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

p new uCatn-ueailIS "edpOti III tlDts ~
shape ola Rifle has just been brought out ,3
in New York: that besides its more legit-
innate uses among sportsmcn, mtist render
war still further imprnclicnble. 1t is5
known as jennings Patent Rifle, is dc.
signed 10 be on almost endless rtpeafcr5
and to uvoid tic great difficulty Of cap4
ping and priming each lond, uhd hlso to-.
be uncommonly free from dirt, added to-
which is force we have never seeli #
cqnaled. The Journal Of Commences
SAYS its appearance and weight does ROT
differ from the common gun-eHcept that 4
il, has att iron brccch with wooden stock.
BY a simple contrivancc @ilhn this
stock, the brecch pin oli!ic barrel Is obcii.
cd as the gun is cooked. a cartridge is
placed in this opening, and on pulling the .
trigger, the pin closes the barrel tight, o
strong block Of steel falls behind it, and
the gun primes itsclfand is discharged,
all at one motion. 1t is SO simple that it q
can hardly by an; accident get out of or
der Ii is capable Of being loaded at the
brccch as often rs i, is fired of, and as RAJ
pidly as mans hand can move 10 throw
in a cartridge. This is at the rate Of ID
shots per minute, for person who has
pracllScd WIN lHc gun &
Another variety Of the Same gun is now
nearly completed by the patcE'ces, in
which The ramrod is tube Of the same
size, capable Of containing 2l cartridges,
Which arc so arranged that they are placed
in the barrel one by one, and fired sue
ccssivclv without any in!errnpiion.-The
moment that the gath ball is fired, this
gun may be used as the first one, loaded
ut The brcech.
But the chief strength Of this formidable
weapon rests on the cartridge which is
used, and Tor which, indeed. the gun it
expressly manufactured. This cartridge
which is also patented, is simply loaded
ball. = hollow cone Of lead or rather u
bullet elongated on one side in hollow
cviindcr to abou, one inch in length, it
filed with powder, and the end covered
with n Thin piece Of cork. through tile
centre Of whIch is small holet'to admit
! fire fro, tic pinping. The execution
which tn hall does, is no less surprising
ttwn everything else connected with tho
gun. A, forty rods the ballswcre buried
more than four inches in the body of q
live buiiernul tree.
The priming is in small pills, Of which
100 are placed in q box, from which lhe(
gun supplies itself without fail: d
MORE INVENTIONS FOR KILLING MorE
sicur Vandenberg Of Brussels, has inven$l
ted new gun, said TO be far better thai aiN
the famous Prussian freneede guS
From six to eight discharges can G mad,V
in a minute; the carrying distance is iron,
1000 10 1900 feet; the ball weighs asoi
one ounce and a quarter, and III" powd2r
is one twelfth Inc wciEa: ofthc ball. An
ordinary gun requires ,hrec times more
powder, although he bali does no, weigh
half an ounce. The new gun is londtE
from the brecch. The shape of the b>F
is round, moi conical as in the Prussun
gun. Ii is not consolng TO think that 50
nuch ingenuity is spcm by men in dew
sing means to kill each other, but if men
will fight lc, them be assured that they
u;il lose their lives. The courageous
men Of the middle ages. would not have
fought one fiftielh part SO much, if they
had moi bccu so we'll pro,e Z ~ 'ea,,..I
armor that they could hacl lcr., ,iinc as
each other without being hurt.
XLrEGgBp eRHRYlNG ALIvE.-In sli6
midst Of cSaggeration and invention, ifiefu
is ono nndoubted circumstance which for
mcily excited the worst aphrehcnsons;
The fact that bodies were often found turn
cd In their coifins and the graye.cothts
disarransed: But what was ascribcd
with seeming reason, to the throes Of Vi
taitv, is now known 10 be due toihe agei.-
cy Of corruption. A gns is developed y
the dccaycd body which mimics by i
mechanical force, many Of the movenIen
Of lie. SO powerful is this gas in corpscs
Isnl haze lain long in The water, tlia, NJ. 5
Ucvcrgic. The physician TO the Morgue at
Paris, and The author Of textbook nj
lcga! medicine says: that unless secured
10 the table, they are often iicavcd t'p and
thrown TO The ground. Frequently. sfsan.
gers seeing The motion Of the limbs, run
TO the keeper Of the Morguc, and am
nounce with horror that u person is alive. .
All bodies, sooner or later, generate gas
in the grave; and it constantly twists about
the corpse, blows out the skin ill il rends
with dislcnion, and sometimes bursts the
coffin itself. When the gas rxn,chcs
with a noise, imagination has coay aycrted il
into an oulcry or groan; the grave has
been rc,opened; the position Of the body
confirmed the Suspicion, and the faeera-
ton been taken for evidence thai The
wretch had gnawed his flesh in the frenzy
Of despair. So many arc The circun.
stances which will constantly occur to
support conclusion TINT is more uns,.bs
sianlial than the fabric OF dream.
[Quarerly Review.
"You know what physical tfainEg is, OF
course, Mrs Paring,on!" said The doctor ina
mild way. "Oh yes" replied she; give jest
seen picture of a whole family of twelve
chillren that lnnk not hin1r nnon LII .,ill