The New York Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1866, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 1866.—TRIPLE SHEET. from out of the lengthening ree manner a ete ee Sere BREECH-LOADING ARMS. mole reed i 8 On tent required aiiiance. By reversing the m: the | the beseech aie amt, hening-the breech Seaioese “Woe lece' wet forabe breeeh sors ws Compend ot two plooas — lie gan, by reason ro-'| Griog, The is hinged to a which is weapos tian either of The we mepnela ee hinge In opening the breech | consists of a solid pecs of-stect, connected with the Upp" part ‘breech for = | fer loading, a knob én the ‘aide of the brace is | lever, which forms the Py Caen 0 lenasn of Bice two inches, for th < Guns ok a ep ry te fe eee Description of Amorican Breech- | Sed. the ame of ine broach Siok propery case chamber Hon, and should any parson who may read this letter Op cartridge : ‘move. ht the’ breech inveeugad the mining ads Of the State bese met anaiencte, r goaa ae me, Seaman wate pnng cm fc ee sala begin acorn aoe ae eed Pre pin, which nny » | to ae = NORTH CAROLINA. Perns and rarely ett so Smear, The air an mbers: yar weyers and wi to welcome 2 Tae Y THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AND DEFECTS. | cix'*tutue'Siin thar the ‘ired hittocg SERIAUETTS, COUNEORISINE invent canal resin developing wen eeantonse PRICE i wn, "aie a ‘irae Iraaroting ater Grom Forte Get Wg | af acon “usage ieee fete ae can napa a ach uae i mea coming Gout $e" eke ae aay ans RE ear VS. ae a, Sil weapons o ta terse frame Southern slr) tases etna noemet eee The recent war in Germany having resulted in the success of Prussia (an event that was deemed very doubt- eam ihe et the South can now do, and ae pe broth 2 bedhpadliney ci Ny erent Ot mine would possess to you and them sufficient interest | the people cou eeniy yee to ie bree justify the space to be devoted to it, tement if they could be that no leva ing rifle alone delongs the honor of having humbied the Riva “4 ofthe gold mine while in vs be nad ths’ Bitlte nssitiod st ease power of Austria, This rifle, the eundnadelgaochr or | _ Of French inventions we know butilittle, tae pie plod palpi mabe optowarter ll RTS 8 who are affected by needlo-gun, as it is called, was the weapon used by the pales yo either from lolic motives of In obe- inferior quality. I etna price hs ped ee is sgtion wil romero tha a Prussian armies; and, although if is in reality a very Silence tn regard to, tir constredeisen. ‘This weapon has been largely used in the United States a Ter ta tac nssncence cok iittaee Mee > Course, oppose it gad: shat, will pro inferior arm, its superiority over the muzzle-loading |” Jarre is claimed to ‘be the most destructive cavalry service, and there is. likelihood that. will be] “king mei mene by, ite acceptance. Mr. Platt was originally’ musket and rifle was mado apparent in the battle of | “#¢arm in the it being capable of firing fifty shots Permanently sdopted for that branch of the army. The ee arie Gagne a ri bog richer me arn, een, SAEne ‘a sisi fryer Kéniggrita and on all of the battle fields in Bohemia, Penvrags Bee locay teaytretpen Hs a fae Sante. oH of public im the see ‘The brilltant successes achieved through its instrament. “| would Raicigh ond Gaston Ralisead, apa mal my trip to other fn this State, and Weldon Railroad, and about twenty miles from I i i i i 4 di t ality have occasioned much apprehension and activity a in the rear of the to retain it in ite] N. distance from tn Europe, and all the prominent European governmonts and «catch re cod toahdarto ee weeiinrarcal ehh) palace a dgamal Lite. ae are preparing to furnish their armies with either this spur, which is.under the chamber of the breech, so that former. AS, gun or with some description of breech:loadifig rifle’ government and those engaged in the construc: as soon as the barrel is thrown the shell is Thad provided myself with letters to the Gupérinten- } | tion of the rife can tell. It Is more than likely, how, ejected. The method of operation 1s as follows:—The | dent, with whom { had enjoyed an acquaintance in the } oun deemed superior in finish and effectiveness, ever, that it is an ee oe Leiden pereatiog “pe cosine tiggsheews sc ornapnay tages Pad “ be by of the GONZALES CORRESPONDENCE. . THE INVENTION OF BREECH-LOADERS, gua. The deen ado} ‘eo Fronch | to the axis of rotation. and the catoh in the rear 7 From Housten to Genzales—The Cotten Preoisely three, hundred and twenty-six years have and the monstr foundrioeo? Bt Etienne the core of the Army of the Potomac as the Chief Quarter- . Orep eee nnn NTRS te Te master of the Sixth Army corps, and wes warmly wol- comed by him. T have spent three days profitably and pleasantly in exploring the nine hundred acres which the company own, and whioh form the basis ef the Portis Gold Mining’ Company. The existence of gold