Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-04-17
A NEW %PKOLEGIIIIt

ne hef'a"f PAPER aftlis thftG al four months
sto--FspeeiaIy thoss Of the atteait,sp4- had a
great deal 10 say abou, y rt,oSi II wonderful disee@
very ~ The att # waf, by Witch tho siiols hui.
nsss 81 killing and destroying was 10 sa ,st olu-
aotlzsd, and sHreess IN warfare reduced fop A
compound question Of force. numbers. skiIl end
~sfea'7Ht' 10 Que merely Of position; Tue ~neutsst
tuit b' ing ihai The party acting on the dvfepsits
m1af nteomplish The destruction If every thing
brought against them.
h' announcement was NJ fret rather fidteuted
ny I'll" n'"als surgorsiog tlls gesernnsnt--.hs
sou's' " ken hy 'hosr IN opposition he,og one VI
sever" md ku1 conn iaipt saains, Lord Mel.
h"strt' ard bis eelIeafu"s for nsgteetina ia ss4
cure fo' Gtest Britain lhe Immense advantages
10 he d rived from The Invention. The yidieuls
"asht hy renewed and more positive ~aIeelsra-
lions as to the reality and importance Of The die.
eost'y fortified by Tho Bstnes Of distinguished
army md nssy officers In y bose presence expert
meats wire sad 10 have bean made hut mnts
ftesntly The stljees has Jisaptfatf entirely rom
The Times, Herald. &c. abd ills fact mag PR
hsps be received as ptssump'ivs evidence That
there really was In II nothing mere Than . hoax.
~ q Trick Of political warfare. Neyenbels ss. ~
Il is possible that their sudden silsnce IL the result
OF policy. and The government. may he iskitg
TREASURES TO perfect and secure thu deadly beethis
Of The 1nsention, and ~ The accounts Of IL are 1T
OIL events curious, we have thought that our read.
ets might be- atat,6ed with n doseription- - usess..
sally imperfect, however, ~ the details given In
The London papefs are studteusly tpeagts.
he inventor 10 saij 10 baee expended a r~
tune AMI snrne twenty ysars In his experiments.
he ~pf"jsei'lo IL o she'll. TO b. discharged p,sbsa
bly, fren Il esnton Of hew iizer, sith. ugh one NJ the
sefoph,s eays " there was no guapowJer NJ Gre
used q. ibs trial referred to-" This trial IL d.
Grille as follow ;-
a stout vessel, constructed Of ths strongest osk
l"t The occasion. ~ss filed up with squars masses
Of timber from her keel 10 her bahds. which wvse
boI.ed and fas,ened together ~ strongly ~ icon
and wood could maks them. During thu process
Of construction, one Of ths naval effects visited
aid suPefiblehdeJ The carpenters st their work.
and convinced himself that tho vessel vss a mars
Of solid timber and iron. u. fore an sttsck wins
made upon Tho vessel, sls was narrowly inape rted
BY iws natal lords. no admiral, and n Davai off.
Ger who served at TfsfaIgaf, and In EgypG With
Sit Sidney Smith and who has bern seventeen
times IN action with the enemy. Upon q given
*'ghai the vessel was Iuf in motion. and white
She WIS moving through The water Ut d rsfe u
from four TO five knots M hour, upon snoiher
signal, n %projeetiIs Of eighteen pounds weight
was sent against her, which caught her In tho
m~,asbifs. and NJ one blow siisered her into than~
saads Of pieces. dispensing her timbers In minats
fragments for many hundred yards over the
nsighbofing fields The naval officer who saw
the terrific demonstration declared on Tho instant
'bss no chip that ever foated could have borne,
without complete destruction, half tho shock.
A naval officer, appointed by Lord Metbonrps
10 ~ascesssin The merit. Of the invention, IL said 10
have reported rs follows
"Tbs merits Of these inventions are 70 exsfa-
ordinary ~ 10 invest The absolute sovereignty Of
Tho ssas in the hands Of tts first power thai slislI
adopt them ; for ! am fully convinced that ii In
impossible fr any tbiag thsi aeass TO resist them.
even At close quarters OF NJ any given distance.
even 10 4 range Of five or sir miles. The strong.
ess Qualifications in Europe could not withstand
those extraordinary pewess for an hour in river
ways, and against ssoekades. as In India, the lar
gsst armies would bs annihilated without d
chance Of esespe, and the most difficult n~aefotsi0
passes would be perfectly un.enable against thsiy
operation. The CT ubisy might by their sptdiea-
ti1p he rendfred impregoable ; for one bundled
sail Of the Inc might be- easily destroyed by d
single small ship, constructed on The principles
have had explained 10 mo and whesev+r IL
might be necessary to call this power into scion.
it, effects would be- attained at q .fifing expence,
and upon tho sbossesi notice. / consider The
whole country deeply indebted to ------ for
these invehtioss, and deep gratitude IN due 10
him f,r the patience, forbeafancs and self denial
he has shewn, when, with 80 mighty q secret in
bis bosom, his own interests would have been
established in any other ! by the disclosure.
! therefore earnestly entreas your Iordship no
longer 10 neglect q man upon whom the existence
Of The country may truly be said to depend"
In this report, il will be observed, Tho expense
10 spoken Of n tfiaipg !; bu, in one Of The news
paper articas9t 10 said that the cost Of each shell
will be enormous Sir Richard Keases, Sir Tho.
Hardy, and another distinguished admiral are
mentioned as having been made acquainted with
the projectiIe, and satisfied Of is tremendous
powers.
Now II ahis story 10 not 30 invention, or il.
being tue TO some extent, the account is MOI
greatly exaggerated. the excIusiee possession Of
an instrument 30 fishtfulIy destructive by any
one government presents a theme for curious and
@omeS ainanxious speculation. If the p~rojertiIs
could Hshiver a solid mass of timber and iron
into tbousand. Of pieces = dispensing the MINUS
fragments 70. many hundred yards over shs
nsiehborIng fields" we my imagine What pretty
work il would make when launched sgsir4t Tho
side Of a ffigase. or dropped quietly down into
The midst OF q battalion. All exiting circun.
stances Of national defence would be rendered
useless. for if a PaIxhan SHOT could nsks such
havoc with the stoney masses Of San Juan
D'CHllea and 81. Jean D'Acre. the newly invent
ed shell conll hardly be expected to Do less than
PROSTATE the strongest ratification ia existence.
Bu, after all, We guess thft stone walls OF stuff
Gent thickness, and heavy cannon and brsvs
hearts 10 give them efficacy, will serve the pus-
pose for twenty or thirty years 70 coae. the nes~
projec,ile 10 the contrary notwithstanding.
While we are on this subject we aust 40. for.
get to mention that the Preach papers too have
got Up a wonderful discovery for warlsks psr-
poses. u is represented TO be 4 rpherScs. ,,ass~
tile which may be thrown ~ ham,. and which.
on striking against any ohjecs, or the ground. 81.
pIodes and pours forth sires.es. Of Inc liz rai.h.
able fire that spread in every diree.iea with i'm.
menss velocity and t. ssea, distances, to the ulles
destruction OF every Thing con b1ssibIe with
"a'eh they care in onsaf t-Ez paper.
Wfss1ss a WAas#.-A fsv years since, a.
Brighton. Sir John I.ads. for . uifing wager. ua-