The New York herald., 1863-12-10


since tho outbreak n tho rsbeion The navy h,s been
amply supplied WITH p1wdsr from the various milk eu
gagged ia uIaDufa Ia the loya e. and no,
been compelled to seek u IN a for, go market
so great has been tho consumption for naval purposes
OF this ndisTensabls requisite " modern warfare that
tho bureau has been obliged TO order css than $50
tons s'ncs March |, 1881 This gast omognt has been
promptly turnshei Of The mos. approved quality snd in
ooaformiiy with the esabs sbed ssls, by The Msssrs
DupoLt. d Wilmington, and tho SobAstiooks, Hazard.
American and unisn Powder Companies
So fer On the navy Concerned the sbDye named mils
are fully capable OF supplying ell its deuania
There Is, ohy iously. no SUBJECT which deservcs
serious confederation than tho certainty of being sbls
Obtain at all times adequate supply d sle, other
foreign domestic for the manufacture OF gnpo~dsr
Duf ing the past summer tho New Haven Chemical
Works have delivered uJder their With te
reso, 0ye hundred tons of domestic nitrs. which has
nearly all oeen made INTO powder. iis strength h's
from the foreign article, AMI it only remains TO be
whether il VIII stand a well tho test OF service
domestic attire has Also been given recently 20 the Meas
Ieauy Co. Of Ae~ York. and powisr from this mate
rial will soon be made ana submitted 10 prof
since March 1891 there has becn manufactured for
the ynayy ~ The ssgerL powder miiis IN the loyl
Pow der from foreign ntre toas s...............2s7
Powder from douesc bitrc, tons ............. 9eo
PIrchasOI from miiy:aais. .onA .......i...... ~
Tyta tons. 2s,o
oos oARsAgps--rEos yERsus woopxs
Those beng essential to every gun tho asure. which
sbor tbe number o' the latter appcabe Tor
mer both stthe commencement the rebellion and TIE
They NAV DO divided INTO tvo eAssos, viz pivot ana
broadsde for the heavy guns and ior the bronze hOs
into boat, 1eid and deck cArrlases.
These carriages are nearly all made al the navy
yards, TIE Ony private establishment engaged 10 then
constr action being tina, u sr B.ler o, h5rbgrg ss~
York
The dlnoglty o< obtaining at al tine. well soasobsi
timber and tbs unavoidable ap.iuIefns ~bsn srucx By
shot fvhQn s frequently destructive anything
the confined quarters Al sspy readsr lhs uss 4
wooden carriages highly oolecionab'e Hence iniiatory
stsps have boon taken ~ uuodIce Carriages au
Of wood has besn % hr s1ceessfa 10 ,hc case
Of the Ilvoi carriages ou board the irOusdss
eourase The bsef that the mrmer can bs sbf,isstei
for toe ist,er both 10 pivot aoi broadsjc tbereDy
decing the weight ncrsasns TOO strength ADD durab
". and avoiding the ,srrols e1ec, q dying pnssrs.
M.u,fs la ia sspssmDor laa .l 'asa' )" s.sn .sa, a. IN
Guilty sss experienced 10 handling the ggns Do1nted
am catss that we're erp~ienosd 10 tn. slter resfset
sben thssbp ~ss hstei out, having been sothey over.
further iris, ~ iron carriage. will, perhaps. scoa be
made board thu Nlsgwa
sortby ot note also. that b ard TIE sgasors
rAs~s lhe test ~ actual has abandaIty proved
the success q ths ordgsnce board tbsa vesse snd
y zoe icu ippi'nces designed Tor tAo nanipua'od ~
Whether carriages Of iruo arc more sItabs thas o
sod Ior the bfonte noel a04alsd 1es< p@ces
10 toaia hss yet b~en tired ana "a nay tha, wosi
% csrragrs arc sufbcieniiy st-ung hghi ani dursbs
ngt sr.~crrf tho purto~s s4fisslty eel 20 ssfrast
ter iHtrofLcuon "a lIea of the prrseti Aransem-nt
Ia spaAkns q thsrsubs,itaiiol = roa carasa. f,r
rOyin 0ues, Dov refer only hyte q 3s bess ssusN
battery tor % lar tbs wooden q zoe tssvs
p'apdsr ,s1 i-en,y four pogudo' bo~h,,r.. -hsihs,
yUntst ~ iees pieces 70 bss have besn Sub ~ci~i
20 tbs tess u seryice, especially 10 tns vessels oonpss
ng ihe kSissipy sIs.druu. tbaT have ngafAtly 20
dared sny amount o trns sDd rpslrs, and npf asge
cytnpsint hes rsscb~d ths b8fe.l acefn M them
Il mar 10 cit~f ibstause ~ tts ismsnd ~ ins
trcuty fyur rsunf~r bowitx,rs 90 ~ufs tat t@R
A1mrs ry-'es, On ss~snns c1u man1 Z the sssss ~
s1usirou us1~ r~gs s,os urps tba blfsal ~ n-afy
too hundred q these guns
osuH4sfx vosE Tas sEvtrtf rtrrf tsp srariys~
Fe.fwo~n, ~ H-rbs ordnsncs s0's 81 tbs FosN
mo1th ssvy Yard N si rresent g1fcf us Fuf~fraea ~
issa,snsns cssnnssdss sio.ra eouf<sd prine'pAny
" TIE coustryciios " sun garage agl ihs orinADcs
s1yipnn~n,s ~ ves~s<s vsp~sias fSf seA
fhs possess o n~o this stsoTsd al tbs prsssat tns
Q o1s baDdres and twsniy easbt
BosaS a~f Fs~ r~t --Nsary eFsry d~taH ~ orf.
ssccs ouset bss1so us prsr~rstoo ths bsisarsss -
ships foe sss, p~ywpsiy sod On fuy nsd- The ogi
pascs aeyafta~uN both ts~ss nsvy ysycs cp1er ib>
carofs Npsvvso~ u ncmmoaofs sissre~n s Bses,
and caststn f~ssyoa st rsv Yort,
VIA ~ sre~ftton - u. ercnsncs sstabistD-1i Ia
the e'sy tbsss ere hs osiy yGds % sh<A fryy~ct1~s
~ bsavy Gnns ere esss an6 prepared oupss 10 s@'
vcs, whis o. M ssass uss ths bpDcsins. s'spsss
osd~G sDd ssas skis csst st tbs siiscrtt prtvss
0strs-s nass sosggs~f usssn shsrs tss Ai,sol3r
Tbss ths twssa h~s b~sn seAsist 70 ts~V wts 10
erst~s, Assnssd fsr T~pscts~s wl.ser sss~f~nG IN
msch viu sh~r s~cb-s - srsrsrrs ~~s " us--s
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