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m -mmm- Wr--. _ ?? 9^, $ -\[\. J&rjyrLtLsr ~? . THE NE SOUTH. Vol. 2, No. 6. PQflT ROYAL S. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17,1863. Price Five Cents. ?? I ^t _ _ _ , ??? THE NEW SOUTH. ; m1 A ! ? , * p?? Published every &by J JOS. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor. Prick: Five Cexts Per Copy. Advertisements, fifty cents a line, each insertion Terms: invariably easl H OFFICE: Phoenix Building, Union Square. tjjgP' . rioisii 1 goflrj). j >V The Xeic South. OUR GALLANT GIWMORE. .. j - . . > y" ^ "On Carol! naVtunny coast AVliere first accession raised its boast, And swore to.whip the Yankee host, Appeared our gallant Gillinore. The rebel front stretched ont afar , To guard the city and the bar, But all was shortly knocked ajar, When came our gallant Gillmore. The bragging blustering Beauregard, " With paixh m mortar and petard " Soou found he could not play the card, \V ith gallant Yankee Gillmore. om./, v.llc nf lipioV and VianVa nf sand And huge redoubts eu either bard ? Came tumbling to the briny strand. When spoke our gallant Gillmore. To cheer the darkness of their uiglit, And aid their feeble legal sight, We sent them up a little light, In shells from gallant Gillmore. Poor Beauregard was struck with fright, And women swooned In awful plight, As thundering fell these Northern Lights, Li' up by gallant Gillmore. They deemed they raw the dawn of doom, The judgment " Angel" sure had come, Forewarning of their final hour, Sent by our gallant Gillmore. As snow dissolves before the rain And avalanches reach the plain, 80 Sumter melted to the main. Before our gallaut Gillmore. Oct 5, 1863. 3D K. L H. ART Y. English and American Guns. We make the following extract from a leading article, on the ordnance used by General Gilrmoue in the bombardment of Fort Sumter, in the London Army and Xavy Gazette of Sept. 12th :? "It may be concluded as certain, that the guns used by Gillmore were Parrott's rifled ordnance. Their work has been effectually done. Had such guns been available in the trenches before Sebastopol, the allies would have made short work, not 1 o lly of the Redan and Malakoff, and txistion du ( mat, but of the shipping and of the forts at the other side of the harl>or. It must not be supposed that Sumter was a flimsy, gingerbread fort It moo nf a no/inltar bin/1 nf Vinr/1 nlnco brick, six and seven feet tliick ; the arches of the casemates and the supporting pillars were of eight and nine feet in thickness. The faces presented to the breaching batteries must have subtended at at 3,500 yards an exceedingly small angle, and ; th i elevation of the fort was low. But so great w.is the accuracy of the lire, that a vast proportion of the shots struck it; so great the penetration, that the brickwork was perforated ' like a rotten cheese ;' so low the trajectory, that the shot, instead of plunging into, passed througl^the foil, ;and made clean breaches through Do&^valls. Now the guns that did this work cost, vaapRieve, just one-fourth of our ordnance, cwt for cwf. ; ' they are light, and very easily handled. The gun itself is finely rifled, with grooves varying from font and fiv^^number, for aifoll calibres, to six ' a id sev^n for the hir^er; biitjar Mr. Pahrott is soil 'experimenting/ no plan ban been j ftrPY^f1 Itfl i all V-r- i the pitch ia not so r.hAip as is the casein our titled guns. The ; pr ijectile is lfk^ the <*mical .ft* -rrROxo. and has a leaden sabot and conting^-tii least, it is coated and baHM with some soft metal "In jfcis journal the attentat o^the Govern-' msnt d^Wities has been called again and again to thejHn*r and Dahlgrbkjjuns. The Ameri"ans jBH^oistmeted cannon of calibres which to us^^^mown only an of theoretical and probable atlBHBnt, and they hava armed bat e.-ies humln^^Hlmles from theifc^arsenals with the most p^Bul guns ever used in war, which have been ctfl^H by sea and in nWniy waters to the enemy's sfmres. , JUefore suclf'projectiles t^s these guns cany, the breaching of jfcasonry, Whether of hriak or stone, is t?nfc* of short time. And iu face of these facts we ate obligedtq record that our scientific officers are kf opinion; that our 'best gun for breaching purposes is thfe old 68pounder!' Why, we know what that'can do! We know that at 3,50') yardsJts fire dutild be al)Out as effectual as that of ^Jons. Meow These trials at 200 yards are perfectly fatuops, if no other results than these, or such as these, be gained by them. It is of no lipe saving Sumter was of brick ; it was at least as good wowe as most of our existing fortifications, o?d infinitely less easy 4 to splinter up' than a work of granite or nibble masonry. Iu subs Undo it resembled very much our martello towers oap beach kt Hythe. Have we any gun which could Inreach one of these at 3,500 yards? Do. pray. gdfiaaM? cjn^>e Uui. iniutc ucnw juuinci)c?, cviiu gcv U'> ? , gun with results. Let Mr. Whitworth or Sir William, Captain Palliseb, Captain Blikeley, | Mr. Baahley Britten, Mr. Thomas, any one, give us a gun as good and as cheap as the Parrott to begin with, and then we can rest content while you are going on with vour experiments. One thing is certain?that ftny forts which may be assailed by such artillery as the Americans have employed at Sumter must be faced with iron plates. We are yet in doubt as to the mode in which stone works can be coated with iron ; but i it is obvious that mere masonry will not stand j unprotected against the heaviest order of rilied projectiles. Do not let as pooh-pooh the Americana If we Are wise, it is the List thing we ought to do. Our artillerists think they are wrong in the matter of the Dahloren guns : for breaching purposes they may be, but