New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-08
Department News.

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CENSUS OF MIsNEsoTA.-1t will be recollected that
Congress at its last session passed act authorizing
the people Of the Territory of Minnesota to form
constitution and State government preparatory to
their admission into the Union equal footing
with the original States. In accordance with this
law delegates to the constitutional convention were
elected, and two conventions have been held Re-
Gently in order to carry ont the clause of this law
which makes it the duty of the United States mar
sha for this Territory to take census of its inhab
tants, letters written to the Secretary of the
Interior asking him to instruct the marshal to pro-
ceed to its performance In answer the Secretary has
instructed the marshal to proceed and take the census
Of the inhabitants OF the proposed State whenever he
shall be officially informed that it is the wish of the
people to form constitution and State government
preparatory to their admission into the Union.
THE LAYING OF THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHIC
CABLE.-Oticiai Dispatches to the Nary Department.
Subjoined is the copy of letter received yesterday
morning by the Secretary of the Navy from Capt.
Hudson OF the United States steam frigate Niagara
U. s. STEAM FRIG ATE NIAGARA,
Plymouth, England, August IA, 1857.
Sir have the honor, as well as the modification,
to report the arrival of the Niagara at this port after
having out three hundred and thrtyour miles of
the telegraph cable-some portions of it depth
of 2050 fathoms or more than two and quarter
mles-when it was broken by too much pressure on
the brake attached to the machinery for paying it
out | have every reason to believe, from what we
have thus far experienced in wre-layng, that under
ordinary circumstances of weather, and with ma
chinery adapted to the purpose. or such as we had
on board requires altering and improving) the cable
may be laid in safety the track marked out for it
over the Atlantic ocean.
At the time the cable parted-August llth, 345,
A. M-the ship was going along four knots, and
had been running at the rate of from three to four
knots through the night, with some motion from a
moderate head sea, and the companys chief engineer
and men attending their brakes to lessen the expend-
ture of cable, until they finally carried it away which
made all hands of US through the day like house
hold or family which had lost their dearest friend ;
for officers and men had become deeply interested in
the success of the enterprise.
Mr. Field left the ship soon after the accident
occurred, in Her Maiestys steam brig Cyclops for
Valencia Bay Ireland, requesting that the Niagara
Susouehanna and Agamemnon should proceed to this
place, after making certain experiments with the
wire and machinery in deep water. The Leopard
proceeded at once to Spithead.
Whether the company intend to supply additional
cable and try it again this season. or defer it until
next summer, am as yet nnadvsed. II the latter,
the wire will have to he taken out OF the ship and
reiayrea to save it from the effects of rust. pre-
sume few days will solve their present difficulties
as to further action and if their effort is not to be
renewed at this late season OF the year shall require
further instructions to govern my future proceedings
with this ship.
| herewith enclose copy of communications re
ceived from the Teegraphic Company, while at
Queenstown Or Cove of Cork Ireland; also the GER
tiicae or letter of their chief engineer Mr. Bright
exonerating all the officers and men connected with
the Niagara from any accountability blame in rela
ton to the parting loss of the telegraphic cable
| am, respectfully, your obedlent servant, ,,
Hon. l. ToUcEY, Secretary of the Navy.
Captain Hudson received letter from the secretary
of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, informing him
officially that that company had intrusted to Mr..
Charles T Bright the entire control and direction OF
the proceedings necessary for the proper laying out
of the Atlantic cable, and requesting him to use his
influence to give effect to such requests as Mr. Bright
might feel it necessary to make for the eectual car
ryng out of the common object.
Subjoned is copy of the letter received by Capt.
Hudson from Chief Engineer Charles I. Bright
AT SEA ON BOARD THE NIAGARA.
Thursday, August IL, 1857. !
Sir: feel it my duty, before leaving the Niagara,
to state that do attribute the fracture OF the ca
BILE to be in the least degree attached to any con-
nected with the ship; on the contrary, must take
this opportunity of expressing on the part OF the COM
pany the great obligation we are under to yourself
your officers and men, and shall esteem it favor
| If YOU will thank them on our behalf for the never
failing zeal which has been so universally displayed IL
| our cause.
am, sir, your most obedient servant,
CHARLES T. BSIGHT,
Engineer to THE Atlantic Telegraph Company.
Captain HUDSON, commanding U. S. trigate Niagara
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the Y
S. steam frigate Niagara, at sea, dated August IL
1857:
We had something of race to-day, and gooc
deal of excitement for awhile. The Agamemnon anc
Niagara have each large tenders or yards over then
tons, and we now about ,l50, both load and guard
not much of an assistance in race and besides was
a little afraid of the Agamemnon, as every one de
cares in England that she can steam eleven and
twelve knots easy and thought certainly the Sus
| ouehanna would beat US badly In this trim we are
So with all these reasous managed to keep little
back than otherwise. This morning at nine, the Sus
ouehauua was abont two miles ahead, and we Wert
, lust abeam of the AgamemnOn. Captain Sand
5 sienalized F." am going to Plymouth" as much as t.
say can't wait for such slow coaches l asked Capt
5 Hudson to let us try and go to Portsmouth also
Each ships smoke pipes told the story of hard FIRM
at once The sea smooth and the wind lgl
after us-smoke just up and down when at full speed
At ?. M the relative positions were nearly as 70
\ lows: The Agememnon was more than hull dow
. astern. We could just see her smoke. and the SUI
, auehanna about seven or eight miles astern.
. Captain Hudson wanted to keep company with tn
! Agamemnon we stopped and waited for her.
The Niagaras speed was twelve knots in the col
test
CORN,-Never in any previous year has the col
crop been so luXuriant. From every section the a
counts come in of tremendous yield. Hereabout
the rivalry has been great, as to who could eXhlb
the finest Ears of fourteen inches in length an
: with from eight bundled to thousand kernels OIL
4 have been repeatedly exhibited. We believe the bra
$ thus far has been from the Ndalia side, measu
t ing over thirteen nches with about 1850 kernels on
we think however, that our Vidalia friends will hay
TO give up. Mr. Robert Read, of this city, showed