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

"A new deatl.dealing weapon IN spe 81
shape ofa Rifle ilns just been breng ht oft ts
IN New York hat besides lis more legit-
innate uses among sport risrlen, fntisf tender s.
war still further j inpractica able is
known us Jennings Patent Ride, is dc.
signed 10 be nm almost endless repeater
and 10 avoid tic grent difficulty of sea
pihs and 5bfiming each Slpnds and hlsp 10
be nncor1n1only free from dirt, added 10
which. is q force we hive I,eaef seen
cqualIed. The Journal Of ConfiUerca
says lis appearance and weight docs iIot ts
it has htl5iron brecch will. der stock
BY a8simple contri vance within ti,is
stock, the bfecch pin of he barrel IS obeifs
ed as The gun is cooked. a cartridge Isl
placed in#ihis opening, md on ptli ling the
trigger, the pin: closes The barrel tight,
strong block of steel falls behind il Il md q
The. gun primes itself and is dischafg
all at one motion. II is so simple that sir
can hardly BY any accident get cut OF
der. II is capable Of being loaded nt tho 7;
brccch as often rs it is fired of and MS ra ~
pidly as mans hand can move 10 throw
in cartridge. This is al the rate of IL &
shots per minute, for person who has
practised with the gun.
Another variety Of the Same gunis npsv 3
nearly completed by the patentees, IN
which the ramrod is tube of the snplu
size, capable of containing 21 cartridges
Which are SO arranged that they are placed
in the barrel one by one, and fired sue
ccssiyely without any interruption Tho
moment that the oath ball is freds tiiis
gun may be used as the first one. loaded
at The breech. -l53a
Bulthe chiefatrenglh Of This fornidable8
weapon rests on the cartridge which Isl,
used, and forwhich, indeed, the gnns 1T Z
|;expressly lymnnuiac.ured. Thiscafiridges
whichis also patented, is simply a loaded
ball. a hollow cone OF lead. or raiher d &
bullet elongated on one side in hollow
| cylinder 10 abouto one inch in length, il
| filled with powder, nnd the end eoeered
with HIN piece of cork. through The
centre Of whfehis a small holes t1 admit
Hire fro,n The pinnipg. The eSsctition
which this ball does is noSiess snf fprisins
,iNsn everything else connteted sitiisstile !
! gun. Atfor,y rods the balls We're buried
Imore ilan four inches in The body of
Hive buiternut tree: q. F
The nriming is in small piiisyo which
100 are placed in a box, from which lhsl
gun supplies itself without fail:
MORE INYEgTloNsr FOR EtLLiNG Mofsh.
sieur Nandenberg of Bru, SIS, has ilgeny
ted n new gun, said TO be far better tIlulf
the famous Prnssian fireneedle gu,fy
| From six 10 eight dischnrg ges can Ee mad
ina minrte; the carrying distance isireni
1000 10 $500 feet; ahe ball weighs anrti.i
|one ounce and aquarter, and the noSdGt.
is one twelfth the @eighso OF tl.e ball. an
| ordinary gun requires three times moro
powder, allhoughahe ball Edoesspoi Weigh
half an ounce. The new gun! is loasscits
| from the breecf. The shape Of the b;sis
| is round, mo, conical as in the Prussi,rin
gun. Ilisnot consoing to think That 50 !.
much ingenuity is,spem by men irideyi ~
sing meahs to kill each other, but il men
viii fiehtle them be assured that the
will lose their lives. The courageous
men Of The middle ages would not hase
fought one fiftictli part So alIacll. il they
had moi Ieeu sosWell pfotec "a
arnlorE ihatthey could hack d leng tiit,e tlSts
j each other without being hurt.
p,,. ,se J, I,pi,s i,,5 49,
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is one anlonbted circurnsi mite which !ttof. &
,mcfiy excited the worst appreiiensiotis;
the fnei that bodies were ofeti found farli:
ed In their cofiins and Tie eras cl6lfs6s
.disarranged. 5Bnt whit was asctjbed,
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90 ,f nrrr,n,;nn aas i I ,;5 i y
~ Z, Si-I x g.t s: E: 49, "a. ~, ss. la
force, many Of the movements $
of lie. So powerful isthiseos in cofnses
that have lain long in Tho water. tl,at Al
sDe.crt,ie tho nbys;,.;on = iln nJn s5,,a ss3l