, 1879-07-12

hera, 10000 tons. Last year the production
was fully 10000 tons e!ghteen times what It
prodaetion of sihS'ooo tons Of Bes.emer steei H.
mgots m y 1870, but last Jaar II had only risan to
ago. OF tl.e produce Of these in0ots, tho chief
Is ral]s; and tue United States raised her ont
put of btsscmet steel rails from 1000 tons In
ls1p nI,..t 70 1o'@o tons In 1873; ThiIe tn oreat
only from about 3oo, 900 tons ,n 1e7B-speaklng
In tho abaence ot earlier stattstics-to go. 600
tons last year. The rapidly If tho approach OF
The tts bessemer Pna,. steelmakers Of Ameriea 70
other kind Of steel now 10 largely nsci
for purposes for which Iron was formerly used,
that produced by the opcn-heatth process OF
DR.. s,emcuh,-tt appears ttlat Ia lila the Amcrt-
outpa sy ed S 70 tom L.. s 1ss ::
while In Great Britain In tho same interval tho
output had been enlarged from n 900 tons to ia
000 tons. It should be added that the p.odue-
tive power 9t Engand wss lsss fully t;fed lat
trade beRan early, and whero recovery was
earlier established; but thcre appears some
ground for the opinion that tho American man.
ufaeturers haYc mora {ulIJ forcscen and provid-
cd for The change !n tho demand for railway
material than English manufacturers.
BULGARIAN PREPARATION FOR D1FENBR m THB
FUTURE
LONDON, juno 8.-As tho beginning Of tho
present year tho Bulgarian militia consisted, &C.
cordlng to official returns Of twsnty-ono bat
tallons Of Infantry, four squadrons Of cavalry,
six batteries Of artillery, and \ company Of pl-
ouecrs, the whole force comprising 23,a50 men,
forty-eight guns, sud 900 horses. Bince Janu-
ary last, however, the number Of hsttalions has
been doubled taecordtng to correspondent Of a
German military paper whose informa-
tton about military matters on tho
Balkan Peninsula has always proved to
bo very accurately, the infantry Of the militia
now comprising fourteen regiments, each Of
three battalions Of four companies Of ESQ men.
The strcueth OF the cavalry has also been doub-
lcd,-the number Of squadrons having been In
creased from four to eight, each Of 150 sabrcs.
T1,ese squndrons arc organized IN two regiments,
whtchagaIu arc united IN brigade. Tho artl1-
lcrt has also been largely tncrcascd, nni now
forms two brlgndcs, zach Of which consfets Of
one nfue-pounder, four four-poundcrs, mad one
mountain battery. and comprises 1,500 men,
bcr Of pioneer companies l,as not bean aug-
mcnted, but the effective Of TIC one already
existing has been raised TO 200 meu. Alt3-
gcthcr, therefore. tbs Bulgarian army At tho
fsten ms insdss ss,e 6rg'sss 6 o[.aa OF ID
one brigade Of cavalry ot 100 men, with ], 192
torses; two brlRadcs, ott artillery, With a,ooo
men. 2,0S8 horses. aud 20 G1nei and company
o1 pioneers OIL tuu men+ Will ~ noeaC&; making
grind total Of 4660o men, 4,113 hofscs, and
% guns. As this force Is regarded as the
nucleus only OF far larger uationA! army, or
gauized like that OF 6eTvla, Il Is evdsdent that
| no time has been lost in developing the military
resources Of the ne1ly-created Prucipaltty.
FIGHT BETWEEN DnlT1sn AND RUSSIAN sA1L-
oRs.
a correspondent Of the London Stdndard,
writing from Athens, saYs: "The following In.
| n%n1 INV h<,.
During tho recent stay Of the English squadron
In the Piruus tho usual leave was given to ths
| sailors. Three Of these WcEo drinking Ia vine
shop when q party Of men belonging to some
| Russian vessels OF war entered, and taking the
bottle from before them emptied the content,
and seplaccd It on the tabtc. As may be
| supposed, this WAS not calculated tc
promote pcacefulness Of spirit; and, sec
Ing tl,e Russians woro In tho proportion
Of twenty to the shroo Euglishmen, one Of tht
latter; boatswatn's matc, stepped to the dooI
md piped "Liberty lnen to muster" In mo
mcnt hts shipmatcs swarmed about him; but
lack scoFung ANYTHING but fatr fighting, onl1
/ sufficient were told oil to tnaku eycn num 0erl
With the Russians. Accordingly they went II
man for uan TO ctenr cut the aKEressors. Aftc
were alike brought into requtsilon, this was nc
compltshel. Proltgtes Ut ynlor, my Informant
tells nlc, were performed, especially by q petty
officer Of one OF the English ironc1ads, wh:
distinguished himself by the rapldtty witt
which he foorcd one antagonist after another.
lie eheerfualy declined al! assistance, and In tlt
intervals between his blows addressed tho Rus
Sims with. "Come ont you begcars! wc:v'
been waiting for you for two years.. Tht
worat, however, Was to CONC; for some Frcncl
sailors, arriving just as the defeated afuscoVttc
were elected, claimed the right to give few
finishing touches to the work Of the Engltsl
sailors. The result was that the Russian
reached their shipa in 4 somewhat sorry plight
and II Ia not surpriaing that the Russian Captail
should have afterwards suggested TO tile acnIo
British officer the advisab!1ity Of selecting
different day IN future for glvIHg leave to tfet
respective shfpst companies.