, 1870-09-21

the wa1lu1amnlty WHY be lxcd. which rrancr
wifi have 10 pas.W:
"A BosIpn ON goods nrm has lady customer
whGsc tlll for goods purchaser fol her personalf
wear slu,.eg the ntue months ending. July so.t
soo.is' uraEgr 1860. MI r., n
Two Piusslan regiments, having conunlttehs
excesse4 IN the little French towns ol Falkcnbcrgi
and 1,enIl,y sucn us plllaging houses and desroy-
ing property. Count Blsmark Inns ordered the !!
names Of these two regiments, and those OF their
officers, to be published In aI1 German papers.
The Gcrmans havo reimbursed the French talao-
ltauts as tar as wss lu, their power.. A rigorous
Examination has been instituted by Btsmark, and
the regiments sent to the rear, beng st,ipned Of
ulcir banners and all cnh.e1ns of honor. Tho
guilty Teglnlerta we're the Second Hcsse Darn
slaalt Infantry ard the Twelfth Prusa!an Liuc,
$50 great ls the number OF applicants for DO
sitions In tue government departments that the
present clerical force could die OH in six weeks
and yet every position be nlcd without going
outside the petitlonE already On 1lle. a peculiar
feature Ia the treilrnR LIST" on which Is placed
tho names Of such clerks as are likely to die With
In reasonable time, and persistent applicants
arc assured that when that taxes place there will
BE- room for them, hut not until then. i, -
Tho Liverpool Afbion says that the fortiOca.
uona Of that town are nscless. vessel ca1rytng
heavy guns, 10 or 12inch mortary, con,d lay OF
iiom 5000 to 600 yards, und send shells Into the
docks and shipping With comparatively little dan
ger ftom the present forts. 1t Is impossible to
conjecture why they Eefo built Seeing that, II an
ifon-cad weasel entered the Mersey, nearly all the
guns would be uttef!s Ineffective, and the forts
prove slaughter-pens for the garrlson, and In ac-
ton they could not fail to do damage on both
slles Of the Metsey.
The process OF welding together the breecn
portion Of the ss-ton gun recently took place at
the Woolwich {England), Arsenal. This run.
which promises to he the most powerful IN exts-
tence, Is designed upou the Frazer system aud fl
built up OF i've concentr1c riugs-1rsr the tube OF
tonghenetl steel, then chase Of coi!ed Iron, next
second coll OF Iron, over that the coi,ed breech
piece, and over n1l the truun[on hoop, a mass,ye
casting weighing about ten tons, which vas
welded at fe,l heat This form OF
construction Is caiculatcd to afford the
maximum Of endurance With the mlniufhIn
| Of weight The AMOUNT OF entl1tauce re-
| qulred may be imagined from the 1aet that the
charge Of RnnpoWder Is To be 10 pounds, and tie
1FoJectfle weighs 900 pounds. The calibre Of the
bore Is 11.6 inches and tho length of the proJec.
tile will be two feet Of solid shos and about lhres
feet two inches Of COMMON shell.
-Russta, according to correspondent Is un
prepaa ed for war. The Small Arms Commission
have for the last three years done nothing bu
compare and test arms. and to this day have no
finally decided Hhat rl1e to Introduce Into the ser
vice Al first 1t was thought su11clent to alter th
old muslets fntn breech-l0adgrs, and the Carlei
system was adopted III the gun factory At Tnla
Then the konka system Was thought better, au'
that waa ordered to bo tried. Finally, 1t was Re
solved to hare ne5r bTcccb-1oaders, and the nrs
Borden gun was adopted, and $4,000 we're mad
ut Colts factory, Hartford, the order helm
finished last autumn. Then Derden Invented
| new gun, which they thought bctter still, an
600 Of that were offfefrf} f>r made ar Rrntru