Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-12-14
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MONDAY SEoRNiSC, DECEMBER ia, 1859.


ihe virginia steam Lime TO im;wor2, to:c::!ns II:
Havrc siid Do"er. the l.carcs. puii,, 10 london.
"e ht'c aHu1cd 10 TIC prosperity OF Boston of:gia
ting with tho establishment Of tic Cuaait line We Ia,t
not time 10 give the full statistics 81 this but will 60
future day, when wo record truse rlang the Sout!
and 10 Belgium. In this connection they belong properly
each other We sha therefore, content ourselves by STA
ting na the Increase OF The value Of taxable property IN
Massachusetts, since that line csabis,si has hcen
about totnyfre per cent and of rea estate in the city
BOSTON y cent and in The value OF personal property
srty csa und that there has therefore been
quen cmlnucn of The rate OF former !asatpn in precisely
the ratio OF the increase Of property The fo.ign Trade
thai city has also than doubled rs annua
Are not these important facts TO the legislature Of Vrgi-
mia? The figures shall be ready sustain S,
| soon as we have time arrange them
Now, let us turn TO New York, the great vortex into
which was huying the cnire of the country.
The Cunard line TO Boston, under given pr
vae individual, Sanu" Cunad Of Halifax In preference
the Joint Stock Great Western Steamboat Cnmpuny" Of
Bristol, 10 snpeTsede, in oil mail c1mmuucl lon tie
steamers 10 New York. The very announcement gave
shock TO the business of that CITY, The action the line IN
creased the trenur The first Information of prices and de-
mands, conveyed 10 Boston; the first shipments could
be made from there by the steamers the best adva-
tage was instantly secured that city It's commerce rose
rapidly.
An effort must therefore, be made for New York of no
ordinary character Mr.. Collins Of the energetic
and cnerpsng of the New York merchants stepped for
ward Sustained by The whole business community Of the
city, and by The Congressional delegation of the North he
secured maj! contract and New York steamers were put in
competition win the Cunard We WILL In future article
into the much talked Of want of SUCCESS of This
line. Sufficient for this ari;ce is the statement that
than
answered the expectations OF New York. II created
a compariticn with Boston, with the Cunard
ships, Tor tho Cunard line was doubled Immediately,
10 compete with Collins, and line established from England
New York in connection with tu TO Boston fierce
comics. for supremacy in speed upon the Occun cnsucd
Collins was victorious but the expense Of The struggle
enormous-yetit resulted the commercial benefit New
York. She had the quickest communication this en-
abed her to hold her own, and increase ALSO her
The swollen amounts OF her imports and exports
testify to the advantage which thus secured Had srch
lines 10 and none 10 New York can il be
doubted that would al have turned tho commercial
tide In our favor Or can il be doubted that We will by
rapid communication il now begun secure, If not rade
from New York. least The increase Of the trade OF
the country at large When roads westward finish
ed Ohio Kentucky Southern Indiana and Southern Illinois,
Missouri Arkansas Mississippi Alabama ami Tennessee
will be nearer 10 al parts Of Europe through waters ,an
they can be by the o New YORK Boston Is no.
this sufficient show the value OF tradc Or do uG
business doGb. aa. viii take tne ncaree; and
quickest route 10 markel Ii they doubt it. lei them a.
once petition the Legislature stop all appropriations
internal improvements and introduce bill for OF
the interest in them all And let them couple with
the petition Recommendation that proceeds Of this sale
be invested as fund TO pay tribute North for the p.
vege of trading with New York or Boston
NO better, OF conclusive evidence need offered OF
the value which steamship lines 10 Sare, than that
which is shown in the recent returns relating
value OF land in the respective States Of the Con!cderncy
And desire particularly, call the attention Of our rec
pie TO iitsc figures.
Tire average cash value OF lands throughout Massachusetts
per acre. taxing lite Improved and unimp.oyed lands together
is put down at ;hry,wo dollars and fifty cent, per acre
In tc State OF New York AT twenty dollars per
In the Stale Of Pennsylvania twenty seven dollars an
ihyhree cents per acre. In Fireina al ti doNars and
teen:y-srsn cents per The lands of vs;nl ,aacu
Throughout, the Stale, cquu may be made So pronc
tive value those Of either Of the sivcrtu
have direct of communication cih forcrn markets
and hence the produce Of the farmer planter ues
yield lis comparative and proportlunse reward Our
al shipping point, is from l2's 10 Is cents l3"cr,
than il is IL The markets Of New YORK, Boston or
Philadelphia. Our wheat average Of 90 cents lower
than in ;hlse cities. II has onlI since The
duccn Of stcaGcs that this d..icnce has been largely
increased against and the is apparent Those
Stnts having, from he chi. cities lines Of ST
enabled to take The first advantage Of riac in the
market, and either by the themselves, by tie
sailing vessels which invariably have followed their in.
dnction, ship the desirable market the requisite sup
ply. Virginia within hours scaning distance IN differ
cated in value nearly three fourth, in her landed interest,"
and oncouh in oil her productions IN each sinele yca
her losses y having direct rade) the and
planter upwards OF Ere millions of dollars the lowest
estimate, which can DC placed upon their products With
lcs bold facts staring US IN the face any
his State hesitate in making the greatest possible effort TO
in the least possible time almost any cost the
advantage which steam line gives We are in
thought motive, action, Pirginian and drsc In pre-
sentng these facts relating lands and products ca
attention great and true remedy for evil that
long been draining wealth. That remedy seuni
line Belgium; and there is any which
carry prosperity To every homestead in good old Stae
will be t!,o passage oi that bill by our Legislature.
The following the comments Of The Baltimore Amcri.
can, Whg papor upon the Proposition 10 vote the Lieu
tenancy General 10 Gen. Scott:
1t is not likely that General Scott will allow himself TO he
again brought forth candidate Of party Way should
heq Office give him additional lustre but it might
bring its train anXctes and gTiei which woui
DC diSpelIcd by active life Of military He has
shown his Willingness his country in civil career
and he may have occasion tO useful 10 her in the way
of his original profession
rauable adjunct Of national poucr to hare truly
great and renowned soldier al the head Of its army Eng
land recognized this in WELLINGTON and mouTns II In his
DEATH Dplomatss soldiers and cobnets when they
survey the people they haze 10 fight and the ro is 10
lead them SOFT could notbe spared from his position at pre-
While we hupe that he may long continue Iho
army he has formed the rcpose he is cnnyin?
will be cheered by the National which Senator GLEN
EMS has proposed confer him. Let il he done
mousy and PUstsy will justify the honest i'm
pulse
Ii very unfortunate both for The Generals FAME ard for
the consistency of the Wings that they had not taken these
before his nomination They would thereby have been
saved from the modification Of earning lesson from
indignant public sentiment The Democrats took exactly
the same ground during They argued that the
great soldier could be spared from his position tho
head the army-snd, in excluding him from the Pcsiden
cy for which he unfit they retained him III bis present
position which Tho Wings say indisT sTansabic. AZ 10
the Office Of Lieutenant General,
why il should be established The increase CT Offices, Ion
ors and titles is in conflict with the spirit Of Republican
Institutions.
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