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TREhSURER'S OFFICE,
. CITY OF JEFFERSON, Jan. !, 1851
NOTICE no TAXPAYERS. $50 NOTICE IS
IN hereby to all rerssns residents or nSEesleIs' IN
dphted to the CITY Of Jefferson for taxes of the year 1860 snd
ha Tie said due and parable from the
FIRST day January 1861 the rs Monday in June &6
Notice further given that will be at Office, Ber
lin and Magazine from o'clock A. to O'Clock
r said taxes and if the same is raid within
the Jovs mentioned time they with according
law 10y FELIX LAGRUui', treasurer.
... .-.-..-.- BUREAU DU TRE7ORIER,
VILE JEFFERSON, Ter Jan 1861. 5
WIS AUX CGNTRTBUAISI.EGs.- - P Ar LIE
a present avis ersoln, Residents residents
vile Jefferson qG placement DIES
mn0stc Ia o pn1r nnee 1863 ct les
pyfcedenes sou naifdes les es taxes san dues er
jaaver 1861 il reHi bureau dnS In Cham
bro fu onse enejgnue Berlin Aa4tsiF willie de
Jefferson hcures A. NJ eTes Nj. pour receFoir les
dite5
Toute eyat des taxes Ia dite vile son pnE le
pr6sant etnies davo adreSser bureau dic Ter
ia13 siCt FELIX I.AGROUE Trasorfer.
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Leaves q, q wFnNssDAy Feb % a!5nM.

FOR MEEEEN-TfyE SYtFCA BFasTt
NEHS5 H. Comet Captain W. v. HareIl master viii
LatS leave for Sinden, lake Btstcueau. Grand Iaynn
sssffsS irnnd EGore, onRantry. Collie, AteXandrin
Norman 'ordons and all landings Red River below
losgy Bayou. For freight ornassHCe apnIy on hoard
go VfRGINlCS c. FE&T2ET,
teln Aren't
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LILLE LEI, N knrr - = = ~ I,EIr,..n Z.

Hssg d. Emtbland Albany, SgGnson's Landing Srcve,
LssaaaH port Grand BHynn 81 Maurice Carn6te Grand
corc and Alc%nrdrale elegant ard sW 1T run.
ming packet steamer ID. Carroll Geo A1an
Nss vii! leave It's above For FIRE gh orpa,sge apply Oh,
VIRGINIUS O. DENTZEL,
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reayes On T1!EsDhy. 1o.h inst. at Bpm

REGULAR RED RTVER PACKET
NJ s4-Fqf Jefferson, Smihtnnl Benton, Port CaIlo-
kSAt+5E S5wlnson's and Mornings Landings Albany
5sT1ssASlreveport, Grand Bayou, EouShaR, Canibe
Gj@ ;eSTe. Bodicn Landing Alesgndra, Nornans Cor
Mgt ;" bHFNnS hnd all intermediate findings Red river
INC new hnd ewitrnnnig passenger steamer II. g3
BoEAIofs, WoEleT 1u9cr, will leave above freight
OF passage apply on board
VGRGI&IUS c. nENTZEIl
foJ Advertising \ GENT
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Nrorrc,1 oa r1Iaso1.UgroN ANp VIEW Co

F " PARTNERSHIP,
and Of tF&RTHW ATE Marcy 4 CO., Of New York City
and Newark N a. are, by consent! dissolved from this
date BIZ the Will lraval HENRY C, 3ElGER The other
htes partners, VIZ y C. GG'thgaite "a q Darcy aTd w g
Woee jqudaa the atairs OF The late
firms aud Will continue the wholesale Cling business hereto,
fore existing upfcr firm and yle Of Wheeler 9iget y o.
This under ite firm Of G AttTFiW &IEE WHEELER
CO. The style Of the armof Garhwae Darcy Co at New
= JEREMIAH G. GARTHwAITE,
i.5& HENRY e. DARBY,
& O. w HthLIER. 55s
Nss, o1leans ISaeetpAsr l. 1850. as Pm
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II v \
81


Yg8 sNsss III tse sss tIte E5sslser
$50 ssass If III sstl1sssss y CLIP
8rssss SpT syges--.@E ne sktssaes
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Leave MONDAY, Feb. Il at 5 +. NJ, positively
Lightning Fxrrens Wrtkiy Parket.

