Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-12-13

Point, the Vermont side By the cesson referred TO-
and which has now become complete by the ratification
of the Treaty. these works have become unnecessary
AS the existing appropriation will be sufficient for the
present. immediate will be taken to carry into
effect the design Of Congress, by commencing the
work at Rouse's Point.
1t s believed that the appropriation made in 1871
for the erection of defensive works the junction of
The MaawansEeag and Penobscot rivers, the State of
Maine, be better applied in the erection Of fort
the Narrows OF the Penobscot, md it is respectf lily
recommended that authority for that purpose be gwen
Although the state Of the works for the defence Of
the harlor of New York is very gratifying, yet il
should not be forgotten that they do complete the
system, and that, without such completion, they do not
afford adequate protection. The Notifications on Staten
Island at the Narrows deemed more important than
The opposite forts, hamilton and Lafayette The u. S.
has expended than Sis GOO in erecting the works
OH Staten Island, upon land belonging to the Stale OF
New York. That State has offered convey this land,
on receiving the original purchase money md the in
tcrest The difficulty respecting the title, which was
supposed to exist, has been removed by The opinion
the Attorney General that the right 10 the land is
quesiinnably the State Of New York II is therefore
confidently hoped that the necessary appropriation will
be made 10 purchase the site the works erected,
and TO put them IN repair Should any apprehension
be iet OF want OF means, they probably be sup
Piled by the sale of the site of fort Gansevuor the
North river, which has become comparatively useless,
and by the application of the proceeds OF such sale
The works Staten Island.
Another and most essential part of the defence OF the
harbor of New York, which has been rendered more
necessary by the discovery of channel, consists
ofs work on Sandy Hook, the immediate commence
men of which is srenuously urged by the Chief Engi
neer by the most convincing considerations II most
earnestly and respectfully recommended to the cons-
deraton Of Congress.
| would earnestly invite attention TO the recommsn.
dalons contained in the last annual report of this De-
partment, in favor o1hc establishment of military de.
fences on the remote Southern portion of our Atlantic
frontier. As there appears TO be question whe.
heE The points on TIE coast thin the State of Geor.
ga, heretofore indicated, The most advisable the
appropriation asked BY the Engineer Bureau and hich
IS recommended by this Department, may be for the
CONNIE ncement of a work the coast Of Georgia al
such site the President shall select after the neces
sary military surveys.
The recommendations in the last annual repor, Of
works for the security OF Mobile bay renewed This
very exposed frontier would to demand more pro.
lection than has hitherto been awarded
This report OF the Colonel OF Engineers shows the
necessity of some provisions Cor pleing the work on
the national road which begun, but which is left
unfinished, and is exposed 10 rapid destruction for
the want of that finish which is essential 10 its pro,ec
ton IL it be the determination OF Congress not 10
authorize any further expenditures this road it is
suggested whether some measure might mol be adopted
BY which the States through which it passes may Re
enabled to complete and keep in repair an avenue of
such great Importance 70 the whole community, anal