The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-12-02
.[NO.24
Iron Fortifloations and Great Guns New,
-egq3 Experimentin Prussia, s.,, q,

, nnehtS OF last Summer has induced the
Prussian government to employ largo
blocks Of hard cast.metal for the pur:'
posds Of offortiaoation.q A foundry has
boon established with, this, object OF
! the. ARTILLERY experimental ground, by,
Which arrangement it is not necessary
Ito move It's pondrous productions any
very great aistancE, Whenever It Is
thought adSisablc'to give Mr.. .Krupp
an opportunity of knocking thehi. .to,
pieeSes,,or, endcayoring3 to do 50. A
colossal casting. weighing ninety tons,
was made thare last Friday, II tho
presence ofthe Minister Of MAR, and
numerous military4and naval officers;
and is unqucstionably by fur the great-
est that has ever been attempted oil
the Continent. What Is co5nsijenr1cd
still more remarkable than the Size Of
the casting was the very short time
requiredsfor. the process: Tho metul
wssmcltcd in three large furnaccsit
the short pace Of three hJitrs, but tho
actual casting was complettd'in in forty4
Ave seconds, 72 "A' ~ 'sg :t'9 "'''"5s
9h"Thc rep6rtiadds, by woy'o Of rcom.
parison, That the easting of steam
hammer weighing one hundred tons
required in England forty-eight hours,
"A hydraulic crane is used for moe.
ing these largo masses, and docs its
work so easily thatSa Gshield weighing
forty tons has ibcen moved several
hundryq yards and placed on tue frame,
work ptended to receiyesit il, half an
hour. ,ThEplatcs are not fastened to.
| gettierhyf Or screws, bit cast iii
such d bhapo as to- 'dovethito intoleach
otheEodItq lis intended 10 employ n
combiinationg Of /, iron, ,oqrthwork and
masonry in the now forts, and to ADOPT
the improved methods in" til. coast
defehoes first; as they }tft eApts6d tn
tho heaNiest firo.od t0a @yGaI 70 b!UoW
'.%Tlei Woolwichi gnn,uMhich has
been competing at, Berlip with, NJ.
krppp's, has shown y deep crack after
the two. ltdudfed and sixty-fourtli
FOUND, whereas Krupp's' gun haslrei
Inaihed einscathed 'after 4 four hundred
rounds, and his .frionds,anc, eof.cour6e
ljpbilMts3 Onlethe othor baud; an
English seven inch plate, three inch,
Gs of steel onI four inches of Iron, fropu,
the Cyc!oi,s WORKS, Sheffield; vas t55
muchfor Ktupps ninoty,six FOUNDER;
at least only the point Of the shot
cameitthrougl.t IT. has been stated
since that only 4 rc1nted charge of
power was usod on this occasion: The
Same projectile, however, and witlila
similar reduced charge, had lnoGkcd
anfoight.ihch plato Of Austrlati mdnu-
facture salE to pieces a Both .Krppu
; and Borsig hpyc offered, to- establish
! works for rolling plates in, Prussia"
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FARMING 4PiiOspE6TsuNlG GVtEG INnAs
The Alexandria Gazetie says that fruit
and vegetable, farming, and tito cul-
prsIpf ttle crate &ill .brobably, be
! more ,9xtSqSiyely carried on ID Viz
! ginia next year than. ever Before, and
tlie facilitiesby rivera. and railfdads,
J fdf hdiglItluh,thp proauoerofytheiland
/, to thed market, will he hettcr,apd
] greater than oyer, before. We learn,
! top, Chat, q groator breadth Of 1atd Has
| Been 'sownf inNwhcat' thai tli6ra Vas
! last year, Notwithstanding athe Partial
! failureiin some soctions iot the STATED,
ssSArroap9 SEN Ara9 MoIIroS & e. 9. ,sEsuMap4,ddx Mapp4 ds
OF SPEcIEf 70 PxYME&t -41lie' fiiiahciiil
/ ablltysh6wH ,b3 Sci,atdfiMoTtoM @hSR
Governor ofiI9dia,iH ejyFs character .u
/ any measure, suggested ,bS Jim ip ,re
! sbctt t0 Questions or iinanGe:S Elsew here
/; 70 win 81 seen iIat 'iie 'fs 1hatiiRinsS "a
aSbilliookihgi itoaliel resumption Of specie
rdy yinents ip IS7lau'Wc llail this break.
( ing of dayan btho political q skye We
/ agree, however, ,Yi,h The ,Tibune. that
Ar earlier date should be, ,Axed ,NtpH,GT
ghief JnslifeiC CHASE las said tlste, tic
/ "way to resume sPctia fiaymetit,j 8ah
resume" The avGtags boarding Of gold
by the Treasury Yisa iiaH6fsd millions,
andyhis, l,aa jed 10 llasplinss by obmks
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