New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-17

HE WORKING MEMS DEMOCRATIC PARTY.-The
delegates to be elected to the convention of the
Working Mens' Democratic Party, will be three
from each ward, instead of five, as stated yesteI
day morning Each association is entitled to five
delegates.
| FREAKS OF DRUNKEN CAR DRIvER.-Sunday
| night, about II o'clock, the driver of one of the
Magazine street cars, on Canal street. was very
much intoxicated, and although the car was
crowded with ladies and gentlemen, he was very
boisterous and profane, and refused to start when
ordered by the timer. Exasperated by the foul
ness of his language, q passenger inside began to
demonstrate with him; the driver hereupon turned
his abuse upon the passenger, who finally struck
him. This made matters worse. The driver swore,
with the vest expletives, that he would not start
before morning, and cursed the gentleman who
had struck him, in the most shocking terms. He
also smashed in the glass in the front part of the
box in which the fares are deposited. The pas
senger, now insulted to the verge of human endur-
ance, seized hold of the driver, and with the tact
assent of everybody on the car, gave him merited
and merciless beating, and would have pitched
him over the dashboard if the other car attaches
had not thrust him back every time his body was
about to topple over. Notwithstanding the
VI ulduLJ anu iuComPcIcuCy VI tilc ulNCl ut WAS
finally induced to start off by the timer and others
| connected with the railroad.
The question arises why are not the car officers,
stationed in the night Canal street, authorized
to displace drunken driver, and why is not
police officer specially put there to preserve order
and arrest all such abuses?
TRADES AssEMBLY.--A meeting of the Trades
Assembly is to be held at O'Clock day, at the
Mechanics Institute. We understand that most
| important business is to be attended to-
On DIT.-That one person offered large sum
to obtain certain nomination from the Working
mems Democratic party The offer was laid on
the table. An az club also tried to get n' very
largely, by virtue of the financial question: but we
are informed they found honest and stern stuff to
deal with.
Run OvER.-J. Elmer was arrested at the corner
of Jackson and New Levee streets, charged with
running his team over child. The boy was
taken to his residence, supposed to be much in.
jured
| BOARD OF DIRECTORS PUBLIC SCHooLs.-A
meeting of the board of directors of public schools
was held yesterday evening in the room of the
board of aldermen Glendy Burke in the Chair
Fifteen members responded to their names.
| The minutes Of the last regular meeting were
read and adopted.
The finance committee presented their report
which was adopted. The committee reported thai
in compliance with previous resolutions OF this
board, they applied to the city authorities for the
payment of appropriations for 1866 of $4,000 pc,
annum, for the special benefit of the library, with
cut success. That the chairman of the committee
called on the President of the Merchants Bank il
reference to tile deposit of $5523 81, made in tina
institution in 1862 by the directors of the Fourth
District schools, and still to their credit, ant
were Informed that no checks could be certified
Your committee therefore recommend that further
action in the matter be suspended, waiting more
favorable opportunity. Your committee further
report that they have examined and approved ths
pay-rolls of the schools for the month of March
and find the same to be as follows:
Salaries of teachers Sl6SoS
| pnftefs 955
officers ......,........................ 7US A
rents 4SS