TIE SPLEEBED PASSENGER
Gsssg T. 9E@mer Grand 9IVa Capt. I}pR 4. Kuurs
hss will eays above for ,sirerSou shreveport and
E4a5psss4ESaahnre thH Raft Sprfrg auS, ppaGys Ferry
FGDn. W1ite tliG tRHGsPnrt Eowu! pad a landn2s
giving clear bills and through tickets Anyiy
g. L. k0ENS & tR0S.,
fig No. Front street.
Tho rnTd Fra Mt Shreveport every Thnrgday
viii! tie sideheel FIgia Jefferson and 1lyIes
Fra No. for Fulton Eras Nos Gad for above White Gak
Shoals.
Ea Returning the Fra eprPB Shreveport every Fri
day At 10 A. NJ p1y.es Grand Ecnre Saturday att A. Alex
nadT u NJ aoap"E Sun " morning passengers
Red NiyarI.nn9ng Eayan Sara, Baton RonEe nnh q asst.
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Ark ANsAs RIVER.

Leaves on WFDN EEDaY sFes1 10 Al ii r M
ARa$AEsAs IIfEEH-FoR FnRT
a ~ h. Smith, Van Rnteu G3afk Racsle syni!fR Nor
ij5toNE, peEdanee IaWisbpFg Iitiieisaek Piss
Bluff NatE GascofX and al Way md ;ssnlsan
landings IN tho B#DdsIhe new elegant 8esl fht
swift rnPj,g sit3ae+ Pine s56 ass
e John francisco aiuee, clark3N hare ms &IlvefSd
may rely or her ramntng peTnane{iy III fr9dc
For freight or passage apply on board.
FIRGIEIuss0. DEfST2FI
1878 Agaisk
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Leaves o. wEDNFsnAy. Eel %, at5p.

, HFSsY h. Fmi'haid, Eenon, Port G4ddn Albopr swan,
ls1sES sons, Shreveport, Grrnd Bayou. Couslatn
GH1pte Grmd Ecore ST. Maurice Montgomery
Ae%andrie NornRn's, 9arbius and al intermediate landings
The new fast running passenger pHcttt steamer 5eYns G.
W. Stnde master will leave above. For freight OF Ias
sage apply On board.
feI6 : A. SSr I.,H trt'b s..r,
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Leaves q W ,sJ,, 7, :. 4 EaS g ct

] y 7
~ "a The nes, magnificent first class paasenfer nacke
SS4S{ss- S3r sOto- H. H. Beard master Geo r. ltemcr
l3sEstr'efk Will Leave fhGYs for Shreveport Grand
EaSon C9R.Iatte, Cnmpe Grand Eeoro Ii. Maurice Mont
R7try, tNfle. Aexnndra, N0uHlp6 aarfns md ali inter-
mediate nci1gs on Red River For freight passage apply
on board. - - 'il''
r,- NIRdINIUS G. DEETHEI, ... .
IfI2 Ahvnr isne 4 cent.
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FOR =ATTAKAPAs
I.eNyes on SATURDAY.. Eeb. 2. aIa Z. Ia
YOU DIES HLA Is d.

