New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-10-23
The Floyd ts,,r,.

ine v. Louis Republican publishes fhs fegIow.
ing letter from Washington -.
WIS y s predicted the miTlenairn Is near at hand
have ~ tor human destruction shall
- ~, 30 80 perfected as to secure the certain
deatb Y as WhO engage In battle Tfsetler Nv ~.
or land yars will cease and then sb fyssI Ne
ing been pre- ehed ta every nation II + ssss5 III -
may expect the haEspy period. The beard of otTs-
mans fifteen inch gun, have jnst made q report.
and from II we learn that the most destructive of
aii human inventions ii this monster cannon OF
eaPt. KodHian's. With 20 pounds of powder It
threw she'll weighing y2s pounds $3.50 yardg
about three miles and 4 ouart. n. 81
~ ~ .nsse smells containing seventeen pounds
y p2lwaer exploded in the sand, making an open
,yidsss ises aeeP twelve feet 10 ug and zen feet
oniy .a company Of men slain in ifs ca urse On q
as Ianss q perfect level, this gun thssew one of
ness s,s enora1ons shells distance of n yards
ned with what Is known as The stsskar Gaug and
'ot the slightest enlargement was Observable.
impoftsnt and Interesting report ! hsve
ps''sso IL es II @ sas eess g ;1s f1s gS a,
Y fssre sssssas u Ga1a sssiman y
iSl.sase ssss ]: y y. II Eas Board Board
:.,s.4 ,ss- ,saeh I M, intsd, d, and and
hot-t \ Awith to- same, i = special
dsaSs 4s,'s Department. 3 s AdIataas
eraahIg aHshat .s..se shsz, Aare srs...at cori-
Y bss - sssssy IA w III
ID vi sargr s,,s, caiibses fsaasrsa Az
AMI +, =, ssch & i of ths t.
ses ace may y issiIe shall be 2 i'll.
abeag n = sssIsat .s,s strl. 'sE e u Pa be
Rssssa, which NAV ysIles w zass ssi aoaains
: established means of Sasrsd ne q ~
cations, and against iroipll seascoast icrl
iaad q aIs h0w oelng q ss1 sn
Considering l. arefore. ~ 8 - ss
when ~ I5-inch gag " ss51sik
rapidity with which Il was M she sxcility and
tie Board il decidedly Of opinidl Hna nlsrs
auction Of guns of much larger en- me Ha..v-
noTc5a service is desirable and praef aah ~
= Beir,a, however, the actual adoption III -, .
class Of gums, the Board think that series of -
periments should be made to tess fully their ca.
durance and their effects upon targets made aftel
me, NE manner of ship sides and floating batteries
with and without iron clothing.
Qnaliiied BY the above remarks, the Board there
fore, in the words Of tie order under which tflsy
are acting, report that, IN their opinion, the eff
cheney OF our present armament for harbor defence
Y. would be improved by the addition of q iud5cious
proportion Of guns Of this class
| The Board desire to express the highest appre.
these important results.
/ Very respectfully, JOSEPH G. T6TFEE
Hon. JOINS b. FLoYD, Secretary u " a. 81
After examining this report and the record ot
firing, the Secretary of War ordered the expert
ments to be continued until the guns shall have
/ been fred five hundred rounds, when another ex.
animation Is to be made TO ses il there has been
any enlargement IA
With Capt. Rodman's gun for long range ii
floating batteries. and Sawyer's and Dimick's fila
cannon to riddle ships, any attempt upon our sea-
coast deenses would be certain destruction to the
unfortunate assaants, and when these terrible IN
stFuments OF death shall come into common use
among nations, and make death certain to all par
fes engaged in an action, wars will be rendered
very unpopular with the people.