The weekly sun., 1862-02-22
re.,ips the w,s.rn no.,as F1o'uia.


From the c, rre-pondencs Of the Missouri
DEMoctAr W. f,l,ot the folio Siug interesting
sails Of xperimants with the Western mos
tar Go,ils at Giro;
On Su, day orcO, the mortar boats, construct
90 for toe " stem dot H. was tastoi h.ldN
Cairo Inc II. rt,r wss plirsl o1 one Of Rei
mans morsr beds, aad twelve l3 'nch shells
were prrpar, for the charge aud Il I'D WITH yet
aud The fret ,e-t was Al IA eleven pouDos ot
20 der, by the irtse of Vmcl the shel vas i'm
ptlitd a horizon al dsttIci OF t~u miles AMI a
half. The So, e. tost MS made VITA tWui'y
poutd ds q p wd,r, in pelirg the she'll dista.oe
of hree miles; timo Of tigng tw'n nine aud
a MALT secOuda. The hind test was made with
he iull ch5t,:o Of tween .thr'e plun OF pow
der. The tine ~ Il ght w,s thirty one SECONDS,
and the -tc WA impclui a distA ce OF thfoa
ard h N mics z he r-cOl OF tins gun-curitso
q nar this charge Wi- iro1 WAS AoOut Two tesl,
Experiment nun bur tour gave results Arl-
Ia, to nun her thrug. Capt. Paul ling describes
ne concuss,Un ~ very 5.uGning ani painful,
srd thinks 1t C ,uld no. ho eudured ~,thln tue
.,Dlwuks Of IN, mottar boat by 4gy man for
more THAI eight or ten 60 secuiys shoLs.
Nunber five wR w,'h but fifteen pnnnds OF
powder the mortar in this ci's b,lng uleyl ed
30 mo Q than tort y tive degreas. Ine shell was
Nv ntN -eigut 5, COid, ia the air, and se1nHd %
iali IA ar aGay a. auy OF the procsdins Onrs,
Vhich led 10 the opirio ION thft a likht@ chargo
Of pogdor AZ quit as eiicient ai fall 2S-
round charge.
The mortar b. ats are about sixty fes' long,
and twenty dive feet wide, turrouuded on all
id by mon Plate bulwuks six or seven test
hugh. The mortar s-lf Weighs / 2lO los has
a hnre oaoiiy al nittiug IL inch snsl, and trntn
rhe edge oF the b,ra TO ihs utter i'm is IL
iuches, The mort y bod weighs $40 p)uuds,
and is pronouG col - b. the mos admirable NOR
far lrria.,, yst lnventot The smell lllai ~it1
vet sand weighed go pounds Filled with pow
der thsse shells will weigh 2lJ pol ds, aud Gao
be thrown at least nall ulle iurtner than were
those filled wi h ths sand.
Twenty OF thee boats IN drop down TO with
in S. reach Of Columbus, au At tne SAms imu
he out ~ the reach Of the bes rtl,d 'snaou the
rshels may bring to benr--so small, lGhe3d AZ a
distance Of three Bnl h al or four mdos
~ scarcely TO loo dicrGipie on tho ,ufttch nj tue
Ra,er. Each Of thsss bOats " a no, lO~
estimate, four sh'ls an uour. I Sonty Of them
Nould dfcharsa vighty shells al uDur, Ini ~
his rat- for one nilh. Of ten nous oigh' hun
| dred OF th, tDrn6s M ssil % may bp thtown
into the rebel camp ard furuOct 10.
Tne trial DO uoGatr,ted that the re oil ~ 'ha
. boat WAS a 'ogsther ter4l and not pefpan1,cu.
! lar, as IL was iGlteI It would 10. | al ~ N ,ws
hat the iron hui Varss Taulrr iha ClIc1s 100
| rore severe than IT. ~olli be- without them,
and that if they pormt'oi "a remsin. sOno
| plan will have TO bp devised by Whc1 thu
| sunners a. each diso1arga NAV gst Outside
| Ot them. llustfatl1g the oa,Cla vi tho
| Conclusion, is the circumstance that the sap Oi
he IpnI ner WHO oisci argsd tue 10 p)uod charge
war carried assay rom hls GoAd, anG be almost
| AIKEN on hs feet.
| Anotf OF objection 20 thu boa, was it's con-
| -rruCtlpu A. ire bow and ztsru. IplO-s To- SOD
| ,,ry slowly, bolh up aud doWh -trea o, it dip
| J,u he water cousiI,rsbly. These, hOwsvsT,
! ara ali minor 1l ctiuuS, aud easily got rid Of.
| ihs bQ'ts viii atu uiTahiv serve the purpose ia
= which thcy y efe G,. iE' o., ard prove the most
yet h,d TO encounter.
A L. NDoN Correspondent Isto's to . littlr
sample ot Euglrh ie,inp abogt Ams,Ca, a. tn
prss.n, lime aud WrIi,a as folio 80 II spout
the evening n few igh-s ago ~ lh- house ~ .
wealthy C'e7,,r rbr of the FIT hills. OF Car b.
vicar &C a r,h NJ d fashionable Wus' sod parish.
The f,sJ thirC tfat s.lu'o1 Try srori h-d gAL,
When | ontsrsd hd stu0v Wa tho ca II, dr. ~
nag tyng from the srm of a stCtuarta On th'
walls Vere tl-PanrlV ttum,d purtrsi', O' J-H
Davis Mr. Shrel ami o,L,,C,, Csd,ratAs A. Dtas
men. On thc lihr'y tiblp lay tho inidling car
features of pUNCW Tuis vas " ,li,A neurrAli
~. Whom he TusclrNrs ard Nashville " sr,
H'0N o. Ct, II wss vury plain 70 sou that the iat
~ was tho fsyCrite. MY host was psrfse'I,
Ank IN his 90 1vorsation. "Ws can't inter
t-re, YOU kLOw," falN he, "withoug some pra
t-Tf. Blt We arc all glai, of oOLrss, 10 sea tn.
American RspDlJic tum0lnR % pisoss. FoI
tSoAty wears the English Republicans, and
Chartists, and keforneTs have been dinning
ms nth the su cess Of tbe American GIyern-
unent. Now they are answered. Wa did not
lLo IN SEQ great power growing up dorgdd'
oO, Nr-k A-~Eioan DcAs s4ions an are lad u
s.S II split lp--ths H0rs plesss We bsttsr."