The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
TIE NAMELESS FORCE.
ProE. vineyard Blows up
Disiancc Of one md Three
FInhs MILES.

New bIlthllN i'lH'
A process verbal has been made OUT AM
signed by Prof c. G. Forshey, y, i,
Maddox and NJ. +. Bigney, ID wn'en
these gentlemen state that they yesleLr
day witnessed the demonstration u Il1n
Vineyards "namcle!s force at I'M
Ponchartrain; that at 2;3b O'Clock y, W. ~.
afternoon tho professor discharges ms
apparatus, and ninety seconds after ,hc
schooner at which the test was appl,s",
moored at one and thrcc-hfth miles
distance, blew up by the stern ana SUNK
to the waters edge, The memorandum OF
the committe goes on 10 state that al'cr
Prof. Wingard cam ashore Trey vent 10
visit with him the vessel in q small boat
They found her completely wrecked
Even the small timbcrs att the man
J,ast we're broken all to pieces. Inc
minss %as still standing, but all else was
wrecked no that it would not stand beng
lowed ashote% The flag was torn To
pieces and fell ~ h"IfmaSt, where IL "A'
Prof. Vineyards hand wa severely
burned by the Cash, the silk glove WIN
which he held a gla's tube not proving
a sufficient non. conduit Vori n, p;orov
From an interview VIII. mnyv;nS nd
one of the committee, the /. 'o"'e I"
ditional particulars were obtains w. Tim,
Mr.. Bigney states that at the "1i
mentioned in the brief process rert
heretofore alluded to, he discovered n
slight volume of smoke arising from the
skif in which Mr.. Wingard had taken
his position, and Immediately after saw
what appeared to be the trail of some
substance or body passing out from the
skif toward the doomed schooner Au'
gusta. Surprising electricity to be the
agent employed, and that the ettecl
would be almost instantaneous, he turned
his eyes toward the schooner. But the
she lay with her flag still floating defiant
". lie then arrived at the conclusion
that there had been another failure, ant
that his friend Wingard was a self.de
luded mortal, led away by such stuff u
dreams are male of. A little more thai
a minute elapsed when some one re
marked, "There she goes"
He then saw a smoke above the schoon
or, heard the report of an explosion, ant
in less than five minutes the doomed yes
sci had settled down to the water
edge.
Mr.. Wingard came ashore and afte
, his hand had been dressed, which wa
: badly burned, the committee accompa
MED him, proceeded to the wreck, which
, being entirely of wood, still tloated a
anchor on the lake, with the flag, partl
, freed from the broken halyards, settle
at half-mast, as if indicative of a vesst
in distress.
If the force be all that Mr.. Wingar
claims it to be, says Mr.. Bigney, on
, that can be successfully and economical
employed at a distance of from five {
4, seven miles, and wholly beyond the rang
| of the best guns hitherto made, ii wi
completely rcvolutionize maritime wa
. fare, and leave the cannon of to-day wit
4 the clumsy ~enginery of ancient times.
" In conclusion Mr.. Bigney said NJ
: Wingard, though much laughed at
y late, is neither a TOOL nor a mailman. I
! has already vindicated his claim AS a su
:, cessful and scientific inventor, and Il
. hitherto "nameless ce"-hencefOrt
: the Wingard forcc'-will yet be heal
. of AS n factor controlling the destinies
u nations,