The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-23
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William Gates 20. "a Artillery, ~ ="
Charles 5. Merchant CT. 9th Artillery, I. :"
| Harvey Brown, Col. 9th Artillery, q "
Carlos, A. Waite, Col. LIST Infantry, IL "
! Gustayus Loomis, Col. 9th Infantry, 81 "
| Pitcairn Morrison, Co. Sth Iniultry, Il "
The annual Admiralty return Informs US that, at
the present moment the British navy numbers no
fewer than 1906 ships Of all cl..aos. or these 100
are devoted " hArbor duty, ami probably fit for
no other service The remaining SIC are either no
tually in commission, OF building, preparing FOR
service.
The seventh New Hampshire Regiment, now
here awaiting orders 10 move 10 wpshi,.,t,n, IL
daily marched frum the quarters white street,
10 the Washington Parade Ground, and then drilled
pr about two hours
| Two more complete batteries Of wizards steel
tiHtd cannon have iccn seni n Ohio. bo,tcry of
these cannon sent on some two weeks since, did
| go d service in the battle at Somerset, Ky.
| About 10000 hand grenadcs Of the Ketcham
pattern have lately been cast at the Jackson Iron
! works, where they still icing made at the rate
vt 600 per diem. They are completely fAshci for
use Ivy the firm Of Cahart & kcclam, of 2Sd street,
who hl,ea contract frum the government " finish
q y,st number. Each Of tho-c eronsdcs Is oval
Ill al with powder like bomb, aud Is e>poied by
percussion zap and nipple, wherever they strike.
| They are made Of several different sizes.
The flo~ing vessels, which form part Of Capt. For.
tcr'- fleet, arrived at the Navy Yard yesterday The
br. Sea ruAm, s,huon,rs Para, u. Smith, ArlcttA
aud S,pLronia They will at once bc Srmed and pm,
into commission. The schooncrs Orwotta aud NJ
Ys'sar, which i,ain part " tie same fleet are pro
grc->sin. rapidly, and will -con be ready n lie put
| into commission. The schooner Racer, Grifhths
ani Williams, ais, belonging 10 Captain Porter
fleet and which We have already described, have
hauled out into the stream, ~ make nom Tor other
vessels. They will probably sail today.
The purchased ship Onward has taken her 10
part'rc from the Br,okys N,yy Yard. We have
prev ,usiy gives iull list =! her officers. She u
sd T. bc under orders N proceed - the Chinese
station.
The L, S. figatc s ,binc X making rapid he,d~hy
Sci tar ~ the repairs she rcIuii,i are concerned
She will lie ready for ~, about the end II this
month. It z reported that she will he theh., ship
the Chinese sIutlrun.
The steamers Oneida and O.trAra are being
pu,hci forward quite nri,kly-thc former -oi has
hnd -i,r1n up Il yug her engines, and tho result is
| quito 4tsfrtury-thc latter vessels engine VII
spu lee completed. It u the opinion Of competent
pcrns trpt these vessels will not be- at the service
Vt SO Government lcforc the frt II M,tyh, bot,
IyI..u 10y appearances they ought g. De- ready
fourteen pr fifteen days before that time.
D. order u Commodore Pauiing, the new gun.
lN,i Owuscr will be put into commission t.i,y At
O'clock. She has already re,cvcd Lcr armament,
which &. precisely similar 10 tina, of the other new
p0Inl-,ats, which we have repeatedly given.
Gunner Charles Albert reported yesterday At tho
Navy Yard lie has just returned from w,,hiu!
D 4
ton tciore the officers appointed D. examine spcl
candidates
\ detachment II recruits posed through Jersey
City on TUESDAY evening, I, IA the lith Infantry
L. ). a, at Perrysyillc, Md.
4 Shell recently invented by New
Yorker, 10 aid la the determination - -cycssun
seems h. M to be- about the most destructive m.4l,
yet brought before the public II consists Of tripl,
shell, or outer containing two other cases. each
held in place by number Of projecting points, and
these are succossvcy fired by lnd fuses from on
T. the other, 80 W 10 produce tire, distinct eHplo
sious. TIE inside chamber, In an 80 pound -holl
contains about half pound Of powder, The second
shell "a pound, and the outside one two pounds A.
farther advantage, It sclamed that in those shell,
the first and second SUCCESSFULLY sct as breeches l.
resist the explosions, aud thus cause the shell l.
burst in Fragments much smAl or than those If Nj
ordinary bomb. A. a same Of this, Of An "
mound tri,le she'll 6rel vybero the fragtnen,. conf,
be n.rtially collected, % lbs. were found In b.
fragments Thoore mary bomb scarcely ever !,,rst
in more than three, AMI never more than sa,er
pieces There are also made by the same inventor
A SHE'LL containing three grenades, which, from theii
,vs f,rra .spine A much mora eo,entric Gi,bt than
round shot, and A shropI al shall, in which an n
sble ling ch,rb.r tales the pIace If the oil
,.,ionsd rp.nper n, b,riny IN anon, ,ho b,,r,e,,
"a ,,,t,,r With vvhi.b ,bo ord,r,,, sbr.r,sl hal,
aro ava III. sb.u -, yti,t 80. h,ya ,,,,lo, 4
,bs N.Ir,,rc.U,r,b omb. which on sov.,aI ,rI.r
L,f,e C.'v sprae,ie. oc Rhode Island pr,,vsI
perfect success and Ia n be within few days test
oi re Gen. Mcclellan.
Under the appella,on of Gle. Infant, P,rdus,
ps,r,v ,hildrep, FIRE, On reOirnen, Ia pr,,..eI !,
|, io raised in this city, with costume similar u th,
Cha.scuys De IA Garde-Imperiale, II France, 10
wards which 800 men have already offered them
selves for enrolment. The regiment is 10 be com
m,ndei by C.i. Comfort, a noted French officer O
twenty ye,us experience, and author Of tho plan o
the yattc II Cyernli, which has acquired for him
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