The New York herald., 1872-11-24
sree.s, then one Of the most respectable in the

streets, then one OF the most respectable IN the
city.
The public festivities OF the day closed by bril-
hant display OF fireworks In the evening, and the
citizens retired to rest happy in the thought that
the last remnant OF royalty had leIt
their shores, and tnat night. to use the
before them but the enjoyment OF all the heaven
born born privileges 70 which free people were en-
A GOOD STORY spoILKD
But first, here IL may be remarked, that in Feb
ruary, 1881, one Captain Van Dyke came out in
tary heroes OF the Revolution and in that letter he
spoke as follows concerning the evacuation by the
British 81 was in Fort George and within two
feet OF the fagstaf1. The halyards were unreeved.
the cleats were knocked OF, the stan was
slushed, and a sailor boy, tried three times and
GOWN when some wos ne nanspw
hatchet, hammer, gimblet and nails; one sawed
lengths across the board one split the cleats and
some bored. until they had plenty OF them. The
boy then tied the halyards around his waist filed
his outside jacket pockets full OF the cleats, then
right and left OF the stan. As he assembled he
nailed the ceats on, then he reevcd the halyards,
ta.ss r. THE FLAG WAS UNFURLED
salute OF thirteen guns was given" He then
adds, ut took rs nearly an hour before we could
hoist it the river was covered with shipping that
lay at anchor In the North River. The small boats
at the same time lay on their oars sterns to shore
II Lieutenant Clean says q ladder was used then
ne was not there at all. AS for hauling down the
English nag there was none to haul down. They
Kept perfect silence while we were h0isting the
so 1t would seem that we good patriots OF the
present day who revere our Revolutionary history
with such devotion have been oil along deceiv-
Ing ourselves with the patriotic idea that the Brit
ishers had not only creased
THAT POOR FLAGSTAFF,
but had also nailed the hated Union Jack to the
top and yet the stan was really not creased, nor
was there any Union Jack to be pulled down BY the
gallant Yankee tar. Still, we know that there was
1agstan near the Battery on the 25th November,
l7S3 and that the Stars ana Stripes were hOisted
oiknowing that the departing red-cOats witnessed
the patriotic OperatiOn II that Of itself Ia not su
cient reason to make New York people In 1872 feel
particularly big on the 25th OF November, then the
| Evacuation Day" to celebrate.
The Veterans Of l6l2.
The few remaining survivors OF the war OF 1872
Of New York and its vicinity will meet at st. Paurs
Church, opposite the HERALD Of1ce at $3.50 to-mor-
row, and will thence take the Seventh avenue cars
up to the arm0ry OF the Sixth regiment, at Forty
fifth street and Broadway, where an escort OF 10(
men will be furnished them, who will accompany
them to the old block fort 10th street. near Sew
enth avenue in the Park, where hickory pole
from which the Stars and Stripes will be flung
to the breeze. subsequently OratiOns will be
made BY Rev. Mathew Hale, OF Brooklyn,
and probably by General Dix the Governor-elcct,
who Is also an 1872 hero salute Of thirteen guns
for that number Of States which existed In 1912,
will be fired from Seventh avenue from nine-
General Of the National Guard, under the superin-
tendence OF Mr. Gould Warner, an adopted son OF
the veterans
The old men win then return to the armory Of
the Sixth regiment, where banquet will be ten
dered them. The occasion promises to be very
interesting one.