Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1890, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON A D. ¢., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES, to the floor. Just behind it was the circle on | human ‘The shots were fired at} and into the earth. The Englishmen smiled Phi 6k Alem, ‘sheik. henbeaghy ons: | base cele Su adder left hich t-inch bas since been Plates praised gun. ; Don Ede Mi Vi and for some years resided in one of the West GUN AGAINST ARMOR. | ::<h'5" ita eu face GAY SCENES OF OLD. | Sickie Softee ted s| Sitar cee et center of each plate—possibly excepting the “Gipsy” was dressed most beaxtifully and was | city and purchased the house next the Adams" Eopliah production, which is badly broken ‘4 8 ope of, the maccesses of “the ‘ball i. Bodi-| house from Dr. Thomas Miller's father, where ‘in order to ete tests, O~ . an “Arab ;, Mrs. Heywood of South | they resided for many years, Details of the Remarkable Tests Made | of, or suring sinc gun from its shed A Famous Ante-Bellum Ball and the Ceroline, a “Siren* Mee Ray.”-Gueen of oa. & eumnen Gtctmion, ‘ and replacing it the larger piece was a 4 re,” an; Bradley o maton as (hase at Annapolis. hroge tak a red for its coma: Memories It Recalls, ght, Night:" Aion Scott of Baltimore, | qe of those who spent & wesk or two te pletion, The eight-inch rifle lay on its truck : THE BROKEN 6HELI. ight;” Miss “Belser, “Havnah Prim,” and ington, Period Tam recalling was acouple of feet from the firing butts, When the projectile was recovered it was ays ed 4 Neryena.* eres,” Mrs. = R oon eg Bog —¥ 80 Ty | ™ ™ i ard and Mra. f 4 nown in literary wi pot EBFFECTS OF THE FIRING. | Feeds tobe wheeled up into place, fouad that ithed been ‘broken ims peculiar |SOCIETY IN THE. FIFTIES. | oa peo & Mise Gee debeen | the Attain, Ie ssemen to Mek ane tone — ;" Mr. J.T. Adams as “Count } most alike, as I have heard, in ap) and —_—S—_— A section about a fourth of the circumference Belle Cass, afterward Mad- | intellect, Chi North, or “Kit North” The English Pintes Shattercd While me —— ow — — ne ‘The Grand Fancy Bali Given by Mrs. ‘French Mar- _ awd woes eee Magazine, « at 3:26, | Sod = Noctes brosian, the French Piate ts Hardly Affected— Creusot nickel pinte, The projectile was shat- | SCBStOr Gwin—People: Whe Figured ee Mow the Gun Was Fired—Scenes on 2 1 tered, the head Femaining in the plate at such | @¢ ® Celebrated Gathermg—statesmen | Ritchie. ay “Little Red Riding Hood;” Mrs, | from Prof, Wilson to Gen. "Fine. which he de- the Proving Ground. a depth thatthe broken butt was nine inches} and Diplomats in Cestmme, Gen. Emery as aakeress,” Mra, _, of | livered at a dinner given at Jonah Hoover's, poe 7 from the faee. The rear portion was thrown New York as an dian Priacess” and Mra. | Whose guest ho was. His ode” RANCE is now engaged in a large it of well-founded boasting over her old-time rival and enemy, England. This isthe result of the tests of steel armor plates at the naval proving und oppésite the Naval Academy at Annapo- lis Thursday, considered the most successful of the kind that has ever taken place. French plates were hit with steet shelis made in France after s French process, fired from an American The first shot was fircd at 11:01 and pen- etrated the Creusot all-steel plate one-third of its length—the projectile is 17 inches long and the plate 10!¢ inches thick—remaining fast in the target, with little or no alteration visible, The plate was burred up somewhat and con- vexed a trifle, but not cracked. This showed good steel and the experts looked interested. The representatives of the English firm—Mr, Bispbam of the firm of W, H. Wallace & Co., New York, and Mr. Harry Hodges of Shefield, outuide, The point of the shot was probably about thirteen inches from the face or two and ® half inches into the wood. aT THE END OF THE TESTS. Ther the tests wers declared off for the day and the board adjourned to one of the acad- emy baildings to formulate the results of the experiments, while most of the spectators made a rush for the steam launches that would take them where refresbments awaited them, Tax Stax reporter remained just loug enough to photograpn the Written for Tam Evexrxe Star. AM tempted to begin this article with the trite quotation: «There was a sound jof revelry by might,” and it would be most appropriate, for no more joyous scene Was ever witnessed than the one I will attempt to describe. In 1858, in April, Mrs. Senator Gwin of California isened invitations toagrand fancy ball, Ampie time was al- Bridges of California as a “Sioux Maiden” and innehaha;” Dr. Raney of pert” and Mr. 8 ilibuster.” ‘Thoee of the present day who were am: that delighted throng will need no reminder of the lavish hospitality bestowed upon the guests of this grand ball, for as such it took rank, and has never been surpassed in this city, where of late years the most exponsive enter- tainments have been given, MEN WHO SHONE IN THAT Da. Pike sent anonymously to years ago, and “Kit North’ Worthy to have been sung on Mount Olympua, By the bre, Mr. Wm. Smith has just ob- tained for his library a complete set of “'Iilacks wood” from its first number. Dr. Mackenzie pourners” at Pike's wake and xty Pronounced them '* Press. The doctor was a cotem- — Of the brilliant set of literary men, with ‘fount D'Orsay and others, who met at Lady Blessington’s, Joux F. Comin. ” lates aud to miss his din- 2 " 5, = a —_ England—said that it was ‘very clevah,” in- | to Dhotogra Baw - lowed for preparation and Washington and! The montion of the " an BAD § - a . r. eults of his sacritice