The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-05

nissiessrs Of ths SINKING
rand on sso0unt II redenp-
ton Of city debt.. ., III, 394 90
Revenue and assessment bonds
held - Aocve.. IAI,xoV W
Addisisnai assets, (senda and
Balance IL Bsni Jan. l. 1850 $40 % ossAssa o.
Actual s.euns of permanent debt, Jaaas- :. a.. 40 =.
Which is 5 ascrssss = esnp.-sd vita the s.oans q
debt, Januaryl, 1854 d...............ssss,s76 81
RAdeemse'e t,ow zasasien Jan. !, 1850.
This deb, l. p.yssls WITH the sssspsos rs. 1919 public
per cent. b l. STOCK, No Feb l. 1885, $50 900 90
per een. soes 70 o.. 1897 70 isss soo oo0 % %
per cent. p education stock Nay 1875. lSs 600 90
Total amount Of fuDcsS debt jan 1850 st. coo 90
which - isorease, pareo with the amount Of
funded DE- b. JAruary l. 1856, u $50, 900.
ne interest on the orssong s'o,ss, both q tho ~.
msneot AND fpDcsd oeb paid frcm hs sinking fund
for The pay msnt Of interest 90 th- city dsos."
OUR DUN%
I'm tine Of pace prepare for war; was the advice Of
man who c. nsiD*d extraordinary degree the
qus'ifcs icnr Of patriot, soldier and statss@An We
should heed TINS father eoanss' &C adopt With rove
present line 70 his city Our geographical position and
cor merciA impo lance would mako tnk ihs spot a20n
wninh wouo b. the b, des effort and most
effective at the command Of enemy. New York
q all Atlantic parts, be the oeecs Of atacA oy SEQ
land. kyeb during the Late with Great Rrfte q,
tive national consequence were the special otjec OF
British vengeAoce, which in ended ns the att ok
which Afterwards marc upon Washington city. In
ceed, ia difficult TO cnceve that any nes WITH suhi-
mari and miii,%y pIcysss undertake
uhjug wouio not make thi city the eat point
10 which you'd d,recssd cosssstrs cd effort Hence
is veil 20 h. xdvios OF tbs " Fsthsf u his
Country, and prepare for var In tina Of peAcs
1t is true that Ns~ Yors has not been sf
construction u many ~el placed works, make her even
now, OF tne stronghoi1s 4 America There muc,
error In the bic mind regarding nef present osfs.ess
She 80 already in poskoo guns Of heavy oAibra
than SehasopHi had - the at ack of he Allied ARMIES
than Crsnstact hss this nme But yse there Is more
to be mpli hec necessary to . compile defence
Huco emsas to b. done the gay Of protection and
proven from sstauh By the erection u ~orxs Of pe
cuar character ana In CERTAIN posi- "ns To WIS
have given thougs and iDvestgatt Ion Deeming
It my duty, ard contemplating 4husion 70 In his
eommuDicsticn have had recourse the advice Of ex
~ affairs Is emit I'd "a the utUost oooHdeoct. Ma} n
General Sanford whose Intelligence ana position give
great weight u his suggesns has vaiusoie
memoranda IN wh'c, Lieutenant General S,ots fully co.,
ours In he judgment OF rhesa Gentlemen, the sp-
breaches 10 the ely Of New Yok ~ the Nsreows or
Lon Is ana sound are capable Of beng and
successfully detenosd Nature has eoae mucn ,or u.s.
and he principal points OF defence have been skfu
occupied BY the engineer department. OF The gee eeai
vernDeDt. the batteries ~ be Ssrcws With the add
ii nal works erected ~ he beast point Il staten
lsADo, At tie period Of the Oregon cont oversy under
The direction OF that accom- phs, oforr Coln~i lee Of
the United States Ergneers, could be speedily put in
cone iton t. dersht pass II veil Manned too hazard
Gus for any force to attempt especlA wneo aled oy
such temporary floating oat,sr,ss could d. up py
the use or river steamers AID other craft gthe ed
with timber snc mounted with guns Of large Galore
General Sanford .hipks that IN addition !, th+e de-
fences NJ tie ow the entrance The outer bay by
he ain snd &c US chanpe should he proceed by
sstroDg battery upon Fly ms Knoll ,ne S,uth~est
spit and The attention OF the gene n
be Drawn 70 this suhject, such work cAnn0s
structed in inc OF var.
