Butte record., 1854-07-29
NEWLY IsvENTED wAR PRoJEcTuEs


9r0nauts, ineendiary materials, asphvx-
iating bullets, &c. With a favorable
w.nd the balloon Is directed over city,
a Publication, Or q port, and bv means
Of an electric current they detaeh sue
cessively the projectilez according as
they apply the electric spark This is
most assurdly q practical invention, and
undar circumstances that lo often occur
in the course of a aar might be render
d msl destructive one. Experi-
ments on a grand scale ale to be tried
In iew days on the Champs dc Mars II
presence Of the Emperor.
Another machine, invented by u.
Ddar, called a pisto!-eannon, Is composed
Of three barrels cas-, together SIDE bv
side, little divergent, with but oa
charge Of powder for each barrel, wh5eh
communicate At the bottom. and with
brt one cap to explode Each Of these
barrels IS charged wi.h q cylindrical
pr9jeciile. fastened together by chains.
which may have length Of one han
dred yards # necessary, OF they may be
tied together By inceudiary materials
The projcctlcs have ths diameter Of
the barrels; they are polished, creased,
aud rammei town on the powder Ike
q cannon ball. They may be thrown
wth the desired force ct considerable
distance, but not So far, as viii be read
It's understood, as single bal. not en-
cumberoi with a chain, and two other
parallel balls, which may or may not
travel With the same momentum. The
destructive effects Of these projectiles Is
readily understood every man or body
Of iueB which they encounter are mown
down ike grass before a sythe. Ia
naval battle, the chain balls directed en-
the masts, or better still, On the chin
neys of the steamers, VIII make quick
wo.k: the chimneys destroyed, the I'M
der-decks viii he filed with smoke, and
the sailors asphyxiated and blinded the
fires VIII be extinguished. the engines
stopped and the vessel rendered an easy
prey
AARON Bum AND THE WiDow or
HAouLToN.-Seeing a paragraph in the
papers, speaking ol the omission, in ali
the lives written OF Alexander Hamil-
ton, OF the name Of his wife. REMINDS
me Of q thrilling and painful incident, to
which I was an eyewitness, connected
with that lady, who, by the way. sup
pose few viii need 5e informed, was,
before marriage, a daughter Of Gen
Scuyler, Of Al5any.) About the year
ls22, as near as can recolect, [ was
on board one oftha old Fulton and Liv-
ingzt9n line Of boats, (say the james
Kent OF Chancellor Livingston on my
WY from New York TO Albany All
who Travelled In those days viii recol-
lect that the dinner hour was quite as
interesting as now The ladies were Of
course provided for first; and the gen
temen who stood near the foot Of the
tables, could crowd upon the back seats,
$50 that they respectfully retraated as
the ladies' came down, until the latter
were al seated then such as were not
crowded quite of, could take 4 seat on
the signal being given.
Among the first who were passing up
next the births, and back Of one table,
was Aaron Burr, and it was my lot to
be next him. We got as far up as those
ahead Of US could 90, before coming to
seats occupied by ladies on that side,
and all came to a stand facing the table.
At that moment there came down oppo-
site to US a large lady, richly dressed
in black, and yeiled, and while vet stand
ing, directly opposite to Burr, she put
her veil aside. and raising her eyes
across the table she saw, with his eyes
directly upon her. Aaron Burr, and only
separated BY the width Of the table
she gave a loud scream and fell, but
there being quite number standing by,
they caught her and took her out. The
boat then was about approaching New
burgh, and she Insisted on being pat
ashore at once, as she would 20 no fur
thar in the boat with Burr on board,
and 1t was done as she wished.
During the whole scene at the table
Burr stood tike a statue, looking on with
a stoic-hke Indifference and composure,
never moving muscle and, rs soon as
Mrs. II was removed he sat down and
ate very hearty dinner, and went on
his way as usual
But to say l relished and enjoyed my
dinner, crowded up to close proximity