Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-12-06
A STUpENDegs ENTERFRigE.
A Weekly Steam Ship Ferry Line Re-
tween the Chesapeake Bay ard Nil
fnrd Haven. =.

TIE Hon. dudley A. Mann, The Late ac-
compished aud talented Assistant Secretary
of State, has addressed letter ''to the citi-
zens of the slayeholding States,'' ia which
he anne5fnees his purpose, in CONNECTION
with Others, to establish "a weekly ieen
steamship ferry line between. the Cbesa-
peake Bay ard Milford Haven" gle DE-
yelops his enterprise, and shows ita practi-
cabilty and its great importance in an ably
written pamphlet of thirty pages The fol-
lowing extracts will enable our readers .
form an idea cfthe great enterprise
LONDON, August II, 1856.
To The Citizens of slareholdiny States
With your corporation, if it can be. Sc
cured ] propose TO establish. in conjunction
with certain associations to be hereafter de
signated, q. Weekly Iron Steamship Ferry
Line, between the Chesapeake Bay and Mil
ford Haven. The distauce by the Southern
route from the. one to the othero those wa-t
ters is about =, 80 miies-shorser by as
least 100 miles than thatat present traversea
by the American steamers from New York
to Liverpool Tie route is entirely free
from the dangers incident to. coastwise nav
igation and icebergs. -.
The town of Milford is s,tUated 120 miles
southwark and westward of liTerpool,i 100
miles westward of Bristol, and 270 miles
westward of London. 1t is connected with
each by railway, with the exception Of a
space Of miles which will be completed
next spring. TO London the line-b-oad
gauge throughout-will be run over by ex~
press trains inside of seven hours. To
Waterford the distance is 70 miles by water.
at which port there is connection by rail-
way With Cork, Kilkenny, Limerick Dublin,
and Belfast, To Havre, the distance is about
225 miles,
Il is estimated that all the navies of Eu-
rope could ride in safety and swing at the
anchors" in Milford Haven. This haven
enjoys in an eminent degree the essential
requisites for rendering the town of Milford
the first port of Europe. 1T has length and
breadth of compass, doerf water and good
bottom, facility of mgress and egress, and
secure shelter. But Notwithstanding this un-
surpassed combination Of advantages, it has
heen comparatively yalneless heretofore to
the commercial world on account otshemg
shut out from internal communication with
the metropolis and the manufacturing dis
.ricts Of the, British realm. 49,.
Like Milford Haven, the worth of the
Chesapeake bay has never been properly ,ap-
preciated, except for national, purposes. g.,
Commercially, NC peculiar benefits. have beqn
derived from its excellent qualities rs hssen
and its easy approach from the ocean. But,
happily, for several years railways proceed
ing from the confines of the South, South
west, West, and Northwest, connecting one
with another; and encircling and embracing
all the cities ard principal towns, ..Eave been
steadily and resolutely forcing theirspassages
over ans through the impedimcnts which
obstructed their progress. and are now i'll so
advanced state as to g i've a reasonable as
surance that in year or two they will COM
verge, completed, upon its Virginia shore
BY such conuunicqtior, assisted by canals
and rivers, will be,conyeyed for Transports
tisn 70 foreign countries, as soon as the pro-
posed Atlantic Steam Ferry Line is e'tab-
lislea, part Of North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Tennessee Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida and Texas :
the tobacco, wheat and corn of Virginia,
tennessee, Maryland, and Delaware TIE
pork, bacon lard and tobacco of Kentucky
and Missouri tl rico of SeDth Carolina