The New York herald., 1866-07-14
NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE.

NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Experimental Trial OF catiing's Imy
proved battery Cun-naiiainq a wall
for tho Test OF Siege Gums OF different
Cslibre-The Weather and Detention
or veseis-Departuro OF the Fleet of
weather-bound Vess,is-Change Ia tho
Head OF tho Quarternaa.tor's Do
Observation-Disclosures OF Connacated
Land-stato Convention 10 Eject Dele
o. xates 10 the Philadelphia Convcn-
. tion, &c., &c.
| Qua FORTRESS MONROE coRREsroYDgscr.
TomNsss aovuoa. July II, 1900
so'c very interoftng experiments With "Gatang I'm
proyeo9aery Gun which have been ia progress here
Tor The ~ thrco weeks, were concluded today Tho
experiment have been under tho supervision n oGccs
o. tnc ordna1c Dopartseni doagnated or tho prposc
ana mo results aeak most fsyorably FOR this novel and
certainly most pworfal prolcctilc. Most of the oS,
! rerlmon's have Den made in conjunction with
twenty roander Qank defence howllzor whero
u" howzer throwing snlatcr hit tho target The
missiles from thla gun hit ~ tines both short and
long range The ormr fron iroo hundred t. four hun
drod yards distant aud he la,r 4 he distance Of from
ono and hait u two miles Il hos4tfrg dd 10, shoo,
| ohh Iah.' 1hs Ran - ssnlyng gdn y sx
| chambers and ~ capable uf eh,,tpg ono hundred
times mlniic. At ehnrs rango II br.wR hf,pcn one.
hall inrh balls, contained ~ oaeh -dgc and cap
ba ~ making sixteen msiiee at each drharre ana plg
teen hundred 20 lscs mtnute A. Ions range II arod
/ one haif pound Mimic balls lH capacliy 70 load and
Ere ineeffantY while revolving its freedom srom foul
and wonderful accuracy have aatonhed VERY on.
with -rng the experiments report u the 'ult vii,
| b. made direct 70 tho Ordnance Department am u
tbo same nhme ana ~ no same inventor vas s"nutsd
10 be ntroda ced IN Tho late war but this present
great lmpro' oment ~ that gun. Threo men caa
tho ordinary cannon, while f0r efficiency u y claimed
t. bear tho same relation % ordinary cannon that hcCo
mcks roarer does TO the Sickle, the scwins machhe
70 tho needle, ~ tooyraphc communication To tho Old.
n hioncd stage coach IN Informed TIA, tho inventor
prorosor not . gve any other nation tho bcntnl of tho
Invention, whether gaycinmoni adopts hs nycnton
| or mol
70 rRr sga. Grsr
Tho schooncr Goo Prescott Captain Mnk, has
rived from Maine with cargo or ca granite q be Used
qualities of different varieties ~ siege guns portion
q tn wallis haT already been cDnstructsd and the
lca rresens The thickness ana reaiv power almost
of tho farfampd sumter series - conclusive oapcn-
monh VIII follow inc completion q ihs wall
wxArnKa s1rhn YErnE
TO seees hound n1fthward Tho noct ~ fning vosecN
r.port.d ycs.rdny not ony sill remain here but there
has today been large addition y the nambsr
FoprDp Nosror. July n 1880
The feet Or vessels about siI,y IN number driven N
hero three iRys by tho unpropous weather sailed
today. Thor departure III conoeri with sails fan sst
formed beaulifd AMI mated picture but three
sells remain here; of ID, sine bark Joseph Ae-
from baltimore for Sev ya . wlsh coal, which had The
W ipN' nus 81 Le NNt#fA Ahu II IN
c1nssqaence
% orIEuar bsrlRrsrsr
Brevet pngAdicr GENERALLY ia 1ASns,, the prcscrt
Chief of tho Qusrcruassrs Department for this district
arrived from Richmond to-day preparatory u his In
tended rot reusnt from the seryiee H VACATION of thA
regr.tisd Bui Bngadior General A. y Blunt Who hal
ssaous'y and satisfactorily administered ~ the quarter
mafers dero here for tho past year ALL take his place.
mhht.e his hesiqusriorr Ia Richmond IL IN not known
yet VINO VIII ~ ~ignsd here
hfsfoRAT Ti0w - rUsrfN rHuspNry
Mr. Jefferson Sinclair large landowner near bore
before tho var u about 10 have ht od estate turned
over 70 him for long time psst has ben under tho
control ~ the fr""dmen's hurehn and large number
Of negro hal CONFUSING What ~ called AsDto~n q, have
been buli on H. and are now ocrrpsd by The
plus negro population sui soioarning here What
lion hr Sinclair viii take with disciples " algAt.
ter sovereignty s not known but ~ probable be viii
allow ihnm 10 feman, 0Diy aIscing email rents ard
sho~.Dg himse doub,iess cnnsidefa,c and liberal
Isndiord " tham ths yreadns Barusu hss teen.
-
rcopw everywhere IA thi~ section ~ the auis arc
gc,unr vide awake the subject of the approaching
Union Convention announced ~ DO hsld In fhIsdsplia
Ia Angust and ara taking preliminary ssDd
doiegaten 10 tbs CONVENTION. Tu' aAlsd johnson
Constitutional Union Club IN Portrr has aiken tho
Initiative and snasd call fot cons.ntion V b. held
10 Petersburg the 2sh nft Tor tho sgrposo N slet
ing 81 delegates II " propnsei 70 slbsc dele.
gate for every nfy votes palied a. N. at election 10
city aud and the d~isrssss ~ pledged
20 suppor tho President 10 - pseaehs pa -hd Efforts
at Reconstruction.
Tha Soldiers Gemstsry ~ FORTRESS Nom