The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-20

sptsssss 10 this door through four nssvs irss DORIS
rhe nrst door contains large nunhsr Of brss cSsnon
the museum. and the srnory. Among the csunsa are
number which presented 10 the Now York State nj
ua by several distinguished psrseas Ansag The nest
.trstisg Of tasse cannon, which We shah give short
histery o. Il
brs four FOUNDER presented By the Eapsror Of Russia
to Benjamin franklin and BY hin 70 the New York state
militia This gun Il in remarkably good srd, and
good nov a. on the day It made,
long brass FOUNDER taken frsn Agernss ct Trip
oil in 1875 BY Comasdors Decatur and BY him.
This Is very handsome gun Of superior Workmanship
and Is in very good condition.
A three FOUNDER. taken from the Spanish BY the
French fism then BY the Bsgiish, and ffoa then by
tho Americans In tho Of 1872 rsis Ia long gun
and Handsomely carved It 10 in very good condition.
notwithstanding the number Of owners II has hsd-
One SIX FOUNDER and two three pousders called BY
Gen. Burgoyss his grasshoppers, taken b. tho Amsr
cans st Saratoga 1777 TAesc pieces Of artillery
him In al his battles.
A long tix FOUNDER taken iron tse English BY the
Americans at tho battle Of Princeton, January l777
and surrendered to Washington in per-on
three peupdsr with carriage and csisssn presented
BY Governor TomPkins, In 1914 This IL beautiful
piece OF artillery and made expressly for Governor
Toupkus own The carriage Is fitted up In . very
comfortable msnBer with springs and cushions II was
his iDtsption to introduce thsm into the service
x poander taken from the British ct tho surrender
Of st. Johns canads, by Gen Montgomery and present
The armory, which is o. this noor contains eighteen
thousand Duskets, ffte hundred rifles, eight
husdred horse pistols two husgrsd cavalry sabres,
taery swords two hupdred and Hfy Of Colts re
vevipg pistols enc Thousand of sss repairing rifles
two hundred Of Halls ridss which load st the bfS.ch
eight hundred hetsemsns cabnes asd several stands Of
lsnees or The musk-ts there eight hundred which
brought 70 this coa.try BY Lafayette and
used during the revoutisa Thsy in excellent erder
and ready for at any moment. They wore manu-
factnred Charievile in France. Among the Numerous
stands Of arms three binss taken from thu British
under Lord Germ Wallis NJ the battle Of Yorktown. On
tho walls are hung portraits Of Washington lafayette
and Perry. They very fine ikens.srs and very
iml clements used in They left open for the In
spscep Of visitors being Of the tim. usd for
pies ibis Arsepsl Is the chief one Of tss state and
number V In the annoy &C present Is greatly d.
crssed account Of extensive drafts which have
been made upon It BY the militia rho entrance 70 the
first floor Is by two mssA foept fights Of steps Of
iron, beth sid-s The ratings you ascend
constructed OF iron rifles which look nstu
the in the armory TAs rals svei ~rh cha do
made Of cast iron bows aud and 10 the centre
the arm. Of the State Of Nos York cast il iron
Over The aoor il pile cauron balls and large Am,r
eagle This piece Of workmanship is admired great
~ BY all vsiters who never fail y visit the handsome
The second floor is used for storing containing
arms military equi pmspts a,d instruments.
mbsrs caissons ts,ts e. On the rocT are e,ahs tsw
eash Of the building sad four In the
nte. Four Of thes- towers have ssat port noss asd
-four OF them have four From these towers tho sur
rounding country be ranged thus it will b.
this building Ia II point OF fact fort and one ola
superior kind TOO. sx nen can def-n1 it from within
against thousand on eidc fhe doors and wiaaovs
Iuct.d Of iron and consequently could resist
very strong force for length Il TINS rhe vstsf on
is nj VT MEAL araug
things. The fotrs are all OF them very clean Aod tho
gyms bright ~keu the made ros stats Of
thEPs ow,n CHIEFLY 70 the Of tho keeper
Mr. Bi,daell There bundled and sixty. three
pieces OF artillery this arsenal Thei. cabrs varies
fon three t. twenty four pound shot but the greater
pertien Of them are twenty four FOUNDERS and
peunder bowitzer-. All these ready for
ticn at moments notice The importsaos Of artillery
10 ilinstrs very chilly Nspo.ons vioores Bsing
an srerist BY profession he well understood the N
psrtsuce Of this Of warfare He used cssn,n
IN hts battles bsD other General ~hs pr1ceted nlm
heDce h great superior fsrcss
At the battle # BorodnA there thousand pieces
Of used each side; tho battle Of MoseowA
there were six hurdred Ut battle Ligoey three
hur bred and ftty at the battle Of xarengo which was
sse OF Napoesn greAest vietorieA he only sssd twenty
pieces OF caDpon chile ON the ereDys side there were
eighty pieces Thus, Nipo,esns victories show the
impcitspce Of srIleryAa article which are net 1t
this moment very Ill provided sith
THE PEW ABMoRY DOWN TOWN ARSENAL
This edidce which 10 nearly finished Il situated the
sornu Of White and Elm streets 1t is hundred aad
thirty one feet ON White eshty-four feet
LIN street 1t ia built Of blue stons. only two stories
high the arst beiSg thirteen feet and the second thirty
feet high The windows very narrow being only
eighteen inches vide, that in Of assault BY
mob outside the buildn could be defended with
by fifty The irss floor is to be used gun
the second drill room sud rendezvous IL Of
riot vhe style 10 Gothic the three u the
baildng are situated towers; thsr~ s b ave doom
White and Elm. which made Of boiler
iron 1t 10 built piles driven into Lhs grossa This
bui6jsg when finished viii be used receptacle for
the artillery thu first Dvsos Of tbs New York State
militia. IL is very hawthorne bsildsg asd II cousruos
the hest plans fer defence On the centre Of
thu root ~il be srectsd large Gag staff by whom
nunicatos from this building and tss arsenal mp town
may be carIiea on by sigss telegraph