New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-18
MORNING, MAY IS, 1866

special aid in the mayOraty office. a more ap-
propnate selection could hardly have been made,
for Mr.. Mensman is gentleman widely known,
of most courteous manners, and will fill accept
ably to our citizens the position to which he has
I been assigned.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC scHooLs.-AnI
adjourned meeting of this board was held last
night, in the room of the board of assistant
| aldermen.
Thirteen members present, and Judge Augustin
presiding.
| communication from the city attorney, recon-
mending the acceptance of the offer of Mrs Farley,
to vacate the premises known as the Live Oak
School, upon being paid $500, after some dis
cussion was adopted, on motion of Mr.. Richards,
seconded by Mr.. Race, who made some convincing
remarks on the subject. ..s- .Lasf i.
Through DR.. Goldman, its jealous and intelligent
| chairman, the Committee on Teachers presented
their report They notified the board that Miss
Nellie Watson had been appointed to the Fisk
school; Miss Virginia Beggs, to the Jefferson Mr..
Lyman T. Reed and Miss Moran to the Fillmore
Miss Burei, to the Claiborne Mrs. 4 Pitkin. to
the Barracks; Mrs. Flynn, temporarily transferred
TO the Basin street school.
The committee called attention to them as su.
porior and valuable teachers and recommended
suggested that the principal and first assistant
of the Chalmette school received lover salaries
than teachers Of similar grade in other schools
1Aat the former should receive S12OO per annun,
and the latter $1,000 A resolution to this effect,
subsequently offered by DR.. Goldman, was adopted.
The report Of the superintendent, Mr.. w. O.
Rogers, which we noticed fully in our report of
the late regular meeting was presented, as it was
not formally read at the regular session. we pub
lished the days suggested for the examination OF
the various schools, but Mr.. Rogers has made
changes, we give below the corrected list of the
schools to be examined and the days set apart for
that purpose:
Monday, June Hancock, Mccarthy, Washing
ton boys.
Tuesday June Washington, girls; Chalmette,
0 POntchartrain.
, Wednesday, June Clover Girls High School,
DeSoto.
Thursday, June Fillmore and Beauregard.
s Friday, June 8-LeBreton, boys and girls Bayou
r Road.
!. Monday, June Barracks, St. Ann and Clai
borne.
) =, Tuesday, June l2--Lower Boys High School
{, | st. Philip.
Is Wednesday, June l3-Bienyille, Robertson
Madison.
Thursday. June l4-Basin, Rampant, Fisk.
u Friday, June l5-Upper Boys High School
e. Paul.
N Monday, June 18- Marshall, Franklin and Clio
"A Tuesday, June l9-Jefferson, Webster.
- Wednesday, June 20-Jackson, boys and girls
IN Laurel,
+ Thursday, June Clipper Girls High School
= Magnolia.
!, :. Friday, June 22-McD Donogh. Live Oak.
Only partial examination of the High Schools
Mr.. Rogers recommended that as severa
Is papis of the High Schools would not be abb
" te Femain longer than this session, that certif
9 cate attestng their merit should be given them
also, that the promotion Of pupils to higher classe
~ ~ should not be governed by the annual examiut
lS zion, but by the record Of the scholastic year tt
~ ireport was adopted.
NJ A resolution by DR.. Goldman to incorporate Il
following in the rules in regard to teachers, WI
- adopted: That any teacher who resigns shs
i give two weeks notice to the board of director
p7 But teachers absent from their places witho
satisfactory cause, for three successive days. sha
Ae be considered as having resigned.
er Communications from Mr. and Mrs. Gottsehal
e' offering for sale to the board certain propert
w. suitable for school purposes from the librarian
'e Gnd iFon Ar. Garrison, principal of the Pauldn
NC school, resigning his position, and asking for h
~ pro rata of pay during the vacation were referre
ny to appropriate committees.
I'd Leave of absence was granted Mr.. Glend
Burke, president Of the board, for one month, an
er Mr. E. L, Jewell for six weeks.
gu The board then adjourned.
W. CoRoNER,s INeUEsT-The investigation in r.
IN gard to the death of Rose Bougny, the old negI
Of woman who was found dead in disreputab
We house which she kept on St. Louis street. was col
ice cluded yesterday before DR.. Delery. The verde
rendered was that the deceased came to her deal
all by strangulatiop, caused to the best of their b.
!. lief, by August Query and Mrs johnson. II
nd shocking deed is supposed to have been melted
ore a desire to obtain possession of money, as the
ent pearance of the room indicated that thoroul
search had been made of the apartment in Whit
u the tragedy occurred. Whether that obte
lei was attained or not it is hard to tell. Tho CO
-" oner found some two hundred dollars in baskt
t9 but this is no proof that other booty was not
ot tanned. The parties accused are in custody al
~ ~ will have full hearing before Recorder Gastnt
.ne An inquest was also held on the body of a m;
found dead in the river the foot of Canal stree
saO The deceased was evidently sailor. As the
li,, were no marks of violence on the body, verdi
en- of " found drowned " was rendered.
the inquiry in regard to the death of John Smit
who was fatally crushed on the 14th inst betwe,
3ef two cars the Pontchartrain railroad result,
.tr t in a verdict which attached no blame to any nc
er son, and attributing the calamity to accident.
rus The investigation in the case of Ellen Cash
ls7 was also concluded last evening" and resulted in
verdict being rendered that she died Of woul
in the head, inflicted by one Matt. Hogan II
testimony eorresponded with the account of Il
for homicide which we have already published II
"a; gan is under arrest.
*, SUIo1DE,-E. Alexander, resident of the Four
District, and connected with the trading boatl
i, :, E. Lee, committed suicide on the evening of Il
10th, at Alexandria He first stabbed himself al
lew then jumped overheard from the steamer Alabam
llv His effects are the Alabama, where his frien
Ice can learn all the particulars.
en- en- FIRE.-The alarm last night was occasioned
eTs the discovery of fire in the sailoft of John Och
ity eyich, on Levee street. between Hospital and Ba
ca racks. The destruction of five six sails was Il
~ ~ amount of the damage done. We could not lea
res how the fire originated.
CUTrING.-At late hour, night before last,
,. man named Billy Sullivan was cut in the neck in
disreputable house, at the corner of Customhou
inn and Fillere streets, by woman named Lou
Graves. He was conveyed to the Charity Hos,
Fbo ! tai, but his wound was declared not dangero
ity The particulars of the affair are not vet
*, Feloped, but will be, we presume, before Recort
"a