New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-08
WI, the Smelling Of the City va. Discom-
timed.


4 gentleman of much intelligence. recently
from Norris leland. vhcrc he had unnsn, facilities ioT
obsely ation aud rsheiing information. bh' c"mAnn
Gated to variety ~ Interest. ~ facts cor necrd WIN
tho scee ~ Charleston. which throw much rhi on tho
state OF Affairs there. He informs us Tia, The reason
Wly Gen. fillmore did not continue ias hoiAbsTiM'l
~ @ AL son sh the Greek ife shells, "as b''au''
the sl-s seni were ignel on the percussion pfincpe
and being discharged from gun ec' ated ~ M angie :"
dirt, eight deTccs took their flight - The ,ai"" nng.r
viii longitudinal r0iarj motion. base doWnNnId nhu
therefore struck bsse downward instead u upon th'
percussion end and did hot explode Only tao M'
.Bos 80 have C1piDled-One which iell INTO ware
lnu.e and anOhc Wich I'm n the street. IDS peol
liar mol on and descent 81 he shel vh- new discovery
In artillery practicr then nr the hrtt time made and
the ordnance department Nas not igihislel WIN .
remedy f.. til QllooAcl fOr contingency 10 ~. mc'
alone Charleston owes ;he deay Of the hour Of H. doom
Iimc fuses which viii set matters al right, a.Tc al
onf. seri Tor nd have doubtless arrived al Morris
Island before il-. and very NAcy Charleston at thu
u,i.r, ,,;ariencne tie dreadful effects Of shower
Of "Grecl ire shells fifteen hundred of which have
been ordered ior bouhadDrn Of that meet 81 iEea6
on. The gul from Which tie shells were is nicd Na'
200 pound = IaiIor Which csn throw t,cl 20 l's-
hau seven miles when elGed AT an anglo 81 iorfhfe
iee1ces The frst shes went over thareston the gun
lnp aimed al TOO sharp an nhsie ON r'adcft VII hf
pleased 10 learn Tat Gen Gilmore he's %, lc- ihnn ,hr
~ paf!oit yun. mounted titt will throw shels pnmi
mo Charleston. Also that tie % Greek arc flc
20 lombard that Rebel stronghold Was personally OF
aeged b, President Lincoln. Tie breei hfv burns vi
twenty minute II wiz bnrn on The water ~ wei ~ oi
Ind and each shell co,er- a surface Il hundred
quaIe icct With tame The she" bnFut into about one
hundred aud rs criy pieces or ten inet ~ man! M ~
ordinarv ho OF course the effect 81 hetr shells v u
be- o III Cbsfcstou IN flames, which nothing can sub
H. addition 10 The Greek fire shells, large quantity
~ impro, ed -hrlpnc shells made by thc inventor oil %
G,c. fie .heU and containing from live hundred e
oue ,horssnd bullets each. have been sent % Morn
Isl nd 10 be transferred thence into b. febelions cit,
0 manner not very pleasing 70 the eneh,, I.Gs'
az He The celebda,ed 3JDpound Parrot gun which
Gen Gilmore has weighs q 600 pound. III took i've
thousand men nine nights 10 get the monster into posi
ton fle drag teams breaking down seven nights n
Succession the enemy sbcrng The party oil the while
and men being killed nightly Nothing was done wiz
i y DAY the gun being coyegcd with bushes 10 concee
II from he enemys IRE. The diameter OF the bore u
ten inches the charge Of powder % pounds and The
shell that gocs OF Il 10 high as Hour barrel weighs
go hounds and contains IL pounds Of mortar powder
The execution If Of these shells on Sumter Is consid
cred equal 10 three 300 pound shells But two Of these
immense Iiaed guns have been made although ;weni,
more have been ordered FOR the army None have been
Cen Gilmore AZ frst bad only one bat another has
iust been sent 10 him. The JOOpouDder when II "a
rloded was IN charge OF nm InianTy captain, who he'd
never fired a cannon before ia bis lie He was cau
toned that some accident would happen II he was moi
yerv careful On the twent yfh round the she'll con
tanning u pounds Of powder Wa ied me pcicus'ioi
fuse vaa screwed way down and could not be got
eny futtber when the Captain laid % Let II go a that
ne consequence was that whcn discharged the mr.
communicated down by The thread % The shell causing
the latter explode ~ gun
on 70 inches OF the muzlc The gun was repaired end
got ready use again in wo days. II burst On Friday
at ~ O'Clock and wa 1lng again on SUNDAY A. wen az
ever. Thesc guns have been Iied with ~ pounds 81
powder. and ball through nine inches OF wrought
iron plates and feet Oi oak timber by which the iron
backed. II has also sent ball through % feet 81
earth. The larger gun having rife bore II made TN
stoadier and ifucr the bali she'll is getindccd ih'
accuracy of 4 rifle - attained.
Mr.. Il. T. Parrot, the inventor Of these guns, com
menccd making them in 1885, at his own expense, con
tinung his experiments without aid from the Govern
rnent IN fhc Rebellion broke ont. He then began I,
MAKE lO.pOUndcIs, aud has now advanced from thu
mail beg inning 300 pOundcrg and " successful vii
;ry "A 900 FOUNDER over 2 90 of these guns hay,
,ccn maze Ly Mr. Parrot. who furnishes them AT
less cost than the Government can make them nj ~
own ;oupderes indeed supplying them at airic allow
co.t deuendug upon shells which he furnishes 10 In
Government for BIS profits. Another fact which il sr
crcditahe 10 him is thai when The price OF iron and
labor advanced he did not raise his prices alihough al
fle other ionndcres in the country did. hp1ut 81 .
,bese pnng ranging from 800 10 Sen oun1 calibef ~
mrned out weekly at AIR PaiIotis eh,aplIsHneh'' '
Wep, Point Foundery at Cold Springs, New YORK.
The demand for rife cannon ~ now 80 Rfeai tnnt li
fonDderes Of this country unable TO supply ins nn'
Ie,tensiye orders are sent to Europe Inc s'ale
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