Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-12

One third col'nI Is o. 40 GO 50 " ltO tt lIb"
Half column..... Zoo 81 100 o. l3O &c ~
Ono column.... - 02 - 0I l5O uu 2o) o. "H "
Special contracts will 10 main with ynAriy 4!
vertiSers. .
Marriage and Doslh Notices fifty cents. Ohu
| arns will be charged st advcrtiscmat. r"t'a
ANEW DEATH.DEALING MACHINE II gn''
which promises to be the most terrible agrn
cf destruction of modern times il on tXh;lii'i
at the Office Of the ratentccs and l"v'n!"'>
The "r:1, battery" as it is called, Is so G."
structcd as 10 dcliv is fire either in .~ht ir|
or in hor;z )nLal, radiating lines. The hArrr..
ranging in number from :ix to twenty, -.
sufficiently lar apart to prevent heating iiHii'
continuous G!iog, and are fired suascS>Iv"lv
instead of simultaneously, at the rate OF 10000
shots an hour.
| A steel cover 10 front Of the guancra protects
| them from the encmy's fire. These guos n.Av
be fired continuously in one fixed direction. -
from side to side, or the battery may b. m5.
to yibrate lateray Of itself, at the DISCHARGE u:
each gun, thus sweeping the field ia front. Th"
| barrels arc about an inch apart, and NJ la;H:
va!5, where the guns arc held Gy clasps, thry
are iuclosed within asbestos or some non
| conductor Of heat.
The battery may be divided into the barrels
of the brecchock or machinery ty which th"
barrels arc loaded aud discharged, The wEol'
resting on turntable or pivot. The balls "rr
placed in cartridge receiver ut right auSies IT,
and resting on the blocks. At the right OF tE.
is crank, on the left a lever. B5: prc:*H;
the lever 10 a given direction tho block is force
up TO the muzzlc Of the gun, when 40 automa!
loader, called the "Gogers,' takes hold OF ti;.
cartridge and wihdraws from the receiver.
Another turn of the lever and the balls ~.
forced into the muZzles, aud tho battery l.
loaded. Then the crank at the right is turned,
and at every revolution needle is thrust fer
ward, aud strikes a cartridge with trillc.c:l
force TO explode il.
Agan the lever On the Left il turnri. a.;
the "Iiogcrs" advance and Withdraw he s;'.';.'
cartridges, aod the battery Is again ready T" =
loaded. by means OF screw p!aoad ia ~
centre Of the block the battery may be elevated
or depressed at pleasure. The Inventors ;:'
trying TO have their guns adopted h7 the f.nt
lish government. They Claim that they VII
be especially effective in naval cnEaEemen'S
With toy model OF the battery, ball va
fired through an oak plank an inch IN thcknc"a
at fifteen yards. ~ I. 11buH".
A Lost CoIOTN. The discovery "f u inal"j
in North Carolina, with number ni VII r!r'
preserved cOrpscs Of unknnwn natl0nai;y, ii.s
revived a hope OF Sir Waiter Raleigh, !ha'
some trac, might yet be found Of IN" ihin2u-
Roanoke colony. The remains and contents OF
the mound are undergoing careful examination
and if it is possible TO decide that they ~ Ih''
Roanckc cnlony-!tst frlni-nO donbt !, %ui
b. done
The hum.u iniad iisl.kcp an nl~1G .li'' nya
terry, especially unc ti,rrc cru,n:I"H ,li. J va
ia 1857 that tho lamoui lost c,l,ny, i;in ;a,:'
i.ct OF - much search, sptcGIai'"n a"J +"
nance, landed at Roanoke, ana iorm"'i :
friendship with hlauc0, WAC W." n'Ah" &.
Christian, IL icudal baron, ~ IA" lnr'i -
Roanoke, the first gnnleman in hincr'"'. !
vas that colony that gave bath 10 Nnrl'i!:
Dare, the first chi! born Of Errl sh parents
United States soil !. female by th' wy. "h.'
would have entitled woman to ~oi!r '&htr Il
priority if she had not been uni'r;u!.sir!} '','.
without pcrpelul llng herself II p""!"rtY
1t was three ycafH, on Account % va, ;rI'.'
igh armada and home troubles. f.':r" > s..';'
with supplies and tbs t.Jvcrnnr 81 Iha r,''"',
Virginia Dare grandfather rNrrh''' t. i ="
okc. All that remained o! tt'r c1""', ''
| Manro and ihn friendly lniian' o. 81! "' ="
fate vas the inscription "Er'''"", ." IT."
bark OF tree no E@a'c.i va. N'.''" '''',.' g..
Aiter%ar1s .ac'Sn Scnt n1' '',"r'
coonista. Lu! no sign or 'racl oi Ihr"i ever ~
rcarcd. The iodIans at = later '"y cain. = -
have adopted the coIohIs'"' ana 'n,E '"} }.'''.
characteristics EiVe some c'''' ,n '''I '""''' 90
adoption and anaIs"'na!ioo. h' !'', ''''''
has been tho theme OF many story A"i - q.
deal Of discussion %hich tHe cl!''H' ''y': 81
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| At ONE Of the theatres ia p town OF .Nt''"'
,bo ,Joy n ,Lc "IImty Thieves was lately ri,
.ortoJ hut in rather 7 ,ncacrc nanucr, ~ may
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