Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-12
WASHIHsfoH NHWs Ann Oossu.

WASHnefoH NHWS AND O0ssrl. 2
The New Arm Very recently the Army
md Navy ordnance bureaus have caused exps.
iments to be made BY boards Of Army and
Navy officers with the Perry" arms, an Amer.
can Invention, now in course Of being pat
'nted In this country By the inventor an inss-
nous American Who has established . factory
Or them in Newark, New Jersey. Conmo-
lore Skinner was at the head Of the naval
experimenting commission, and Mejor Nor
leicai at that of the army board. According
o both reports, this new invention proves to
,e likely to excel for practical use any other
description Of ars arms now In use In either
hemisphere, not excepting the world renowned
Minnie rife. The naval commission Witnessed
he firing OF one Of the csrbincs seventy five
times in seven and half minutes, without the
slightest baulk. These guns load 10 vibrating
bseeOh cylinder, working in an arc Of circle
chey are self-piiming. and when tho cylinder
IS brought into position to receive the cartridge,
&c receives the cap which tffty of thsm) il
previously placed in . tube passing through
the bresch Of the gun, by being emp.ied or
turned in from another tube. In the course
Of the experiments to which We allude above,
md others subsequently made under the Gu.
perviion Of Major Dshlgreen, Of the ordnance
,orps. ut the navy yard, where there Is test.
ne ground with range Of thousand yards,
he Perry carbine, Carrying . half ounce ball
md weighing 81 pounds,) at fifty yards, fred
trough twelve inch boards placed In frame
'nsinch sport; and also threw balls quite
nile! In the experiments at the navy yard,
the Perry rifle was fred against the Minnie
lie. With the back sights Of the former raised
'ut ono Inch. IL threw the ball quite as accu-
'ately eight hundred yaris, as the Minnie gun
With back sight raised three inches, threw its
ball one thousand yards. This proves conclu-
siveiy that its range is much greater than that
II the Minnie; or, according to ordnance cal
'ulstions, that with the back sight raised but
'wo inches, 1t will be quite as accurate and
deadly in its effects at one thousand three
hundred yards, Is the celebrated Minnie With
he back sight raissd en- inch higher at n
thousand yards: the Minnie heretofore being
regarded as the most effective IRE arm known
that can be handled by single person.
We have heard many Army and Navy off.
osn who have Witnessed these experiments,
speak Of the weapon, all uniting in declaring
hat it 10 by long Odds the greatest breecb
loading Improvement now known in either
hemisphere. By tho BY, tho fact that it lie
perfectly "gas tight at The cutoff of the
cylinder, was clearly demonstrated in the
'ourse Of the experiment; the objection to the
oreech loading gun heretofore Being that it
has been found next to impossible to prevent
portion Of tho burnt powder from issuing
forth at the junction Of the cylinder with the
barrel. The inventor exhibits some eight or
ten different descriptions of the arm; pistols,
csrbines, rifles, shot guns and muskets anon
them being an ordinary United States percus.
sion muskst, altered 90 as to embrace tho Per.
ry Improvement, At the cost of about seventy
d7e cents, no hear Experiments with this
altered maskst are said to have given quite as
much Satisfaction Is with the other arms, ono
and all.
We are proud Of the success of this ioyeu-
ton, because We desire to zee American me.
;hsnical genius outs..ip that of all other ma.
tons. The invention of tho Minnie gun
created great sensation throughout Europe,
and, If We remember correctly, the French
Government have ealeavorsi to prevent any
others from availing themselves of it. We are
satisfied from the united opinion of 20 many
scientific and practical gentlemen who have
witnessed the experiments performed in this
ciy-Asjor Ben Mccullough, the distin-
gaished Texas ranger of the Mexican war, be.
ing among the numbsr-that this American
has fairly or.strppsd the great French inyen.
ton, to which We refer above.
Extra Pay in the recent ssttlemsn: Of an
account ct the Treasury, We gather that An
officer Of the Navy who had been appointed in
November, 1S4s, an agent for the reservstiop
Of live oak, &c., on the public lands in Cali
fornis, claimed tie extra pay allowed under
the act Of March s, 1853, to the officers who
served In the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Cal.
ifofnis and Mexico" It was held that az he
was an officer of the Navy, and acting under
the orders of the Department a. timber agent
in California, he came within the provisions
aud intent Of the act of Congress era nting OF.
Ira pay, and his claim was therefore allowed.
The Sandwich Islands-It will be remem-
bered that fortnight ago, various CORES
pondsnts. Of distant journals from this point
announced that treaty Of annexation between
the United States and the Sandwich Islands
would reach us by the next California mail ar
rival. That mail arrived on the day before
yesterday in tho George Law; but no such
treaty is understood to come with it. On tb.
contrary, though it brings full details Of Sand
"ieh Island news, it turns out to DO true, o.
the Star stated in contradiction Of that story
that all excitemen. in Honolulu upon the sub.
jeot has expired, at least for the time being:
not q single word on the subject Of the annex.
alton project is to be found in any Sandwich