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The Daily Dispatch: February 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sudden death of the Hon. J. A. Rockwell, of Connecticut. (search)
it is $10; to New Orleans, $11 per ton.--The same tariff on tonnage would give $4.50 per ton to Norfolk. The advantage in favor of the James River and Kanawha route, would be, over New York, $4.50; 24 miles, $10 tonnage, navigation all the year, but business only active for about nine months; Norfolk, 792 miles, $4.50 tonnage, navigation clear eleven months, business active all the year, no daney came with it-- people flocked in — they became great commercial places. Let it be seen that Norfolk offers a good point for business — let it be known that its route is the shortest, safest, and ow to New York, because they can always get employment there. They will come in any numbers to Norfolk as soon as they find they will not have to wait for a cargo. They do not come now because ther cheaper to send round to New York for a ship when it is wanted for the occasion. But once let Norfolk be the terminus of a water line down which annually pass several millions of tons, and she will
Sailed. Steamship Yorktown, Parrish, N. York, mdse. and passengers, Ludlam & Watson. Schr. Convoy, Merrill, Boston, via Chickahominy River, lumber, W. D. Colquitt & Co. Schr. John H. Travers. Frank, Baltimore, via Tappahannock-River, wheat, W. D. Colquitt & Co. Schr. E. & M. J. Simpson, Spruill, Pamunkey River, to load, W. D. Colquitt & Co. Schr. Georgetown, Booth, Norfolk, produce, E. Bossieux. Charleston, Feb. 10.--Arrived, schr. C. H. Culpeper, Norfolk, Va. Sailed. Steamship Yorktown, Parrish, N. York, mdse. and passengers, Ludlam & Watson. Schr. Convoy, Merrill, Boston, via Chickahominy River, lumber, W. D. Colquitt & Co. Schr. John H. Travers. Frank, Baltimore, via Tappahannock-River, wheat, W. D. Colquitt & Co. Schr. E. & M. J. Simpson, Spruill, Pamunkey River, to load, W. D. Colquitt & Co. Schr. Georgetown, Booth, Norfolk, produce, E. Bossieux. Charleston, Feb. 10.--Arrived, schr. C. H. Culpeper, Norfolk, Va.