New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-05-10

able to obtain them without an adequate
remuneration. On the other hand the office
of the Assistant City Attorney is one oflarge
emoluments, and requires little or no legal
talent in the execution of its duties. l
would therefore respectfully recommend
that the two offices be consolidated in one,
so as to make the large fees now derived
from the one compensate for the labor and
talent required for the other.
By ordinance No. 1861, the City Attorney
is made the custodian of the city archives,
which are to be collected together and regu-
larly arranged and indexed for reference by
the city authorities. / regret to be under
the necessity of informing you that the
archives of the city are not kept as they
should be, and that the room in which they
are stored exhibits evidences of careless
ness and want of order and method that are
very reprehensible. | therefore recommend
that steps be taken to enforce the provisions
of this ordinance as well as those OF Ordl-
nance No. 10, new series, to which l refer
your honorable body.
the number of arrests made in the city
during the past year, i. e., from April /,
| 1867, to April /, 1865, is of startling char
acter. 1t would appear from this document
| that not less than thirty-eight thousand
| four hundred and ffty-three arrests have
been made for various otfenses during that
period. The cases of assault and battery
are two thousand and seven; of drunken
ness, i've thousand one hundred and sixty
nine Of drunkenness, connected with dis
| turbance of the peace, one thousand six
| hundred and fifty of fighting and dis
turbiug the peace, one thousand three
hundred and thirty-eight of larceny, one
thousand six hundred and nineteen; Of
| assault with intent to murder, one hundred
s,F ,Fyvfl
of robbery, three hundred and sixteen; Of
vagrancy, one thousand four hundred and
siXty.one.
l forbear, however, from extending the
catalogue, which is only calculated to ava
ken painful reflections as to the prevalence
of crime in this enlightened and Christian
city. Can nothing be done to arrest its
progress!
visit the charitable institutions Of various
character in New Orleans, with the view of
obtaining information in relation to them,
| touching matters of much interest not gem
orally known to the public, the details of
which, when his report is made up, will be
| valuable as matter Of reference and rec
| ord to our citizens and to strangers visiting
| u.s. He is instructed to ascertain the names
of these several institutions; their locality;
the date of their origin; the religious
denomination to which they belong; the sex
or sexes of the inmates; their resources, or
how sustained; the terms Of admission into
them, if any; by whom managed, whether
by boards or superintendent; the number
of inmates of each, with such general state,
ments as may be obtained from the heads
OF the establishments themselves from their
reports, or otherwise The number of these
| institutions in New Orleans is greater than
| has been generally supposed Mr.. Harris
| has already visited nineteen, and accumula.
ted a mass of facts that can not fail to be
| regarded as valuable and interesting. He
has everywhere been kindly received, and a
| disposition been manifested to communicate
all the information respecting the history OF
these institutions which he desired to pro.
cure. In a few days 1 shall have the pleas.
| ure of presenting to you the result of his
useful inquiries in the shape Of a report
| from him.
Two liberal donations have been made to
the city, one for the purpose Of building an
| asylum for Protestant widows and orphans,
by the late ohm D. Fink; tine other for the
erection of an almshouse, BY the late Judah
| TOuro. No steps have yet been taken to
carry out the will of the former The com.
missioners under the latter muniicent be-
| quest erected a large aud c1mmodious
| building near the river in the Third Dis.
trict, OH q square of ground donated for the
same purpose by the late Rein D. Shep-
/ iNAes AAo cNAi'AAAA51 IL OH NAAAl6uCh
state, was taken possession of by the mill.
tary, and occupied as quarters for negro
| troops. During such occupancy it was
burned. There was no insurance, and the
| fund having been nearly exhausted in
| erecting this editice, the commissioners
asked and obtained permission to turn
over the balance, about four thousand dol
| lars, to the city.
As an institution Of this kind is very
much needed l would suggest the necessity
of taking steps to erect suitable building
| where the really deserving may find shell
| ter. 1t also occurs to me that the United
States government is liable for the loss sus
tanned by the city in the burning of this
building.
By ordinance No. Sc, new series, it was
contemplated to break up the Insane Asy
lum in the Third District, two years ago,
| by sending the inmates to the State instiUu
| ton at jackson; but the financial condition
| of the latter has been such as to prevent the
| carrying out of the ordinance. 1t affords
me much pleasure to state that this institu
ton is very satisfactorily conducted under
the management of Mr.. ]. Trudeau.
| regret that the report of the Street
Commissioner was handed in at so late
an hour this evening that / have been
| unable critically 60 examine it. 1t treats
in general, of the condition of the public
streets at the time he came into office
on the breaking up of the contract sys
tenn; makes lllusion to the Waterworks
| controversy; STATES the cost of macadam.
| izing Canal and Magazine streets; also, the
comparative costs of the department since
she gear 1851; dTTci.s iii the diiapiidiatt5di
| condition of Locust Grove Cemetery and
Lafayette Cemetery No. 2: recommends a
| system of paving, and expresses his views
In respect to improvement of the City Park
and public squares, and the Pound system.
| His report is submitted to your Honorable
Board, and will speak for itself
| Very respectfully,
E. HEATH, Mayor.
| NEW ORLEANS, May 8, 1865.
Mr.. Sullivan announced that he would
move a reference of the several parts of the
Mayors Message to the appropriate com.
mittees as soon as printed, and offered the
following resolution, which was adopted:
Resolued, That one thousand copies of the
Mayors Annual Message and accompanying
documents be printed and bound in pam.
phlet form tor the use Of this Board.
The following reports accompanying the
Mayors message were received:
STREET COMMISSIONERS REPORT.
STREET COMMISSIONERS DEPARTMENT, \
Room No. City Hall.
Hon. E. Heath, Mayor: my = ''O'' ,
STR-In accordance with your request,
have the honor to submit the following re-
port Of the operations of this department
since the fifth day of June, 1867:
At that time, when entered upon the
duties Of Street Commissioner, l found the
whole department without any systematic
organization, and apparently running itself
Many Of the streets, indeed may say nearly
all, In the rear of Rampant street had moi
been cleaned for long time. The cleaning
Of the streets Of the third district, compcs
ing the heVenfh aiphth and ninth ,r.rd..