True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-12-24
The 1Eiltlcrbnrnck War.

we gnthcr the t'lowing curious facts in relation to
this aw-rcsisting disturbance:
The farms the Van Rem ,laer estate are all held
by tenants perpetual leases with the following cor
1i'ions annexed I, hem viz go busals of wheat to
be paid yearly Tor every l5) ncres fowls and d 8
service Of man md in January. TIL, lessor re-
served to himself The rights of way millsteams mines
timber, 81. and in addition, the PATRON is entitled to
one quarter of the money! resolved by the lessee, on
avery transfer of his eas and transfer be made
unless refusal is given tn the PATRON on the terms
offered by the intended tran<feree.
When these f,rms first let, the rent amounted to
about s7 Tor firm Of $50 acres. At the present time
the rent equal to ~ for farm Of that size The old
patrnon Iencnt his tenants and generally com.
pounded his claim to the quarter money on transfers
for 425 to AlH0 The tenants believed TINT he would in
his WILL free them from all arrears and yield the quar-
ter sales right but the old died, bcquenng all
Of rcns quarter Sales &c D. D. Barnard J..
the and pay all his debts.
Last summer the enforcement of these claims " ere
resisted peacefully, and when the sheriff proceeded to
take the bodies Of he tenants they lehellsd They pros
posed to the younger PATRON to compound for money
of 81 per hushc for the wheat they to paw and
81 so for the fowls, and day service. They asked TO-
partial remittance ofbnck in extreme cases. and
to be released ON the quarter sales and all
ons hereafter and they alSo claimed the privilege Of
buying the nndtley occupied any future time, AZ
price which would produce an interest equal to the
amount of rent to be fixed each lot Of $50 acres
But the stumbling block in these propositions was the
remission Of the fnnl payment cf the quarter none
This was important that the PATRON snd, he would
yield. To its value: suppose n lot of $50 acres
to he transferred fur $1,000. The PATRON would get
$4,000 far his quarter. and ft again transferred for
$4,000, he would receive $500 for his share Of the in
creased value. lfIe PATRON will yield this seignoral
right the tenants profess THEN readiness pay up NIL
arrears but AS he will NOT thew claim the full benefit of
all the improvements the lands placed there by them
and resolved to put the matter at least, on the
ground Of equity. The paIroon insists upon payment
FIRST rests the combination, and signifies his readiness
to settle each claim on its special merits
The estate is under mortgage of S2n0,0OO, and the
| back rents will oxtnsuish it. The value of the i'm.
provements, nccrng from the quarter sales, is placed
at one million. Here is the grand point The PATRON
will treat about release Of this fculal claim when
the paid. The tenants take the contrary
| ground.
When the m ,rtgnge on the estate is paid up, the en-
tailment of this immense property will be broken. 1t
is worth millions and is to be divided betwcen
children. The eldest Stephen married dangh.
ter of merchant BayarI, OF New York, and lives near
| Albany. Every thing is done in his name. Philip
another son, married the daughter Of General Tails
malge and lives in New York. This was the lady
whose beauty much admired the Cont of thu,
Emperor Nicholas, not long since The late pnroon's
widow lives the Manor house, with her three unl,ar-
red daughters, neither Of when 90 years OF
age.
last dates, the appearance of troops from the
neshhouring counties had awcd the insurgents into
submission and the have determined to carry
the. grievances before the Legislature They have
five Wing Dutch members in the House to defend
| them.
| We are chiefly indebted to the New York Herald,
for the above particulars, which sure will be
read with interest.