New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-25
{ The Pacific Railroad.

This magnificent enterprise is attracting general
and favorable attention throughout the interior This
is not remarkable. It is the grandest project of
modern times, aud is destined to work wonders in
the commercial world besides developing and i'm
proving vast tracts of fertile country and yielding
unexampled returns to those who are fortunate
enough to become stockholders. VI
Il The Natchitoches Chronicle, OF the 18th inst has
an excellent article on the subject, from which we
extract the following
Most Of the New Orleans papers have able and in
teresting articles the subject of this magnificent
enterprise and speak with confidence of its ultimate
completion. The domicil of the company has been
transferred from New York to New Orleans, and the
people Of that city have, since such transfer been
liberal in their subscriptions of stock. It's manage
ment is now in Southern hands, and new confidence
has grown up in its favor. While the affairs of the
company were managed in New York, it was gene
rally regarded as mere specializing, stock jobbng
concern, such, as are common in Wall street. where
bubbles are blown up and burst every month in the
year-where "knowing ones " make it profession to
get up enterprises OF great apparent public utility
only that they may initiate their stock, give them
fictitious value, sell out at high prices and leave the
green ones to bear all the losses consequent upon
their failure.
But now the public has sufficient guaranty that
this great work is entered upon in good faith, and
with a determination to accomplish it. The new
President Mr.. Ierger, is gentle Of the highest
character for talent, energy and fidelity the per-
Torrance Of every duty Should the railroad be cont
pleted to Ell Paso and eventually to the Pacific it will
add vastly to the prosperity Of the whole South and
especially to that Of New Orleans; that city must
become the great entrepot of the Texan, Mexican
and Pacific commerce. The extremely liberal dona-
ton of lands by Texas, to aid in its construction
would seem to render it certain that the Of
| the great enterprise is beyond doubt.
The present management of the road is a full guar
aee that capacity and fidelity will control its future
progress OF this all stockholders may rest assured
Such being the case it Is wonder liberal sbscrp
tons have been entered upon the stock books but il
1cia be wender if the books remain open many days
Longer. Here is "a fact our people should bear in
mind. that they may not delay their subscriptions
until the books are closed again, many did on a
previous OCCASION and then regret that their no
glect hadcut them from participating in the profits
Of the mightiest Improvement of the age.
| DTIs's PATENT LIGHTNING Rop.-Since Franklin
deeoyed the wild lightning into human trammels with
his kite there has been rest to the spirit Of nyen
ton, in its endeayors to render the primitive tramels
more ecacions and complete. Some of the lightning
rods nowadays are SO pretty and ingenious, that ii
the lightning possessed itcould never
pass one of them without taking q momentary rest
upon it,; G
The latest thing of the kind is the patent rod Of
Otis specimen Of which lies before The rod has
five points in -four branch points, besides the main
upright point. tits made Of copper, finely finished
and galvanized with gold. It's thus constructed with
view to the freakishness Of lightning, which some
times passes by the rod and strikes the house in spite
Of it In addition to the points at the top copper
point projects from each Of the, glass nsuators, By
which the rod is secured to the building. The rod il
in extensive use in the North and is universally ap
4 proved.
Mr. n Nptting Gould, at No. As Fulton street ant
4 40. 50 New Leyeer who manufactures and puts VI
4 lightning rods ofhis own he having much experience
In that line Of business-has just received supply o
otiss rods, which he offers OF reasonable prices.