b ? ‘ ntion of names of many of these OR GUOBER FIEN gun, and the effect astounded even the most timating that somethiog ee ae! we eters ition ais ats pe) cccnitiog aituawarsivaly ie colootion | gucete ein ee DS. pon gelplt pinta pony butts, too The butts w cede at Seow hington navy | 3 11:50, penetrated the Cammell’ plate CONGRATULATING COMMODORE FOLGER. costumes for the occasion. Senator Gwin oceu- | when Washington social life was full of wit and|“0vers of the Nut Likely to Suffer Band only other at e ba pre- ¢ butts were made a‘ ‘asl senting the best steel, the best talcnt and the greatest enterprise of Britain, was cracked, broken and finally perforated. thus demon- strating the vast superiority of the stecl pre- pented by the descendants of Johnnie Crapaud. UNDER THE EYES OF THE WORLD. ‘The entire navy, all of the steel manufac- turers of the country and bal! of all the others im the world have been discussing this test for yard and were the objects of considerable favor- abie, though closely critical, attention through- out the tests. 1¢ was the universal opinion that no better firing butts have ever beor set before a gun. The oak of the backing frames was three feet in thickness. The plates were identified bv inscriptions stenciled upon the wood backing above the metal, and were he all-steel Creusot plate was on the left of the gun, the 23 inches—that is, the point was that far from the face. Two bolts in the backing were started, several large frag- ments were broken from the plate and there were some decided cracks found. The faces of the Englishmen grow long, and they polished their eyeglasses to wee if they were not deceived, But it was all too apparent, even to the unini- tinted layman, that the first shot had developed a certain amount of superiority on tho part of the French plate, Commodore Folger’s arm was weak with shaking hands with the many people anxious to congratniate him upon the successful com- pletion of the tests, None were more enthusi- astic nor more sincere in their congratulations than the foreign steel experts, who expressed it as their opinion that this was the most com- lete and most successful test of armor that ad ever taken place, The representatives of the English firm expressed themseives as quite Satisfied with the tests, which they pronounced pied tho house on the northwest corner of I and 19th streets, and ali the spacious hall and parlors, and, indeed,’the whole house was thronged with the most distinguished people who were here at that time and the many who came from Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York and clsewhere toattend this really grand affair, It was not only the event of the season —it was the event of the period. The spacious where a reputation for brilliant nd conversational powers ranked be- Among this brilliant company the names of Mrs. Clay aud Commander Nelson bring to my mind that power which they pos- sessed in aneminent dezree, Mr. Nelson had been in the navy for years, and had been every- where and had seen ‘everything. aud he re- membered what he had seen and could de- scribe it with remarkable facility, He talked so Well that he was generally permitted to From a Threatened Famine. From the Inter-state Grocer, The festive peanut is so very scarce aud high at the present time that the average streut vender keeps his stock in a safe with bis money. ‘The total visible supply in the United States ie under 20,000 bags, of which quantity about 8,000 are held by St Louis firma, When the fact is taken into consideration that the house was docorated in the most tasteful man-| monopolize the conversation.» Mra, Clay | *Y°FAK@ Cousumption for the United States ‘weeks past and it is regarded as the most re- | Cammell compound plate on the right and the eminently fair. They had conclude ea ner, hangings and flowers and lights were dis-| had semarkeile conversational powers, and | )*, —_, Fa 108 as pa covme, © ots Mnarkable event that has ever taken piace in | Creusot nickel plate inthe middle Tho first the bitter pill with a good grace. ae Played in a style unique and with a lavish ele- | it was always a pleasure to her totalk, On one onan wy that she shore the history of ordnance, In the first place sit | shot was fired at the all-steel Creasot, the feos ae pists sy Pig tcoes gunes which suede ine alftiethe talk of the = y at a dinner where Mra Clay aud Mr. fined “Ike weorny ba * evn neonates | age was fully public, am the spectators second at the Cammel! and the third at the 4 4 Nelson were guests, Mr. Nelson usury the 4 pres; crop ing not aly represen os of ‘the main steel nickel. this order being steadily maintained of - war of the English navy, and | next few years, The crowded halls and par-) conversations part of the ces an a _ ae rop is due after interests of the world, also newspuper men | throughout the test. they now have @ contract for furnishing sev- | lors almost defied the ubiqnitous society re-| what to Mra, Clay's discomfitare, and her 3 or 2, an: pe ly not marketable until tosend the slightest details of the REGULATIONS FOR SPECTATORS. eral million dollars’ worth of these compound | porter of that day, but ‘Cue Stan at that early | silence was remarked by a friend with some | January 1, from the fact that the nute are experiments to the entire reading public of ali! pq following order Sik in eovseal plat the British government and their day gave to its readers a full report in verse. | evidence ofsympathy. Interpreting his looke _ lo, gy i chert mar! civilizations, In this a precedent was estab- ee See | ee ee Or ee Works are running night