The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-02-01

leave, and upon his refusal to: H9 SO
was forced out and the door shut.
Frisbie then gave orders to a LOT Of
negroes be had athis biddingto IreaE
the doors and sack the bui|ling,
which was attempted, the doors le!ngg G
cut in with axes, and, had not Mayor
Riddle, Mr.. B. B. Andrews, General
Finecan, and several other gektle-
men interferod promptly, it certainly
would have ended in the'most serious
consequences. Much credit is due
these gentlemen in 'quelling the Fot.
This is a simple statement OF the taets
in the case, and VIC may well ask the
question have We civil law or not?1f
so, arc these things to gounpunished?
There are unfortunately, three or four
vile mon in our community who call
themselves Radicals, and get their
living by duping and defrauding the
poor negro and pushing them forward
in all their dirty work. So long as
these wrotchcs are allowed foreman
here we may expect to have dist1lfF-
Dances and troubles. All the inso- q
lcnce and insubordination Of negroes
here come from the teachings and;
baneful Influence of these trihing men,
A TERRIBLE FlREARN.-The Coy
ernmert is row having made at Hart
ford, Connecticut, one hundred bat
terry guns of new invention. Fifty
of them will have a one inch bore,
and the balance one half inch bore.
This gun is quite a curiosity to look
at. The main characteristic of this
terrible wsapo1fis that it has series
of barrels, with a cyliDder, rigidly
fastened to the main shaft, and rotats
ting simultaneously and continuously
by means Of crank, the cartridges
being fed into the carrier from the
feed boxes, thence driving endwisc IN
to the rear ends of the barrels, then
exploded and the empty cartridge
cases Withdrawn without any pause
in the operation. The incessant loa-
ding and firing are produced by the
simplest kind of mechanism, there
being less parts about the gun, than
in the Springfield muskct.
This gun can be discharged at3the
rate of two hundred shots pef4ma::
ute. One OF its featuresis that there
racy sof is aIIi. Wien. the gun is
once sighted at given object, the
same aim can be maintained ct the
will Of the operator until thousands
Ct discharges takes place. a later
IL train motion Of the gun may be
kept up, If desired, while the gun is
being. discharged, SO that a perfect
sheet Of balls can be made to sweep
q section ofany circle within itsrangc.
As there is no escape Of gas at the
breech, all the force Of the powder is
expended in giving velocity to the
bail. Il consideration which is Claim
ed to be of tic very first Importance
in tins gun, is that every cartridge
must either be discharged or with,
dl.awn from the barrels, thus preclu-
ding such results as were shown on
the battlefield of Gettysburg, where
Of the 2S,5I4 muskets collected afser
the battle, $4,000 we're found TO bt
loaded, 10000 Of them containing
two loads each, and 5000 being
charged with from three to ten loads
each, the cartridges oftentimes being
loaded without breaking them, ant
many inserted with the ball dowI
i!!~t., The gun is light and easyily
; transported. Onessof the sizes noS
being made at the armory discharge!
:EI-1O0 il.cll ca!abre balls, and weigh:
two hundred anu twenty five pounds
The other size discharges balls O
! oac.inch caIibre (nine ounces in weight
and Weighs between five hundred anc
SIX hundred pounds. The first namec
has Il range Of about a mile, and tht
| latter about two miles.
COMPARATIVE DECENTRALIZATION
-"Thc decentralization of the South
is at.yoritcho hobby with certain North
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