Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-23

GERS, and, no doubt, designed to form q
most important portion in the forceto be
employed 10 any future contest that may
arise between Great Britain and the Unit
ted States; and by n reference 70 the map
Of the w sst fadia mail lines, 1t VIII be
seen that in our present ~defencesess cotidi-
ton, n force composed Of armed steamers
and troops Of that description, would not
only give great annoyance to our coast,
but most efTectually, and at once, put n
stop to all communication round IaRc
Florida, or through the passes OF the West
Indies to or from the Gulf of Mexico; and
| consequently the commerce Of The great
valley of the Mississippi must ftil! INTO the
hands of the enemy, or It's vast produce
tons, cut off from market, be rendered
unless
The Gulf Of Mexico, says the able wri-
tor whose letter is found on our first page
will be tho = cockpit for the pitched battles
OF our Yankee tars in the next war;; ana
preparations must be made 10 sustain
bonorably our hand in the games then and
there to come oil. With suitable prepara.
ton, we may laugh ,iunger in the iace.--,,
But it is the preparatltr we need anu
without TINT Our ruin vii y csr'ain' Let
us take a glance at the engl +s o. war 10
be employed by our enemy in tha threaten
cd struggle, and see what is TO be 'one De-
fore we can meet her equal handed.
Our readers need not be informed Of t,tf
exertions England is making (nor of the
astonishing success Of those esertions,) to
"girdle the earth about" with her steam
packets. These are all constructed with
an eye to war, and equipped at private
cost for its casualties. None OF those
steamers are allowed to take out papers
until their owners have given the govern
ment bond and security To transfer them
to the crown IN case Of war. OF this de-
scription are all those Of the West India
Steam Navigation Company, about TO be
placed on the line connecting Falmouth
with New rlcan ms, and which, stopping on
their passage at the principal of the West
India Islands. could throw into the bosom
Of our unprotected society, Mt a moments
warning, u few thousand troops OF tho
character mentioned above. The conn
pany agree to provide,
"a sufficient number mot less than
foarteen) of good, substantial and efficient
steam. vessels, Of such construction and
strength as to be fit, and able to carry
guns of the largest calbre now used on
board of Her Majesty'g steam.vcssels Of
war, each Of such vessels to be always
supplied with irst-rate appropriate steam
engines, of not less than four hundred col
~lective horsepower; and also a sufficient
number, not less than four of good, sub
s%tantial, and efficient sailing-vessels of
not less than one hundred tons burden
each; all such steam and sailing vessels al
ways to be supplied and furnished with all
necessary and proper apparel, filrnitures,
stores, tackle, boats, fuel, oil, tallow, pro-
visions, anchors, cables, fre-pumps and
other proper means of exiting ishing fire,
and whatever else may be requisite and
necessary for %equipping such vessels, and
rendering them constantly efficient for the
service hereby contracted to be performed
and also manned with competent officers,
al n sufficient crew Of able seanen, and
other mon; and all the said steam.ycssels
to be likewise manned, and Supplied with
competent and efficient engineers, ma
chinery, and engines; and TO be in all re-
spects as to vessels, engines, equipments,
engineers, officers, and crew, subject to
the approval Of The said commissioners
and Of such persons as shall at any time,
and from time to time, have authority IN
der the said commissioners to inspect and
examine the ame.'-Relurn TO an Ortler
of he Honorable Tic House Of Commons,
lated 22d Mag, 1910.
Such are tho means at the command Of
England-slch are the means 10 be en-
ployed in a war against lis should war en-
sue ; h5W what are our means TO rcpet the
attacki! From tho Gulf OF Mexico to st.
Louis there is no fort which o. fleet Of
three or four steamers could not pass with
impunity-nor. could we oppose to such
fleet 4 force that might not be silenced in
an hour. Mere passive resistance, by the
destruction of some of our most valuable
property, might, it is true, be made. BY
some thirty or forty cotton boats
in a line across the Mississippi, the ascent
of an enemy could be arrested for a time !;
yet his aggressions would remain un-
punished.
But we lack space at the present time
to discuss fully the arrangements requisite
to enable us to cope with a formidable fee,
and to secure to Louisiana ION whom the
brLnt Of the nations c~ala,nitics must fall
in the next war; against the most vigorous
assaults. We shall resume the subject in
our next.
From Texas he went to the U. States,
where he had acquired the reputation OF
being a very wealthy planter, and he found
his way into society in New-Orleans Mo-
bile, New-York and ether p!aces."-Er-
from a sketch ofthc life Of Eamards,
The famous tforgsr.
Such is the influence of wealth in this
The %factisa stigma and a stain
On society-on the nation. Honor and