Preparation for a Temporal Millenium
Preparation for a Temporal Millenium.—From the Scientific American of the 23rd inst. we clip the following item, which does not look much like the theologically predicted time when men shall beat their swords into pruning hooks and their spears into plowshares: “Armstrong Guns.—Very great activity prevails in all the British arsenals and dockyards. The gun factories are at work night and day on a prodigious scale, forging Armstrong guns of all sizes from 6 up to 100-pounders. It is expected that twelve hundred heavy guns will be ready this year. During the past nine months forty complete batteries of field rifle artillery have been equipped for service, besides two hundred 40-pounders for navy use.”