New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-19
THE ART or WAR.

Armstrong gun has proved failure Capt Hay, u saysr
the officer specially charged with tie duty OF supenn1na
ING tie use of il in China, confdentaily reports uH
though the Armstrong gun, up'er The most ia'ofsoie!
circumstances that is where the efficiency OF tue she
had not been destroyed ny tie vonic currents n'e'''
table from the construction OF the she'll gave very ac-
curae shooting s the easuatie. g our outlying ME-
men were go serious that the guns were oonsec W ""
withdrawn at the most critical part of the aetion Ia
which they were engaged; that consequently o'ner o.
teres armed with the old service gun, mao 10 oe a1
yanced in their place and that generally the gun "as
inferior 10 the French rife gun fr the purposes OF wa"
fare" Select Committee Of officers have AFRO exc
perimented with it 10 discover low 1t wouid o~oa's
when subject TO being fired at Three shots were ne'
at a l2-pounder Armstrong gun Tom ss-pounuei
vice cnn az 100 wards dist,nce Ii ruined by tho
fra, and completely broken up by the others; whll'
shots from the same e-pounder 80 yards striking AM
ordinary epounder 10 the placer, did not na'eri'
av ininre IL, The conclusion that $40 QUO piece -
desr Tor such crock.ry On the other hand, 1t has
bean stated in the House of Commons that the Are
.,rono 0un il success and taply large sppropra-
tions are called for Oh account OF these guhs'
A new and remarkable weapon, called the Gle-
vanni Franci mediterranean is announced py the,
Monilnr de rBrmee an an extraordinary weapon ."
war II is Of open work throughout It's eniire eheI =
a mortar forming Tvs breech. TIE cannon Il de'aehe"
from the mortar for the IurIese Of loadng' ana very
ea,ily detached. Being op,n, It cannot Dc he-se'h
and there is nothing 10 cheek rnpany OF hrng' ohel
Of its most important qualities 10 fcilty OF tPcn
az Il can be taken in pieces. The F,nch Government
| has appoiuted q commission examine and rerSrsi
| on IL
| The French Government has put into the hands or
the picked companies # tie TiryIbird and Thirty
fourth Regiments Of Infantry pew bsyonef which .,
to be extended the entire infantry. Ii 10 shaped
| like straight triangular sword. deeply followed II
the middle with two grooves and n back underneath.
The handle is Of horn ornsnsn'ed with steel. Thel
musket 10 which it ia fitted 10 Iiied and the barrel is
not 40 long as those Of the rfes used by infantry
soldiers Compensation, however. is made for thsa
difference by the bsyonet which is twenty egh, inches
long, including the handle.
AT the seige Of Gaeta, TIE Cavell guns threws
steel projectiles three miles with tremendous effect.
1t has been settled by repeated experiment that
vessel cased with folrns Oh iron plates affords sucicnt
protection from eight and te-Dch hollow shot during
An action and that cast-iron shot from 6Spornder, az
400 yaros produces little effect il. One such vessel
would have saved Fort Sumter. Where are our new
soops-of-warl
In 6 recent discussion in the Institution Of Naval
Architects in London, Mr.. ott Russell alluded TO RI
L. Stevens Of NewYork the father Of the ey stem OF
nplated war.vesses and quoted bis experiments to-
show that finch iron plate would keep out 6Pounders
altogether Sir Howard Douglas, The great authority
on naval gunnery who has vigorously condemned TN
ne iron-cased vessels admits their necessity,
bot says that the iron plates mus be put upon
wooden, and not AN iron hull.
Mr. WIN. Hewitt has invented new projectile foe
smooth-bore small arms Il Is oonical and Of glass,
slightly recessed rom the neck where il u wound wills
string which, being sstursied with oil, cleans tie
gun when rammed down.
A patent has been taken ont in England for a silr.
po method of applying Gsean teleso pc TO Iife~
IL is simple, cheap, and easily be thrown away ir
not liked. r-
Mr.. J. Wilson Of birmingham has patented An i'm.
proved way Of making cannoa by q series Of tubes
bored and tarned true, which shrunk TO eacst
other.
"A portion the River yudus was infested BY q
large old crocodile, which had carried OF two thres
natives His skin thick that ball would pen.
citrate it, young artillery officers engineered be
destruction in the following way: They killed sheep.
and in hs body placed bag filled with powder and.
other combusrible matter, to which q long wire was
attached, with decorating powder at the end. The
crocodile seized the prey and carried it 10 his hole.
Time was allowed him 70 swallow the sheep; the wire
wy pulled there was great explosion, and up cana
the crocodile with his stomach blown open
in the Italian campaign, battery OF six ID
9-ponnders the guns weighing SIS pounds only, were
found to shoot accurately at distance Of two mile.
A writer in the United Service Magazine, in an
article on Naval Coast Volunteers, says that naval
volunteers occasionally secure tngboat put gun.
on board and take short cruise for practice. Jast
now this sort Of practice would seem to be much more
necessary in this country than in England
The liue light, such us IL furnished ut politicaE
meetings and the like by Prof Grant, Is probably thz
cheapest light yet discovered A light equal 70 lO6
wax candles is obtained q cost Of more than or
cents hour and, owing ~ It's perfect cooressues
il be applied to Photographic purposes. II had
none Of the injurious .cs which arise from the corl
sumption Of coal gas and it may day happen thaG
the great libraries closed in the evening becauso
the burning Of gas is injurious the books, will b
lighted by lime lights placed the roof and illumi
mating the whole building. The employ ncpt Of The
lime, calcium light, now ordered for Fortress Mon}
roe, the first instance Of It's use in war This 10 nol
little singular, "a it renders movements the paE
Of the enemy quite difficult by night % BY day. u
should be in operation wherever night surprise 10