THE JOURNAL.
Huntingdon, Tuesday, December 21, 1847
WHIG DELEGATE MEETINGS
COUNTY CONVENTION.
rtIHE Democratic Whigs of the several
townships and boroughs of Hunting
don county, are requested to assemble
at the usual place of holding delegate
meetings, on SATURDAY, the Sth of Jan
uary next, to select two delegates from
each to represent said boroughs and
townships in a COUNTY CONVEN
TION, to assemble in the Court House,
in the borough of Huntingdon, on Wed
nesday evening, the 12th of January, for
the purpose of electing a delegate to the
State Convention to nominate a candi
date for Canal Commissioner, and to ap
point two Conferees to meet those of
the other counties of this Congressional
district to elect a delegate to the Nation
al Convention to nominate a candidate
for President of the United States.
By order of the County Committee,
A. W. BENEDICT, Chairman
[l7. Our subscribers at Alexandria
and Mill Creek, will hereafter receive
their papers through the post-oftice.—
The irregularity of the stage renders
this necessary. It will not be long,
however, we hope, until papers will go
free again within 30 miles of the place
of publication. A movement to this
effect has already been made in Con
gress.
ID- PROWELL'S " Cheap Corner" is
again the great centre of attraction, be
ing supplied with a splendid assortment
of New Goods, which are offered very
cheap. See advertisement.
BANKING,
It is highly probable that some legis
lation will be had on this important sub.
ject, at the approaching session of our
State Legislature. The fact is undeni
able, that the present banking system in
Pennsylvania, is grossly defective ; and
that the people are subjected thereby to
impositions, wrongs and frequent ruin.
And tite much talked of zndividual lia
bility is but an aggravation of these evils.
Responsible men will not accept Bank
charters with this clause in them. The
exploded Lehigh Bank has illustrated
the individual liability principle, and
thousands who have suffered by the
frauds of that institution, have learned
to their sorrow that that principle is but
a specious humbug. Such banks will
ever consist of a gang of irresponsible
swindlers, (we have one in our eye now
that looks a little doughy,) and after the
country is flooded with their paper, the
banks wind up, and the note-holders find
that the fancied, security is all "moon
shine"—that the individual liability is
the liability of men of straw.
But the community have additional
reason to be alarmed. In some quarters
the project of a Free Banking System is
cautiously advocated. This system im
plies the repeal of our laws against usury,
and to open a way to all who have capi
tal or artfulness sufficient to invent a
plausible basis, to engage in banking; or
in other words, to trade in money as an
article of merchandize. If this project
ever becomes a law, may the Lord help
the poor!
We humbly conceive, however, that
an adequate remedy can be invented for
the evils alluded to. The general bank
ing law in the State of New York, the
details of which we do not fully remem
ber, seems to operate well ; and to afford
security to all. Let our Legislature pass
a similar law, and it will be attended
with the same results here. Let the cir
culation of banks be limited by law, ac
cording to the amount of their capital ;
and a Comptroller or Commissioner be
elected by the people, responsible to his
constituents and to the Commonwealth,
whose duty it shall be to countersign
all notes and supervise the transactions
and affairs of the banks. We go for
wholesome reform in the Banking Sys
tem. Let the people speak out, and the
desirable object can be accomplished.
A WARNING.—The Hon. John C. Cal
houn, in a speech made some time ago
in She Senate,. said, that Mexican Terri
tory was the forbidden fruit of which
we must not eat. The day we should
eat of that fruit we should surely die as
a nation.
t ry- We wish all our patrons a merry
Ckhriettnas.
1 Lewistown Bank.
The Lewistown Gazette of Saturday
'last says :
" Nothing has thus far been elicited
to warrant ns in git•ing any opinion as
to the value of Lewistown Bank Notes,
but from appearances they will hot be
worth much. in Philadelphia they are
freely offered at from 50 to 70 per cent.
discount. We have heard it stated that
many of the judgments held by the
Bank have been assigned to a firm in
Philadelphia which has directed them to
be collected forthwith, and it is also said
that most of the business paper has been
transferred to others who last year be
came security for some loan. Subse
quently the Bank made an assignment
of its effects to Francis M'Cliire, S. S.
Woods, (directors) and the Cashier of
the Bank of Pennsylvania. These re
ports we believe to be correct. It is
now feared, and not without reason that
the "crisis" has yet to to come, as these
transfers will prevent the payment of
debts due the bank in its own notes.—
The matter will however be judicially
tested.
