Daily American organ., 1856-11-12


vould ever suspend communication IOr day On
- Fonr sncb vessels a. The Great Eastern, depart
-, vgasklv from the chesapeake Bay, would con-
~ ~ Milford Haven III . year l,160,OOO bales q
Cotton. on more than their equivalents II welShtin
I les bulky article. An opinion cannot " formed
4 this time With any degree Of accuracy, A. g
what length Of distance ponderous rrtcles woqlu
hear transportation on railroad 10 tho Chesapeake
Bay with the certainty Of conveyance across tne
Atlantic IN seven or eight days At unprecedentea
low rates. II was estimated that o. account q
anvnension az navigation by unusual low water IA
tbe rivers 81 the slayeholding States during the
latter part OF 1854 and the early part q looo me
producers of cotton and other staples q exporta'
tion experienced clear loss Of 90 least 80. OOo,
600. Cotton might possibly travel % the Chesa
nealxe BAY. to avail Of the advantages there offer
"a for rs speedy transit 70 Europe from a. remote
Z region IA the Interior 81 Texas. 80 With other
articles should this transpire, there are doubt
less those who have advanced 10 the meridian OF
life who viii not have passed away from earth
without seeing q daily, instead Of tne proposed
weekly, ocean ferry line M successful operation
The idea Of connecting the Chesapeake Bay BY
speedy steam communication, with port hcing
In Europe, has been, cherished BY me for the last
thirteen years, But had fears that such an en-
terprise would not be remuDeranng, inasmnch p
the fuel consumed by steamships which made quick
paasaQes weighed them down TO such depth az
to prevent them from carrying cargo TO q greater
than mere nominal extent. This the case with
all that have been running TO the present time.
When heard that the father Of Atlantic steam
navigation had arranged his plan of the big ship,
fancied that / beheld the proximAte realization
Ofmy hopes iof the glorious future Of the slave.
holding States (in one Of which drew my first
breath. ana in which I trust may be permitted
to draw nav last, and was seized with an unre
laxing solicitude to examine her gigantic proper
tons The petty employments Of petty Office be
came as tedious 60 me as 4 twice.told tale, and
after number of vexati0us efforts 70 be relieved
ofthem, finally succeeded ia getting the Presi
dent 10 accept Of my resignation on the Sth day
Of May, 1855.
Quitting Washington soon afterwards and tar
ryfRg nearly month at Richmond Norfolk, Oit
Point Comfort, and other places on the james
river and Chesapeake bay, and o few weeks i
New York, embarked for Liverpool late In July
and IA August found aayself with friend, at Mill
wall. ID the presence Of the most interesting OBJ
iect - far as completed, ever conceived BY Sci
ence--an object that was essential to inaugurate
revolution IN the material and political well.belne
OF the slaveholding States
Ia the preceding address it has nj 4aFeIy been my
object to explain the nature Of the proposed en-
terprse and its paramount Importance 70 the slave
h0lling States. In another communication shall
enter into minute uetas reiablYe 70 bne Hhnhef u
CARRYING Il into successful operation. ! will now
state, however, that every Southern citizen who
chooses may become copartnef in ID that the
shares win be issued at 800 each; that no person
shall be permitted to subscribe for two or more
until al shall have had ample time to subscribe
for one and that each sayehodng State and the
District of CoIumbfa shall be entitled to one man
ager in the concern.
Your friend and counHyman,
Al. DUDLEY MANN.