The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-11

loading it is attended with the seeming disadvantage Of
impeding the running out of the gun Real disadvantage
however there Is none Of handspke with truck al
tached enabling the whole gun n be brought perfectly I'M
der control need hardly indicate that the efficiency Of
shell practice mainly depends on the perfection OF the
fuse and the manufacture Of fuses belongs 10 the Of
governments Different nations have each It's variety
shell fuse and the pattern adopted by the United States
spoken very confidently Of From what could learn IL
not time fuse, intended 10 the ignition OF the
shell according TO the length OF composition in the fuse
designed with the object OF exploding the shell when
the latter strikes its mark.
THE cREw-THE MESS, ETC
Having finished my sketch, gave my inquiries a d.
recon tried TO discover the characteristics and man
ners by which American man-oi- wars distu-
guished from an English On this point II must be
confessed my ancpatons not borne out The Nile
sian element here strongly represented being
greeted by rich brogue can be heard in Cork
Tpperary Them again. the simple question addressed
to me, was skechng the Dahgren Ha' ye Mons
Mego Edinbro p left doubt to the nationality Of the
speaker; Milesan and Scochman each sample of
two respectively large classes of similar kinds Then there
Others who might have been Englishmsn from any
part you like and have my suspicious that the boatswan
Stentor yedoiUas for such voice heard. Of the
conventional Yankee element could detect but little
One portion of the was strange enough mean the
foreign eementhe European continental foreign element
be 1t knownPoes Hungarians, Germans and Others, TO
whom the must be great abyss of exaggerated
not the buoyant expanse of uing which rock the
cradle bark of seaborn tar Nearly all the marines
board found be of this class men, only Americans by
naturalization not by BIRTH and several of whom spoke
English but mperfecty. was informed that Ango-Saxon
Americans do usually enlist the Marines they having
an objection to thatservice
The arrangements of the Merrimac-and they are
similar in all American ships ofwar-ars to English
eye peculiar Mess tables dispensed WITH the eatabes
and drnkables being spread on arpaulans laid on the
deck Doubtless il is better, in the abstract that every
piece of WOOD whether in the form of chair table, that
be dispensed with board of ship-ofwar should
Not only does every plank and spar encroach valuable
space but they subject to be spntered by shot and
SHE'LL and thus furnish additional chance of accident
and death. If pcknickIng ladies and gentlemen
off the green sward it really does not difficult for
men-ofwars to eat off the deck. Indeed am inform
ed they much prefer to do So thereby diminishing the
pieces OF wood work which they have to keep clean In
stead of the rum, which constitutes such important
part of the subsistence of the British Jack Tar the Yankee
sailors have whskey Whoever imagines that the social
ed whiskey resembles Irish and Scotch Oscillations
sold under that name, will not little. The fact u.s.
that American whskey very much resembles pale brandy
in color and in taste Although made from corn is pu
red from the fuselo and other accessories of
spirit and by combining it, apparently, with Gnanhic
ether, the odor and flavor of brandy are impaired
1t now growing dark that no further exploration
whether nautical, chronological, explosive, could be
proftably carried responded therefore, to polite
invitation from the commanding officer and ourned
the cabin where dinner awaited u.s. During the CONVEX
saton which eDsned ascertaned that Lieutenant Harr
son, the officer in command-tbe captain in Scot
land-had been in England before remark which,
indeed applied most of the officers pleased to
learn that their impressions of the Old Country ia
vorabe and that between ladies and gentlemen of the
New and the Old Country national characteristics i'm
perceptble The points which most of all appeared to
strike my American friends their kindness and courtesy
short acquaintance warrants me in calling them SOY
characteristic of England the greenness of our
fields the ford complexion of our people and the heed
lessness of weather which characterizes the English
ladies' This latter had, indeed been subject of con-
versation between one of the young gentlemen and
myself at an earlier period Of the day. "They come
here" said he, addressing himself to me- and mean
ing the ladies "they come to see us, let it rain or
shine and what surprises most is the interest they
appear to take in the great guns suppose he said la
dies understand the make of the guns they lin
ger them, and pleased that begin to think
women at heart must be warlike" was struck with
circumstance unusual psychological reflection in the
brain OF one houghtless and impulsive midshp-
in all services he is wont to be- admitted the JUS
ce os his inference, and told him he would fail TO
demonstrate the truth of it when grown to the years Of
maturity and spliced.
my kind hosts having previously asoerained that four
poster and feathers by essential TO my
urnal happiness rest put at my disposal cot-how
slept and dreamed and woke OF the reoe and returned
whence came, after having hidden sdeu for aye and
eyer-as ii most likely will chance beo the Merrmac
and her gallant crewthese things much Of
that they need not TO be told.
GREAT BRTAIs-FEARFUL ACCIDENT
horrible circumstance occurred in London on the
evening of Sunday last in the conceroom Of the Surrey
Gardens, where immense concourse-ten twelve
thousand peope-were assembled hear the preaching
gentleman named Sturgeon, Baptist minister, who has
part of the proceedings cry OF fire raised by it is
said body of London thieves according TO preconcer-
ed arrangement But whether from design otherwise,
there immediate movement perceptibe amongst
the when the cry heard, and a rush
towards the doors became visible Those In the upper part
Of the building bad TO descend circular gallery to reach
the doors but the pressure upon the baustrade 30
great that gave way nd numbers precpiated be-
low scene followed of indescrbable agony The poor
pancscken fell upon each other in the abyss
crushing life Of some and manning others in the most
CHASTITY manner. Eight persons instantly kill
ed and some forty or fifty dreadfully wounded. The
Of the preacher who viewed this horrd al
unmoved from the pulpit gave way after the excite
over and his system had sustained such shock
that feared be would lose his reason But he had
that he will recover. Whether be will be run after with
the same zest Is another question
ATchdeacon Denison has been sentenced by the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury 10 deprivaton-in other words
election from the Church Of Englandfor preaching and
publishing doctrines relative the Lords Supper at va
rance with the 18th and goth articles Of the Church
FRANCE
The CoHstuonnsl confirms the fact Of the restrictive
Of the Bank Of France having proved efficient
and considers the crisis TO be passing off
The Honitew Of yesterday contains letter from the
Emperor Napoleon Marshal Valiant Minister of War
euogising him the able and ndeatgabe minister who
abored day and night supply the army of France during
the late war
The official Journal also contains the marshas report on
the Of the army its matere and OF transport
successive stages Of the The report shows that
France the East 800 268 men, and received back
227 80 men-the losses Of the army 229 The
difference viz 1905 Ia accounted for in technical
The number Of horses sent Al 974 of which
about 5000 were brought back the losses are returned
peace were made the Turks The effective Of
the French army Of the East the day when the peace