New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-20

| King of Tuns had on board o NUMBER OF ltpn
pipes, out of which volumes of thunderlng gre pre-
(to11enos de titegoJ were discharged" me hrst
cannon cast in England said to have been
made by John Owen, in 1925 but the art appears
to have been introduced in high state or periec-
ton Two large brass guns, recovered IN 4, 1899
from the Mary Rose, which was sIlh d. ot1tie "a,
in l545-one 68-pounder and the otner "a
poundern beauty Of dssgd a 1he a
The largest gun ever made in England, up, to
ls43 was one weighing eighteen tons, cast in that
year for Mehemet Ali, Pacha OF Egypt: The
bore of the gun was about within one:tenth of an
inch of sixteen inches (l5 $40 inches). The
weight of its solid shot was 455 pounds and of its
shell 800 pounds The gun was IL feet long, and
/ had an immense quantity of metal at the
breech.
story is told of a cannon in Beiapoor, India,
which weighs forty tons. seat in the interior
accommodates five persons, without much crowd.
ing. 1t Is formed OF mixed metal Of which there
is said to be some portions Of gold and consid-
cradle quantity Of silver, and is very sonoreus. 1t
was the work Of Ghnteby Coony Khan an officer
nugger. In giving description of it, Col. Sykes
says:
ON the visit of Sir John Malcolm, during pc.
rod OF his yiceroyship at Bombay, the sattorah
RajaL, who holds the surrounding territories under
the British government, directed that this gun
should be fired off as an appropriate salute
Though not charged with more than half the
weight OF powder which its chamber could con-
tam, the conclusion was awful. 1t shook many of
the buildings to their foundations and the terrified
Il inhabitants, as the reverberations rolled along
Il expected to see the domes and towers, survivors
: OF the former Shocks come tumbling about their
j ears
\ AT the siege of Antwerp, in 1890, Gen. Paixhans,
b of the French artillery proposed to King Leopold
\ to shorten the siege by means of mortar, the
i shells OF which would weigh thousand pounds,
d and contain each one hundred pounds of powder.
s. The proposal was thought to be inhuman, and it
was not until after fifty thousand balls and
y shells had been spent in vain bombardment that
ntrpf hnr1 raJcH 1rinF do of
e fiege-was brought out. Nine shells were fired,
J; huge flying masses. of which burst in the air,
a nd eight descended into the citadel. Two days
fter the first shell was fired the Dutch surrendered
k The artillery used at the siege Of BaZa, in the
J. Ar Of Granada, during the siege of Ferdinand
I, ad Isabella. were called bonlbards. They are
s7 to be seen in the city, where they long served
Ii aaoumns in the public market place. The largest
II arof about twelve feet in length, consisting of
iro bars two inches in breadth, held together by
l. pcs and rings of the same metal. These were
It af1y attached to their carriages, ncapabe Of
l. eitlF vertical or horizontal movement. Tne balls
:, thrFn from these engines We're sometimes Of iron
ut but ore usually Of marble. Several hundred of
= the fter have been picked mp on the hills around
ID bazanany Of which are fourteen inches in dia
ID mete and weigh 17j pounds. At the siege of
il bala4er. at the beginning Of the fifteenth cen
$. tnfy, one balls were discovered which weighed
lie hot - than 55o pounds. a gun recovered from
H. one othe Turkish ships destroyed al Tohesne in
to ity 'Es fourteen feet il circumference, twenty
he inGhesoFe, and 20 cwt., % j26 lbs. weight.
me st Instance Of horizontal shell firing on
as records that at the siege Of Gibraltar IN IRE
jr where 'pt Msrcier of tie Thirty ninth regiment
IS SuEgeag that y inch shells, with short calculated
of fuses, siu!d be fired from guns This ractice
he anssweres9 well that it became general. Red hot
de pals We first used by Stephen Bathor, King of
a Poland 1.-THE siege Of Danzir, 1876
Pi-tois'ere first used by the Germans: DclIav
1enGonSlem in the year LA, In the time Of
FRANCIS Ind under Henry II, the German horse
nen Ges steiS, were called pjStD7;erS.
