The New York herald., 1862-10-18
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Death OF General G. Il. james, the In
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Death OF General G. Il. James, the In
ventOr or tho james PrOJectiio.
The telegraph yesterday brought US the melancholy In
teigsnee of the death OF General C. T. James inventor
Of the celebrated James proiectle for rded His
death singular relate caused by the explosion Of
a she-One of his invention--Rhich occasionea
by careessness The first Of the accident spoke Of
him being severely wounded but not in danger, and
IL until yesterday afternoon learned that the
wound had terminated fatally.
Exrerime1ts have for some time rast been mode
at Sag Harbor with the various projrctiles for
rined Among those on trial were the James,
shot and she'll Many interested IN ordnance and
all else appertainng thereto, have been drawn 70 Sag
Harbor to witness the result OF the different trials and
4 Is not improbable that number present when
the accident occurred. Several Russian and French
officers Of artillery present. know and one Of
shem-Mr. Charles Berger, OF the French Officers
was among the wounded
The death Of General James Is another warning IN
gard TO tho careless handling of the proectes of the
present day. especially those intended to explode by pcr
cussou We have heard or accidents since the
war commenced casioned by the careless manner In
whioh loaded shell are moved from position 10
another and passed from hand to hand; yet they
appear be without effect, for one seems TO heed
the warning in the least and shells tossed about II
they were India rubber balls pieces Of bar ron The
lesson received by the death or Gen. James may be
useful one and prevent accidents OF similar nature from
happening every day.
THE JAMES PRoJECTILE.
The Invention Of Gen. James Of shot and shell adapted
for ed has been frequently brought 70 the tce
Of the public during the present Hc claimed for II
superiority over all other inventions Of similar charac
ter has yet be pronounced 80 by any board Of
officers that have experimental with IL. Il has ben
tired on several occasions against the enemy.
Al tho bombardnent at Fort Pckens Colonel
Harvey Brown pronounced the James projsctie as
worthless while at the bombardment Of Fort Palaski
IL was pronounced the effective OF ony used. The
trouble with the James proecte appears have been
that the covering or lead around the base Of The shot or
she'll which Is intended 20 adapt itself tc the groove OF
gun, very apt TO strip OF soon after y had left
muzzle and that II did the shot would turn
over over thereby destroying all range and accu
racy do away with this Objection thereby rendering
the shot OF the effective we have, ami also t.
test those of large size was understand the object n
the experiments being tried at sag Harbor wherein
General James lost his life.
SKETCH OF GENERAL 9. r. JANIS.
General c. 7. James was born In the town OF West
Greenwich in the State OF Rhode Island, and about
hrty-sx years old His father respectable farmer
with taste for mechanics, rather than literary pur.
suits he approached the years of manhood with but the
rudiments Of English education, and omphatca
y, self-mado Possessed Of saneuine tempera-
rncnt and an almost enthusiastic command OF language,
he was considered by some as theoretical schcmer.
This by those who knew him best, was regarded as
great mistake Al the age Of nineteen he turned his stsn
ton to mechanics with the determination 10 qualify him
self for the prosecution o his undertaking by tho study OF
books But soon becoming satisfied that ho coud obtain
but tc practical aid IRON them no laid them aside, and
step BY step, proceeded through all the departments OF
tho machine shop connected with the manufacture of
cotton by this method General James qualified himself
to build with his hands, any and every machine
used the cotton mill Thus, by the aid Of the mathe-
maca sciences for which he possessed almost ntui
tive aptncss no became enabled TO place himself at the
bead of his profession. General James raised up 10 him
self many opponents IN New England by the pub
licaton Of . ssries Of papers In HINTS Merchants
Mdca,,ns on the Culture Manufacture OF
Cotton at the south.n Among his most determined
opponents wero the 1awrsnces. The late Nr.
A. A. Lawrence published In the magazine reply
up' by tho sogent, mat,ercfact arguments Of General
James General James elected 10 the Senate 0f the
United States from Rhode Island FOR ak years from the
Ah OF March, 1851 and served 10 the end Of the term
He nj that time staunch democrat Of the Jefferson
school and there not In the New England States
man more free from narrow and sectional views and
more devoted 70 the Union. General JamsS . man
~ commanding personal appearance being ID sizc above
the ordinary statue of Since the breaking OF the
be has devoted himself 10 his Invention
10 perfect IT, and IN his 70 make all that
he claimed, unfortunately lost hn life.