The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-16
THE ANDRE MEMORIAL.
what Cyrus w. Field says About HI. Pur.
chase and Inscription.

what Cyrus w. Field says About HI. Pur.
chase and Inscription.
Cyrus W. Field smiled good naturally
last evening when asked whether the inscrip.
ton which he proposed to place on the stone ia
mark the spot where Major Andre was hanged
had been correctly published. Certainly" hs
said. the inscription is ready and here 1t is =
aud Mr. Field showed the following
Here died oct p i7sp
Major youN Andre OF ue British Army.
on ,cTrst .1i,s, 60 Bv Tc. Arnold
was taken prisoner iT.d aga condemned
,,or,h occorap1 i ,o u ,ir s;crp c,.,c ,f..
and both armies uogrnea Nc late
In 1921 his remains were removed to Westminster
A hundrrd ves Cat tirr nj. execution
placed tn, y sn S So,- e pot T vince bee fought
not 10 perpciuate the record Of strife,
which S' GsVe i Since G 9niiSd Two nSi'o"s
with she aafS ope ,Sa ds friendly Union
-Asw p.r Ss, ~ S. .ssS' Dem %, u..,n,o..,
ON the bHCN.I
Stunt laeryme rerum ct M ntcni mortelia tayqnt
Ion the left Side '''
Si i,'l a.. Rc had itcd'
devoted 70 the service Of hi. country
ION the ri,ht siiol ''"'''' '''''
lie was more unfortunate thin criminals
Az accomplished man ana q gallant Ulcer
lie died universally esteemed aud UNI ycr.aly rcse,t
-itnmie, Hin,1pt
all came about" Mr.. Field continued.
When Dean Stanley was stopping ut my
the spot where Mnlor Andre was executed.
II took us about three hours 90 fnd the place.
At last we came across n man 81 years old, who
said he knew the place. because he remembered
when the remains were taken w and removed
to Westminster Abbey. lie said also that his
Dom
myself wcre certain that we had found the spot
aud We both agreed that the location 81 such an
interesting historical event ought not to be len
to oblivion. So said | would buy the land Il
his inscription. and II any one chooses to quar-
rel with him about IL ] have no objection. Tncrd
is n quotation from Virgil also. and one from
Fenmore Cooper. and ono from George
Washington. IL any one chooses to quarrel
with GEORGE Wellington don't care. There
Il what he said about the spy; and there ia what
Alexander Hamilton snid. People may quarrel
with Alexander Hamilton about It II they Ike
I've bought the land. and I've got the decd In
my pocket. and I'm going 20 have n stone
placed there with that inscription. | BOUGHT
the whole farm Of Six acres That is more than
| wanted but had 20 buy IL to get the other
and / thought the historical interest made II
Viii there be n monument placed there ~
"Oh no: only "A granite slab after some de-
sign which am 10 select II will be- raised q
little from the ground to keep OIL the water aud
debris. There Is man who owns granite
quarry NJ near there and told him 10 yet me
out design for the slab. He gave mo one hui
did not like it, A. soon ~ decide upon that
the stone will be Inscribed and placed in posi-
You were not deferred by the many com.
munications on the subject in the news papers p
No: We had some fun over IT,. and no harm
see That's the whole Of t--only historioa
mntter. Why. my friend. II they VIII show ne
the spot whore Satan was executed would pU
n stone there 10 mark IT, because that would ~
n historical thing