, 1859-06-01
Another Destructive Nrapon---Ordcrs
from England Tor American Fire

arIslH.
Tic large Quantity of FIREARMS and .,,s,-, l.
iM7 n.actliacrv already furnished to l.n.si.rt
tf"m .41lerica,i Workshops, pruycs IT. have been
!,it tie precursor Vi snorr eSt':d.ti or YRS.
l!leFtU ,ncChancc lilyc Restricted their ri
fsrt> lnore particularly I" the nanufac,arc Of
s:'s1'l s::eS. IN wltclt their >Sil has hrr1 amply
acknowledged; hut nov VIC hear casually ut Il
couple Of 1Mnstcr r1ifal guns, which ilarr bern
III cnurSc Of preparation ly The wtl.knnwn
.na'',ii.ctnrcs Of Chitopst, Mass.--t'Ie "-in,.>
Manufacturing t'o."-ai,d i1iut The results of Il
preliminary trial arc If III cxtraurliuury CHAR
:lcter.
One Of these guns is intended fur tic Cnitel
States Government ntrr will l.. tshctI
oat in the Russian frsSa&c ''t;.neral ADMIRAL
presentation 10 the Car If :ll tlr kussias. i
IL" daps since, Cuptain chestaSoll, the future
commander Ut t:'e new stea'cr, heard Of the
performances ot the HcW gun and, With char
:cteri@tic zra!. ut once determined to obtain Il
duplicate i'll behalf uf lis sovereign.
~ several Respects. the gun 1,r;c referred to,
csr't'rns t" sl description recently given in the
En:{is. papers of tlr celebrated Arn >.sun.
..1n i has risirl bore, ol di1llrtcr c:,,ab.
ii RECEIVING t.'ur pound ba but the missile
''rre employed is :" e!"ngatcl that the weigh,
Of mctal is Increased IL tiirtecu 1us,r,ls I';,e
rear section Ut la,r, il composed If lead, 1,rx-
-c1ln- cancase :usl.;re +" the cartridge, with
lie view nf its bein: iurcti iuto the groves hv
1uc expansion "i the powder behind it, thu,
l'rcret1'n. !oss Of explosive l,os:rr by wjntla:c
\ prominent object Ill tllr rspe, in'rut> made.
Has ta ascertain the elect ri increasing tIu.
uulli'tr ot sru"vcs. the remarkable accuracy
finally obtained, is shown by the fact tl4t tire
"d!f< srtf. Mfo"h M,ou.H Mt sI1.* peri6ruftoH.
with only triiling variation, Il. the tlis,auce ii
ll:slt insle. Tile tar.tt was placed the slopc
1T hill while these experiments were III pro-
:reSs, with the >urros'ton that the Resistance
l3S mich beyond but u messenger lrnu:.l.t
word that dlt!a.e lad bccn ,lulc two ,nIlt,
fulthcr "tf. Ga!s Wcrc ,rn tired 80 that they
struck into tl.e Garth comparatively ri4t.,r dis
tancc from The target, and IN being dig out
were found shattered BY tile concussinr.
VI learn from Sir, +. =. iauyhwonr, .:en,
for tlc AMrs Manufacturing Gu. that order,
were brought OF, by the l;lsi steamer from Eng
llud, tor the immediate construction Of lar.c
quantities Of machinery for the n,a1tuiar,urc u
tbs must approved American firearms and that
the sa'i,e have BEEN put in hand for execution,
10th ut Cl!irupct and o1her lar:-c works. u:ier-
ia. tic needed facilities. TIN agents Of th..
Lring large installn'rnt Of sterling, gold, an.,
ere unrestricted us to the amount Of work to he
s'one. Thu American machinery already in
EugIand lS worked up tu its fuiies: CAPACITY.
.uruiuE oui several Thousand guns per nontl,.
rhder thu direction Of wo1ku,cn Ire,n tue >hops
ut thlcnpec.
We understand that public trial nf 1ht new
i't!ed ca!lunn will soon be made Ut Governors
]sland, under military superrisivr--rrul,ably
during the present werS.
The luited States t:oecrnn,cnt arn1nries, both
at Springfield and larpcrs Ferry, are s,;41lufac-
turing the rit1cd mustct tor the l.. = army,
This wrai'"a il de>srur,Nenc>s, will compare
well Will! the Minnie rite. or any thing else IN
use- About 1".t"n Of these ruskr;s will BE-
,nade at Springfield u the coursc of tie present
Year; at both places something like :u,uss'.-.E.
i. Jour. If l0mm.rc<