THE WEATITEL—We were visited by
the first snow storm of the season on
Thursday night last. The ground was
covered to the depth of four or five
inches. For several days previous to
which the following description of the
weather, by the N. Y. Tribune, would
have suited this section exactly :
" The weather yesterday was wet,
warm, sultry, misty, melting, muddy,
vapory, sloppy, disagreeable, thivk,
cloudy, moist, fickle, damp, foggy, drip
ping, drizz•y, exhausting, unpleasant,
intolerable, unhealthy, indescribable and
rainy. At roan the sky was clear and
bright, but oh what showers we had at
night !"
Mt. POLIE REBUILLI3.
The New Orleans Delta, a Locofoco
paper, thus rebukes Mr. Polk's views of
the cause of the War:
We have never concurred in the view
embraced by President Polk and his
friends, that the real and just cause of
this war was the invasion of our terri
tory by the Mexicans. We regard the
statement in Mr. Polk's message that
American blood had been shed on Amer
ican soil, as an extravagance—a rhetor
ical flourish, attributable perhaps, to the
excitement of the ociasion. The country
bctwen the Nuecesakd Rio Grande nev
,er was, in any just sense of the tern),
Texan or American soil. Texas had
claims to it, but those claims were un
stticd, unadjudicated. This was not the
proper, the real cause of the war. The
annexation of Texas was the prime ori
gin of the war.—Mexico had always
held out that the consummation of this
great measure, which the American peo
ple had so etnphaticaly approved, would
be the signal, the declaration, in fart,
the war. To that determination she
proved always consistent, and took eve
ry step necessary to strengthen her pur
-1 pose and declare her design. Annexa
tion was war.
NOTICES ,
" NORTH AMERICAN.".
'—We are indebt.
for 'the continuance of the wiir, but
ed to our friend, Wm. C. Tobey, Esq., I many are in favor of breaking right
alias " John of York," for copies of his I short off and holding in possession all
spirited and racy paper published in the i we have.
city of Mexico, bearing the above title.
1,
shall
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to
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the
oft we
Tobey's pen has lost none of its for- ! mentioned paradise of Mexicans ; but I
mer vigor by his trip to the capital of the
,judge it will be as much of a "suck in"
Aztecs. i as some other places. Officers may live
Our thanks are also due to Wm. T.
. well, but soldiers will get their rations.—
Wilson, formerly employed in this off ; What pleasure does a hungry man findice,
, in looking upon the cloud capped moun
for several copier of a very interesting ; min, the deep ravine, and the pretty
little paper, entitled the " Flag of Free- !running brook 1 At home all we had to
dom," published at Puebla. Friend' do was to go to "Samuel's Head-Quar
a tnod
cat, before
o
Wilson, we learn, employs his time not ; t w e e rs' e ' o a t n il d d s g a L" e d n o ti z r e e / y fr r ie e d a l ' iy i
occupied in fighting the Mexicans, in as- , mammoth plate full would be sitting be
sisting in the publication of this paper. ; fore us, and trimmings to match. Now
M"' " Godey's Ladies' Book" is in- , I am sitting on a big stone, a tin-cup
creasing in interest with each succeed- i half full of beans, said to be boiled, but
ias hard aspoving stones. We are out
ing number. It well deserves the ex- ; here doing nothing but eating old pro
tended patronage which we are happy visions, burnishing rusty gulls, wearing
to learn it is receiving from the Ladies f out shoes, and taking quinine and ipe
of the country.cac. If some of the men had their way,
1 the celebrated "Halls of the Montezii
"Tits Jetty DONKEV."—The first num- mas" would be in a place whet e the heat
her of this paper is 'Ton our table ; it would prevent soy one from revelling
recommends itself strongly to the pa- very extensively. However, this little
tronage of the lovers of tun. The band will stand to it, whatever may be
prospectus says that it will be published
ahea u d dun for i. us, our motto being, " Nil des
by an "Association of John Donkeys, pera
who couldn't help it; and who, being
afflicted with wisdom, must get rid of
some of it or burst." It will be pub
lished weekly at $3 per annum, or six
cents per copy. Address G. B. Zeiber,
Sr Co., Philadelphia.
The Lancaster " Union and Tribune"
has passed into the hands of G. W.