here was first discov- ered some thirty years ago, the land being then owned elapsed since a breech-loading firearm was invented. In the year 1540 Henry Il. of France conceived tne idea of AMBRIOAN BREROH-LOADERS. r loading musketoons at the breech, and (so far as can be P Sad hag tire Wore dnopne onitrs teseipe learned) his invention was tested on several occasions. | Ono is.e single loader and the other a repeater, 80 ae In a curiously written description of the manner in ve oneag ag ite pee os a in tho png P a 01 barrel, ich a number of shots which the gun was loaded, we ascertain that the barrel can bo fired without stopping to load at h shot. ‘The opened on hinges and exposed tho broech, into: Cay of <a fee oem ‘have pe to make & woay which the load was doposited, But this. & would unite simplicity with effectiveness; and evidently an obscure description. No doubt the van was | Sitention which has beon alo bret ioading Creare within the past six years has resulted in the inventions made to work in the following manner:—The band hung | of several which, for effectiveness, have no equal in the upon a hinge, say three inches from the hammer, and /n world. And this assertion ts not merely a boast. Ibis those three inchge the load was daposited, and the barrel penis we that no Ew inventor has yet ex. then closed down over it, being fastened at tho sido cp- iropean ited a weapon which for rapidity of fring, A posite the bingo by an iron pin. Of course, such a weapon of, finish and simplicity of construction can “3pencer,” “Ballard,” “Henry” or ‘Peabody’? was not as effective as the mugale loaders, ‘The ehcaye of bot ial gas through the aperture would have been sufficien! to iy loading rifles, jurope belongs the honor of. having invented ‘the arm, to the United States must be destroy its effect, did no other obvious objéptions thter- pose. A gun of the above description, with some ffy or ejecting b ith exposes the the breech block by a spring. Tue mode of operation is | band on the stock brings the barrel and it (the stock) on ‘as follows:—The hammer is first cocked te its fultest | a level, and the locking spring is instantly fastened to extent, then the breech block is pulled backward to the | the catch. All that then remains is to cock and fire the er which catches it by a nip, and thus ki the | piece. The Smith carbine is very simple im construction open. On the cartridge being Ineceteds the | and possesses considerable strength. ‘he great merit it block is pusbed forward, and the breech closed. No- | undoubtedly has, is the ease with which it can be loaded thing then remains but to fire the piece, The | and fired. Any ordinarily drilled soldier can, at a full defects in. the gun are these:—In the first place, unless | gallop, load and fire it six or eight tinies per minute, and the breech block is Kept thoroughly weil oiled, the great- | g ill guide his horse with the left hand, Alth ase est difficulty is experienced in pulling it backwards with | cavalry arm it is avery superior weapon, it is very doubt- the fingers. Now as in active service soldiers have no | ful if it would be effective for infantry, The method of time to take out the block and ‘‘grease’’ it every day, | loading, which would expedite tho cavalryman, is very it will be seen that a great delay in loading must ensue. | likely to delay the infantry soldier. In the next place the spur or shell ejector is entirely wo THE LAIDLEY CARBINE. small, and will not eject the shell uniess it (the shell) is This breech-loader is the invention of an officer of the also thoroughly woll greased. In the presenos of the | United States army, and.ie’of recent date. It is made writer one of these guns was operated with. and tho re- | on the same principle asthe Remington gun, the only ult was that even with the shell well ‘greased the spur | difference being that tho breech block and the hammer fae to eject it oftener than once in five times, A ce 4 pulled back together, whereas in the Remington Gy A grvat den! of trouble was experienced in forcing back the | are pulled back separately. Another slight difference brecch bioek, in consequence of the inability in the locking of the hammer after it is cocked. This is to eject the shell, When the block was at last forced | done by a catch at the side of the stock, instead of by the back it was found that the spur had merely cut through } breech block, as in the other mentioned arm. It does the metal without ejecting the shell. We are thus mi- | not appear, from the description given, thatthe Laidley puto fn mentioning the defects of the heer mn gun be- | carbino is any better arm than the Remington, Thore is cause of the claim for superiority made by the inventot. | the same objecti viz:—that the distance from the How the defects can be remedied it would be difficult t | axis of rotation to the finger ears or