Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-06-07

POWER OF THE BoMBsHELL.-The following
note accompanied fragments of bombsheil
sent to the Editor of the Boston Transcript,
| as taken trom the Citadel Of Messina after
| its bomtardment and capture by the forces
of Victor Emanuel:
Two pt ces of bombshells, which brought
from the Citadel, after the bombardment had
ceased. The larger piece found in the cen
| ter fort, and know nothing remarkable with
its history. The smaller piece found in the
fortress known by the name of Don Basco.
The company attached to this point, were
driven to their quarters-a large arched
apartment in the basement-by the first fire
of their enemy.
The shell, of which this small piece is a
part, came in at the corner of window,
tearing away the easement and a portion of
the wall, passed across the ROOM and entered
| the opposite wall, which was Of brick and
mortar to the depth Of thirty-three inches.
where it exploded, tearing away the whole of
the wall upon one side Of the point of en-
trance, and leaving half section of the hole
| it cut. still remaining smooth in the wall, in
to which inserted my cane and took the
measure given above with tape measure.
This SHELL also caused the death Of five
men. as one Of the company informed me-,
and taking men across the apartment to a
! bench, he directed my attention to the blood
where the ne were laid. He assured me
that no Other lives were lost at tie Citadel
during the bomb8rdment. Looking at the
mass of brick and mortar which this shell
scattered about, it seemed remarkable that
out of whole company in the apartment at
the moment, only five should have been killed.
The damage done to the Citadel, by twelve
mortars and fifty one rifled cannon, in five
hours and quarter, is perfectly incredible.
Had they kept up such work for eight and
FORTY hours, the whole institution would,
think, have been demolished, and the threat
of Cialdini--''to blow them all into anotile:
world" fulfilled.
AN ANTI SLAVERY PARABLE-Gog was
huge giant who lived before the flood. After
the food got into the full tide of successful
experiment, and every man was drowned ex-
cept those taken into the ark, Cog, came
striding along after Noah, with cane as
long as mast OF the biggest ship burned at
Norfolk. The water had only come up to
his girdle 1t was then over the hilltops,
and was still rising The giant hailed the
ark. Noah put his head out of the window,
and said, who's there? ~ sit is l." said
Cog stake us in, it's moist out here" "No,"
said Noah; "you're too big; no room. Be-
sides, you're bad character; you would be
a very dangerous passenger, and would make
trouble in the ark shall not take you in.
You may get on top if you like" And Noah
clapped to the window. eco to thunder
said Cog; ~ will ride after ALL" And he
strobe after him, wading the waters; and
mounting on the top of the ark, with one leg
over the larboard and the other over the |
starboard side, steered it just as he pleased,
and made it rough weather inside. Now in
making TIE constitution, we did not take IN
slavery in express terms; it looked ugly
We allowed it to get on the top astride, and
ever since it has been steering US where it
pleased. And rough enough weather has
the slavery Cog given us inside.