Hamersly, Esq., by whom it has been
enlarged and dressed up in an entire
new suit. The paper now presents an
appearance which accords well with the
personal tidy, and indeed handsome, ap•
pearance of its gentletnanly proprietor.
CHAPLAINS.—The Rev. Mr. Slicer has
been re-elected chaplain to the IJ. S Sen
ate, and the Rev. Royal R. Gurley, Pres
byterian, was elected in the House over
Rev. Mr. Cushman, by 2 majority.
Gen. Taylor in New Orleans.
The grand reception of Major General
Taylor took place in New Orleans on
the 3d inst. It was tnagnificent and en
thusiastic. When he landed the Mayor
invited him to become the guest of the
city. General Taylor briefly and appro
priately replied. He then proceeded to
the Cathedral. Bishop Blane appropri
ately addressed him; old Rough and
Ready made an eloquent reply.
The St. Charles was brilliantly illu
minated in the eVening. In the front of
the gentlemen's parlor was a transpa
rency of General Taylor, ih the old
brown coat, with the motto, "A Little ,
more grape, Captain Bragg." The din
ner, fireworks, visit to the theatres, all
passed off splendidly,
On the 4th the presentation or the
sword, voted by the Legislature of Lou
isiana, took place. It was an interest
ing ceremony. The sword was presen
ted by Governor Johnson, in a long, clo
quent and enthusiastic speech. Gen.
Taylor made a short and appropriate
reply.
Gen. Taylor left on the morning of the
sth, in the steamer Missouri, for Mem
phis.
Mr. Polk's War,
The last Reading Journal contains
several interesting letters from the Ar
tillery company which went to Mexico
from that place. Out of one . hundred
men who left Reading a little more than
a year ngo, but fifteen were on duty at
the last accounts. A letter from Wm.
Graeff, jr., dated October 5, says :
"I have a candid opinion that few, if
any, will ever return to that lovely spot
where once they were wont to roam ;
but oh ! if seine of our men could forget
that sickness of the heart which too often
comes over the exile in his last moments
when he pines for the land of his
birth—to breathe once more the air of
his childhood, and to lay his head to
rest as he did in years gone by—
" The summer sun is flaming high
He from the lattice hangs,
Pines he for home and ilicont 'ands
With disappointment's pangs'
And this it is that kills some of our men
—home-sickness, and at last they pine
to death. Miserable man !—that longs
for home and cannot reach it !
You are well aware that we left home
with more than an hundred men...We
entered the city of Mexico with forty
I all told ! the others having been either
discharged or dead, or back in the hos
pitals. Now you may well think if the
Company is as unlucky in returning (be
sides the war is not over yet) as they
were in coining here, then good-bye
forever to Old Berks.
A letter from Capt. Loeser, of Oct.
23, states the number then on duty at
fifteen.
FROM TILE ARMY,
The Washington "Saturday Evening
News" has an able correspondent in the
Army in Mexico, who, under date of Oc
tober 26th, writes from the National
Bridge, as follows:
" The peace party is very strong in
camp; sc . arcely . a soldier here goes in
A milliiary writer in the London
Morning Chronicle, speaking of the hos
tilities in Switzerland, expresses him
self somewhat as follows:
The war in Switzerland will be a
bloody one, and the officers will fare the
worst. As sharpshooters, the Swiss
are unrivalled in the world, and few of
them will miss their man at 500 yards;
from his childhood the Swiss is accus
tomed to handle the heavy rifle of the
country. At the skirmish on the St.
Gothard, the two first men picked off
were the officers in command. The cha
mois hunter fires at the chamois as
soon as he can distinguish the animal's
horns, and rarely misses his aim. A
Swiss, from habit, never fires without
Kr The Whigs of Juniata county heldtakin g d el iberate aim.
a meeting on the 6th instant, at which
j THE SECOND PENNA. REGIMENT.-
spirited resolutions on public affairs Lieut. Rankin, of the 241 Pennsylvania
were adopted. E. P. Thompson was Regiment, in a letter to some friends at
appointed Representative Delegate to Pittsburg, mentions the ravage's which
the State Convention ; James Patterson war has made in that regiment. Of 900
recommended as the Senatorial Dele-
men who left Pittsburg but one year ago,
300 cannot now be mustered
gate ; and James M. Sellers and John
P. Shitz appointed conferees to select a
delegate to the National Convention
from this congressional district
DROWNED.—We learn from the Lew
istown Gazette that Mr. James McMul
len, of Allegheny township, Cambria
county, was drowned in the Juniata, near 11:7- The Baltimore American very
Clark's Ferry, during the recent hioi justly remarks that the ultimate subju•
water while attempting to pass a part of gation of Mexico by the United States
the road which wns overflowed at the is
so palpably the policy of the Execu
time.--The man, horse and buggy went
into the current together and were swept , tive, that without the recognition of this
away by its resistless force. ' idea the message becomes nonsense.
