Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-25

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A MSustsr Gsn-Ttssg e Str VgfIIlalz
ArnSr0RE's SIX Huzdrsd Pezassr.
Tpsn shs Manchester l1sn.nss. nov. All ~
This monster gun--whieh vseie as about ,rsu.
ty-twe teng is fifteen feet ieng over all, ana hss
. bere Of thirteen and bali iAsrhes-was snb-
mitted to 3 tIisl 81 shoebuFynsss on Thursdsy.
II csTrseB = sonieEl ezsl-iTon, hollow headed
shet, weighing SIX hundred psaads, and capable
Of containing bursting charge Of no less than
forty pounds Of powder. The charge used on
Thursday wssh shct wss seysnty pou1ds, with
Shell sixty pounds. 81 The time everything was
ready tbs interest Of Tia speclstsrs had Teaehed
The highest pitch; ard it was amid exelsnstions
Of surFTiso and wonder, from even veteran artil-
lsTisss, that tho men serving the ga1 put into Il
and manned home first the powder, looking like
4 saisrshia bolster, aud next this cerical cast.
ircz, heilsw-heade5 Bhct, measuring nssTly
fhifty inches in iength By l3 iacbes n diana
elsr Tie ahct. il Erst placed il . cradle and
lifted 10 The mouth Of lhe gun by means Of
inova5la shear legs, provided win blocks and
pullsys. aEbs
TIE crt5Ia hinges on to eeupls Of hooks sn
ths mouth It tks piees, and holds .hs pendsroas
shot IN he proper position for being manned
home. The gun wsz given one degrec1ef ale
vStio1. and he word pssssd thRs oil was yesdy.
The last bugle-eeil Hss sounded, nnd the great
Fun was 6rcd for The fEss fins. Ths pordareua
SHOT burst from The EnsstA Of the piece with a
terrific rush and rosr, striking she pazd AZ sbsut
seven hundred yards fen tho shore, lsapisz
and dsshing onward, rie5ehsttins f7e cE six
times, and fualy buTyiug ilzsH nezr thsfsuF
thsussnd yards ssTgot. Alter nins rlEnas hsd
been fred t7ith tie solfd shot, tAree Tglsnds
we're irsd With bind shell, and The rHaes eb-
taines was the fTsf shot, ono theBssEa eight
hundred and thirty yaFds, sn& the 4eeSaS, ono
lhoussnd eight hundred and ninety ysrdE, tho
elevation being I've degrees. The STEEL shcllsl
which aye ~ be employed fer ihe gun, and
which wiz pessesy psnenaGHg power superior
to eTdiRsry solid shot, VIII ssntain 6itse1
pozndB Of powder, or absat eqzal 10 sho charge
Of psTSeT leF e5-Poundsf,
This nsnsfer gan VIII be able 70 send one Of
these steel pointed ehell distance Of eighteen
hundred yards, sns, on striking sn object, its
Effect viii, is il said, 5e sgasl 20 fhss Of Dlasing
the niu1Es Of : 6S. .seunaeF close to, or through
ships tiae or fort, and fTRg iaEo it with tho fall
ssrviso charge. notwithstanding The rasn wers
nsB 20 ths gun, it vas worked VITA compare
tive facility, and after the FIRST tao or three
Fsuads tha TINA required for loadirE and iiae
was ten niEutos. THcnty men Were sufficient
% wEsh, losd ana fre tks piece. Tho rscoil
ranged from Eize fecs % nina feet six inches
Fbs result Of iAs triia wss sensidsIed satisiae-
tcry in the highest dslzrca. Taking into scs5unt
tee Weighs Of shs guu, snd Of ths prsjeeIls, the
ecEpaTziiVe small ehhrgs of pswaSr, he IAnSs
asd sec1tsey attained, the War Departmsnt
cave fuli Isason to BE- EAtilasd Hiih the gan
The 800 -Ecandsr's Ultimate Ianss, Eitk higher
dsgIaes Of slsTasoH, and Elik fsrsaty- GTo
tl1n6s of powder, RlEys says sho Aerziag Fssi,
* sais.y set d9tn ~ Ten tseusaRd ysgds, o. A.
"a Ing Short hy tHa CT thsee bundled yards oRy
Of siz railcs.