The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-29


Prussia The parssans Of the government assert that no
true and results from the fact thai in the interviews
short time since between the Emperor and the Count
the ds DIVISION 'o Of s spos & YET being
pared 10 give up her Rhenish provinces, wnlcn the
Emperor positively demands as quad pro qso peore ne
win permit Prussia any further enlargement OF ner ter
rory So Il is probable that the Duke de Brabant win
be allowed TO ascend the throne-how long ne VIII DC
70 reign dspenas Upon born ,n Oh he OH ~ Ap
1885, and consequently hte more than thirty years
old He was married on the 22d Of august, 1898 so 70
OF Austria five years after their marriage before
any children were born and the horrible story Is the
common scandal Of Brussels that the father OF them is
not the puke de Braban but his younger and handsome
brother the Count de Flandre
There is little cholera still lingering about Paris-
enough keep away great many strangers and even
residents, who exaggerate greatly It's Importance and
extent From the 30th Of November 70 the 9th Of De-
Gambler the number Of deaths from cholera amounted to
sxty four in hospitals and private houses Yesterday
there were -four deaths reported
fair held by the ladies OF the American Episcopal
church in Paris is TO be opened this evenngthe object
being the audabe one OF the payment OF the debts OF
the establishment. learn that General Schofed will
honor the fair with visit this evening.
Americans turned out In force NJ the opening masq ne
rade ball at the Grand Opera Saturday evening last
II was, usual magnncently funny This is said TO be
the last year OF this institution, as the new Opera House
will be allowed TO be desecrated by the presence OF
the barbes aud butchers and bakers and loafcrs and
ttti. cocoes aud b0achi0euses who constitute the
performers at this ball. which, early stages the
intriguing ground OF titled danes and noble gentlemen
President johnson and the Radicals.
From the London Post, Dec. IL
Eyens are now TRANSPORTING In the other hemisphere,
fraught With the destiny OF gallant and important
TO all the civilized nations OF the world On Monday
week the Congress of the United States assembled at
Washington and the contest between conservatism and
radcalism has BY this time been decided The Pressd,n
NTH true ndgaanimity generosity and sfdses'ndnshp
hich acc,rd him the greater credit as our ra i'm
presions against him. had determined 70 reconstruct
States. His measures for insuring this grand result,
aud for bong In happy forgetness the sad scenes
Of the past were based upon thorough knowledge OF
The attempt OF the Northern radicals in Congress to
gain their object by perveson oil the constitution a"
egor to accomplish by trckey and f5rtuitoW circum-
Stances The complete annillatio Of political poDr in the
hands Of the Southern chites and its transfer noninoy TO
e debaed freed slaves but really u ne ".,fary safrdps
and other officials Dhch the greedy North ciH send down 10
prey tpo already Impoverished and oppreaed people
The has been made and We shall soon learn whether
the President stands his ground In favor OF the c0nstu
ton and the equality Of the Southern whites. whether
bending beneath the power which threatens him, nc has
consented TO place the victims in the hands Of blood
The return Of the Southern states Congress would put
the radicals in minority, and they are unwilling 10
yield the power which they have held for four years
They are the red republicans Of the French
Revolution guise, and their success must bring
commercial disasters upon their country. fhe reter
n Which ,0in s,ceep upon aud bring misfortune sa
lis tran Every thinking must cast his wishes IN
the scale OF that policy which would bring peace and
cannot hope that PfOVuence may
in way avert the dangers looming up n such grand
proportions, and may give TO President johnson the
moral TO resist and the power TO overcome the
dangerous faction which will ruin the United states and
involve other countries in II its policy OF hate and
plumber and resenge can he carried out
At . reform meeting held at Halifax, December II,
Mr. stansfeld NJ. p, formerly member Of Lord Pal.
mersons ministry, said:lt was not the least OF the
merits of the late Parliament that II had succeeded 10
preserving this country conditions OF neutrality and
peace with the people OF the United States when there
might have been tire danger Of being dragged into
war and on the side OF the stakeholder applause
against men who brethren; men who had
shown their capacity for using gigantic efforts and
served the integrity OF reunited country aud who had
shown the hour OF their victory cle<y inch as tho
had shown an example 70 all the nonarches Of the Old
Worlds capacity or returning all the conditions Of
peace BY the disbauding Of their naval and military
forces retrenchng their expenditure and admitting the
rights even al those they had conquered This no aAer
nation IN ne 'oq,fd hid as vi approached IN IL hrto'y
'appiaase'' .-,sI 80 -. .,,ss;.e1sse
Strength and WeakMess or the British
- 80 Navy.