top of the breech explain, The breech block is really the stambling block. | block are not long enough, and the difficulty of Without shell in the chamber, it is pulled | the breech when the exploded shell is resisting ace back with comparative eave; but with the exploded shell | tion of the block remains the same. resisting the forward action of tho spur it requires a ‘THE NATIONAL RIFLE. finger of uncommon strength to. operate it, So far as | , Breech loading rifles aro made on several principles, th ing” of the cartridges ie concerned the stare- | such as the swinging block, sliding block, &c. We only: Ment that such greasing is a necessity only ronders the | name these two principle: or erste on which they are £F more objectionable. In nearly all of the other | constructed because they are onl ‘ones which pos- reech loaders now prominently before the public itis | gegs any tona fide merits. The national breech loading rifle immaterial whether the metallic cases of the cartridges | is consiru: onthe sliding block armen, and, ia made made a careful examination of them and found them to th ~ ng amma ob ineaaeeh ab apt be gold, and, pursuing his investigation, found the | settlement of the Illinois and Iowa prairie lands it is diffe crevices of the cabin almost literally chinked with gold. | cuit to see why they shouli! not become valuable as soem He at once communicated his discovery. to “Old John,” | agthe tide of emigration turns this way and railroadg and steps were immediately taken to work the mine.'| wii enabie:settlers to obtain lumber for fenciug amd Portis found himself raised to sudden wealth and bail at reasonable rates. At as are para there 850 £0 600, pesshoamila tied coats making shoes, Even with the primitive and dimple implements then used the mine gave surprising returns. Portis leased it | sticky clay, covered with a thin to diferent ‘parties, permitting them to work.tt, and |, mixed in p Spey ne pe pon taking one-fourth of the proceeds as rent, and this gave only good sod aitivesiod pyr yey 3 the old man all the money and more than he could spend. His sudden and unexpected wealth had the of. fect usual in such cases, and he and his family wero the spur credited the having made such improvements as: renders, ®& formerly comphcated contrivance into @ dangerously witho.t defects—for there is still a wide room for im- sixty of other patterns, are now in the Musoum of Paris; Leh gg that ok will, in the Slowing Hasty \p tions of @ few, prove that our own weapons are in, thus proving beyond a doubt that the inventionpf the re 1B hee fired pherl Bday avery was the subject of mapy attempts at improvemiest. In- | pot,” of oe no minute description ever been ‘ Ci deed, we are made certain that breech-loaders bng at- | made publlo:— ‘st habla tracted the attention of military met, from thefaumber In the vear 1857 several breech-loading rifles were by . wibh at West Point. Of some fifteen or twenty different the brogeh-londers which were mado, and of whith noarly | (3H at West Point, | Of some ifveen or twanly different ail failed to bo serviceable, were the Fusils of Marshal | bgt, and was recommended for adoption. . The principle Saxo, Tourette ‘of St, Etienne Pauli, Robert, Le Roy, | on which this mn is made is this:—It has a mova- Lefaucheux, Charroi, J. L. Montigny, Pierre Montigny, effective weapon. Not that American nde toon ie ee Freach monarch was not entirely lost to the word, but | Rulorean brosch-loader, “except, Dering, tne “Chasen of guns bearing the names of prominent officers, Among | order of the United States government experimented ble chamber which opens by tarning on hinges, The rf fH i H ul aperture through which the gas would escape if left | aro well greased or not, tho spurs ce gene sufficient lows :— of the below orant, ‘simple-minded people, who lacked the strength the Norwegian and Swedish fasils, the Pruasian necdlo | open is covered by an embossed portion of a thin brass |’ width and bottom to eject the exploded shells entirely pe dane Sounptieod of fron, in the oe of re pa ind to enable them get their sudden. rifle, Clerviile, Treuille, Thomas, Riera, Prince's; Muske- | cartridge caso, and thus cuts off the escape of the gas. | from the chamber of tho barrel. It is stated that the | throe-sided paral In frout of this and above it | ™ : vem perity. They rushed into all kinds of extravagance, The gun has the same objection ag Lindner’s—viz: the isa solid breech block attached to the lever. On both Austrian government has adopted this weapon; but the ton-Lepage, Gliby’s, Gillet of Liege, Potet and Chassepot, trap door—and it soon gave way before the Spencer and | statement has. no foundation in. Austria has not he lor rtion of the front of house which at that tiffie in this with others whose names are lost to history. other breech-loading rifics of superior constriction. With | yet adopted any particular roech fesding firearm for her we renroet s staat cavity py Sacan of “he soe be ‘eat Punoeed around them an aT HARA RE? YORRIGN BREECH-LOADERS, rd to the Spencer, much can be said in its favor, but | army, chamber ef the hewral, and shoes spurs eject ‘the shell Palace, cotton through this whole section, frem Of the above-named arms, but few have erer been re- eee Tapes fo anrties Clann, , Pe Cane aee a or Bien bs a, ber apeeine 9 pA completely from he a when. the lover is pulled | Date cet of parasites. The house eI for its — gies and ponnpton is te aston le-gun, weapon docs rank amot e \meri- forms guard, ‘secured b tb holt bear b warded as worthy of practical attention, Pauli’s was | atill very complicated, The breech is formed of two | can inventions, but it contains morita which aro peculi- a Att sacl poe ie geriencane sna tg wh datiznate the orpp of one third or ist which the bread invented in 1809, and tested in the presence of the great | Pieces, one of which is the breech pin and the other the block on which tho cartridges are carriod. Napoleon. It proved a decided failure on account of its The breech pin is attached to the lover, which mechanical complications, In the hands of an expert | forms the trigger guard, and the carrior block is army of soldiers it was uttorly, useless Tho present tween the block and tho breech pin, iss pin ‘which famous needle gun is but an improvement upon Pauli’s— Y rerad ved ae eee oe bel crt oe i. adoclded one, itis true, but still grestly tuferior to | ® Curved piece of stool, which gu cartri tho breech. This guide is worked by a ing situated nearly every one of the breech-loading rifles made in | near the Pesonarn eng in front of it is the?ate ajector, this country. There is no simplicity whatever about it. eae also podsec Bi ite aga oa. the left geet cf, the a reech pin is a slide upon w o hammer to It \s complicated, and should there be the slightest injury | 10 bs retin A Veer apron poighig tothe sere the weapon would be ntterly useless. In | entire fength of the interior of the butt stock, and is appearance the needle gun differs in external appearance which slides in and out, The inner tubo simp! from every other firearm. The engravings that have | folio with » spiral spring for _proseing tho fot 0 bammer, and with a small iron knob directly in the rear | To operate tho gun the following motions are required :— of the breech and in front of the barrel. This knob | Supposing that the magazino {3 already filled with the et its owa. The housing is 1 oy but strong, and into this the barrel is screwed. @ breech blgck, having 8 rolling bearing at its rear ond, is fitted to the | the breech block,-asin may others of recent invention. housing, with a pin inserted into the bearing for | Through the u} portion of the'dreech block is a pin the purpose of keeping the breech block in | upon which hammer strikes, and which transmits its proper place. The front of the breech block | the blow to the fulminate of the metallic ‘The against which the cartridge tests,* when the breech | manner of operating the rifle is as follows: lever is closed is a spherical convex and is so positioned with } being pulled down, the recoil bearer falls sufficiently low the barrel that tho pressure of the shell ai (3 keeping it | to permit the breech block to slide over it, and the shell firmly locked. The operating lever of the breech block | is ly-ejected. Asthe breech block slides backwards forms the trigger guard, and is somewhat simitar in ap- pape ae is forced to a half cock by the action, thus ance pe Dene ck ek fa ome tenn in it, | insuring absolute safety in loading. te yh owever, r - 's lever powesses. | now open. the cartritige is dropped into the open The end of the lever, instead of resting near or on the ‘ham! mock, fe turned upend enters the stock. eo tnat when | revwee the chamber of tho the Wp is Keo ei is no ie Shanes be! pve g catching anything, 10 _plece in the st is ‘cock @lasticand tins akind of hook at the top, which eatehos | tiny aes selly cos go casey ‘and its principal hold of a notch (in the stock) apd serves either to keep | merits aro that it has no dependence upon levers, tho breech effectually locked or to prevent the lever | fuicrums zor circular for revisting The resistance ia obtained by perfectiy equare, id ‘was said, was regularly fined for harboring disorderly characters. Icopy one bill paid by him to a pedlet; now in possessl ff Thomas K. Thomas, the Preaident of the Compeny, and who administered tho. eatate of old Portia, Mote cota: (adie a's regulation impoced, as Tt is as follows:— in ‘by the pe de of internal revenue, 8 Frarxun County, N. C,, Oct, 12, 1848. | which, anit rapping cee ne greg county John Portis to Jasob Klaus! compored of a stationary outer tube and an tube a reached this country represent it to bea rifle, without