Leaves m sAEURilAY+ I'D f4st,.nt + II Ne
lNflIs BAYOU GtYass# 81 IA IZlHi.@I me
III IN fght.dfattt passenger steNinef ~ n a59yt
t'has X Reynolds ipi8er viii Fayeas AlpYe
&7zazazzE2 For freight gr usage apply % .h3aga
zu1f & VIRGINIB aslt.5 DIN aFti5i ~
fpl2 ,-5-5 aF5 ASprtistnW sRsNt
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nj, E. ,er steamer Cuba 100 bslas cotton
to n Dnpasselr &eo- 100 do I'd order a5# do Pnig
Bfothers 81 bales banging q G; Wayne sundries
10 erler--TNtal a95 bales cptton.
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clerk il always te landing, foot Of ST. Louis street, To
receive and deliver freight Esd sign bills Of ldg the shove
boats.
MI! 3m r. LAN0UR, Agent
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81 ATTAKAPAS-Per steamer 7 p Hine-50 hhds
sugar 100 bbls molasses Jeannet, Quertier &co-lG
do "a bids sugar Lobit & Charpantier- % do Bel
loeq, Noblom eco 40 do Darby & Iremoulet-l0
&co--24 do Toledano u Iaylor-4 do As hhda sugar
to Hare &co-20 do Bragg o. D'Aquin-- 10 do 20
bbls Iaolasses to Lane, Salter Eco 60 do q hhds
sugar Trosclair & Haydel-24 bales cotton Lobit q
#Gharpantier- IL do Belloeq, Noblom &co-t IL do
j Gonrdain- sundfies to order-Total As bales
cotton 24S lihds sugar 295 bbls molasses.
MONTGOMERY--P Per steamer ] D Swainl--115
bales cotton Farley, Jurey Eco 7 Black Byings
ton 30 bbls turpentine to Huntington Bro-lS
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18
The Alleged Tremendous Mistake of the
Free Stntes- Open War Upon the South
Declared n FatRl BIuuder.l

The Alleged Tremendous Mistake of the
Free States- Open War Upon the South
Declared n Fatal Buuder. F.r
The Richmends (Va) Dispatch, in a late
issas, has this remarkable declaration:
IN any aspect of the case, the open war of
subjugation is blunder, such as no shrewd
practical people ever committed before since
The world was made. They had us bound so
fast in the mesbes of their trade that we
coHld not stir hand or foot; we sat with open
mouths and folded hands, while our golden
soil (Which they now say is worth expendng
$500,000,000 year to keeL) was made their
tributary in every way and shape, leaving US
nothing for our own share but bread and
meat plain houses, small towns, aud silent
haTbors; they stuck like lsmprey eels to
every vein of the South that had drop of
blood in it; they even induced US to spend
in Northern Summer visits what few dollars
were left after paying our enormous annual
toll to the Yankee tax-gatherer; and now,
suddenly, in a fit of crazy rage, they deter
mine 10 throw away all the immense con.
quests they had made in their pacific means
Of suhjugation, to cut open the goose that
laid the golden egg, and to make us bitter
and implscable enemies as long as we live
or, if we die, to deprive themselves of their
best customers, give up the fertile South TO
sterility and solitude, and leave nobody,
from tne fOtOnaC 10 Jne ITulI, WlOm Iney
can possibly csjole, cheat and plunder any
more f .... 500.
Could they triumph, as they propose; could
they exterminate us, as they threaten; could
they abolish our domestic institutions, as
they desire, what would Yankee Doodle do
for customers and cotton, for commissions,
brokersges, insurances, freights, and the in.
terminable list of its levies upon the South
ern pocket21,.H i-.7. Fa '-olf -1i
And the people who have made this grand
mistake, who have placed their all upon the
hszard Of this die, who have thrown them
selves between Scylla and Charybdis, are the
cool, calculating, money. making Yankee
nation What strange compound of the
practical and the fanatical, of shrewdness and
sentimentalism of a cold heart and hot
head of common sense and uncommon folly,
is that greatest curiosity of the human family,
| the New England Puritan ,'' -
Oh, JonathanI Jonathanl AT some fu =.
ture period, when your passions have cooled
and reason has resumed its sway, you will
I cloihe yourself with sackeloth and ashes;
you win go up and down, weeping and howl
ing, amid the ruins OF your factories and the
solitude of your cities, and Heaven itself will
be wearied with the sight of your peniten-
tial cries and agoniziBg self-reproaeh--not
because you have prepared to steal every
Southern farm, cut every Southern throat
and dishonor every Southern 6reside, but
worse in your estimation than all crimes
and wicsedness that man ever committed-
because you have made yourself such a
''darnsd fool.p noe rs.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18
Something Rbout the Court ut Welmar-
.ir Interesting Gossip.