and day. The failure | Tais description was admirably done by Maj. | of srmpathy she leaned forward and aid. pis Year the new crop will probably go inte Kshed, for on all similar occasions in Europe— | Places around the firing butt, a copy being in of the plato furnished for the tests of Thurs- | Jonn DeHavilland, late of the United States | ‘Thani. you; he will stop to take breath immediate consumption, though at a loss of there have never been any others in this country | the possession of the coxswain of each of the day indicate an over-confidence that led them | army, who is now residing in London, oceu- directly and I will get in a word.” about 15 per cent iu roasting as agaiust 7 for —the greatest seclusion was maintained and the results of the tests were made public only when they were sufficiently favorable to picxse the snthorities im charge, and then always pre- pared without any unpleasant incidents ni fated. Photographs have been taken in un bers of the most important tests of armor, but few bave found their way into the journals, WiTH A CAMERA. Thursday a reporter of Tue Star armed with a Kodak and a Genie—doubly loaded to catch the sun napping—was enabled to photo- graph everything of interest about the entire proceeding, including the plates as they up- ‘on the conelusion of the final round, and the accompanying matter is a truthful ac- count of the noise that was made acd the eff_cts that were produced. HOW THE COMPETITION CAME ABOUT. Some months ago it was decided by the Sec- fetary of the Navy to test the value of a certain ermor-piercing projectile known as the Holt- half dozen steam launches in use during the day: “A musket will be fired before each shot, and all spectators are cautioned to take shelter and remain under cover sufficiently long to al- low all fragments to drop. ‘The space roped in in front of the targets is reserved in order that the board may have an opportunity for ex- amination and discussion after each shot, and to give the photographer a clear space for views. In order tc avoid delays, guests are requested to remain outside the ropes until the firing is completed for the day.” Another caationed the spectators that those who remained out of cover during the firing were in danger within $00 yards. Earth-cov- ered butts were scattered at various places in the rear of the gun, and there was « gencral scramble for thesé whenever the musket shot was heard, AFTER FOUR SHOTS, The third shot was fired at 12:02 at the nickel steel plate and produced a startling effect. The shot was broken, one-half of it remaining in the — and the other half being thrown en- tire back tothe firing butt. It was evident that there was cither an immense strength on the part of the plate or an accidental weakness in the shell. ‘the next rouna would probably demo ‘ate the facts, The Englishmen began to explain, but not with much force as yet. ANOTHER OF THE SAME KIND. It was 12:30 when the lanyard was pulled for into new fields after having successfully worked their own, Had tbey been content to let well enough alone their reputation might have re- ined intact, whereas the results of Thurs- v's performance have cast a shadow of doubt upon not only the integrity of all their lates but also upon the thoroughness of the English teats, Pying some important position nader the Brit- ish government, The verses were subsequently printed for private distrivution. To enter into the details of all the incidents which occurred at that charming ball, so iav- ish in all theelements which insure success to such an event, wonld fill moro space than I ean hope to occupy, and so I will tell of those who made up that joyous assemblage. and I am sure your readers will believe “The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men.” SOME WHO WERE PRESENT. The stately hostess and her fair daughters claim precedent, and thoy desorvo first men- tion. Miss Gwin, who will be remembered here as a very handsome, stylish woman, wore an elaborate costumo, “Queen of Louis Qua- torz Miss Gwin an exquisite dress of a Greek girl, and Miss Carrie Gwin, then a child, was dressed as a page of the court of Louis XV. The Senator was in the character he so admirably sustained all his life, a host whose bountifui hospitality shed the genial rays of I remember on one occasion when John Brougham was at supper with us at the club Nelson came in and joined us. Up to this time we had enjoyed Brougham's wit and humor, but Nelson was in one of his talkative moods, and Brougham sat spellbound at the flood of words, which was to him somewhat remarka- ble. He was content to listen, he aaid. A very great change came over Mr. Nelson when he aseumed his high military rank. From being 8 jovial, genial companion, he beeame morose and overbearing, as 1 have understood from those who were with him in the army. During the last term of Mr. Crittenden in the Senate I sawa good deal of him and al- ways found hima delightful companion, He Was, at a dinner table, always an acquisition. The only time I ever saw him disconcerted was at a dinner given to Mr. Crittenden.on the eve of his retirement from the Senate. Among the —_ was the late Col. John T. Pickett, a very rilliant man, aud one who was able to hold his own in any contest of wit and repartee. On this occasion Nelson had got the laugh on old goods. There are no nuts to be had i Tomer district and dealers are now rom each other. St. Louis is no Cincinnati, Petersburg and Norfolix. see Written for fur Evaxixe Stam, Love. Of yore when love had blest the gods on high, And breathed upon them what none e'cr had dream’a Of