The Turk And The Torpedo

Bultan Abdul Hamid, with the shrewdnes characteristic of the Turk, perceives that in the torpedo lies the power to defend Constantinoplo from naval attack, and with an energy which might well bo emulated in the same cause by tho United States ho is endeavoring tto aseertain what is the best torpedo system in order that he may adoptit With Gen! Lew "Wallaco aa his adviaer, ho ia oxamining tho torpedoes produced by Gen. Berdan, Col. Lay and Ericsson. If he can place in his great harbor boats eapable of sending out torpedoes at a speed of forty miles an hour, cortain to hit tho object at which they are aimed, and powerful enough to blow up the heaviest ironclad, he nood have little fear that Constantinople will suffer tho fate of Alexandria. It is bclioved by experts that England'B mighty naval fleet would be unablo to enter a harbor which is well equipped with the best torpedoes. Gen. Wright, chief of engineers at Washington, thinks so, and henee his earnset eutreaty that one torpedo system be adoptad in all the harbors of the United States, as igain and again urged by this Journal.