The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-05-25
NcCar;y's New and Powerful Cannon.

The rage among inventors "a, TIE pres
ent time seems ~ b, Tor opn.rifu.a guns
4 very powerful one ws.- cxhIb;te,i !l New
York city on the OH inst. Wc COPY tho
following description from the Ne" York
Hsr1d.
An exhibition OF n new and unique can
non took piEcc Yesterday afternoon at the
foot e thlrtvl hird street. ..orth river. 1t
j. one Of the most singular implements Of
war that has 'le teen exhibited to ;ia
An er:can people. AMI places Ninans gun
entirely II thc shade, s-uiiu- tail. at lie
rate Of l>p per minute without any pow
der or an all.ar, n. e.i.rt. Tic gun U>ei
yeste day III tine eNperImeu; !iad C'ly An
inch bore, aId vas about i.r Z ~ long
ThI- mod, 81 looking gun j. attached e. a
uhe.l about tou- feet in diameter. and
not over four iuche- thick. !ookiu- Ike a
tlau"... or Is some would call L. lslaurc
W eel Ga one side o. th.- wheel ol .lauE-
) :, tai . which CONNECTS tho wheel with a
hopper, in which are poured the ba.is IN
pr"uii-evus u!anucr, a. apples asc thrown
into the hopper ot a c.i-r mill tie ina
chiu-ry inside. Of the wheel l.c,iyiH. the
balls, carryiaa them around 10 tn" gun
barrel. and THROWN. them through the
bore Of the gan II ihe ra'e m-ut,ourd
Il: a velocity a.mo iacird.t!e
The motion ui this wheel .s kept up hv
means Of craAkS attached 10 cn-whse!a
about fye feet IL tie roar Of tIc large
wheel or ic,-i-r 10 the gun barrel q band
pas ing from these wh. els :o q pulley on
th de 81 Ae large WHEEL The gun
tnAt we Nay IL operation. u-.u, one inch
BALI. vas worked Iy TX rneu at the
crInks q, motive power, ore rs feeder.
pouring th- balls into t..c hopper. aud The
inventor o: the CUP ia the Tear o. all.
taking aim aui siIturg the cun at WI!
from one direction to another. With the
power got uP IN tai- way. balls poured out
OF the gun IN il~rf. & stream, and Il sp-
peared a. though ono continuous shog, ,er
was being buried against the target, STA
toned about 80 yald- distant. most of
them gong through thr-e th.cHnesses OF
boards The qua Was al; ..rtya:d- raised al
aa-le Of 3o-, aud 1t, capacity "a To dis
larce tested. The river at the foot Of
Thirty third street l. about one and three
f .usth miles wide The gun was stationed
some distance tack fr IN tie shore. and
tn. balls were seen io ur lp into the water
am rnc the shad poles toward the west
/ -!ie OF the Hudson, at the lowest estimate
( one mile from the starting point, and all
.
rrent of tue machinery 10 uso this throw
ing oil power.
! When the machinery is put in motion
/ II sounds like thre>hi.g z machine, and
has ike hum about it. The only rrroIt
I about its firing is the clark nf tie bal :
passing INTO the large wheel. They pass o.t
without the least noise, 10 one knowing
their departure unit ! they strike the tar
get at distance. The -xpe imeut yes
tcrday was a complete success, and It's op
Grafton IuStIties the assert on that. for the
purpose of putting down a street mob, no
( implement has been Invented its equal.
10 band of desperadoes could stand many
msnutes before an inct s,ant fire ol al
m I,t 300 halls per minute. The same in
ventor has a 32 pounder on Ike principle
of the gun completed. The machinery
works by means of steam and throw fully
as many balls rs the srnal! gun.
The inventor of this wonderful imple-
ment of war is SIR McCarty lie has
spent some ten years upon the project and
b = fin; liz cbt ined gun that bids fair
10 do ali IN II his widest dreams pictured
/ to h M. Tacy are manufactured by j.
Co,w,ll, No. 80, West Twenty. fourth
street, who can make several per week.
4 person connected with Il e establish
ment in;cuds to visit Washington the first
o. next week, and urge the war depart
meBt to try one of them.
Several of the officers of the regiments
formit in the city witnessed the opera
ton OF the gun yesterday, and we under
stand that NJ ieod Murphy intends tC
take one for his regiment. 1t Is really
one OF the wonders of the day. and If, on
future t,i,lS, it sustains its yesterdys ef
fort, ii cannot fail to become a powerful
and useful weapon OF warfare.