New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-16
nation moure News,
ORGANIZATION or THE SOLDIERS ASSOCIATION o.
EATON ROUGE


EATON ROUGE.
There was good attendance at the basement iit NJ
OF the Methodist Church on Ipeseay III 5;srs
!. Benevolent and Monumental AssVol"'iOi' - N'
: parish of East Baton Rouge ..,,,,a tin,. ",
The committee apponteda at previous Ii
: draft constitution and by-laW S 5opted Two
was taken M section by sec0on ana auVP &C 80 y.
classes If membership are adopted-the nrst is
| oomnosed Of the "actire' members " l9 i WV
e belonged to military organize tlohs NY IA
q ! az sscond class are honorary mehoers' anu
i Wy If aid citizens and such others as did
4 hi tske ap arms, but who renamed AZ nome 70
v beer and suocor the families Of those IN the hed
' me active members pay two dollars ADMISSION
!, saa and 4 monthly due of fifty cents The hon
I orarv members nay ten dollars admission and are
0 exempt from ali other dues
j The officers of the assoclauon consists oil a pre-
! s;dent two vice presidents, treasurer, recording
ana corresponding secretary aud executive COM
mittee of nine members. The following are the
officers for the ensuing year as elected on Tues
day night:
I president; J. W. Burgess, treasurer; F. D. Tun-
| nard, recording secretary. and George Nichols,
corresponding secretary The executive commit
tee has not yet been announced by the president.
These officers gentlemen of sterling integrity
and we doubt not their names will add much to
the popularity and successful working OF the asso-
citation.
TAYLOR and Joor was appointed to attend the
meeting of the ladies on Wednesday morning
next and confer with them on such measures
as may be deemed best to promote the ends in
view.
Messrs. ]. c. Stafford ]. C. Cooper and j. H
Lamon were appointed committee to take steps
for the recovery of the body of Lieut.. Adolph
Kent killed at Murfreesboro. He was inferred in
the same grave with two comrades: the friends of
the latter are going to remove them and it is the
object to have Lieut., Kent brought home at the
same time.
! After appointing committee, consisting of
| Messrs. Taylor, Fuqua and Burgess, to report at
the next meeting the rules of order the association
adjourned.
in our next we shall publish the official proceed
ings and the names of those who have SO far
1 oraTy members.--[ Advocate.
I on CHANGE-The rain seems to have ceased
with the change of the moon, and it is hoped that
there will be interval at least sufficient to allow
planters to clear out grass There is little business
doing, and tits mostly confined to corn, oats and
| hay.-[lbid.
| Mr. Breckenridge, the postmaster, announces
| that there will be daily mail to Rosedale, from
/ Baton Rouge and weekly mail to Ponchatoula
| commencing on the LIST Of July.-LIbid.
/ The STATE BU1LDINes.LThe Board Of Control
of the Louisiana Penitentiary and the Board of
Administrators of the Louisiana Institute for the
Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, acting conformity
| and in obedience to a law passed by the Legisa-
/ ture, have appointed Messrs. James McVay and F.
/ NJ. Young to make an estimate Of the damage
done to the State buildings at Baton Rouge either
! by occupation or otherwise, by the federal army
/ during the late war.
The gentlemen named are skilIful and compe-
tent architects, andYe have no doubt will acquit
themselves in the important and responsible duties
i assigned them, with that thoroughness of inves
tigaton and calculation which will rebound to their
credit and the interests of the State. ssss
4 Mr.. McVay, being in possession of the original
i drawings of the State House, and having person
! ailp 1nd If
i did building will bring to bear superior advan-
4 tages in the matter OF making out the necessary
estimates applicable to the future restoration Of
i that edifce.--Cazette
4 Royal. OAK RACES notwithstanding the rainy
weather there was large crowd at Hackney's
4 last Saturday evening. The most exciting race of
i the season came off, and over thousand dollars
4 was up on the result. The horses made a start
1 and came splattering down the road throwing the
mud right and left and when they passed the win
ming post the shouting vas tremendous. The
hackers of Pink claimed the race, and the friends
4 of the horse sWore that he was the winner. Fast
and furious grew the contest until the judges after
due deliberations made their report. The starting
Judges gave the horse nine feet the start but the
4 two outcome judges disagreed, one giving the
4 horse eleven feet and the race by two feet and
the other deciding that the horse was only six feet
1 ahead and that Pink had won. OF course this dis
4 agreement caused great contention, and the
Stockholders were warned not to give up the
money. We are in the dark as much as the rest,
as one of our reporters bet on Pink and swears
VI that she won by three-quartersof an inch. The
other invested no end of drinks on the horse, and
4 is willing to be qualified that he won by seven
4 Fights OF an inch. The remaining one had his eyes
\ filed with mud from the horse's heels as they
\ passed and knows nothing about it, How it's to
j be decided no one knows. Haa
4 The contest between Ghurnhead and Fenian
Boy did not take place, as their owners had bet all
4 their money on the preceding race and couldn't
4 get it from the Stockholders to put up.
The third race on the programme came off, and
was hotly contested by FIVE entries, The mud
and water scattered in every direction and the
rider Of the winner would have been unrecogniza-
bic by his own mamma. subjoined is a sum-
mary;