Morning Republican

The Mitrailleuse Nowhere.—There is in course of erection, on the east side of New York Bay, a gun that will throw 800 five-ounce balls in one minute to a distance of two miles. The shot may be either redhot or cold. The gun is circular, and appears like two discs of heavy iron plate about four feet in diameter; upon one side is a funnel to convey the balls through to the proper chamber without cessation of firing or diminution of speed; the muzzle projects upon the periphery of the circular machine, and may be elevated or depressed at the will of the gunner by the trunnion on which it rotates. The machine may be worked by manual labor or steam power, and when worked by the latter it will throw from five ounce balls to eight pound shot and shell, thus making it a very destructive implement of warfare.