Something RbOut the Court ut Welmar-
.if. Interesting Gossip.
The Court at Weimar is kept up with all
the anciert etiquette, and full staff of of
ficials. For receptions the palace is admi
rably adapted, forming in this respect a
great contrast to Her Britannia Majesty's
palace at ST. James. Every thing is con-
Quoted here with the greatest order and de-
coIum, and the excellence of the arrange
ments must be chiefly due to the taste and
tact Of the presiding ,nObleman, the Court
Marshal. Through him all the introductions
and admissions to the court take place. J..
Besides the more formal receptions, where
every one introduced to court is bound to
appear, if not prevented by illness, there are
balls and concerts on stated days, to which
the Court Marshal issues invitations. The
concerts are given in an oblong music room
or large ballroom, the decorations of
which were superiHtended by Goethe him
self. List is the presiding genius on these
occasions, and repsst of the most perfect
musical enjoyment is provided for the assem-
bled guests. .a
In the intervals of the entertainment their
Royal Highnesses make tour of the room,
and address a few words TO each person
present-a selfimposed duty which must be
no siDecure. The etiquette chiefly consists
in not sitting down until their Royal High
nesses are seated, in never turning the back
on them, in being always in time TO receive
them when they come, and in waiting till
they GO. Beyond this there is little form
ality, There is something in the arrange
ment or lighting Of the rooms which gives a
peculiar brilliancy TO the company. Nothing
Is SO damaging 70 the effect Of most social
assemblies as the nionotonously black dresses
OF the gentlemen,
In Consequence Of every one connected
with the court il any way wearing hAud-
some uniform, almost all the gentlemen here
blaze with eolors, stars and orders, and vie
with the tasteful dresses of the ladies in pic
torial effect. Unconnected gentlemen ap-
pear in plain evening dresses, with the addi-
tion Of a achapedu6rdS and sword. The balls
are conducted much as the concerts are
except that at certain hour number Of
round tables are brought in with marvellous
celebrity by the,staff Of servants, and light
but elegant supper isserved upon them; the
appearance and disappearance of these tables
suggesting the rapidity with which such
ms tiers are managed on the stag 49, Black
WooaS Magazine. ft
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18
JeG Davis Declared 8. FaIlure By a Ken.
fucky Journal.

Inc LOUISVILLE khy.) DeHocrdt observes:
JEFF. Davis is failure. We expected to
see him, at the head of few thousand men,
make q lunge at Washington and take il,
before preparation could be made to defend
it. He has waited until it's too late. Colonel
Duncan has been at Harper's Ferry for some
time, and he has not attempted the exploit.
BeanregaId has waited at Charleston until
its given out that he Is dead. 1t all sums up
in clustering, marching, er-marching
and spending money The purse that holds
out longest wins AZ this rate, and we expect
that will be about the end of 1t. The purse,
these days is the better part Of Yalor. Moth.
ing but NapOleOnie energy and genius can
combat it; and the immense purse of that
great joint stock company, called the British
Empire, oonquired Napoleon at last. Davis
has made poor beginning for what he had
TO do. r-.r. ,.- .rs -t...
This Dragging and taking attitudes will
never do for his. missions it will be the
death of him. Scott, that old military fox,
knows this. He doesn't intend to fight. In
thib war of science and attitude, Davis goes
under without blow it's inevitable, and
General Scott sees it. Davis hasn't the
means, his friends may say. If he didn'tsee
how to succeed without means, he ought not
10 have begun this contest.
The bold and daring is his game to play.
Ifhe is not equal TO the emergency, let him
resign, and give place to Colonel Duncan, or
some other Napoleonie spirit li
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18
Prospect of War Between England aud
rH - America.

