The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-07
Tural snteligenre.

LEGISLATIVE IrEMs.-The pages, porters, etc.,
of the House of Representatives appeared yes.
terday morning decorated each with metal
badge inscribed with the title of the office the
weArer held. Mr.. DeGrange offered a resolution
instructiDg the committee on contingent expenses
to inquire as to who paid for the badges and by
wnst nooppIected to the passage of the resolu
ton the speaker said that IL the House refused
70 pass il he himself would instruct an inquiry 10
be made into the useless expenditure. Inc reso.
luton was adopted. Somebody won't get the
nice little thing out Of the legislature which be
thought be would.
The House of Representatives, with the names
of l0l members on the rols-quite number oil
whom are not present has, according 10 state
ment made Yesterday by Mr.. DeGrange, Ill en-
ployes, who must be paid out OF taxes collected
from the people of Louisiana. This is living on
the enemy with vengeance.
The House Of Representatives and its various
committees employ as clerks.
Born BOARDS of the council were called by the
MAYOR to meet in special session last evening Tor
the purpose, we understand, OF taking some ac-
ton with regard to the issue OF certificates oil IN.
debtedness for the alienation OF distress caused
by the non-payment of the city employees. There
was no quorum of either board, however, in at
tendance.
THE TEMPERATURE yesterday, as shown by the
thermometer at @. Duhamel's, removed to III
Canal street, was as follows: At 6 ANTS de-
grees IL N. 81; 3 P. m. "a; 6P. N. So.
DURING The EXCITEMENT on Lafayette Square
| last evening, consequent upon the falling OF the
platform, a gentleman, who, oy the way, rs vice
| president of one of our first class Democratic
| clubs lost q valuable cane. engraved " A. W. N.
! TO W. Hp II anybody has found it he will confer
favor on the owner by leaving it at this Office.
As ROLLINS passed from st. Charles into Canal
| street. last night, on his way TO the Democrauc
| headquarters, lie was surrounded py pouy 8uAru
| of white men, whilst on the opposite corner, or
! neutral ground, large force OF policemen de-
| ployed in military order, and walked down the
| street parallel to the negro orator. There was
disturbance. and there were no Jeers or insa,.s
| from the crowd. This was due, probably, TO the
| speeeh of Governor WArmoth the other day. and
TO the editorial appeal in yesterdays Repub'
| lioan.
OUR THAMES are rendered 10 Messrs. Byrd
Sheldon and Dick, committee, for invitations y
attend the presentation OF hags to the seymour
Knights Saturday evening next, the 9Th inst, q
seven O'Clock. -t
NOTHING OF ANY interest in any Of the court
yesterday.
VIZ UNDERSTAND Oscar j. Dunn, the lieutenant
governor is warmly opposed TO the idea enter
famed by men of his own color OF thrustin
Themselves into public places frequentea ON.
by white men. He says, so we hear, una
negroes ought to patronze negroes, .
| whites patroniZe whites; that the negroes are u
majority and in power, and If they cannot get q
theaters, bar-rOoms and beer saloons, equal J
point of attraction to those frequented oy wnlt
men, they had better let the matter alone
Whether our information is correct or not, we CIV
II as we heard il. Dunn says the negroes sho
their nferiority by insisting on frequenung place
of white resort. Let them start such places {
their own, and let "the white trash," Nv
hardly believe Oscar J. ever used that tern
, alone in their glory. II these sentiments who
, we have heard simply in gossiplng way, are co
. | rect they show that Lieutenant Governor Dun
ia man of more than ordinary good sense, az
, | that he appreciates the inevitable and lrreco
) | clable difference which exists between the WIN
! | man and the black.
I THE SORRENTO. the last three master below II
: upper cotton press, left last night with heA'
cargo of tobacco.
!, UYpER THE CONSTITUTION, lately adopted, the
> are one hundred and one members OF u
Eouse of Representatives. OF lthese fifteen
= tween are dispOssessed Of their seats
u. an arbitrary ruling. But there are one hu
: bred and thirteen funetionarles or unoe
. strappers employed, for the use and graancatl
of the less than one hundred members. Inc
> hnndTed and thirteen employees are sergeant-i
arms and assistants, pages and assistant pag'
Dorters and their aids. The pages and
u porters bear a German silver badge appended
% heir necks showing the nature OF their emplc
?. meut How much do these pages and port'
of | and assistant sergesnts- arms get per dlel
m How much did their badges OF servltooe COSY
Q. When the wealthy planters OF Louisiana used
ne be the majority in the legislature there were
10 sergeant az arms, a doorkeeper, postmaster
10 | two or three pages in either house. Those pla
n, | srs did their own posting, paging and doorke
n | ing mostly. Bot the radicals, who ?
d. tend TO perfect equality = to disco
ed no difference between white and oisckS D
upon the breast of everybody pe'oH