The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-19

washington, Nov. Is, 1850.
Testing Pistols. e. = Socro # OGoers-New Con-
cert Hall Tor k~.y L,ad and Others.
I'm addition 10 The i~'y- Board Of Army and
Navy officers, now 'Idug sessions here, relative
40 grades in rcpk, and r.l,uve TO some substitute
Tor the abolnon Of tie eat" by Congress, there
have been called h. re numh-r Of officers of the
ordnance depar'mt ni aud Of mounted regiments,
zgreeably to a resolution of the Senate, relative to
the efficiency Of certain kinds OF repeating PISTOLS
and to theK sdsp'aioa u" the service OF mounted
regiments, 10 MAKE exp nmens, and 10 test the e.
fciency, relatively. at tot only all kinds Of repeat
ing pistols, but 1T NJ moddsird guos and rifles
which inventors may submit for Inspection and
trisl.
The resolution fine Senate, under which this
board of offic,rs ha- been cali, Il, IL az follows;-
Resolved, That the seer tsty at War be, and he 10
hereby direct t. ar.rtaiu III opinion OF the officers
Of the Ordnance HUI. sp aud OF the nited states
mounted rsgim.ni- ~hO have uted th- repeating PTS
tois INVERTED b. s.pp-i Colt or Other Investors as TO
which IL the fi-i.pt spo TO their adaptation
to the ssrvic. OF tb.r nds, and What
advantages they p'ss-s- " an over the common
crsgoon pistol Aiso the of such other omoers
Of our ouu ted regiment. not been supplied
With spesiiua Oh th-r "r not the smcency
OF their ~oulo b. ipo'-ssd by substituting
ihs nost ion, rov.d ,sp--trs yi,tal With whica they
scquaiptsd. tor tn. n"mm"n drAg"on piston tnry
have In aud that 'h- re'uit of sue irq
be =, ported the ia sc.rtsiued at the
comm o. ih- se ioo 81 Congress, II sssd
repeating are SEATED by the officers In command
The Bos,d c,ns,s,s ~ h. following officers
Major aod Br-v-t Lieut. Colvn-,N L. ssker President
Captain and er.v-t Nsjor n"sd cal,
Cant In aud Brsvet tirI 'n.l " uus"r Na,h.rs
Captain spa yf.v.t MsJorw rnoroton,
Capt. .bd Btsvet L,~ut. 'i"l u " rslcott J
.secono Lieut. sui brss-L tinpisDJ Demo Rec order
The Board met ~ fbr Afsrntl ytSte fday-ail
IRE sent excerpt Colon. Hdgrr u was decided that
a irial of the .fhcru;y at br viri'us kinds OF arms
which many iuvrnfut- bna brought here 10 be ex-
amin. "A led ststti he
There have he. hf'"skh HIRE rV'iis ten or Twelve
kinds at arms, Cur ips 81 carn'ur-, mosse's,
TIflrs, guns, pi-tolr, We. s"fne ~ hmrrican and
come Of foreign m uufaetuoe, Tor inspection and
MIR. Colt, of New yorh, has with him two de-
scrip,ions 81 his kind ~ pst''s, ushrd OF IN extra
eel ant IL, Ie iut-nd-d too the great world Con-
yenrion 20 Re NJ III 10 l. ~ ioo next May.
To day the Board Mt II the Arsenil-aii pre-
sent, Colonel HIg-r havnl arrived, and con-
mspcrd experimenting LISTS pistols were the
score of accuracy vrlnrity. and q. notation Also,
TO ascertain whether my wodid burst whether
more than one barr cuud by accident be dts
charged at the sstie inriani-and whether the
charges could he dausgrd, or the caps rendered
useless. by the pistcl's ncIrg submerged IA water
The trials were we'll Tee lived Balls were put
though eight ose-inch pl4nks, set apart from each
other, with moderate chtrkss =,
To morrow Cote Iistnls will be further tred
and tested and the pistols 81 other gentlemen viii
also he tired and t-stcd There is no knowing vet
whose arms will be preferred aud ndOp'ed Into the
general use 1T the srtvice. There VIII De great
hrinp at the Arsenal tomarrow
kI~ssrs WILLARD tgd Reside are progre ssiug
barely in their work Il erecting a grand Con
cert Room for J,nny LInd, Pdrodi, Madam
Bishor &c, on the ste ut the old Theatre. ne
foupdaiop walls are NO. the stagings aiso the noor
l. laid, snd the rcof il baif on. The Hall will be
n,sdr after hcfsshion cf the Musical fuad III Al,
81 phiIsselph,e. except that il will be wider and
more commodcus, and has on incliaed iloor lac
nos.I in iii else, IL th. same "a the Philadelphia
Hall referred ~. Messn Willard and keesvde
jiyine Jrnpv'r reception by the 10th proximo.
The Hall VII ~ vuh~ut galleries, and VIII seat
twenty. three hurcrrd ~ Ople with comfort