Prospect of n War Between England aud
-- America.
The London Herald (Derbyite,) of April
80, has the following; .i... d.
. Mr.. Gladstone is not, of course, to blame
that the dull American fuse seems at length
to be fast burning down to powder; but he aud
the Government will incur grave RESPONSE
biity if, in the now altered state Of the
relations between this country and the
United States, the Budget isproceeded with
in its presen: form. 1i0ies hare ps and the
American people eagGged ia mortal conflict
and IDe may do so again before many i0eeks are
0Uer. And peYe such t0dr tinhaPpily 10
arise, Goe ask our Fedders b0hethsr al ths mo-
Hent a real and not an Imaginary ssfrpIis could
be safely parted WITH 2
What would our nearest neighbof do were
our hands 10 be filed Unexpectedly with a
gigantic war; Were our own shores not
assailed, the ffteen French irOn-cased ships
which Lord Clarence Paget says can be at
sea in the course of the present summer,
would command Che channel, and the con-
tinet be at once the prey Of revolution.
France has been for some time waiting an
opportunity TO employ its vast military and
naval power, and what better occasion could
present itself than when this country has TO
choose between submitting patiently to the
bitter consequences Of Whig folly and de-
msnding cotton with the sword -n-
When the Russian war was impending the
United States and France desired that the
right TO cOBfiscate enemy's goods on board
neutral ships, and neutral goods on board
enemy's ships should be waived, aud on the
faith that the United States would be cou
sentiDg parry TO a revision of the public law
| of nations, the right was not only waived
| but given up forever To the non compli-
ance of the United States in this case the
! present danger of war with that country is
mainly owing, for the United States may
either accept or reject the Paris declarations
Of the Great Powers, and the rejection in
wolves an inevitable suspension of the cot.
ton trade. al
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18
Devoted Patriotism of the Irish CathO.
n hcs-Its Probable Influence Oh their Sc.
cession COuntrymen.


Devoted Patriotism of the Irish CathO-
n lics-Its Probable Influence oa their Sc.
cessiOn COuntrymen.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press, in speaking of Thomas
Francis Meagher's company in Colonel Cor
corans Regiment, now quartered in the
Georgetown College, near the Federal City,
observes: -.... .. f...
There Is significance, by the way in the
quarteIiDg of the Irish regiment in the great
Catholic college of the country and espe.
cialiy in connection with the fact that many
of the men belonging to that regiment are
the favorite representatives of the Catholic
or Irish people. What impression this fact
will make upon the Southern members of
the Catholic Church remains to be seen. go
1t has been the boast of the members of
that denomination that it has survived all
the vicissitudes of time, the decay of govern
ments, the dowDfall'o of empires, and the di.
vision of other sects; and that it extends
over all the civilized world, holding its deyo.
tees with singular tenscity to its teachings,
and always submissive to the laws of the
country in which it is located. In such an
age ss this, however, and especially in such
crisis in the affairs of the United States of
America, many favorite theories are repudi.
ated, and that which has been regarded as
established and inexorable has been changed.
hi The disunionsts claim that the Southern
Catholics are as much devoted to disunion as
any portion of the Southern people; but
appIehend that when these faithful followers
OF the cross hear that that remarkable man,
John Hughes, who is unquestionably the
very head of their church, and who has been
most cautious and conservative in his rela-
tioDs to the Southern people, has taken the
most ultra grounds in favor of the preserva
tion of the Union, and in support of the strict
policy of the Administration, they will re
wise their action, and refuse to follow the
lead of man whose success will unques-
tionably be the demoralization fall religion,
whether Protestant Of Catholic, and the over
throw of all restraints of law, and all those
means and bounds by which society is con-
trolled and protected.
There is not TO. day, in all the free States,
distinguished member of the Catholic
Church that has not warmly enlisted on the
side of the country, after the example of
Bishop Hughes himself There is an odium
attached 10 Secession that must be especially
obnoxious to the adopted citizen-au aris
tocracy, indeed, at war with eyery-thinglike
liberal treatment of neturalized citizens, and
dread of the impulsiye patriotism of these
citizens that must render their condition in
the Southern Confederacy, at best most
| doubtful and suspicious one. g.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18

