The daily union., 1856-11-06

Chesapeake bay aud Milford Haven" He develops hiE
enterprise hnd shows B prActicabty and its great i'm
poraues in aby-wtten pamphlet Of tHsry pages The
following will enable readers TO form an idea
Of The great enter prise
.h LoSpoS, August l2, 1856.
To ths C.Gzas Of Ie SLaUeLoldiNg States
With your cooperation If it be secured propose
10 establish IN conjunction With certain associates 10 be
hereafter designated Weakly Iron SsqusAp Fsrry Line
the Chesapeake bay and Milford Haven The dis
by the southern route from the TO the other Of
is about 81 so mitsshorter by AZ least loo
miles ban that present trayersed BY the
from New York Liverpool The route 10 entirely free
from the dangers incident TO ooastwse navigation and
cehergs, ' s.' X.
The town Of Milford Is situated one hundred and twenty
miles southwark and westward Of liverpool one hundred
piles westward Of Bslcl and tgo hunerd and seventy
milts westward Of london 1t is connecteu 2, q
win ne exception Of space Of three miles which
VIII lie completed next spring. To London the hpe--
broad gauge throIrhnutwill be run over by express
trains inside VI seven hours, 10 Waterford The dsisn'e
seventy miles by water at which port there .op4-
ion ~ railway with Cork, Kilkenny, Limerick Dublin
aid Belfast To Havre The distance Is about two hundred
and twenty-five miles. ... +. t...-4
It is estimated that all the navies or Europe could ade
in safety and swing u their anchors" in Milford Haven.
This haven enjoys In eminent degree he essential reuu
sites for rence'ng the town OF Milford The first port of
Europe 1t has length aud breadth OF compass, deep
water and good bottom facility Of ngress and egrss and
secure shelter. But Notwithstanding this unsurpassed
combination of advantages i, has been comparatively
ralaeless heretofore the commercial world account
Of being shut from internal communication with The
METROPOLIS ard the manufacturing dtricte Of The British
realm. Ha 4. t ... s... :. .....- N. .# s..
Like Milford Haven, the worth Of the Chesapeake hay
has been property appreciated except for national
purposes Commercially, no pcuIlar benef have been
derived from iLs excellent qnaiities haven and It's
easy spproach from the But la pplr Tor seye raj
yeus railways proceeding from the confines OF the South
SOUTHWEST Wes, aud Nortbwes', connecting wlth
another, aud eDcrcling and embracing all the cities
and principal towns, have been steadily. aud reso-
luiely forcng their passages and through the i'm
pdinents which oostructei tier progress and now
10 80 advanced state TO give reasonable
thT 10 Year two they will converge pl-ed upDp
Virginia shore. BY such eonuunc,tion a.sised by
aaals aad rvrrs, viii brconveyed for .portatou
fhrsign countrits the oyossd Atlantic Steam
Ferry Lne Is tli>hs part h- North and
south Carolna Gtofgin, Tennessee Aabama, Mississippi
Ln1i'n+, Arkansas, fiotidt, and fxas rsr tobacco
heal, aud corn OF Virginia. T,nnessee, Maryland, aud
Delaware The pork, bacon ltd and obaccu n
nd Missouri the rice ot South Carona and the rosn
aud tupentiue Of North Carolina Nor is improbable
hat pnsyyania to nothing OF other 4Vehod-
ug Satf viii avail herself of il for conducting lucra
traffic at home and abroad The waters of her great
central artery meet and commngle with those of The South
the Chesapeake bay and her varied interests stpg
rned by her IDrxbIe dev ton to The constitution unite
in bonds OF iudssouhiiy with her southern ssers
The question has probably tcen millions Of times asked
turned in rejecting minds Why-with respect
he and the oher-was Providence prodiga OF its
avors to the Chesapeake bay and Milford Haven? The
seems az last to be satisfactorily furnished. As il
OF fcieDhba
thought The Locomotive about to visit each, taking With
it the valuable products OF the popuous and rich interior
utsueousy With the discovery Of qick and che p
Plan OF convey those products
for must be distinctly Observed thai otr
ter ia Europe america Uessel Of The magnitude ~
Ae Great Eastern, and her cgpary for carrying
freghs be procured sufficient abundance 10 jill htr Bat
that Of tie Chesapeake bay Milford Rapen IL is almo
dltss remark with all that steam hiss SO ben.
caly accomplished the ocean, it has done but little in
chi
British export ##e
What point the Chesa peake bay will be selected for
the Au ntc ferry line landing cannot yet be de-
termined Ii will however assuredy be that which in ell
respects Is The suitable; and there without necess-
rily building up popuous city storehouse Of such h-
porance will establish itself created before,
from which the slaveho!dng States IL also number
OF tue saveholding oGes will draw their supplies
moderate prices 10 like Milford Haven viii be-
come the storhoUse Of American products, which pro-
ducts will be conveyed low rates and eIpeditousy
every part Of Europe As If in anticipation Of this an
Anglo French company is in the Of successful for
matioO for constructing large nunber OF steamers TO
gage in the EUROPEAN cosstDg trade.
The distance has been attd between Milford Haven
and the Chesapeake Bay 80 mles The passage
it would be rs frequently uudrr days
by ferry line FROM the Chssapeske TO the Pacific,
the travel the connecting railways shall bave
been peed will be easily performed in ave days and
from thence 10 Melbourne In sixteen days. THUS there
would be elimination OF SIX days upon the contempla ed
time Of the Great Eastern Travellers engaged in
Cia industrial pursuits would consequently choose the
American route for s expedition as would also the mere
peasGre-seektr for the Interesting and diversified
which 1t oud present his view And st greater than
to Australia would be the dimnntion in time Earope,
br he American line, Southern China Japan, &c TITO
hltmus OF Sa,z aud he Red S.a would be Deasurably
abandoned aud San Francisco would become the
nal rtndegvous for Eu aud others VoyEgng md
from the East II would he broug ht within eght days
Of Loadon and within Twelve OF the Chesapeake bay which
time would be again shortened FIVE days the Pacific
railroad should be made
BY of such undertaking as that of the Allan
quird fUrete hat the Cutssp.sks h-y would be the
Of the largest travel and transportation Of industrial
products kUowu. From thence they would radata
every direction the benefit OF all Vho came within the
sphere Of their The gold Of California Austria
s the silver OF Mexico and mails from every civilized pat
and expedition To their respective destinations. Neither
ice would suspend communication for d. y,
on the direct line
Four such vessels the Grea Extern departing week.
~ r0m the Chesaperke BAY would convey to Milford la.
in year, $50 900 bales Of cotton than their
equivalent in weight in lE-s bulky article 40 opinion
be formed at this tiur with degree accuracy
what length Of distance panderous urles would
bear transportation railroad to the Che-apeake bs,
Nth NE certainty Of Conveyance the fNasfc in sen
cgL days 81 ungrecedsbsi Tor TJits II psimat
that, Of Ihs Suspension uf navigation by IN
usual low 10 the ivrrs Of the savehudrng Sta-
during the latter part Of 1854 and the early part s55
the prUduters Of couou other staples o eNporia loo
experienced clear Uss OF NJ least $40 900 coo Cot "a
might pot sbly trsvl tbr Chesapeake tay 10 avail o,
the advantages there Offered i've speed transit iro
from region tht In erior ~ Tpns 50 with
other articles Should his transp there don Ties
those who have ad vanced the meridian uf lie who viii
not have passed away from earth without seeing daily
nsead o the proposed weekly Ocean Ferry Lice in