Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-18
THE ANDRE MEMORIAL.
What Cyrus w. Field Says About
His Purchase and Inscrip-


New York sun.
CYRUS W. Field smiled good natured'
ly last evening when asked whether the
inscription which he proposed 10 place
on the stone 10 mark the spot where
Major Andre was hanged had been cor
rectly published. Certainly he said,
"tbe inscription is ready, and here
il is" and Mr.. Field showed the follow
ing.
Here died Oct 2 I7SO.
Major JOHN ANDRE OF the British Army,
IN a secret mission 10 Benedict Arnold,
for the surrender Of West Point
was taken prisoner, tried, and condemned As
His ' Death.
though according u the stern code Otwar,
moved even his enemies % pity,
and both armies mourned the late
OfOCe 30 young and brave.
In ls1l his remains were removed % Nestmln-
ster Abbey.
A hundred years after his execution
a citizen Of the states AGAINST when NJ lougn'
placed this stone above the spot where he lay,
not 10 perpetuate the record Of STRIFE
but in token Of those better sentiments
which have since united two nations,
one in race in language, and in religion:
wi. h the earnest hope that this friendly union
will never be broken.
-IrthRr PenrhyH Stuhlsy, DeuR u WestiH tRsteT.
ION the back.
STUNT Iacryma rerum et mentem mortalia tan
Virgil, -Eaeid, T., 462.
ron the left side
The spy Of the neutral ground
who died a. he had lived,
devoted 70 the service of his country.
-FentmOTg Cooper.
ron the right side
He was more unfortunate than criminal;
Aa Accomplished man and gallant onlCer.
-GsOrys Washington.
He died universally esteemed and universally
-Iierrstr HrmiltoH
"Now let me recall 10 you the way it
all came about" Mr.. Field continued:
"When Dean Stanley was stopping at
NV house We took ride with view
10 find the spot where Major Andre was
executed. At last We came across a
man 81 wears old. who said he knew the
place. because he remembered when
the remains were taken up and remoy-
ed 10 Westminster Abbey. he SAID
also that his mother saw the execution.
Both the Dean and myself were certain
that We had found the spot, and we both
agreed that the location OF such an In
teresting historical event ought not 10
be left TO oblivion. so | said | would
buv the land if he would write the in
scription. Now, there is his inscription
and if any one chooses 10 quarrel with
him about il have no objection. There
is a quotation from Virgil also. and one
from Fenimore Cooper, and one from
George Washington. II any one chooses
20 quarrel with George Washington |
don't care. There is what he said about
the spy, and there is what Alexander
Hamilton said. People may quarrel
with Alexander Hamilton about 1t II
they like.
I've bought the land, and I've got the
deed in my pocket, and I'm going 70
have a stone placed there with that in
scription. bought the whole farm OF
six acres. That is more than wanted,
but I had 10 buy it TO get the other; and
| thought the historical interest made it
worth il"
"Win there be a monument placed
there?"
"Oh, no; only a granite slab after
some design which | am 20 select. 1t
will be raised little from the ground TO
keep of the water and debris. There IS
a man who owns a granite quarry mp
near there and | told him TO get me out
a design for the slab. He gave me one,
but | did not like it. As soon as | de-
eide upon that the stone will be in
scribed and placed in position. "
"You were not deferred by the many
communications on the subject in the
newspapers
"No. we had some fun over 1t, and no
harm was done. IL is only a historical
matter. you see. That's the whole OF It
only a historical matter. Why, my
friend, il they will show me the spot
where Satan was executed | would put
A stone there 10 mark it, because that
would be historical thing"