Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-16


been said and published of the one may be true
of the other; and in the search for "reminiscences
tof the soiourn in New York of Louis Napoleon,
on his elevation to a throne fifteen years after
wards it IS not difficult to believe that those ig-
4 norant of the presence here at the same time of
two persons of the same name and same title may
/ have confounded the acts and character of the
one with the'otller. This doubt It's the fact
4 and that, however general and firmly established
the impression to the contrary may be, the re-
proach of disreputahle life here does not just
| " attach itself to him, who is now confessediy
| the most able, the most fortunate, and the most
remarkable sovereign in Europe. s@as.
G. S. STEWARD, United States Navy.
/ OUR SEA COAST DEFENCES.
i An elaborate article in Putnam's Magazine
i for March contains some interesting facts rcla-
i tive to our sea coast defences. Beginning in the
i easteren part of the United States the writer of
the article alluded to gives us the designation
and location of each fertilization upon the coast
around the Mississippi, together with the lake
defeuces on our northern boundary. In addl-
ton to this We have an account of the number
of men necessary to garrison each fort, the total
& number of guns now mounted in each, the a.
I mount OF money expended in each, the amount
of money already expended upon and the a
enumerated. We think the writer has omitted
one fort on our extreme border, ut PASSPORT,
4 Maine.
The first fort enumerated in the article in
Putnam is Fort Knox, at BucksPort, Maine
Situated at about twenty-five miles from the
mouth ofthc Penobscot alta marrow" in the
river, it completely precludes the possibility OF
passage of hostile ship. There have been cX-
pended already $l3O,442, and 100000 more
are required to complete it according to the O.
iriginal plan.
Il Portland (Nie.) harbor has been prepared for
partial defence by the two forts, Scammel and
Preble, built at an expense Of $1l1,l37, and
mounting III guns To complete these works
81, 500 is needed.
Forts AIcCluney and Constitution command
the harbor of Portsmouth, New hampshire
4 They mount in the aggregate but 10 guns, and
were completed at an expense of $3s,273.
ii Boston harbOr and city are defended by three
forts and two batteries, mountingin all 539 guns
On this amount of $I,G89, 1G3 has been eXpen-
dcd and $12+,5T3 are yet required to complete
them.
New Bedford (SIass) has one forte of II guns,
completed at an expense of GOO.
. Fort Adams commands Newport, Rhode ISL
aud. 1t mounts, AGA guns, has already consum-
cd 81, 661, 343, and requires $4,000 to finish
Fort Trumbull is the defence of New London,
| Connecticut, mounting So guns, and completed
at an expense Of S25U,94l.
New York is defended by seven forts and four
1LSSS III lllUuuL 41OOU SuAS. ~
carry these works as far towards completion as
they at present are carried has cost 81, Oh ,464.
s To perfect them 1884, 526 more are required.
Forts Delaware and ALilIiin, on the Delaware
t river, arc provided with 2O4 guns. There has
5 been expended on them the sum of 1921 ,9l3,
and $3.50, 900 will be required to complete them.
Fort Monroe, at Old Point Comfort, and Fort
Calhoun, Hampton Roads, have $50 guns, have
cost $4,O69, 49, and requires yet $500, 3S2 to
complete them.
. Fort Washington, on the Potomac, and Severn
and Madison, at Annapolis, mount in all 1873
/ guns They have cost $59G,S53 The first two
ARE completed, the last requires yet an cXpendl-
f ture of $4,000.
There are two forts prepared in part for the
. defence of Baltimore-Carroll and Mcllenry:
) They mount 233 guns, have cost 1921 ,GG3 and
require outlay of s965,O0o yet
There is fort (Macon) on the coast Of North
5 Carolina Mt Beaufort. 1t mounts 81 guns, and
has cost S46O,79 TO finish it 81, 600 are need
cd. There is another at Oak Island, Smithville,
Fort Caswcll, mounting 81 guns. 1t has been
) nearly completed at an expense of sol ,25l. 1t
will rcqnirc $1,000 to complete it
| Charleston, South Carolina, has three forts
Pinckncy, Moultric, and Sumptcr. They have
| 225 guns, and have been thus far completed at
an expense of $795,T1S. 1t will take 100000
to fill out the original plan of these three forts
Forts Pulaski and jackson dominate the Sa-
vannah river. They have 1G+ guns, and have
-.
Fl $4,000 more.
t On the coasts of Florida arc seven forts from
, Cumberland Sound around TO Pensacola. On
tie rnmEarts of these are 1,041 heavy guns
These forts have cost s., 410321, andyet require
for their completion the sum of s., Ola, S62.
Il Forts Morgan, at Mobile Point, and Gaines at
Dauphin Island, coast of Alabama, have 221
g guns. They have cost $l,232, $780, and need
yet an expenditure of$210,0O0.
There are seven works of defence on the coast
Of Louisiana. They have in all 44G guns have
cost s., $50, 1O1, and require $l15,500 to COM
e plctc them.
Forts Wayne, at Detroit, Porter, at Buffalo,
i Niagara, on Niagara river Ontario, at Oswego,
and Montgomery, at Lake Champlain, have an
armament of 342 guns. They have cost $612,-
! $50, andrequire now $780,, to complete them
Thus we have of batteries, castles and forts on
5 our whole coast sixty-onc. For a war garrison
for all ofthem they require 10000 men; they
mount G,lS9 guns; they have cost $2l ,2T2, 1856;
and the amount required to complete them is
: Sc, 49,, T32-Nuti0nat LntettigeAcer.
S HEAVY ROBBERY OF DIAMONDS IN New York.
5 The Telegraph has briefly mentioned the rob-
berry of Ball. Black & Co. 5 jcwelry establishment
|. in New York. The robber, George w. Hydon,
an employee in the store, druggcd his fellow
clerks on Monday night, and while they were
: aslcc,,, took jewclry, diamonds and peras to the
amount of $4,000. The next day information
was given to the detective police. The Herald
says:
Hayden was perceived approaching the door
way of the depot fronting on Broadway. lie
was well disguised, but nevertheless, the argus
eyes of his nursurers saw through the rusc-
Hytlon was dressed very shabby, with a check
shirt old slouched hat, and dirty pants on. He
? wore pair of spcctaclcs, his hairwas cut short
and he lirnped as ifone leg was shorter than the
ding, with his carpet bag in his hand the officer
J, grnsned him by the collar and took him into his