Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-28

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! 1st. The protection which is b. ii. !.
w departms ut At this tine aForded ,a ~
city of New Orleans, consists Of,
One hundred ADD ,wanly.siS marines,
Ketch Etna, armed WIN one Is loca ~.
/ tar TIVE inch hoaiszsfs, aaa 8 ,as'
nine Founders.
xKstch Vesuyius, armed in the same ma,
ner, excepting TIVE 24lb. csrrons !ss,a
leu Of the iaca howitzers.
Gau.b boats No. II aud u, armed ear,
with two long "a Founders, and ;wo !
1.2 inch howi,zsrs.
No. is and IL, armed each with Two d
{ pounders.
Ia addition to this force there can h.
afforded towards the protection OF the g.
ty Of New Orleans, BY tbs navy dapu,
ment, under the existing establishments.
Two kelehes, armed each with one -
inch mortar; two long . Founders, aal
four 24Ib. earronsdes.
Nine gun beats, armed each with iva 4,
Founders.
Which two ketebss aad MAE gun.b,a,
are now ready fer service.
And there are besides s. gas.bo,..
arned in the same maaaer, Which could
BE ready fct service as sooa as thsir eG.
GERS aDd MEG could join them,
I'd. rs to the defsnce OF the city O.
Orleans, | would remark. thar aqsias.s p.
proachss lron the sea, gua bas;s. il CO.
operation with Gxed batteries, iua.ciousy
scised, would afford itsn eaitctual ero,et.
lion. Th. requisite rumbes rnuss ueces
ssrily depend upan the nature and ex:sa.
OF lac invading papa. force
IN eneny, having the coz, raud IS b.
gu!ph OF Mexico, may sPproach N. o..
leans by various iplcss. Tbs access by
lake Pon,chassgain is ,hs saos, easy 10 s!:a
al eaemy, ard the most dssgerous 70 lac
US. They with a fair wind gay reach
shis lake ia ~ hoars from Mobi!!s, AID
Ia IS huurs f'em Pensacola. And |aal.
ING Of troops nsy be effeesgd on ,s beach
wlsisia fave mills Of tLs city. The inic.s
OF toe Mississippi arc numesls. h.
bars, hewever, at the insults Of Iss.
Ponichsfssaia and CT the Mississippi, viii
Go; allow he entrance of SHIPS eft The line
OK frigstca. and sleeps IF wsr and cus
tiers, when opposed b. gus coats, viii not
appear - iAose waters.
Ii, ia 1iae q war. there shonls be sa,
tlc9ad ca the river Miss;ssipai aud lake
Pdnskarirsia, 80 sun-boa's, or even
less number, II is sighly probable TIA, 10
cation Hoald think ct attacking By wa'c.
the CRY of New Orleans. And If, a. this
tine, there vera 9 gas-hosts ia addition
to those nsw GA THAI station ": would have
asthing 10 apprshend iroa asy sDsay
whatever.
To RELY, however, altogether on the
f'atsctiea the. slisht be sfEordsG by gun.
ooa.s, would in rny appre hsasioa, be Ia.
Sayd'ne too szach, us The enemy beng
mas'ess OF the SEA, n,ighs eqsip ssd send
sss'nst Us 3 sJpsFlor force og small Graf,
and E',Gss prevent ahy reinforcement Oh
oar part.
o. 1ee probable esPense. Ia time Oh
eeaes, 81 my auuabsr Of gan boat; ths:
tasga' be deemed sscesssry 90 the New
Orleans ssasaa, wsuIe be 1nnasly each
b ssi, 500 dsiiars And lie time of wsr,
h asaaa' szscsee woeld be each boat
1f1,OS9 49,
Ag'eeab;Y &c En- is.iHs,ioz ia your !s:'
ter, eeara il m:serial to remark to you
tazt additional gua>boa'a eaHnot AZ tals
lsas Sc seas fsr .he protection OF the city
of Ncw Oilesss, anlsss an adequate extra
appropriation be therefor made aad uuiss'
'ae restriction OF the set of congress Of
the last session "a to the numtsr OF rasa
to DC emploved hv thu navy department
b. repsaled sr ecEs-gad.
hsvs the hesor to be,
Respectfully,
SIR