New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-16
Iron shlpa ror bs1enae.

IMAM elaborate article on the sabieot Of rendering
woodships inpregnabIe to cannon shot, the London
1 Times notices recent statement by Lord Hardwicke
that he 4 had himself seen wroughtiron paael on
ships side resist the fire Of heavy guns for hours to-
rgtber, making ii evident thatfif ship could for
this length Of time be preserved from injury herself
she could penetrate into any harbor in the world and
employ bel own batteries in knocking all down be-
fore her. Unfortunately for this theory, the Times
adds:
at Is perfectly true that in the experiments con-
Quoted at one of our ports the resisting power of
iron was proved as aforesaid and it is also proved
that these ronsided vessels can be built to 1oat with
ct least as much safety as an old tengun brig. All
that was needed for the establishment of the new de-
vice was that the powers of artillery should remain
stationary but this will not be the case Everybody
knows how the old mnsket has been superseded by a
rife, doing execution with infinitely greater certainty
at a Gar greater distance and what has been done
with small arms can be done with cannon. Nay, the
fact Is already accomplished for the other day. after
the ironsided target had baed the powers Of ordir
nary artillery, it occurred to some one TO Try the
capacity of a Government gun rifed by MT, White
worth The result declared in an instant, FOR the
new cannon slapped her shot through the lron'plate
as if it had been so much gingerbread, and ruined
the theory Of impregnabe floating batteries tor some
time to come. We need not, therefore, be n any
desperate hurry to break up our thfee-aeckefs anu
build feet of iron.sides."
In the experiment referred to by Lord Hardwieke
an old Government piece was employed The Times
advocates resort to red cannon, which, 1t says, it
would be suicidal folly to overlook.
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Arrival Of mn Alleged SLAYER at Charleston,
The "Ketch Brothers arrived at Charleston on
Wednesday last in sxtyhree days from the coast Of
Africa, having experienced unfavorable winds, which
prolonged the passage. The Courier says:
She is in charge of Lieut.. Edward q. Stone, of the
sloop.of-war Morrison who has with him midshipman
N. Green, seven seamen and three marines from the
same vessel, who constitute the prize-creW. The
Brothers was fallen in with by the Marion on the 8th
September near Mayumba Point, on the coast Of
Lower Guinea, in lat. 3 SOUTH and lon Il east.
The Ketch gave no evidence of her nationality IN.
TIL the sloop-owar fred gun across her bows when
she hoisted the American ensign. On being boarded,
she was found in Charge Of Capt, Gage and seven
men, all the crew being Portuguese Spanards, etc,
two Of whom claim to be passengers. Her cargo CON
sists Of scantling plank, wooden spoons, boilers,
bricks for furnace, forty water casks, spikes lot
of SPONGE beans, ETC, and about IS 500 in Mexican
ounces which being such articles as usually consti-
tute the outfit of SLAYER, she was seized and sent
home. The Brothers cleared from Havana on the
22d July, for st. Thomas, on the coast OF Africa, at
which point she did not touch, and was bound to the
Congo river when ca ptured by the Marion.
The papers ofths ketch are all in proper form, as
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Gage states that his voyage was legitimate one,
and that the cargo of the Brothers was intended for
parties doing regular commercial business on the
coast, The Brothers parted company with the Ma
rion on the 9th Of September and the 10th of the
same month, latitude 81 min. north, longitude deg
east spoke the U, s. sloOpofwar Vincennes, officers
and crew all well. The barques Chase and Venus
aud brig Ellen had been heard of on the coast, and
were suspected Of being engaged in a slave voyage,
and the British and American cruisers were pursuing
them with zeal.
Lieut. Stone informs us that the weather was very
pleasant on the South African coast, and that he
found it necessary at times to cover with blanket
at night. The officers and men Of the squadron, SO
far heard from, continue to enjoy excellent health
Lieut.. Stone has brought with him several curosi-
ties for parties in this city, among others large tusk
ofan elephant sent by Lieut.. Morris to Gabriel Mani
gault, Esq, an African spear etc.
The preliminary proceedings iorlegal investigation
were taken yesterday, and the officers and crew of
the Brothers were arrested under warrant from G.
W. Eggleston, Esq, Commissioner, ami committed
for examination.
Lieut. Stone, in command Of the prize, is, we be-
heye, native Of Georgia, and resident of Macon
when the service permits him to be at home and
ashore.