American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-01-12

NEW ORLEANS Jan, s, 1867.
| have had the pleasure of seem!
General Sterling Price for the frs
time, and was surprised to find hin
such Il stalwart, soldierly looking
man, considering hisage, which mus
be Oh the verge Of seventy. He re
ceived a good deal Of attention il
this city, and was the bserved of al
observers on the steamer which bort
him away, on Friday evening, for st
Louis. He was accompanied by tive
of his daughters. In the number o
those who called to bid adieu to solo
Pap" was Gen. jeff. ThOmpson-''tht
thin man in a -eensOr"-who enter
tanned the party with one of his poet
zeal .teWlletOnstor he is great on a jeaa
desprit. The general impression is
that Gen'l Price will remain, and
take the chances Of pardon, which
is rather hazardous eXperim mt, now
that the Senate has taken away the
pardoning power from the President;
and there is little doubt that the
action of the Senate will dictate the
policy of the House of Reps. But in
the meantime, let us rejoice that we
have Gen. Price with us once more,
to share our fortunes, and ''sink or
swim, survive or perish with his ma
! tive southern country.
The cause of education is receiving
its proper attention in New Orleans.
According to the statement of the
Superintendent of Public Schools. the
average daily attendance is about
eleven or twelve thousand scholars,
whose education employs nearly two
hundred and fifty teachers. The cost
of public education is about twenty
Thousand dollars a month, and the
whole number of schools amounts to
forty-two. 1t has been ascertaiued
that among the topics which the Con
grcSsional Investigating Committee
have had on the tapis, was a charge
that the present board of school di-
rectOrS. upon coming into Office. turn
ed out every Union teacher. The ru-
NOR is that this charge was laid before
congressman belonging to the party
in the ascendant, by an assistant aid
erman and former superintendent of
the public schools, who were lately
in Washington. The assertion has
been met by Mr.. Rodgers, the present
superintendent, showing that one.
hundrcd-and-Seven of the teachers
enployedduring the administration of
the complaining superintendent, have
been retained and it is now known
that several have been reelected,
who, beyond mere political opinions,
made themselves obnoxious, either
by violence in the expressing of their
opinions. or by acting still more rep
rehcnsiblc. There is teacher now
in the schools, who to signify his de-
teStation of the Southern cause, os-
tentatiouSly tramphd under foot
little Confederate flag, and there is
who committed actions sup
posed to be repugnant to a lady-if
such things as she can be called
ladieS-the act of searching the per
sons of those other sex whose misfor-
tune it was to be ordered out of the
city as registered enemies" This
looks more like indulgence than pro-
Well, the Investigating Committee
have closed their labors, and vamOos-
ed bag and baggage, or as Touchstone |
would say, "scrip and scrippage." |
They examined no less than One-hun- |
witnesses in reference
to the riot; of this number fifty were
by the committee of citi-
Gems. They had up Mayor Monroe,
and to show the dRiRus of the major
ity Of this committee, it is only nee
aSsary to state that after some prelim-
mary interrOgatOricS, Mr.. Eliot, of
Massachusetts, chairman, asked him
he had anything to advance
N his dcfcRce! The Mayor replied
hat he was not aware that he was on
rial and it is stated as a fact. that
although he was permitted to testify,
.he majority of the committee, MeSsrs.
Eliot and Shellaberjer, actually
eft the room, Mr.. Boyer, the other
remaining to receive his ev-
evidence of what occurred on that
occasion. 1t is said that
he testimony when written out, will
over over two thousand pages of
loosely written legal cap. As the re-
,ort will be printed in full, the erpose
will be highly interesting; but if Con
gress adopt the majority report, and
my attempt is made to substitute
negro police for the present organi-
alton, look ont for storms. As BY
on said when riding ever the field of ,
Nater,OO-"CrimsOn tears will follow
ct"
\ very oncrOus and unjust tax is
upon certain class of our
lanterS, from which there seems to {
e no hope of immediate escape
Iany persons, particularly in the )
Duthrrn districts of Louisiana, who
uring the past year engaged in the
of Gotten, are without
ms on their plantations, and many {
re unable at the present time to go =
, the expense of purchasing such q
Istly machines, consequently they i
re compelled to ship the staple to {
lis city in the seed. Tie law of +
imposes upon all cotton b
hen IT is thus shipped. tax of three g
,nts per pound, without making any \
between ginned and I'M
nncd therefore, the unfortunate n
anter who is without the necessary d