H. Army ana Navy journal.
o. Thos Nook, once CORES poudeut of tie New
al York Hela, and now editor Of the Wilmington
ng g. o. Held was examined before the recon
b. strcctlon e4nlittee April llth. The New York
-, ~ Herald gFef Geographic report Of his evidence
from which ; extract the following:
ice He was alexamined in regard to the present
ed state OF teef in North Carolina H considered
he the people oIhat State, with perhaps an occa-
he soma! 1hslGllant exception perfectly loyal in
lii tnelr inlpusi There is no intention or lisposi-
ton ainoug TIE who were seoessionists to renew
ter the attempt tecede from the Union. He does
ger not thlnK ttah the event of a foreign any
common ener He did not remember OF having
Of heard, during residence Of over year in the
the state OF ahYontemptuous expressions towards
led the soTernineir any branch it, Occasionally
dial nounced eseWfe; but such denuncatOns by no
means applied the body as whole. He did not
in peheye the peoe of North Carolina were ready
red they we're wl'lihto admit him to testify in cases
.re- where ne was Sarty in interest, to sue and be
sued, mold, con7 and bequeath real estate, ETC.,
ing put they "onld permit him to st in the jury
but box, vote or told office. The people were
nds wiling that theegroes should he educated
ide but were opposeto the efforts of Northern mis-
to sonarles TO that oct because of the disposition
was OF such mssionar to interfere with the peaceful
ond relations OF servaiand employer. In reply to a
question, the Witni.stated that he did not believe
the Southern whltpeope were yet prepared to
undertake the educon of blacks, but he thought
UGH they were coming tt. In reply to another CUES
,lot ton. he stated that, believed a Southern Jury
ect- would pass honestlypd fairly upon the case Of
wifi any negro that shou5e brought before it.
ate.
ugh RARE CASE OF louMsrAsT1AL EVIDENCE
ONE A Witness IN Court tie Defense Goes to Jni
and as Crininol.-Ye stay morning, in the mayor
court, there was eXhled case which does no
lest, often occur, but whioreated sensation at tn
om- time -
that Charles Callahan, asted by the police upor
luce the charge OF garrotl and robbing James Rea
the gan OF two hundred dos in greenback-, ninety
y on seven dollars IN CON- olver watch gold pencil
late and ring, was brought bre the mayor for an ex
with animation. One of theitnesses named by Cal
light lahan, and put down vi the list, was s. H. Fer
49, ran.
nder When Reagan was rod, and 80 terribly NAL
he treated he lay for seve hours in an insensible
the condition. Recovering lsense and strength suf
mpel cisnty to walk he to the house Of Ao
d in. for candle, which was en- him. He returned
er or to the spot, and, by tlid of the light, sue
ceeded in picking up hissmorandum book an,
King. papers, which were seattle all around. Amonl
sea the papers he gathered wan enyeop with tn,
shter name Of :" s. H. Ferran " IN it. Reagan knew
ught that he had no such paper,out him and. think
cula- ing that thereby might h a tale and afford
anty clue, carried the envelop tolice headquarters
;sion and, after stating the cirGstances of his rob
re be berry, exhibited the envelfo Chief Claiborn
ways and Captain Belts, who, a'eciating its impor
at we lance, took charge of it.
Yesterday morning Major horne and Captaj
ever Belts were both III court. en Ferran's nam
r one was called for the defense hame bonding for
utter ward, and approached the * to be sworn t.
e old testify in behalf Of his frieni elahan The en-
nting veop was then produced, pa Ferran asked
since, that was his name. terran emled stammere
aside and eviuced great agitation lie us placed unde
whis arrest, taken into the vesbe ana searched an
Filling the identical ring which Ryan had lost wa
howl found in his pocketbOoE, hat Ws circumstar
AXE tia evidence sufficient for ttnlayol and Ferra1
lcher- who had entered the conrtrn i'll Ituonse to
to life summons as witness, left itder the arrant
sc by a commitment to the city j. there, vi Gala
ham to await his trial upon charge OF iglwa
u his robbery.-L Richmond Examir.
orable ------~ =, - 10,
btless A VERY REMARKABLE DoG-Our readehhay
doubtless heard of the ggant dog taken ttsne
land some years ago by Fraas Butler anu III
MI Gardiner, of this city They Exhibited 'he any
y,r1- IN London and Windsor Cae, and nhailS
n Ono ,rh, nrrEenJ