The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-04

where we touch it, to SHAKERS Ferry on the
Kentucky; from which point that great river
has been made navigable by the largest steam
boats. by a system of locks and dams, to Its
month. We have said nothing OF the clear
sweep 1t would give us at Illinois, Indiana,
Missouri. and the great Northwest. We have
said nothing of the chance il would give US TO
compete even with New Orleans in the cotton
| trade All this must be passed over for con-
sideration hereafter.
S,-Franee consumes, for all purposes,
annually, IS 600, 600 tons of coal. or this two
| thirds, or 100000, comes from England. cue
consumes ,OOO, 900 tons of iron, of which about
| zoe, 600 tons come from England. We are told
| the iron trade to France would consist in the
! article manufactured into steel. SO mucn Inc
better. 1t would give employment to the
greater number of people here.
| The Great Easterueand Hampton Roads.
| A. DUDLEY MANN, Esq, states in letter Ia
| the Richmond Enquirer, that he has received
assurances upon which he can implicitly rely
| that in less than two months the Great East
| ern will re-enter Hampton Roads. ii she can
| get such a cargo as he proceeds TO specify
She will come prepared, he says, if such be the
| wish of the Southern people, to convey to
Milford Haven thirty thousand bales of cot
| ton. or Twelve thousand hogsheads OF tobacco
| or seyenty-flve thousand barrels OF flour, OF
| three hundred thousand bushels of wheat or
corn. mixed cargo, however, will be pre-
farable for many reasons. She will also be in
a condition to accommodate five hundred first
class passengers She would remain at Hamp-
| ton Roads about ten days.
nj
1.-The recent visit of the Great Eastern to the
rnited States has been attended with the best OF
to ,bs aoss The directors by
whom she was accompanled-as eminent men In
their respective avocatIons as tb. - 81
the only water this side OF the ATLANTIC adapt
ed, IN all respects to her capaclty Iorei1hei
Thames at Lonaon, in the Bay of New YORK. and
| in Hampton Roads remarked, THAT her dtnen-
mer harbors but scarcely large enough tor the
latter And so sure as the held i OF the South
pToprietors animated by patriotic sentiments, so
sure will the remark OF the stranger be Ve1lhed7
generation will not pess away until that vi oh
will fad by her SIDE vessels three hundred ieet
longer than heIse and OF e sbs "a % Tons 9bs
ocean what the first railroad was to the land, and
will effect as great revoluuon In ca[Ls,pg !ns
is to unite the Old Grid and the New World
through Milford Haven and Hampton Roads, IN
Whatever may be thought of the practical
bility of obtaining such cargo as Mr.. MANN
specifies. we are sure that no one can dispute
a word that he says about the natural advan-
tases of Virginia for commercial purposes
1t is very much the fashion in those quarters
which have already appropriatedthec commerce
of the country to ridicule every enterprise
in the South having for its purpose CONNER
nRh IN
the character OF those who thus sheer, if they
would themselves be laughed out OF any en-
terprise which had in view their own aggran'
dizement or emolument. Unless the people
of Virginia are incapable OF foresight and en-
ergy. unless they are stone blind 10 the ihcom'
narable and unbounded facilities Tor commerce
with which they have been endowed by the
hand Of nature, they will steadily keep in
view the duty, policy, and vital Importance Of
hecomips a great commercial community
The remark made by the intelligent foreigner
that the vast dimensions of the Great Eastern
seemed out of proportion in the waters of the
Thames and of New York, but scarcely large
4 enough for Hampton Roads," speaks Of itself a
volume 1t is in itself an inland sea, or which
| the navies of all nations might ride with ease
whilst those deep and mighty rivers, the
Elizabeth, the James, and the York, could &C.
commodate all the shipping, of all descrip-
| tons, that floats upon all the oceans of the
earth And yet, when those who dwell upon
the margin of such magnificent waters as
these. in a State which is the geographical
centre of the American Union, and the CON-
pletion of whose works of improvement will
present the rtest route to the seaboard that
the productions of the great Western Valley
can take, utter an aspiration for CONNER
cial enterprise and independence, we find
those in whose business folds we are sur
rounded. and who are friendly enough as long
as we lie perfectly still, elevating their crests
anerily, and with warning Kisses, seeking to
scare MS from our purpose.
1t lis treason to Virginia, to its founders, To
its posterity, to God, who gave us this rich
inheritance not to use it for the ends which
He himself has stamped upon it in characters
so plain that he who runs may read We have
no sympathy with the spirit which would
ALLEVIATE the people Of one section from another,
but still less with that which would ALLEVIATE
q people from itself To thins oscs salt be true
thou enru not then be false to any man - will
apply to communities as we'll as individuals
and certainly truer words never fell from
mortal lips. We respect beyond all expression
the hardy daring and entsrprising qualities
OF the Northern character, and for nothing dc
we respect them more than their cultivat ton
OF that spirit of commercial and man u fact
| ing independence which we would most earn.
estiy desire the people Of the South to adopt
| as their interest," their safeguard, and thei,
duty. No matter how feeble may be the be.
ginnings OF their commercial enterprise, they
.nnot Ia mara feeble than thu frat afyortsae,
the North In the same line no matter whai
ridicule b heaped upon the effort by those
| who fear the ultimate result, Let them
struggle on. and psrssvere, and the end
must crown their efforts with success. !,
i il simply impossible that acountry possessing
In Its own bosom such elements o. greatness
as the South, which produces the cotton, the
rice, the only naval stores that are produced
in all America. TO say nothing Of her other
| agricultural and mineral resources, and which
Ass bsxidas. the lareoat harhors ana rt~~~s 4.