The Disposition of the Mexicans.
accounts seem to indicate, too
clearly the dogged obstinacy of the Mex
icans to yield to force. In several
quarters we have seen statements to this
effect, which are fully borne out by the
following represensation of the '•` ash
ington correspondent of the Daily Sun :
The officers who have arrived in this
city, from Mexico, within.the last few
days, do not encourage the hope of a
speedy termination of the war. They re ,
present the general disposition of the
Mexican people as decidedly !waffle to
us, ready to break out into acts of vio
lence, whenever an opportunity may he
offered by the withdrawal of our troops.
But as the President announces that we
ought to retain all the cities, towns and
forts, of which we have taken, or may
take posses - sion, there is little chance of
such opportunity being offered to them.
The officers who have just left the army,
also assure me that the full extent of
the sufferings of our army is not at all
comprehended by us. The privations to
which they have been subjected by the
negligence of the departments, have
caused great dissatisfaction throughout
the ranks, The scarcity of Money has
been frequently referred toe l3nt it has
operated with great, severity on the vol
unteers, who have been accustomed to
enjoy the comforts of life, and are less
fitted than regular soldiers ; to endure
privations. There are always groups of
men following the camp, ready tb furnish
money, but the terms they exact are so
ruinous that only men in the last stage
of desperation can be found to accept
them.
A LOCOFOCO VIEW OF MR. POLK.—The
"John of York" courespondent of the
North American, WILLIAM C. TOBY, Esq.,
after soundly berating Mr Polk for his
manner of conducting the war in a let
ter dated Puebla, June 11, 184.7, says :
" Let not my brother democrats, who
have not yet discovered who James K.
Polk is, cavil that 1 handle him like a true
Locofoco, without gloves. I do not know
a democrat is the whole army regular or
volunteer, who does not execrate the man
and his war measures. Should it ever be
the privilege of us here to cast our votes
again for a President of our republic, I
am inclined to think that we shall re
quire more than the ipse dixit of a Bal
timore convention to control our suffra
ges. For myself I shall go with the old
toper who could not be fooled with a
choice beverage, which his landlord said
was " bran new whiskey, and none of
your old stinking stuff; twenty years
old." I shall take the twenty years old
proof in preference to another 'new
man.'"
An officer of the Pennsylvania
Regiment thus speaks of the gallant Capt
Walker, whose intimate friend he was:—
"1 wish to give you Captain Walker's
character. He was a carpenter, and one
of the most unassuming and feeling men
that I ever came across, with the highest
notions of right, and not the fire-eater
that people suppose at home. He had
more feeling for those poor Mexicans
then any officer I have seen in the army;
and he would not allow one of his men to
impose on them with impunity. He said
they were already ground down enough
by their riders, and it was a pity to op
' press them more. He never exercised
any of his summary justice upon them,
that you see in the papers; and the only
instance in which he shot any prisoners
since he landed at Vera Cruz, was at
Santa Fe, when he caught a parcel of theft]
who had murdered some Americans who
had been left sick on the road, and shot
six of them. He reported it immediate
ly on his arrival, to Gen. Scoot, Who told
him that he had done perfectly right."
WHIG TRIUMPH IN SAVANNAH,—This
was achieved last Monday by the elec.
Ition of Dr. H. Blanton Gus for Mayor,
by a majority 239, an inrease of 97 over
last year, and the election also of an en
tire Board of Alderman by about 230 ma
jority.
PROM WASHINGTON.
The standing committees of the twp
Houses have been announced. The fcil:
lowing are the chairmen of the most
important committees in the House of
Representatives :
Mr. Vinton, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means.
Joseph R. Ingersoll, Chairman of the
Committee on Judiciary.
Andrew Stewart, chairman of the Com ,
rhittee on Manufabtares.
