New breach-loading cannon.
--A correspondent of the New Orleans Delta thus describes a new engine of war, invented by Dr. W. B. Lindsay, of that city:It will, doubtless, astonish the scientific world of gunnery that a man of pills should invent an engine of war for projecting solid masses of lead into the very bowels of an enemy; but such is the fact.
This breach-loading rifled cannon is capable of sending thirty shots per minute; is perfectly simple in construction, easily handled, either on the battle field, on the deck of a man-of-war, or in fortification. Its rapid discharge will readily recommend it for privateering purposes.
I understand that the Doctor is having a rifle made on the same plan, which will be ready for public examination in a few days.
