St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1857-01-15
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To T9fE EDITORS.


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The importance d dtferi trade between
England and those Portions Of the United
States which prOdues tue g.eat staples Of com
aleTce has TeeenliY beeu most ahiX USsed BIZ
The Hon. a. Dudley Mann. ID FinauneF
which rel-sts the Isighest credit upSsa hIm as
"a paIfi.i and statrsnaan. ALREADY ate hes
ryrews ping adopted bY The enierprrsing uner-
chants aad sfip-buAdeFs Of Engsasc, as IS
SIiu IN by an article in tie Union vi the 9Th
uiti.so. which publishes with deserved COM
n...ndatIOn au editorial al the London Morn
ing Post that ably sussasns the views vi Mr.
Mann.
From the publication alluded TO il appears
that line Of sgeaineFs Is about 10 Or eslab-
lishel. aud vessels are being constructed 10
England OF the capacity OF thirty thousand
tons. capable Of carrying fur Thousand pas
senaefs, and seventy live thousaHd 5aTreis OF
hanS, and having draugAI of tweniy-e.ghi
Iees ct water. Milford Hayen has been Sc
lecled as Sae British purt. possessing tIae best
and safest harb0r, and more directly connect
with The Metropolis, as well as with numerous
impcrans towns aud manufacturing districts,
than any osher IN the kingdom; sand we fur.
iher learn that the company are looking oat
with great anxiety for ports on this side OF the
Atlantic wigh sufficient depIhA 81 water ffJr
their lesiallsAn steamships.
To show that one or more ports may be
found On he Chesapeake Bay and its Iribuia-
~ wa'efsevery way suitable for the purposes
contemplated, and possessing indeed many SUI
perior advantages in a commercial point OF
view oger any other points or harbors in Ihis
or any Olher country. can | think be- demon
slFased by the consideration OF lew facts,
which propose briefly 10 present.
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alter the destruction of several of our navy
yards and the burning of the public buildings
Ofthe metropolis IA the predatory incursions
of-ihe enemy during the late war. public at
tentioa being aroused 10 inc necessity Of pro-
viding proper deispceS for the country, among
other measures adopted the Government or
dered scientific surveys 10 be made OF the
most important portions at our Atlantic sea
board. 4 nong the SURVEYS thus inaugural
Ell tor military and naval purposes. the CheS-
apeake and ITS tributaries were rightly deem
I'd OF eminent importance, and accordingly
two corps OF Typographical engineers, under
the direction Of Gen. Bernard, were detailed
tor The purpose The party To survey the
Patuxsnt river and circum acent lands in 81.
Mary's county, Maryland. were Major Albert,
assisted by L.eutenants DeRuSsev, Wilson,
Macomb. Mcneil, Adams, and Swift the
party to survey Point Lockout, ST Ingoe'S
Creek. and ST. Mary's river. and the waters
and land circumjarent, in the same county
and State. were Major Kearney, Lieulenants
Turnbull, Duneste. Ramsay. and Broken
brough. all officers of the hughes, scientific
attainment and professional ability. who early
in lie impressed their genius on numerous
public works. and since, in after years. have
won renown for strategy in war and daring
leeds on many battle ield. These surveys
were made in 1884. v;'h a precision and
scientific minueness uneqDailed by any save
perhaps the great survey of France, which
gives the heigh, and depth Of every hill and
valley and Of avery river and streamlet
throughout the empire, and which,wuusaszzE