a | forward to the barrel as soon as reech is opened. rtridges (of which there are. seven) and secured in the i ts 4 portion of the breech, which cam oither be | butt sisek oy turning the handle to a longitdiaal post. | is forved upward by the actlon of the hinged ond ef the teeter ieee Oe po ee tarnod in the cylindrical breech rocoiver, or be made | tion with the hammor. Firat, the lever is pulled down, | lever against the rear portion of the block. The | arranged 1s tin tecach block to the chamber e dine woe, which first throws the breech pin below the chamber tho barrel, and then makes tho carrier and block slide back, ejecting the exploded enabling the fresh cartridge a pass abd we) ¥ pins complication. According to the American Artisan, into | the cartridge bolt Of cute Paved ae i ed the front part of the breech is screwed to the necdle tube, | the moment the lever is puted oe, and the pak and through which the needlo slides freely, The needlo is | breech pin swung backw: then attacled to the needle bolt, which slides within the lock, | directly im front of the chamber in ta ike bare and this latter slides within the breech. There is anair | rol *; the breech pin, which Weswors tt from oe ress, c ca Tho chamber and ‘ine are thus chamber in rear of and in communication with the cart- Sp heehee ed eg ae bay aba nS yoo is thus exposed and the cartridge is inserted into the barrel, under tho breach block, or if not under, the gun must be turned over. This is a very awkward manner of loading, notwithstanding its peigaaiiy, is the most objectionabie feature of the gun, It is true that to factiitate loading the under part ef the breech block is made hollow, but this only weakons the block, while it does not, to any great extent, facilitate loading. It is w 3 the inventor that one of the advantages arising jis method of loading ie, that should there be a prematgre discharge, the powder will escape downward, and not upward, #0 as to injure the face. This is very doubtful, inasmuch as that all explo- to slide longitudinally, The breech being opened, tho cartridge is imsorted, when it (the breech) is again closed, ant ready for firing. Here, now, we have a Jacob having sold his stock out horse and cart with the old man whi deiphia for more goods, and old Job: ity sent by him three thousand pon ia light, but possesses immense strength. In the presence of the writer, several consisting of 100 grains of powder and 1,848 grains |, Were fired from the shoulder, with bat little or no recoil. AS” military farm (and it {s only intended for such) the National rifle must eventually held a high position. The only defect it bas is in of the lever spring dying. Should this occur on a field the soldier would be compelled the eeping horse and cart if he was not would say. Portis died in 1860, and he the garden without even a stone to mark tl last th FA the owner of so much wealth. At ridge shambor of the barrel, around the front part of the | ¢). hammer and draw 7 this has } sions have an upward tendency, and the result of a pre- oe tole ae oe eet on ad needie bolt. The main spring, by which the needle is shot | been saceessfully. ‘vaca fe ‘the Gated nny, itis | mature disobarge of the cartriage would be the blowing show por ality ebioht baaa fees Sosa teint soveek hes forward, is of spiral form, and coiled around the needle podeutabiy andt fer stontine as Tis) regular ig te goin et anal chases Ie porte Foy fore ¢: ae breech-loading rites Of American invention and manu- bolt ia rear of the collar. This collar forms a catch for | {he Reedie-gun it ie ensite ot injury foo many. | {pine gun, although tie not squal to the. ejoctor of ‘the boa bagi the sero, and thus Keeps the bolt drawn back when the | It contains too many delicate oe ane lable, Feabody rifle. Jpemnsiota of astral ight piece which fateh ao No, ~* ap = appliances used have deen he jee and indeed ex; to mom we lower por- } . rocker je sl pres begged aenpetbebirabs cranny Ue meee ike oortcage for | tion of the ‘barrel and the breech receiver. Arad | Spewest,, do-..; 1 500 | Shy result but failure having attended sueh the sere spring, at the end of which is the trigger. To | in\tunoe, tt will be seon. that thero is a danger of ita | of stoel connects it with the operating lever, which is Seeman ae, beaten) 500 | fnemicient working, but the faght*taiii load and firo this gun the following motions aro re- | slipping from beneath bh) any moment, and | contained in the breech receiver, to the right of the do. 500 | the iifetimme of Porat the mine, quired:—First, polling back the knob to withdraw the | thas preventing the gum Again, the | block. On the lever, or t guard, being pulled down Rem:ngto do. 600 dolpr gait which the gold exists is a red needle from the breech; second, opening the breech; | shell extractor, or ejector, is a delicate of steel that | the rod is