I must not tresspass further on
your spare time. The picture thus
imperfectly presented is one of
which none need be ashamed. The
Republican party represents the
power, growth, progress, develop
ment and humane and liberal ideas
of the American people. Every lov
er of liberty and humane rights
throughout the world sympathizes
with it. Millions at home as well as
abroad rejoice over its triumphs or
are saddened over its reverses. Uni
ty in its ranks guarrantees the one ;
disaffections and division hazard the
other.—JVew’ York Independent.
tetr A great deal is said about the
mitrailleurs or mitrailleuses which the
French propose to employ in the
war. This apparatus is a sort of
coffee mill gun. We had several of
the kind in the rebellion. A number
of large rifle barrels are cither group
ed around a centre or arranged side
by side upon a horizontal plane.—
These barrels are loaded at the
breech by a mechanical arrangement
which supplies the cartridges. The
loading and firing are done by turn
ing a crank. Such is the general
character of the mitrailleur. Gen. B.
F. Butler was very much tickled
with them, ard used to keep one or
two at his headquarters at Bermuda
Hundred to fire toward the enemy
as a sort of professional diversion.
As an offensive weapon these ma
chines are of no practical value : but
experts are of opinion that they
might be very useful for the defence
of a fortified place against a storming
party, where they could be tired at
short range upon a mass of men. It
will, however, be astonishing if they
prove to be of any account in ordi
nary battles.
