New Species Of Defence
-Thereis now before Congress the plan of a fire shipmade by Mr. Brown of Illinois, for marine and harbor defence. It is so contructed as to reflect off shot. While it is cnpable of enveloping in a single moment, an enemy's ship in a sheet of inextinguishable fire. It is not ogainst ships alone that this dreadful engine of destruction might be used : liut in land service in defending passes, it would also prove invaluable.
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