New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-30
CONGRESSIONAL roM1naY1oas

: Our opponents have made their noninatio
. for Congress in the First and Second Distric
On Tuesday evening the delegates from t
FIRST District met at the Rislto Kxchsne
corner Of S. Louis and Charities streets II
meeting, according to the Courier, was n
merously attended, all the absent members b
ing represented by proxies!" Hon. Casim
J Laooste presided. Several ballotings were ha
) and finally, Mr.. Albert Fabre, having receive
majority Of the votes cast, was declare
unanimously nominated. On the last ball,
: his majority was one, We understand
The delegates for the Second Congressions
! District assembled in Thitodaux on Monda
last. Colonel Pugh, Of Assumption, presided
Messrs. Miles Taylor and Adam Beatty wer
placed in nomination On the irst ballot til
former was successful.
| OF the nomination Of Mr.. Taylor, the Delft
of yesterday morning says:
4 DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION Democratic daI.o.ts
to the Convention at Thihodsux, we understand nomi
mated Miles Taylor Esq for Representative In Coperes
OF the Second District OF louisiana all compsttors
some gentlemen Of welknown ability and poll
This is rather curious nomination as Mr. TAYLOR /,
ho tne least assailabs In the Democratic ranks and
II.
for the District The Democrats appear to play into
the hands Of the KnowNohings in the most soientife
manner.
Surely they did not suppose that MI Tayor who has
oeen an ofossseker often and ran weln was
proper party TO pit against formidable an ants Yopis
Ut hunt His course in favor Of the the Seat
oi government from New Oresns-his views the tariff
strange position with regard to nauraza
on or citizenship in Louisiana and several other public
20 which we may refer at another time, would
osat nm as Democratic candidate under any every
circumstance At present his discontinue certain
Such is the folly of being nose-led by few demagogues
We are not surprised at the disappointment
Of the Delta We are not astonished at the in
dignation Of divers and sundry sold liners >
nor are we unprepared for the most splendid
outburst of silent enthusiasm ever known in the
South west
The Delta throws out some ugly hints about
hr. Miles Taylor, and half way promises inter
esting developments on q future occasion. We
don't wish to hurry our contemporary, but still
must beg permission to intimate desire that he
go into the resurrecting process as soon as posi-
bic! We have no fancy for antiquarian re-
searches, ourselves. while at the same time II
affords us, very frequently, much pleasure to
peruse the results Of the antiquarian researches
Of others. This is not to be attributed to lazi.
ness. It isonly theforce of habit.
Can it be possible, and our memory is very
retentive, that our opponents have selected as
their candidate for Congress in this district
man whose friendship to adopted citizens vas.
q former times, almost as strong as that Of
Thomas Green Davidson
WELL the future will speak of the past, ac- |
'ording to the record, We presume
For the information of the public we submit |
ne Congressional tickets Of the opposing par
les:
.4mericaa .anti-.9merican.
L Gro Epsris,JR. ALBERT FAsnE.
III. THEos Hunt =,.. Mrrru T.v,on
10 p ssioN Eesp, Jhs IL GREEN DAVIDSON. l
~. VIM ID. LAWS NJ. sArpIDaE
A GREAT INVENTION. ~ Everybody knows
nat Baton Rouge is great place-anybody
nat don't know it is nobody that it euioys
na supports more and better daily papers than
ny town OF It's size supon the surface of the
lobe, edited by able and clever fellows, who.
the way, are getting rather warm as the
ectlon approaches--(keep cool, editorially,
sntiemen, no matter how terrific the caloric ,
aicated by the Thermometer, )--thatit can start
H. on shorter notice, larger number of
city girls, in proportion to population, than
~ other settlement extant-and that IL ia
IT only in some, but in all respects. epunk. b
s. and punkins," Too. of the largest cir
inference and most extraordinary Dimensions
Having fully stated our ease-and the mere ;,
atement so clearly carries conviction with it N
at illustrative argument lis unneoessary--
II merely copy the following from the Comet
the Ath, by way Of clinohing the nail on the =
Ter side SO strongly that it cannot be unaxed
any process known to workers in iron. or
alers in hardware: in
rosaaoae ineenhon--A gentleman Of this c;tv wau
sh or MS mechanical genius as well a, terary tast
ascose vi method Of throwing jet of water lany
the distance of i've miles In direct linz Sa"' of
eapea s not Jet out and have no liberty tn sna,t
az machine Suffice osay this great object ia sfetad
means OF wedge and screw, combined with nston
inventor calculates that he can pump small stream
me Mssisspp dry in twenty-four hours which he da
ny time. N@nA Aekoss II