Truman Smith, Chairman of the Com
hiittee oh Foreign Affairs.
. .
Mr. Butts, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Military Affairs:
Mr. Farrelly, Chairrhan of the Com
mittee on Patents.
Mr. Nes, Chairman df the Comhiittee
on Invalid Pensions.
The Chairhien of the ptincipal Cbm
mittens in the Senate are as follows
On Foreign Relations—Mr. Sevier:
Finance—Mr, Atherton:
Commerce—Mr, Dix.
Manufactures—Mr. Dickinson
Military Affairs—Mr, Cass.
In the Senate on Tuesday Mr: Dick ,
inson submitted the following resolu ,
tions :
Resolved, That true policy requires
the government of the United States to
strengthen its political and commercial
relations upon this continent, by the an
nexation of such contiguous territory as
may conduce to that end, and can be
justly claimed, and that neither in such
acquisitions nor in the territorial organ
ization thereof ; can any conditions be
constitutionally imposed, or institutions
he provided for or established inconsis
tent with the right of the people there
of, to form a free Sovereign State with
the powers and privileges of the origi
nal members of the confederacy.
Resolved, Thtit in organizing a terri
tonal government in territory belonging
to the United States, the principles of
self-government, upon which our Feder
ative system rests ; Will be best promo
ted; the true spirit and meaning of the
Constitution be observed, and the eon:
federacy strengthened by leaVing ell
questions concerning the domestic poli
cy therein to the legislatures chosen by
the people thereof.
The above resolutions indicate the
course of the administration party in
Congress on the subject of the war, an
nexation, extension of Slavery, &c.—
These are to be the great questions of
the Session, and the sooner they are ag
itated the better.
Mr. CALHOUN offered the following
resolutions in the Senate on Wednesday,
which were ordered to be printed :
Resolved, That to conquer and hold
Mexico, either as a province, or by in
corporating it into the Union, is incon
sistent with the avowed object of the
War, contrary to the settled policy of
the government, in conflict with its
character and genius, and in the end
must be subversive of all out free and
popular institutions.
Resolved, That no line of policy in the
further prosecution of the war should be
adopted which may tend to consequen
ces so disastrous.
On the same day Mr, Holmes offered
a resolution in the House, in favor of
peace with Mexico.
A message from the President was
received and read, giving his reasons
for vetoing the River and Harbor Bill of
the hst session, which gave rise to some
debate.
These are the principal matters of in
terest that have occurred thus far in ei
ther [louse. The proceedings Will in
crease in interest, as the session pro
gresses.
The Doylestown (Bucks county)
Democrat, a rank federal locofoco sheet,
of the darkest die and most depraved
principles, heads an article criticising
Mr. Clays speech as follows.—" The last
great struggle of the Kentucky Gainbler."
07- Thirty-four hands in the slaugh.
tering establishment of Messrs. Hand &
Paulson, at Cincinnati, killed and dress•
cd, in three sucCessive days last week,
$,424 Hogs.
(D- The editor of the Boston Atlas,
writing from Washington, contradicts,
"on reliable authority," the statement
that Mr, Adams is in fai'or of the acqui
sition or all Mexico. 'there is no foun
dation for the rumor,
(:-Our friend of the Lewistown Ga
zette is becoming facetious over the fail
ure of the Bank. fie says : "The Bank
break is the biggest break of all, not
only from its extent, but the fact that it
cannot be repaired."
Or Mayor Quincy, the regular whig
candidate, was re-elected Mayor of Bos
ton last week, by a majority of 613 over
Natives, Locos, and Independent W hegs
combined ! Good !
0: - / - Some of the enthusiastic citizens
of New Orleans being desirous of haw
ing a memento of General Taylor, con
tented themselves, in the absence of
more p'ersona ' l articles, with pulling
hairs out of the main of " Old Whitey,"
the General's famous war horse. The
poor animal was in considerable danger
I•of being shorn of his Sewing honors.
Ithpbrt of the Secretary of War.
The report of Mr. Marcy, the Secre»
tary of War, is too long for us to pub
lish in full, and as it is chiefly occupied
with a detail of the movements of the
army in Mexico—with which our read
ers are familiar--it is not at all neces
sary that we should do so. A brief sy
nopsis will give the general reader all
the inforMation of its contents, which
he may desire.
