The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-11
NEW YORK STATE MILITARY AFFAIRS.


for the army the absence Of sach special inducements
as bounty or Increased pay.
NEW YORK STATE MILITARY AFFAIRS.
ALBANY, Nay 10, 1851.
The Board Of STATE OGsers have BEEN Ia sea- ,n lae
rrester psr, Of the day Senator spnol ard others
msde effort TO induce the Board accept and
organize the Empire CITY regiment Colonel An
drew Shehan In consequences OF the order Heretofore
issnd the Board decided they could not at present o.
gsnze any regiments except those Already accssd
owing TO Senator Spnolas exertons, order will be
sued TO iuspoct colons shshan's regiment which will
en stand ready for acceptance, the complement is
net found full or stouE be extended.
Co. Kerrgan's regiment Is among thMe accepted and
organized.
The Board opened The bids for texts but the succes gs
bidders are not yet tnoxn.
The following regim ns we're organized this eveniog-
Fifth res ect g.. puryee, consisting Of companies
10 x, commanded by Captains Han, Dumunt, Davis,
Waugh, puIyes, ss@tou., psnese, Fitzpatrick, Brtlett
an 4 ~ibslow
TheTsentieth regiment, usir.sng the German Fur
Rfies y Nsw Yo,s, Col. Nsso,r
Gne ess s,a0, hundred and forty feet high,
erected to day he fot Of state street h opposite
the PSI ONCE Aspera,i Cni5n Ing Kit Goat from tho
st n &c morrow.
ELvIsA, May 10, 1861.
s5c uatn al comfortable ard earnns rapidly. nera
Van Walker burg ard Oh. waksr ave very efficient,
satisfy ~ The White piias conplny, Cap...l Joseph
J. thsgabefe passed the oci;al inspection 70 aag, no.
MIN bsin I rejected.
fuAcs y Y nay 10, 1851
The secord company az Ithaca yolaIteers, Cap. Whit.
lock, eighty men, left last evening FOR tho lir, reDiez
They scsoppan 81 10 he deoo. ~ the Mil
tEry and fire department, and imnicnse o.
..s.gr 49,
CANASpA.cs, y. u, Way 10, 1861.
On, company Of volunteers left here yesterday fr A.
hApy, and aso,her went Eiraira this mornag ;hr1
compapJ awaiting orders AMI another ia forming.
McCARTY'S NEW AND POWERFUL CANNON.
FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY BALLS FIRED ~ ONE
MINUTE WITHOUT PowDEI-9uNrowDE sUPEa.
sEOFD BY CRNrRIruGAL F0RJE
Az exhibition OF a new and unique cannon toor p ace
yesterday afternoon o. the foot Of Thirty td see;,
North river y Is OF tho mos. singular mpe nents
o. tnat has been exhibited TO the Amsricl IN
people, ard plaoss wnans gun entirely 10 the ssds,
sendiI balls the rate of -four hanaled ant cg5 per
minute without my power AZ apparent eGo't. The
sur used yesterday The experiment bad only iach
bore about three feet Icing This modest l7os
ing gun Is attached TO wAes about four feet ia diane
ter and not forr rehes .hi;l, boxing like ivge,
or, as som, would can it, balance wheel on 10
II this Wheel Glngc, IS tube which c,-ncc ths
wheel wiib hopper, IN which pourea the befs
IN pr0.niscoous nlahncT, aopl,s tn7o"n
into the hopper cider MILL the machinery inside Of
his wheel receiving the balls carrying them around to
the gun barrel aDo throwing them through the b,rs Of
tho gun the rate mentioned ab1ge simply by the
trlfugai force am az velocity almost Incredible
tThe oior this wheel is kept by % crauk
ache 10 cog wbeeia about feet ths OF the
large waeei, feeder be gun barrel, band passing
iro:n these whoe's e. pulley ts side Of the large
hal kco y In m