pushed back carrying With it the ejector | Rem: 2 $22} eo as pure as any I over saw ig also very third, inserting the cartmdge; fourth, closing the can be snapped with the (nger. This is axposed every | and consequostly the exploded si On the lever being Natio bs i y, mica and talcose slate exist in large breech; fifth, turning the knob, so as to bring it in | time the lever ts puffed down, and if not broken afow | liberated the at tho end of the ejecting rod Poultenc’ a Many ana! of the quartz have been front of tho shoulder; sixth, ‘fring the piece. It | grains of dirt faliing'into the vacaum left by the back. | siraightens /teelf, throwing the ejector forward and | foubeney, de. 500 | have failed to show gold. The rocks have must be remembered that these only the mo- | ward movement of the block aud breech pia would ren- | drawing thy lever back to its proper place, By moansof 5 do. 600 $38, the lowest, to $1, the highest, tions connected with the mac of the gun; if | derit inoperative. So far as the merit of the gun is | a notch under the breech receiver tho ejector can bo op- in x 500 | the great wealth’ of figs Ryd ‘wo include the ‘“lowering’’ of the piece, handling of | concerned asm repeater we siall/ consider’ that here- | crated with the finger and independently of the lever; aie, 4. 500 | days I have been exploring the propert; fi ed bi ev al the cartridge, raising of the piece, aiming, we | aftor. . but as this would only mcrease the time required for f . 500 | shovel, and bave been unable to Goa apingle shovel bir yee y any attempt o the part of have pot lesa than thirtobn to Of THE MALLARD RIFLE. fring It Will seldom: be ased, | i the connentic= ’, do. 500 | full on the whole nine hundred acres that did notshow | Saleral government te suppress iif is s | qestion wortay of tho piece iteelf that we write, a ‘This gum (and. the which will be next de. with 8 laver pootine See Egg od ting | Maynard, do. oo gold. 1 used acommon irou holding about two siek Cetin oestmncial prvdeseneys 5 think tha bo sisted as follows:—First, the prosence of the | scribed) is one of the simple And most effective 5 | but not “hs 9 mg oo rm tt cam scarcely Merrill, (revolving). . * quarts, and every pan full wash showed from two to pay au will be inch’ bafer tod oa other natu- handie on the side of the barrel, which must, | Amecican breech loaders we have seen. rend gh rer mang rather discomfort, REPEATER! VERSUS FINGLE pera. ten cents worth of gold, the pw tst I have ever scen, No nay gisele. ret emollente seoond the nechaaty of pulling beck thi Bash bre |e or fo Name aa | ee ionting from beneadh the breech Dlock ise most seri- | While the Spencer rifle proved lts superiority over the | other mineral bas ever ay I thea asy hy meant , the necessity 0 0 knob before |g : loader . natiat, e , . Sobttag cae gee of & promidere’ @aitders tx spring, trigger 4 ot us bhjection, muzzle during the recent war, it did not ly | Bonestly believe it w be General Getty umes Command of the THE HENRY AND our leading ordnance officers that it was the most ofec- WINCHESTER RIFLES. most reader of this r has heard of the | tive of mili arms. Dg upon it merely as a mo- nay repenting rifle and the f 4 that it contains a | chanical contrivance we admit its power; bat taking magazine under the barrel, into which sixteen cartridges Practical view of its merits and defects, we are compelied ato stored at one timo. It is merely the Spencer ride to conclude that the single loading breeeb loader is not world. By the, progess used heme only about two inehes of the catlese top could be washed, and then ‘they were obliy to walt until the surface exposed by this serap!n; etme slacked by the action of air, frost, &o., when the process was repeated. The lack of water (It is stated th ok by a handle ati ring independently; but this onty furthe the gun, and renders it moro objectionabl District of Texns. Wasunaren, Oct. 11, 1866. Information has been received at the War Department enensed in the thas protecte the needie-bolt | trong bonne Beobees he pencple on which the gun is tho lock- | made ts simple, and bat for one defect, which shall be mplicates | montimod, ft ould stand the equal of all competitore. ‘hird, the | ‘Phe lever which protects the tri being pulled down, extreme nicety of its mechanical constrac the hammer, falls below the brocch, ¥ only o euporior arm, but is, in overy respect, better | has’ also beon severely felt here, requiring the material.