The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-19
NOTES OF THE WAR.
Experiments with Torpedoes.

Experiments with Torpedoes.
Experiments with torpedoes were recently
made at Brest One of them was to test the
action of one of those submarine monsters on
nautical Screw" which was placed in position
for the purpose of the experiment The old
vessel was moored over torpedo containing
about 600 pounds of powder, lying at depth of
forty feet French), say so English feet.
When the explosion took place the con-
demned craft was first of all nearly
lifted out of the sea, and then powerful let of
water pierced it as if an enormous projectile
had passed through keel and decks, and rose to
a height of some 90 feet. But for the empty
casks with which the ship was laden it would
danger, however, in the explosion of the tor
pedo is not represented by this mass of water
which destroys as it rises and mandates as it
falls. no less terrible effect is produced by the
gas generated by the powder, which in search
ing an issue escapes from the water in sharp
blades which nothing can resist. Beams mea-
suring more than six square feet have been cut
through as with saw. Gunpowder is found to
answer better for torpedoes than picrate of
potassium, nitro-glycerine, or gun-cotton.
EDgiand's Neutrality.
The Cologne Gdzette contains q leader vio-
lently inveighing against Englands neutrality.
Abiding to the cartoon in Punch, which repre-
sents Britannia attempting TO prevent Louis
Napoleon and King William from coming to
blows, the Gazette observes that Britannia should
no longer be reprepresented with helmet,
but with chignon la Ekgente, or rather,
with cotton nightcap. Her present Gov
ernment, it says, fears nothing SO much as
war, and carries COtd ms principle
of non-intervention to absurd extremes. "Cob-
den himself is dead but his friend Bright is
Minister, and Gladstone, whose incredible weak
ness both before and after the Crimean war is
not forgotten, is now the First Lord of the
Treasury" The best proof proceeds the article,
of the bellophobia of the Government is the
way in which England received the news of the
secret treaty. mo mouse ever ran with more
terror about the kitchen in search of a hiding
place when the cook had come in" than the
English statesmen, and the newspapers under
their influence, have sought to escape the neces-
sity of taking up arms. The Cologne Gazette
concludes by comparing England to IAN army
of lions led by hares."
Prince Leopold n True German.
Prince Leopold of Observation-Disclosures
gave the following reply to an address recently
presented to him by society in Dusseldorf
II thank you for your kindly feelings and for
the justice you do me. i felt no difficulty in re-
nouncing the crown of Spain on considering the
danger OF SO great carnage. l rejected it will
lipgly to preserve peace for our common coun-
try, and should not be worthy to bear the
name of Hohenzollern had / acted otherwise.
You are right in saying that this renuneiation
had no result. The French have desired war;
they had prepared for it. Our business is now
to take up arms as men, and to enter into the
struggle with courage and fortitude for the
honor and security of Germany am happy
10 meet GNtTyWutIt VIII tudb udtlOudl GnIQu-
siasm which is alone sufficient to efface any
disunion between the peoples of Germany. Oar
heroic King will lead us to victory"
The Range of the Chassepot.
letter from Forbach, in the Temps, gives
the following illustration of the range of the
Chassepot. At a considerable distance from the
French advanced posts superior Prussian
officer was observed every morning for some
days. Followed by an escort of about twenty
horsemen, and provided with field glass, he
moved about looking arrogantly towards the
| other lines, so secure did he think himself from
| our fire. His constant appearance irritated the
French soldiers, and a promise was made that
| prompt opportunity should be taken to teach
this Prussian officer that General de Failly had
not spoken idly when he extolled the wonders
of the Chassepot. On Friday morning, as soon
as a French Vidette caught sight of the Prus-
| sian, he informed a lieutenant of the Sixty
| seventh of the fact. This latter, who was noted
| as a marksmap, at once took aim, and notwith-
standing the distance of 1900 metres, hit the
enemy, who was seen to totter in his saddle and
| fall from his horse.
marriages In the Prussinn Army.
A curious result of the war Is large number
| of simultaneous marriages in the Prussian army.
| On the 31st ult great number OF military we'd
| dings were performed at Altoona, by express per-
mission of the King and the special relaxation
of the standing order that the bans must be pub
| lished three times. In Berlin on the same Sun
| day, in the garrison church in that city, more
| than one hundred soldiers and their betrothed
/
object appears to be that though they will neces-
sarily be separated from their young wives
during the honeymoon, the husbands have the
satisfaction of knowing that in case of their
being killed their widows will be adequately pro-
vided for by their grateful country.
The especial Correspondents.''
singular argument for allowing correspon-
dents at headquarters was used in the Interview
of the Paris journalists with M. Olivier, the ex-
premier. M. Texier, who went through che
| Italian campaign as correspondent for the
Steele, related with remarkable nerve and preci-
sion the part which the newspaper correspon-
dents PLAYED during the war of 1859. NJ Tex
ier recalled the battle of Montebello and the
demonstration made by the French army on the
side of Payia, in order to conceal the real move
ment on the Tessin and Magenta, and he affirmed
that the newspaper correspondents were not
strangers to the error into which the enemy's
Generals were drawn. The correspondents, who
knew the truth, then understood that il was
their duty TO deceive the Austrians.
The Empress In a Loving Mood
The Empress telegraphed to the Emperor,
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