New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-11
The City of New-York- The l,re..-The

The CRY Of New.York- The press-The
Steamers
In he moving impulses which control and give
direction to public though, and actioo as well rs II
commerce and population. the City OF Ne*-fork (
has long held acknowledged supremacy On tie
American continent The completion OF he EE7e
Canal. whereby the waters OF the vast American
inland seas we're united With those Of the Atlantic
Ocean 2, the mouth Of the Hudson River, gave 10 +
Eex.York position which stamped her destiny /
and aee,oed 10 secure TO her perpetual ascendency
Her obvious natural advantages on the ses-ooare I
and her urrivaled barbor, together win the sweep
NJ t-sde for many thousands OF niles, which sne /
secured By he, communication win Inc LaAes' rem
a.sd her Indifferent TO the enterprise OF sister AT
lsntic cities and caused her TO bid cehance 10 Il
yalry. No city in the world wasrnore renowned ior
bealtb-uone where moral and religious enterprises
we're 90 vigorously set in motion and so generously
sustained river Of the P1rest and most delight
fnI ater was diverted from lis natural channels and
ia branches made TO How through every street Oh
N. Citv. and It's streams issue through the cnan
bAr. Of every mans dwelling. HershiPs-mlght.
IN Numbers as il size-for their proportion dufaoh-
i,v and safety have long been the admratoh Oh the
wo-,d The waters of the lakes, in their Passas e
,b,ouxb the artificial channel o. ditch ere iney lin
gled with the waters Of NewYo Bay, ~e' e sp-
na,entlv turned to streams of gold. The entire
nation poured into this City wealth end riches
with prodgslity never eqaaled in the build
in9 mn of any encieLt mo iern METROPOLIS.
Merchants from all quarters Of oe globe iocked to
this civ of renown and grew ri h They erected 10
,herseyes palaces for their babitatons. such as
a STYLE of equal grandeur nd ncagnfcence Enjoy
ing these immense adva' lsges nothing more seemed
wanting For twenty years New-York did nothing
either to extend, preserve. her inter
national trade Her merchants folded their arms
and sat al ih' .ir ease But not the merchants OF
Baltimore. Philadelphia and Boston. Schemes.
magnificent and well devised. proposed and
executed fcr rapid and economical inter-co mnuni-
cation with the interior and Western States by ell
these cities And it was not Until their rapidly aug
men,ng trade and the immense extension of their
commercial warehouses. workshops and factories
had startlingly arrested the attention of NewYork,
that even respectable effort was made for the
means 10 construct the NewYor and Erie Rail.
road A glorious enterprise one worthy of city
like New York, and the completion of which for
ever secures 10 her least the largest portion ohe
| Lake trade.
In the meantime, however, our sister city Of Bos-
ton s laying her foundations deep and strong in
another direction. In the Ocean Steam Navigation
which she has secured to her harbor she FIRST re-
ceres and first act, on the staples OF our country.
according 10 the complexion of the advices from the
European Cities In the five years monopoly OF the
Ocean Steamers Boston hes gained and the City OF
New.York has prospectivey lost, at least quarter
of n century We do not precisely know in what
manner. heretofore. the New-York merchants could
have effectuay countsracted the exraneous infu-
ences brought to bear in favor Of Boston The time,
| however we think has at length arrived when &C
ton is misunderstanding must be done. New
York is not truo TO herself if she remain long nact
i've after British Steamers are boarded by British
Agents at Holmes Hole and other places in the
neiehborhood of destined ports; whether the circum-
stance be attributable dense fogs or head winds,
or any other calamity Such disasters in all monop. (
oes especially. to be looked for, and they are
particularly likely at time OF the greatest
commercial iuc,oa;ion. This may be regarded as
settled fact thought DC anunexplained phenomenon
The extraordinary and important national events
growing out of the Oregon and Mexican controvcr
sizes and the fearful and devastating effects of the
ticpated famine in various parts Of Europe, were
matters of such immense importance to mer
chants and business generally, tbatwe supposed
prompt action would have been taken by New-York
on the subject of direct and frequent communication
with the other side of the Atlantic. During five
months OF the most intensely interesting negotiations
between our Government and that OF our greatest
commercial rival and customer and during the pc
Rod of the most rapid and extensive fluctuations in
the foreign markets for bread sus and other sta
PIES New-York was not to be visited by single I
steamer. Her merchants and those for whom they /
transacted business. residing al the South and et
the West, TO rely solely upon the forbearance
and friendly regards of their enerprising competi
tore in Boston, who in two hours could have pur.
chased or sold in New York, according as their /
information would direct them, cotton and grain
TO an amount. the profits which alone would have
sustained the entire expenses OF a steam voyage
across the Atlantic And yet our Merchants did
not move nor Private Agents could always
reach Newly ork from TO four hours in advance
of the Government mails and we found thai they
were not slow 10 avail themselve OF this adran-
tage. The only protection TO our trading commu
nifty seemed then TO rest with the Press-and we are
happy to say ,ha, the confidence which the public
reposed in the newspapers was shown no, TO have
been misplaced. The Press acted; and we now
aver, that The Commerce of the City of Ncw-York.
and consequence all the other interests OF the City
except stock;jobbing and gambling, is more in
deb,cd for its supremacy TO the enterprise and intel
lgence Of the the Newspapers of the City than TO
any other single cause whatever. Since the esIab
lishment OF the Nets York Tribune no of vital
o: commanding imp or,ance has been permitted TO
rest with the tardy movements OF Government loco
motion Blu, on all occasions, when the interests OF
the City OF New.York or OF the Marion seemed TO
require ii, we have arranged e1raord mary Elk
presses in order lay before the subscribers OF the
Daily Tribune the eares. possible authentic infor-
nation. Al the impovtan, and critical juncture to
which we bave alluded in view OF our foreign res-
tons we were determined tbs. the thousands in all