The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-10-17

est iron clad afoat might be scnt TO tho
bottom as easily as Il wooden igatc is now
iact about which it is hardly possible to
entertain doubt. ~ tnrgcL with greater
resisting powers thpn the broadslde of any
iron-cased frigntc or the turrct of any
monitor has been completely smashed by q
particular kind of shot fired from n par.
ticular kind of gun, and that gun nnd tha,
shot nrc Ct British make and invention. II
is of equal Importance TO observe that tho
gun which has proved so irresistible is not
piece ofany prodigious calibrc or imprac
ticable weight hut only sucha gun as
could bo carried aud worked il a ships
boradside. Whereas, too, it is scarcely
credible TINT any ship could be sen, to sea
with thicker or more ponlerous armor than
was represented in the targc demolished, it
is very credible indeed that tho cnlibrc,
charge md power of the gun might DO in.
creased, 20 that the essential question be.
tween ships and guns mny be regarded as
settled. That is tho conclusion forced upon
US by the results OF tho remarkable rcpcri :.
ments just reported from Shocburyncss.
Tho target exposed to fire on this occa-
sion was built up OF eighteen inches Of teak,
and this compact mass OF wood work was
covered in front with solid plates of rolled
iron eight inches thick, and strengthened at
the back by an inner skin of iron three
quarters Of an inch thick. Altogether,
therefore, this imaginary ships broadsidc
was about as thick rs the wall Of an old
Norman castle, while tho materials were
hard teak anc solid iron, instead Of asher
mud subble. If castles, in fact, had been
bull, in such fashion, they would have
remained up to our own day rs impre snabc
TO artillery rs they originally were to bows
aud arrows. Nevertheless, when gun
described as tho "ninc inch muzzlc loading
wrought iron Woolwich rifle gun" was train
ed against this target, and frcd with n
charge OF forty-thrcc pounds Of powder and
n 25O.pound .hcll Of Major Palliser's chill.
cd metal, the effect was decisive. The pro-
jccilc, we arc told event clean clean
through everything, plate, backing, and
inner skin, and lodged itself, after cxplod.
ing. IN somo timber about twenty feet be-
hind the target. Anything moro crashing"
ii is added, ethan the shock Of this missile
II would 10 difficult to conceive, for il
struck full upon one of the vertical parts Of
the target nnd tore its was through rs il
only opposed by timber screen" re.
petition Oft experiment did but confirm
the results, and tho main flct therefore is
placed beyond reach Of doubt. -London
Times, September 17th.
PnIsoNEn DAvIs.-Whcn the smoke anl
dust Of this conflict shall clear aways, aud
the record of tho great 0ssizo of history be
made up, nnu tho sentence pronounced ca
this most stupcndous struggle Of scpcrato
nationality, there will stand forth no figure
so sublime ns that ofthis gallant soldier,
brilliant Orator sagnG.1us statesman iii!
christian gentleman. bercfi Of every earthly
Possession; shut out from MI converse with
the human family, guarded by mutcs. iailor.
OIL by iyrnnt, accused by m assassin,
Trembling with paralysis. bliud mnnaclcd,
f"r'ncd with m ingenious cruelty which
dNnicd him sleep, with u brutal mob of mil.
lions clamoring for his blood, yet calm,
defiant nnd undauntcd tasking no favor Of
Tie best, md no guard against tho worst,
Save a pablo trial in tho courts of his foes.
Life has been allotted to him well nigh to
the verge of his thruc. years. lIonors
have poured'on him for moro than halr his
life. filling full tho measure Of American
fame. YGt were his life to rival tho ago of
the patriarchs, and his honors to double the
glorics Of tho illusirious son Of David. tho
bright particulars year of his history would
ho that in which, q chained captive, the
last victim OF lost cause, he raised his
voice In perpetual claim for no favor of
twenty millions Of enemies, but Justice.
feeble tongue. 1t may be, that makes
the appeal, but the cry picrcrs tho massive
walls Of his bastilc, browns the multitudi. /.
nous roar of tho ncghboring sea- rises
above victorious nations pmans and n
fallen nations wail anc will 70 ''soundne
down the ages" to assure the world that
tho virtue men call Roman, mud tho cour.
age they call Spartan, died neither on tho
Tibcr nor tho Eurotas:- Peiersbuy index.
TAE PHiLApELpHIA RIoTs-The New
York Worl1 mus omniously comments on
tho late political disturbances in Philadcl.
phia:
The violence which was practiccd against
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