The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-02-26


ment Financial Operation. having
been stated that Kossuth's 10000 mus.
kets we're purchased of George Law, the
celebrated steamship owner Of New
York city, that gentleman has appeared
in card denying the having sold any
munitions Of war to the Magyar. He
defines his position, however, aud says he
is willing to don revnlulions upon con
tract He has in his possession l5O, 900
muskets. several millions ofball cartridg
es. large supply Of military equipments
aud ropes for traitors, which he will be-
most hnppy t" dispose of'o kossuth upon
reasonable terms. He says the muskets
rnst this Government Sl3 piece, but
ms they did not cost him this much, he
will dispose of them for less than hall
price. with the understanding, however,
that they are To be used only against the
despns Of Europe. He adds
In nt,Iiinn To whist have enumerated above
vnu may say that | stand rently l. furnish, on
ren snnnbl. terms N the shortest notice the fisest
steamships in the world nr the Iastest smiling ships
in the world InIly armed aud equipprd. with can,
mn Tint " u reach farther than nny now in use,
and manned by men tn, caupnt he captured by
any on earth The ships shall carry 1000 men
'rcE, An agreement viii he nnde 10 deliver all
he "pcrsonHei and mqierier Of war abnvc men
'iouerl, At amy given point, anywhere in ;he world
desire Won to give this nn Insertion in yonr k"r"'
mean edition. and send n copy IN VI. MnZZlhi' 4"
Gen Cnvagnnc, aud 10 Gen. Garlbhlhi ana re
quest the London Times. and G'llgnnnl ana Mon
iteur Of Pnis To copy il. aud send the D'' 10 'n'
Herald office for payment
We think this settles the question. lhe
Revolutions in Europe will be done up
upnn contract, and for certain consider
alton Mr.. Law will deliver Hungary into
the hands of Kossuth, the Vatican into
the bands of Mazzini. France into The
hand. Of Gen. Cavaignac. and should the
despn,s nf Europe show any resistance
he will deliver their heads into the hands
Of the people.
But unfortunately there is another side
Of this picture and 10 its consideration
we invite the attention of the people as
one in which they should feel deep in
forest. II is not exactly contract to
edo ny revolutions" however closely the
l"suticct matter" may be allied to this
hut i, isa contract by which one of the
parties at least has realized har dsome
profit lis simply necessary to preface
the foIlowihg by saying that the card o
Mr. Low drew out an article from cor
respondent of the New York EUeniat
Past. in which he gives the following
statement ofa transaction under tho Ad
mim;rralirn Of Mr.. Polk. The paper il
which it appears, is one Of the lendint
organs of the New York Democracy
and hence we have no hest alton in pub
Fishing the statement, hoping that If it i
not according To tho letter, the presen
Congress may institute the proper inqui
ries to elicit the truth. Mr.. Wetmor
wnsa dc(aultug navy agent. atlerward
found out To be so. The amount iuvolV
ed is so large that we trust the part
who have been crying "Galphin" s
long. viii examine one Of the genun
breed The correspondent says
Fran that vcridical source we learn that in III
month ul Fcbrnwy 1919, one month before u,
inauguration Of Zachnry Taylor, M President
the United States and during the iucumbency {
r NJ Weuunrc rs Navy AGENT Of the Unite
Sinlcs, advertisements appeared IN several uF II
city papers Of II lot ur 30 600 musk, IL to he sol
~ Government account by l. NJ Hoffman 4 G.
unciioneers of this city,
On the Goth, nr nhout that day. the sale ton
pbirr At the Atlantic Dock. 10000 were sold
mi oi tho hest clnSS. they were new but Il
barrels were coorrdl ut prices varying from
. ut.to $40 tho gun.
The first class with bright bnrres--we
put mp hu, 300 guns ouly were sold. the nucli
nrrr refusing tn continue the sale a the prcvuiliI
bids, the hghes, of which did mt exceed ST.
u gun. About TINT time. or very shortly ailt
p wards the agent nG Tho Government sold Mt p
vntr sn'g To Grurge Law and hia assoc atcs--,IOl
Brown sys Marshal O. Roberts aud Prosper
Wrtmure the navy agen, under whose dlrccti,
. the nnctinn snlr had heGn made. were. DHd nre i
y pnrin,ls--limn que hundred aud fifty to twn hn
tlrcd ihnusnnd nl these first cluss guns. ut pri,
cpusidernbh les, ilHn that nt which tie nuct0nrI
hpd been instructed n stop the slr, IN the 27I
February. II did not exceed - n gun.
Mr. Law. in his card, puts the number ih'
purchased nt 100000; he snys they were new
and ~ gur us they ever were, mud cost The Gov
cirnrnl Ia make them Sl3 piece He migl
have added TINT they were neatly packed IN box,
- twenty IT, u bnx- which cn,t Tho Gnverntnrl
- uch Ia m Ike. aud Tor which no paid 81, NJ
Inv also slys that he has in possession sever
miliiruS ui rounds Of bail cartridges, whiC
we presume he acquired IN the snme way a
-nuug hr Mr. lnw gave - II piece for his gun
lhunah 1t l. p,nhabe he got them Tor less snr
then the price nj lhs Whole lol-l50 6O0--wuu
amount Ia si00 900
And M they were new, mnlniured, md cost II
Government sl3. they were al least worth s
each.
ar NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $1,000 OF
The $500 cases were wurhl 81 onch.. 3O,0C
-
SlB3O,O'
Mcss. Law & Co. paid for guns and
cases. 3O2 81
$l,537 81
Here we have the balance Of over 81 ,5O0, u
Of property which the Government presented
f Mrs,rN Law & Co., on this occasion. Had Il
snrnc g,lus n been suld Ut The auction snle wle
ouly 200 were offered. nj least Is cents pes q
orr \ynulI have been rguiiy ed buIIn Tint Casn II
y Kings friends" would not have made 50 han
- sonrn thing Of /, Ivy nbout sll2,5O0.
We have mlio M account ul the several mi
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