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The McCarty sun.

We publish below some Of the numerous
advantages Of the McCarty gun, to which we
have already had occasion to refer few
weeks age. Il will be remembered that this
is the gun which throws shot and shell with
out the use Of gunpowder; b.tll.., =.
l. There is no reooil Of the piece. .ld 500 s
2. No report. y 1sfl r'1 56J 1Tr] b4s ~.
3. No smoke, which enables one always to
keep the eye on the object aimed at. : 10
4: There is no heating Of the pisce by
repid ldiseharging. sra st'- .tgqs TJ1I ri :.
3. Hot shot can be thrown anv length of
time without the Hast Inconvenience. ,J ~
g. Premature discharge is impossible.
Z. IL can never fail to be discharged, or in
common parlance, miss FIRE.
g. The ordinary mode of ramminR and
loading, and the implements for that pur-
pose are entirely dispensed with.sg u So
=. There is no swabhing or cleaning re-
qnired, and its employment is subject to no
such interruption whatever. s' .f l8 T.
10: 1t can be operated in wet the same as
in dry. weather, all the ammunition re-
quired being simply the shoti the shells are
+ II. The great advantage of raking line
in front, it has been said by distinguished
military men, is an advantage possessed by
no other known means of warfare. s.--t
IL. There is no danger from powder maga-
zines or explosive agents. sI il - .-,t.s,, N, +.
l3' One Of these light field guns, worked
BY twelve to sixteen men, can throw, with
ont lntermission and in constant succession,
from four hundred to Eve hundred four
ounce shot or from six. hundred to seven
hundred shells per minute. These shells
would be very destructive among the ann
munltlon OF the enemy. A plan Is matured
and viii soon be in operation, to work these
field guns by a three or four. horse power
steam engine, which will be capable of
throwing from eight hundred to one thou.
sand shot or shells per minute, at range of
one and q half miles. '.-'.., 49,
A twelve FOUNDER on this principle, ar
ranged as ship or fertilization gan, has
thrown some tuns of shot and a she'll gun of
the same size, with all the recent improve
ments, is nearly completed, which will be
capable of throwing one hundred and twenty
percussion shells per minute, with q force
and range fully equal to gunpowder.1 6.l
Robert McCarty, of New Y ork, is the ori-
g1nal inventor of the centrifugal gun, and
obtained the first patent in this country or
abroad for throwing shot by centrifugal
force; since then he has devoted much time
. in perfecting it, and within the last year has
made very important improvements. b
A plan is perfected for ball and bomb
proof steam gunboat adapted to the use of
these guns. The boats are intended to be of
light draught and not over two or three
hundred tuns burthen, and to carry two eight
or ten inch shell guns, and two small guns on
the above principle for clearing the enemy's
decks and for repelling boarders. 1t is also
intended to have a steam launch to each of
the .gunboats, with a small gun on pivot,
worked by the same, steam power, to protect
landing parties. ai- rl Il .'s = 500
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Subjugation of the Rebels.

H H T. n
Great ActiVity Among the Rebels in Vir-
siniG- Union Men Thrown into Prison and
Held as Hostgges-Fdir7ar County to be
RepreseSted IN the Wheeling Convention
Good Nelos from Europe General Banks
70, Take hs Field Rumored Cdpture of a
Rebel PaymGster, with $4,000 Captdin
McDondSd to Be Taken Before an illinois
Court Highly Important from Teaaessee--
The UnioH Men II East and Middle Ten
nessse Fism-Johh Bell Reported 10 Be for
Var 70 The KNIFE Agdist he Uaion--A
Vtrgfnian 70 be Placed IN the Rebel 0dbi.
net-A Wealthy Maryland Sscessionist
Shot--New Hdmpshire to Raise a Regi-
ment from Each o0un@-Anothsr Eagdde.
mention The chesapeaks-7hs Harriet Lane
EngSges Wtth Battery. '' l.''" f
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The irish in America aud the war--A Lett
( " ter from Archbishop Hughes.

