The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-01-08

1 regard TO our Northern frontier
defence, naval forces on the
and the enlargement and compile
our harbors, are urged as indis-
lie. With reference to our Mari
rontier, it is stated that various re.
ave from time to time been made
Board of Engineers, and that they
and develope a complete system
pnce, which has received the APP
ion Of Congress and the country,
execution may now be regarded
art Of the settled policy of the ma
lis elements are, !. Naval forces;
rtifications; Interior commune
S. Floating batteries are not offer
e cost being out Of proportion to
efficiency. A Navy, TO afford a
etc defence, should be superior to
afanv other nation with which we
rome into collision. Steam vessels
. proper defence Of inlets and har-
n shallow draught of water. But
ave many harbors at once copious
asy of access; we cannot expect to
Sete with several European powers
extent Of Naval establishments:
he only resource left us is fortify
Dtr ha rbors and roadsteads.
Dut Sl4,000,000 have been expended
srtifcations along our coast, and g.
hoo more, il is thought, will finish all
those of minor. Importance. The
etary urges the speedy completion
bese works.
next alludes to the facilities afford
Canals and Rail Roads, for trans
mo arms and armament in time of
He says that during the last war
Great Britain, the cost Of Transport
from New York 10 Plattsburg,
ett's Harbor, or Buffalo, was from
10 twelve dollars per hundred. The
emit cost to Plattsburg is thirty cents,
10 the other points named, sixty
per hundred. A twelve ponder,
n. at the cheapest rate, could not
been carried to Buffalo for less than
hundred dollars, may now be trans
ed to the same point, in one fifth or
eighth of the time, for twenty-four
arS. 10 every point Of view in which
e works can be considered, their cost
much actually added to the delen
means of the nation, without any
ense to the General Government,
erthan the subscriptions it has au-
rized 10 few Of them; and il may
firmed, without exaggeration. that
aggregate of saving, in any future
which we may be engaged, in the
hparatively small amount Of militia
force that will be necessary for de-
BE-, and in the cheapness of transport
On afforded by Rail Roads and ca
now in existence,will be equal TO the
3 Of their construction.
National Foundry for cannon is ur-
j is thought that the Ordinance office
ht to have an increased force, and a
pot for powder not wanted for immedi-
use, is recommended. Also militia
road within our acknowledged limits
supply subsistence and other stores
Forts Kent andsFair6eld, in the State
Maine. Circumstances Of a peculiar
practer seem to demand that no time
D1d be lost in the commencement oil
i work.
Inc establishment Of a strong for
Fort Brady with commodious bar.
rks, commanding communication with
ke Superior; seems also indispensi
and a post on the Missouri from
;, south of Fort Leavenworth, i:
Cessary, in connection with the plar
defence for that portion Of our terri
by,
The Propriety of commencing the cree
PINOT permanent worksin the KEYS, or oil
peninsula Of Florida,is strongly pre-
snled
The Secretary urges the necessity o
qurlng great promptitude and punctn
y in rendering their accounts by tht
efous disbursing officers in the publi'
frvice.
It is urged that speedy provision
made for the payment of tho jus
aIms of the militia Of Florida Also
p the payment Of the Greeks for a regi
sn' OF warriors to serve in the Florid,
A further appropriation is suggeste
Y The important works for the defenc
The harbor Of New York; also, 70
y completion Of military roads, author
81 TI OyCongress. The military Academ
ase.
The Board of Typographical Engir
IS IS busily and usefully employed
" boundary line between this countr,
exas from the mouth Of the Sabin
red River, of the mouth Of the Suws
. OF the Des Moincs and Iowa rivers
tween Michigan and Wisconsin, hav
year been completed. The survey
Tue Lakes and the North Easter
Gundary are in progress. The prepa
ohs Tor the removal Of the Red Ri