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The ELECTRIC GuN.--The annexed account of this
immensely destructive war weapon, is given in re-
cent London paper:


at is small carriage running upon pair of
wheels, and having a third wheel attached, by which
it with ease and steadiness The barrel for
dischargng the bullets is over the body of the ma
chine, and admirably adapted for taking aim at any
altitude, so that pigeons flight could be followed
in the air. 1t is supplied with balls by two cham
bers, one of which is fixed, the other movable The
latter is called the voey chamber, and can be made
to contain any number of balls. The model contains
but fifty balls but il constructed to hold 200 from
1000 to 200 it is stated could be discharged in
minutes and 10 great is the force with which the
balls were sent distance Of forty yards, that I !
inch plank was penetrated at every shot, the balls
hattening and in some instances were scattered into
Fragments. The volleys are shot off in quick sue
cession, and while being reloaded, the stationary
chamber continues TO supply the barrel, so that
constant discharge may be obtained for months, if
required The bullets are FIVE eighths Of an inch in
diameter, but with little enlargement Of apparatus
balls Of inch diameter could be discharged with in
creased force. The bullets now used would kill at
the distance Of one mile. II is stated that the cost Of
keeping the machine IN action requiring four men
eighteen hours, would be fl0, throwing more bull
lets than two regiments, each working nine hours,
whose expenditure in cartridges would be S3 500"