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FP? Men for the Chronicle & Sentinel. A Dirge—for Gen. Robert E. Lee. BY ANNIE B. BLOUNT. Why are the bells tolling so mournfully slow, And why all this sombre insignia of woe, While a murmur of voices tremulous low, Tells the tale of some stern despair? From Potomac far out to the broad Rio raride, A wail of deep sorrow swells forth through the land, And toe heroes of yore for a time are un* m»nned While t ueir hearts join as one in a prayer, And the lightning sad tidings bears o’er the blue sea, The South mourns her Chieftain—the South weeps for Lee I In every green hamiet and village and town, In eve y proud city the head is bowed down, For a whisper from mouth unto mouth has crept round, A rumor too sad for belief. Yet too cruelly true, for the swift-winged v* ire Has crushed with a word the grey-haired sire, And ti*3 maid, and the youth with e3 T es of tire, All bow to the despot—grief! ! Tis Autumn- the time of the falling leaf, And the whole South mourns for her fallen Chief. Hushed in the city—a spell is cast O'er its bus}' trade—all flags at half mast, As if the spirit of Death had passed Through each late noisy street. Each hall is draped in the trappings of ghom, Hark ! the knoll of bells and the cannon’s boom. Each sad stroke falls as the knell of doom, And the tr*.mp of a thousand feet Follows the kearse—meet emblem of woe, Keeping time to the music's solemn flow. Oh! well may the world speak with bated breath, Oh! well may the South wear a cypress wreath, For the bravest knight is laid low by death That his keen scythe ever mowed down As brave as Napoleon, his fame bears no stain— lie fought not for glory -he fought not for gain, Nor waded o’er thousands of gory slam, To grasp at a kingly crowm. Os all the proud names history’s pages bears but one That can rank with our Lee—our own Washington! His sword flashed in the battle but to de fend Our lai.'d from the foe once deemed a friend— From a foe who with ruthless hand would rend The stars from our Southern Cross. Oh ! “men of the Grey,” your great leader lira low, — The Southland is ruled by a merciless foe, And his patriot heart could not master the blow, But broke with his Country’s loss. Their Captain has followed that brave martyred host, Who gave up their lives for the Cau.se we have lost! In vain our Confederacy seut forth her pride To stem the fierce waves of the usurping tide; — Like heroes they lived—and like heroes they died! Led orTbv Jackson and Lee. They fought—but oh ! ’gainst what fearful odds, They fought —not like men—but like giants, like gods ! Their blood poured like wine on Virginia’s sods, — These patriots born to be free: Hundreds ’gainst thousands—the ground heaped with s’ain, But the flower of our Chivalry perished in vain ! Yet oh ! not in vain , tho’ our banner is furled Uaconquered we stand in the eyes of the world, Our sacred cause in our hearts impearled As long as those hearts sha'l beat. Our Chieftain Lee in his fame’s noon tide. Has followed Jackson—our country’s pride-- Across Death’s w ave—on the other side At >he great Law-Giver's feet. They will pray that Thy rainbow, Lord, may shed Its rays on the South’s now crownless nead ! Boom ! Boom !—list the cannon’s mouru- Lal roar ! The sound is echoed from shore to shore ; For a king among msn shall lilt no more The sword so lately sheathed. Is this the close oi his grand career, shall tyrants no more turn pale with fear The bugle-notes of our chief to hear ? Oh ! Southland, cypress-wreathed ! Well may ye mourn or that gallant form, Our star of hope in battle’s storm ! A still, clear day !-’tis a fitting time In the calm October’s glorious prime— No sound but the music’s solemn chime. And the cannon’s mournful boom— To look our last on that lordly face, To bear the earth-born to earth’s embrace. The knrghtliest of a knightly race To ray in the silent tomb ! While—as one man—in bushed despair, Tire whole ftouth kneels in a mutual prayer! Oh ! honored of ages ! O! favored of Fame ! How pure thy record ! —no shade of blame. BANNER OF THE SOUTH AND PLANTERS’JOURNAL. Ev’r stained the sheen of thy knightly name, Aye even the generous foe Will weave a garland to deck thy bier, And far-off nations when they shall hear Y’ill shed as they listen a sorrowing tear, That the South’s great Chief lies low ! And the “heroes in grey”—an orphan band— Will mourn anew o’er their stricken land. Oh! pillow him gently upon thv breast, Virginia, thou mother of heroes !—the best And the saintliest now takes his well earned rest On ihy hallowed and blood-stained shore. The ceaseless crash of the minute gun, From the South to the land of the setting sun, Tells us our Chieftain’s work is done. And his heart’s warm throbbing o’er ! Oh ! Southnland women ! Your tears shall be A lastirg tablet to Robert Lee ! Scientific. Written for the Banner of the South and Planters’ Journal. THE TELODYNAMIC CABLE- W. LEROY BROWN, UNIVERSITY OF GEOR GIA. At the French Exposition, held in 1867, there was a remarkable invention on exhibition for the purpose of trans mitting force between distant points, and hence called by the inventor the Telodynaniic Cable. Ic was judged by the jury to be of so much merit that the inventor, Mr. Hirn, of Prussia, was awarded with the especial distinction of the grand prize. Ordina ry. the prime mover and the work to be ‘done and placed as near as possile to each other, so that there may be a minimum of loss arising from friction, inertia, and other resistances; thus the water wheel is put near the mill, and the steam cn g'ine occupies the building of the work shop. But in many cases it is desirable to transmit the power a distance from the motor, either from considerations of safety or from the natural location of the power. Science has so far overcome the practical difficulties of this problem, that power may be transported