New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
AT WASHINGTON

ana decorated was surrendered to Decatur in the
Trpoltan Var and rdicu9usy sm Taorsqs Re1
has been American properly since Lore 90 ne tune
OF The World Turned Upside Down. ~.
Behind the commentaries office at the navy
Par baTe ee P aTe mav divers reicks That
which attracts most attention at present Is part OF
,nsre gnn are laid out beside their scaling shields
and a smaller Maxim Nordenfedt and three Inachihe
bronze muzzle leaders taken from the Confederate
steamer Columbia on August B. 1852 They were
originally purchased from the Austrian Govern
ment and bear the foundry mark OF Vienna
SPANISH CONFEDERATE CANNON
There Is a good deal Of Confederate bronze com
memoratlng the misunderstanding OF thirty-hve
years ago but the most interesting are four Spanish
guns taken at Norfolk In 1862 II is not known how
they came 10 Norfolk. but each has engraved on
its breech legend stating that 1t was s, GaS5 az az
Barcelona and giving GATE near tne ii.uue ~, ~
the eighteenth century. Each mas name II
TGriso @he noB Rein and FL Gogo Which recalls
the old custom. before gunnery had become the
exact science II now Is and when the artlHerlst
loved his piece as a child. Of christening the gun
with some faEciful title .. 49, -
NarTiIyac after She was sunk with one side Of its
muzzle destroyed by shell from the CumbeTland.
Town mas the familiar &c. r" cut over some
nearly ooi!terateI inscription However the w0rqs
must haEf III fI mo british hands To many
one OF the most interesting features OF the Trophy
Part is something which Is not trophy-at least
Of any American vars rs tbs Trk age tSe ssse Of
Constantinope and presented TO this Government
by ne su,4h o main Venue one finds a i2-pounder
~ the period OF 1880 to which attaches one OF the
VI rPpr1antlc histories Of any gun in the city:
no. a1.T,. formed ono Of the main battery Of
the French seventy-four gunship OF the line Hoche;
go y nae% 20 the English after spirited engage
nent and her armament some years later was soid
10 America The gun then served on a Haytiah
privateer. and was afterward returned to New-
York Finally was mounted on the pr soo,reT
General Armstrong. which Tor TWO years secured
the seas and eventually put INTO the haFoG Dor OF
Faya in the Azores s was mere s ib Boat al
attaek from an English squadron was repulsed
AZ. snlinters with the result OF hundred and
twentv British dead and one hundred ana thrty
yronnded The American loss was two killed ana
,oLt Won oded but it nevertheless considered
Advisable TO scuttle the ship TO prevent her capture
~ S w, water OF the harbor but number OF years
ago il was raised and returned 10 the Nauoh Dy
the Portuguese authorities.
FROM A TRIPOLITAN BATTLE.
Mar the entrance of the yard are mounted two
tong cannon called "Coryo" (Roe-deer. and
..Cs,euo., Camel bearing the coat Of arms OF
tho oval house OF Hispania and cast in Barcelona
g., t7SS These bear record OF another boat at
t, hut vyithal an eminently successful one.
iiomtonaut stephen Decatur. serving before Tripo
mself in the well known arar OF the Phlladel-
mia and in a meditated descent upon fleet Of
b 5n' had the Command Of three Neapolltan gun
boats Each Of his vessels, singing out an op-
u0Uent boarded and carried her after a desperate
bond 70 hand conflict with pistol and cutass
Decatur taking possession Of the BOAT he had first
assailed threw her a tow and bore up on the next
nc 70 leeward which he boarded with most Of
his crew az his back and ike knight Of the old
chronicles single handed attacked, and after
6@rce struggle slew the Tripolitan commander who
hsd lust Killed his brother. Lieutenant James De-
nstuT after pretending TO surrender to him. These
Two guns are one OF the results Of that memorable
night. ,,,.t .
troubles two bronze cannon. recently shipped from