| ‘at Brevet Briguiier General George W. Getty assumed he snest Urcegnlerily, will render it ustiees:, fourd ber of the taro! expoed Under ths | poversed, and aa & repeater stabs running under tne | adapted tg warfare, “Iu the ‘frst place, the mechanical | to be wastod to be hauled a consucrabe dlaanca, ‘Tho | command of the mitary dntnet of That on the 24h enauemari aad taeda: te roast dat ak'so edn ber and about two barrel from the breech to within five inches of the Portion of a repeater is too complicated; the danger of nen apie pair Pla te a weet | Of September, and has established bit headquarters ef y s uagul waste a very Pe } — a8 soon as the needle hes i. In making | gertion of another " ed, Sue TS pre on Nr Mee! ee te oo at Toring (ne wor many Sponcer Fifes were picked up on The present company was oruanizet this season under Indian Outrages in peop | = ge pe mabered that wo are | owes Ramana te at goles Oe aa eee be Seat eos This’ tube. contelns a follower, which is | the battle Gelds with cartridges im the magazine the re- from the Staie of North with a.capi- . Lows, Y treating solely of s and judging each tal stock of $500,000, which is all aken. The officers of verse position to. what the should have occupied. Captain Barlow, of General Shorma’s staff, arrived on the lever Mae drawn up and the breech : 1 spring, thus. forcing a cart- t the needie-gun has tint, yoméine ts to cour forward DY 0 A rat ethelover is pulled down. | Of cours it would bave tn utterly tmpossible| the comp@ay, who are also the principal owners, are Fg eg bevy ch-loader it is per plete the hammer and to fire the gun. In | ridge into the breech aa fast as the lover is p ‘ » President; & G. Sturges. of Newark, | 7O**Tday ort Bedge,, i nee white po benere, hted + “ts Pition wo ae ada ility for metallic cartridges the | On entering the breech the isforced ntethe | to fire the gun a8 soon af a cartridge thos orm Se iticasee, ata jeman it, Piatt, Je, of Petersburg, | gitis, named Doye, one seventeen an/ the other thirteen Ballard rst, the construction of the rifle can be fired with cartridges and per- cartridge, an¢ second the rundspiegel or ignit- jog materia!. In the first the use of copper is rendered unnecessary—thecartridve being encased in paper. The powder is first placed; then follows a compressed paper sabot, which cleans the bore of the gun, and in which is fitted the bullet. The falminate is placed in front of the gunpowder, and between it and the sabot. When the gun is fired the needle first pierces the gunpowder, but Va., General nt and Superia' Operations a coinmenced here on the 1st of August, and Mr. Platt bad a steam saw mill in fall tousn just three weeks from the dey the machinery leftNew York, which, taking {nto consideration the distand from the railroad and the natere of the roads over whih tho ma- chinery had to be hauled, is a remarkable pat, They have also compi¢ted « two story building, wventy by thirty, built from material sawed at their a mill since the 5 assion capa. fron’ The shell is ejected by a spring catch, which seizes have been able to enter the ti breech Raeck sain L ts aed, We arts the avons it by the rim and ejects it, room being left in the have been F-4, break or lp oeemnne e internal of meta ie extritgea ving out the old ayatom can be | barrel for it to rise over the rim, Am improvement : Talstak here mentioned aruee ether of pwed, still By tne breedh. As will be seon by on this riffe has been recently made, and the new weapon pd ere ‘above description, the weapon (s froo from all com- | is called the “Winchester.” Instead of the magazine ayy yy be the shod vaachinery and can be fired with groat rapidity. | being partially open, it is entirely closed up, and instead | kno bie gun Contains seven ‘londe, each Bepertinesta with this gun have been made on several | of loading from Tie top ‘are inserted into the | which ean be without reloading, until every cart- occasions, with varios resulta, As many a gee f magazine from the peves thus enabling the gun to be e years old, who had been ransomed rom the Kiows In- dians. The girls say that on the 276. August inst the Kiowas attacked their home in NoshWertern Texas and killed, scalped and burned their Cathet, Them mother and a sister eight yars old were of in ‘captivity and troatet 1) the most cruel aud revolting manner. arrival at to Indian camp the captives were Knocked senseless with i | § E Ey i FI i Hy used either as a st ! : : s H I i H fi the carbine, an ; ks peice fa asrtdocie-oeh a gar ort iw shote var cinete have Otn the neuen ef an expert twen- mannor of loading the cartridge last inserted is the first tw We enemy. The ed = prosrs wed 4 = tigen reese ee te wee! Ay pom oe bongo npn A Ka | nz oe aud were pe " 7 An ” Ang is brings us the inventors be fired. Last year fifty-one breech. | one fired. Tho cartridges are inserted in the magazine | Spencer is ® Oat Salaaseaby a Wewerk manuéetarer, pom hash tay. ‘ne oateadl ry Sas nambeenkcnewn tay 10 toe trae riveswere examined st Springteid by order of | through an opening jn, the, side of the frame, Dac, of | teat oe ante ee aireit too komphealed for | sas successful an ihe experiments prowee, Is ng having sylicient force to rescue thea the power of ignition lies in the neo ne, or bi nited Statos t, and of this number five | the lower block, A spring IM, grooved on the top, and | teats ‘army. ‘in the bands of experts they will, | to work an entire revolution in the ot Will cows thom to teat tact "with the talminate, caanot be tole. 