The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-12
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a NEW RIFIE.

"A new death.deaibn5 weapon III INC ~
shupe ofa Rifle has just been sbrobg Int out
IN New York: that bcsidessi,s. more legit-SS
innate uses among sportsmcn, must chJef
war sill further ifnpraclicable. II gss
known osJennings' Patent Rifle, is dc.Es
signed 10 be an almost endless repeater. 81
and to utoid the greet difficulty Of cap4
ping and priming each lond, and also 10
be uncommonly free from dirt, added 10
which is force we have never Seen ss
cqualed. The Journal Of Comnerca
says its appearance md weight does moi
differ from the common gun-eIcepttf tfiaf #
i, has nh iron brecchWiih asWooten stock 81 q
BY a simple contriynncc within this 81
stock, the brecch pin ofliie barrel Is 6hef-
cd asthe gun is cooked. a cartridges is a
placed in this opening, md on. pulling the
trigger, the pin closes :he barrel light,
strong block ofstcel falls behind il, and s
the gun primes i!sel and is dischafgef,
all at one notion. 1t is SO simple tiat ii 81
can hardly by any accident get out Of or
der. |. is capable Of being louded at the
brccch as often rs it is fired of, and as ras &
pidly as mans hand can move 10 throw &
in a cartridge. This is at the rate Of IL
shots per minute, for person who has
Practlsed Wlh tNe gun lS.3S
Another variety Of the same gun is now
nearly completed by the palcn,ces, in I
which The ramrod is q tube of the snmc 4
size, capable Of containing "a cartridges
which are so arranged that they are eplaced
in the barrel one by one, and fired sue
ccssively without any interrup,ion.--Ishe he
momcn, that the 24lh ball is fred. this
gun may be used as the first one, loaded Z
nj the breech.
Bu, the chief strength Of this Formidable y
weapon rests on the cartridge which is !
used, and for which, indeed. the gun it {
expressly manufactured. Thiscarllidge5
which is also patented, is simply loaded
ball. 4 hollow cone Of lead. or rather d
bullet elongated on one side in n hollow
cyiindcr to about one inch in length, it
filed with powder, and the end covered
with Thin piece of cork. through tie
centre OF whIch is small holeIt To atiIni!
fire fro,n the pinDing. Tie eaecti,lon
which this ball does, is no{iess nTpTising
! ,ts9n everything else CONNECTED with tilc
. gun. Al forty rods the bufis were buried
more tlian four inches in the body of q
live butternul tree.
priming is in small pills, Of whicl,
100 are placed in box, from which ,he&
gun supplies itself without fail.
MORE INVENTIONS roh KILLiNG- Mott
sieur Vandenberg Of Brussels, has sngenS
ted new guH, saidto be far be,tersih sihn,f
the famous Prussian 6reneedle gu,N&
From sixto eight discharges: :cnnte made tV
in minute; the carrying distance is from,
1000 10 $500 feet; Inc ball weighs stost
Zone ounce and quarter, and III" powdeta
is one twelfth the weight ofti,e ball. IN
| ordinary gun requires three times more
powder, although The ball does moi weigh
half an ounce. The new gun is lUat'tIs
from the breech. The shape Of The balls
is round, no, conicnl as in the Prussiui,
gun. Ills consoling 10 think that so
much ingenuity is spcn by men in3deti z,
sing means to kill each other, but finer
viii fah, lei them be assured that they
viii lose their lives. The courageous
men Of The middle ages u. would moi have
fought one ,fifliell part SO much. il they
had not becu soswell proteci ~ " l5ctt,,,ii q
armor lhal they could hack 9 ltn!, (lfno at3t
i each other without being hurl.
aLLgGgsB } r5IssiRylNe ALIVE. In iIie !;
midst Of eSaggerationa and invention, ISeFe
is one andonbled circumstance which, fof.
nelly excited the worst apprehensioflss
The fact that bodies We're ofie,iiound turn:
c,l In their coiiins and the grave. clothes
diSarrahsed: But what was ascfibad
with seeming reason, to the lhroes ofvi-
talily, is now knownto be due toihe ageil-
cy of corruption. A gnsis developed IN
the dccnycd body which mimics by i
mechanical force, mnny Of the moyeniens
of lie. So powerful isthis gas in cotpses
TINT have lain long in the water, .liat A. a
Devcrgie. the physician to tho MofBee at s.
Paris, and the author Of te&i- book an
legal medicine says: that unless secured
10 The table, they are often kcavcd tlp and 3;
thrown oihe ground. Frequently, straa.
gers seeing The motion Of the limbs, run
TO tic keeper Of the Morgue, aud all.s
nounce with horror that person is alive.
All bodies, sooner or later, gcnerate gas
in the grave; and it constantly twists about
The corpse, blows out the skin til! isrends y
with disteniion, and sometimes bursts tho
coffin itself When The gos cxnlctles
with noise in,agina!ioss bus cor YcrteA it
Unto mn outcry or gfoan; the grave has
been re.opened; the position Of the body
confirmed Tho suspicion, and the saeefa-
ton been taken for evidence thai the
wretch had gnawed his flesh i'll the frenzy I
of despair. So rnany are, The sitoGni. ;
stances which will constantly secef To-
support q conclusion that is moro utistlb.
staniial than The fabric of dream. 8
Quarterly Review.
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course, Mrs. Parting,onln said the doctor IN NJ
mild way. ooh yes, I" replied she; e.I'se JEST
seen picture Of a whole family of Twelve