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The following interesting account of a new
bullet invented by Brig.-Gen. B. S. Eobekts, we
copy from the Army ami Xavy Journal:
"This new projectile, invente 1 and perfected
by General Robekts, has been tested in a aeries of
experiments by order of the Ordnance Department,
nuder the diiection of Major Kingsbury, if
the Ordnance Corp* We are able to announce the
complete success of this most important invention
that must materially change the prevailing
system in our armies, of using, almost exclusively.
the Minie ball for rifle ordnance.
The invention consists in sncb a construction
of a bullet to be used in smooth-bored guns of all
calibre, as to close all windage and to propel the
bullet point forward without tumbling, and to
give flight to it of equal range with the flight of
the niiuie ball from rifled aim. It is used with
or withont buckshot in all smoth-borcd anus, and
is equal in all respects to the Minie ball
when used in lifled guns. Thus it answers all
the purposes of the conical projectiles and rifled
muskets ; and, more ihrn this, is equally destructive
when single in smoothc-bores, and with buckshot
must become the most destructive projectile
vet perfected in all the improvcincLt j in the
science of projectiles made during the past ten (
years. When buckshot are used with General
ltonrniTs' projectiles, those small but efficient aids
in destruotivencss aro thrown two, three, and
four hundred yards effectively, while the ball fired
with these goes on its fatal errand from 800 to
1,000 yards.
The precision of fire seems to equal that of the
Minie balls from rifles. The fact that an elongated
"cupped cylinder convex bnllet" has been
constructed that closes all windage and flies point
foremost its entire range, without tumbling, without
the rotary motion that bears up the Miuie
ball, is a new and startling announcement ; but
the accomplishment is a fact which can be no
longer gaiusaved. The report iff Major Kingsbury
will, doubtless, announce this to the world
officially. We may add that General Kobfbts is
now perfecting his patented "breach-loader" for
rifled arms, so as to secure the rapid loading and
firing of his ball and buckshot cartridge from a
breech-loading smooth-bowil musket."
Home Testimony Against the Rebel Cabinet.
?Xe 10 If.f/V, Stii. The Richmond Whig of the
Hd instant tells tales out of school in the following
plain fashion:
" With no other motive or thought than to advance
the public interest we would again respectfully
suggest to the President, the advantage of
reconstructing his Cabinet and calling to his aid
the very ablest intellects of the country. The
burdens and responsibilities of his post are too
great for any man to bear. He has use for all the
assistance it is possible to command. We have a
Department of State that has not been able in
nearly three years to establish relations with any
~a Twflrtonmr T^nnnWmnnf fhnf
in keep its finances from running to rain: a War
Department in the hands of a chief whoso whole
studies and course of life have been purely and
peculiarly civic; a Navy Department without a
navy; a Post Office Department with a very shackling
system of mails; a Department of Justice va?ant
* The business of each Department, separately,
shows the want of more masterly hands, and
the united powers of their chiefs in Cabinet council
(if councils are ever held) fail to supply the
quantum of wisdom the country needs.
Wc are getting to deep waters, and a feeling of
dread is shaking the souls of the people. There
is nothing the President can do that will so animate
the hearts and stimulate their confidence in
an affection for him, as the calling to his side (as
his daily advisers) of a Cabinet of the wisest, truest
and most experienced men in the country, regardless
of what may have been their former political
sissoeiations. The time is propitious, the occasion i
urgent, antl the people unanimously expectant.
For his own continued capacity for usefulness and
future fame, as well as on account of the sorely
necessitous and exigent condition of the country,
we earnestly press the recommendation."
The Handwriting ox toe Watx.?The Richmond
Whig confesses in so many words " that the
South will bo overrun, seems now not impossible." j
It adds, "Our way is exceedingly dark at this
time." It should be 44 dark " and hard, for it is 1
44 the way of transgressors." 44 Grant's goal," it
adds, 44 is Atlanta, lie will bo there before
Christmas, ana nan ujp couon remaining m uie i
Confederacy will be in bis hands or destroyed, |
nnless a trnlv great general and a great army are
placed athwart his path within three weeks." Bat,
alas, for the poor Whig. The rebels have 110
"great army," left in that quarter, and their
" great generals," Bragg, >anson and Hardee,
have already been whippeu by the "Yankees"
again and again. The language of the Whig is
the language of despair, so thinly disguised that
it c. mot bo mistaken.
Bn.vga Done For.?General Grant has given
tho finishing blow to Be.. Go, who has been
superseded by Hardee. Bragg has been an
unlucky braggart from the beginning of the war.
"When he planted his batteries at Fensaeola for
the reduction of Fori Pickens, he declared that,
regardless of expense, men or gun-powder, Pickets
should be reduced to the rebel Hag. But
instead of taking Pickens, he was compelled to
clear out otTensacola, and abandon the town and
its defences to "the Yankees." Bragg, with a
considerable army, next invaded Kentucky, and
from the centre of that State issued a darning
proclamation to the people of the Northwestern
States to join his victorious banner aud the Southern
Confederacy; but his onward march to
Perryville was turned into a disgraceful flight
over the mountains of Kentucky into Tennessee.