The force employed in theprosecotion
of the war, is set down at 48,536—0 f
which 21,509 are regulars. This force
is distributed as follows :
With Maj. General Scott, and belong
ing to his column, including the troops
en route, at Tampico, at end about Vera
Cruz, and on the line thence to his head
quarters, the aggregate force is estima
ted at 32,156. With Maj. Gen. Taylor,
at the several posts under his immedi
ate command, it is about 6,727. In Santa
Fe, and on the Oregon and Santa Fe
rbutes, and in the Indian country, there
sire about 3,634.
The force in the Californias is about
1019, including 200 now on the way to
Ithtit country.
There are no means in the department
of calculating the deductions whiCh
ought to be made ftir sickness, disability
and Other casualities ; but the effective
force is considerably below the forego.
ing estimates.
The Secretary then gives a detail of
the operations of the Ariny in Mexico
proper, after the capitulation of Monte ,
rey, up to the capture of the city of
Mexico, including the several skirmishes
which have taken place subsequently.
The capture of the city of Mexico is
declared to be a memorable action—and
the subsequent defence of the garrison
at Puebla by Col. Childs, and the battle
of Huamantla are spoken of in terms of
high and deserved praise.
Then is given an account of the open.
ations in California and in New Mexico,
and the remainder of the report is devo•
ted to an account of the general affairs
of the department, and a discussion of
the question of how the war should be
henceforward prosecuted. Mr. Marcy
is not in favor of the defensive line pol
icy—nor is he in fator of the occupation
of the Whole of Mexico—but he is in fa
vor of what is aliohi the same thing, "to
retain what we now possess, open the
lines of communication into the interior,
and extend our operations to other im
portant plebes; as our means and the
prospect bf advantages shall indicate—
keeping a disposable force always ready
—within approalehing limits, to annoy
the enemy ; to seize supplies, enforce
contributions; and frustrate his efforts
to collect means and assemble troops
for the purpose of protracting , the war."
This plan," he says, "also contem
plates further acquisitions extending to
other important points, more or less nu
merous, as circumstances may warrant."
There is no difference, except in words.
between this proposition which the Sec.
retary advocates and of overrunning all
Mexico and holding it in military sub.
jection—and, indeed, the only means of
effecting the latter object would be to
adopt the plan he proposes.
Post Master General's Report.
The following interesting Post Office
Statistics are from the Report of the
Post Master General:
Revenue received Burin; the year, $3,945.892
Expenditures during the year, 3,979,570
Excess of receipts this year over the
last. (or IS 15.000 per cent.) 458,693
iloticioncies of the year, 33,677
Letter postage rectified during the year, 3,254,512
Number of letters passing through the
NI ail, 52,173,480
Free letters annually, 5,000,000
Newspitpet a annually, 55.000.000
Pamphlets .4 2.000.000
Dead Letters .. 1,800,000
Poet Routes, 4 . 183.818
Annual transportation, miles,
Receipts by Mail for two years,
Of the amount due in this time, the
delinquencies are only $21,948, and the
delinquents 154. Postmasters of an ag
gregate number of fifteen thousand one
hundred and forty-six. The Postmas
ters changed during the year number
3150.
The Postmaster General, in the course
of his Report, recommends that news
papers be taxed by weight, and enters
upon a grave argument in defence of the
absurd position. tle also takes great
credit to himself for the success of the
oheap Postage system, though one of the
warmest opponents of the original bill.
The report will lead to a further reduc
tion of Postage, and to a uniform rate
of five cents, and bye-and-bye to a post
age of cents which will pay, in time,
every necessary expense.
A TERRIBLE ENGINE OF WAR.-Mr.
Wesson, of Hartford, Connecticut, has ,
made some satisfactory experiments with
his seven calibre rifle which he invented
for the use of the army. It fired seven.,
balls at a single discharge, and threw'
them with about double the force of the
common rifle. At the distance of forty
rods he placed two of the seven balls in a
nine-inch target: The balls scatter to'
the distance of about three feet in forty
rods. The experiments were made in
the presence of Mr. Bragg, Governme4
inspector of arms.
This is beyond all doubt the most de
structive weapon ever invented; and an'
army wel! provided with them, and a
good supply of Colt's Revolving Pistols,
could easily cut up almost any force of
an enemy. Mr. Wesson discharged
thirty-five balls in one minute and es*
seconds.
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