THE QUESTION OF LOYALTY SATISFACTORILY
TEsTED!-.A good story is told, and it is true
of Virginian emigrant who stopped at VIII
lard's Hotel in Washington, few days ago.
There was considerable doubt in the minds
of many whether the man was really what
be represented himself TO be, or a spy. He
told several persons who we're standing round
for his head. Why don't you go back and
claim the reWard~ asked Wag who was
present. I" would" was the reply, "if
wasn't afraid they would pay me in Conted-
crate bonds.n 1t was unanimously agreed,
after this reply, that the mans loyalty was
above suspicion. -ll
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18

TIE TELEGRAPH IN SLAvEoSIA.-The
Montgomery correspondent fthe Charleston
Courier says
The Congress, am told, has bill under
consideration relative to the telegraph lines
within the limits Of the Confederation. The
bill, understand, contemplates the eKeeu-
ton of an idea that has long forced itself
upon every careful person, viz; to place the
telegraph under the superintendent of the
Government, and make all the employees Gov
eminent officials. Some such precaution as
this is absolutely requisite in these times Of
war and uncertainty. Had the wires been
pie would not have been subject TO the nu-
merons alarms occasioned by the lying press
of New York and of her Abolition cOmmu-
mites.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18

ARpRKw JoHKsoNs FEARLKssNEss IN THE
Gauss OF THE USIoE.-A correspondent thus
speaks ex-senator johnson; gg1T 81
The style of Mr., Johnson's canVassingimay
be judged Of from the commencement Of his
speech at Cleveland, Tennessee, where threats
sgainst him had been largely indulged in.
He told the crowd that be did not come here
to be shot, but to shoot" that if there was
Z TO be fight be and his friends were ready
for IL, and that he preferred to finish up the
fighting before making his speecht Nobody
coming forward to fight, the intrepid Sena-
tor proceeded TO speak, and by the time he
had finished, nineteen tweptieths Of the
audience were with him. He told them,
among other things, that "Jef. Davis and
the Governor of the State ought to be hanged,
and would be hanged, at that not far distant
period when the judicial power of the Gov
ernment could be brought to bear upon
them" M
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18

IHPuDENcE URPARABLELBD.-John MITCHELL
the apostate from freedom, has written a
letter TO a Southern paper, giving, as his
opinion, in which he thinks European powers
win concur, that the North is in rebellion
against the South. We suppose the next
proposition will be to hang the President
aud bis Cabinet for treason. 'islI loe
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18
II. CAMPRELL & CO.
LEGAL LREPORTING.

n OUIs FREsEH, VERBATIM PHONO-
H GRAPHIC REP0RTER.-The above has now
permanently located In this city and is prepared te
attend promptly to orders of every description in
this city, State or any other State.
Photographic Reporting taught, II desired. OF.
nee in the Queen City Commercial College, opposite
the Postoce Refers to AlphOnso Taft, ESQ, AttoT.
Cincinnati Commercials II. Reed, proprietor Daily
Press. . IN fel0-tf
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18

A SHAN LIoN.-The Boston people have
been swindled to considerable extent by
fellow named Staples, whs "lionizedh about
as participant in the Baltimore riot, until
be was arrested as store breaker. People
must beware Of military lions in these days.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18

The 'tRoDMAN MoNsrER. GUN. This mon
ster gun, which. was cast at Pittsburg, and
now mounted in Fort Monroe, is described
as follows: Total length, fifteen feet ten
inches length of bore, thirteen feet nine
inches greatest diameter, four feet; diam
eter at muzzle, two feet one inch; thickness
Of metal, varying from FIVE TO twenty five
inches. The total weight of the gun is forty
nine thousand one hundred pounds, or nearly
twenty-five tons. The diameter of the bore
is fifteen inches, and the weight ofshell fred
varying, according TO the thickness Of the
metal, from three hundred and Ave 10 three
hnpdTed and thirty. seven pounds. Shells,
varying between these weights, viii contain
from sixteen to eighteen pounds of powder.
For battering purposes. the weight of the
she'll is four hundred and ten pounds. The
range Of the Rodman at different angles of
elevation, from 60 to 4Oo, varies from two
thousand and seventeen to five thousand
three hundred and forty seven yards. ~
The trials which have been made of this
gun establish its efficiency as a terrible en-
CINE Of war. e. ri or-.1. ..- 81