Next he undertook an advance upon Nashville,
but was met half way by Bosecraus, and sent ofi'
again, soundly thrashed for his presumption.
Next he was turned out of his fortifications at
Tnllahoma and Shelbyville, driven over the Tennessee
river, turned out of Chattanooga, and pursued
into the plains of Georgia, 'iliere Generals
Longstreet and 1). II. Hill, with their veteran
legions from Virginia, and twenty thousand
cnniinct tr? his rescue. Bract?
VJCUl^Kt AUUAiM^ , r#w
wheeled about to destroy the Union army; but he
oniy succeeded in pushing it back into a position
from which it has recoiled with the most disastrousconsequences
to Bragg himself. And this is the
end of Bragg. He may now be put in the same
catalogue with such specimens of Southern invincibility
as General Floyd, General Wiso, General
Pillow, Humphrey Marshal and Jo. Johnson.?X.
Y. World. "
A private letter from an officer in Grant's army
relates an incident among the rebel prisoners ;
"A big lot of graybacks were brought in and
halted right in front of where I stay. I went to
the door and heard the different squads hallooing
for their regiment: ' Where's the Thirty-fourth
Alabama?' 'Is the Tenth Georgia here? 'Is
there any South Carolina regiment in that crowd?
The last question was politely answered by a big
graybaek: ' 1)?n your South Carolina regiments;
if it hadn't been for you we wouldn't be here."'
Another of his stories is of an old lady, at
" tine > honso Braercr had Lis headquarters. She
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said:
" Before yon all edtaie up here, I asked Gen.
Bragg, 'What are you going to do with mo,
Gentral?' Ee says to me, 'Lord! Madam, tlio
Yankees will never dare to come hero.' 'And,'
she added with a blubber, it was not fifteen
minutes till you were all around! "
This reminds us of a story told by Colonel
Kinsman, of General Butler's stall*, of one of his
negro guide, who said, to the great amusement of
the troops :
" Master said you was whipped every time ; but
you corned nearer and nearer, and here you be."
Curiosity Gratified.?During the sitting of a
county court, not long ago, in Connecticut, on a
very cold evening, a crowd of lawyers had collected
around the open fire that blazed cheerfully on th?
health in the bar-room, when a traveller entered
benumbed with cold, no one moved to give mm a
place to warm his shins, so he leaned against the
wall in the back part of the room. At last a smart
young limb of the law addressed him, when the
following dialogue took place.
" You look like a traveler?''
" Wall, I suppose I am?I am come from Wisconsin
a foot, at any rate ?"
" Wisconsin ? What a distance to come on one
pair of legs."
"Wall I done it any how."
"I say, did you ever pass through h?1 in your
travels?
" Yes sir, I have been through the outskirts?"
"I thought likely. Well, what are the customs
there ? Some of us would like to know."
"Oh, you'll find them very much as they are in
this place; the lawyers sit nearest the tire."
St.ibvation Parties in* Hichmond. ?A young j
Lilly in ltichmond, writing to her friends in Balti- j
more, says that the gayetics of society in that!
city consist chiefly of what are called ' starvation
parties," at which people meet in each other's
houses and have music and dancing, but nothing
to eat or drink. The fair writer attends these
p;irties twice a week, and she avers that they have j
a great deal of fun but no supper. She speaks i
of meeting a gentleman from England, whose
name was Capt. Coffee, at a Starvation Party,
ami every time his name was pronounced it inaue
her mouth water.
Alas for the fashionable society of Richmond!
Even "Old Dick's" (Dick llaslcins) punchbowl,
t'.iafc was wont to cheer all comers, with its generous
beverage is empty!
Item?tlie yonng lady referred to, mentions
having pnrchasek a straw bonnet the other day
for one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
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Increase of Soldiers' Pay.?The bill to increase
the pay of the army provides for fixing it at the
following rates per month for subordinate olficcrs
and privates:?Sergeant Majors of Cavalry, Artillery
and Infantry, $'25; Quartermasters Sergeants
of Cavalry, $25; of Artillery and Infantry, $21;
First Sergeants of Cavalry, Artillery and Infantry,
$23; Sergeants of Cavalry, Artillery and Infantry,
$20; Sergeants of Ordnance, Sappers and Miners
and Foniooneers, $35 ; Corporals, $18 ; Privates,
$1G; Corporals ot Cavalry, Artillery and Infantry,
*10; Chief buglers of Cavalry, $25; Buglers, $18 ;
Farriers and Blacksmiths of Cavalyy, and Artificers
of Artillery, $20; Principal Musicians of Artillery
and Infantry, $25; Musicians of Artillery and
Infantry and Musiciuis of Sappers, Miners and
l'ontooneers, $10.
