The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-04

ports only oustenth, ana Virginia only $500 COO
examine scme Other statistal tables In 1886 the 1
Of ship and bark, built In the Uned States was 30
whole amount Of tonnage was 400 3a3 TONS A HI
40 Geo tons WAS built at the south The little
Maine, the esrems Eastern and Northern State OF
feesrscy, shich DO ssts Of its climate, s. happily de
being eight months winter and four montl
weather, bull, frscnon over one half or all tho .b
barkr, and viii In fraction OF one thi OF the VIII
bage Virginia built vessels 70 the amount OF Biz
Borne ihrs years since about q Thousand men fro
,ape S,e,e OF Maine, were cutting ship timber In Y
ali U which as thipped North, there to put to
.rd DO sua part sent back TO transport Southern pr
Why hiss the North m0nopollytd the import T i1t
ri0Us have been asrigned, but principally the
IN the turopesr pa,esge I, on the Southern TO tho
o., route 10 take the ad, aDtage Of the current
mighty oeesp Tver "a Maury calls II, the Gulf strea
pa,ie nai legislator upon the tariff and the United
BANK. Something undoubtedly Ia due also to u
That at the ume OF the Revolution, 80 far % the
Virginia vas concerned, ID any Of the principal mel
were Eng lab and Scotch, considerable number Of
either soed with the mother country or II they rel
neutral, soon closed their business. However Il
with other Southern states, Virginia has neeer b,
great love for the merchant. Her policy has bes
considerable extent an sonrs cal She has
her energie,, aud applied her capital principally I
Culture When he' Imports were largest II
met the resul. OF mercantile shrewdness and
put was rather q state OF things forced
per by circumstances which do not nov
Up 70 tho commence uent Of The present century the
OF c. mmuoics,ion bst Seen the Atlantic States yer
aud sDconyeniens. There WIS eomf arsuvey but II
tercoors bdWeen them. Az colonies each WAS sc
ane otsttncs frf IN he other and mad III ansSed ts O
veTi mental affairs without reference 10 the other,
&c ma pressing en- eTgenc' growing oct OF Indian hos
o. what ere known rs the French wars. The q
were In @ cry res pect separate and distinct nation,
oil III, jeeioUsee and riyaries which have been &c,
considered a. ntcee'ary to such a CONDITION. Fla |
ported for itef. Some time elapsed after the toy
the cons atUtion before there was any marked ohs
tbN respect Trade In those days not easily di
from Its cid channels, and Virginia pack horse
carry as large LOAD OF a. cheap rate, soDid on
Pbilsc elph,a or New York. Let US, Mr.. Presidep
into consideration other circumstances. The c,
ration Of our country Is peculiar. II has by far the
ext. n'ive res coas II Any nation. That coast IL int
With hsrbors and bavs which are the reservoirs OF
rous rivers. Back from the seaboard q chain OF
tRins rears Its lofty peaks. Tho first se,,
made by cur forefaibers were upon the
slopes LING years elapsed before any settle
had becn made, long ars rolled round before any
factities for GanNpo tatiOn were afforded them
early, however, In the present century, those Inn
meDts In locomo'ion commenced, which have produ,
great revolution In the mercantile world-whch
dredged out % many ID and discovered SO mars
channels of ace. Al the virgin soil Of the interior
to yield its rich bsrvests to the descendants OF the
the tapper and Indian 6gtter, sag scious saw 4
poraDca Of con trnc,ing such works a. should obvs
difficulties nature had interpoeed 10 full free and
communication wi that interior Tho State OF Nav
took the lead That eminent man who has been
quenriy referred to by the gentlemen who have pre-
me, Is having made an impress upon the history
great State which no gnawtng tooth Of time car ever
In The lace OF an opposition bitter and unscrupuc0
ried 10 successful compilation the Erie canal The
OF that work speak for themselves In the Clio wing r
we have 3this day heard paid to New York wealth
Pow err sno greatness Passing over Massachusetts
It's Western Railroad, and Pennsylvania VIII
liberal expenditures she has made to enable
to pa tclpa'e IN the advantages of the interior
meTce Of our country, let IA for o mo nert 10
Mary land Ask that enterpsiug and hospta Die gent
from the city Of Baltimore sto is here Officiating
Of our Vice pre'idepts, ara he gil toll you the Bait
and Ohio Railroad has tresthoc nta BIS city and S.at
life tina. IL has donbled their Gest. ala RESOURCES
II has attracted snterpr irg, vhple sNuIe meu
abroad that has beer the means If re,ain.ag theh
gallant tops at home In tho ortses, Mr Presid,
stated the objects bad n viag by ;his -o.vent,n
cure those objects il IN he oF Vial tn 7crt Lrce NJ.
