The Kingwood chronicle. [volume] (Kingwood, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-1861, 1861-02-09

against Russell fir receiving the stolen bonds,
and one joint Indictment against Bailey, Rus
sell and Floyd for conspiracy together e Dc
fraud hc United States Government.
REMOVAL OF ARMS The annexed official
papers relative To the removal Of fpuhlic arms
from the Allegheny Arsenal to Galveston.
Texas, and Ship Island. Mississippi, have
been made public
VIZ Department, .1auuory II. 1861.
GentI1meu. In reply to the inquiry con
tainel il your note Of the "a instant, | have
TIE honor to state that the order directing
the shipment Of cannon from the Allegheny
Arsenal To certain forts IN the South was
eonnternandei on the same day. On lnves-
tIeation it was satisfactorily ascertainel that
the Notifications in question were not at all IN
l condition to receive their armament nor
will they probably lc for several years 70
come. Ihis vill more fully appear from the
letter Of General Totten. i'll charge Of the
Engine Department which accompanies this
commauieatiun The heavy guns referee, to
amounting to one hundred and tWentg-four In
number. We're not manufactured iur the forts
u which they had been ordered To be for
warded, nor had they been purchased BY any
special appropriation for the erecting OF arm
ins Vt these forts. As they would have been
entirely useless at the points for which un-
der the order for shipment they were destined
and a. their transportation through tho coun-
thy could not have failed to oincrcase the fever
sh agitation and apprehension already 50 un-
happily prevalent, did MT hesitate when
the matter was brought to mynotice. To direct
their retlrn e The arsenal
NelN respectfully. Your ohedlent servant,
j HOLT. Secretary Of War. "a interim
Hon. Simon Cameron Senate. and Hon j.
IL Moorhead. House Of Representatives
Engineer D1pn7meat,
Washington. .juauorv s. Is6l
Sir have the honor II state, in answer
to Your lnliil'e. ~ 70 the state of prepare
ton for tie armament Of the fortifcatons II
Galveston, Texas, and Ship Island, Alissis-
sippi,
First The fort at Galveston for which al
appropriation Of $50. 900 has been made has
no further been begun than by the erection Of
temporary building, III quarter, i,r mechan-
ie> and lalorerS, ,St storehouSes, wharf &c
and the making Of other Indispensable prep
arationS- 50 far " wc know here the ground
has as yrt hardly been broken for tile toanda-
tionS Of the fort itself We may. at any rate
sag confidently that even the foundations Of
the walls have not been begun The esfi
mate for tile work IS s4l3 p9y. and. accord
lng IL the rate of appropriations Of late years
fpr similar works, Ne cannot expect full read
mess ior It's armament III less than FIVE years
Second AT the fort On Ship Island the
working folce is now engaged in the construr-
Jian If the elnbrasures III the lower tier. CT
which the officer III charge hoped to have
four covered in BIT the 1t instant. the Others
being iii various states of fs,rWar!ness Not
platform has been laid, and some months
will be required 70 mount the first tier Of
guns, even On temporary platforms, and an
other appropriation Of Ut least Ss5, 900 must
be made and applied before the work can be
got ready for its entire armament. AT pres
ent not ! gun could be mounted
| have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
JOS. G.. TOTTEN, b B. Gen'l,
and Colonel Of Engineers.
Hon. Jos Hot Secretary Of War, Wash
ington.