The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-03
Tho Great Es.tera.

The communication of Mr.. A. Dudley Manr,
Washington, June q, addressed TO the eitiEeDS u
the South, completely settles the interesting a"'''
ton az the Great Eas.ern's port In this cohH''
1t ID Portland, and that IL a fxed fact. IN oo1o>
her. 1855. Mr.. Mann called upon Mr. Brunei sfcoi'
tact and originator Of the Great Eastern, Id ofoer
{, .msr,asn yha, the chances were Oh inducing
him to make the Chesapeake her destination. Mr.
Brunei promptly replied tbat ne cou'a not hosd
On, the sish,es, encouragement 10 such an idea,
inasmuch a. she was expressly intended for the
AustralIan trade, and that in her design abe had
been arranged accordingly. After this interview,
however the constructor Of the vessel became I'M
able 10 comply with his engagements, an entire
suspension In the construction occurred, the com-
psny became dspirited, and several of the stock.
holders were inclined 70 abandon the enterprise In
dsspais when, at this critical uncture, capitalists
having large interests In the Grand Canada Trunk
Railroad, proposed TO provide the amount required
for her completion, upon the condition that she
would run temporarily to Portland, instead of
Australia This proposition was sssen.sd to, not
from choice Mr. Mann eonieciures, but from me-
cessisy, and the Great Eastern WILL therefore, as
Mr.. Mann Is assured reliable authority. unques-
pared for service which, it is believed, will be in
OCTOBER; and from thence she may steam around
to New York, (making the run in ten or twelve
hoursJ and remain there two or three days for
profitable exhibition. As soon as she Is removed
from tie stocks. the company will commence the
construction Of companion for her in the Austria
liam ine and the two will constitute regular pack
cts bstween Milford Haven and Port Pnilip-
Hence, 1t ia thought by Mr.. Mann that there Is
little likelihood that she will engage permanently
Ia the trans. Atlantic trade.
Tiieie would appear to be no difficulty, howeVeh
In her obtaining return cargo from Portand'
Portland aud Chicago, the great grain rnarke' Oh
the world are united by continuous and spiendid
railways The railroad from Portland to Montreal
is one of the finest on this continent, and from
Montreal there is water navigation to Chicago
and all the vas. dispositions OF grain on the West-
ern lakes There is already direct trade betwetn
Chicago and Liverpool and it is proposed TO run
: lines Of ocean steamers, Of eight hundred tors
burden, between those points. There is but ole
public work in the country which can compete
with the mode by which Great Britain is carrying
out her vast commercial projects with the Norih-
western Statcs IL il the much abused and despised
Jsmer River Canal Take the map, and l1ok at
the ciTcuious course aud enormous distance by
which the heavy products of the West traverse
all the vast inland lakes from Chicago to the sea,
and then observe the short, central aud direct
James river route, commanding all the great
Western rivers aud their tributaries and resist il
you can, the conviction that the completion Of Il
continuous water line from the Atlantic to the
Ohio, and t,st alone, will bring Great Easierns TO
our ports, and make Virginia an Empire State