Dollar Weekly Mirror

United States Arms.—The U. S. Government has twelve large depots for arms, besides two national armories, which manufacture them. In these depots there are 142,000 stand of small arms, guns, pistols, carbines, exclusive of the number issued to arsenals of the various States, and the supply of the army. In 1854-55 the armory at Springfield, Mass. turned out 10,000 muskets, and 2,000 cavalry musketoons, while that at Harper's Ferry, in Virginia, manufactured 9,000 muskets and 2,571 rifles. Colt has manufactured 6,000 of his revolvers for the army. At Watervliet Arsenal, Troy, during the same years, were 70,642 stand of arms for use, in perfect order. At the Alleghany arsenal, 13,840 muskets and 11,000 pistols were put in order. At the St. Louis arsenal were stored 32,476 stand of fire arms of all kinds. These statistics do not include the cannon, howitzers, and mortars stored at the above named depots.