The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-05-24
REVIEW OF rr WEEK.

has addressed . memorial to the Council,
setting forth that owing to conflicting opin-
ions OF the city's legal counsel and the judy
ment of the Third District Court, great OBJ
stTuction is placed in the way of collecting
the matter by authorizing the receipt Of city
money for taxes. The whole subject Of d
nance is highly discreditabie to the munici-
pal authorities. Prompt and efficient meas
sures should be adopted to redeem the Gre
dit of the city this cannot be done without
sacrifice, and those who advise to the con-
trary are, in principle, inaugurating repu-
diation, of which this do-nothing policy is
the initiatory step. The pretext of not en-
barrassing the future for the sake of present
relief, is the clumsiest of all expedients to
familiarize the people to ultimate step
refusing to pay an honest debt.
CoUNcIL.-The business transacted by
both boards was -unimportant. Mr.. j. w.
Zacharie, appointed by Gen. Buchanan, took
his seat at the Board Of Aldermen, and MI.
Thomas H. Shields, by the same authority,
took his seat at the Assistant Board. In
executive session, Messrs. Armstrong, Gro
nan, and Zacharie were elected directors on
the part of the city for the New Orleans,
jackson, aud Great Northern Railroad Com
pany. Messrs. Davies, Kearney, and Sterry
were appointed o committee by the Assistant
Board to take measures to protect the city
against loss, by recording judgments against
delinquent tax payers.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BoARD.-On Thursday
last, there was q special meeting of the
Board OF Directors of the public schools, to
take cognizance of the report of the attend
ance of colored children in the Bayou Road
school. Debate elected the fact that twenty
eight pupils alleged to be colored, attended
that school, of which MadameBigot is prin-
cipal-two of whom were said to be quite
black. A motion made by Mr.. Thienemann
to discharge this lady, because she did not.
dismiss these children, did not prevail-that
being the superintendent's duty. Mr.. Gro
nan stated that Madame Bigot had been
engaged in the public schools for over thirty
years. After considerable discussion, the
Board appointed committee to investigate
the whole subject and report to an ad-
journed meeting to take place on Wednes-
day next.
.DAMAGEs.-We have another evidence of
the evils Arising from incompetent or I'M
faithful administrators, in the damages
which the experts appointed by the Canal
Carondelet Company and the City, have
awarded against the latter. The sum which
the city is called upon to pay is $25, 900.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED SrATEs.-It
understood that Mayor Heath has taken
preliminary steps to recover 800, 900 from
the General Government for the destruction
of the Touro Almshouse, destroyed while
occupied by United States soldiers. He
likewise intends presenting claim for
about $4,000 expended in providing for the
insane asylum, that which they occupied in
the Parish Prison having been taken pos
session of by the military.
CORNER OF CANAL AND DAUPHINE STREETS
The season is fast approaching, and even now
is, when thoughts of cooling beverages will
haunt with pertinacity not to be denied
Soda, mead, aye, and ice-cream, loom up in i'm
agnation, which sensible people hasten to real
ize in fact. But an important question here