Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-28

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10000 Austrians, etc. $500 Killed
and wounded. And the French pa
per which givese thes figures adds sig
nifcantly: "And now there are $780,
900 men in presence Of each other
with improved means Of destruction"
DR.. Cham supplies the following sta
tisties as the mortality listo the wal
in the Crimea:
Died, disease
Killed. andw 'nd Total.
French army-- Io2.0 ~ s5,6l5
Englsh----- 2,75 49, 211s2
TarEish'--@--.----- 1905 $50 $50
Russisn---. So.CO 60Qe0 $1,000
Total dea.hs. @,a7 75I,qsl 7sISi
THE FAMOUS FRENCH GUNBoAT.
The famous gunboat invented by
NJ. Farcy, naval lieutenant, has been
sent from CherbOurg to Strasbourg, by
way of the Seine and the canals. This
gunbOat seems TO have solved the
problem OF a crait possessing a very
light draught ofwater, and able to car
ry a single gun of the largest known
caliber. 1t was built at st. Denis, near
Paris, in the workshop Of Cladarede
q Co, and is nothing more than a
floating gun-carriage. It's dimensions
were - meters in length by 4meter 60
centimeters in breadth; and although
it has a displacement of Al tons, it
draws but three feet Of water. This
is due TO the peculiar construction of
the hull, which is grOOved longitude
naliy, tOgrOOyes 50 dividingthe water
as to offer the least resistance, giving
at the same time great steadiness to
the vessel. 1t is propelled by two
small engines of FIVE nominal horse
power, capable of working to 40, and
connected with two independent
screws. Its average speed is six knots
and a half, abundantly sufficient for
fighting purposes. By the help of its
two screws il turns with unusual
quickneSs, and in the same length Of
time, whether with the rudder alone
or with the two screws, in either case
not exceeding n minute five seconds
for a complete circle. But the diam
eter of the circle varies, being about
go feet with the rudder alone, while
with the help of the two screws acting
in opposite directions, the vessel turns
literally in its own length. 1t is need
less to remark on the importance of
the readiness with which such a craft
can be handled in action. In this
case the vessel will perform a revOlT-
tion in less time than the gun can be
loaded. And Notwithstanding her
extreme smalineSs, she is neverthe-
less toa certain extent seawOrthy, be-
ing fitted with a Sou-0Udnt, ending in
q prolonged spur or beak. When a
strikes this beak, it is broken,
and, dividing to starboard and port,
passes on either side, or falls harmless
ly on deck il it reaches so high.
PERSONALITIES, HARBORs AND FOR
TREsSEs on THE GERMAN COASTS.
Wilhelmshaven is an extensive for
tifieatiOn IN the Jahde basin, and was
selected by the Prussian government
in 1854, for the purpose of establish
ing there a naval station on the grand
est scale. In spite of every difficulty
the works have been ever since pushed
on vigorously, so that it is now very
completion. The basins are
and capable of floating a feet of
the largest irOn-clads. The fortifica-
tons are extensive. and the barracks
already built and building will COM
fOrtably accommodate a respectable
army. Two of the great drawbacks
Of this establishment are the want Of
good water, and the circumstance
the ebb tide falls fully twelve feet,
thus preventing the largest size men,
from entering the harbOr at all,
except at high tide. The channel is
also difficult, but that, in time of war,
and as an additional means OF defense,
rather desirable than otherwise.
Bremen, situate at the mouth of the
Weser, is a very old town, and
lne of the richest along the entire
German coast. The city wears an old
fashioned look, the streets are narrow
and crooked, and the houses queer and
antique looking, but Withal making
a cheerful impression. The
Ormer very strong Qualifications have
been abandoned and turned into q
delightful park and promenade. The
,ity has been rapidly growing during
he last twenty-five years, since the
development OF its extensive trade
the United States. The same is
rue of Bremerhaven, the seaport of
Bremen, and some twenty miles fur
her down the river toward the North
Sea- Bremen and Bremerhaven are
connected also by rail, and all the
shipping business is trans
lcted at Bremerhaven. No large YES
els or steamers ascend the Weser be-
7ond Bremerhaven. Opposite to the
after place is Fort Wilhelm, a small
)ut strong fertilization. The coast
licenses otherwise are said to be COM
)lete. Bremen has now 100000 in
labitants, and Bremerhaven about
-0,000.
Hamburg is, by far, the largest and
icheSt city along the entire German
cast. Her vessels for many centuries
AVE ~traversed all the oceans, and her
merchant princes count among the
ichest Of Europe. This city is situ-
ted at the mouth of the river EIbe,
md has now 230, 900 Inhabitants. The
in the immediate neigh
of the town amount to little
Y nothing, and il has to be defended
down toward the coast by
arthWOrkS, coast batteries, and so
Orth, which have been amply sup
lied. CuXhaven bears toward Ham
about the same relation as 1Bre-
aerhaven toward Bremen 1t is a
mall place, with only about 1501i in
labitants, but it has a good harbOr,
xtensive dry docks, and an active and
nterprising seafarins population.
The city. and harbOr of Kiel is a
aost important town of 5000 in
abitants, with its still more impor-
ant, large and safe hsrbor, situated
q a bay Of the Baltic. 1t is the chief
ort of the province of SehlesWig,
ltely acquired by Prussia, and this
over is now rapidly turning this i'm
prize into q frst-class naval
The town itself has always
cen rich, and largely engaged in
AIDES and manufactures of every de-
,riptioE. ! 80 r ~
,Lnbsck, town of 45,e00 inhabi-
lnts, is one of the Oldest, and used to
3 one OF the wealthiest of North Ger
amy. ~ Formerly the Notifications
ere very strong, but they are so no
and they have for many years
only devoted to mercantile and
ldustrial pursuits. if7 ~
StraIsund, with 5000 inhabitants,
also an old town, and of great his
'rical renown, for having baffled all
'temptsOfthe great Wallenstein, who
led very hard to capture it. The
ty is entirely surrounded by sWamps
I'd an arm Of the sea, and accessible
lly by means of bridges. 1t was for
eriy and is now a very strong place,
It fortified more by nature than by
t, and has a good harbOr, of eonsid-
af~raonokioaI imnOrfanoo