, 1869-01-09
A TERRIBLE INVENTION.
= Regiment Of Soldiers n mills and Z
EsAiF ls1ttant, tu be Killed IN -Four
II

From tic Na-hsilIr rrrss and Times. DEC. y.
Seine 1phntlls ago tnrchauieAl genius,
Wl',tc nntnc VIC arc moi al liberty 10 dlscluse.
s!rayoring 10 work oni'' By which very
litt1r army cuuld bo Enuds lrrrsl4ltble aaalnst
RfT number uf enemies. lie Eropl2ed
n let tn aavc the beftsflt oI the fdcn It lie
iound thst II could 10 n1ndr practicable,
since ,lcn ~ l'aH .llycn'lr worked at y
every evening. Sundnls not cAcrp'cd,
bringing It "out," rs hu c,lls IT,. Duriny
ll"Ac tllonshs liz ubr'r r'cd air, htsl4n1ntlo ;,
thu ron tat,t stCt cripn VI hopes AnI lcarA
nb"lt Thu succrr u tfs pr"t tott, which would
IN. ,ihlblu on lIa tnrr tor days ihgrthor, led
mum ol hls nelsl'lor. !" .np!",n s1'nt I"
and nh'orbIug laln'ra IN u bucersatu' trrm'na.
tinst nhnnt fur dry. urn. NIT! Int ll.r grail.
s',n' I'm If irttint thr utility of hin p'rfrrtch
tdrn, viii III" iuprs enu,pcsr evidence of
Ir rtnetleathl''y. Thu Invention con.
f!atA of y range u guns org ~ bare a'4d about
forty lnrtrn tu,g, H1,'nntrd at II rar1agu Of
very 'lmrlc structure. III br hauled bY ono
lmr,r '.hc wacth ot tho carnage bcsNscn
IL" wl,celd Ia hls trus. Tho KUN barr: i.
twelve IN number, ,trr arranged npp4ro"liy
parallel II cnch tthcr uuuil Ibis t:orrlasa.
Nr say npparcntIy, t,r thclr line ot lru Ii nut
tlt.c hundred yards distant thu Twelve bu1
let's swccp II ll~c ii abnllt thirty fret. rhLy
nrrassungcd ut equal distances from zach 9TH
er, exet pt tn the u.lldlc, wherc tlcr ism 'aco
Ut len Inches, into wh!vla Is pluccd t. cscupc
q: considerable power. md II n'ce arrnn.a-
tntns for adjusting the guns IN taking ntm.
llI~ roiitr1yancc enables The operator to send
bullet through the bulfs eye ut sixteen
hundred yards rine times out OF ten. The
III q themselves arc rltled. ara double the
strength Of ordinary rifles. and ure made
! string Mt the hreech hy hand SIX II :"es
hIn:d A1d ohc.sxth thick. They are all
loar.d at The hrccch. The treecll pieces arc
| all c.rprcicd By rod. Which Is attached
| tn crank, ore turn Of which opcns aud
shuts MI the tEccch pcees inud l".ds The
! pisces. fos thy hrcerh pieccs, by this a!otson,
| a,e brought in contact with twelve tu3es,
| placed lmmt dIately over the b5cechcs, and
continuing the cartridge, the sau: turn cx-
trnctirg ihe cartridge from Its tube, mud iu-
feriiDg 1t wi'h precision III i's place in the
gun. 7 llc suns Arr made ready t"r firing by
a> simple aud r.pid motion as the turnlt E
c, e'an ao Thy yxfs aS 7ss Sq,.;, :, as ,stss =
needles, inserted in the lrceca fol
the purpose, TITO the fal,nlsats with
winch the cartridges are covered. 10
simple. sure and rapid arc these movements
three seconds, yesterday, at The paare OF tria'
out Oh the Uyde's Ferry pike. The cartridges
urc four inches in length, and do Not Gu irely
explode until the ball Is about half way out
i out Of the hatrel, an elect winch Is 1rounced
hy nice arrangement Of thu MATERIAL o
which they are composed. Except the bul
let the whole cartridge Is comtustib1e, and
leaves nothing behl.d wien tired ou
! The guu will seud bali three miles
Thc ain Is always good at two thousBnG
yards. At trtu1 yesterday line Of plank, at,
ihchrs broad. WINS rsfscd four feet IRON the
ground md fired 4. GEstcu hundred yard
| dlstanf, and out Of sixty SHIFTS iutty.scyet
went through and SIX Others lef. murk, upot
/ The rdres OF the pl-rk. The inventor Is III
tidCnt thai rrgl1nt mt of soldiers Il mile ant
Il half lIi-tnnt contd bc u,l killed. by ono
| these PollyleEi tthe name he hiss givr
tlIe1nl. In four minutes. In The hands al q
Intelligent. steady operator at least ringt,
! rtr cent Of tho bail5 aIrci will take ctf'ct
The whole Atfarr when II tigh irg trim wclc h
J hsi' five ht1' drcd pounds, ard Is intau.lct
:, to be haulcd by ote horse nnd worked b.
two men. one to drive and the other TO opc
rate. The loading aud firing apparatus Il a
| arranged that It c.n bt Jttuc I'd II, fnu
meni, " hen the Other part 0f tue d adj
engine becomes perfectly useless One Il
sn III eau lie flushed elT complete with hnr e
) 4Sr.. tor $1,000. The inventor, a 70
working mechanic. feels jubiant ct the ssca
; success which attc"dtr1 tue first trial ot hi
J | im1 oriant rroducinr. Which cost him q
naily months ot toll and nil thu mesn
. Which ]lc Ind nj his Gnu tt1anu, lie Enes, !,
Washington In nfm,lt Il weck to pt.h hIs }o
| tune MD 10 rHtit1tIt1Onlzn III, nrI nj axnr