New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-10

of the Republic came forward and in a plucky card
announced that the celebration wonld take place
under their auspices. The address opened III tlls
familiar way
Owing TO our very disastrous fire, which reduced 20
ashes almost the entire business portion OF our vlRr
rctaTing business pursuits and making ne ieel Poi o
Centennial Committee have found II Wholly mp az
ucabe ana Impossible 10 carry our n' ., ~ the
gIamUe proposed tn commemorate the capture "l ~"
fort by Ethan Allen. But there has been ehpres-' at
home and abroad such desire 10 commemorate the DAY
that We, members OF Post Alfred Weed g. A L. ie,l ~
duty to take the matter IN hand present sli,p"
programme welcoming all comrades and guests anu az
sist the best o? ability in making the eAsIe- vi
consideration limited means ana the short line ia
which make arrangements, We can only prepare a. ne
hereby invited to attend the i0Oh an1iyI'S phan
capture Of Fort TicOBderoga, May TO- 100, u! Lti
Allen and his Green Mountain boys. Following the eeo
OF 1.-THE shot that heard around the world went gu.
voice from Ticonderoga Just 100 years ago on the day
we celebrate which carried terror the hearts OF the
foes Of our fOreiatheIs Let us All do hohoi 20 Tue
OF that voice. .
The ilage of TicOnderoga il nj a consldefaoie
distance from the Fort and neither village nor Fort
is 10 be COMPOUNDED with the railroad station named
in honor of the latter, and situated half way De-
tween the two The village is reached by stage
from the station and the Fort is more accessible ny
a short walk from ADHESION Junction The re-
mains of the old fertilization are scattered over
about I3 acres. They are on promOntory COM
handing the confluence Of Lake George and Lake
Champlain and are visible far away, presenting
from some approaches the appearance oil AZ pc'uI-
esque a ruin as this new country of Ours affords
Notwithstanding the nearness of the Centennial
dav Ibelieve was the only visitor on the ground
this morning. While plOdding across plowed heid
in search OF an easy way mp the embanklnent, met
one of those worthy old farmers who have taken
The TRIBUNE since It's first ISSUE and the mention
of its name was all that was necessary to induce Dim
10 offer its correspondent dinner and the services
H. fhaTpt or
left the plow in its furrow, and told me all
he knew about the Fort. Linle as this was
it Vas probably as much any one else
knows. and traditions literally garnlshed the
facts Ticonderoga must indeed have been a fornid-
able fertilization and lts capture by Ethan Allen IN
I77J was az credtabe and surprising as its eyacua-
tion by another American in l777 was dlsgrIceIuI'
With such defenses against the ordnance OF nun
drcd years ago 100 men might keep 1000 al Day
great deal Of the masonry is now urf-covered but
the exposed portions exhibit extraordinary thlck-
ness and strength yet the stones are generally small
smaller in many instances than those ord-
narily used in building the "stone wall
of the farm. The strength seems 10 lie
in great part in the splendid mortar. which despite
the storms of a century would to-day put 70 shnc
the boosted cements with which such dams ms thal
Of Inflated Williamsburg in Mill River Valley are
canal work not many miles from here. But while
the Fort as it was could be held by watchiul and
gallant garrison against almost any odds of old-tme
artillery il would not withstand an hours lombard
ing from heavy guns of recent pattern planted on
the overshadowing hills, across the Lake, called
Mount Defiance and Mount Independence.
Tradition tells that the promoutory is bnrrowed IN
all directions by subtcUauean passages, ana points
10 the few cavities disclosed by the tumDlng walls
and sinking earth to prove their existence. Ii Is
even said that Allen and his band gained access 10
the quadrangle through some mysterious, laoyryn-
thine opening the secret of which was eommumca-
ted TO him by treacherous BritOn. OF course Allen
went about his work III no such way, and as I"
the subteuanean rooms and passages, those dls-
covered are evidently intended only Tor the
preservation OF ammunition and provisions, and for
the safe and convenient movement OF the garrison
from point to point within the fort while IN stare
of siege. The site of the parade ground Is very
plainly marked and the walls of the officers quar-
ters. wherein reposed tie unfortunate De La Place
willie Allen was having bout with the sentinel are
still standing. guess is even made rs TO the very
spot on which the American patriot stood when he
demanded "A surrender in the name OF the Oreal
Jehovah and the Continental Congress-
some neople about here and over in Vermont
said nv Guide. can't get ont of the notion that
there Is power of money hid away under these
stones if you could only get at it but have never
heard of any being found They say, too, that lot
of gold was thrown overheard in the lake by the
French way back in the Indian waIs An old fellow
from somewhere in Vermont came here year after
wear for a long while and fshed Tor it III diving
bell made out of an old boiler, but he never raised
a dollar. and as / haven't heard from him lately l
guess he must have given up the idea. There
of and "A
brass cannon which was said 10 have been
sunk by the French to keep it ont of the
hands of the English but that hasn't been scooped
up either though they do say that more than one
fisherman has run against it by accident. Ii would
be a good thing we all thought, if could have
resturected that piece for a centennial salute and
calculate ii would have been about the biggest
curiosity on the ground. But II couldn't be had so
the boys have borrowed big gun from Rutland,
and are going to fire that OFT on Monday morning;
they'll fire il hundred times or sO-if II don't
burst
The fear suggested in the last clause of these re-
marks is not likely to he realized. for caught
a glimpse OF the Rutland gun at the neighborlng
railway station, and found it TO be pretty formd-
able piece of brass which had evidently done good
service in the late war The Arrival OF this gun Is
the only visible evidence that any preparation Is
making for the celebration. No stand has been
erected for the speakers, and provision made for
their audience If the celebration is TO be success
in any respect except the attendance of large num-
Der of pleasure seekers, great deal OF Work must
be crammed into the next forty-eight hours.
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