Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-11-11

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they ptoa;scd 10 save .uens sous "Hd o"'ter '"e'
fortunes. Ly riddirg them OF Troublesome aHd cApen
sive negroes. But it was the sensible ano say"
ciuus rocket, not Wilberiorce and Clarkson, that ar
rested the slave trade and bsgst abolition. Whehe
Yer Negro mn fall To two hundred dollars ar"uHu, a"'
N. roes become in the mag, rather burdens""e =
profitable, Whenever tho supply OF sia'e' 80.
the demand, the pocket will find Il
such silly instruments H. Clarkso" w .u,,u
10 check the trade. Whenever negroes III
10 seven hundred dollars around NO 80 ..
H.. carried on With renewed riSu' e"eh!
cess, d.,uits ali the laws, all the treaties ~ ~.
al al ,ha ,.b;n;py abolitionis's IN Tue "or'o' ~"
A"N - srA1 VI POWER As WELL As OF
INTELLECT. So
. c,1-pESDOUS ENTERPKlSE-A WEEhLl
srr.u-SHIP FERRY LINE BETWEEN
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND MILFORD
HAVEN. .,,
The Hon. A. Dudley Mann, the late accomplished
and talented Assistant Secretary OF State mas au'
dressed a letter "to the citizens OF the sla'enou"s
States" in which be announces his purpose IN CON
nexion with others, to establish "a weekly iron .
ship ferry line between the Chesapeake Day i ""
ford Haven" He develops his enterprise ana sn'"'
its practicability aud it's great importance III d =
written pamphlet Of thirty pages. The following -
,rncts will enable our readers to form an idea o' Tile
great enterprise: ~ An, -. 1856.
r., N, Citizens Of the SiacehoLdtng States;
With YOUR corporation, ii it can be secured l pro
po,o TO establish, in conjunction WIN Gs!'atu 70 ",
siates to be hereafter designated, a ''eenty b.
- 1850, tlA t'hH6HlEHh0 Day
and Milford Haver. The distance by The southefn
rnute from the one 10 the other OF those walels -
about 3,i50 miles-sfGrter by at least !oo mics hau
tina, at present travrrsed By the Am7rican steameIs
from New York 10 Liverpool. lie roate u en'le'y
free from the dangers Incident TO coast~iSs aa''sa''on
The town of Milford is situated 100 miles southwark
and westward of Liverpool, lOO miles westward OF
Bristol, and 27O mica westward OF London IL Is
CONNECTED with each by railTay, with the exception
az a snace of three miles, which VII! be- completed
ne,, spring. To London the line-bfoad gauge
throughout-will be run over by express trains i!sioe
rf s,yen hours. To Waterford the distance Is ~
miles by water, at which port there isa connection by
railway With Cork, Kilkenny, Llmerlck, Dublin, aud
Belfast. To uavre, the distance 10 about 80 mules;
II is estimated that sl the navies of Europe could
ride in safety and at lhelr anchors ID Aliioro
Haven. This haven enjoys in al eminent degree the
essential REQUISITES for rendering the town OF Milford
the first port of Europe. 1t has length and breadth OF
compass, deep water and goou ooton, iaclilty Oh IN
yress and egress, and secure shelter. But, uotWlln'
standing this unsurpassed combination OF aavan'
tares. il has been comparatively Vaiueless heretofore
10 the commercial world on account OF being shut out
frnm internal communication with the metropolis aud
tho manufacturing districts Of the British realn.
Like Milford Haven, the worth Vi me chesapeake
bay has never been properly appreciated, except Tor
national purposes. Commercially, no peculiar bene'
fits have been derived from lis excellent qualities rs a
haven, and its easy approach from The ocean. but'
happily, for several years railways proceeding from
~ N-.tI c@,tl VA lfu.t nnH
Northwest, connecting one with another and encir-
cling aud embracing all the cities aud principal towns,
have beeu steadily and resolu,eiy forcing their pas
saces over and through the lmpediments which OBJ
structed their prog1ess. and are now Ill 80 soVanceua
state as to give q reasonable assurance that in a year
or two they will converge, completed, upon lis 'ir-
sinia shore. BY such communication, sssisted by
canals and rivers, will DO conveyed Tor transportation
to foreign countries, hs soon as the proposed Ausnlic
Steam Ferry Line is established, a part of the cotton
of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee,
Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida.
and Texas; this tobacco, wheat, and corn OF ' lrSlnia,
Tennessee, Maryland. and Delaware Inc pork, oacon'
ard, and tobacco of Kentucky and Missouri; the rice
OF South Carolina, and the rosil snd turpentlne OF
North Carolina. Nur is it improbable that Pennsyl'
| yania, TO cay nothing OF other non .slaveholdlng States,
will avail herself OF it tor conducting a lucrative traf
ic at home aud abroad. The waters OF her great cen.
trail artery meet and conmingle with those Of the
South in The Chesapeake Bay, and her varied inter
es,s, strengthened by her ~infeIible devotion to the
constitution, unite her IN bonds OF ind.siolub!llty win
her Southern sleters.