The Dublin FFeemdn publishes letter from
New \ ork, in which Archbishop Hughes
indicates the policy which the American
Irish will pursue in the present crisis. 1t is,
be says, fifty years since he took the oath of
allegiance to the American Constitution, and
no change has since come over his mind as
to his duties as citizen. The Government
was then as 1t is now, symbolized by the
| ''Stars and Stripe" which has been his flap,
and shall be to the end Although expressed
in roundabout phraseology, Archbishop
Hughes's words imply sympathy with the
North, an adoption Of its Quarrel, and a
belief that the Irish in America hold the
same views as himself The "Stars and
Stripes" at the request of Archbishop
Hughes, have been Suspended from the
Roman Catholic Cathedral of New York. 2
The Stigo Journal has been favored with
the perusal of letter from very, inteili-
gent native of Sligo, now resident In New
York, in which il is stated that hundreds of
families, some long resident in the States
have begun to sell off their property aud
goods, ia order to return to ireland, The
writer, who has travelled good deal ia the
Union, adds that the Irish who have but re-
Gently settled in the States bordering on the
South, are selling all off at considerable
loss, and Fetracing their steps northward.
Already. the crisis is telling upon the indus
trious and laborihg classes and he fears that
his countrymen, who form SO large a propor-
tion OF the latter, viii, BY crowding into the
towns and seaports of the North, and there
expending their small savings in waiting for
. return Of peace have 70 endure much pri-
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FORTRESS MONROE.

This fortress is the largest and one Of the
best constructed in the United States. 1t was
built, like all the coast forts, for defense
agsinst foe approaching from the sea, and
is casemated only on the side facing the
channel, having simple wall masonry only,to
the landward. Against an attacking force
from that quarter it will need projecting
out works. Its walls inclose parade.ground
OF about seventy acres, making it an admira-
BILE school for recently recruited regiments.
Opposite the fort, in the channel, distant
about q mile and third, are the walls of q
small fertilization commenced by the Gov
ernment not finished, called the Rim Raps.
Farther up the Roads, and four miles in a
right line across westerly from Fortress
Monroe, is Caswelrs Point, where the Vir.
ginians have attempted TO erect batteries.
At this point to the south opens Elizabeth
Channel, the entrance to Norfolk harbor.
Fortiications at Caswells Point, although
too far distant to threaten Fortress Monroe,
would effectually guard this entrance. EIiz.
abeth Channel, from its opening into Hamp.
ton Roads to the city OF Norfolk, is eight
miles long, direct in its course, very deep,
and scarcely quarter of a mile in width,
Craney Island lies close to the channel, on
the west side, about three miles from Nor.
fold, on which are the remains of an old
fort, which the Secessionists are rebuilding.
Nearer to the city, on the other bank of the
channel, is Fort Norfolk, also being improved
and mounted with ordnance by the Virgin
iaue y =. .,.
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ohssaDsal.s Ba,-I.. nl.v..EE. ana ImDer..an.