?Captain George T. Emmons has been relieved
as Fleet Captain of the South Atlantic Squadron.
Admiral DahJgren's Still' now consists of the
following olScers ;?Captain J. M. Bradford. Fleet
Captain and Chief of Staff; Captain Amnion,
Chief of Hydrography ; Lieutenant Moreau. Forrest,
Chief of Ordnance ; Paymaster Bradford,
Fleet Paymaster ; Surgeon Johnson, Fleet Surgeon
; C'nief Engineer Danby, Fleet Engineer;
Lieutenant Commander Phythian, Assistant to
Chief of Staff; Ensigns Johnson and Bartlett,
Flag Ensigns ; Acting Assistant Master Dnhlgren,
Aid to Admiral; Ensign Poor, Naval Signal Oih
cer ; Lieutenant Fanner, Army Signal Officer.
?Sever.ty thousand bales of cotton (a hundred
kilos each) have been raised in Italy theA present
year.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
A. L. STIMSON,
AUCTIONEER FOR THE DEPARTMENT,
Address Adams Express Office, Hilton Head.
111 A C. FEAIHE R,?
Military and Naval Photographic Gallery,
10 1-2 Sutler's liovr, Port Royal, S. C.
Aug. 12, tf.
If ETALL1C COFFINS, for sale by
IfX C. W. Dennis & Co.,
No. 4, Sutler's hour
DR. W. M. WALSH, Office No. 13, Sutler's Row. A lu.l
supply of Drugs, Chemicals ami Patent Medicines.
August "JO, l8G3.-tf
UST RECEIVED AT THE NEW STOKE, U.MUN
Square, neat to the Post Office a large lot of Atabouaty
Books, Ac., in part as follows :
Arniy Regulations, 18G3. Yielle's Hand Book.
Webb's Pay Digest. Monroe C'owp. Drill.
Ordronaux Hints, Sclialk's Campaigns,
? Manual. " Art of War. ^
Gillmore's Limes, kc. Taubert's Field Artillery.
Quartermaster's Manual. Halleck's Art aud Science.
Benet's Court Martial. . Estvan's War Pictures.
Casey's Tactics. 3 vols. Szabads Modern War.
Barra du Parcq. Coppe's Battaliion Drill.
Cullum's Military Bridges. Instructions Field Artillery.
Earrctt's Naval Gunnery. Company Clerk.
Tottens Naval Text Book. Shoulder Straps, a NoveL
ItODcns iiiiiju ouuiw yicuuiiarj.
Levy's Pules .Vc. Killing l'eus.
Pocket Albums. Bivouac of the Battle fl eld.
Neck Ties, Life 011 a Georgia P aula ion,
Haiidkercliies, hemmed. Webster Dictionary.
Currency Holders. bocial condition of the EuMatheinatical
instruments. glish people.
Ink, black, red, carmine, &c.
Pens, steel and gold in great variety,
Blank books, in gn at variety,
Wafers, sealing wax, law seals, Arc-,
Mucilage, court plaster, lemon acid, Ac.,
Penknives, pocket books, purses,
Portfolios, bill books, etc.
pencils, cjayons, etc., of various colors
Lava, boxwood match safes, tobacco boxes, bags, .to.,
Novels, song-books, hand books of various kinds an 1
most ottlie late publications of the day.
Maps of Clia rleston harbor and vicinity, and ofSav in*
uah river
ALSO, a nue lot oi aiuimry dooks oi laic issues? ino
best selection ever brought here.
Pipes, briarwood, china, gntta perch a, Meerschaum.
Together with a new stock of Stationer}*, Ac.
Photographs printed expressly for us by Anthony oi
Maj. Gcnerais Gillinore, btroug, Hunter, and Mi eheli.
JOSEPH H. SEARS.
UNITED .STATES ARMY AND NAVY NIGHT COMPASS,
eg. Patented May Gth, 180*2. The advantages of these
Compasses over all others 111 use are, that they can be rojd
distinctly at night, without the aid of an artificial light.
Eor ri eoiiuoiteriug the position of the enemy, night
movements, Ac., where a light dure not be used without
running the greatest danger, they are invaluable.
Used by Major Generals McClellan, Hooker, Burn side,
Hunter, Pope; Major Meyers, Chief of Signal Department,
and others. Every Oftieer and Soldier should have one.
Pnici:: fG, $4, 83, $2 50, $2, and $1 25.
For sale by
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IJIJ3E UE>. aHJL.EU<Aa iltAL?y tAliitna.?
No. 3, EastHonston St., (one door East of Broadway) N, Y.
(Above- the St. Nicholas Hotel.)
Htaihyiarif.ru in .Veto York, of the Oflicers'of Hilton Hea/I.
Ale, Wines, Braudies, Whisky and Segars, of the choicest
character. The current army intelligence, Ac. Near all
the places of public amusements, and the most popular
place hi the city of military resort.
COL. J AS. L. FRAZEB, (late 47th Rcgt)
Ang. 32 tf Manager.