New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-06

washington correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette writes
The famous Armstrong gun that Tia Esng,;zh
ihake such pet of and keen so secret sssf3 IL
aas ,a a. we navy yard here Capt Dahgrasn tens
me, whenever i il wanted. But they aim t hsrg
Z . eettef gun than the Armstrong Cyta MI ,ye IN
rihed cannon tried here, at an eieyat;on If s
gTees, n s. mas as arrange srpasang that Of the nstrong
gui, st the same elevation And one cunn9n WAS
tried here which throw al m elsva to M III IN
grees, its ball 5000 Yards ~ Ns5 Y - WI
Excellent as this work Is, there are sayne AID,
eal,ies n tne way of Introducing these galss into
Genefal service Iha chief difficulty Ii found III th
character of the men who enlist i'll %
navy. nay Ihese men are generally worthless h.vs
little or no skill, and only enlist beenuse ~
II ior nothing but food FOR powLe- - S.s
While The manipulation oil these rnr,a lxaa,,;.as
considerable skill, as the soldier told I'LL safcar
when the latter complained that the former tl,orih
gooa man IN n the main, would get terribly drunk
at times, Why, Captain you CAN'T e,-nsat e, ~
al the cardinal virtues 1t ten dDliars Il r,,t Il
Neither can You expect much skill or n1afI,aI,iar
knowledge at that price. Consequently a1,v s,4-y
% ne eheeilve, must be 80 simple that ten aos
larsa month man manipulate II, ma snrliah
and French rled cannons are both too e.afasats.
ever to be Of general use unless the standard ~
the quallheations in the service is very n,nch
u,i,,.s T1isea. = hh ,anssh writer in Once Week.
William ~ Adams, has noticed this ana nnf
as ms idea OF the effect of the Introduction o rifl
guns, diminutionin the number of men a,,,I,loves
and an increase in their qualifications. Ultimately.
- aII but the rilfNr
which men enlist in our army and navy tiilfar ie.
cidedly from those under which English soldiers
are recruited. England is thickiy settled. Tbs
land is IN the hands Of q very few people. Wages
| are low The English soldier, coming from, tha
lower and OF course landess q ciasse sT,rs
OF ialr pay while in the service, and pension en
| disabled. : : ~i't'. = : 80 ''e''
IN our country, only those who are fit inr ns,th-
ing else enst-as q rule, that il. Land Il cheap.
| and the wages of tile farm laborer are. nrog1y
TONED to the pay of the soldier much larger sIlan
in England. SO that our brave defenderss aIe 4
very poor class Of people 'shiftcss, as Mtss
| Ophesia would say, and given to bad whisky ana
laziness The effort made by our Government. fl,ere
fore, Is to secure gun which, though less eKaotiye
in the hands Of the scientific, shall be more elFctye
in The hands OF the men who constitute otar army
and navy. To this end constant experiments are
being made as have said, and with great sIlrcess.
Captain Dahlgreen is sangune in his hope that We
| shali eventually have gun unsurpassed Iy anv
| now III use for practical service.
1t L not probable that these rtled cannon win
ever be exclusively employed in vessels. The
pitching OF vessel would interfere seriously wifi,
the process OF loading. Every one who Ias at-
tempted to push home rifle slug that was not eS
actiy IN the center Of the bore and had become
refer.