Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-04-16

| Bremen Haven, in Germany, and semi
monthly from Bremen Haven, by Cow
es, to New York; receiving, however
the privilege Of running each alternate
ship to and from Havre, instead OF Bre
men, at an annual reduction in the am
cunt paid for the service, of $50, 900.
| The time has arrived for increasing
our means of communication with Eu
! rope. The rapid and certain trans
mission of intelligence is of the highes
importance to commercial people >
and instead of relying upon the steam.
ships of Grert Britain for the transpor.
tation of our mails, we should enter al
once upon an enterprise to which we
are invited by the most powerful con-
| sideratiAns connected with our relations
to the world, and which can no longer
be neglected, if we would keep pace
with the movements of ali enlightened
age.
| The route selected by the Postmaster
General for the dine of steamships that
will be employed in the transportation
of the mails of the United States to and
from Europe, is believed by the com
! mittee to combine important advanta-
ges. By touching at Cowes, direct
and rapid communication is secured
both with England and with France.
London may be reached in three hours,
and Havre in less than nine.
Cowes is an accessible and safe port,
(the only one on the British coast offer
ing these advantages, and the delay
would be trifing to which vessel
would be subjected entering in when
on its course to Bremen. While from
/ that point mails can be despatched in
so short a time to the great emporium
of British commerce, and to France
and Belgium, they might also be for
warded to Spain and Portugal At
Bremen the mails for Germany are to
be disembarked, and they will be rap
idly spread overland through the neigh
boring Kingdoms and States of that
populous region, by means Of railroads
extending in various directiens.
Starting, upon their return, from the
most central port ofcommercial Europe,
/ the steamships of the U. States will re-
ceive there the letters and other COM
munications of the people north Of the
Rhine and the Rhone, destined for this
country while at Cowes they will take
in letters, pamphlets, and other publ
cations from England and France, in
tended for distribution here.
Ii will thus be perceived that while a
perfect communication is secured with
England and France, Germany and O.
Their parts of Europe are reached with
the least possible delay. These i'm
portant advantages are secured at com
paratively little expense. By reference
! to the letter from the Postmaster Gen
! eral, and the documents which accom-
pany it, it will be seen that the. lowest
! bid which that officer received for car
rying the mails to England was $780,
OOO; while the expense of sending
them to France would have beer, $780,.
600, and to Germany 100000. The
route determined upon, while it opens
the communication with England ane
i France Just referred 10, connects d.
rectly with Germany at an expense O
1 100000 only; thus making the cos
:, to the government $685., 900 less thar
would have been required for the ser
vice if it had been contracted for sepa
rately. @
i It's believed that line of mail stea
!, mers between New York and Bremen
making semi-monthly trips, and touch
ing a, Cowes, so far from becoming
; charge upon the government, will al
|, most Immediately sustain itself, ant
: will, in short time after It's complet
and efficient organization, yield a prof
: to the Post Office Department.
r independent of the advantages tina
t this line will possess in commanding a
a Bremen the entire mail OF Germany
and ofthe north of Europe, Containing
: population of 10000, 900, } destin
i ed for this country, it will also receiv'
: the Asiatic mail, which, upon the com
e pletion ofthe continuous railroad unde
e contract connecting that port with tn
'fl Asiatic sea, can be disembarked a
n Trieste, and sent overland to Breme
e in sixty hours. Our commercial rela
IS tons with Germany are steadily becom
u ing stronger and more important; an
e the business correspondence betwee
1t that country and this will naturally in
~ crease with the additional frequenc
r, and certainty of communication whic
e asline of steamships will afford. III
If wellknown, too, that large proportlo
ktof the emfgrants who seek homes
o sur country come from Germany; an