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can be exploded to scatter destruction around,
by simply drawing the cord, which ignites
friction match Communicating with tho cbasge
in ths shell. With such Erenades lany num-
bcr may be used), fort may be etfsctuallJ de-
Tended against strong stoEming party BY
Another destructive missile described BY
Capt. Norton consists Of a couical shell bullet
for rifles, and q few years since be forwarded
to us some samples Of these explosive agents.
charged with percussion powder, and each Is
furnished with small pin situated ut the point
When fired from rife, the charge e1plodcs
when. the point strikes; aud 1t y u then set
/ tEe to any combustihle material around It.
with such rifle shells, Colonel Jacobs set IRE
distance in India He used short carbiue rifles,
about two feet in length, and bullets about one
ounce in weight. Such missiles would be ter
ribly destructive when used by skilled infantry
or Light cavalry.
THE ECATH0LIC CHURCH. IN CHINA.
An ancient Church In Pekin--its Res
tofatton Under the New treaty.
From the New York Tablet.l
The Church Of the Immaculate Conception
in tie Chinese capital, over which the sign Of
salv4tion has again been. raised, WAS built By
Portuguese, the See Of Pekin having been
sinc9i its institution under the patronage Ct
Portugal The cross which surmounted it IVES
takei down by the orders Of the present Empe.
TOR, fho has been signally for IN act Of desc
craft ibn from which his predecessor Was deter
red tty the fear Of t'the vengeance Of the Chris
tian'3 God" The Cathedral was dedicated to
MaTT immaculate more than century before
the dogma Of tho Immaculate Conception Of
HrS.
ton. a description Of this Cathedral Is fur
nish9 in letter from hgr. Yerrolics In the
Annals Of the Propagation Of the Faith, GATED
11th November, 16445, at which period it seems
the cross still crowned the edihce.
'I1 going through this immense city could
our holy religion was formerly so prosperous,
in the reign Of the Emperor Knuk-hi, had o
bishop, four churches md numerous aud
lourtshlpg Christian population. Now, all
haye fdisappesEed; WAS thinking alter this
fashion, wnen, !haring barely entered the Tar
tar city, 1eaw The cross still standing, high
over tnis intidel Babylon, on the summit OF NJ,
editIce in ruins 1T was the old Cathedral or
Portuguese Church Some years since when
the church WIS closed and its dependencies,
the Episcopal Palace and the Seminary des-
troyed, the Emperor wished to hare It taken
down, bit he htsitated, fearing, it i, sa!d, the
rengdlnce Of the Ihristian's sod 1t is still
standing, among SO many subjects of grief j;
may the Divine goodn.ss cause 1t t, reign in all
hearts and raise up from these stones, children
OF Abraham!
''rle Church Of the Immaculate Conception
in Pekln is of medium size, capable Of accom-
modating tliteen hundred persons; it's In the
form pf o Latin cross. Its architecture cannot
be said to along In any particular style, it has
nothing ofthe Gothic about it, however. The
| potcn Is very tasteful1y ornameuted with fes-
| toolfs and tillets in rtlieto, In the midst OF
which appears the sacred uame Of Jesus. In
short; Il is in the usual style Of Portuguese
churches. All the decorations are i'll PLASTER
| aud are well executed The cross over the
| pedinlent is sixty feet from the ground"
Iho Ie Deun., is offered up in this ancient
| church on its late restoration after the treaty
| concluded between the representatives, of the
| French and 1linese Empeiors, WIS sung by
Mgr. Joseph Mouly, Bishop Of Fussulan III par
2ibus, aud Vicer-Apostulic u Northern Pet
chcelee. This venerable prclate has been at
iached for the past twenty. five years to the Pc
kin mission, and belongs to the order Of laz-
| ar.sts, to whom the mission was coE1d1d AZ
ter the extinction Of the Jesuits in tile last
! rfntntV