participate largely II TIE wea orpfJduo;loa Of the
but five would reap the fan a. ar,'ges within Our
wo must build Up cor rcrc. : ,uLr.c u wonld
proper for me to eDlarg' o, this t,r.c row. bAv
enough TO show TINT rho wort ~ fach VIC arc ergas
no chd's psy. y VII 'ooul-e -,ethng more than
ventlons and re'o'u',ous prc ipcochcs "Wordi
fer,lnire, and dgoos arc n &5culln,," uw requires
and persistent Wills, wodIors enorsy and no small
OF cariral AZ ono nposiapi step for ward-the nrsts
the "0cean sttb:r Forry." as advocated 40 eloquoh.
day by It's originator, should commend i,self &
II seems 10 ne Mr.. President that, 60 far pur
are concerned, VIC have met al the right place, and
Bob me and piac, do nov adhere.
A to place, what SPOT moro appropriate than thiss
has bit to ftep To h,eo windows 70 hear the fanteN
the gallant men no here drst planted the seeds OF
empire As to time, I" rever went there by an age
TIE great flood" more prcpitious. Tho civilized Won
esec Gags Of Russia a. TI.noe. snd tSs. "f ss, On
the, ruddy Lon ramps in Gold, nog os th their fol-
the breese tainted Nth the incense so dear 10 him
ise black canpo. throne Of usrs The ssyer1;ss n.
well as England, has BE- en- made to feel that peace
her victories no Lest renowned than war" The con
cisl marine Of france during the lsst year, under !
Napoleon, has increased In much lager ratio than q
England or the United 8 ate, Enslaad, the 4" old
and sure y as We have called her, Is II this momen
rec Ing her untiripg energies 10 steam commercial
rine. That dDing eberpfise which evtorled for Anne
sailors the proud compliment from Birke, in tho In
House OF Commons must be put TO ts fdl' stretch o.
foe Of the olden time viii again be mistress Of the
In the near future, steam, In whole, or auxiliary,
be the power 10 move chips upon the mighty deep
only II . revolution 10 the propeilng power ~ n,
but one still greater is da sniog upon IS IN the male
or csns,fuc'ioo for veeeels The "onk levia,hans
yielding TO hugo, iron ribbed monster, 10 ~
cabins the good thip ATgo could 10 kop, Ia
glass tbow case, and thsi would use tho
% . tender ]. this revelation, hes York
oiher Northern cities have but lttle the r,art Of
Each age b. as,s Of IS own trumphs. One epoch sec,
heavens mapped odt aud Weighed IN balance: In anol
the art Of printing Is discovered. Upen stu auo,
dawns q new world-th s western continent THIS !
tecnth c,nturv has been dislng lishcc for It's in,pv
mtns, Its inytnons, aud ns discoveries IN the arts
sciences which tend 10 ame ,rate the condition OF nums
and to rg into one common brotherhood all the nat
OF the earth. The Steamboat, vhch " against the "
against the tide s steadics with her upright keel 20
rniToad with ne metallic track over which pushes ,ne
tfng steed whote lungs or iron, whose snsws mr.,
steel, and whose noBrilt breathe oul smoke an fos
have they not sccompIishedS In IN nInet senth
tury, one OF our o IN American citizens has given n
lion TO the question asked by tho Deity OF job"
send lishtnn gs thai they may 20 and say, and cay
thee, here we aref' Across deco rivers, wide bays b
continents ard soon we hope 70 add across vast occ
stretch the electric sre along which with speed sure
Ing tia, orPuck and that laugh, the sggrg hours 10 80
0sah of - a
Am not then, right sir 10 saying that tas OF all OF
10 the time for successful movement on
prrt, 20 that the goccn sands OF this ON
turily should not be allowed 10 run out uriupro,
II certainly particularly with the Nate az Vtvg,
Our great public lines OF travel approaching CON
ton. In short time the city OF Norfolk will be In al
connection " th the hssissipp and the Ohio But can
West, Of her surplus, furnish q sufficient amo mi
fregh. 10 iced all the canals and railroads that have
constructed and arc in Irocess o. for tho "
portston OF uat surpusS Who, Mr. President Cd.
doubt III Why, ST., within your recollection the v
existed but upon toe map-w4 only known
graphically. The territory that vas pressed but By
footsteps OF the Indian the adventurous white hun
has become tho alto OF great States waere were
primeval fo ests, and the prairies thai had usyr
reared BY the plough, are
Hills al rich with blossorned trees
And nelds hat promise corn and wine,
And scattered cities wning these,
whose Tar white "a IA along then shine.
You, sir, saw the tide Of population In tiny rlvr
ticklng through the mountain passes and gorges Of
Apalacnian chain. II has Increased 10 mighty III
wnion, Ioe ming ard frctting Of the base Of the 70
Mountains, has with hs broad backed waves o'crt, "
them ana SPREAD sef out upcn the sborcs OF the Psc