Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-11-07

"hu'ary TO 1t. Pensacola Perd;do
,rha . anu view orleans are the important point.
ne coast for New Orleans and the Delta IS ~
Mississippi viii be 81 $50 900. VI Tue
h01fd recommend also, floating defencs,
!" certain points, and they divide the foftfca,;on
""'e" 'neY nave recommended, into three cI,sss
VI les necessary, and therefore not reouirino
~ ~ &c all completed at once. We postpone. for
VIZ PRESENT. some comparisons of tie cost of the
present mode of defence, and that reconue,taS
here, as also some interesting consdor.,in.'D
regard to Pensacola, and that district of onr -;
time frontier rp,. oi mars
MARlIIME FRONTIER OF THE TT 8
One of the most importan, points sn,,roo,
IN the Engineers Report, is undoub, edIv IN. p
OF PENSACOLA Theupper arms of this bav receive.
'he 1eiow-water Pea River Middle R;
ana E,canbIs River, while the tributaries of ,hs
iat'er' inerlocking with the branches of the
Alabama and he Chattahoche, will one day con.
Vey part oil the products of these rivers TO Pen
s.cois. FROM the low part of this bav SAINT,
Rosa Sound extends eastwardlv IN S.nt, d."
Day, whence communication. partly natural ord
P"uy arllhclal, may possibly be continued In ID
atlantic. On the est, the lagoons of Pensacola
fefu'do and Mobile Bays, require but few nil
OF cutting In order to complete navigation from
inc ifs' 10 the last, and thence by an interior w.,
yer communication already existing, 10 New Or
ieahs IL Is also supposed that the head waters nc
me rivers entering this bay may be 81, vii;
the Tennessee wa"
lhe harbour sell seems TO correspond in it's adj
'""''ses' 10 the Immense regions behind H. lie
S .ee'sOle az low water to small frigates and the
''Se-' sio"rs OF war, and the lar may he So far
removed, a. TO admit still larger vesseI I'll
channel over The lar is STRAIGHT a,J ell, g
II is land-locked, and has a capacions ro,is,a.s
ana excellent positions for docks and for buiIdng
ana repairing vessels. Il has abundance of gooI
WAFER and Is Ierecty defensibls Ii has ,be,s
iore oeen " sely chosen by government as naval
s'auoh' fensacols is also most happily nlaced in
10 rne contemplated canal through the
mead OF TIE Peninsula of Florida; = c,nrsa ,yh;.l,
the board think the Gulf trade will ,ske = 'e"
NuPer"Dle obstacle prevent the execution of ,ha.
pan Inc position of Pensacola will sr.bI :,
ehectuaily To guard New Orleans, that denosi,o,v
"a 'he wealth OF an immense and fertile region Il
indeed, IL 90 not one d,v s,,,.,, - s'""' ~
itself W >''N'ne'ce 10
e thought This exposition of the ADVANTAGES
Oh 'hiS remarkable point, would lot be unin,era.,in
to any who fond OF contempIaticg ,hs . o'
meIcl'i deeIinies, and probable channels of d.
i"ue' % 'her own country. II may be seen also
nom ms Instance among many, how s;nsIs
se"ehe oil Internal communication, NAV Gomez,
republic Vi opI
!, Before we take our leave of the Report Of III.
engineers, we would draw our readers at,on,;S
Tor moment, to the cost of for,ifca,;on. -'
IaTeu VITA that OF the present system of d.fsnna
lie ooaTd suppose 10000 enemy's troops con.
Gen,r"'ei at Halifax Or Bermuda. To defend on
y Tue principal ports, in such a case ,vbsr.
'ne POINT OF attack could not possibly be know
would require, according TO their ca,crI,,;."'
r''"Oo militia inen, whose cost, in camnaieo -
six months, would be $40, $50 600 while !; 81,
likewise be necessary TO have 63 600. ready ~
march and within call The expense of for,ify;na
me above places would by SI3 ,764, 900. and ,bs,
OF 1heir gaHIsons S6,447 ,OOO the total $50 2iI-
UTU, oniy SSol 'ooo more than the cost Of one
never renewed, while that of the militia nina, 10
Perfe'ua!Iy repeated, and perhaps increarsd: + H.