MroRrAST EXPERIMENTS IN PROG REss.
From tho London Times, Dec IL.
We arc gradually approaching question Of vital i'm.
poriance the efficiency Of The navy. Our iron clad
ect has recently been strengthened by successive adj
ditons, exhibiting an enormous increase 0f defensive
power until at length possess vessel which may be
expected resist shot 81 SIX hundred pounds.
He1cNlfS--0nt
proof against three hundred ponder and will be 20
plated along her water line TO repeli ball ~ twice
That weight All this lime, however we have made 1T
Tie advance the wav of offensive armament
Even the three bundffd FOUNDER gun - not actually re-
the service that progress Is on the side
the ships alone For this there good reasons. We
mako ships Carry armcg more easily than we can
make them carry cannon. The sides OF u manor war
are thick the walls OF feuda castle, and yot
the vessels neet end bnoyaut ever; but when
10 mounting heavy guns upon these batteries we
coon find ourselves rhecked " thought few years
ago thai the FOUNDER about the heaviest
piece that cold be successuy carried and worked IN
ships pIoadSide. This gun weighed nnciynve cwt.. or
sbont ten Thousand pounds and the Americans are si
of opinion that OF twelve thousand pounds rclTe
nenis the axnpm Of admissible under such cir
cumsances Of course they have. far heavier guns In
use but they carry them rrc,s: and so, /, IL said
must Nc Tbs proposal, however opens another ones
ton II proved that very heavy cannon can he worked
In tnrre, but j. not proved that turret ships tan he
made seawor'hy or commcdous vessels Moreover, We
have cot some magnificent 'roncnds constructed on the
broadsde principle and r. ihcse canno by some means
other, be made to carry batteries OF effective strength
y iags, either be Fecs reted h. lost 10 Tie errics att
geher. 30 becomes OF infinite importance 10 ascertain
by praciical experiment soddh,r gias osre certain
,re0hf ran ~ ro1o carried arr frt rat oGs
and what the limits imposed upon this arrange
mcnt Great profess ona authorities have asserted that
any gun which can be carried in tnrle can be carried
In broadsde hut The contrary opinion has also been
strongly defended and = very wldc! ehertanea
Nothing obvious solve this question but expert
mont, aud the experiment glad TO say, Will COM
nicnce This morning
The M.noianr a. or at any rate is intended 10 b.,
oi 6nc.t ,roi-clads She WAS designed o. an iIn.
proye,nent on tho Wariorh herself and II happens that
she may be seen, beautifully modelled. In the South
kensn.ton Museum. BM y Is I'll question The'hey
this nebe ship oog yuch gans ,srd he reqrd 10
rsdsr her bd.ru fecps and accordingly she Will put to
10 day 10 make trial OF her capacities.
That these twelve guns be carried In tnrres
Is beyond doubt but then " has heeu ascer-
tanned whether turret ships be made good seagcDg
We have reason 10 believe on the other hand,
that the Mnoiaur as good vessel a an can
be but then do not know that she carry twelve
guns " she fails Ia do hall have TO inys
tho experiment. and send ,arret ship whether
she Is seaworthv and habitable
hsny--indecd most- American ships carry eight Ton,
or they called egy en.inch guns but they are
mounted on pivais This was the gun with which the
Kesisnrge sunk Tie Alabama, and which did snch good
service other actions of the war; We could mount
such guns pivots too but that principle would only
bring round Ia the urct in the end for turret gun
IL pivot gun projected
II must not be- forgotten ihs this ship which k now TO
be thus tested represents III. Grst and most powerful