The national Republican., 1869-01-11

THE ArsuAL MEErise or rHE AMERICAN
STEAMsHiP OoMrANr.-The annual meeting
chants Steamship Company, tNewYork. Alex.
andris and Georgetown nne,) was held on
Saturday evening, at Cl.Eett and sweeney's
Nj. John +. Mitchell presiding, and J. L,
0alt, secretary pro ten.
The nrst bu.fness presented to the meeting
SoSpsay, NJ. J.@. Tso%p.on, % ' IL which e ne he
oonEratuiatcs the stockh olders on the success
OF the company during the past year, and
fhe present annual meeting 10 under the cir
eumstsnoes, even more ausplolous for Its ata-
bility than At the close Of the nrst year Of Its
opposition then alluded to has not ceased, No
suggestion having In view arrangements mu.
tually advantaEeous TO the competing lines,
Their aim seems to be the overthrow and an.
nihilation OF this company. But their un-
wearied efforts to accomplish this ungenerous
purpose have only had the effect OF disclosing
their own weakness, whilst developing our
Freighis TO and from New York have been
until, in many cases, the prices M asked By them
Will not not pay the cost OF handling the mer.
ehandise transported. They have added to
The % NoPfoif ins, which Ss! sOss!eS S tS.m raV 10
week, and have resortsd to other eoStrirspsSss sss
| character, 10 order to affect, injuriousiy, the
business Of the company. But our customers,
remembering the past, have generally re.
steamers, and so long As they shall thus as con. con,
suit their own interest, we shall have no rea.
| son to apprehend that we cannot compete sue.
earnestly. seek our destruction. It would be
| irrational to suppose that sagacious business
men, who have heretofore suffered from the
| high prices and Irregular deliveries OF foreign
monopoly, can be now inveisled into such a
bestowment Of their patronage as would insure
the restoration OF that monopoly, and again
No community can expect to attain the high.
eat degree Of prosperity within Its reach un.
less Its people assume the control OF their own
the osprlce or eppidity OF Others having no
personal or nefshborhood sympathy with
themj and thus we are encouraged to hope
preeisted and sustained, despite the vigoroa.
efforts that continue to be made to cripple and
crush II. Happily there are but few dealers
countenance to this ignoble object, while we
are cheered BY the msgnahimous conduct OF
the more experienced merchants OF George.
town, who have identified themselves with
the success OF the undertaking by giving II a
liberal support In the past and promising II
their almost uadiSidsd support 10 the future
year Include some sixty thousand barrels OF
nour, besides large quotations OF grain and
| other valuable produce.
And we are also under new obligations for
continued favors from the leading merchants
and business men of Washington, who have
always conferred upon our ships large and
| generous patronage, which promises to 10.
| crease with the increasing trade between the
District cities and New York that has been
| stimulated by enlarged and more certain IA.
| cllities OF ntercommunicAtion. The benefits
| OF the expansion OF this trade, In enabling our
merchants to purchase supplies from frst-
hands instead Of paying com umissions and pro.
| fits to agents and second.class dealers, being
shared by all classes OF our citizens In the
ptoportlonately reduced prices at which they
| obtain many OF the comforts and necesssriea
| OF life, renders more and more manifest the
utility, not to say indispensability OF this
line OF steamers to the commercial interests
OF the national capital, and hence Its ineress-
Ing popularity.
AZ the moment OF writing We have been Cd.
portunely furnished with various bills OF
charges for freight by the opposition line prior
, To the organization OF this company. The
. rates charged then and now are In striking
. contrast, as m,y be seen by the following: