The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-06

quiet was restored.
1t is provided in one of the city ordinances,
which has been 10 force for twelve years past,
that an appropriation of fourteen dollars be made
for each inmate of any orphan asylum in the city,
ana that upon the written order Of the mayor any
asylum claiming the benefit of such appropriation
receive and maintain any orphans Herewith sent
to them. Last year thirteen ssylums availed them.
selves of this privilege, and filed. through their
officers, on the date fixed by the ordnance, a
statement of the number of inmates upon which
might be estimated the aggregate necessary to be
appropriated by the city. This year we learn but
four or five have thus tar done so, although the
first of December last was the specified time. In
order that there may be no misunderstanding re-
lative to the provisions of the ordinance, pub-
lish the following articles of it for the benefit of
all who may be interested:
Art. 100 Q)-That the sum Of fourteen dollars
be and the same is hereby appropriated annually
for the maintenance and education Of each orphan
IN the various ssylums of this city and suburbs,
upon the conditions hereinafter enumerated.
Art. 40 (2)-That the president and secretary.
or the regular legal officers of each asylum claim
ing this appropriation sball, the frat day of De-
cember in each year, furnish TO the controller of
ihe city fail and correct statement OF the num-
Der, age and sex o. each orphan Inmate OF their
dy,du
shall be the basis Of the appropriation for the en-
suing year.
Art. III (3)-That the officers of each and
every asylum claiming this appropriation sh ali,
upon the written order OF the mayor of the city,
receive and maintain all orphans thus sent to
them, free from any additional charge TO the city
and that the controller, upon the certificate of the
mayor that the foregoing conditions have been
complied with, shall warrant on the treasurer in
favor of the president OF each asylum thus enti-
tied for the amount appropriated to each asylum,
in equal quarterly payments.
The patent life insurance company, known as
the Legislature of Louisiana, is now in full opera.
ton. To take out policy in it, all that is neces.
sary is TO be good Radical after the truly loil"
stripe, get killed. and presto the State votes your
wife q pension. Witness the cases of Mesdames
Sinclair, Hurst, Pope, Chase, ct ais. Neat thing,
isn't it
The latest vagary of the Legislature is an act to
prevent the appearance of the MistiCk Krew on
Msrdi Gras night. 1t is not exactly 80 entitled,
but is called " an act to prevent the appearance
of persons masked or otherwise disguised in the
streets of cities and public highways" Il was
INTRODUCED by colored man and brother.
Somebody sportively inclined in the gallery of
cane into the body of the House. The only dam
age done was to startle the nerves of distin.
guished member of the press gang near whom it
fell. The cane was con6scsted and placed at the
speakers desk.
Strangers in the city will find the levee well
worthy OF visit this evening. A number of fine
fast packets are advertised to leave to-day
Amongst them are such clippers as the Belle Lee,
Wild Wagner, Ycksburg and Laiourche. The
sight of all these magnificent steamers will be q
splendid one.
Ever since the beginning OF this session of the
Legislature there has been large police force in
aud about the State House. they were placed
there originally from a fear that the much out
ragedpeople Of New Orleans might prevent the
meeting of the Infamous assembly. But such fears
proved grounSless. our citizens having manifested
disposition TO rather submit TO the existence of
the Legislature than commit any overt acts of
violence against its members, however Unstable
those actions would have been. The fact then
being patent that the black-snd. tans
will not be molested n their legislative
antics, the necessity Of the presence of an
unusual police force of course ceases. Appreciat-
ing this Mr.. Witt, q Democratic member from
New Orleans, yesterday presented a resolution
requesting the superintendent of the metropolitan
police to withdraw from the State House the ex
ira guards which now encompass it. But the
measure met with a storm Of opposition. Phau.
tom daggers" instantly sprang into being in the
imseinations Of the honorable members; visions
OF n X. X, bloody borsemen, K. W. c., skulls
and cross-oones, U. B. D., X. Y. z A. B. G. and
other secret and terrible organizations filed their
minds. and feeling that in the presence of the