Year: 1861

then poured in to fill up the interstices and
bind the bullets in one solid mass the she'll
is then put into kind of lathe, and a cylin
drical hole of the exact size of the ori6ce of
the she'll is bored through the bullets and
sulphur. This cavity is filled with powder,
even with the interior edge Of the ori6ce, a
six-inch she'll of the kind here described
holding about half pound. The fuse fitted
into the orifce is a recent Belgian invention,
made of pewter, and resembles the screw
cap used for the patent fruit cans. An ex-
animation of this pewter cap shows, however.
that it is made of two hollow discs of metal
screwed together, and filled with meal pow
der. A number of fine holes are drilled in
the lower disc, while the outer disc is entire,
and marked with figures in circle, l, 2,
8, 4. In this state the she'll is water and
weather-proof. When taken for use, the
gunner, by means of small steel instru-
ment, scoops out portion of the outer soft
metal surface, and lays bare the charge of
composition powder below it. If the shell
is desired to explode in one second after
leaving the gun, the scooning is made on
the figure 1; if in two seconds, on the figure
2, and so on-the idea being that the shells
of this description shall first strike the OBJ
ject aimed at and do execution as ball.
and then explode, sending the bullets for
ward as if from another cannon located at
the point where the flight of the she'll is ar
rested. Large shells of eight or ten inches
are filled with powder only. and, bursting,
do execution by means of a fuse of meal
powder, extending through brass plug
screwed into the mouth of the shell. In
both cases the fuse is fired by the ignition
of the charge of the gun.


Views of Senator Crittenden of Kentucky.


The Hon. John J. Crittenden made a
speech at Lexington, KY, last week, thus
defining his position as candidate for
Congress


The first great object which he ardently
desired was, that this war should be put an
end to; that the longer it continued. and the
more devastating it became, the more diff
cult would be it's solution and to the end
of paci6cation and the restoration of the
kindly feelings which once prevailed among
the happy and prosperous people of a COM
mon government would his whole energies
be devoted, if it should be the pleasure of
the people to confer on him the responsible
trust q representing them To war Of
sutAaon he ms npposad and Hhila he
was satisfied that the government did moth
ing more than it's duty in the preparation it
had made to defend the National Capital,
yet he would be prepared, at any moment,
to lend helping hand to arrest the further
progress of this unnatural conflict. Mr..
Lincoln, he declared, was not the President
of his selection, and he was neither respon-
sible for nor prepared to sustain the policy
of that functionary. Lincoln, however,
was not the government, althoug gh charged,
for the time, with its administrative func-
tions; and, while he repudiated all allegi-
ance to him or his creed, he was, as be had
always professed to be, loyal to the Consti-
tuition Of his country, under which the ma
ton had been so prosperous, the people SO
free and happy, and the blessings of which
are priceless and innumerable.


Mr.. Crittenden declared that in his judg-
ment, every means should be resorted to to
restore the blessings of peace, to preserve
the Union, and to hand down, unimpaired,
the noble institutions which have come down
to us hallowed by the sanction of our revo-
lutionary fathers. To that end he declared
first that the Southern States should present
to Congress, when it meets, fair statement
of the grievances under which they labor
that, when presented, the Congress of the
United States should promptly grant full
measure of redress for those grievances; and
that, if Congress should not do so, he would
not vote one dollar to the prosecution of the
war. In the next place, if the South should
fail to present their grievances with view
to adjustment, then that the North should
promptly concede such assurances of redress
and security as were just to the South and
that besides these, all other possible means
should be employed that would have the
effect Of maintaining the Union, preserving
the Government, and putting period tc
the unnatural war in which the country is
involved. In the event that all the means
employed for this patriotic and noble pur.
pose should fail, and the war should still
rage on. then he was of the opinion thai
Kentucky. posing herself upon her proud
position of neutrality, should summon all
her judgment and reason, and, discardine
all passion and prejudice, should decide fol
herself what position she should assume
He declared that sufficient unto the day il
the evil thereof; and that while he was not
now, under the continually shifty scenes o.
the political drama. prepared to say what
position Kentucky should occupy in the con.
tingency mentioned, he would be prepared
as native and loyal son of Kentucky, tc
follow her destiny, be it what it might.


Corruption is like ball of snow,
when once set rolling it must increase.
1t gives momentum to the activity of the
knave, but it chills the honest man, and
makes him almost weary of his calling: and
all that corruption attracts, it also retains


for it is easier not to fall, than only to fal
once, and not to yield single inch, than
having Welded, to regain it.