Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-11
LETTER
sf 4. Dudley Mann, To the titisens 81 the slave
holding ssases. in Relation ten weehi, A'i""-
sic Ferry Line OF Iron steamship. Of bh'rs
Thos.aad rea., between the Chesapeake nay
and Milford Haven.

pose to establish IN conjunction with certain asso-
ciates 10 be hereafter designated, beeky IRON
Steamship fevg Linz between the Chesapeake bay
aud Milford Haven. The distance by the Southern
route from tie one 10 the OTHER Of those waters Is
about 30 milcs-shorter by nj least 100 miles than
that Mt present lravcrsed By the American Steamers
from New York 10 Liverpool The route Is entirely
free from the dangers incident TO toaswise hh'Ba-
ton and icebergs.
The.town Of Milford is situated one hundred and
twenty miles southwark and westward Of Liverpool
one hundred miles westward OF BRISTOL anu Two
hundred aud seventy miles westward OF London. 1t
is connected with each ~ RAILWAY, with the excep-
ton Of space OF three miles, which viii be compile
ted next spring To london the line-broad guage
roughont-Hill be run over by express trains in
side OF seven bouts. TO Waterford the distance Is
seventy miles by water at which port there is con-
neHon by railway vi Cork Kilkenny, Limerick,
Dublin and Belfast TO liutre the distance is nbout
two hundred aud twenty five miles.
It Is estimated that n the nayies of Europe could
"ride in safety aud swing at Their anchors ~ Milford
uaycn This haven enjoys in eminent degree the
essential requisites for rendering the town Of Milford
the first port of Europe II has length and breadth
Of compass deep water aud good bottom, facility OF
ngrcss aud egress and secure shelter But not"ith-
standing this unsrpa combination OF advantages,
it has been comparatively ,alneess heretofore to the
commercial world on account of being shut out IRON
internal communication with the metropolis ana the
manufacturing districts of the British realm.
Like Milford Haven the worth oil the Chesapeake
Bay has never been property appreciated except Tor
national purposes. Commercially, peculiar bene-
fits have been derived from ITS excellent qualities rs
a haven aud II easy approach from the ocean. But,
happily, for several years, rl.tways proceeding IRON
the confines of the south south "est west aud north.
west connecting one with another anu enoreilng
and embracing all. the cities aud principal towns,
nave been steadily and rcsolulcy forcing their pas
sngcs over and through the inpediments which OBJ
structcd their progress and are now in SO advanced
IA state ms to gisea reasonable assurance that IN II
year two they will converge completed, npon its
Virginia shore BY such communication, assisted
by canals aud rivers will he conveyed for Transport
tation to foreign countries as soon the proposed
Atlantic Steam Ferry Line IS established, part OF
the cotton of North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana Arkan-
sas. Florida aud Texas the tobacco, wheat and corn
of Virginia Tennessee, Maryland and Delaware; the
pork bacon, lard, and tobacco Of Kentucky aud Mis-
souri, the rice ui south Carouai aud the rosin and
tnrpeniine OF North Carolina Nor "a it improbable
that Pennsylvania, 10 say nothing OF other slave
holding States will avail herself of ii FOR conducting
u lucrative traffic at home aud abroad. The waters
al her great central artery meet nd comminglc with
those Of the South in the Chesapeake Bay, oad her
varied interests strengthened by her inteN,bie devo
ton to the Constitution, utc her n bond, of inis-
solubility with her southern sisters.
A glance Mt n railway map of the Slnvchoding
States will satisfy any one capable of comprchcnding
tho subject thai the lron-rond ystem in that portion
OF the Union, including the lines projected, will be,
when finished, perfect rs any system OF lllt hlHu
In operation IN any country. such resources cannot
tail to be unfoldcd,-so varied, rich and extended ms
have never been submitted 10 human vision. 1t Is
estimated by competent Judges that there is II sui
hccucy of iron and coal in Nutlhud, Virginia, Ten
ncssce, and Kentucky, to supply the wants OF the
raon for n hundred centuries while copper, lead,
gypsum and salt exist in one or more Of those States
in immense quantities.
That commerce will avnil of the avenues created
for It's tcaton, is much more rational than that 1t
viii continue To travel cltcuitous routes however long
established. Capital seeks trade. Where trade is de-
yclopcd, there will capital go diligently in search OF
it, and nothing since the earth has been Inhabited has
dono so much 10 cngcndcr trade where there was
none before, rs the railway mud locomotive.
\ most iorchle tNcmplicauon of this fact is to be
found in the instance of Cardiff. in South Wales.
This port in 1910 WIS of utter nsiguhcancc, the n
mount Of shipping winch cutered IL never exceeding
IA any one year 100000 tons. Ia 1911, m ironway
was opened from it to Mcrhyr lylsh. by which WI
leyS and mountains tcrmug with mineral wealth have
been unlocked anl which are now supplying most of
the bnrs for road, "a single establishment turning
out fifteen hundred tons per weekl,as well as coal
for expectation TO every part Of the globe The result
Is, that Cardiff now clears annually more than 600
600 tons of shipping, and wears the business OLA
prosperous sea- hooll city This distinctly hreshad-
oWs what the Chesapeake Bay and Milford Haven are
to become, the ARTIFICIAL Inks ate perfect
ell which will bring the one and the other in close
connection with the country behind, and when they
are made the terminal points ot an Atlantic steam
Ferry Line.
The indications too distinct to he msto cey
ed thata in ocean navigation Is rapidly ap-
prouchig. The proofs have become convincing, to
inv esligatiug minds that iron aud steam are to SUI
porscdo wood aud canvas, IN the movement OF the
products ind passengers between the two hemis
piers The greater size strength and security IN ey
e'y respect to say nothing Of durability OF wrar-
which may be impaired to iron steamships, comhlue
to make such result positively certain. Before the
ma ui this thrtp "a a. prnluiilN tp "A