unquestionably the Admiralty would be rather nervous about the result offing a 450-tb. shot against the side of the Warrior, at the distance of 200 yards, not withshuiding the experiments, which seemed to indicate that large shot with comparatively low I charges of powder were inefficient. The authori-1 ties have had no experience of the effect of snch j shot as the Dahlgbens propel. They have not got the guns to discharge them. "NVlien next the Ordnance officers and gentlemen meet, let them I apply their minds to the little experiments the j Americans have been making for their benefit at j Sumter." The current of events affords many a striking ' commentary on the predictions and expectations ! of the rebels at the outbreak of the rebellion. A ; few days after the fall of Fort Sumter the Richmrm/l TT.Ynminer suid : Tlie slave population of the South can support: in comfort four times as many people as we have ; within our confines. We can keep a million of! men under arms and never suffer for want of com-1 fortable food and clothing. As a commentary on this text read the following , item, now going the rounds of the press: The South Carolina papers are discussing the ! question how the slaves are to be fed next winter, ! more especially as the slaves from Mississippi ! and Alabama ar pouring in, and the corn crop is | not large. ?" I say, Bill, Jim's caged for stealing a horse!'' Served him right. Why didn't he buy one and never pay for it, like any other gentleman ? The Lessons of oub War.?The London Times closes a discussion of these topics as follows "We find two great principles steadily preserved in American practice. In artillerv, the calibre of the gun and the weight of the shot are made as great as possible ; in ship-building, the turret pattern prevails over every other. These principles, too, would appear to be in some degree connected, if we are to assume?what has not vet been oroved?that only turret ships can carry very heavy grins. But neither one principle nor the other has yet been recognized in this country. "We -are building turret ships, it is true, among other models ; but we lmve not given them any preference, while such a tiring as a 4U0-pounder or 500-pounder gun has not been conceived. Our artillerists, indeed, have explicitly condemned the very doctrine on which the Dahlolkn system of ordnance is L ised?that of throwing heavy projectiles with low velocity?and prefer to rely on velocity rather than weight It must be remembered. however, as explanatory, in some degree, of the contrast between the two systems, that the Americans are shaping all their efforts according to the exceptional requirements of a special emergency. They build their ships for coast work and harbor service only. It is by no means certain that any one of the irou-clads engaged in the siegu of Charleston could be sent to sea with safety. They were intended only for such work as they have been performing, whereas the conditions of our experiments are far more extensive. Nevertheless, until our inquiries have been aided by further evidence, it would be unwise to assume that we are right or that the Americans are wrong. 'jma tlwip. mere . off hlT the ^ Charleston forts. They have nowbeen more sue* * * * ? Al- - ?1% lp(t eessful, out it seems as n me ruuic them only an inferior part in the performance. Before we can form, however, any safe conclusions, it will be necessary to ascertain with accuracy what means were employed on each occasion bv either side, and in what respects either the attack or defence hod improved or degenerated between the first assault and the second. At present we seetiint the assailants have not only rained considerate advantages, but have achieved a very remarkable feat If Fort Sumter were a good specimen of a modern foil, we should say that forts had been fairly beaten by guns ; but we know that the fort was only a piece of patchwork, and we are by no moans sure that it was effectively armed. We therefore suspend our judgment, and content ourselves with indicating the successive incidents which this war produces for our instruction and guidance." f _ Lons Napoleon's Appeakaxce.?The Paris eor1?1 "r 1<\uri\rtl on SOP ill!/ respondent UI mt" rnmucutc ? Louis Napoleon for the first iime, says that in the expression of his face is contained " the mystery of the Sphinx with the cunning of the Jew," ami that " he has a hooked nose, hut its hook is more that of the hawk than of the eagle.". He continues :? " My opportunity for seeing the Emperor was a favorable one, and I turned it to account by making a leisurely inspection. Returning to Paris from St Cloud through the Bois de Boulogne, he descended from the carriage and walked for half an hour along the border of the great lake. I do not remember to have seen a face with a more profound expression of stony gravity, but I would not say of impassnbility. The lines are slightly deeper than one would expect to see in a man of fifty-five, and a very decided general tone of age is beginning to settle upon the whole physiognomy. The skin has a leathery, bilious hue, and the feautures bear traces of the acute pains which it is known he suffers. I noticed a swaying motion in the gait as he* leaned rather heavily upon the arm of his companion. The Emperor's malady is Ruch that he is not able to go on horseback without suffering intense pain, and all his visits to Mineral Springs do not seem to produc e any permanei relhefl Happily, or unhappily, Emperors also ar^fctnmrtals, and no lithotoniists can be found iii^f their wide dominions who are able to use the kfflPwithout causing paiii. Think of Louis Napoleon bound to a surgeon's table after having escaped the bombs of Onsixi unci the other attempts upon his life." i