aaron Wa
of New York, to seat within the Senate Cha