New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-07-27
DodgIng the Issue.

In the Couriers issue of the 23d instant article
appeared Of which the following is the opening para
graph:
Since the threat was first uttered by the Know
Nothings to erJoin the Superintendent, Commission
and Deputies under the new election law. it has
been well understood that their game to teat until
the Supreme Court had adjourned. and then seize
upon the first pretext excuse for bring
ing the matter before one Of the District Courts.
In the Crescent Of the 24th speaking Of the above
we said: I'VE challenge the Courier to name any
man, set Of men, at all authorized to speak for the
American party, who have made use of any threat"
in the connection employed by it." This was GER
tinly plain, clear and distinct, and repeat it. We
defy the Courier to point out any person. persons
in the smallest degree authorized to vouch for the
American party, who have threatened to enjon the
Superintendent, Commissioners and Deputies" after
the adjournment of the Supreme Court And, if it
was 30 tceH tsnderstood by the Courier that their
1.-THE Americans) game was to wait until the Supreme
Court had adjourned, before getting out the injunc-
tion it ought to be able to bring forward some evi.
dence to substantiate its assertions or it ought to
back out and make the needful correction.
To these remarks of the Crescent, the Courier of
the 25th responded as follows:
This threat was uttered repeatedly by the Crescent
From the time the law was first presented in the Legis
upon the subject has contained the threat in some
form or another, expressed or implied.
Against the above we array fiat denial. It is not
true in any sense, relation or respect The Crescent
has never suggested, intmated stated or threatened
that the American party would enoin the Superin-
tendent, Commissioners, and Deputies,' Or that
t their {Our) game was to wait until the Supreme
Court had adjourned before doing SO. We confne
the Courier to its text, and demand the proof Of its
statements
On the contrary instead Of threatening as aforesaid
the Crescent did all it could to induce the officers ap.
pointed under the Election Act to take some steps
to have the consttutonaty of the law tested before
the Supreme Court prior to adjournment Different
modes to accomplish this object were pointed out at
different times, but we might as well have talked to
logs to the members of the Central Board of Com
missioners.
The Election Law was approved on the 10th of
March last AS soon as it was signed by the Cover
nor it went into force according to the plain wording
of the last section Eighteen days after election
for six Judges took place in this parish. The cleo
tion was conducted under the old law. On the first
of June secentyJour days after the passage and ap
proval of the law, an election for Aldermen and As
sistent Aldermen took place in this city. Yet
nothing was done by the Central Board of Commits
sioners towards enforcing the law And the Su
preme Court was in session all the time, and con
tinued in session until the 18th or goth of June.
So it is as plain the nose on mans face, that
the law was not brought before the Supreme Court
the fault rests exclusively with the Democratic Cen
tral Board OF Commissioners.
The column and half article of the Courier is The
poorest sort Of special pleading. We can discover
nothing more in it worth replying to.
New ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGE RAILROAD Con-
PANY.-This Company held meeting in Baton
Rouge on the 18th inst and held election for seven
Directors. The following gentlemen were selected
to.wit: Messrs. F. D. Conrad, D. D. Avery, George
May, C. A. Slack, W. F. Tannard, James A. McHat
ton and VIM. S. Pike. On the following day anothe
election was held for President and Secretary. MIR
VIM. s. Pike was duly selected as President and MI
Alfred Shoppers as Secretary. The Company bein
now fairly organized and in working trim, we ma
speedily expect to hear of the progress of an enter
prise which is to unite the metropolis and the capita
OF our State in a twin ssterhood.
LIGHTING THE CAPITOL WITH GAs.-Mr. D. +
Tighe, who has the contract to light the State Cap
to with gas, says the Baton Rouge Gazette of til
24th, has already commenced the work and will 500