New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-09-26

ger train was unfit for service Patrick van
who had both thighs broken, has since died.
NEWS saox wAsHnGros We copy the fol-
lowing from the Star:
A Tery Important Qtsestios. question
has arisen rs to the right Of the Government to
bring suit for the violation Of the new steamboat
law, and We are satisfied that the Law officers Of
the Government are Of opinion that, As the law
now stands, the Government cannot do % and
a. consequence, thatkll such suits, until Con-
gress shall hsve amended that act, must BE-
brought in the name Of an informer, or Of sonne
one who had received Jury, from the failure of
steamboat owners or managers to comply With
the laws requirements. sss.e
L A Handsome Payment 1T affords us maoh
pleasure to be able to state that the surdti1 g
Mr.. Collier, late Collector Of 6an Fra
have very recently paid over An aggregntS q
about 81 900 ON account Of the balances due
the United States from that gentleman AZ
-.an Indian Bureau Contract Let Out -
Grant 3 Barton, Of New York, were the success-
full bidders for supplying the goods required IN
dians Of Lake Superior II, The cominr sutumr.
They are said to have been the only bidders.
The aggregate Of their bids cover $l7,. 7,.000.s
| RAILROAD NEws.-The citissns Il Clarksvills
Tennessee, held meeting On the 12th inst. /,
take into confederation the best means for ssour
ling the Memphis. Clarksviile and Louisvill
Railroad. A proposition was made 10 i'm
county bonds for 25o,o00 to the above nani6
railroad, and it was unanimously recommsnds
that such o coarse be taken. f,,s
| Resolutions were passed pledging the member
to use their best efforts to secure the Success a
the proposition, and appointing committee +
prepare an address to the people Of the count,
upon the subject. siFsn
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad :
The Knoxville Register says the work on thi
road is progressing &c bravely,' and that it vii
doubtless be completed by the first Of next Sep
tember.
Railroad Vofe.-Shelby county, (Ky.) votet
on the 10Th, by a majority of sO4 in favor Of tn,
proposition to subscribe $500, 900 to the Louis
vile and Frankfort Railroad, to assist in th,
construction of railroad from Hobbs through
Shelbyville and Harrodsburg, toward Knoxville
In the same county two years ago, the same
proposition was made. and lost by vote Of the
people by large majority
NAvAL.--The United States sloop- -of-war Van
dalia, Commander Pope, from Philadelphia for
Japan, arrived at Singapore July 2, and sailed
on the 18th for China.
The U. s. sloop. .of-var Decatur, commander
Whipple, arrived at Boston on the 10th. from
her cruise on the fishing grounds, v;a Ports
mouth. N. b. s.
The CUBAN JuNrA.-The New York Heral.
publishes q letter from the Secretary Of tn,
Cuban Junta, on which the Herald makes tn
following remarks: Yii.f 20 Z
| tits communication to us, brought out b,
the structures of the London Times in refarenc
| to Mr.. Soul6's mission to Madrid and the sere
made given to that gentleman by the Cuba
Filibusteros prior to his departure from Ne
York. The main and principal feature in th
document is, howeverf the distiDct avowal,
the hostility with which the Cubans as o peop
regard the proposed scheme for the purchase
Cuba. This sentiment is declared in clear ar
resolute terms; and the avowal is rendered sti
more important by the intimation that the el
ments for successful revolution of the islar
are now in readiness, both within and witho
its limits. 1t is a manly, we'll written doc
ment, and we commend its perusal to our re,
ders who feel sympathy with the present cond
tion Of Cuba.
A CRuMB FOR CANDIDArEs.--An exchanl
paper has the following:
| A defeated candidate in o neiehborine coun
remarked that the race had cost him some 70,
hundred dollars in clean cash, to say nothing
the wear and tear Of conscience he had unde
gone. There is one thing about running 4
office in this country il q man succeeds in ge
ting elected he never gets done paying for ii
beaten, it invariably breaks him up. Your
gentlemen Of aspiring natures would do well
study the fact before pitching in"
OCEAN TELEGRAPHs.--Mr. J. b. Lindsay,
Du1r1ee, Scotland has concocted plan Of teie
graphing across the ocean, from Great britai
to the United States, which, 1t Is said' mas IN
!, merits Of exceeding simplicity and cheapness-'
such cheapness that, as Mr.. Lindsay computes
it would cost only 100000 to establish com
|, munication between the two countries MIR
Lindsay proposes to dispense with submergee
wires, and, indeed, all wires; ne intehds ~ =
. make the sea serve the purpose Oh wires ny
recently gave q public demonstration OF hi
method at Glasgow, transmitting the electrical
current, We are told, across a " large trough o
salt water" which served as q conductor, an'
informing the audience that he had obtaines
similar results over a breadth of sixty feet 0
water This is all very fine and very promis
ing; but perhaps Mr. Lindsay, before attempt
ing to make trough Of the Atlantic, will tr,
his luck id transmitting electricity, withou
wires, across the British or the Irish Channel