over two or three miles, and even, probably as much as thirty miles, just as any ordinary arti cle of commerce, and the loss of power, consequent on this transportation, not be too great to render the undertaking of economical advantage. This is a matter of great interest in mountainous districts, where Nature has, with a lavish hand in the fall of water, furnished inexhaustible supplies of power in localities where it is not and cannot be m tde available, to be able to transport even a part of this power to places of active industry, where it can be made productive. The economi cal transportability of power is not a problem to be solved. It has been prac tically demonstrated by years of active experience. It is done by two independ ent methods, by Ilirns telodynaniic cable and by compressed air. But it was to the former that we wished to call attention, and with espe cial reference to its application to gin ning cotton on large plantations. The principle of the telodynamic cable is the substitution of “velocity of motion for mass of matter moved.” It is a well known elementary truth that a small body moving rapidly may accomplish as much as a large body moving slowly. A small hammer brought down sharply will cause a nail to enter, when a larger mass with little velocity will produce a hardly perceptible effect. As construct ed at present, as the engine or Mother power a very high velocity is given to a pulley wheel, and this wheel carries a small wire rope or cable less than half an inch in thickness, which passes around another pulley as the place where the power is to be used. The power is thus transported to the required point though not in a condition to be used. The rapid velocity of the pulley wheel when the power is to be used has to be graduated by suitable gearing to do the required work. The wire-rope may be light in proporti >n to the velocity given. Ac cording to theory a horse hair or a fila ment of silk may move fast enough to transport the power of a thousand horses. This then was the conception of the inventor to transport power by giving a rapid motion by a small cable. But he found great difficulties in its practical application. When the distance was great he found it necessary to support the small cable by intermediate pulleys. As at present used, the pulleys at the extremities are about thirteen feet in diameter the intermediate supporting pulleys being half the size, and the cable made of many small wires, is only two fifths of an inch in diameter. The great pulleys at the extremities are driven with a velocity of over one hundred revo lutions per minute. This great velocity caused enormous wear of the material of the pulleys and the cable. But after repeated failures and persevering trials—which always distinguish successful inventors—through a period of seven years, Mr. Him suc ceeded in overcoming all difficulties. He found that a thick covering of gutta percha to the pulley was not itself worn and did not wear the cable. This gutta percha is held in a groove in the pulley enlarged at the bottom to secure it, and in one instance, after seven years of use, it remained sensibly unaltered. We have so far, endeavored briefly to give the history and principle of this in vention for transporting power. It is no mere theory, but has been put into suc cessful practice in Europe, and, we have no doubt, will come into general use in this country. Os course there is a certain per centage of loss in transporting the power from the motive to the working, and, owing to the practice of the pulleys, the rigidity of the cable and the resistance of the air, but this loss is not great. According to the inventor one hundred horse power may be transported six miles without losing more than twenty-five per cent, from ail causes. For short distances the loss is much less. Thus, for a distance of or.e thousand yards the total loss is only seven per cent.; for three hundred yards the loss is about five and a half per cent. Hence, by the use of this cable, an engine of twelve horse power could be placed three hundred yards from a gin house, and be made to exert at the gin a power of more than eleven horses. Its applicability for this purpose is obvi ous. Wherever the operations are suf ficient to justify the original outlay, it ap pears that ic would be true economy to use steam instead of animals. In intimating the economy of the use of steam, the injury to the stock by the constant work of ginning, should be final ly considered. Some idea of the com parative cost of producing power by steam or by animals may be formed when we remember, that by burning ten pounds of bituminous coal, or twenty five pounds of well seasoned wood every hour, we may produce the power of one horse. The use of the Telodynaniic Cable removes wholly the objection of the danger of fire. The engine may be placed an far as may be desired from the yin house. But this is only one of the many ap plications of this important invention. It has been in successful operation in Eu rope for several years. As the great Government manufactory at Oklitain, in Russia, a total force of two hundred and seventy horse power is transmitted along a* line nearly a mile in length, and has been in operation since 1867. Several manufactories in Germany employ it for distances varying from three hundred to twelve hundred yards. In one instance in Denmark, it is employed to transmit power over one thousand yards, and at one of the mines in Sweden it is in actual use, transmitting power of one hundred horse for a distance of three miles ! The wonderful suceess of these opera tions at great distances has induced Mr. Hirn, the inventor, to conclude that power can be transmitted by this method economically, as far as ten or fifteen miles. The per centage of loss, though, increases rapidly with the distance. The other methods of transporting force by compressed air, as