'Isy tole we | wane bees as welng est adapted to tee. The | of a length to correspond with the size of the cart eh =F MS ‘weapons of warfare A, ied n barrel used | friends in Texas recover from theit tere mean that it is not siated whether the fulminate could | “Ballard,” “Peabody,” “National” and “ Tle, | opens inward BY 8 alg eee Grape in ls place ie | oat of ofery ten soldiers are ot experts in the Use of Todian camp the officer Shatcum bo lomarsiond iin erideas than sect een | Reatee paneer eean Batiard rif, 1 sil has one Held thice by a shoulder; the id then rises to its place | fi nor, do years of active servicw: render, thers Sura tase ones fat ViClsbOe Geaeres Beamnan ea oan ascertained it 1 vident that othe - fa three times a herman nition than that expressly made for the igun can be ured, thes "As the and closes the apertare. If i" y'the Henry be here on the 14 #0 that the only conclusion to arrive at is that the fuimi- ALO poRseAROR KOTNe secret power by means of which nition takes place the instant the needle is brought g h ib I 10 contact with it, The mere passage of @ needle a icheod, throogh the fulminate of one of our motallic cartridges | weapon would be removed. Berdan, = would fail to expiodo it, a sharp blow from a solid front | improvement will be made, afd when it is, the rifte will 4 ; teseoret horne gotta Av this article progroses we wil com | be x moat dangarane art da the hands of & well drilied ous pa. ogial Mstory of this pare the needi with many of our own make, soldier, The Tile iy well made and slegantly “ con Pri 8, LINDIER'S AND SXI DER’. pammcuiet oh Rn ggg em rifles was @x- La wi Ot Bramels in 1856, ana fi; I Ported on. Its recoll was found to be less than that of | Hwtance Of 1, Squal vo thelr prove any other gus in Belgium, with a charge of seventy | der and 285 gra aaa ad Be inence, but the “trap grning, of power, nnd four hundred and seventy gratue | taining We inital forge throughout pits) Tersally contemned, of load; the length of the ball boing 1.18 inch, length Dided a too mint arm. @¢ sone double that of the (zlioder, and tho diameter | this ws constracted spon hg Med pba ed of | effective use, and requires too was claimed by the investor that the, Wallets sould | ne Ballard gun, with fon of the exploded shell take | To Toad it he barrel has to be throw waaicient force to inflict ® dangeroos, and | place simultancodsly: Sa ee ee is Wx solid ploce | after having been released from tha stock, with lightness, They are then Snished, possesing and i ony Cloned and revolved by macbisery 4.the me of twenty- five revolutions to the minu® for ‘nigutes when js thi Tetdution of the the entire tes the i § 5 2 : wn we ea teoutte anes paprr cartri tiaed estimatod at $17,000. The burnt distriet edopted, Seoeuge of tte RJ ee vonphiesed topline une pA. . , none ae worn a lock falls below fi ty ‘The All rs is aleo on ‘etre door'’ hn of at loat seventy-two acres, and the ‘Others then exports r courte mh Tog ys eartr! : frit half cocked; ¢ plete, Lieaver qun is merely the, pA. a manne. foounea’ the lovee 1 back i a'the Greets coool, is tea saws to the Ureect exposed, ” S potent Yonder Into 8 bresch-londer, and \t contains so ‘many ob- | ‘And here ia th6 08 Tre ne Peemcod | Gaced, the breech closed, and the, hammer being Prait ari fnittary arm. The ‘conversion is’ as" follewe "The | fish Un'‘etnt wee treeehy there. te. great. dnnger | back to a full cock, the gun a feady for Bring fn eaten ry w ti the trap system, #0 made. rom the wambe: drecot piece, of the mussielosder is cat away, | of 8 premature ioe bange trons tee eed oo ands the Saag en Th fg Jd i 2,225 bales of and barrel i yr over the amall | breech block with the Pm, home xper es eee Sou, “weet when morse 4 anes ont cog FY OB hao } 4 7 A rx 4 Sebsct block a slight ‘Within the past four yon 6 ae number of Sonesbaneaate 4 when moved forwant closes it. Atthe nox acting Was coater 00m removed for it even, tbe Joading firearms have been in in the Unit that the bolt lo @ handle, whieh moves lc loogiucteene, or | insinage wes est Oe rem ipetoad of @ sudden | and it will not be eXceeding the actual 7 = ~ = welda agsort that between $150, and Fao turns it, as the case may be, The boit is threaded in! py De ste woes b tes oe we is frnly card ond forward,” ‘On the front cod of the fe cadontedt an 6: Terteene tine the eres pre (ang have been invented, star about h which ‘correction. Like | more than eight an prom nen. tenda On the ond of the bolt is a sorew pin which enters wanvav'e . Seem aaot for the purpose. and Drevonte is For converting mussie Bordan’s javeq- | Josseiya, Mavnard and claanee