CtfieBs n slAfA ~. p p
After making the entrance to the Chesa.
peake, Hampton Roads opens to the right,
broad estuary with deep channel a mile
and half in width in its narrowest point.
Eight miles from the buoy which marks the
entrance to the Roads, on the north side of
the channel, is Old Point Comfort, on which
Is Fortress. Monroe, whose guns command
tho nhannal . ~. s." : m
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q VI Potter, sf Pennsylvania. 70 u
Bishop Potter, Of Penhsylvaniai has writ
ten the following patriotic letter in reply to
a correspondent In Alabama: 'i ? n = r.
PHILADEIPhII, May ls, 1861.
Ny Dear Sir: You beg me to explain how
il is possible that could, under the circum-
stances, give 50 much sanction and enoour
agement to those engaged in this unholy,
unprovoked, wanton attempt to destroy us,
and alfthat is dear to us.TF aalHIl 3g1T5
Your misconceptiop, is 50, radical that
almost despair of correcting it. What you
regard as an attempt to destroy you and
all thatis dear to you" is considered by us
as simply an attempt to defend ourselves
and the Capital OF our country from threat
/ 1ened invasion, our Constitution from de-
structioni and even our Southern brethren
from that which is the surest protection of
themselves and their peculiar institutions.
\ From the secession of South Carolina to the
storming of Fort Sumter the General Gov
eminent remained all but passive. 1t then
became indispensable that we should know
whether it was q Government, whether it
could retain its hold of Washington, and
whether the whole system that Washington
and his compeers inaugurated in 1889 was
! not a delusion and imposture.
3 This, my dear sir, is the whole story. Your
theory not only disregards your owE obliga.
tions under the Constitution, but 1t leaves to
us no Government, except in name Opening
the door for perpetual discord, and for 'Seces-
sion without end.
b do not believe that's the North one man
in fifty desires an invasion of your soil or
the destruction of your social system. They
9 simply desire that you should not break up
/ the Union by, your method OF leaving it, but
refer all subjects of complaint to a conven-
ton of all the States which will be compe-
E tent either to redress all grievances or to
provide way in which you can retire from
the Union without dissolying the whole
fabric of our general Government. 2.
. Under the present exasperated state of the
sections, it is impossible to say to what
length this conflict may go. But assure
whole dnimas of the loyal States and of the
Union men everywhere. Only the smallest
number of fanatics think or talk of slavery.
The whole question is one Of self-defense,
and of government or no govespment
- Y ours sincerely, "a HOMO POTTER,
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ABoTHRR HaAyY Blow UPON THE NORTH.
In examining the various schedules, says
the Petersburg (Ya.) Express, of the Tariff
Act lately passed by the Southern Congress-
we were struck with the extremely iudicious
Determinations which eharacterize Them, In
the free dist, WITH tho exception Of coffee,
which ought to have been made a subject of
revenue, We observe not an article that Is moi
embraced with Jtheo utmost lpfopriety. We
will takeg for example, the article Of books,
which have heretofore been taxed almost to
prohibition in order 70 afford Northern pub.
fishers nnbounded facilities for feathering
their nests TO their hearts content 1t has
fdstered q regular system Of plunder BY these
Northern sharks who have pirated without
seruple or stint upon foreign authors aud
publishers. ID ~ diAifd q ~ N bstff1t u
iItis high time that this literary brieandaes
was arrested In Its career, and the OOnfedcrz
ate Congress has, ia the new tariff, dealt d
stunning blow upon 1t. Thei south. al AL
events, Will be no longer deteadeGt upon
her enemies for the means Of intellectual
improvementiN recreation. She can pfo-
cure, direct from England and the Oohtinent
far superior books, Of every descriptions, son
cheaper terms than she car from Y ankles
land, and we trust that the dAy is gone,
never TO return, when Southern patronage
supported, oT'aided in supporting Northern
publishing concerns, and 10 that extent I'M
peded and enfeebled the same business at the
South Letns now abandon altogether that
foolish praetice, and getouf books and peri,
odieals heneefoFWaFd flem London, Paris,
and the'othsI great kpfop lnArfs.-.si,gA
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EoRyoEK AND ITs subuRBs.

The city of Norfolk, located upon an
almost level site, presents but few natural
defences against an attacking force. The
city and Portsmouth, lying opposite, can be
approached from several points. Troops
could be landed from the Hampton and Lynn
Haven roads, within seven miles of the city;
the approaches being easy and indefensible.
An approach could be made from Loudon
bridge on the south, with an easy march of
ten miles. ------- -
Norfolk is important for its railroad con-
nections; as the location of a navy yard,
whose dry dock and machine-shops are prov
ing useful to the Virginians, and as the
Chesapeake terminus of the Dismal Swamp
Canal, through which passes the commerce
of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. Into
Hampton Roads empties the James River, a
large stream affected by; the tide one hun.
dred miles from its mouth, at which point
the falls and rapids, with a descent of one
hundred feetlin two miles, effectually block
an unlimited water power. rr
At this point is situated the city of Rich.
mond, beautifully built on several elevations,
the most noted of which are Shoekhoe and
Richmond Hills, between which flows Shock
hoe Greek. The city is Handsomely built,
the streets intersecting at right angles. On
Shockhoe Hill are the Capitol and other
prominent public buildings, and about them
are clustered the aristocratic mansions of the
city. Vessels drawing ten feet of water
fasten TO the wharf at Richmond, and those
drawing fifteen feet approach within three
miles of the city. Lines Of steamers, before
the Secession difficulties. connected Rich
mond commercially with New York, Phila-
delphia, Norfolk and Baltimore. Richmond
has been the greatdepot of Virginia wheat
which Its mills have converted into flour.
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From the Raleigh State journal, May 20 !
Interesting from the south-A Company o,
l 1. the Charnkee IndIn ns nrrn nIzah :. .

