Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-06-12
I,om hf i.aerican Rai~sy Tunes.
Ncw 1imc Of steamships from sOs-
tom to LtverpOOI.


tom to Liverpool.
For the past two years we have dom,
what we could to impress upon cur Bo.
on business men the importance Of an ei- /
icicnt steam marine 10 enable this city tol
keep pace with her mora southern rivals IL, .
he present great race for commercial 81
premacy. Massachusetts has expended
iearly a hundred millions Of dollars IN th,.
construction of railroads in different parts
o' the Union. and grca, proportion of
tL's has been done by Boston capitalists.
ITO tins time not dollar has been paid
by them Tor ocean steamers, while New
York and every large city on the At!anti,
sca-board has gone very largely into thcs,
Invaluable agents OF successful commerce.
he Tact IS rather astounding when il !,
considered what lead the Boston mer
chants always take inevcry new and re,ll,
practical enterprise. There is no use ]! {
disguising the matter. the New Ycrker,H
have got the decided lead ia this m litter
and into their hands, and through Tim
port has passed the most part ofthe rcall, \
valuable trans A'lai tic ira lo of the coun
Try, and esea Of New England Itself \
There was nothing more needed to max, B
more valuable the long lines of railwa,
running to the back country from this ci,y
than steam communication with Liverpool II
Btiavrc. and other great commercial nartA
We are gratihed TO learn that bcginnin,
has now been made, and Inc Of stea,,,
.propelcrs is soon TO be established 10 ru,
between this port and Liverpool. for III, 3
transportation Of passengers and fre;gar
The hue is to coS'ist of four vessels of ihok
first class. They will depart from thcE b
SGrand Junction Wharf at East Boston.
Freight will lie taken by the cars Of this
road from the different railway stations di. |
Ercoily to the vessels. Great facilities Will
thus be afforded for the expeditions trans
sportat'on of Canadian and Western PRO
Eduec TO Europe. Merchandise and pas
ssengers will also be transported westward
with the same expedition. The ship now
gready is named the 5. ). Lewis. She il |
from 1900 to 1900 tons burthcn, her On
agines of 1900 horse power, aud is 10 be
nanded by Captain w. G. Barstow.
iiarnden X Co. will bo the agents OF til, +
line ON both sides of the water. The 9th. |
or vessels OF which it will be composed
will be contracted for at once. and bu;l,
with despatch.
This Is but small beginning perhaps.
but II isa beginning. and the general ben
Eehts of the enterprise as well US its profits
. 70 the owners, will no doubt lcadJo more
|efiorts Of the same character. commcnsu-
rate with the great interest which the cnpi.
talists Of this city and the business ofNcw
England have in the matter. At this mo-
! ment Boston should have fleet Of twenty
&or twenty-five first class ocean steamships.
Nv. "e1 ""' 1o"''o''co Sy boston inen.-
~ arc one Gay AZ lcas, nearer Liverpool.
naa,a So, PC Nv" =. '"o nS"' nc,ei' ahu
lamna5 5'' - 'a,,o 'a. ., .>ew Lns.'na IS CON
i WI anj l. ,,.l'' lso ~ our Por' 'n,o 4se"
8rL, ,;,, '"t 'ne'.e 'm ~" dfa'n ~ ''''o'-
Lors IN r.alIy nsaG,i a,,,.a,, uu'''u Io' ne'St'
4 o - 'I! 'sn'u' 1'''u'F''ses' on, IN ,h's
,a,, ~ H. m "as 9u",.eo az ner n'is''lofS 70
e., L "nu :. p" " '"A. ~ oru''''rs
2 .,,I P' ~ ..o' ' Posn,on
mmeda,.lv 80, "ol'd ~ I ~ anp n cna.
4or@n,;.a s,a,,, ,,,.,s.a,a ana s""Ae' ,aa rr v"o
zf; ;c;n,, o,l;lr,, -, ,a..,,, a So
Ncics of ,bo case WI IN, ss 80 So
Z I'LL no,,erp ""' va i''o'o - . ="
a We hope the line now established b,
= Messrs Harnden & Co. viii receive a libcr.
= al degree of patronage from our busincs.
= men II is due 10 them to see that the en-.
r. Ztcrprisc is every way successful, and ereat
: praise is due Messrs. Harndcn & Co. Eo,
efforts in LEADING off the ,noncnt \.
So " s'e"' dno fcahy Vai',ape agent
~ oar eo"'''e'e'a' ana gc"cra' business
P'o'l'e''s' ...
An Honorqbie TniJute.-Tho father Of
( president Fillmore is very cheerful,