The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-18
Testing the Western Mortar Fio,ins.
From The correspondence Of tho Nisssoun
DKMoCRAT We select the following interesting

From the correspondence Of the Missouri
DEMocRAT We select the following interesting
n, Sunday ore OF the MI Va -S--. hsloW
"a %r the " .1tern hotilla, was vs. Soo Of Rel.
90 90 lot '' Tbs mortar was placed on one " .SSiIs
/ NAiIo, la beda. and twelve l5'ihCn %,
NM a,ar,d for the charge aud hlou ,,,ds of
"a the first test was WIN elo'Jn was i'm.
.Je, hy tho force ot whicn tne snJ 49, and A |
lied horizontal distance OF W. vith twenty |
PiS The secefd d test was maze VIZ Wiz ais,ance |
hAiI. - r',,der impelling the smell isa aNJ
Pou,Lus - ia, time OF hignt tWth y'n'u'
haIC seconds The thlfd test "Ss "a ~ now.
Ia an ch.rge Of twenty'thIes pounu pi,,a socbnds
.o '",T rSo time OF flight was thitty-ohe ~,
der. Inc Wv uinu "a imnolled distance OF tnreo
| anI VIZ w ~ mica 1 he recoll OF ths " ~;
- mis- charge was fired WAS aoou. ao.,,t,s ami.
a,imeut number four gave resu,Ss Is.cr;taa
, IA, ,o number three. capt au'u'T nainful
|, lt' W 'o',,ssinn as very stunning ana ,ha
lAs .1n, .III.jt iuld not bo endured WITHIN c. g.
= ny aiI'Ls of the mortar boat by any mAN 'O
q n,a ,ha, eight or ten cor secu,lvo onnds of
4 "'Vlv VNl,,nIer i've was with but hItesn Paw,,sd
10 poWder, the mortar in this ctso rns shell was
30 than Corty-dve degrees: Inc sued suen a.
- .o n.o i,ht s6conds in the air, ana soo'"on -,
a. aEav as any of tho prececlhS onuo
II ,n .nicS led 10 the opinion thata hsh'or cM "a
40 VI Tn,.w noYIer Sas quite as efficient as l1h 80
OF pound charge . ah,r, sixty feet long
IL, ,,aDtv Ave feet wide, surrOuhuon on 20, ~
en IA Inv iron plate bulwnks, hS S,SIhs n,
he h',n The mortar Itself weighs l,Zp lDS 1 tro,
li,- lore easily admitting ID men ,,,n, ,im Ia
a.. odge of the btre 10 the outer 70 ,,u, na,,oj -
,,r the o'h' The mortar bed weighs oOo Pounu
,ns n,cnouuced TO be the most al i,S auiS iC @
n snr ,rTage vet invented. The shell uI9h sh rn
H. vet sand weighed 23o Poqnds: fnSu ",ds s and c
u.s." der the, shells will Telsn s,Soy than We
e.s- be thrown ut least hall llilio 'ui ''''
.lers those filled with the sand' -, aovr IN wi
of Trty NJ these boats can drop doNn '" '"
va. in a. Az reach of Columbus anu ~ w w .annnn
ls be out Of the reach Of the oeS Th1o M iHased
ttal ,ehsls NAV bring to belr-so snsll mnu94 y,
am. r.'nrca Sf thfee anl half or iouI w
al 10 Ds,,r.Iv IN bs dcsrnihle on the sutiaesp Va
,,.si 80, Each of these boats wll nfe a. a n,
itie, ,ina,e four shelis an hour; l"ehty VI ~
mo, D,IJ d,,char.s eighty shells an hour, vi
Souiu .. ~, one nirht Of ten hours elgh, =
r'ak Ia 81 ,h,se terrific missiles may DO 'n'
,ri.,ic 80 the rebel camp and iorllutA lohs' II =,
,sr on T,e trial DC nonstrAtsd that the 'oso,a w
il IA | hont was al ogethor lateral anu h"I ~ a,
Vnch | ir "a il was feared 1t would O'' ,. -
,,allv ~, he iron bulgarks render ihe olhou VI
a. . luat Wv So,,oya than itwould DO without u
md that IL they are permitted 70 Ie'nHu, hi -
rs are | ulan will have 10 DC uoN''oI ~ ,at on
first Of yunners at each disenargs may asa of
rh ne 81 them. Illustrating the eusS's VI
,a onr VI 's;an Ia The circumstance that ths
inter. ,S,.1DOsI Who discbarged the Id pound G.
ets 10, vas carried away from his head, anu no
eAson, | taken on his feet, -, wos n,
!, stiH. | .,nn,iop a, Inc bow and stern. II Inless
p hub. very slowly, both up and down slrean, 10, !,
psd the water considerably lneso, NO.
ar per- | ,re all minor objections, and easily gov
: lion is Tha boats will admir- ably serve the purp
y or. ! ,bich thew were derigI cd, ard prove tu
Green tsrrible engines Of destruction inc eheAi
ly the We, had 10 encounter
n'sse9 AIoSpos correspondent refers 70
oil Tue s,rple OF English feeling about Amer'caii
y, WherS nrss.nt time. and writes as tolloT - -
Gers W'h he evening, few pights ago, at tHe ho'
'or an weal,hv c'e-gvman Of the EstsnlsLol !
lhconer, ,Tirar of rich ard fashionable Wes' en-,
ns, me THE first thing that lated my sston',u u
1onu the ,yhsn I entered his study was tho Con
n ,eE,o" aar diving from the arms OF s'.Luei,e
ou.h -eas- walls were elegantly framed potTsn.s
9'ry pro, paws Nj Slden, and other Coni'derSv
uoas no' men. On the libra table lay mo iniuiI
80 ~ features nf PUSCH. This Nas r. EnIi
/, iOI ~ ~ " When ihe Tuscarora and NashE'
md Bow h'oteh VI ~ C,,,o,its Nv hos, Was
Xxi nsville, ~ SaS liz 90 ,versation, "Ws can
a. those rare YOU know" said he, "SiIhout 8
q couttry tsxt. Bot We are all glad, ot eourse, u
ow lyiDs American Republic tumhlIng 70 Pe'
TO south, ..'antv yeaIs the English Repuphc
om east To- Cha,t;sts ard Beformers have been
rich, AMI ai,S the su osss Of the American
Green, TOT un.rt Now they are ansWered'
flourish wHh,, 40 o,reat power growing up
". nus. o1r North American Poss'''ons,S an anI ~, :
snuGn met s,s il split up-ths more p's 30 'H' wv