The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-07

ancient days to introduce old Mississipps aqueous
currents into the arteries OF the body corporate
| New. Orleans possesses water advantages un-
| equaled else where on the globe. Except when
the river Is at its lowest stage ssurface ia above
the level of our streets. An outlay of q score OF
| thousands could renew the blessing which war
| and neglect have long left unused and unenoyed.
The individual. whether an alderman or assistant
alderman, or q wealthy private citizen, who could
carry through the enterprise OF reopening and in
creasing the number of sluices at the foot Of our
| streets will be far more deserving Of popular
| gratitude and remembrance than such visionary
phianthropist as John McDonough, with all his
| millions bequeathed in charity aud chimericai
projects for the advancement of his fellow-citi-
| zens and his own immortality.
TIE PUBLIC scHooLs.-There are now in this
city thirty-six district and three high schools for
white and sixteen for col0red children. The total
number Of teachers is 3l4 of white pupils IL l63,
| colored 4477. This number of colored children
is larger than that of pupils who were in attend.
anee in the white schools in 1852, twelve years
| after the public school organization.
The board of directors seriously embarrassed
by the refusal of the council to allow the addition
| al appropriation Of $4,000 to be placed to the
| credit of the school fund.
The board Of directors and the superintendent
and bis able assistant have labored with untiring
| zeal in their duties.
| In compensation and In other particulars, no
| distinction is made by the board in the duties OF
| positions of the teachers employed in the white
and colored schools. The rule ia applicable to all
| teachers that they must possess the necessary
moral and scholastic qualifications. IL may be
questioned if in any part of the country, North or
| south, there exist schools for colored children,
| where the teachers employed are allowed higher
| compensation, or are better qualified than those
in this city. Five Of the teachers are colored;
one of them, Mr.. P. M. Williams, principal of the
! Graver street school for boys, is graduate of
| New England college. His school Is a large and
important one, and is kept in good discipline and
| under careful instruction by himself aud his as
| sistants who are all members of his family His
son, who is first assistant, among his other duties,
| teaches vocal and instrumental music to the
| school.
| No difficulty has been experienced in assign
| ing the eolOred children to separate schools. The
most intelligent of the parents Of such children
have almost universally expressed their content
| ment with, or their preference for, an arrange
ment which experience has shown TO be conduc.
| i've to the best interests Of both classes. Con.
| tentions harsh rivalries. bitter heart-burnings,
otherwise engendered, are now avoided.
THE NExr GRAND ToURNAMENr.-At a meeting
| held last evening of the gentlemen who have uH-
| dertaken TO organize the next grand tournament,
to take place at the Fair Grounds, for he benefit
of the family of Lieut.. J. c. Braine, Col. Gus. A.
| Breeux was called 10 preside, and the following
| appointments were made; Major W. G. Squires to
have exclusive charge Of the gates and ball room,
with authority to appoint his assistants; j. S.
| Skinner, q, secretary and treasurer; w.
| j. Denegre, Esq, superintendent of the oc-
| tsgoDsl building, and Major ]. E. Austin,
ofhcer of the day. The day selected for the grand
rural festival is Friday next, and the programme
| will consist, among other entertainments, of
| grand tilt in the arena, in which many knights in
| the last tournament will take part. The whole
| will conclude with grand ball in the octagonal
building. The admission will De fifty cents to the
| grounds and fifty cents TO the ball room. No
| charge will be made for seats on the grand stand,
and the coronation of the "Queen of Beauty and
! Love" will take place, on this occasion, on the
| platform in the arena Immediately after the tit
5el,o olapa ffo IF nufo he
| will be under the patronage Of some Of the most
respectable ladies Of this city, list OF whom wiz
be given shortly.
PUMoRED DISTURBANCE AT KENNER. = We
| lesrned last evening that q serious disturbance
had occurred at Kennervlle. Jefferson parish. The
account was that deputy sheriff had gone thither
| from Carroton to arrest a negro, charged with
some offeDse, but had in discharging that duty
been fred upon by him.. The officer returned the
fire, wouDding his assailant, whereupon the ne
| groes are said TO have rallied in large numbers
armed with weapons, aud making such demon
sratlons that a courier was sent TO Greenville to
call for a detachment of soldiery to restore quiet
FIRST DISTRICT CoURr-It will be remembered
that in July Of last year q negro named Ammey
BTuiDgton, employed as hostler and general SER
want at the of Third and st. Charles streets,
committed horrible outrage upon the person Of
young girl the daughter of white people, who
was in the habit of peddling eggs. The ne
gro was convicted by o Jury, in the First
District Court. and the penalty was death.
me counsel for the accused recently made q
motion for a new trial, which was refused by
Judge Howe, the decision being as follows, on the
points raised Sy counsel for accused: "lat- On
account of evidence alleged to have been ne WY
discovered. I'd. On account of alleged Irregular
tiles tin the drawing, summoning and impaneling
the Grand Jury that found the bill. And Sd, on
account of alleged irregularities in the drawing,
summoning and impaneling Of the petit jury be-
fore whom the case was tried" Says the
Judge; "The first ground is not sustained !;
upon the trial of the rule, accused sought
to show that there was newly discovered
evidence; but utterly failed. / am constrained
to believe that, in this regard, the affidavit of the
prisoner is untrue. Neither can the point made
as to the grand jury avail the prisoner. The in.
dictment was found before the military registry
of voters was comprehensive grand jury was
drawn from the, then, last list of registered vot.
ers in this parish and the decision Ia the case OF
the State vs. Morgan does not apply. AS to the
petit jury there were no challenges, either to the
array or to the polls, for the cause now urged in
support of a new trial. 1t is too late to raise such
questions after verdict. " Motion for new trial
reiusedn
appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court.
In the meantime the negro remains in prison,
without benefit of BAIL
The following sentences were passed yesterday
in this court:
Arthur Banks, assault and battery, $50 or
twenty days in the Parish Prison.
Colored Janvier, assault and battery, six months
in the Parish Prison.
Robert Williams, larceny, two months in the
Parish Prison.
Henry Young, larceny, three months in the
Parish Prison.
Matt. Crowly, larceny, three months in the
Parish Prison.
Garnett Howard, larceny, six months hard Ia
| Dor in the Penitentiary.
VIM. Keys, alias Frank Brown, larceny, six
| months hard labor in the Penitentiary.
Levy Miller, larceny, ak months hard labor in
| the Pententiary.
Patrick keenan, was tried, yesterday before q
jury, for stabbing with intent TO murder, and ac-
quilted.
| ARBEsTs.-FTancis FIGHTER was arrested not
long after midnight on Saturday morning on
warrant from Recorder Gastnel, charged with OBJ
| tanning goods under false pTetenses. The charge
was preferred by q. d. Terrebonne.
Dan CavaDagh was arrested at / P. NJ, on Sat
! urday on the steamship George Washington,