Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-07-27

COAST AND SHORE LINE OF THE UNITED STATES
The Coast Survey, now progressing developes very
many interesting facts in relation to harbors shores
and coasts. That portion Of the report of the Coast
Survey issued the 18th of July, 1854, gives us
extent of sea coast on the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, as follows -
The shore line of the State of Maine, including
bays islands, and all irregularities, 2,486 miles; Of
New Hampshire, 40; Massachusetts, $50; Rhode
Island, 800; Connecticut, 262 New York, $50;
New Jersey, $40; Delaware, 118 Maryland 509;
Virginia, 654 North Carolina, 1,641 South Caro-
lima, 656; Georgia, 684; Florida. east coast 2474;
west coast 1862; Alabama, 315 Mississippi, 287;
Louisiana, 1880; Texas, 1880. The above figures
give the Northern Atlantic coast, including that of
Maryland, at 6,150 miles, Southern Atlantic from
Maryland to the Capes in Florida, 6,209 miles the
Gulf coast, 5744-total South Atlantic and Gulf
1883 total Pacific, from boundary of San Diego to
| the mouth of Frazer's river, 3,251.
Of the Pacific coast, l,343 miles are Immediately
contiguous 10 the ocean 483 miles of short line of
bays 7O7 miles OF shore line from Cape Flattery TO
Frazers river; Ala miles of shore line of islands
from Cape Flattery to Frazer's river
The of the slopes of the continent towards the
oceans the lakes and the Gulf is as follows:-The
Pacific slope, 766,Co2 Square miles; Atlantic slope
proper, 5l44l6; Northern Lake region, 112,649 !;
Gulf region, 325,537; Atlantic, Lake and Gulf, east
and west OF the Mississippi, 952,6o2; Mississippi
valley drained by the Mississippi and It's tributaries
,562 Atlantic, including Northern Lake, 627-
065; Mississippi valley and Gulf, or middle region,
1,543, ,000
Over twoffths of the national territory is drained
by the Mississippi and IFS tributaries. ard more than
one-half is embraced in what may be called It's mid
die region One.fourth of this total area belongs TO
the Pacific, one-sixth to the Atlantic proper, one
twenty to the Lakes, ninth to the Gulf
one.tnird to the Atlantic including the Lakes and
Guf.-Pihsb,rg Journal Of July I'd
The UNITED STATES ARSENAL, BAToN RoUGE,
LoUIs1ANA.-The Baton Rouge Advocate furnishes
the annexed interesting of the United States
Arsenal at that place:
One of the largest arsenals of deposite in the Uni
ted States Is the one at this place The grounds be-
longing to the department embrace area OF twenty
acres, aud laid out with much taste. The
q buildings consist of store houses for ammunition,
d magazines for powder, carpener-shop, armory,
blacksmith -shop boarding house, commandanps
: idence guard houses and artillery sheds These
3 all substantial brick structures
Some idea of the dimensions of these buildings can
be formed by rough estimate of their contents, ia
r, ken from the official inventory There is, for in
stance in three magazines, 10000 pounds of powder
and 9oOO 900 rounds of cartridges for small arms
e and The store-houses contain 35,OOO mus
kets, rifles carbines and pistols, $500 sabres, 100
e cannons, 100000 cannon balls and shell, 10000
pounds canister, and accoutrements for 5000 men,.
l. The total value of the land and buildings with their
contents is over 81 900. An artillery
l. TWO hundred feet long by fifty feet wide, and two
stories high. has just been erected at cost OF $35
600.