New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-05
PROM EUROPE.
Farther Extracts from Late Eurepean
Papers.
AyGLD-REBEL WAR TsEPoH

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TSs scss have 81 been closed except for boys ana
girls Of tender years. women s VINO snS Comforts 70
on ,sa iye been accustomed all their lives, ad
I'M ahir linen and silks for the coarse fabrics pro
ueed By the looms Of ,1s % ,hs mr. and nny
p &c ,la wayside homes" the hospitals the sew
,o bIshments aud indeed wherever there Is
10 or suJfering 10 be assuagcd. Wealthy p.sn,s
NC ~ ifty merchants and bankers gladly take sle
is.e. in tle trenches, ard bear All the itu aoa,e
ramp,gn eqnaly with the poorest mi nh sn'ds md
.nsi p;rea ft,rers send Their sous 10 the camp ma
k,r ,beir onoss at the handles OF tho lHuw : n
n ,rhsn H. nruy is engaged in mortar I'll -
now WIEN i,nLinoas foe pious people cyerywhere. oI
49, .cr ana col dion In public meeting anu
Jsv,ions offer prayers day ana night ~, Loo %
for the success OF the cause anu 'n' SAW "
Ta, such reople he conquered ought sucn
nile 10 be subeatedf Even boys OF fourteen su in
on yeers Of age away from thor parents 10 l.n
~ symy And what the horrors from when tnese
noope are striving 10 escapef The res,ns
I'll her bank of tire lower waters oI james i'er hue
suffered oil the evils which usually follow IN tho
baod track of civil war but 1t has been reserved LOT
Gen Butler 10 impose new burdens and practice e'di.
tional bsrbarities In some instances inc men nav
10 death and then nsicd to trees ard gateposs ana
their neghburs for asking permission to inter telr re-
MAINS have been forced from their homes and trans
no,e, 20 distant prisons. Where the men have been
made 70 suffer thus the reader may imagine though
shn not attempt 10 Depict. the unnenti0nabe noffs
which they have actually perisledi Meanwhile, tho
world looks on with folded hands and grave European
statesmen desire tho success OF tie party ono Of
| whose trusted officers is this wretch Butieri
The Richmond correspondent OF The LoEdor Tttgrdph
writes ma follows: The Confederates nre now better
supplied than they have been for many months past
The men get hall pouud Of meat daywhleh Is more
than they requre-the usual allowance 81 coffee sugar
and bread and fair supply Of vegetables. Tho men
cheerful and full OF hight They have entire Con
fdepce in their and In the justice OF heir
cause Behind them are the loved ones-thcir wi'eS
sisters and daughters. They tight TO rescue these not
merely from q cruel bondage, but from actual sarys
ton ard from pollution by the federals now hnbtuay
pracced by their eoliiey especially ny tue negroes,
and encouraged BY the officers. These ontrages are
now so multiplied, that The time has come IN the
opinion OF many Of the best men among the Coiied'
crates wren suffer these ontrares longer 10 pa
without retaliation is simply In esoiution aha
pusillanimity. 81,
| You need not DO surprised II tho South. in'uri'
sted beyond endurance should borrow lear rom
the history OF the scpoy revolt whom Tor similar S,Ioc
ties upon the fair who had fallen into the hshus
of thoto demons their comrades ami associates were
blown from the mouths Of the cnnEon--a retribut'on
which only leaves the regret thht 1t fell so iai SNORT VI
what these vTcfchrs deserve The Way 10 btCp tpese
terrible crimes Of the Iedera ciceIs
Long ago the FcdeTals rsised the Il" black has. ana
they are now fighting under IT, lt means death % al.
but dis the lsdes Of the south. IL means
no ruth, pity, no femursc. IL was but ihe othef
day thst neral officer OF Grants Army. In answer 10
the petition OF lady be allowed 70 keep mcise Of
oil for Ler children brItaily .old her that the women
OF tie South world soon be forced 10 cal thcU osh
| children" As these moDsteTs are In encc, hghcnk
under The black fog" the world should k3ow ~. oi
no other purpose u.-n that RssteT Hall and NothSn
.ympatb!zor- may give II due honor ard sanitation.
