The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-28
The Telegraph.

ecuting others for what they allege to be an in
fingement Of their rights, their agents are endea-
voring to show how far they can trespass upon the
rights of the community. From the time the teIe-
graph was first extended southwards, the evidence
of bad faith in some of those connected with it has
been apparent Indeed, at one time it rose to such
point that Mr.. French, the Superintendent al
Washington, confessed, in letter published in the
Charleston Courier, that there was "scoundrel-
ism somewhere on the line, and that, after dill
gent inquiry he had not been able to find out
where. We had occasion to remark, few days
since, that despatch, which had been sent to this
city for the Crescent and the papers associated with
it in procuring Geographic news, had not arrived
until the day after, while one for the Picayune.
which had left Charleston at or near the same time
had been duly received. The matter was inquired
into by the gentleman who acts as news agent in
this city-Mr. Fuer-and it appears from the let
ter, of which we publish extract below that the
dispatch to him was put in the office at Charleston
and actually left that city for this place. before the
one for the Picayune; yet the latter was received
in time to be used by our contemporary in his pa
per Of the morning. while the other did not arrive
till after ten o'clock of the day on which the news
was published here The simple statement of this
fact is enough to show the manner in which the
business of the line is conducted. We desire to
make no needless complaints; but when men are
such extreme sticklers for their own rights, thew
should show some regard for the rights of Others
The owners Of the Charleston line are determined
if possible, to enjoy the monopoly of the telegraph.
ing business to and from this city, although there
and would be enough TO make three lines profta-
BILE if properly conducted and they seem also to
have taken a determination, characteristic of mo-
noposts in general and that is to do just as they
please regardless Of every consideration of right or
duty. We do not know, and will not presume to
guess at what point the route between this city
and Charleston the suppression and detention OF
the dispatch took place and it is probable that
even if the managers of the Company should at
tempt to find out, they would be in precisely the
condition previously avowed by Mr.. French-per-
tectly convinced Of the scoundresm' but totally
ignorant of its locality. So it will ever be while
these lines continue monopolies in the hands of
private companies. If the Government had control
of them, as it should have had from the beginning,
the operators would be acting under the sanction
of an oath, and in salutary dread of the Peniten-
tiary if they We're thrown open to competition,
one line would act as a check upon and corrective
VI OtiicI case, peOpio IOTCeu
act business with the telegraph would have some
chance for safety, where they now have at best
chance to be swindled.
The following is the extract of the letter from
Charleston, in reference to the Europa's news, to
which we referred;
--N CHARLESTON, Sept q, 1S4S.
Dear Sir-The EuTopas news was first received by US
Our first dispatch arrived here at o'clock and in time for
postscript in our afternoon edition. Our second dispatch
came to hand not more than hour afterwards and on in
curing at the telegraph Office and finding that the first had
not gone ordered the second which fuller to beim
medately sent to This dole about o'clock p NJ
The Courier dispatch, which to the Pcayune was
not received until later In fact the Courier dispatch was
NOT buetined until after O'clock the news having
been buetned by the Mercury and ourselves about two
hours previously.
We read the contents of your letter the telegraph office
in this city, and they state that dispatch on
frs-6ef0rs the Picayuaes and if ours delayed was
the fault somewhere the between Savannah and
NewOresns The fact that received first the tee
graph office, and was first dispatched south you and pre-
ceding that OF the Pcayune shows that wrong has been
done to you and those concerned in our line.