, 1859-08-09

would like to know something faose Of The shop
from which coma tha &inews Of The oar1ef&, ~
take pleasure in writing out our uotss- AeAsfs;
Tsloott, Eusefson + Co., 's0eeeesosa "a j. u.
~ now manufacturing far. this atats, uhils TIVE
t4Aaf skaps ~ 4aaduiss4ssia8 foe athft 3safes;
in addition to thia shsss ~ sss*tal smaller
- - -'-t'r- --~i''s.s n4tserus- md In
H. .sersfs.. dais1 i.;rs ba.ine,,;' II ises,
Rockford y hseonlng ths Efeat soaEGa 81 sup
ply Of apsrs for ths Northwest. White ash
u tho principal timber used IN The making Of
fsapezs} this eoms mostly froua A'chigan and
Ohio. by water to Chicago, themes 6y rait Ihe
logs which ate aaxed It this point 1n looking
through the shop, drst We call at the foundry
building fot their exclusive use 80 BY Is feet.
Nachi1e khupa three stories hfgh Is b. 100 feet,
the 6rst floor ussd for iinishiug iFu1 work,
I'd and Sd door for wood work. blacksmith
shop 80 BY 80 feet. Paint shop 40 By 90 fest,
6tote house for material 40 BY 20. The lumber,
as to have It Thoroughly seasoned, is pot up IN
large piles outside The machines. sitter leaving
the PANT shop, are placed in sheds until the
time for shipping. II our farmers would take
the same care ID housing their machines,
fbzs sb1z :'vnE E t ~oua b. m1Ss DE-, ger ''s Gust Of
Last year Aessrs T., E. i Co. bad large
stock Of reapers left over IN consequence nf the
light harvest, and this year they made only
shout seveu hundred; these arc all sold and
some eight hundred Of those left oser, 1eaving
but few ut various points Of the old stock.
We tske no little satisfaction in making this
notice Is proof Of the increase Of The present
harEest, as o.her reaper factories haze had the
same good success.
The maeh.ues are shipped BY the cur load, !,
| e'gh'een making cur load, thus gising farmers
The advantage u low frtights. The price Of
reapers is loo high, but the high price of ash
timber, and the patent fee has been q serious
draw buck: Bat the worst of all is the long
| credits. These are alike ,uiueus to the farmer
aud the reaper maker, aud should be abaied.
The price Of macbnes should be reduced to
CAS- and We wonld then see less Of them rot
t.nG about the fields than now besides, no one
would purchase without the nachioe Was need
ed, but now the long credit tempts too many to
purchase when they should change work 20 As
10 hare their ne1ghbors cut their grain We
know hundreds Of farmers who own .eapets
| who could lire their grass and grain cut for l1ss
tnan the interest thrir note Eivrn for the ma
chine added 10 the deterioration in its yaiue by
exposure and use- Tie Aessrs. T., f. i Co:
are now experimenting on machine that il
successful can bs aold lor go to $l00 cash, and
after yeAr or two when = part Of the pateut.
expire. considerxbl<lesa- W hope they will
succeed, aa cheap machines nre what the far.
| MIRA need RCRAL-
wtsr URb4xA, Aug. 5th, 1859.
The Arm.srone Gun mot New In.
| ventlou In this Country.
! Editors Pr - and Tribune;
Doubtless CUT attention has frequently been
called TO the late Improvements in cannon, both
N this country and in Europe, and prou,tnen.
au1oug the late Improvements, Is the Arnstron.
gun.
It is claimed for this gun that it is the most
perfect, and most effective gun that has eyei
h. Sr~A tad lrA ftmu al rAAlr Il "a
ku1ghthood for its inventor,
but III order 70 show sou shat It IS not new IN
ITS principle Of construction, propose to give
you my little experience in this class Of guns
Some sixteen OF eighteen years ago, when Capt
Snc.oa proposed to forge his big gun oi
wrought iron. ny attention was particularly
c4!!ed to this subject Of welding large muses. o
iron, not that there WAS any prospect Of success
10 forging this gun as proposed. bnt from Ger
tain well know y p1actica. difficulties it must IN
evitably prove 3 failure, Us 1t did. II WIS very
easy to tell how it could not be done; but to tel
how it could be dooe, was strictly q persona
question. Which Immediately set myself about
10 answer, aud really found so many difficult
ties iu the way that tried many deyiccs tt
asoid the necessity Of welding such large
| maeses uf iron, Is for cannon, only one o
which will describe, here which will 10 10 shoa
Ut least au extraordinary convenience.
l proposed I'm, in order to- combine The
amount Of material to form a tube Of suitable
dimensions, either Of wrought iron or cast steel
arouud WHICH proposed to shrink series O.
heated bands, from end to end, wLcn auotlel
lier of bands would be shrank orer the first. Sc
a. TO break joints, and 50 on until the desiret
strength be atta,ued-
Here then VIC hare the Armstrong gun, prac.
tic4lly and substantially the same; lie only df
ference being in The snanner Of hopping or band
ing ttis tuDc. Str Wm. Armstrong using
continuous band Of bas oi irun wound on hot
from one end 10 the other. and then back, ant
thus continued until sufficient strength Is ac
quire1. Which Of tie two plans is the hes
could only be known by practical test, which
feel no interest in now, as think now US then
that there are some doubts about the prlc.i
cality Of either invention under extraordinary
circumstances not necessary to mention now
aud ina+much as there were some doubts j,
my mind upon this mode of construction, te
say nothing about the expense, did not fee
at1brsty 10 bring it forward besides l was con
stautly under the impression that the great prcb
!en,.ho~ TO turse large nasses VI rough IRON o.
steel, without ipjuring its quality III singlt
point" could be solsed.
Accompanying this, you viii find drawings
masses Of iron or steel, or both combined, aud
/ will leaye it to Jou to say, whether or not,
solved this problem satisfactorily.
Without going into tho exact details By whict
accomplish this TOR Obvious reasons) it may
pot be improper 10 state here whnt | ean nut
vii do, 50 soon rs an opportunity offers through
or government, and il not through ours
through some foreign government
I propose then to forge Gun Of Wrought-irpr
Or cast sieel-or both combtped-as for instance
tue lining the inside Of the gun with steel, o,
Welding On steel breech, after the barrel ha:
been bored and rided, OF any given weight from
one hundred pounds to ten or twenty tons
~ithout the least possible chance Of Il flaw u
impertec,ion. In short, can forge any amoun
Of wrought-l1on or steel, as 10 guns or sattun,.
INTO Que solid homogeneous mass, when erer,
p4rt sud parcel of said maas shall be Us per
iect IS tile best hammered iron or steel, .tlt
| more perfect ia its texture and teuctl strrngf |
than the best rolled iron of commerce, and Til:
can all be done by one man If necessary. De
ing able to accomplish nl Of this, am prepared
TO make q gun as much superior to the Arm
strong gun as the Armstrong gun is superior
to the ordinary gun, far superior in strength
and durability. lighter, and at least fifty PEI
cent. cheaper!
do not nuke these bold statements and rs
sertions, thinking to carry conviction to tht
mind Of every one. Knowing fu welt all tht
prpiudlcas and suspicious that naturally exist
in such cases. | am prepared to meet them ant
not for all the wealth and titles that sir W
Armstrong may ever acquire, would make 4
statement under this bead that could not bt
verified.
There are one or two more very singular cou
cessiops ia regard to this gun, tia snuy cont
up At some future day.
ALoSzo H1rcHcock.
Chicago I"'~ On 1859.
Alleged rerjury-.Au Abuse.