The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-14

HE THREAT EASTERN-WHERE Is MIR. UUD-
LEY MANN!-One of our Well street morning
contemporaries says that 1t has information that
the Directors Of the Company owning the Great
Eastern 'are proposing to reduce the price o(
tourists tickets from slO0 to ESQ, and inteaA
alsO to issue tickets this side the Atlantic for
in this country will be such as to embrace every
thing worthy of attention from Portland to chi
caeo Washington and Quebec.
Now, why not include Norfolk, the very port
appointed by Mr.. Dudley Mann as the Americas
terminus of line of steamers of the capacttv
of the Great Eastern? II is bad enough to Do
cline to run the ship down to Norfolk but It IA
really too bad to exclude her European passen-
gers in the American tour chalked out for then
from even visiting the port of Norfolk The
best thing, therefore, that MI. Mann can now Do
is to 90 over himself to London, see the Direc-
tors Of the Great Eastern, lay before them he
charts of our coast survey, the Southern con-
mercial statistics Of the last census the proceed
ings of all the Southern Commercial Conventioss
of the last ten years. and especially of that
recently held at Old Point Comfort; and then, II
the said Directors refuse to bulge from Port
land, let Mr. Mann be empowered to buy TIE
steamer, or charter her at any price, for q run
down the coast to Norfolk.
The corporate authorities of New York have
resolved to eeDd out special agent to bring, II
possible, the Great Eastern 10 this port via Long
sland Sound, and Mr.. Dudley Mann must look
very sharp or Norfolk will be entirely ignored.
A Southern Commercial Railroad Convention, re-
Gently held In Tennessee, appointed former Sc
cretary of the Navy-Mr. W. B. Preston, of Viz
ginia-as special ambassador to England, to &C.
cure if possible, the first trip of the big chip t.
Norfolk; but still it lie apparent that the proper
Norfolk man for the crisis is Mr.. Mann himself
This project of Southern line of monster steam
ers to England is his project; it is his business 10
look after it, and be should, therefore, go over Il
once to London, with all the necessary authority
and with all the accompanying documents" 10
quired in view of the important mission mg-
gested
Now or never is the time for q bold stroke for
Norfolk. Where is Mr.. Dudley Manns At an
other Southern Commercial Convention, in session
at Knoxville, Tennessee, we understand. If %,
let him hurry up the convention to the work, and
then let him hurry of to London without further
delay.
Should preliminary trial trip Of the Great
Eastern Of two or three days, including the trial
Of stiff gale, prove her fully up to the calcula-
tons OF the company, there can be no doubt that
the plan of pleasure tickets for the "round trip"
from Europe to America, and rice versa, can b
made to pay handsome profit at q moderate
charge. In this view, should the ship visit this
port on her first excursion, she would probably
be filed with passengers forher European 'rounA
trip" at days notice But should abe go 70
Norfolk, what GLORIOUS opportunity would thus
be offered for testing the prscticability Of tie
great monster Southern Atlantic ferry project Of
MIR. Mann Yes yes, Mr.. Mann must hurry -
TO London.