The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-21

set down to dish of sour circuit, WIN pan,
circuit for desert In the bar-rooin was an u"
gentleman, to whom we made passing Opsei -"
ton: but, after slew shake oil the hcad' ne re- |
nIied seme no understand you-<me no spaIkh ID
p, hut de Deutch" We asked anotheri II he
had heard of the last attack ON the klns OF
Frances life but it was Greek TO him. AMI
third informed us, in brokea English, that nc ad
not been I'm the city of New York (Which IS scai e
lv three miles distant) i'll ten years, and that he
had never been seven miles oet Of bergen IN MS
life Indeed, this individual, and there afes "
eral suchin the community had an 4ndehnltea ca
that he was living someN here in the vicinity OF
Amsterdam; and tn at New Jersey is sectioi OF
Holland, bordering Somewhere uponthe Cra'e ed
States of America
Wbenbg any chance aaousedalls oris buE1' ed
down in Bergen, the one Put up IN its place8y
much like its predecessor as one Sleeps iate
like another; and we have heard Shat there r. a
lscal lay to this effect but thatlt srenderedSSe-
less by the fact that the worthy villagers are
ouaiuSad,z-ith only one order Of architecture. -
We also understand that there IS a,statute Tcn-
actrpspt,is force, whaerehy no lauH in or alb 1T
Bergen can be disposed of to any person .bS-
Duts:hman, or one of Dutchdescsptz who raea, is
all the peruliarities of Sunderland" mclud1 g
the wooden pipe, ana the no English; and I'VE
verify believe this TO bethe case, ior until re"
wears ago any other description Jotperson mig 1t
"
of the Prophet, from the Ngusselmen, as an 'n;h
of fee simple in the township on. Bergen, tsr e.
cry rood il it belonged to the Vans. And su n
strangers as have at length succeeded IN maHf'5
foothold may attribute their success TO ca :
ing genius, and the potency of goldovcr Bergen
law and gospel, rather tlten to the popular pc
dilectIGn Tor new wonderful eve'As:
Wadont mean by thIsttC accuse The Berger
ties of any superhuasn thirst for stid, then no
ton in regard to this metal being apparently,sol
an opposite character; ior Bergen Hill, beng
so adjacent to New York, and commanding
it does one of the most beautiful, majestic, ana
expansive views in the known world, has long
been an object of deep interest IN the eyes OF GU
weakhv,Gs thamtes, whese ambitloE ran IN tlte
line nj erecting country mansiOnsj But all thet
advazcesao that end had been treater with the
utne5tiindi,nation, and point blank refusal, ior
a tern exceeding tWocentEries, so that when at
length, q gentleman of IrishSatherhooG came into
possessionl of some nine or ten OF the Rltchnalss
acres 1t was broadly suspected that he carried On
DEALING with certain person in black VINO lives
down stairs and wears a tail, whom ite had en-
ployed IN mE )tiatingthe baBgain Lbs lndlVld-
ual's mansion rose within about mile@t Bergen
and TIN circumstance of the first stone being
laid wss the occasion of public meeting in the
village when we understand resolution was
put and acapried for thu walliag in of the town.
but thaathe project was afterwards abE ndoned
for want Of capital.
A. M Har -ison was the next inerlopcr, and
his house. within abovt ahal mile OF the Village
threw the Dutchman as closely into Mysteries as
The pllleemotic Flatlanders have ever beenl-nown
TO 90 But they received the unkindest cut OF
all from ahe celebrated DR. PEisstley Petets3 who,
4 1T an eHoynseue expense, secured splendid tract
.cf land em the very cr0sgn ofthe Hill, where he
has built a uetcnifcent granite mansion Gyhich
contrasts with the lifse, old fashioned, .dingy
houses of tine villages as wouls the Peak a. re
psriffe with an equal number cof English mole
hills Ternible was the wrath of the w1rthy
Dutchnen GheEeat; and they even Iconceivef the
kaod-thirsty notion of re-gatherlng OF thesInus-
lsels and ne7eiecment of the rats; but after
while they gave up the notions of any wa!like
demonstration, and were content TO console them-
selves by wishing that 'Eten toussnd teifis would
run away vd every moders son o. the lntrudeds s.
OYsng to its commanding position, DIR. Peters
splendid ediface can be seen from New York
EffrOyl turret 10 foundation stone and we believe
in no other place can such glorious view
he had of the Rsy of New York the Hudson,
East and Passaic rivers, the Ocean, NewaS{,
Patterson, and 3he the surrounding sceneries,
until eight is lostin space Qor distance aIQre
forms The horizon) from his fine dor1natory,
which stands aloit so high that the American
ca gleoght build his nest upon il ard be in safe
ty. NC have staod in this dormatcry, and the
endless variety Of rivers, gardens. mountains
vaIlles, hays, creeks, corn fields, orchards, sc.
Sc, not forgetting the beautiful blue ocean that
fell and rose, and bleomed and glowed and spar1l-
ed on every side asfar the enchanted vision
could pierce into Profundity, formed a far more
glorionslapdscapet than cur eyes had previously
beheld Or,our ina gination comprised.
The Last news we have from Bergen is that
another cigar has been seen in the mouth OF one
of the magistrates; that less than three of the
Miss Van Wrinkles, and one of the Miss Van
BIunts haze mounted founees; and that a new
importation in the dancing-master line has made
his appearance and been actually received with
notes of admiration BIZ an imposing number of
srebellious young Mypheers and Mynheeresses;
so that, we presume, the poor Berrgenites of the
ancient regime begin to imagine themselves in
bad way If somebody would now undertake to
start penny newspaper among them, and to get
up talor's pattern Of fashions, their infelicity
would be complete