The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-15

Advices from Genoa Of the 2ist July, stats
thai line of steam comm unication direct fr0u
Genoa TO New York, has been organized BY
Messers. Livingston, Wells, a. Co, of this city
MIR. CosteS, gentleman interested in the un
dertaking, 10 staying in Piedmont, In order t.
prepare the necessary steps for coming To All
agreement with the Sandman government with
regard To the mails. Count Cayour, to whom
as Minister of Commerce, the plan has been sub
United, has given the sanction Ut the government
A grant has been made to the company for the
exclusive working of this line for fifteen years,
tho annual sum of $4,000 being guaranteed
for the transport of the mails. These steamers
will touch ut Madeira, where letters or passen-
gers will be transferred to the South Amer can
line Of steamers; 80 that it may be locked
upon as double line, both to the south and
north Of the American continent.
The opening Of this line Of communication
will be an important aid to the commerce Of the
United States with the South of Europe. Sar-
dina has over five millions of populati0 (, and
embraces the western portion of Upper Italy,
with the whole of the island of Sardinia, the
largest island of the Mediterranean
The principal port, Genoa, has about one hun
bred and fifty thousand inhabitants and drives a
considerable import and export trade 1t is a
exported free of duty, and its connection with
the Swiss provinces and other parts Of interior
Europe is direct Its exports consist partly OF
the products of the neighborhood, such as olive
oil, fruit cheese, steel, argol, &c, and partly of
the domestic manufactures, such as damask,
silk, velvet, soap, and coral and alabaster work
The printed cottons of Switzerland and the
western portions of Lombardv also find their de-
pot at Genoa, while the cotton wool of Egypt,
the corn of Sicily, and various products of Spain
and Barbary, make their way to the same place.
According to the latest statistics, the impor-
tations of cotton into Genoa, to be used proba-
bly,, in Switzerland and Milan, amounted to more
than fifteen millions of francs, or three millions
of dollars When the railway to Switzerland
shall have been completed, the amount sent by
this port, instead Of through Havre, will be
greatly increased. This proposed line OF
steamers, therefore, will have work enough to
do. Besides, the export trade in fruits from the
Mediterranean to America, is calculated at sixty
millions Of francs per annum. A cargo OF fresh
fruits generally loses three-fourths of its value
during its passage, as sailing vessels, on an aver
age, require three months journey. These
steamers may be expected to clear the distance
in about sixteen days; and, time being prime
consideration with so dainty a cargo, a full sup
ply of the article may fairly be reckoned upon.
Tie tide of emigration from Germany and
Switzerland has, al present--as no direct CON-
munication exists from the Mediterranean to
New York--to take its way to some port either
of Northern Germany, or of England but as
soon as these steamers begin to ply, shorter
quicker. and consequently much cheaper, route
will be opened for l.. These considerations
speak most certainly IN favor of the project
which is the beginning of new era in the com
mercial connection Of the Mediterranean with
America