The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-08-15
--hn r-r.rtaa M -Teedle-Guh.

Tie Paris eorfesn1ndea. d le Liverpool Journal
gives die following narrative the tolls azd disap-
p0l1tueugz Of tile inventor 9- is gun:
"The ucedIe-gln 5w- wn to be the Pro.uct
M sHa grur stHag aba aaraa.e GRANGE of al! English
officer who. while statoaa d a solitary outposE in
Canada, amused lis leisure a9.rs with experiments IN
ibe rough construction 81 substitute Or the iItie
which he had damaged by letting it drop dq"n pre-
9ipica while in pursuit Of aaar 10 was A.Aoso ~
accident gb4t tile discovery became paipa5le to the
solitary bunta. ii tHC woods But no SCORER di 1t
beeomo manifest 70 hta senses than he resigned his
commission FRI ll- army returned to EUROPE, anG as
a matter of course hurried to the Office with his
invention For more than a year he was Kept in sus-
pense He was handled about from one official to an
other during all this time merely to be t2ld at last
that government did not feel disposed toI alter the
principle Of the arms employed. 1t then that in
disgust he brought his invention to Paris, aAd he OBJ
tanned an interview with the emperor, WAC listened
with the greatest apparent interest to the description
of The gun, examined the plans and sectors brought
bv the officer much questioned the superiority o. the
invention over others which had been laid b2ore him.
declared seemed to him liable to the great o9eFton
Of being too delicate for field use, and abruptly 5dand
cd the gong which stands upon his bureau end slightly
rising when the usher entered at the SUMMONS, dis
missed the visitor to admit other lmportUnateS. III
was then that he betook himself armed with his meet
dlegun, to Holland. But when arrived at#he Iiague
he found that his resources had dwndled away tc such
an extent that he compelled to delay bis present
tation to the king for want Of proper COSTUME 70 apI
pear in.
"MeanEhile lie became accidentally acqgaiutei with
one Of the gentlemen attached to the Prussan legation
at the Hague, ana to whom he recolnte4 his bittef
grievances This time he listened to with nerestf
The brotherin-law Of his new friend hell some apI
pointmcnt at TIE court Of Berlin and be lost nj tmt
in repairing with the Englishman to Berlin, The neei
dle-gun vas tried examined, and accepted in thf
shortest space Of time, the inventor handsomely rel
warded and encouraged to establish himself in Prust
sa.o
The birmingham Post on the other haad SAYS:
The Prussian neede-gun resembles il all essenF
tal respects an arm invented by two Engiahmerl
Messrs Hanson and Golden of HuddersiGd, and pal
cnted by them in this country the I'd Of NoVembef
l84l It was said that Mr.. Golden received an ordg
from the king of Prussia for two of his gnas, ami
from these models tie sc-called Prussan needlegulE
with triaing notifications, made"
A writer in the Albans Argus says:
About fourteen years ago the writer Of this vas III
troduced to the inventor Of the needlegIn, lie ISL
German gunsmth, and a native Of Berlin. He exam
ined his rifle in all its details, and took drawings
its several parts 1t patented in the United stateB
and the inventor visited this country fol the purpof
of inducing government to adoptit for tae armF
Its cartridges were pronounced unsafe for use by Til
officers Of the bureau, to whom it was sent for ezaui
nation.