, 1860-12-22

TIE Cost or TIE ARMSTRONG GrS5.-NoW
that the succrse 0i the Armstrong Hun Of
rm.1 ca!iarr LAS been placed bryond doubt BY
ils destructive use against the Chinese furts,
il may bc Srllt estimate the cast Of the new
weapon. The present is Ill upportuur mo-
mrnt for this purpose, inas,nucEi rs it is only
wh,l its *access if uprt ruluet III our minds
that Tito price W. have paid for tlIs Gun will
be rmentiuring. Ii will he remembered that
s~o.,UU 000 sterling hare bern voted by rarlEa-
mrnt for tile 'H,nf,rtnrc vi Armstrong. .tns,
and thcs: .3,sOlxn wit !" rx;rndel !,y The
end of the current yrar.--Lonsftn i:I,.r.-.----.
LAW -AMENrMEST-Lurl Nrnl:.l.asn TEe-
sided OH thu 18Th ut the first *essiola3 nlcciu.
Of tue Law Amendment Society. II was stated
that the bankruptcy hill nf last session would
be again brought furwarl by the Attorney
General; lh,t it wae cxlWctrl 1hat t!,e measure
would he considerably .m"ditIcd When it w:s
again introduced intn Parliament. There WAS
reason 10 think thai the bill In reference to lic
tras.rfcr Of land, and v It'll respect to the winl-
Ing III, If jAint-s!ork companies. wn,lld tIc
aSaiu brought forward; and it WIS understood
ttiattinvcrnrnrct would Introduce Il measure
for the concentration If tue courts.
The WEAPONS OF DEArr.-Aulitet the gen
erAl depression If business ut the North. in
consequence of the cnsntrv's tr,'uh1es, there
is 1hr branch nj manufacturing Industry which
is stimulated, not depressed, by thu crisis. We
refer to The manufacture III firearms The &C.
nIand South for rifles Yud pistols is exceeding
y brisk: and Colt's lAElol iac.ory, which llad
n,t sccn fully employed durin, lhr Two
months preceding the election, Is nov driven
~ ills full capacity. We learn tl'at 200 pistols
y day nrt: turned O11t-tiui:hed ana complete
Sharpes rifle 1ac!ury il also full IT hisint S.,
aud hard ut work tu lncc, laF::c orltE..-{{art-
.1ors' 7Hmx.
Rare FuS.-A person 1t Eio Vista, Solano,
enuusy, California, lct that Ills friend GUILD
| moi hit 1t seveutyt!ve yards with shotgun.
| HI WIS mistaken, he received five shots on his
| person, causing severe wounds. The let wat
| lUT fur drinks.
into France, for intcrnlcit, tic remains of the
E,lrrcrs Maria 1-ouis:. The remains Of the
! Duke Of lseicfstatlt will. no doubt, be traus-
ported. in turn, to the Imperial vaults In Paris.
| 4 CoW.uATcHEK TOO Nucu FOR i BsAn-
IN Thursday last, i large black hear WAS mn-
| tilated By the cs.w-catChcr Of Locomotive,
near Wheeling, Va, ausl subsequently killed.
.lc weighed two h,alt.rcd and e;g!,ty POUNDS.
| ALI letter frn,n Ncw Orleans, dated Dec s,
| snys: "Com.nission hnu*,s her. have stopped
making Advances on neEnes. There Is M ay-
cragc decline Of four hundred dollars II. the
value Of negroes, compared with last season,
and the trade is dnll." Robert White, spcciai
Commissioner at Ronancy, Virginia, sold on
| ycarS. aud good blacksmith, for $10 Two
months ago lie would have brought $3.50 A
negro boy, aged about years, brought 500. :.
| "A writer in the London Shipping Ga=tne
styles the iron screw steamships, now cxtcn.
sivcly cmp1oye in navigating the wnters of
Northern Europe, rs *'stat.guinr coffins.' No
less than SIX or tcrcn Of them were lost fire
toundered) during gale in October, the loss
h lie amounting 10 t*o hundred persons,