The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-02-01

tnitrd states Arsenal at "atCttOWn.
The startling developments recent.
y made relative to the transfer Of
arms and munitions OF war from the
United States arscnuls at Springfield, &,
Watcryliet and llarper's Ferry, to
Southern states, by order o: ex Sec
retary Floyd, have led us TO lear
that the military post at Watertown.
in this state, h,s also been robbed
by the fugitive dclaulter and traitor;
and our suspicious appear to have
been well grounded.
Tie arsenal is at present in com
mand oi Captain 7. J. Rodman. an
experienced AMI efficient officer,
whose scientific labors in CONNECTION
with military experiments, have won
him we'll mcrited distinction. Cap.
tain /. LtunAr! is the military store.
keeper the post is garrisoned Ivy
detachment OF twenty men, under
command ni Lieutenant I. Edison,
who, with six privates, was recently
or lcreJ to Fort Adams, Newport,
Rhode Island, where he now remains
in charge Ut the ordinance stores at
that place. As is we'll known. the
arsenal has in former years furnshl d
employment to large numbers OF
artisans. The work hops are pro
vded with machinery requisite for
ne ~ "a nt 4 u IA. a,
had been pat in complete order Tor
the construction of iron gun carriages
of an improved pattern. when the
present political troubles blocked the
wheels %; nearly all the machinery
hundreds of men were formerly en-.
ployed in the alteration of the old
Hint locks 10 percussion guns. and
the long racks in the armory filled,
tier above tier, with bristling mus.
kcts, attest the extent Of their labors
The number Of mechanics at present
employed is simply enough to kcer
the arsenal in order.
The available material at present
contained in the arsenal consists o
eight brass field pieces, seven o
which are mounted and one ready
to mount; three splendid brass how,
tiers, thirty two Founders, for dis.
charging shell; Is coo stand of arms
muskcts OF the old ilnt-lock style
altered to percussion lock; 1000
rifles, 1000 horse pistols, GS,0OC
pounds of musket powder, in narrcls
$50 pounds cannon powder, and
100000 ball cartridges. At Sou,l
Boston Point, Fort independence ant
the arsenal, there are 270 cannon O
various calibor, and in the park a
the arsenal arc shot to fit as follows
175 ten-inch, 50 eight.inch, ,95:
forty two Founders, 6,499 thirtytwc
Founders, 10, ,724 twenty,four pound
ers. 1,4lG twelve Founders, 5,26|
sixty Founders. In addition to tn
above. there ara S25 tcn-inch shells
255 eight inch shells, 05 thirteen
inch shells, 993 twenty-four inc
shells, 74S twelveinch shells. A
. the ammunition is serviccable onl
7 in connection with the old musket'
the cartridges having round balls
i There are also 235 sea coast gu
d carriages in the store'houses, whic
If could be shipped at a moment
# warning.
!. The number of rifles is less by 81
j. thousand than it was one year ag
Q In January, 1860, two thousan
}, rifles, fitted for the Minnie ball, wei
}, sent to each OF the arsenals at Bate
i Rouge, Louisiana, Mount Vernon
it Alabama, and Augusta, Georgia.
% Though nominally designed to SUI
70 ply the states to which they wei
r. sent with their quota Of the publ
10 arms, these rifles were unquestiol
% ably ordered South for the same pu
'r pose as were the arms sent fro
1t Springfield and Watervliet. Th'
comprised all the best rifles in Il
y arsenal.-[ Boston Journal.