The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-07-18

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cmharklns upon the work, said, when my
people ha,c loant,i to rrad, they viii cease
10 stab. GUILFORD.
.Ns,r Gup.-Wc were ,hcwn, a few days
since, a newly invented Gun, which, as Tar
A. We we're able % Judge q the merits Of
such dea,h-doallng implements, : The most
ingenious and effective " have ever scen
or heard o.. /, has received the name Of
a. Torpedo, and ~a- invented by Mr.. Ii. Z
f. Smith, OF south ildlcy, Mass, and .
made in that town. l. ~ $40 constructed +
Ina. the cartridge, which contains the pow
Der. ball. or shot, and wadding 10 prJl-r
ORDER. !. inserted IN chamber At once, aisi /
N a moment ii time and the discharge =
produced by percussion. the result Of
rod or piston driven tarclbll through
cap, 70 the powder IA The chamber. Nlih
such iacility ~ ihc process CARRIED %, that
the piece can b. charged md discharged 'eu
Times IN miEute, OF once ~ ~tx seconds.
Tie machinery connected With The run i
entirely hidden from a-h, l. 5 -aId =
be perfectly sale. and Is considered great
improvement over cScrt other tire arm hat
has been invented Prgvsdcaoe Coarier.
/ Sirarberries. Thu Newly orb Journal
f Of Commerce state. that : on" ard tao
horse wagons, loalei vrh stasbcrue.,
cam down llse Wc, law ken Hi, p The H..
bokcn Ferry ID onr night, from he country
round Elackcu>ack and the English Neigh
borhood. Some d the Wagon. had more
than ZOO baskets and came dis:anrc u -
miles. Three timc, week they leave
home in the evening, ana arc At the Ferrs
~ sunrise.
+ The Georgia Argus 81 The ooh ul'.
, say Charles Hlync- be- committed
murder IN yhis coniy, lasi week. upan the
body u his brother, Eh Ilayne4, vas yes-
tcrday brought 20 this CITY, aud after legal
investigation. was committed % pne1u,
where he viii await his trial a. the next
term Of the Superior Court
i Expedition Eriraordiaarp.-Four gen
ilcmen arrived al Jcwett's Exchange Ito.
tel, Baltimore, from Norfolk, IN the I'D
, ul, who had leli Havana, on Sunday, the
18th, a, 7 O'Clock, =. VI, and arned on
day 10 Charlcaon, making 'he tagc ard
! the journey IN fye days aud a half.
The Hon e. c. CambreieBe 1T Is IN.
'imatod IN some III The Ncs.iork papers,
tia, the Hon. G. &. Cambrrleng, wiIl pro
bably obtain a @eai IN the ~ext Congress,
tho lIan. Thos. y. Jackson, u the Van BIZ.
ren District IT Queens and Suffolk conn.
ties, beng willing 70 resign IN hls favor.
e Southern Naii-- DiSconfi1uones Of n,
Z Erpress Nail.--The Giobe II the 18Th
uli. says :--' We are requested 70 state
! for the information of 'ho-c concerned, tina
- an arrangement, by which the great mai
y j. 10 b. transported between Ncw.iorl
y and New-Orleans n nine days, will pk,
! effect on The first d next month. Ia con
:, sequence 81 this improvement, the express
= mail between Augusta, Ga, and Mobile
: Ala, AZ well As the branch nov in opera
- ton between Montgomery, Ala, and Nash
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n PraiserOrthy.-A Nashville paper state
Sc chat there j. not single bowie knife f.
2. sale IN the whole State of Tennessee, tn,
nr law having made il high mi.demcanor 70
IL importing, manufacturing, ceiling or wear
r. ing fclouy for drawing, and a crime d
r. the highest grade for uSing one of the IN
Sc strRnenls Of human slaughter. either 70
~ defence Or oiEcrNc.
d. The ship John Hdle, Al New.i ork, fror
Liverpool, saw the Gredt Western, nj |
70 O'Clock, on the morning of the - uItIm,
y in latitude 40 -, longitude 90 wind souil
ct aud the ship going on her way finely.
to Good POn.--Thc Louisville Journal,
ire allnsion 70 Professor Espys theory
all storms, asks" viii the storms tan,eI
~ submit 10 such system u Espy.onagc !