New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-19
The Material of War.

A charge having been made through the col
umns of the NewY ork Herald that George Law,
the steamship proprietor, had large lot of sec
ond hand muskets, of little or no value, which
he had sold to Kossuth for - piece, Mr. Law
comes out with the following announcement:
USloN Place NgwYoRk. Feb. s. 1867.
j. G. BENNETT. Esq. EDIroR OF NEwloRK HERALD:
Dear Sb-Recently in your paper. and in some other
prints and in not worthy of notice name has been
mentioned, and reference made to transactions of
with which neither newspaper editors the public have
any than the public have in contracts
with your papermakers or your news-carrers My pur
chase from the Government of the United States
hundred aud t thousand mlSkes and owning sew
cral millions of bal cartridges has been several times al
udei to- and it has been stated the musets worth
less and We're condemned and second haud - and
that have sold them Governor kossuth for 81 piece
etc There is not one word OF truth in the statement
that any of these mskets have been sold Governor
KosSuh any body else. for Hungary The Statements
dereeiatug the worth of the aruls denounce as a Sian
der of my property, calculated to njure its sails The
mukets cost the Government. to make them abu,t SIS
and they are worth that sum. They Sec
ontl-hand they are not ..condemned and worthless
arms Nevertheless, as they did not cost and those
Interested with much. they will be disposed of
les than half that price and We will also in of sale
OF large number give 70 the friends of liberty enough
to arm battalion of republican patriots aid in
tentln the area Of freedom in Europe Governor Kos
suth does not alludc in his speech quoted by to
these muskets, any arrangement with respect 10
them, though we shall be happy sell him all he may
moderate terms The contract he alludes to is
with other parties mskets which equal
to ours Ours are new and in good order OF the best
manufacture accompanied with full accoutrenens boxed
up and in store ready to be shipped at moments notice
with several millions of rounds of ball cartridges They
made by American freemen and viii not be
sold for any price any but those who will them in
the Of freedom in Europe large supply of infantry
equipments of all kinds and for artillery Dragons and
riemen and of ropes for traitors. be furnished at
the shortest notices also cannon ETC. etc etc for sea
service and while repel your attack my property
may well make this note advertisement for its sale
So may separate what regard proper by
defence from that which may be considered advertising
and send your bill my office, West street for payment
In addition to what have enumerated above, YOU may
state that stand ready to furnish reasonable terns
at the shortest notice. the fastest steamships the world
the fastest sailing ships in the world fully armed and
equipped with that will reach further than any
in and manned by that cannot be captured
by any earth. The ships shall carry 2oo each
An agreement will be made to deliver all the personnel
and mateiei of above mentioned at any given point
anywhere in the world desire you give this an inser
zion in your European edition and send copy 10 NJ Maz
Ain Gen Cavagnac, and to Gen Garbald and request
the London Times and Gaignef and Moaitet, Of Paris