New-York tribune., 1873-05-12
A NATIONS RELICS AT AUCTION


EHE CANNON CAPTURED BY OUR REVOLUTIONARY
FATHERS AT SARATOGA, YORKTOWN, AND STONY
po,NT ADVERTISED FOR sALE BY THE ORDNANCE
DEPARTMrNT-THE LAST DEVICE OF SHAMELESS
sPEcr1 1AToRs-DESCRIPuoN OF SOME OF THE
HISTORIC GUNS.
fyRos AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSEl
Troy. N. Y, May 10.--There is great indig-
nation in this vicinity concerning the approaching sale
by the United states Ordnance Department of revou
tionary and other relics deposited in the Watervlet
Arsenal The fact that they advertised is known 10
hut few it is but night that the people should know
what the Government proposes TO do with their treas
ured relics. before IL be too late.
Under date OF April II, ls73 s Crispin Major Of Ord
nance issued under his a catalogue of ordnance
and ordnance stores for which sealed proposals will he
received until n O'Clock. noon, Wednesday, May 2S
O'Clock Wednesday June H. 1873, at the Unteo
States Ordnance Agency, OF Houston and Greene
cts, New-YOrk. The sale includes war material ana
both seryioeabe and unseryiceabe arms OF all descrp
tons in n arsenas and l2s forts of the United STATES
The property offered is worth millions OF dollars
could be disposed Of at the current price oil waste metal
But offered such vast quantities at once that IL
Win without doubt be bid in by spectators al honN
prices, to be resod at an immense proDV LUG
method of advertising is favorable 10 tnis result,
~ few extensive dealers in metals ana waste matera
alone have been apprsed OF the sale Inc iact oi 'e
Revolutionary relics being included in this sale was FIRST
brought 10 light by the Meneeey Brothers, befounders
IN West Troy into hands catalogue OF sale had
fallen Since the discovery it has been ssoertaneu thst
the entire number Of cannon captured al saratoga
Stony Point and Yorktown. the greater number OF
which lie in the arsenal grounds here, are advertised for
sae 20 the highest bidder in the following order
TROPHIES, BRONZE.
sTSaaSsl s'a sls sun s'p 2ootS5cre Austrian aebe
"a poupdef guns. snootb-bsre tRebe)i &G1-ueb bore
" vi ponnder heldbovttefs (Iebell
(febeD
M po1D5ef guns heavy tReben
4Ioubdsr howiiEer Austrian (Rebel 58lineb bore
= sSoan5c1 .Sa saas, PTcach si,usa bore
i9pauDder guos, French (rsyouhoaafvl t&iteh bore.
tsibcb hovi1er, French Revolutionary.
SpooIdsr guns E5ssi ,evolutioanv, ssush bore
sepoupdeI suu', English trgyOanonsry; &ti.neR bore
- 5goSne, % @ Eo.' SsaP Tr5 Ege' e
2.-poundcr howwsrs. kDgish
snsi .a0is5 Sa1sr. sSr ts Es9.s e,sa onsr
aISSaa5ei CoSISf5 5orisr, Ears6 Creyoaao1sIyJ
> s-iIoa mOT,sr, Bnglisb. Revolutionary.
leiBeh mortar English treyolutcnsr,l
1q3s-neh 20 irsr h-seebIosding laebtiL
: Ssa DC, soa soa' i,oS. .aS. .oI, s4'jH lRsSe s5''
5e55nc gan wbitsorh rfed Euel.h breseblOaug RebsD
lGpoo1ieI gun Porro,i noiei liiebcl ls5iaeh bore.
s4-uch gems. ron rfed, Eng'h CReb,l
Rpou1cer gan, iron, MADE by Noble lReteil;
voiS .SH. iGsH ESsss tRsSeJ: ssoef 81
ssi1oi Blalsls, gun E8si.s (aso,r.
81 pouuder earrouade.
Tie sale of the Rebel guns advertised will relieve the
arsonas Of great deal of useless metal. But the
ntionary relics take bnt little room 10 the arsenal
gToVlds and are the most interesting mementOes Of our
7sary struggle. Many of these guns of elaborate
workmanship and are covered with coats of arms and
appropriate legends in Latin and French An English
Gun SCARED by shot, cast in 174 with the arms of the
United Kingdom, the legend, "-G5hi soft qtt NAL y
pense" and the inscriptions "bieu ct mon droh" SPEC
dO An eh
with the arms Of three Kingdoms. and the motto on
shield ira JGea Z" Fni ."g ana ofleg taken
by wayne at the storming OF stony Point,
July 10 l779. There hafdozen or more field pieces
OF The French Revolution, east in 9 and covered rom
hrcec muZze with notices aud inscriptions from te
classics Republican poets of that era Each bears
There are guns Of the French monarchy, cast IN sts
arms and the names La POes6," "DOnae," " Mi
nerve" &c. Others there are, cast at Douay
by Berenger in 1856 with profuse ornamentauOn, anu
British siege guns were surrendered 20 the American
I777 andfat the capitulaton of Yorktown Oct l9 l7s
These guns are carefully lnscTloed WIN tne da'es oi
These are but few Of the interesting bd g. trophy
hundred years ana which sold at last for the
benefit of greedy and thOughtess speculatOrs. They
loss 70 the nation will be rreparabe II noteworthy
that while the nation is putting forth the utmost e1er
Independence at Philadelphia the War Department
der the sale Of trophies that should be as dear TO Amer
There is no monument Saratoga TO mark the great
victory over the British under Burgoyne should the
people this State desire 20 monument there at
future day. the cannon captured on the fed would
sale be allowed 70 proceed the guns Will haye dlsap
peared before apotber year rolls around Ine
10 the country is for patriotic citizens
10 buy with money what their forefatners
bongbt with their blood. Some Of these guns might De
appropriately placed your Central Park Let the clt
Hs Of NewYork give attention 70 those recs and pre-
vent national disgrace. IL would be entirely appro-
pirate for State to buy them, now the General Gov