The question has probably been millions of times
asked, or turned over in rejecting minds, Why-with
RESPECT 10 the one aud the other-was Providence 80
urodiyal of its iavors to the Chesapeake Bay aud
Milford Haven't The sus Ter geeius al last TO be salts.
;aeto,ily furnished. As If by some mysterious ar
,auge:neut OF preconcertct scientific thou sht. the 10.
Connective is ABOUT 10 visit each, taking with iiehe
valuable products If the pOpuious aud rich interior,
simultaneously with the discovery Of Il qu!cH anu
l-- ma, .,. N.N nln.. lfI h,.s.4t ~, IA
their consumers: tvr u mus b. d'sitTctiy 05E'TTcd nat
IN no other cafrr IN Eu'Hp' ~ Amrr,'" cta a rcssH u
III. nnymtinds Ofth. Great Eastern, and n h'r 'm"'"M
cUpuciiy for Carrying, .Rtcr ant dspa't "he'e mare -
a reasonable assurance tkHt trctgAS can bePr'ri'td IN
sutfcicni abundance orN her, int Mat 81 he CAesa-
! p:ake Bay or Milford Hauen. 1t 10 almost needless TO
| remark that. with all that steam has 70 oenthcialiy
| accomplished on the ocean, it has done but little IN
transporting any at the ghiet beaFy artlc!es Vi oou'n'
en or British export.
What point ON the Chesapeake Bay will be select.
ed for the Atlantic steam ferry line landing cannot
( vet be %ermin 1t will, however, assurediy be
that which in all respects Is The moot suitable; ana
there, without necessarily building up q populous
city. a store house of such Importance will establish
itself as never was created before, from which the
| slavelolding States, if not also a number OF the non
sIaveholdiug ones, will draw their supplies at moae'
rate prices. In like manner Milford Haven Will be
come the store. house of American products, when
products will he conveyed at low rates, and erpcdi'
! Iiously, to every part Of Europe. AS IT III anticlpa-
l ton OF this. an AnElO' r reDcu ColhpdH} 10 III AN oueo
| of successful formation for constructing Il large num-
her Of steamers TO engage i'll the European coating
trade. ,,,. q,
The distance, as has been stated, between Milford
Haven and the Chesapeake Bay is 3,laU miles. The
passage across il would be as frequently under seven
5nys as over seven by the ferry line. FROM the Ches-
ap.ake To the Pacific, the travel, as soon al the con-
Meeting railways RLalI have been completed VIII be
easily performed in i've days and from thence 70
Melbourne in sixteen days. THUS there would be a
| l;,ni,nti,n, nf sx iuys luDn the contemplated Time
of the Great Eastern" Travellers engaged ~ COM
,nercial or industrial pursuits would, consequently,
choose the American route for is expedition as wouId
Also the mere pleasure seeker, tor Tie Interesting anu
| divers fed scenes which it would present to his view.
! And still greater than to Australia would be the d.
minu,ion in time from Europe, by the American line,
TO Southern China, Japan, &c. The lsthmus OF Suez
! and the Red Sea would be measurably abandoned,
and San Francisco would become the great central
rendezvous for Europeans aud others voyaging to and
! from the East. 1t would be brought within eighteen
DAYS OF London and within twelve OF the Ch.sapeake
| Bay, which lime would be again shortened hVe daSs
e aver the Pacific Railroad should be mads.
By means OF such an undertaking as that OF the
Atlantic Steam Ferry Line, no stretch OF the imagi
nation is required to foreteil that the chesapeake bay
yould be the mart ut the largest travel and transpor.
,stjop of Industrial products ever known. From
thence they would radlcate in every direction, To the
benefit of all who came within ihe sphere OF their
movement. The gold Of California and Australia,
the silver Of Mexico, and mails iiom every civilized
| nart of the globe, would also concentrate there tor dis.
! iribu;iou aud expedition to their respective destina,
nations. Neither ice nor snow would ever suspend
communications for a day, Oh the direct lins.
For suoh vessels rs the Grrnt Eastern, departing
weekly from the Chesapeake bay, would convey to
Milford Haven, in a yeCr, l,25J,OOO bales Of cotton,
or more than their equivalent in weight in less bulky
| article. An opinion cannot be formed ut this time
\ Nth any dscret Of accuracy, as to what length OF dis
lance punderuus articles would bear transportation
on rail road to the Chesapeake bay, uiM the certain
IN of conveyance across Nr atlantic IN sctes or eight
Jons. az unprrctdcstsG h&. rates. II was estimated
that, ON account of the Suspension Of navigation by
unusual low water in the rivers of the slsveholding
States durin. the latter part of 1854 and the early
part Of 1855, the producers of cotton and other staples
.,l N ,I.ar lna nf nt Lanai