Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-06
Prom the Norfolk American.
The Happy eaianc,ioa and The Grand 5te.ai,.

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/ away und that she has nov the means within her
! grasp, which il THEORETICALLY and sPLEDiIY i'm.
| proved. would roll back tho tide which has been
se long setting in against her. and make her
what Nature evidenay intended sbo should be,
the QUEEN CITY OF THE ATLANTIC. We pro
pose TO resume the subject this morning aud
show that TWO of the many suggestions we ma
med ARE ALONE able 10 accomplish this grand
result and that loo by f,ets and figures TINT CAN
NOT ne REFtTEp. Our neighbor of tho Argus
had on Saturday an ehle and excellent article.
upon the Importance of inducing visit from
the GREAT EASTERN. We fear however the ap-
peal has come too late but If 80, it should more
cmphnticaliy impress upon IL, the necessity OF
an EARLY and ENERGETIC movement in the mat.
tor. we now suggest. Let our people remember,
that we must sow the seed, before we can expect
10 yep the harvest.
We will now proceed IL show that Norfolk has
the means within her grasp Of making herself
the greatest exporting and importing city on the
continent of America. We invite at tenton 10
the facts upon which base these important
conclusions conclusions mhich inroire results.
ONE or WHICH uiH increase The udiue o. each Ten
thousand dollars rorh 81 ground pithfn Il oireis
Of ten miles in diameter IN our cities, Ia one NIL
lion
In the first place we would remind the reader
of the obvious aci that the CONNER CO of the
Atlantic. must be an interchange Of the products
ct Europe Tor those on our own country.
Ii is evident then that tho point to which the
produce IF this country can be gathe red cheap
est and from which it can be exported 10 the ports
If Europe in the quickest time, and nj tho least
cost Of freight; md which in return. ean gather
the importnlions from Europe aud send them to
the great centre of trade in the interior IN tho
specdcsi and lcnst expensive mt,nner. must be-
come the greatest exporting and importing port
on the continent.
, anunIlv G,llnrz Tint ihn mint which nv
means Of its rail road and seum III p connections
can gather passengers from the grcht centres of
travel, and send them across tho ocrnn To Europe
in the briefest time. and Mt tho leasi expense,
must become 4 e Erent centre of travel
We need scarcely remind the reader. Tint
these two are the foundation eleme nts Of the CT
tvs prosperity.
This point, and al his point ALoNn al the other
ports of the Atlantic, The cStra"rdi amy eonjunc
ton # the shortest, quickest, aud hcnpest route
to the great centres, OF trndc and travel of TIA"
interior; and tho shortest quickest and cheapest
transit across the ocean. and that, tuo ton II de
gree ihai must n-toni-h those who ave not mnde
TINS matter subject of especial n Dd searching
Investigation. / lis Injunction is The union at
this point via tho Norfolk and Petersburg RniI
Rand with the Genital aud Covlng. on mud OHIO,
aud the Virginia aud renuasse" K ii ltond4 in
the mntter Of travel, aud the James River aud
James River Canal completely III thu matter #
tudp-with limo of mammoth Stertn ships n
cross the Atlantic.
We spenk # this limo IA fxed fact. .rr no en-.
iirhtcned mind which has observed tn phy4jela
progress of the Inst few years, aud winch has
nude itself acquainted with this subject, Gnu
doubt Il at il will be- established snonrv or later.
When established it will he obliged 10 mike that
point on our coast which hns depth If winter Ia
allow lis entrance, md which has rIavel and
transport connections that can ill lis Ne-ses
with freight aul passengers. That point cannot
hp Portland the only eitv besides our own.
hitch has sufficient depth Of watrr to ndfDit the
st,nmers-hccan.e Portland has moi aud can
never hrvo connections with tho interior ny
which he can gather freight for the ste mers.
luat point cuunut be New York. far though New
A"lk Il rough her canals can gather treigh.' and
hy her Rail an1posst nEcrs, She has not depth
enough of water II uiow than. Il ttnch her
uka.Yrl the ~aue thing may h. ,dl Of lhln-
dolphin. Charleston uud Savannah have u"ithrr
ef the requisite Norfolk then i. the only port
on the entire cpn.t which cnn bath rerelve the
steamers. AID luni-h diem freight, but Il d.
tli> Virginia must eonplete the James River aud
luues River and kmaNha Cannl. or IN othrr
words the grcat wnter linz, between our CITY aud
The valley al the OAio and which in cnnnurc-
ton with thu steam ships, would. a, We shall pro
srntly show command great pnlt Of the trnda
al lup NllSslS~iil -Nlilt our I'M I.lai ChnnfC
tions will furnish thu travel
We will go b elk To our declaration that in ~
Ter to give any commencing seaport supremacy
over others, 1t must combine the advantages of
cheapest and speedo>t transit ncruss the Alnu.
tic; with the cheapest and quickest line. OF trans
puftaton 10 tho centres ot internal trade In the
matter Of these steamers, it viii also be neccssa
~ to show that these internal lines eau bring e.
nungh produce To supply them with freight.
Nn will tout 1, IL,
siyoy that freight ern be carried across the
Atlantic in the mammoth steamers with the adj
vauta e of time con>dered-dt 0ns third less cost
than by any rival mode of transport. 1t has also
been established Ivy testimony which ia ineontra-
vertihle, that produce can be sent here from Gin
/ cinnai al Que dollar and seventy ono cents per
ton cheaper, tnr about one thirdl then can reach
the Atlantic by any rival route. Norfolk presents
then by the combination of the steamers and the
Virginia Canal a route which will take produce
from the Ohio River. and pat 1t dawn IN Europe,
at one third less cost than any other combna 70
ton of routes that can be cstabished with cor.
responding advantage on importations. We have
not space to day, to give the evidence of these
facts which we haue in possession, but pro-
mise Ia do SO tomorrow to the satisfaction of
| the most skepiical. 1t only remains then to see
| if the Canals running to this point, have suih
| Gent capacity to distribute the freight to load
! them in return. This simply question of arh-
! motto 1t is proposed TO run weekly line of
/ Steamers which would make Fifty two trips in
/ each year. Each trip fully freightcd will require
! 5000 tons o! produce. This quantity multiplied
/ by 81, the numb.r of trip give >uS 10000 tons
! a the amount Of i"i;'tl required to be- furnish,
/ o at this point.
! The means we ,-.'.,l = thing this freight.
1 would be the vessel. oi the Delaware and Ches.
] a,,eake bays the produce 81 Norh tarolinn. Yin
| theChesapeako and Abemarle and Dismal swamp