tne Ch0fokee Indians Organized. . q
Colonel W. II. Thomas, Senator from jack
yson, has at the service of the State one of the
most remarkable body of men in the country,
It Is company1of two hundred Cherokee
Indians. organized for battle and styled the
iJunaluskee ZOuaves. 1t appears that Colo.
mel Thomas, who is the business agent of the
Oherokees, lately called council of the In
'dians, and explained to them the condition
of the country. The chiefs discussed the
matter, and said after consultation, that
although they did not understand the ma
tional difficulty, they did know North Caro-
lima, and would stand by her. They were
ready for any position in her defense. This
lis remarkable; out of nation OF some
eighteen hundred, they muster two hundred,
warriors for the defense of North Carolina.
The Cherokees are expert riAemen. They
? know nothing of military tactics, but show
them their work and they have only to be told
when to cease fighting. They fight in their
own way, and every man for himself. The
zouayes are ready at a moments notice.
TErnt1 tha ~,
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I, The State Of Missouri contains e5,Os7
square miles of territory, and is 2e7 miles
long, and $50 lbroadl II contains q popula-
ton Of l,204,2l4, out of the male population
Of which 221, 900 are liable to military duty.
The geographical position of Missouri, penin-
sulated as she is between Kansas, Iowa aud
Illinois, with her great river outlet near
Cairo completely in the hands Of the Federal
Government, seems to render hef alliance
with the rebel ConfedsTacy of the South
nazardopa RAG experlmentuTE moi 1868
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ARRIVAL AND DEPaaTUaE or TRAINS.

The time on the following roads Is seven minutes
faster than city time, with the exception Of the
Ohio and Mississippi and Indianapolis and Oincin-
matt, which is twelve minutes slower. 7,- ~
CINCINNATI, HAMILTON AND DAYTON, afrI
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RAILROADS FROM RICHMOND.

. NAAA-ANSRA ~ a AASAk~stnAS
Five lines Of railroad diverge from Rich.
mend. One line running due north passes
Fredericksburg on the RappahanDock, and
terminates at Acquia Creek, near the Poto-
mac. A line running east terminates at
White house, on the York River. A third
lineEun due south to Wilmington, North
Carolina, having intermediate stations at
Petersburg, Virginia, and Weldon, North
Carolina. The Richmond and Danville
Railroad extends in southwark direction
to the latter town, near the North Carolina
boundary line, beyond which it is unfinished.
The Virginia Central runs nearly west being
finished as far as Covington, beyond the Blue
Ridge. At Gordonsville it forms a juno
tion with the Orange and-Alexandria road
running northeast and the Lynchburg road
running southwest. This city is thus the
military as well as the commercial center of
the State, and point of great strategic i'm
pO1tance. q q "a PFT .si wrl,r4r
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! tErom the Oharleston courier OF Saturday. o.
! m A Run OUTSIDE THE BAR. r.M OIL
The steamer Gordon, Captain Thomas


h The steamer Gordon Captain Thomas
!, Lockwood, left this port at an early hour
yesterday morning on tour of observation
and search. She proceeded to the east of
Cape Romainj and went as far as Ston0, after
going some twenty miles off shore. ! .e7's
I The blockading squadron of the free soil
! President was nowhere to be seen, and il is
now supposed that they have proceeded to
!, the Gulf. We notice by the Virginia papers
that Commodore Stringham, who was to com
Inand the feet in this region, isenforcine the
! blockade in Hampton Roads in his flag ship,
4 the Minnesota. 5nj % l5U 09i10aa.1 h =
/ The Gordon spoke, about ten A.. NJ, ooff
BulPs Bay, fthe bark Blo6e, of Richmond,
D Me-, from port in Europe for Savannah;
and at four z. M about eight miles south Of
} this bar, spoke the ship Sardinia, of and for
I New fork, forty. eight days from Liverpool.
/ This lastTessel touched off Tybee, and we
suppose was advised to proceed home instead
! of going up to Savannah She had seen no
rnen-Ofwar.i ssiUd IS bssH 81 iyriR 10 -l ...
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sTCHRs o. sOvTHtHN srArns sritt' Loyal.

This State, which still continues faithful
to the Union, we place with Missoafi and
Western Virginia, considering themat pres
ent as Neutral States, Kentucky IN terri.
torial extent Is 400 miles long ana ITO in
breadth, containing 1850 square miles. 1t
has population Of ], Jas y5G7, Of tEIiSh 1885,
900 are liable to military, duty This State,
among its citizens many thoroughly Union
man
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-07

This State is 1856 miles long, and from 80
to $50 wide, containing SO, 268 square miles;
it has apopulation a of l450o0, and of that
number 5000 are liable to military duty.
The State, from its peninsulated position,
embraces a large and extended sea- coast,
with few harbors, in which are embraced
those of Key West and Pensacola, both Of
which are now in possession of the United
States troops. - tEa tsg sI-.f rI o. :
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ARKANsAs,

