Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-04-06

Some tire since the London papers made consi-
derable noise the subject of a new invention in
war MISSILES SO destructive in their nature as to vest
the absolute sovereignty of the seas, and almost of
the world, in any nation having the exclusive con-
troll Of them; much pains taken by these papers
to spread this invention before The public; expert
ments were tried and tue opinion of learned and sci
enllfc men Obtained. The following is the detail of
an experiments:
stout vessel constructed of the strongest oak for
the occasion. flied up with square masses of tim
Der from her keel to her bends which were boted and
fastened together strong iron and wood could
make them During the proc IS of construction; one
OF the naval officers visited and superintendent The car
penters at their work and inced him sef that the
vessel solid mass OF timber and iron Before an
attack was made upon the vessel, she was narrowly
Inspected by naval lords, admiral and n noya
officer, who served at Trafalgar, and in Ecypt with
Sir Sidney Smith, and who has been seventeen times
iii action with the enemy. Lp0n given signal the
vessel was put IN motion, end while she was moving
through the water the raic of from four 10 FIVE knots
an hour, upon another signal projectile OF eighteen
pounds weight was sent again her, hch caught her
III the mshp and at one blow shivered her into thou
sands of pieces, dispensing her timbers in minute rap-
ments for many hundred yards over the neghbo inc
helds.Ihe naval officer who with ssed tie terrific
demonstration declared on the instant that no hin that
ever hoated could hive borne, without complete de-
struction half the shock.
setting
forth the astonishing and powerful nature of the in
vention, which was extract from the report of
naval officer, appointed by Lord Melbourne, to cxa-
mine into the matter and which confirmed, and more
too, Tue experiment above detailed.
Suppose the above to be true and it bears every
impress of truth the face Of it, what an influence
may 1t not the deliberations Of an ambi-
IIous nation having the exclusive control of the row
er. If gives them the ability to destroy The ships
OF other nations with blow readily as they de-
stroyed the ship experimental upon, there would be
no great necessity for their weighing very closely d.
pomatic questions, or putting themselves to much
trouble To detect the right and wrong Of a question:
as they might eaectualy silence all opposition to their
peculiar views, whatever such views might originate
In. But there are other matters connected with this
invention, which slightly arousing the attention
Of the American press. From extravagant commen-
datlons, the London papers have sunk to silence on
the subject; their columns which teemed with COM
ments upon the immense power thrown into the
hands of Great Britain by The INVENTION are now to-
tally devoid OF any thing of the kind and the ques-
ton naturally occurs, why is III Il can hardly be
possible that was all a hoax, and if not can this 81
lcnce be the result of policy. We hear occasionally
from the other side of the Atlantic vauntincs Of the
ability Of Great Britain TO destroy ships take our
cities, DC. and she has in former contests been
successful that she boast thus very securely
without some unusual reliance. Can this invention
have any thing to do with it, This is all mere
lecture, 10 be sure, but when We look at the matter
there Is nothing impossible even improbable about
il. The invention is coniended as having been dis
covered it con,ended that the experiment has been
ired and resulted as detailed. fsv, the power cx-
iss and is exclusively under tho control of Great
Britain, and lis application easily be inferred if
she chooses TO force Us into conflict