...eded in inducing the French Government to change the law granting a subsidy for a Northern line to New York, and substituting Savannah for New York, and extending a Southern line from Bordeaux to the West Indies , to the same port. This was accomplished after great labor by Mr. King. Mr. King's next step was to form a contract with Mr. Frederick Sabel, of Liverpool, for a line of steamers from that port to ...