The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-16

We have noticed tue presence In our dock OF
another Of the vessels Of the new Virginia
Liverpool line. The Pioneer, very appropri.
ateiy named, was the beginning, the feeble and
humble beginning, II You choose. of a great
and laudable enterprise. But there mus, al
ways be beginning, and even a railroad train,
the fastest of mans creation, begins its move
ment slowly, and warns gradually up to It's
work There was a time when the James
river could boast quite handsome meet OF
ships, engaged in the European trade, ana
house 10 still standing at yorktown, on the
York river, which was used rs an importing
house for New York merchants before the
Revelation. But both these noble streams have
for many years been deserted by foreign ship
n,ns and the coastwise vessels that are now
numerous In our waters only come to bear
off to the great commercial centres Of collection
and distribution the produce that is brought
to our shores by the railroads and public
works, built at a heavy cost exclusively by
ourselves, and to bring US goods which it
would be more to our profit and credit TO man
ufac ture ourselves. The Virginia and Liver
pool line leads us to hope for better things
Vessels have arrived of late in the James di-
rect from Europe, and having cargoes valued
at from S2O, 900 to $4,000. Certainly, looking
TO the increasing amount OF tonnage brought
to Virginia ports by the railroads and canals
with the certainty of a vast increase npon
their completion, this enterprise would not
seem to have been begun q day too soon. We
have noticed la,ely the large amount of cotton
which is finding its way by the Virginia and
| Tennessee Railroad from Memphis 10 Nor
| folk, d trade which bids fair hereafter to be OF
great importance, and of which Richmond
ought TO secure it's fair proper ton by an i'm
mediate construction OF the straight line
| from this city 10 Lynchburg. 1t 10 time
! that Virginia should avail herself Of her
vast natural advantages to become great
commercial and manufacturing power. With
| a central geographical position in the Confed-
eracy with the most healthful climate on this
| continent; with noun tains and mines crowd
| ed with mineral treas ares with water power
st various points within her borders, and es-
pecially at Richmond, sufficient 10 put in mo-
| ton the factories OF the world with pa bile
works, both railroad and canal, which will
make the vast valley of the OHIO and Missis-
sippi tributary to heg commerce; with noble
rivers draining her rich agricultural and min
eral regions and pouring their waters into one
| Of the grandest harbors in the world surely
there is grea destiny in the future for Vir-
|
the present generation will prove worthy OF
| that destiny, or Leave its glories and rewards
| TO another age, perhaps to emigrants from
| other States.
| The new Virginia and Liverpool line OF
| packets, composed of fast sailing vessels, is
destined, we hope, to inaugurate a new era
They make q ute as respectable show in point
OF size as the shipping in the harbor OF New
| York forty years ago. AS the deepening OF the
channel IL the James proceeds. we shall be
able to bring larger and larger vessels to our
| wharves, and with the full completion of the
| York River Railroad, stream will be brought
| 10 our very doors, which will afford an ample
| additional outlet for the trade that will be
| concentrated here by our numerous railroads
| With such facilities for greatness and indie
| pendence, Virginia should blush at the idea OF
being tributary TO any other State.