This State is 240 miles long, and is 2aS
wide, containing 81, 900 square miles. 3 It
has population of 44o, IT'S; of this number
65,0o0l are liable to do military duty. In.
view of the Overwhelming force of troops
raised in the West, this State has called a
large force into the field, and fortified
strategic points on the banks of the Missis-
sinni f-g. .f,s. bt,,5 80 FI, 81 80.
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BY aasofitial s0pdor sfr6m the Adjatant-,
General Camp Hat tlor, a ClsxslaRd. haal
hakn diloon ntinaed. Thsl RaSeana ArtilleryJ
QOnp1nB Oaplaif C0tteE, has rbaeA Ofdarais
h0me, Out dilootedaiio hold fhhmuelVes IA
readihedDSe march NE monsats notiees old
s1sn tfl bGa .t1Da n9sIaidEQ haG9q lBoi
e ,sAoasipvA siAga2N N-.arom iduis gab
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In extent of territory, Louisiana is 24o
miles long from north and south, and 2l6
broad, containing d, ,346 square miles. The
population of the State is 666,5Sl; Of that
The great Mississippi outlet, and New Or
leans, the great commercial mart of the
extreme Southern States, being within the
jurisdiction OF the State, she will in her
present hostile attitude to the Federal Gov
ernment infflct severe injury on those within
her borders. With the Mississippi River
closely bloekaded, and her commefee with
the West and South west cut of, il will be
but a few months before her case will be
pitiable. '& t9l aai1tA Ll2E hii# 1s1I'
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MISSISSIPPI.

The State is 339 miles long, from north to
south, and l5O broad, containing 47,l5l
square miles. 1t has population Of $50 65s
inhabitants; of that number II, 900 are liable
to do military duty. The Mississippi River,
: with its various windings, forms the entire
( western boundary Of the State, and its mar
gin consists Of undulated sWamps. -.
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This State contains 5O,672 square miles of
territory, and has population of 955,9l4 Of
duty. Mobile, the only seaport of any i'm
portance, is situated at the head of Mobile
Bay, forty miles from the sea coast. The
bay is protected by Forts Morgan and
Gaines, the first situated on a prominent
sand. spit, commanding all the sea ap-
proaches. The latter is situated on the op-
posite shore. These forts are now garrisoned
by 900 troops of the Confederate States
well equipped and ready for good defense.
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Law CARDS. e

". n. BGLDWTh. JF BALDWIN
baldwin 81 Baldwin, ATrTORNFYa
MP AT LAW, No 53 West Third street, up stairs,
Olncinnhti. tE+ my17
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Il
"A FiEht ImPenainG az PensaeoIs,7 &
A correspondent of the New, Orleans
Della, writing from Pensacola, May 20
says.l "a shi 1aheJ aafvlil " bsI1ts iF5ui5 p
! Its now stated here, end By reliable per-
sons, that General Bragg win, ia few days,
make an Effort 70 sink the dry. dock ia i
Channel running between Fort Pickens aud
Fort AeReas This attempt will be made for
the Purpose ofcansihg the guns OF the latter
to operate success 1nliy on any vessel that
may attempt to fol ce an entrance into the
Bay Of Pensacola The dock referred to Is
said 10 Be almost the size Of your Oity Hotel,
and was built at the cost of 81, 900 900. II is
the intention Of the G0ysfnaent 10 use
every effort TO recover this valuable prop
erty after the battle is oyerI that is, pro-
lvided its sinking is permitted by the Federal
authority at Pickens, but here seems the
difficulty that will In all probability result
in the openihgof kostilitiessig ,3s1 OIL aol
J General BFoYp,. II is said, has communal
Gated officially 70 General Bragg, bis Aeief-,
mination to prevent any further % traction
of the chAnnel, and will he bayE, IRE the
moment the atlampt is made. t1Generat
Bragg, on the other hard, SAYS the doct
H,pst and win be sunk, and .tAet the q hanneI
Sian be obs6dcted This, Il, l an Informed,
The presspt position Of our pffsirs q PsnsA;
I es,'I1'd9 ri aaivad .RsissV5 isal sssd 8girss
] s'Bed "a 70 ,bisngQJA il3mmd ai4fuaJ
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LEGAL REPORTING.
MEDICAL.

a e.. NEWTON, M. D.-OFFICE, no.
NYe 30 West Seyepth-st., between Vine and
Vine ne and Raoe ONCE hours, 7A TO sK A. M, IL
- s2s s. u, /. 20 2 \, ~ = Ii - LIZ. !. l-