New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-28

THE TEN HOUR RULE--A MISSING BANKER-RAII.-
ROAD sToCK--CORPoRATION TRICKERY-NEws-
PAPER PRESSES, ETC, ETC.
Correspondence of tbs gr,srtnt.
BALTIMORE, November Is, 1853
The operatives in the factories throughout the State Of
Maryland are making earnest effort to establish the
ten hour system the rule in their workshops and the
effort the likely be successful from the wise and
conciliatory manner in which 1t is made Instead Of
sorting to the expedient of strike mutually destruc
tive to the employer and the employee-the operatives
have appointed delegates to convention the
of which have far been directed to endcavors to
vince the proprtos Of the justice and the proprety of
the In order to render the ten hour system
universal throughout the country they have suggested
the proprisy of the operatives of each manufacturing
State holding State Conventions for the purpose of select
ing and sending delegates National Convention be
held in the city Of New York at such time may here
after be designated,
Consderab. talk has been occasioned Sub ,osa by tho
disappearance of young man, late member in
change and banking firm of this city The first intima
ton that given of his intention to leave his friends
the appearance Of his among the passengers
by the last Liverpool steamer. Inquiry then made
snd it found that he had not only gone of himself
without any extended eave-aking, but also had been
unceremonious in taking with him considerable amount
Of money and other securities belonging to the firm The
amount variously stated and the affair will probably
be hushed up, is not likely to be accurately known.
Our Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stock, the ball
Of fortune what WORSE Of spectators is again down
in the market The bulls, having sold time all they
wanted at the late advance have become bear and knock
ed it fiat. They buying to-day at $50 to fill saes
made few days since at 500 onc seller alone has made
so by days operations The GALES Of the week
show extreme rise ard fall Of So and amount to
II 500 shares the largest weeks business done by
the Stock Board Of our city.
One of these dsgraccful acts of trickery and
puous partisanshp that too often disgrace the manage
ment Of chartered corporations has lately been
plhed here in the removal Of Mr.. Wright from the
Presidency of the Baltimore and susquebannah Railroad
and the election of Col G, W Hughes The affair was
accomplished By intriguing combination Of directors
suddenly that the friends of the road and Of Mr. Wright
could rally to his support but the act strongly
condemned by the press and has brought such mered
oboquy its incers that they would gladly escap
| from the consequences.
Our newspaper friends Of the Sun have lately intro
duced into their press-room two of Hoes "las fss
presses s'-eombnations cylinders, cog wheels springs
bolts and tapes that take in the white paper at fou
voTacious mouths and throw the printed sheet will
rapidly that multipltes into ten thousand copies
hour. These machines are, l think truthful embod
ment of the spirit of the age, and speak OF what ou
country is and of what it lie going to beof its presen
progress and future destiny-as loudly and distinctly
iron and steam speak To the eye of the printer
newspaper these presses the of perfection
We have none of that perpetual jar stranng of the
chuey and crushing the face of the type that belong
all the varieties of Napier ponyprcsc The ha
motion The naiu cylinder the face whic
the form is fixed in eiiptica shape revolves continual
around coming in contact at intervals with smaller
inders which the sheet passes, and takes of tb
impression These smaller cylinders be increased
number and the speed of the press thus duplicated
qusdrupled One look at these presses and dsmit
his fears of lao early mails, and complaining sui
seribers. But forgot that not talking eScusve
to "the craft y
The importance Of our South Western railroad come
tions Is attracting attention here. The American hi
lately had several influential editorial articles the
jsct and the discussion awakened the subject will
10 unlikely to throw all Of Batmores influence in fay
Of the rapid completion of these connections and Of 4
ultimate adoption Of the Southern route to the Paoif
This is to be the great question Of the day and
be tried the strength OF the respective sections Of d
country 0psERyER.