earihiy bliss, each one {t straightway soemed Dofed heav'nly state and donned mertatit When love bad breathed on frail humani His soul with wondrous, matchless splengor gleamed, When on him frst thy radiant rays Lad beamed He fled the earth and rose a deity. And so when Cytherea from the foamy sea Had raised her, dripping with its silver spray, All beav'n and earth straight owned th’ imperial sway. Then did sweet Philomel upon the tree, Enraptured burst into her gong of love, fi ‘ welcome upon all beneath his roof; Mr. | Pickett, who bided his time and before the | The earth in joy sang to the sky above. fer shell, manufactared in France, and for Se Sam on se a So saeriarte Buchanan, in his cours drose as the Amsrieas | cloee of tee Gives phonon athe ene CM. Bocaaxan., the firm of Schneider & Co., whose works are ts located at Le Creusot, Fran: » to furnish bim up on all sides. Tbe shot had struck the plate President, and he never appeared to better friend, Commander Neieon of the United States . “ advantage than when surrounded with the gay | navy, one of the most extraordinary men he with two of their best steel ship's squarely, and, after penetrating almost through NICKEL GAINS A VICTORY. and beautiful, Mrs. John K. ‘Lhompson of New | had ‘ever met, and he said his knowledge arm to be used in testing the steel, had been then thrown bodily back to] ‘The Creusot plates are now being manufac-| Jersey was “La Belle Caytiniere,” trom | was almost universal, If you talked with him the [hese were furnished, one made of ical tan with no alloy, taining about l percent of carbon, and the other of a composition of 95 per cent steel and 5 per cent of nickel, known as nickel steel. Each cost about €3,750. Preparations ‘wore being made at the proving ground for the tests, which were ordered foracertain date, when the representatives in this country of Mesers. Cammell & Co. of Sheffield, England, ¥] Dollfos and M. Guiot of tho French legation | grand social event recalls, and. there wets . of the Weeaed plates Bad so-tet developed: sky | caperties ts (pase. srgent| recostmente-| seal 2 \Gax if the’ Draiion *Mageon; be | shorn whess eueusTocmet aknde ieee creer bre bambep yen: tho Creusot | g rte board had a private box about 75 yards | Cracks, exceptat the immediate edge of the | tions for the adoption of the Creu- Pierrots, their white costumes trimmed with oh unk tor te . ood firm, in order to determine the superiority. tosell a plate at the same price us that paid for the French steei, and finally their Proposition was accepted. The competition was declared open to ail manufacturers. but no others entered, the American steel makers an- mouncing that they were not yet ready. PREPARING FOR THE TESTA, For two months past work has been going on et the gun foundry in this city and at the An- papolis proving ground in preparation for the tests, and it was only a week or s0 ago that Lieut. Commander Dayton, who 1s in charge of the ground, announced that ali was OLB, as Jarge as a man’s fist whizzed through the toy ined agai: i dese: passi r Pointed “by the Secretary to witness theuck, | of the roof of the main shed aud then cut of | Shot number six started on its brief jonrney | t0 his process of giving sical greats Sepaclly | Sirins. "Ake Majer Batkariapd co Neraee Bist {Er aie Toes ek te eee pointed ea enraged upon them, as follows: | °,8°04-#ized limb of a tree. Acorns fell from | at 1:23, and penetrated about sixteen’ inches | bY treatment in # lead bath. Jefferson Davis as Bear Admiral L. A. Kimberly, Capt. E. 0. igs fel i Mr. Carpenter of tho Carpenter stecl works at h won, which had been maintained Somnantac Wepear, inet” | non "wee way so, Sme timo ater | ce sae anil a veut | haga hae prcued he Amenen | tte fa an) eat bicomingly orgy | Garage many ens of tn naa ene le . J.B. : ri juce stee le ; ~ 3 % d GA Stove, W. He Southeriani and Fey, | Meir | descent devecsl qaiieatenicon cane | Dine nas eececke ropes, Tore started | Perming process, He hae acontract with the | Spain wore a superb costume and Mr. Evans | family, but they would’ make a’ most interest, Fletcher and K. Miles, and Ensigns ‘1 'y® | in the backing and one in wi on was and Mr, Birney were the two Dromios, Mr. P. R Alger, A. A. Teme oa Oa A. B, Dashiell. Afters ‘warning to the invited guests, in which ae aenen was made of an exact date, Bo that there should not bea general clamor for tickets or @ large crowd demanding ad- Mission to the grounds, the private tip was Tuesday, and cards were given toa Bumber of officers of both the army the Bary, several prominent steel mukers anda I A PRIVATE Box. away, into which they huddied like sardines when the time came for the tremendous bang. Tho danger lay in the fragments of steel that flew through the air with terrific velocities im- mediately after cach shot, torn from the plate or broken from the shell, WHAT FLYING FRAGMENTS DID. Some queer antics were cut by these odd missiles during the day. Dozens of them flew clear over the sheds and trees that stand at least 200 yards from the gun into the waters of the creck, making a splash like that produced by a volley of musketry. One chunk of metal the oaks as if a tornado were passing through the grove, The of carrying them. As many of these fragments as could be found were collected by the board after each shot and placed in a box for further examination to discover, if possible, the nature of the steel and the effects of the tremendous Pressure und heat, FIRING THE GUY, The gun was handled, aimed and fired by a distance of thirty feet, where it was found quite hot. It was apparently