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!Sa,.: 1ae Aeite!tphon carries gan. we!c1,ns
These asu our htnsttst i,ti most powerful canpuu,
whttrnt ha Italian Eonclul haa jutt saltd fuz tue
W so1 INV aseay es.s rIn. more naS s sis
AIT those o{ The MlantonOmah. Ether, then,
o. H., aSt oc. 70. sar a 10
us. he hare lately had come addition to our ex-
penence !n ihstt malteIs.
specimen deseEstu: attention. This monitor,
;noseh caS!, Ing 43oponnders, u bni q 1.sD tons
l. 'be PaasAr e SeassiIaa % ~ sbs !. 81
tone burden, though her cuns are ouly quarter as
pig q tho.e Of the M,autononah. Sven Captain
tnr1ft vessel Of less burden lla.n 1000 ton,, Or
double thai Of the monitor. Consequently the
AneE,cant are az ancad Of u n combining hight
,o'her points fo1 contiderai!on where the nonl,or
ms1t 1saI nG1 sppsss 10 70 much .asanass The
arc acrotr the Atlantic was out feyen Knot. au
hour. aud her maximum Is only put nj nfne.
i;nh:a kihsf .ho Warrior or e Achilles shercfqte
sSns a sy ps:ns: hsF
raa.tsta ara esr2s!ty: They aFs @ade 10
Try. In fact. We have no evidence ot the &C. ual
pSseE Ct ths qanleEsn a gun ;sa,n.s 1e,iy SGD
tenndrrr u The Bs,erophon, II t.ted against AN The The
m.Ssr ros'q Il not a. es!ss
tend i5cpourd auns to tea in a t.s0-toa vessel.
We Ere not t1srosed TO otso all the credit to for
eisn @ governments oven & and n, none to our own, and We
once mon facna enuc In Srrcnr or The rck& oI the
world: STU. whereas It woH1t. doubt. have been
thought tEeat thing three os Iour years ago to
send an iron.clal to sea Carrying eix and bait ton
| Enn. aud yet Of only two thou+sud four hundred
tons borden, we here eee an American vessel:with
| ibr e times a. heavy an armament, though Of not
| mitch more than half the tonnage. Ncr do we sup.
pose that tie pRas Il much quicker than the Mlan-
| 'ononah. though she IL probably more seaworthy,
and good dtGl more hao.tab!e. Th. Americans,
hoNtycs, an. secon*l1uctlnc theft navy on double
pltncip!e. They Lave ,heit monitors ius enormous
| ordnance GEd singular defensive power, but
they have also cruisers built especially for
| tpetd. though csEEyAs very powerful guns.
sending heir monitors 10 sea, though It may be rc.
| marked that neither Of The Two specimens now In
lDrffgu Waless belongs 10 The or1.fnat monitor feet
Ihe Aolaontck was only launched at the end OF
The civil "ar, While the Mi,u.Lno!nah lla5 been
hu'!t since peace was restored. Thrse yessels.
therefore. present, probably, The lacss improve
intutt, but 1t II clsaI that Tue Americans do not
regard e!lher monitors or lfou,c!ads a. sufficient
IT atl the c1ieeucies ol na,at service,
They arc recognizing fwo classes Of ye>scl.-
the other for power in combination With eStraor-
atnarf speed. Our 1set.rutc ifon.clads are prohn
bty tlntqralA for the union Of alt these .lnall,
| flea together. The Mtn0aue fs :atI 10 he nlc U!
The :nete:t t1tnoE-wat In the world: she II stYong
II H}a 60. and the could carry sou pound euna: ls
then lie 3O0,pounl run i probabl, tnc hca.le.t
1hai thc c1nlu cntry. whereas cyen n0S III J|puunt-
m arr atioat. It will not do, however. to bc ltf.
behind In a ruce l1ke thr. We l!aye heeu coHuuct.
inr experiments 20 dcilpcratvly und ias'idlou*1s
easily convinced. bkrc koi practically alcal Of II.
We hasc no douht that t1ahy Il lant cuu!d he totnl
lh h An,rf1cnu md lta1Ian nrn claus but, In thu
meantime. iho1t weight VI neinl IL far III rxctts U
lion TINT III fnturc acluu. weight ur Eistal 1.,iy
cArry t1te ftr.