The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-02
CITY TOPICS.


| CITY TOPICS.
Yesterday was a little damp. That the damp
ness was a city topic while it lasted, and that the
word damp, slightly modified in pronunciation,
was repeated very often in discussing the subject,
are two facts not to be doubted. Another item
which found frequent notice was that there was
| all over town az too much water for the whisky"
to remedy which unnatural state Of affairs quite
9 number Of patriots heroicslly inundated them.
selves, some even losing their equilibrium in the
endeavor' to restore the equilibrium OF the city.
An excellent thing happened Saturday in the
Sixth District Court. A case was going on for
divorce, the wife being plaintiff. Plaintiff brought
in q witness OF her own sex to testify that the
husband had committed adultery, and had further
diverted the means necessary for the support of
his household 10 the pleasures Of another woman
but how do you know these facts }" asked the
lawyer for the defense in his cross-questi0ning
"simply because l am the person." was the can
did reply.
The report of the superintendent of public
| education, Conway the yirtuous, was yesterday
| laid before the House. There are few interest
beauties. There are now in the State 2l6 schools
for colored children, with $50 teachers, and at
tendance of Il 800 scholars. In the report is in
| closed the report of Mr.. W O. Rogers, superin.
tendent of the public schools of New Orleans
This shows that there in the city now in opera
ton SO public schools, employing BOZ teachers,
having had az ,055 children on their roles during
! the past year o.. --.ersge atsendsnce OF
| 1886, and an average of SO scholars TO each
teacher. OF these, IA are colored schools, with
SO teachers and 1926 scholars. Under the present
State laws, the school tax, ii collected would be
81 IS per spnum to each child in the State. Con-
way asserts that in tie Northern and Western
States the average to each child is from $40 to SIS
thus showing large difference against Louisiana.
| A plain and leeible hand " iit'ug is one Of the
lost easily acquired accomplishments within the
| reach of ary man whose business it is TO put his
| thoughts on paper. As be reads books and pom.
ders, ought he TO train his fingers in recording
his ideas on paper, IN order to make them legibe,
| Dot only TO himself but TO others. The only occa-
sion for an excuse for man whose chirogrsphy
| is illegible is when be wishes to conceal bad
| spelling.
Mamsde X. paid New Years visit at a certain
residence in rbe French part of town. Her hat
was qpte remarkable, the principal portion of it
| being imita,ion of ivy. After her withdrawal the
lady of the house asked her hrsband if he had
noticed Madame KS hat Don't be surprised
it. my dear, all know the ivy is always to be
| found on ruins" was the husbands reply.
That incompatible paniot wicklife the State
auditor. is being sued all sides and By all kinds
| of people. II the readers of the CRESCENT want
| to know The grounds upon which this noble
minded man refuses to pay the StsTe's dues, let
them refer to the local column this morning and
read what he has dictated to enc Of his numerous
! clerks. The magnanimous reasons of this lllus.
| trious man are worthy Of Epamnondas, CsmillEs,
| Regulus and all the other celebrities of ancient
Greece and Rome, whose stern and in6exibls in
! tegritY he has marked out for his own example.
Truly, the devil can quote Scripture for his pur-
pose and who was that mother bawd, in some
old ngsh play, that was always bsrping upon
her virtue? Alb, Wickfe, Joseph Surface
must have been drawn from thy prototype, aud
Ferdinand Mendez Pinto was no circumstance to
thee
What a glorious winter this is for the young
! folks Parties Ice the war have never been so
numerous and SO handsome, and other entertain
ments have never so multiplied in any previous
season since the late unplessantness. One reason
for this is thar Lent comes very early this year,
and the cFlpivel beng very short, great deal
of pleasure must be crowded into very short
time, for to-day week will be Msrdi.Grss. Well,
If our people Keep the long fast as well as they
have celebrated the short feast, what devout
city New Orleans will be in a week
Hss Mr. Seward negotiated with the deputy
clerk Of the weather 10 Alaska to exchange jurls-
dotion with the deputy who dictates over the
delta formation of the Mississippi! The Oldest
inhabitant, driedup darky, who carried General
Washipgtons baby form in his arms, and at
tempted to shoulder the responsibility of cutting
down the cherry tree, swears that since the year
al "he has not witnessed so chaugeable aud rainy
q winter as The present one.
The Houae Of Representatives with which
Louisiana is row blessed, ia not the most modest
body in the world. Not content with :" H.
vestigstng" The conduct of STATE officers,
they have now turned their attention to the pro-
oetdngs of United States officials, with whom
they have es much to d. as they have with the
king of Ashsntee or the high.cock .o-lorum of Da.
cited their curiosity in regard to his proceedings,
is Mr.. E. E. Norton, the assignee in bankruptcy
for the district of Louisiana. 80 yesterday res.
CLINTON was introduced, requesting the represen-
tstves of Louisiana in Congress and instructing
the individuals now playing (for limited engage
ment only the parts of senators in Congress from
Louisiana to use their best efforts to induce Con-
gress TO appoint g committee TO investigate the
official proceedings of Mr.. Norton. But, in mercy
to Mr.. Norton. they did not pass the resolution
Immediately, allowing it to lie over until to-day.
In the Martin case, before Recorder Gastinel,
few days ago, an unusual ebution took place on
the part OF the crowded audience. AIR. Lambert
was addressing the court, in French, for the
prisoner. He Yves eloquent and impsssioned-so
much 30 that when he had finished his peroration,
the crowd rose, as if by one impulse and gave
him three hearty rounds of applause. Judge Gas
tinel Immediately ordered the officers to suppress
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