uninjured and might be used again for all the layman knew. A careful measurement showed that the blow had shortened it 11-100 of an inch, and that it was not “set up.” that is, bulged or fattened in the least, so that it could, with very little treatment, and a new copper collar, be put into the gun and fired again. ‘the point of the shell was highly polished by the impact. Neither burr, and the amazement ran high, AXOTHER WHACK AT THE ENGLISH PLATE. The defeat of the English steel compound was made very manifest at the fifth shot, which was fired at 12:47 and which penetrated so that the base of the projectile was fifteen inches from the face of the plate. This carried the point thirty-two Inches from the outer edge of the target or within fourteon and a half inches of complete penetration, the entire bu:t being forty-six and a half inches. The former cracks were developed ina high degree and the en- tire lower section of the plate was visibly woak- ened, while the bolts of the backing were into the nickel plate. A good many fragments started a trifle, THEY CONCLUDED TO G0 ON, This was as much firing as the board had: in- tended to do with the «'x-inch gun, as it was rather expected todo sufficiont damage with the smaller piece to let the eight-inch gun give the final stroke with one shot. But the French tured by the Bethlehem Iron Works Company, which was represented at the tests Thursday by four of the most skillful steel experts in the country, Mr. W. H. Jaques is the ordnance engineer, a former naval officer, with large ex- perience in such mattera, He was secretary of the guu foundry board in 1883 and secretary of the Senate committee on ordnance and war ships in 1884, and while serving in those sot process by this government, which brought upon his head the vituperations of the New York newspapers and the steel men of America. He was one of the happiest men on the grounds Thursday, for the results of the tests fully vindicated his judgment, He has produced several works on the subject of armor making. With him at the tests were Messrs. RW. Davenport, the assistant superinten- dent of the Bethlehem works; Maunsel White and £, H. Bowen. Mr. J, O. Hoffman repre-, sented the firm of Carnegie, Phipps and Com- pany of Pittsburg, and M. C. Y. Wheeler the Sterling Steel Company of Hoe M. D'Aulnay of France was present. He is now in America with the view of calling attention ‘One of the most interesting spectators was government for the manufacture of a number of case-hardened steel projectiles that are de- signed to rival the Holtzer shell. A test of this projectif® will take place at Annapolis next week. OTEER SPECTATORS, Among the speotators were Gov. Jackson of Maryland, Gen, Abbott, Col. P. C. Hains and | the L'Etoule du Nord; her costume was beautiful, and she wore it with enchanting grace, Walde- mar Bodisco of the Russian logation, a Musco- vite Postillion; Maj. DeHuviliand, as Richard Ceur de Lion; Lord Odo Russell of the Eng- lish legation, as Friar Puck, and Don Morena of the Spanish legation, as Robin Hood, made upa trio which attracted a great deal of at- tention. M. le Vicomte de Treilhard, M. different colors, made a most amusing group. Tho Tutkish admiral and his officers im their dazzling uniforms made a brilliant display, and Mr. Oscanyan of the Turkish fleet wore & superb Sulicte cos:ume. Mrs. Senator Hale of New Hampshire, as a Spanish Duenna, and iss Hale, as “Sunrise,” of whom the poet “I marvel not, O! sun, that unto thee In adoration man should bow the Anes.” Mrs. Luke Lea, Mrs. George N. Sanders and Mrs, Horace F. Clarke of New York appeared in Spanish costumes, Lieut. Richmond Aulick asa Spanish student and Gen, Jonn Cochrane as @ mxtador. Mre. Commodore Powell as me de Stacl, one of the most beautiful and correct historical costumes Thomas ©. Cox as Ravenswood and Jack Sav- age as Sir Lucius O'Irigger were admirable, Commander Neison of the U. 8. navy as Fal- staff was not only full of wit himself, but the cause of wit in others, He afterward resigned from the navy and became Gen. Nelson, Mra are oS as Aurora, and quoting from poct: on art, you wouid sap) he had devoted his life to'ite ‘study; on law you would take him for w jurist; on mechanics you would conciude he was an educated engineer, and, in fact, if he only knew something abor knowledge would be universal. ugh was upon Nelson, who joined in it as heartily as any of us. How many friends the recollection of this not recall, and for the omission I must — a memory far from vigorous after the two years which have elapsed, ‘The many changes wrought by the four years |, 80 few traces remain, have sadly depleted the list of those who enjoyed that long -to-be-remembered of war, and of which, thank Go: night. Tasca ts ptewro a? seeing Senator and Mra, Gwin aud Miss Carrie Gwin years after in New York, where they remained nearly the ‘the family returned whole of the year 1876. to California, I think, in 1877, Senator Gwin, however, spent a good deal of his time in New York in the years before his death, engaged in some large miuing oper last visit he showed me his correspondence with Gen, ing volume. from the old hero detailing with the most mi- nute particuiars his becoming « member of the church in which he died. Dr. Gwin, for almost every body called him doctor, oven when in the Senate, was one of the cleverest-headed poli- ticians Lever met. I will not project politics into this most charming social reminiscence, Ensign Dashiell, who pulled the lanyard from | Plates were showing marvelous tenacity and Capts, Turtle and Knight of the army engineer “The { aurora on onr senses gleams, but speak of that kindly hospitable nature selected d corpe sa hewspaper men, reprosenting | behind small but stoutly protected shelter teuttodeclation sim te esecee ns Jeane | corps, Capt. E. L. Zalinski of dynamite gun Feralas fo shat fair dannter of the wore, which he so delighted to exercise and ir which the leading metropolitan journais making a specialty of naval reser oa PERFECT CONDITIONS, ‘The conditions were perfect for a most satis- about a rod from the plates. At times he was severely bombarded. When all was ready and hited bord had found hiding places a hand- kerchief waved from the board's cave gave the signal, and then, after one last look around to modore Folger to go alfead with two moro shots in each plate. ANOTHER AT THE CREUSOT PLATE, Accordingly number seven was fixed at 1:43 reputation, the only other person present besides Taz Stan reporter who had a camer Capts, Schofield and Bliss of Gen. Schofie! staff, Lieut. Moore of the Hotchkiss Gun Com- pany. Capt, Barker, Lieut, Paul and a number he says “‘she was la Belle du Bal.” ¥AMES KNOWN TO HISTORY. Mrs. George H. Pendleton, the daughter of Francis G. Key, was “The Star Spangled Ban- he was so cheerfully sustained by Mra, Gwin, who as hostess had never a superior for kindli- ness and grace, How many old friends will be recalled by those who read these names: Wal- demar Bodisco, Richmond Aulick, Juck Say- factory teat all day long, and the arrangements | se that all was well, the plucky off: | against the all-steel Crousot. Again the pro- | of other haval officers, nex” by proud hereditary right, Philip Barton | Wiser Ii, Berry Thon! Pettey pean ads DE wore made with so great care that the wonder-|°¢? , 8¢* his teeth together and gave Jectile was thrown back entire, going through A DAY OUT OF DOORS, Key, her brother, was an English Huntsman. | Mrs, Velocities at an extracrdiwarily short range, m presence of 20 ms, without the least semblance of a hitch or an accident, and for this credit is due and should be given to Com- modore Folger, the chief of the bureau of ordnance of the navy, who personally superin [ the preliminary details aud lent magical effect of his energetic presence to the tests themselves. It may be remarked, in , that on the ether side of the ocean it regarded as an excellent record in conduct- ing similar tests if two shotscan be fired in one day, whereas there was ample time Thure- day for eight more shots bad there Leen need, making ten times as much progress as our French, Germag and other European GATHERING ON THE GnOUXDS, of the spectators went to Annapolis ‘Wednesday night, including Secretary Tracy and Commodore Folger, while a large number of others left the city Thursday morning and the firing line a smart pull. There was a bang greater than the slamming of 10,000 doors, concussion as if half of the air bad punched the other half back seven feet, then a series of echoes, growing fainter aud fainter, accentu- ated by the rat-a-tat-tat of the fragments of steel as they cut the twigs and struck the ground or the water. The shock, owing to the closeness of the gun to the plate, was enor- mous, and the smoke, confined to such a nar- row space, was some moments in flowing off to the north, As soon asallof the fragments had come to rest and everything was safe again the musket, which was held in a vise near the firing butt, was fired, and the people began to swarm in from the west, each eager to sce tho effect of the shot. At first the shots were fired at intervals of half an hour, but as the test pro- greased aud the board became more accus- tomed to its duties this time was shortened, until the period elapsing between numbers eleven and twelre was but fifteen minutes, EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF THE SEOTS, There was a good deal for the board to do the sand bags piled in front of tho guns, and landing on the floor of the gun shed, It was shortened about 15-100 of an inch and set up -100. The point of the shot had just per- forated the steel. The English people had by this time given out the impression that their plate was the worst produced from the Shef- field works in ten years, but @ steel man, who had spent considerable time at Sheftield, declared afterward that in his opinion the — plate was the best that the Cammell lad ever made. The President Enjoys an Autumn Walk im the Woods. ‘The President was out of doors most of the day yesterday ct Cresson walking through the woods. Mrs, Harrison wont no further than the spring with her littlo grandson. She, as usual, gave several hours to her china painting and received a number of farewell calls from the cottagors who have lingered this long. Mrs. McKee went driving with Mrs. Secretary Halford toward Loretto, Mr. and Mrs, Wm, H, Dill of Clearfield arrived at Cresson in the even- ing to accompany the presidential party on the trip to the Houtzdale region today, where Mr. Dill will be master of ceremonies, “Mr. Robert McKee, son-in-law of President Har- rison, was expected to arrive this morning at 6 o’clock on the limited from Indianapolis to be one of the excursion party and to return to Indianapolis with Mrs, McKee and the children Mrs, Senator Pugh as ‘‘Night,” whose beauty is remembered yet, and that of her sister, Mra, Scott. Hon. Charles L. Scott of California as the Earl of Leicester, the Hon. Anson Burlin- game as Julian St. Pierre, were two of the most attractive figures in the room. Lord mye as Minister to America of George III, and Lady Napier, as Mrs. Hammond. wife of the first British minister to America, were