is now employed by the engineers at Mount Cenis Tunnel in France, is superior to the Cable for great distances, as the loss of power thereby is not so great, but is inferior to it for short distances. There are many parts of our country where immense water powers are daily and hourly expending their wealth—for power is wealth—without being made to contribute to human comfort, which, if transported to the neighboring town would render it a place of active and profitable industry, and this can be doue without extraordinary expense. For it is now practically demonstrated that power may be bottled up, as it were, and trans mitted and made to perform its full amount of work, though distant for miles from its creative source. When it is desired to transport power for a distance greater than five miles, it can be done most economically by com pressed air. We do not profess to dis [ cuss this method now, yet we regard it 1 with great interest in reference to the future of some of our towns now unem ployed, abundant water powers, and to its bearing on the development of mu mming districts. But for short distances, where safety is the consideration, the Cable we have dis cussed seems to be especially fitted. tfonfeberate memorials. CONFEDERATE ARMY ROSTER. AN IMPORTANT PUBLICATION 61 Wall Street, 1 New York, Oct. sth, 1870. \ My Dear General : As an established rule, there are no histories of the vanquished. To the vic tors belong tiie spoils, and among them is claimed whatever magnifies the con* quest or extols the result, to the depreci ation and, not unfrequently, the utter ex clusion of all honorable meution of the valor and the virtues of those who fought bravely but unsuccessfully. Such is the lesson of history; and the Southern Confederacy, with all her historic wealth of brave deeds, noble impulses and fa mous heroes, will, within a little while, be left childless, unless the record of her struggles and her aims, her trials and her triumphs, her men and her measures is perpetuated not only in the cherished recollections of those who, knowing, hon oring and serving her in the days of her glory and her peril, still cling to the immutable principles of right and justice which she perished in defending, but also by a due publication of such names, facts, theories and incidents as should be wrested from the shifting sands of uncer tainty and frail memory, and placed above the ebb and flow of the waves of forgetfulness, where the future historian, whoever he may be, will find and use them in the interest of truth and candor. From the very nature of things, more or less uncertainty attended the preser vation of Confederate records in many 7 de partments and in various localities. It is not the language of exaggeration, however, to say that these records, as a whole, were kept wonderfully well up to the time of the evacuation of Richmond. Then fol lowed the dispersion and partial burning oi the national archives. During the hurried marches which ensued, amid the excitement of the period, the difficulty of transportation, and the insecurity’ of peace,—coupled with the carelessness of some of the custodians of these treasures, —a destruction ensued of precious me morials and historic documents whose loss, deeply deplored, can never be sup plied. Despite this grievous loss, how ever, there are many valuable memories and important records in the hands of private parties throughout the length and breadth of our Southern Country, which may yet be garnered up. These planks—still floating where the great ship foundered—should be collected be fore they too are engulfed in the dark sea of oblivion. I am glad to see from your prospectus, that you propose to devote the pages of your new paper in appropriate measure, to the preservation of Confederate me mories. Responding to your invitation I have thought it valuable to furnish a ros ter of the general officers, both miWary and naval, and of the carious regiments, battalions and independent organiza tions in Confederate serv ee during the war, as complete as the available sources of information will permit. You will readily sympathize in the difficulties which environ the attempt to present a roster perfect in every respect. You will also agree with me that the prepar ation ot such a record is highly impor tant. 1 trust, therefore, in perpetuating this list, —which has been prepared as accurately as existing circumstances would permit,—you will not only invoke the indulgence of those whose honored names and military organizations may have been omitted, bat also bespeak the good offices of all who can in any way contribute towards its completion. So soon »s I am satisfied that this roster has been made as perfect as can reasonably be hoped, my purpose is to publish it in separate convenient form. It wiii then be commended to the care of all who honor the name and deeds of the Con federacy, and count i: their crowning glory to have been found in the ranks of her defenders. Meanwhile, tli* partial publication will, I trust, awaken an interest in the matter and elicit information, which, within the range of ordinary corres pondence, cannot readily be acquired. Any communications addressed to me will be sincerely appreciated. As tar as it goes, this roster, I be lieve, may be relied on as substantially correct. Should any- inaccuracies have occurred, they will, upon notice, be carefully eliminated. A trruthful and perfect record is earnestly desired. With sincere wishes for the entire success of your valuable adventure, I am, dear General Very truly Yours, Charles C. Jones Jr. Gen. A. R. Wright 'Augusta, Ga. Dufcltshevs’ Notices. rQp= 7 pj ie j US £ number of the Banner, of the South announced a change of new paper will be conducted with all the energy that we possess, and with all the ability of a corps of distinguished writers. 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