Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-21
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Interesting to Navigators. Some t;,,o
ago we announced that B ,rometrical ~
pe,i.sents had beet made. with great care
aud accuracy, by Capt. Alden Partr,l,.
Professor of En- ,ineer.ng in the Mil,ts,v
AGA :emy at VAST Point, and a rar,v e
Gentlrmen, To ascertain the altitude :,
the Nrversink His, near Sandy HocL
The altitude OF these SUBMITS had beer
rated az six hundred feet aud upwards h.,
the public opinion but when they W..
measured by the Barometer, the eieva,;o-
of MouAt MtchiIi, the loftiest of the peaks
was proved to he considerably less tn
three hundred feet.
Doubts having been entertained wheth,u
some error might not have been co,nmittrd
the experiments have becn rep ate, h,'
Reubn II lines. Esq. This gentleman has
comm med the accuracy oi Capt. Par,ridos,.
In all important points Can't. p m,ds
toe he ght of Mount NJ tchill 9sl fe,t ,hl,s
high water IN .rk; Mr. II. makes II ~ ~.
II feet more-but still. not half so b;oh
as had been universally believed. rhn.
interesting question may now be consder..i
| as settled.
1t is known to Mariners. that Hemps.ead
Hill, on Long Island. is observed at s-a
from greater distance than the Never
| sink Hills. 1t was desirable To know M.
altitude of this eleva:ed spot. Acco,,,;,',,
| ly, Dr. Mitchil', Professor Ellicct Mn
Haines, and Mr.. Griffith, acco.,pan'ed
Capt. Partridge aud corps of cadets In,
| Hampstead Harbour, in Queens c. UNITY
| The attitude OF this summit above high wa
ter mark, was found to be 3l9 feet-.Thc
| Two heights on the sea Ceast, as navigators
| approach New-York, stand thus Never
sink Hi |. 281 #. Hampstead Hill sig feet
| proving that the summit of Long Isl,nd
is % feet higher than that of New-Jersey
| MILLEDGEvILLE, Aur z.
| M Jor General Gaines passed throph
TINS place last week on his way (from the
wild -rness, where he has been ESTABLISHING
military posis) to attend General Court
| Martial ordered to meet in New-Yor ON
the I'd. ct next month. Charges g speoi-
| hcatons are exhibited against him by
Lieut.. Col. Trimbe. predcated we believe
solely on the grounds OF tue Colonel's
imagining himself entitled to brevet for
the memorable battle at Fort Erie, on the
IAN August 1914. where our troops under
| the command OF Gen. GAR es who W. 9
himself wounded IN the action, repulsed
with prodisious slaughter Britisi, force
| three times greater than our own. A, An
| expense of no inconsiderab!e a,ncunt IN the
| U. States. an with too little respect to tie
Ieehngs OF gallant and accomplished OF,
bcer, the Gen. has been ordered from one
extremity of the continent to che other. to
answer charges, at least frivolous, ami
probably entirely ground ess-These char
| ges advert back we believe as far as Fe-
bruAry 1914; why, if they n. erited attenti-
on, has investigation been so long de-
| layed>
Had military man (ss should be the
| case been at the head of the Department
| OF War, different mode would perhaps
nave been pursued--a more equitable &
less expensive one might in our opinion
| nave suggested itself to the present Secrr-
tary, A court of Enquiry into the coaciact
OF Lieutenant Col. Trim lie would have
decided on his claim, and dealt out to him
that qnantuor of glory and honor which
his conduct merited.
Should the Government pu, sue the sy,-
tenn of policy which appears to have been
adopted in this case, our rmy can nsvcr
| be respectable. 1t encourages that spirit
OF faction and Observation-Disclosures so iniuricus
to us in the late war, aud which those
| at the head of afFlirs Should frown into
silence Gen. Scott is president Of tn,
Court. rI,,y,,o,