Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-01
".Mariiai D,mnnsirniinn, ~

Mr.. PIckens' warlike report appears 10 have -,
cited some feeling onr maritime frontier. and I,
have caused some inspection of deiences. Accor
DING to the New York Courier & Enquirer tn,
ueienees OF that city are utterly worthless w,
helt the same thing of those in the vicinity of Nor
iolk and Hampton. New Orleans, Charleston
Baltimore, Boston, and every exposed point will ne
doubt tell the same story. Fortifcations construct,
ed at SO enormous an expense, a portion of them
within 20 yesrs-aH within the memory of man
are worthless and unienable. The nation is now
again TO be called on to recon struc; them. TOWN.,
extent ought the country to GOT Fortify the Who'll.
eoast-or the large cities and the vulnerable points
only
The Courier x Enquirer says:
".Naii~aHI dejtness.-Inths Hons, NJ n ,n,.,.,,.-
tives on Monday last, Mr. w. Thompson. cbairmar
OF the COMMITTEE on Military Afairs, reported bI
when was twice read and committed TO the Commit.
Tee OF The Whole on the State of The Union. mnkinc
appropriations for certain Qualifications ofthe In;,S
states generally, for the year 1871, and for arma-
ment OF fJrthcauons; also for raising a comn,nv n,
Sappers, miners, and pontoniers and appropriaiinD
e9OO 90 for steamships OF war. The amount Inroo
posed by The bill TO be appropriated for fortinca
tons is 81 ,67S, 600.
w have not the p'riieu1rs ofthis bill; but hope
4. IN a
IN the harbour Of New York. OF these the cond,ton
Of our last advices was briefly as follows.
"forf HGmht0H-Not a single gun mounted
not man within its was-its rlmpars crumbIins
its doors hanging loose from their hinges. and the
disnshp. 80 WI
"Fort LGJIBehe.-iis guns mounted. (some ~
iheml out It's interior IN a state of decay
"Ihe BatsTy on Staten Island, at the Signal Poles,
demolished-the guns pied like loads OF wood con-
suming IN their own rust.
Sort TOmpkiHs, -condemned-6lled with s.,,h
and 4 TIL, not gun near IT,
"Ihs Waitr BatieTy.-In ruinours condition and
we believe without guns. N''N
"GovsrToT'5 Island Castle Williams very gsns,-
ally consdeiod good for nothing, and Fort CoIum.
bus It's only effective battery.
"BedIop's and Cibbsfl Island. win ,o,,,,. oe ..
~ limited extent power VI We
III these forts were all armed bnJ earrisoned.
we suppose that 1t would not be yerv dificn, 10, -
Meet OF steamships TO run the giuntlet ,bouebt
'he "hoie OF Them, and take a Re position a mile
or Two up the Hudson. IL is obvious then. thai
the city OF New York, as the mos, eynosed -
important point on the coist reau req som, eG.;,
AID from the General Government and ,Se -
mat she has not Keen forgotten by Mr.. Thompson
and the Military Committee.
ne remarks that we have made in regard 10
Ihe haroor OF New York, apply equally well 10
our whole Atlantic coast. During The adnin;s,,so
t'oh Of MIR. Van Buren,, all our great interests bavs
been neglected or sacr feed, to enable himself and
ms CaOinet TO apply themselves to an active and
snc'ent system oil eleclioneering. From extreme
MAINE TO extreme Louisiana, we have not single
ethclent iorthcationj nor along our whole Nor.
thern and Western ifontier. For an Indian iocn,-
SION from the hostile tribes oongregated TO the We,
OF Arkansas Tor an invasion by the picked troors
OF heT meJesty stationed IN the Canadas or for an
are tqualy unprepared.
ia this view Of the case, il was any thing bu,
prudent ~ MIR. Picksns to give such peculiarlv
martial denominations in his recent T.port. I,
would have been well, we think, for the cbiavlrons
gentleman TO have bottled up his wrath, and 10
nave gwen time TO the new administration TO sun.
ply the dehciencc s IN our means Of defence which
are TO be attributed 70 the shimsess neglect of tbs
most 'nnoleni ~ well as "most corrupt and pro
hsate Wretchos that ever crawled into power.n n
mere was good reason for the arguments and con.
c'uslons oftbat report, II certainly behoves The adj
,nnisrauon IN whose behaft was made, to soc thai
'hs EtePnOiie suffers no detriment and to proyid,
'he Executive with the necessary means for mac
ing the country IN a posture Of defenceD