The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-14

shaw. Francisco Gener, 4. Zambe n, Jonn mug,
William Holigrave, Charles E. McClellsni, George
Wise, Leopold Roux, Felix veau. " MoranO,
Edgar Thomas and George Dupre. An abstract
of the document Is annexed:
The lbersliiy of the people in contributing to
The support Of public charities, curing these times
of financial embarrassment and general distress,
is referred to.
PRISONS AND CHARITABLE INSTRUCTIONS.
The Insane Asylum, situated 10 the Third Dis,
trict Il represented to be too small and too Old
and dilapidated. There are LOG inmates, OF whom
81 are females The establishment is ss well
ordered ss the condition Of the building will rer-
NIT, under the supervision OF hr. Gastave iru.
deau, the officer in charge of the Institution. 4
Iksmanagement OF the Parish Prison, under the
management If Capt. Robert Swain, meets the
unqualified approval Of the jury.
They likewise approve the admnst OF MI
| j. A. Noble as keeper of the W0rkhousa.
The wardenship Of Mr.. w. Bosworth, 10 the
| BOYS House Of Refuge, also obtains the con-
| incubation OF the jury. as does tue condition OF
tie Girls House OF Refuge, in charge oil Mrs
Stokes.
The Charity Hospital is referred to as being. in
J every respect fully up to its former state Of
| oroer, system, and hygenic regulation.
| The ST. Mary's Orphan Boys Asylum 10 the
| Third District, under Father Condor, has $50 boys
IN IT, of various ages. from that OF sixteen TO IN
fancy Il is supported mainly by private contri--
buttons. the appropriations OF STATE and city Tor
Il lis maintenance DtlDB very SMALL. lut Ntutld'
ton and cleanliness Of the institution elected the
admiration OF the jury.
The ASYLUM Of The Immaculste Conception. at
/ the corner Of Elmira and Lsvee streets, under
Sister Mary OF the Holy CIoss, IS now IN compare
tive destination. The inmates are rs females, who
| aIe provided with a school where the Iudiments
are taught, also the art Of sewing.
The Asylum for Widows and Old Men, corner
4 Of LahaTpe and Johnson streets, Mrs. BaIjac ID
charge. hiss SO men, 40 women ana q children.
i The means OF the institution are insufficient 10
supply the quality Of food required by aged
people and people in delicate healta. Discipline,
order and cleanliness, the jury say, do not pre-.
vail here in such PERFECTION as in the otaer
The Jury regretted 10 find that the House of the
| Good Shepherd, where sinful women are sought
| TO lie reformed, Is not provided Ia all respects,
'as tits In devoted and ene getc Sisters Of Charity,
| undeT the exemplary superntendence OF Mother
| Agnes" The means Of the institution are very
| limited and the building too small to accommo-
| date the numerous inmates.
81. Vincents Home for Boys, on Bienvlle
| street, deserves more encouragement than il re-
| eeiyes, when the worthy object for which II was
founded il considered-'the nstilling OF religious
and industrious principles in pareniless and friend
less children"
"The Children's Home Of the Protestant Epsco-
pal Church reflects great credit on Mr.. George 5.
Lacey, to whose U ring efforts the city owes
1.-The New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum, IN.
der Sister Mary Margaret, together with st. Eliza
beths Asy um under Sister Angelica, are the most
finished, spacious and comfortable Institutions OF
their nature in the city, but their resources have
been go curtsiled, owing TO the stringency Of the
mes, that they were forced TO contract large
debts ia order TO support their very numerous in
/ mates"
1.-The Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans is
! very creditsbly managed by Miss Noel. This
! Asylum is the only one whose wants are very ade-
quately supplied
"St. Anna's Asylum for destitute females and
l nv N
is sdmirsbly conducted by board of directresses
| of whom Mrs. james Clark Is the president. This
establishment, Notwithstanding the unremitti0g
| efforts of the directresses, never be self sus
i taining, the inmates, forty five IN number, being
| for the most part old women, who have nearly
reached the three years and ten, and there
fore their claims upon the public charity are Of
the fairest'
st vincents Infant Asylum, Sister Mary
| Agnes in charge, can be compared to the best
| asyums in this city. 1t contains one hundred aud
thirty inmates. OF whom thirty are sucklings. The
private contributions 10 this Institution are said 20
| be very hberal.,'
THE POLICE AND THE GAMBLERS.
After q recommendation of more stringent
| measures for the suppression of the practice Of
carrying concealed weapons. the jury say they
have endeavored TO do something TO abate the
vice Of gambling, but have been unsuccessful, and
they add:
"But the seeming ignorance OF the police and
their reticenee on the subject precnded all pro
ceediDgs, not, however, without leaving on the
| minds of the Grand Jury serious doubts to the
bona fde ignorance which they profess"
THE GRANGER cAsE-coRRUPTIoN IN THE FOURTH
| DISTRICT RECORDERS COURT.
The jury present the show booths on the levee
| as gambling hells,n into which the unsOphisti
Gated are enticed and defrauded Of their money.
| The jury says on another subject:
I" The grand jures preceding this one have
| often complained to this honorable court of the
irregular acts performed in some of the recorders
courts of this city. The same abuses are still
prevalent. For instance: On very recent oc-
casion prisoners were tried for larceny convicted
and sentenced to the Parish Prison, without the
intervention Of this honorable court. Il is true
the magistrate excused his action on the specious
| grounds Of humanity, as he had fastened the
usual slow process Of law to shorten incarcera-
ton, but, in the opinion Of the Grand Jury, it
would be q dangerous precedent to establish that
the dispenser OF justice should allow his feelings
to Influence him in the exercise of his functions.
gain. in the recorders court of the Fourth
District. where the law appears to be but loosely
! administered, some of the officials connected
herewith have interested themselves In favor of
| prisoners, in consideration Of money paid them,
and, in one particular case party Of most su-
spicious character and antecedents, arrested, at
the instance OF one of our most respected citizens,
was bailed by the principal clerk of said court,
| who signed the bond, and, as might have been
expected. the prisoner SO released has never ap.
peared for trial.
THE POLICE AND THE THIEVES.
1.-The police, dumb as regards the gamblers
and gambling dens, are not the less deaf and
| blind in behalf of the burglars, of whom the
| number are unprecedented in our midst. Tbe fire.
| queDt attempts at and combinations of burgaries,
not merely In the outskirts of the city, where the
police might he few and less vgilant, but ia the
most centred quarters, may justly be attributed
in a great measure TO the inertia of our police,
whom long impunity has taught the burglars TO
contemn. 1be chisels aud skeleton keys, those
secretand noiseless appliances thieves we're wont
10 operate with, are now replaced by gun
powder. accompanied by fierce explosions. we
have very lately had an example. Within a few
steps Of our most central police station, short
time since, the municipal treasury barely escaped
plumber. The repeated occurrence of way laying
and matreating Of citizens by desperadOes, aud
tue great facility with which they escape justice
should become matter OF serious consideration.
In fine, the Grand Jury do not hesitate to pro-
nounce our entire police force utterly remiss in
the fulhllment of their important duties"
TIE CHAIRMAN or THE COMMITTEE on STREETS
AND<LANDlNGs AND STREET COMMISSIONER BA-
KER.
THE Investigations held before the Grand Jury
In the case Of the street commissioner aud Of the
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