New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-26
WASHINGTON.
A TORPEDO CORPS TO BE ORGANIZED = The
CAMPAIGN IN TENNESsEE-PERS0EAL.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUERl
WASHINGTON, July IS, 1869.

ibA IhLEGhAPH ThlbUhkl
WASHINGTON, July Is, 1869.
The Navy Department being fully aware Of the i'm.
portant part torpedOes win take In future naval warfare
has determined TO organize torpedo corps This
will consist Of head and such officers may be de-
tailed from time to time for instruction and service
The corps will be under the direction Of the Bureau Of
Ordnance far the material and the direction Of
perments is concerned. Torpedo stations will be esab
Bshed at Portsmouth, N H. Boston, New York, Phila-
helpma, Norfolk Pensacola, and Mare Island. Other
HtatOns will be added occasion may require A suit
able place win beseected where all officers entering upon
this service will be for instruction and TO witness
experiments After being properly instructed these off,
Oers many Of them may be required will be as
signed duty the different naval stations under the
Inspectors OF ordnance. They will have immediate
charge Of all torpedo apparatus and be responsible for
ats condition and readiness for immediate use. They
will carefully examine the channels Of the
harbors under their supervision and select such places
viii DO best suited for distractions. Depots Of tor
pedOes and torpedo material win be established at each
principal ststfA7 under their charge Torpedo boats
will be htteo soon possible, and kept in readiness
for wherever they be required The use Of the
torpedo not being confined 70 defensive purposes II is In
tended TO make Of the most efficient means Of Of
fesse The officers OF the called upon to submit
TO the Bureau Of Ordnance any plans relating the ef
dont working and use OF tOrpedOes that occur TO
them. The Department would suggest the officers Of
the navy wishing to prepare themselves for the torpedo
service that knowledge Of chemistry and Of frictonRl
and current electricity very essential Everything
connected with the torpedo service Of the navy TO be
considered by the officers Of the navy strictly conf
dental. All officers not otherwise employed may, by
application to the Department, be ordered TO the ex-
perimenta ground TO witness experiments and receive
such instructions as they may require.
The Rev. Mr. Lynch, cOlOred Of Mississippi, who ar
rived Washington days since, preached here to-
day in the African Methodist Church He ia said to be
Of the eloquent and impressive diynes in that
church South Among his audience were eXGoy. Shar-
key of Mississippi and Judge Lewis Dent Lynch called
Judge Dent to-day and It s asserted by Dents friends
that Mr. Lynch promises to support Dent for the Govern
Orship OF Mississippi. Mr. Lynch long while
nOunced himself in favor Of General Amnesty and Uni
versal Suffrage Judge Dent. exGOv. sharkey and other
Mssssppians left this evening flor Long Branch there
20 President and Gen. Ames in regard TO affairs
in Mississippi
In reply TO q telegram received yesterday, from Mr..
Stokes ofTennessee, PostmasterGenera Cresswen fully
Endorses MT stokes for Governor and assures him OF the
drank and cordial support Of the Administration.
Commodore Case and not Captain Scott as has been
published is TO succeed Admiral Dahgren as Chief OF the
Bureau Of Ordnance of the Navy Department.