The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-25
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sd American GRAIN !.
Tae Enei.sn as,.,... calla the attention o. tne

e LisG ~ Letter go -
- : .,erIcan Grain Trade.
Times calls the attention o. 'no
s,.. a. the arrival Of 'the fore ana az
1nsnsn - r., Richmond, 3e7 tons register nom
scno0a :. I,yerpooi,. an event which, 10 the op'n'
on'o -. Times. 10 likely to exert poweffai IN
l'' ,rcn she destinies Of England. Inc voy-
nue.. ~ ..pean Richmond says the Times,
as :, aectde the question Of the region where
.s.r,,,,.h supplies OF grain over and ABOVE Hs
n-n nroduce are for the future TO DO ors"n. Az
.,..d az the old arrangement, oy wn'cn gram
fro,r the United States ria New YORK mas ocen
.biec,ed TO three several freiehts ana mas passed
.b ,hree or four different hands ere Il reached
Liverpool. II esn be put on board At Chicago, on
L.te Michigan. and discharged 1t Liverpool. the
,,sr,oa occupied in the passage being ffty days,
sv., less The Dean Richmond actually took
s,.,v dsys, but then there Was . detention Of
.veive days In the st. Lawrence. II was q trial
trip. The comparative distances TO Liverpool
the other, are ~ follows: From Chicago to Que
bee 1000 miles, from Quebec to Cape Race. 800
miIes-together 24oo miles From New York to
Cape Race the distance IS 1910 miles. Prom Cape
Race 70 Liverpool the distance is 20l0 miles. From
New York to Liverpool by the direct foute the
distance Ia 1920 miles.
We have received lately. adds the Times. con-
signments from the Northwestern States, charged
with freight of lbs Sd q quarter, the carriage
to Buffalo. Is remarked by q Liverpool conempo.
sry, being unusually low. 1.-THE Black Sea
freights," 1--WE copy from the same journaD ''at
present are 13s, per quarter, and the usual voy.
age from Galetz 10 to 100 days. The Dean Rich.
mond has made the entirepassage in 60 days. ir'
Guiding 10 days detention in the st Lawrence,
which would not be likely to occur again; vessels
therefore may be expected to make the run in so
days, while vast saving In expense will be gain
ed, the freights and charges being less by several
shillings than via New York, or from the Black
Sea. sn
"Al this MEANS" adds to the Times, "nothing
less than a great revolution in tho grain trade,
which has hitherto been far too much In the hands
of the Greek houses Let any one be at the pains
of turning to a map Of North America, ard let him
mark the position of Chicago an entrepot fol-
the grain States. 1t lies in their very heart and
from this town to Liverpool the traffic can be so
ranged that It will undersell the Black Sea trade
and force it to reduce its freights From Lake
Michigan into Lake Huron and from Lake
Huron into Lake Erie, it is an open navi
CATION. At the western extremity of Lake
Erie we come upon the Welland canal-this
canal is but short-through which a ship passes
into Lake Ontario, and from that point her run il
free down the st. Lawrence into the Atlantic an6
to a British port. Were Detroit or some Other
port at the western end of Lake Erie chosen as tn.
point of departure, in place of Chicago at the foot
of Lake Michigan, there would be gain of ter
days upon the run. The distance between thu
two points is Uncomfortable by land, but by watel
there is a necessary for circumnavigating the
whole peninsula of Michigan" .-.-