Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-02-16

4 t+o o*t'r @tt~ ~ sNfU(tttC RNNt1ts VIC Nl~
| charge of steam now became &lmeks incessan
Tor tso hours. d,sing whicl, its inrasonlab
fore and astonishing rspidity in cisrhATyin,
! baiis excited amakcment and admiration III ii
present At first the balls we're discharged =
short intervals IN iainitas.un of artillery firing
against NJ iron target II tae distance ot 9.
Yards. Such was the iorce with winch the,
were driven. that they were Completely Shat
! tered TO atoms In the neAi expcrlasfhf INA
the bailswere discharged e frame 81 wood
anu they actually passed through II one incl
/ pisnks ct the hsFless deal placed a. tlt dis
I lance o. an inch from eacl, other Aft,rwari
they we're propelled against an iron .ilatc oos
fourth OF an inch thick, ard the very hrst tx.
the ball passed thtesgh II Ua all hands fir
vas declared i0~hs The utmost effort AZ fotcS
! TIA gun-po~ter Could exert. Indeed we u,
/ derSiand that his plate had been brought
| speciiil, from wooivick, for the purpose 4
entertaining the cumpafaiise hscce of ste ain.
| and gunpcs sder. The psesanre Of steam en-.
| ploytd 70 eiieet,his ,sosderfuI farce, We leara
on Inquiry, didnot at first exceed 6s atmns.
| plseres, or 200 lbs. 10 the square tnch and 4.
| was rspeatedly stated by Mr. Perkins that ths.
pressure might he carried even 70 zoo atinos.
Pheres lth perfect safety. Mr.. PerkiRs then
proceeded to demonstrate the raplslity with
which uiusket saiis might be perfected by IFS
agency. To elect this he screwed ON To The
sanbarrsl aluhe flied with balls, which falling
dosn by their own gravity ih,o The barrel
were projected one BY one with such extraor.
binary velocity as to dcmonstrate. that by
means nf succession oftubes. flied with balls.
| axed IN a wheel ta modei Of which was *
hb'tetl, nearly one thousand balls per minute
Dhght De dist hsrgsd. In subsequent discharged
or vulieys, TIE barrel. to which is attached a
ffissff
and the balls perforated plank neatly twelve
feet IN length, Th,ss. il opposed to a reg,
nent IN line, the steam gun laight + c made 10
act sfom one Of its extremities 10 The piher--
similar plank was afterwards placed in a
perpendicular position. and, IN like assalnsr
there xas stream of shot holes from the too
70 The bottom L is thus proved that tie steam
gun has nor only the force OF gunpowder, but
also admits Of any direction bciifg given 70 Il,
bui wlia, seemed 10 create mosl surprise was
the effects Of volley vi baas discharged
gainst The brick wall BY the side Of the large,
They absolutely dug hole Of considerable
dimensions 10 the wall, and Penetrated sl,i,6st
one halt through its thickness. We heard Sc.
serai officers declare their belief that. had the
balls been made of iron instead sof lead. they
would have actually made breach tnrough
1.-THE wall was i8 inches thick.
sshH Lufer From Earope packet Ship
Lssps whose arrival III New York from Liver
pool We mentioned yesterday, brought US co
p'ous files Of London and other Foreign Joar
nais e The time OF saiing, Ind from which We
sublon the following cstracts.- BAR Oar.
Lieutenant Favell. commander oi his Males.
tvs cutter Brsnbie. arrived GA the z2d. char.
ged with dispatches Addressed to Mr.. secFe.i
tary Gaming, from his Exceiieuc,, the Rseht
Honorable Sir Charles Stuart, our Arnbass sdor
at The court of Brazils, the pufport Of which,
as We understand, related to tile Con.t,ercs al
ireay with this country. II 10 added that
these dispatches contain the Emperor bon Ped
fo's final answer respecting the total abolition
OF the slave tlade.-The Bramhle was 81 DAYS
on her passage, and lett our squadron ON that
station in perfect health.
we bave received the Etosie, dated the 22d
December. TIE following are exiract4
~ 'MusIcR, Dec I6
@All the Journals have noticed lie happy
commencement made by tile new King OF ia
yaria IN the Administration Of his Kingdom
His hrst anxiety on has Accession was to afford
relief to bis people lie appointed commls
sloners TO effect reforms ana has assldousIs
attended 10 their proceedings.-ii zeal il
NOT confined towords and promises; tbs Prince
furnished IN his own person an example oil
economy lie has accepted but Two our OF
three millions OF forms which the State had a,
stgned to HIM for his Civil list. He ha, re
duced pensions which were not nerisSd or
which have been bestowed on persons aireatiy
rich, but has carefully spared the incomes al
the poof--Vf widows. orphans, and young
students lie has even augmented the allow
anees of the poor.
PANS, Dec 81
Ut is now kno sn that the Emperor Aiexaii.
der, died OF bilious fever IN addition 10 which
he was lately attacked with qdlnsy. The
Grand Duchess Of Weimar, the Princess nafia
Faulo~na, bad received news OF the lines Vi
tie Emperor her brother. 1t was on The ifsh
November that the fever was announced, on
the lssDecemher, that death, unattended by
great suffering, terfinnated the glorious career
Ut tlns illustrous Prince.
"A Courier was despatched from Warsaw on
the Sth inst with the news
THE Grand Duke Michel, set off on the 9Th
for ST. Petersburgh
AZ Vienna, on the 18th Dec. the nsws Of
the death OF the Emperor was quite unknown
~ that period the Austrian Csbine expected
Courier. which was to hare been sent tihther
directly from rangarok 4, was then believed,
1hst the Russian Monarch had arrived al head
quarters cfthe Army uf ire South IN i3ess4r
aba every thing WA prepared for his recep-
.loa' and the Moidsyian Boysrs, named hy the
hospodar, TO proceed 10 compliment The En-
peror at Gender, expected hourly their orders
TO pass the fronti-r r.
"A British couFiet. the bearor of dispatches
OF great Importance, passed on the 18th instaus
through Brussels from Berlin, on MS way. 10
houdon A postilion en- horseback preceded
him to order relays OF horses TO accelerate nis !
progress He was also the bearer of letter
from bis ExcslIencY the Ambassador from