Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-29


Aaub-eommlttee OF the uouie Uommlttee
On Oommetce, consisting OF Hon. Omar ID,
Oonger' o. Mlehigan, aud Hon Phiietus saw
Ellington o. saith, Of Nsrmoat, Hon. John q.
Chntehill, OF New YORK, Hon. John ~ Hay,
OF lllinols, hnu tue emlnent chemist ana -
tuts, and Geo; James q, Hunt OF kansa',
visited GeotSelown on saturday, 70, the pnr'
rose o. making N eSamlnalton OF the whip.
iuel, which has been In PRACTICAL operation
there LOT some mOntha.
me aeAmboN laws HoW uhier revision w
me OommittsS % Commerce propose 70 to
on steameis' anu u 10 proposed 70 hme9u We
PROVISION 20 IS 70 aunt the Carrying OF this
Mueie LOT the purposes OF lutl, unueI sueh
may prescribe Much interest was mAnllested
10 The critical examination given the process
~ Prot henty, whose Ahlil,y a. 40 expert 10
this country and Europe. Much satisfaction
Win the telults was expressed ~ the WhoIe
Par'y. several mAehlnes In process O. con
operation OF casting iron by blast furnished
oy ihs same prooeh.
Rsprorro, ,. Fn,,,,r- N,vvy.,n-
Mohk SI9rfkp ~ phs OhpsAscE fous p ply:
a. hinteu lh the hhfUhLloAs AtNe'Mual
NY, nv ,o'VS ~ ~ navy yssu Msb h,eA'Iy
ItsSeu ~, ~ oautuy ~ 'ne , ~ ~, ~
hoou' uh' wen, hnu u Lu1hofsu thAt r ~
noIe WI ue sent on ~ i.luAy ueN'; hhe
MN I'm, IN ,ne al H.,
reAu OF steam engineering. 1t IS said that
about one half Of the woFkmeu employed un-
der the ordnance bureau tabout ilO) will be
discharged on Friday next The blaekamith's
shop ia now entirely closed, aud In other do
nATtmenta work il exeeejipgIy slack, The
ySrd isboTcts and civil e1Sipesrmen are now
90 nTe-eIghihs time, the painters on one
third, the jUineFs and wheeIwrights on one
hhIi une, ,,. g.,
to- LII "n.incnr 81 ~ SsrJ made sn1ii"s.
lion 10 the Navy Department for pefmiaslon
TO complete the new ordnance foundry on the
plans recommended by Admiral DAhlgren
when 10 charge Of the ordnance department
which TACT was duly announced 10 the REPun-
LIcAN, and by that means he has been enabled
to keep = large force employed that would
have otherwise beon discharged. Yesterday
orders were received from the department 10
postpone the work indefinitely, aud BY so doing
Docks department, Of which Captain T. II
PStierson, executive ofieer, is now 10 charge,
will have 10 be reduced At least one hall, and
the remainder will have to be put on quarter
and half time. since the nrst OF the mouth
about two hundred men have been discharged
from the yard.
BASE BALL,-TheTe seems to DO much &C
tivity among the "bAllistsn this season, and
our city has three clubs 10 the held, yII: The
lnE 70 strengthen themselves. Malone has
left the Olympics and jolned the Athletics
PinlLham, OF the Eeklords, and Burroughs, o.
the EurekAs, have Joined them, besides which
they have Hurley, Reach, Force, Leeeh, Obj
ney, Mclean Robinson, HcatmAn, Young and
Urell. They will soon have their new EInund'
In condition, upon which much time and laboi
have been spent 70 make them hrat.olAss; Tht
Nationals are quiet as usual, but enough hat
leaked out to show they are At work prepar
Eagles, 10 the latest acquisition. numbel
OF line players are still In the club that have
been quiet for some time, and may be oallet
into use, Among these we hne Fletcher, vii