Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-02-11

court ol st. James,, position for which he
was peculiarly qualified by his knowledge of
the European tongues aud his acquaintance
wl'h TIE then 'nootcd boundary question. AL
though the secrearyship Of state at Washipu-
ton was held by four djtlef rent statesmen, of
various politics, during Everetts mission, he
enjoyed The confidence and appreciation Of all.
ti's hrmness, high intelligence, and ussiduous
hao''s, won hun great respect in England and
ols echoIarshlp was recognized in the bcstuwal
OF the degree Of ID. E. L. by the universities of
o%iord aud Cambridge. lie returned TO Amer
lca ~ 1913, WAS chosen president Of Harvard
college,, which Office he resigned in 1919. He
now h'es at Boston, emplay 81 on his promised
y Treatise on the Law Of Nations"
A NEW IMPLEMENT oF d. srEuCriox. Mr.
j. Nayson Of Patricroll, has announced the in
Vch'I"h OF Il short range far more destructive
than Capt. Warmers "long range" for at one
blow 1t Is to destroy the lurgest ship of an in
vadlng enemy 1t consists Of shell of great
size, aud $50 constructed us to explode, Ucr &c.
the instant 1t Is brought in contact with the
side OF the cneny's ship. The means by which
this invention is to be operated are thus stated
by the Inventor:
"Ths great she'll ID brought in contact with
the enenlys ship by placing it IN the chlmbor
OF great Bray's mortar, which, as it were.
forms he pow of IA destructive vessel-thn
chamber Of the mortar being six feet below
water line, aud the mortar being made 50 far
! part AM parcel OF the vessel, which wuud
weigh about 600 tons the entire mass of the
| destructive vessel come, into play as a most
effective means for ab.nr1ilr all the reaction
consequent on the d. .hurue Of lhs. non.,cr
touct .and- g"-uli-shuIi that the three or four
'nen who would be all That are required to at
tehd to the navigation Of our floating mortar.
woud not experience any sensible effect from
The discharge Of the shell.
By reason Of the peculiar barrcl-ikc con-
S'ruetloh OF the vessel, on the prov of which the
great mortar Is fixed, aud the thickness of the
uino'r on all sides, being from nine to ten feet,
ana hat OF poplar wood, not only would the in
terror where the steam engine and crew are
placed, be perfectly inaccessible to the effect
of cltfcr red hot or cod shot, but by reason of
the b1rrel-likc form Of The vessel. if would pre
sent IN most positions, no surface favorable 10
Shot taxing effect; AMI as the means of propul-
9Ioi' "o"Iu consist OF suitable compact steam
engine, "i the most simple construction and "A
SUI" pFoP"iler submerged some ten or twelve
rect below water, both the crew and machinery
"".'d ne quite out OF hlrns way.
As respects the Construction of the she'll. If
would DC Of the mos; simple chqracter bclnr
somew iat IN the form of a hurh ,hlnblp mr.
somewhat similar TO the MIME rifle bali con-
tunn4 suitable charge ofpowdcr, and having
a seI-eXpIodlng cap at the breech end, and the
shell 50 arranged IN the chlmber of the mortar
mat the crushing action resulting on the mo
huding end Of the she'll being brought in con
tact WIN the nun of the encuy, the sell>explo-
dng cap Is thereby forced in contact with the
brceciI OF the mortar, and the shell IN tantly ex
poieS IN contact win the side Of the enemy,
INTO winch It tears lis way, leaving Il hole as
wide rs Il chu, ch door The result to the enc.
my leave to imagination to picture
The instant before contact 1t would be well
TO verse the engine, so as to buch oil and
leave the enemy to his wcli-mcrlted fate,
The shell would be cncased IN n copDer
wa'er-iI@h case. SO that ii might be placed in
the chamber of the mortar aud rem lin there ,i>
feet under water line for years without lnjur,
of any kind, ready Cor action whenever it wa,
wanted.
y few thousand pounds would test in the
most complete ana 81 >tlctorv manner the cor
rcctne5s and success of this propo eli simple
means of defending our colsts from all lnva
ding enemies"