SWISS SYMPATHY WITH THE FEDERAL cAcsk.
| An address of sympathy has been issned by
the people ~ Geneva 10 the people Of the United States
L. reninds The latter that Switzerland has also had e'
jnteftiue struggles and that she has Issued iiOu It'd ~
st onger tnrn sic before II VIII BE- the same VIA
the Unli,d States The address says that the conl.d
crates not eingic Just complaint Hgainst TIE ic
EoyeruUfent
simply Is mtinnin Slavery II hopes that no European
Goycinment will lower itself 80 FIR 10 recognize
power established upon such basis.
THB BATTLE or THE GUNS.
| The Times states that the trials between The
whitwofth and the Armstrong guns have been ais
pended for the present week. .
What he's been done IN ~. competition during The
lest week may be summed up In yefy few words. The
three 10 FOUNDERS have been tried enreJ TT fang and
accuracy with common shot, end with lev rouhds u
Boxer shrtpnen shell for the Whtworth ard segment
for the Armstrong With Sold shot the elevation was
Y Ss a s sI S seSd Of the
stunt the latter Keeping gradually Increasing lead as
the elevations got higher TIL at the highest q deTces
IL tIoy rs shOt very neariv Tpe quarters Of nile be-
yoDd The Arms'rong Win few rounds 81 shell burst
in front OF three tarce. scrc,ns placed NJ intervals ~
Elk yards apart Dir. Whiivorih was equally success.
full In the rsi and tecOsd screens the pciforlions
were about equal but III tic third soften tie Boxer
she'll effected, at rough estimate, almost four isc
times many peTforations a. the Armstrong A. Two
gun was something elro,t marvellous ~ Us accuracy.
Ia longitudinal accuracy iis shot. nado beautiful
group waiio tie mean OF the lateral deviation was ~
| low az about FEET
The erpcr moTis during the pIesent wtes will include
test OF three different syetens u rlhiog VIZ: the
French gun. Mir. LsncasterB aud Coui1fhdrr ScOtts
the range and accuracy Of slr william Aihist.one :
Of target that has been built a. precisely resemble In
all Ito minnie details Of has King and fastening the
broadsde Of tle muclpraEcd French fgaie La Goire.
I rtfe o. three
:" -Four guns were made for competition at woolwich,
all 1inch ciibrc 10 throw lU pound SHOT all weighing
about u ;uns and AL manufactured on Sir Willans
improve plan. namely. with steel barrels and wrought
iron coils wound rouni them. one of these wns com
lpound gun, with rifiDR OF II grooves made 70 IRE the
lead capped pr0jecte5 proposed bolh BY MT. Bashoy
Britain and Mr.. Jefircys
1T ia needless. however 20 say more Of y piece
as Ii las been withdrawn fros further con petit.
ton. Another Sas three grooyed gun uscd through
out France-tte rGyl i'll studs on the shot
10 enable 70 take the hg and Other wise resembling
though much inferior 10. Sir Williams stunt gun An.
otler Is M. Lancasters sunLe grooyeless Iine with
slightly clptich bore. having one COM .ete turn in 81
diamelefs. aid lrigg concaheaded shot n. inches
long. The next gun which relndns 70 compete Is
thai Of Commander Scott, having riding OF Ave shall
low grooves. and firing conical shot Of IL! inches
The Tlas Of these guns hayc been made along stated
range. over tie sands al low tide for range GDd accn
iacy up TO 10 degrees, and Will charges rising from
tire lower 20 the higher elevations Of foa 2 IL 10 20 h.
end. lastly, - 10.
'TLe performances Of tho French gun NAV BE- summed
mp making respectable average It's range and &C.
curucy, not worthy Of much remark either a. bad or
good; In fact just what sny ordinarily good riaed gun
can do. and nothing more. The studs however, are in
most cases torn away by the increased pitch OF the
thing toward the niuzzea most serious fault as the
pieces flying like shrapnel would make it dangerous
to the gun tho heads OF troops ~ say nothing
a the impossibiiity OF using the zane ammunition
twice over. Commander Scotts gun has alec given 50
far co IL has gone veiy good average result; bat there
CAL be no question that Mr. Lancssters gun Is dis
tancing all Its competitors and doing as well sr II not
better than either Sir William or Mr.. Whtvorlh an
regards range and accuracy. at oil the elevations up
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