Show trial of breech loading arms it will be recollected by most of our readers that congress at the last session made an appropriation pria tion of for the purpose of altering the government muzzle muzzie loading firearms to brer breach ch loading arid and authorized a trial to he made of all goading arms susceptible of adaptation to this change whose owners were willing to compete with a view of ascertaining their relative ivd ive merits the board of ordnance officers consisting ng of col ripley captain May maynadier nadier and major jor ramsay detailed by Secretary the of war to examine examine arid and report on such plans as might be submitted by inventors have lately concluded their examination and it is presumed will boon soon f furnish their report to the secretary the pi pio pro 0 gramme of the recent trial which took place at west as follows 20 rounds for accuracy at yards 80 rounds more to make i for endurance 20 rounds for rapidity 20 rounds for accuracy at yards 3 rounds for penetration the competing guns named iu in the order in which they were filed before the board were morses morsels 3 Josiv ns mt storms merrills may nards bards and sharps and all of them had bad been a altered bared from in muzzle muzzie uzzie uzzle to breech loading oad ing storms h having avin g been altered from an old U S rifle and atil aill although 1 u gibben I 1 in iq consequence somewhat rough in appearance elicited marked evidences of approval from the general ease and facility w with I 1 th which it was handled throughout 11 the fhe trial the following is is the tabular state stale statement u t as prepared by the correspondent of the T new e w york tims times the guns being placed in the order of f their appa apparent rent buderi oi ozity ity ia in each branch of the trial TWENTY ROUNDS FOR abc ACCURACY AT ONE OKE hendred HUNDRED I 1 fi YARDS tards A mt storm 1 murse mirse 4 I 1 i joslyn 2 maynard 3 6 sharp i 1 3 Merr merril ll i 6 I 1 all the tho guns stood the test in this hect but bilt evidently worked hard bard andai andAl olse oise had bad twenty eight miss fires RAPIDITY TWENTY M S M S 1 mt storm 2 io 10 4 joslyn 2 60 55 2 merr merriu iii 2 25 6 5 blom AIOM 3 40 3 sharp 2 45 6 maynora maynard 4 15 T TENT TWENTY ENT Y ROUNDS HOUNDS FOR ACCURACY SIX HUNDRED I 1 YARDS balls in target balls in target 1 mt aft storm 11 ll 4 joslyn 6 2 sharp 7 6 5 maynard 3 3 morse 1 7 6 Merr ll 3 rENET RATIOS jan BOARDS INCH APART YARDS lit sit storm I 1 joslynn ni 4 morse 2 tharp sharp 6 merrill Merrl ll 3 maynard Ma 6 this result being estimated by allowing for different weight of powder and ball and not merely for the till number of laches inches passed through which winch were ili in the order of firing first named to wit ROUNDS EACH S 4 f weight weight rounds bounds 9 of ball of cotal EA alfis 1 2 3 f gr grains gramms gratas inches more morse 70 1238 8 12 ia 1318 8 8 joslen 60 1212 2 11 9 3 2 mt Stormy tonn ionn 60 12 til 1118 1138 8 2 merrill 70 70 13 1314 14 1 4 1338 8 1318 4 maynard 7 70 1114 1138 it 18 1 8 1112 1113 lii iii 3 2 8 3 sharp 7 70 0 1014 2014 loi 4 11 1112 illg iii ili 12 1 2 10 1 after these results were obtained storm proposed that all the guns should be immersed immer immar in water for a stated period and afterwards tried ed to see a what hat met effect this exposure to which them they am are likely to be subjected to in practice would woul have but this was wait objected to ile lie also proposed that they should be thrown against rocks or down precipices to furt further her ber test their thein powers of af endurance but bat all refused compliance to this course except sharp four of the guns tried were loaded with the usual cartridge and mt storms had the additional advantage of capability of bein being beine I 1 loaded with loose locse powder and ball scientific americ americal Ame ali aug 14 ii cr OX at a military entertainment abic atio ia giving the regular toasts the army ws ika not forgotten when a distinguished shed and commence commenced dby by saying Il herbs heres leres to the arty army ariy may it never wani wanti VA and there he rested colored stammered and ard was wag completely lost when a shrewd one his side whispered and may it never be wanted which the colonel tepia lepla repeated ted in ili a clear cigar voice and which produced the effect of caalim calling down the he house from harper g Hip happiness is a perfume that oue ono cannot r hed shea over another without drops falling on du ones self seif |