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rlNr. Dana's speech concluded.

sCtftatu pIfN ions ~ sstS 49, vfss ~ -.
mouth of he MIsssssippi hey mig De
par,;cvlar.y so iorshsrr 90 troops coolo
h ,anded-no batteries erected, nor cnsld
yssseis Of heavy bur,hen pass up. there
brisp no move shan two end halt IA.
shoms water 90 the bar al iss mouth. ! hey
would also be useful 10 narrow rivrfs---xt'
hung shos. especially where she sha' could
s have The whole racgr at rheyessei's deck
--on coas sbound'tg 70 shcals. and 10
narrow passages. He therefore felt = his
Y t|usy 10 vote for as gress 40 stDeuntof this
iiud IF armament as wssjndgsd necessary
I for she defence 81 thai purson OF he coHn,
nv where the, prem,sed tel be sfhcscioas.
4 Blu when shsy passed nor'h OF tbs Hud.
200. did gentlemen shen talk OF gun boats
FOR defence! They MUS have fofgo'tenfer
Ni,at ,hese things were insseded, o. be
esuse Isl they muss b Das' gasedsbv skslfuf
8 oHisess. and skIful ssaBen; but 90 skill
sw,ss svr acquitted 90 board OF gon boats
Men must ga else where 10 acquire skill.
heir ftsl useswas a. 40 auxiliary force Of
subosdsnate character; and in ;nis charac.i
tpr, with the aid Of other nasal aEnsments
tbsv would be useful
Whrnsyepr Ulcers and soldiers behaved
SO gallsnsly hzfovs Inpol. did snase men
i've 10. Gun bosss, ot. did they reside 90,
board sc vessels Of la,ges sSrce. ard oriy
act occas:orSIly on besfd gan boa'.s! Did
re,;tle MED talk 2f thai aaaIr as p,ns4ag sne
utility % quo boats! Tup&li had gadbeals
and why did they nos defend the place
Ask lhe Superior skin spd ba.e', 9fsuut
rdf 10 ruar stalr, mere " as they served o.
bsiys brave men IA close eerasc, lib their
enemy.
Wi,h'respec. to The use OF gunboars. we
base been re mirdsc of .shr result OF con.
&est b. tween he Russians and Tu.ks IN ,ie
year 1888. Iu'ths, case, the vioior, OF the
Russians over the Turks did cot prioci.
.pally arise from he .uptr,orisy of gus b sts
over ships Of ahe line and f;ga'es SI.wss
q victory of science and r,6uemenl over
ignorance and bs,barism. Whas has bees
styled the Liman sea is marshy lske.nesr
the moush of the ancient Eoris,hene., q ow
y called The NIrper. As far as have been
able TO ascertsiolhe fact. thar lake. in It's
greatest bread b, Is Dot so broad as the
patrewes, part Of the Chesapeake bsy be.
tween The .apes and The Po4omsc. Below
thrscor haencr. with ire Nepsr of the
sivssI,og, ancien,ly called the Hypet,s,
thrsess = considerable rxpanse of water,
which is ysriously denomnal ed. II is
sometires called the Llfnaa, Russian
term which. dsurtes marshy lske--somc
times the bay at K'oburn sometlmss she
estuary Of tho N.rprr. The navigation is
Difficult, a, all unes. and i, is particularly
dangerous 70 bad seamen, from the puui-
berof shoals, the paIsowness of chsnnels,
npd shr variety of surru.s- Toe Turks,
although long7lD possession Of il, were ig.
norans al 10 thar navigation. The Russian
faulla had . commsnsIe,of distinguished
gsllsn,ry sud skin, with expc,ieoced ses-
men. veteran soldiers, and Tremendous
artillrry
l,was no, from choice aha, tic Russians
used gun-boas. ra.slsr han Ia &c vessels a.
gsus. the Turks. 1he Ross,an .Rst, of
large ships could Dot be .enercupd frn,a
The Baltic through the s,reigh,s ct Gibssi.
tar and up the Mediterranean, as early as
Was desired Tor securing the Russ an for
tfess OF K'nburn. Gsuies, CUR boats, and
VARIOUS descriptions OF lsgh, vessels were.
prepared 90 the N,eper. The fortress Of,
Kibbusn stood on the Ief, benk ct the
Nieper, near iss rnuaoee into ahe Black
ses. Ard The Rassiao Ae,illa was, sta
toned near ths shore 10 an advantageous
position wherr they we've 10 great mica.
sure covered by the cannon of the for.
iSess.
The Turks hsd ships of he line, fri.
gstes, and smsllsr vessels and we,r com.
msnded by the tspsasu pscha cra high sdmi.
yal Hsssar Ali.who bad dissirg aished h m
aNlf aaainat SONG fesnliinsr hsxs .nA -.