superbly at- tired and historically correct to the smallest detail, Sir Gore Ousley, in his brilliant officiat costume as Knight of the bath, and Lady Gore Ousley as a French Marchioness and Miss Ousloy us Italian Peasant Girl. “A lovely being, scarcely formed or mould A toso with all fia swostast leaven vet foliea® Mrs. C. C. Clay of Alabama as Mrs, Parting- ton, with knitting in hand, snuff box in pocket, and “Ike,” the inevitable, at her side (Mr. Baylor of Louisiana), acted her character to perfection. ‘the loquacious mal apropos dame was the leading feature of the entertainment; her instant repartee, her wit and humor kept her hearers laughing with merriment. Mrs, Greenhow as a “housekeeper of the olden George H. Pendleton, “Anno Dominie” Banks, Gen. Jobn Magruder, ex-Mayor Ma- gruder, Anson Burlingame, ‘Jonah Hoover, Maj. Russell, Sylvester Mowry, -Ion” King- man, Mrs. Dani. E. Sickles, Mr, Keitt of South Carolina, They will come back to us embalmed in the pleasaut memories of those past day, +. el ee MAJOB S2ITH'S LETTER. In my article of last week I promised to ex- hume ao letter written me by Maj. Thomas L, Smith, who is so pleasantly remembered here and wherever he was known. Maj. Smith had for years held high oficial positions under many administrations, coming here, I think, with Gen, Jackson. He was the friend of Mr. Van Buren, and was requested by him to exercise his taste and judgment in refurnishing the White House, and it was under bis orders the house was fur- nished and supplied as detailed in Jack Oyle’s celebrated gai —— Speech. Maj. Smith was & gentleman in all the relations of life, a man ofculture and the friend aud intimate com- nion of Mr. Seaton, Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, Jol. Benton and others of like distinction. I saw him At another time I will tell of a most remarkable letter the Senator read to me - Monday. , time,” and Miss Greenhow as the ‘White Lady | He had been a liberal and genial bost and a reached the ground with little if any i bee PST Es gE { Avenel,” and Miss Mechlin as “Catharine of tat the tables of the most dis! fimo to spare. a proverb that prepara: asin te ee pare RAY HAMILTON'S | WILL. Aragon. wore beauty costumed. Oar old eso families in the ‘ct, alt later years ; bee tri Clingman, a8 a gentleman of the | th 7 ink one o! dsomest men SR eeenat case tetiente hove s grown secus-| armor was measured snd the surface of the The Convict Widow Will Have to Fight | twonticth century, which he bids fair to bo in | in the eity, aulfered greatly with thes eneae ot tomed to making ae allowance | plate, which was in each instance badly discol- for Her Third, Which Will Be $100,000, | reality. Mr. J. Buchanan Henry, private secre- | ali lovers of the prone. ye of this life. Of for delays, but it is a fact surprised many | orod and soiled from the powder residue from A BADLY BROKEN PLATE. ’ — tary of the President, “Sir Charles Grandison;” | cour: was one of the first invited to “The ¢ tem ao te pToande that the first | the gun and the sand splashed up from the| The eighth shot hit the Cammell plate at] Edward R. Vollmer, who has charge of Rob- | A-, (Anno Domini) Banks of Virginia and Mis- | Wake” aad late in the day of the entertain- Fp gene “its onurmos | S9Und, was cleaned off 2:11 and played b ith th ert Ray Hamilton's estate, returned yesterday | sissippi, ‘The Duke of Buckingham;” Mr. |montI received from him the note I give Mi eeleck promptly, made its enormous | *"tiis"oxposed the mactal and showed the | 211 and played havoc wi e compound. =A in and prodacod Mr, Hamilton's | Manley of the English legation as the “Nine | below. How he enjoyed reading the descrip- alee cn eer enly one minute past | cracks, if any existed, Officers mores upon | The projectile went entirely through the metal | ftom Wisconsin and produced Mr. Hamilton's | of Dictonds” a very queiut concelt. and. ad. | oct Pie baler wal on Pee the other ‘thas hour, on pane the exeoption tw the | the framework of the backing ‘and exsminod | 22d lodged in the wood, throwing out ashower | will. It is of comparatively recent date, hav- mirably carried ont. Madame De Stwkel as a | witticisms of that occasion. gule. It was while the echoes of this shot were | the bolts to sce if any had started, so as to de- | Of fragments that flew to the extreme limits of | ing been executed sinco the Atlantic City scan- Lady of the Court of “Henri Quatre;” M. De| coxie: if you were adyspeptic! would ask yon what dying away over fe | teebw ne, tains, A mirror held ‘at an angie | the firing field. Tho Secrutary and Commo- | dal, and it issaid to be so worded as togive | Stmklo appeared in the rich dress of the irl lint a vineyar-feced, inuruid,”splenetic Sra reporter ste " b threw the suulight into the hole in the flore Folger wore hiding behind a triangular | jt46 aay, to Mrs, Hamilton and the $10 | Russian court officials, Maj, W. W, Russell of | strmed withthe blues indievstion kad pila, to odend steam lauuc! teas showing the nature of the wound, and then | omb-proof in the rear of the main shed. and ribseeah yeees < the Marine Corps was “Don Cwsar do Bazan.” | houpitatity with ite presence? ‘ean ho do with @ Pepresented sahingtom pencil pushers | carful measurements wero takon of all ic, | when the first clatter of the falling pieces of | baby. The roal estate is not valued at over | Ou: old friend and fellow citizen, Mr. W. Be giuupeliy kt hag uo'wriutle on thele row, opener seroma the Severn river to the proving ground | Dhenomena, the size and. ob: of the “burr” | steel had passed the former was about to spring | $300,000 and it is for a third of the income of | Brady, as ““Vandyke” was admirably costumed a a ES and when he resched the scene of the ex or rough edge of metal foreed outward by the | oUt to see the result of the ahot withont waiting | this, as her dower right, thet Mrs, Hamilton is | in a court dress of the prabod, and Mr, C. King Eaar;a company whose tone of is of ments, s few minutes later, he tound the board | shot from the face of the plate, the dimensions | for the safety signal, The commodore quickly to fight if necessary. Tho executors | as “Rubens” was ric! costumed, Hon. scouviny of the ostrich, and Whose Iibatious honor Dusty engaged in of the | and direction of cracks, the exact depth of the | Pulled him back and remarked that ft would be Lees, ate M. Bpler, d Edward L, Bay-| Underwood of Kentucky, ‘The Lone Star,” | immoctality of Basch bgt sbet. projectile and the extent of the peculiar dis | * 60d thing to set an example to the crowd by | 87 Gilbert M. Spier, jr., and Edwa: ‘Y- | and Miss Underwood as a Frouieh Poasant Girl. | 6 urus aud one bubdred THE PLATES AND THE oUxS. coloration of the steel around the place hit, | W#iting until the muskot was fired. The Secre- | lise. The will will not be filed for probate un- Mrs. Daniel E, Sickles ‘of Bacchus to take « place ‘The were arranged side by side in | caused by the intense heat engondered by the | ‘FY agreed with him and crept back under | til Executor Bayliss returns to town, in a few i = iw ood titeas tnaetine Meat of a large mound of earth, set against a | impact. shelter. .. not remember mpd tains of health con solid wooden becking made of three thick- ‘hese and many other smaller details were NOW AT THE NICKEL PLATE. og panties Kunzmann of Root & Clark, who rep-| a member i Hoaping for the ante oo: sited ta.s# quickly ascare would permit, | The ninth shot of the day resounded at just | resented Mr. Hatailton in his suit to annul the | Mr. ‘Kingman, the» Doyen ca the bustd that is yore mae weeses of 12-inch ms and braced in the | and then—the gun haviug in the méautime | 9. marriage, said that he knew the contents of the | that time of the world of let! hearts are attuuod to ite trans mest scientific manaer. Each plate was held | beon reaimed—the word was given to. with-| 720 It was fired at the Creusot nickel plate, | Marriage, snid that he knew th the ports ‘voice but complaint and no soul ia by two upright pieces of iron bolted | draw, but not before the official photographers | into which it penetrated 1834 inches, the entire | the Hamilion family wonld br, to be at your testi pS amb ae ‘gun, a triumph of the liad several shots at the da plate, | Projectile remaining in the stoel with the cop- | to annul the or not, of ospisaluay ‘3 Inthe, was e six-inch bore, » trifle longer than > Reape hs per band partly broken off. In all the other | was « question whe where suite to make’ a ‘sual, and capable of sending » 100-pound shot ae casce this baud was entirely torn away snd | mony taken before a =] enjoyment st on initial velocity of 2,075 feet a second| The loading of the gun was accomplished in | thrown back among the fragments. No cracks be admitted as e cauno’ ‘Lam ruled out m4 means of « charge of 45 afew minutes. The projectile was first slic | WeTe developed, and the two French piates still there was enough evideuce aside from that to admonition of nd disqualification a oie ncroased ings into the breech and shoved home, A negro | "@™sined intact bring the suit if the Hai cen tow hope our abeteeetion aii uring ‘kman then THE FINAL ROUND. at vivere pridre frui.” ‘From the Lims (Ohio) Gazette. velocity. Phetgun was made fot this teat | "2 tenderly lifted from the floor a ord oye notin thesvirit, «| Tobe Lobe, township clerk, has paid out the Wi ‘The an appropriate period | @121-50 to the boys this summer for cadavers in the Ceremonies, and the health of of ep Rastah cpuevow and cur rosin tonto (eel g Suh A the | Ceberion Lin Soper ‘of 20 cents THE TRUE sToRY oF Da. DoDD, arg ay be sae oe nt met an Baglih lady of vanced age, but Been ca’ the werpath te\ the erteut of 1.350 fhe. bese, pute os Gul stcn oh al pie eens | Soe peante Ot a ee Se, ‘ne seper told me the true story of ‘Dr. Dodd, of whom Z| will ocay 3 ive, our afer tog osoape, and’ this was done by swisning Ain | face of the plate to, the’ dentine 8 eee spoke in my lettor of the th instant. Dr. | billed, and, that some, of thoy overrips, lots breech pili and thrown to of was the tutor of William IV, and was one Chay. ea inte place and, Trad | ipl gh Ea ‘agente of the coterie which tevolved around that Position, 4 a = than ¥ flew shot the air monarch of memory, Ata ciub one Te fed acd ie ch Se [a bts ef oe hea es Ba Sih Sch Sees eae a | Pen eemen . a plate, sd ail andi looked ws hough weeteal csemtereett cr agama tenet ths | altmpelicd ae gllor puare.chene time toteen ‘The gun was simed at cross mark chalked whon some one noticed e deck inthe party used the ‘upon some document, | the clone of the schoola All of the members on the surface of the plate, no allowance being — aye teat bekind ‘he note, bond or ‘and obtained a of the clase hed prepared ime poy snd being so short, so that the abot hit the very ‘shovel shed from the, planation and efforts of the . of their renee ee preg ep eet Bayo ee teeaceeees | secs = gone it took the second ts | inches of steel and iron—-weskened to = veutirs cheat 100k agers travel from te the 8 period the other shote—throngh 86 inches - sum and the: took a trip to Niagara Of time quite out of the range of unaided cheese eet ete ee place Belle with the yoyieste,