Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-09-24
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THE ST. NICHOLAS.

Mr.. EDITOR: Our county is blessed with
unusual prosperity, and it must be evident
to all, from the vast Improvements daily
taking place that a splendid fntnza. kl
u.s. The organization, some years ago, Of
an Agricultural Society in our midst has
mainly contributed to produce these wonder
full changes. Among people so Intelligent
and refined, possessing a county blessed
with extraordinary beauty of scenery, a kind
and fertile soil, it was natural to expect great
results from such an organization. It was
but few short years after the attention of
our people was called by this Society to the
advantages to be derived from the free and
judicious use Of guano and other highly con-
centrated manures, before the productions Of
the county were so vastly increased, that,
the ordinary means of transportation to mar
ket no longer suAfced, and all saw the ne
cessity of providing other facilities. The
attention of our citizens generally, being
called to this point, they at once became i'm
pressed with the full Importance Of the mat
ter and concluded that steamboat was the
great desideratum of the times. With a
spirit of enterprise, never before equalled in
these parts, and liberality truly philanthro-
pic, they at once set to work to raise the ne
cessary funds to purchase steamer, and, it
was said, they met with an encouragement
equal to the Importance of the matter, which
shows the interest an undertaking of such
general utility must invariably command in
community deservedly noted for spirit
of enterprise. Before, however, those who
had so nobly undertaken the work could
consummate their project, the spirit of rival
ry between neighboring cities, emulous of
the advantages to be derived from the pos
session of our trade, placed steamers upon
our waters, thus volunteering to supply what
we so much needed without any outlay of
funds on our part. Unfortunately, how
ever, after short season or two, both boats
were withdrawn from the route. [ shall not
attempt to explain the cause Of their with
drawal-and it is not surprising that they
we're Withdrawn after so short trial.
But, Mr.. Editor, as has long been ex-
pected, we have at length larger, faster,
and much better boat running to our waters.
The St. Nicholas made her first trip to the
Potomac on Friday, the 18th instant, and
stopped the night at Chapel Point where Gin
obedience to the general wish of the neigh
borhood) a convenient wharf and warehouse
have been recently erected for the accom-
mediation of the public. It was not expect
ed that she would be crowded with freight
or passengers the first trip; but it was ma
tural enough, after all the ado made by ag-
ricultural societies, public spirited citizens,
wealthy farmers, merchants, wharf builders,
&c., to expect moderate share of BOTH
But, Mr.. Editor, it deserves to be chronicled
as worthy of lasting remembrance-not a
lAogshead Of tobacco, not a bushel Of grain,
not an article of any kind as freight, not q
Charles cot,atian as passenger, aeelcon'ed
her ON this memorable occasion. Truly we
are great people, and there is nothing a
bout us like HpMBUG.