The admirable at Thros's Poiot with such en-
porsry batteries ~ could re ed at l Gate vito
the ma ursi difficulties Of that pass ud prevent any
app oach IN that direction; imprtanc Of
ing surveys and plans made under rseon o. the
United states Engineer department is suggested suis
II can oe cone WITH due and delioe aio1
and copies deposited here, wsn Wash ngt,n, a.
such temporary batteries ~ aurl Gate would Die
US 10 avail ourselves the If the locsi ad
vantsges OF the pass The most important point
defepees however, still remains TO be considered In the
event Of . war with FL gland her imnen-e m4rias Of
armed steau enc taospOrrs could Ber
muds and Halifax and land upon the south Size Of Long
Island sufficient force the island take p,
session Of the heights opposite to New York 10 few
hours
1t is matter o. history that this plau vas actual
" mstured by the British govern during Of
1872, and would have been .temped put for the cree
ton of line OF offences from Fo Green 30 Buternilk
call Of t~en Eve thousand of the militia OF the ate in
TO service undr the orders Of ov-rn Tom akus The
force destined for this vice afterwards attacked Wash
pgton sno Baltimore and subsequently defeated by
General Jackson, at New Orb aDs.
Our revolutionary history reminds Of the land
ing Of the British arp It GraveseDd Bay ana Of he un-
and Lord rDg (who we're in oonmsnd usiIg the STICK
of General iu consequence Of their OF
kn Wedge Of the topography Of the country they were
called Upon to defend.
But nos The immense steam navy Of England coald
able Ter to land fifty Thousand troops Long lslsud
with cersinty than in 1914 she coud land
ten Thousand And the line OF de'epces which
thew up and occupied Is covered by III. city Of
Brooklyn; and 10 case Of sni eIgency rust
occupy mcre dis ant and consequently coded
line OF circumva A,ion, embracing he hills between
Brooklyn ano Jamaica, and resting upon Fort R.mison
on the right, and NewtowB Greek On the left.
Such Inc requires careful te,ioe ate and ski fol ex-
animation, and should from its im porta and be
protected by few permanent works us most con-
spcuous AND con nnsnding points and with .hese ad
vantsges and the intermecate and Tempo
rary batteries, would enase our militia TO resist wi
the veterans Of the Crmsa their ancest
did the veterans OF the Peninsula
Is eort only necessary provide the required
exterior line protection and the batteries ana other
resistance concerned city surpsss us 10 .hs
cessary material frop which 10 make soldiers We boast
s S tSs
regu lar mil tia compeLes alone that ~ would rely
tie hour o. need Our almost tess get ccmpa.
MES, are companies etc., made up o: brave and noble
men, who know not fear, ana shrink from duty
would present such obstac TO the entrance Of an
my that even tbs allie; armies Of Frame and England
It with vain b astng that assert tina no q y has
within itself population which, at sue, time would
ders on feariessDess OF execution. would rally to tas
defence Of this metropolis wi successful force and ACT
- one man regardless of sect nativity party New
York, "hen united is irresistible and a. such time no
human power coald divise It.
TIE DOCKS AND rrERa
Our indifference TO oemme cia progress 10 eviuced In
nothing more han In the neglect provae propes dx
age We pesert Singular contras this re- oect "
every other seaport Of any magnitude knovr
or modern commerce. The quays and docks OF Loadon
liverpool and inoeei nearly al Of the EGG ports.
hrst csss aud even our Canadian neghbor exosl 10
such works.
AT St. Petersburg, in Russia there srsEise pier
Of four miles In exeDt AT Havre, ne coca Are toe
principal OF impor ancs hsvos cost immsuss
here 10 net cry o. Europe, cossssieg navigation
which doer not suIpsss the PROV ION for
The proper convenience and pro Ion Of shi ,pins
In equence toe almost entire depeao enoe Il As
cy ertcy or indirectly, upon It's shipping navg.
uon NE neglect have -howo to these iateesss f. a.
surprising rs IL suggestive OF inAtsnon 70 onr
owl welfare In our practce heretofore In he con-
suuouon OF docks ana pers, we have evinosd mel her
Guy proe nor due eonsidelatioa Of propsr &C ,my