Daily American organ., 1856-11-12

non. =. Duaiey Mann, the late Assistant Sec
retary Of State, has addressed letter to The cti-
zens q the slaveholdiag States" il which he an
noupces his purpose, Ia connexion with othors. 10
establish "a weekly iron steamship serry ilne he
tween the Chesapeake Bay and Milford Hayen
Lospos, August IA, 1856.
20 fhs Csstzena " ths SlaUeholdinq Statea
With your co-operation, II Il can be secured
propose 70 establish, IN conjunction with certain
associates 90 be hereafter designated. Weeklv
IRON Steamship Ferry Line between the Oheaa.
peake Bay and Milford Haven. The distance by
me Southern route, from the one 10 the other of
these waters, 10 about 81 90 miles-~shorter bv IL
least 100 miles, than that at present trayersed by
the American steamers from New York 20 Liver
pool The route is entirely free from the dangers
incident TO coastwise navigation and iceberps
The town Of Milford is situated 100 miles
southwark and westward OF Liverpool 100 miles
westward Of Bristol and 270 miles westward Of
London. II ID connected with each by railway.
with theexceptIon Of space Of three miles whcb
viii be completed next spring. TO London, the
hne--orosd gusge throughout--wiIl be run over
by express trains inside of seven hours To Water
ford the distance Is seventy miles by water. az
which port there Is a connection by railway with
Cork, Kilkenny Limerick, Dublin and Belfast. To
Havre the distance in about 226 miles
II ID estimated that all the nayies 81 EuroDe
could ride In safety and swing al their anchorsp
IN Milford Haven. This haven enoye IN al eminent
degrees the essential Requisites for rendering the
town o. Milford the first port OF Europe n has
length and breadth Of compass, deep water and
good bottom, facility of ingress and egreas. and
secure shelter. But, notwithstanding this unsur-
passed combination of advantagea, Il has been
comparatively valueless heretofore TO the CONNER
cial world, on account of being shut oat from in-
scrnai communication with the metropolis and the
manufacturing districts Of the British realm.
Like Milford Haven, the worth OF the Chesa-
peakc bay has never been properly appreciated,
except for national purposes. Commercially, no
peculiar benefits have been derived from its excel
lent qualities as maven, and its easy approach
from the ocean. But, happily, for several years,
railways proceeding from the confines Of the south
Southwest, West, and Northwest connecting one.
with another, and encirclug aud embracing an the
cities and principal towns, have been stendily and
resoutely forcing their passages over and through
the impcdiments which obstructed their progress,
and are now la 90 advanced state a. TO give i
reasonable assurance that In a year or two they
VIII converge, completed, upon Its Virginia shore
by such communication, assisted by canals aud
rivers, VIII be conveyed for transportation TO for
eign countries as soon az the proposed Atlantic
steam terry Inc 70 established, part Of the cotton
OF North and South Carolina Georgia Tennessee !.
Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida
and Texas; the tobacco, wheat, and corn of VII.
ginia, Tennessee, Maryland and Delaware the
pork, bacon, lard and tobacco OF Kentucky and
Missouri the rice Of South Carolina and the rosin
and turpentine Of North Carolina Nor Is ii inn
probable that Pennsylvania to say nothing of other
non-slaveholding States will avail herself OF IL for
conducting lucrative traffic at home and abroad
The waters Of her great central artery meet and
commingle with those OF the South III the Cheaa-
peake Bay, and her varied interests sfrenathened
by her inexible devotion TO the Constitution unite
her IN bonds Of indissolubility with her Southern
sisters.
The question has probably been millions Of times
asked or turned over In rejecting minds, Why
with respect to the one and Che oAher---was Prov.
idence so prodgal Of its favors 20 the Chesapeake
Bay and Milford HayenY The aus or seems al
last TO be satisfactorily furnished AS III by some
mysterious arrangement Of preconcerted scientific
thought, the locomotive ia about 10 visit each,
taking with II the valuable products Of the popu-
ous and rich interior, simultaneously with the dis
coyery Of q quick and cheap plan OF ocean con
veyanco for those products to their consumers for
Il must be distinctly observed that Ia no other
water in Europe or America can vessel of the
magnitude Of the Great Eastern, aud of her ina
mense capacity for carrying, enter and depart
where there II reasonable assurance that lreights
can be procured in sufficient abundance 20 hl her,
but that Of the Chesapeake Bay or Milford Haven.
Il is almost needless 10 remark that with all that
steam has SO benefcally accomplished on the
ocean, II has done but little in transporting any of
the chief heavy articles Of Southern Or Brtish ex
port
what point on the Chesapeake Bay viii BE- Sc
lected for the Atlantic steam ferry line landing
cannot yet be determined. It will however, as
suredly be- that which In All respects is the most
suitable, and there, without necessarily building
mp populous city, a storehouse Of such import
ance win establish itself as never was created be-
fore, from which the slaveholding States, II not
also q number Of the non-slaveholding ones, will
draw their supplies at moderate prices. In like
manner Milford Haven win become the storehouse
az American products, which products viii be
conveyed at low rates, and expeditiously % every
part 81 Europe. As Il in anticipation Of this, an
Anglo French company Is in the course Of sue
cesslnl formation for constructing large number
OF steamers TO engage n the European coasting
trade.
The distance, as has been stated between Nil
ford Haven and the Chesapeake Bay IL 8 $50 miles
The passage across it would be asirequeDtly under
seven days as over seven BY the ferry line. From
the Chesapeake 10 tho Pacific the travel as aoon a.
the connecting railways shall have been completed
win be easily performed IN FIVE days and from
thence 10 Melbournc IN sixteen days Thns there
would be dimin.aion Of six days upon the con-
templated time Of the Great Eastern. Travellers
engaged on commercial or industrial pursuits would
consequently, choose the American route for ,s ex.
pedition. aa would also the mere pleasure. seeker,
for the interesting and diversified scenes which ID
would present 20 his view. And sin greater than
70 Australia would be the diminuton N time from
Europe by the American line 10 Southern China
Japan, &c The fsthnus Of Sne1 and the Red Sea
would be messursbly abandoned and San Francis
co would become tho great central rendezvous for
Europeans and othera voyaging % and frou fhe
East IA would be brought wishin eighteen days
OF London end within twelFe Of The Chesapeake
Day, which tlne would be again shortened Eve
days, Il ever the Pacific railroad should be made
ET means OF sDch an undertaking As that 81 he
Atlantic Steam ferry hne, no stretch Of the imau-
sns;on n required 60 foretell that the Chesapeake