New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

HisroRY THE CoUSTF or MEsrcEts TES, from rs
Firs; Settlement 70 tie Present Iime, By Rosssr Boz.
ToS, Jr. For sale By Bel Gould - Nsssau-st ?
vols. 8vO.
These TWO voiumes-which, TO one unacquaint-
ed with this portion Of New-York, would seem unne-
cesssry large since they devoted to the history Of
but single Couniy-contan more curious and interest
Ing details than sny work which has laiey come under
out notice We we're not previously aware how much
Of genuine historic material is comprised within the
limit. Of westchester Ia addition to It's memorable
connection with the mos; thrilling periods Of the Amer
lean Revoutisn its original settlers through the cir
cumsisnces of their emigration carry back the links to
the most eventfal eras OF Europes History The
scenery westcheser has been made familiar to read
ers oneary every civilized tongue in the world through
the pages OF Irving and Cooper. sleepy Hollow has
been immortsli1ed in the legend OF chabod Crane
the depredstions Of the Cow Boys the famed Neu-
trail Ground have been painted by the pencil OF Cooper
Drake mas sung the romantic beauties of Bronx River
and the magnificent Landscapes OF the Hudson the
rapture OF foreign a. well as native writers
This work has evidently been compiled with great
labor by Mr. Bolton Many curious details of the early
settlements are given with fac-siles Of Indian docu.
ments and valuable map OF the country before is set
clement, with the original Indian names some of which
Flushing Bay were once called MiaHdheaoos; saw-Nill
Creek, Tarrytown, Pocaa'eco; Croton Point, So
Hasquei and so Of many other localities whose titles
have been barbazed by civilization The family trees
Of the old settlers given length and furnish many
interesting facts in relation to the origin of the Tappsns
Van Courtlands, Verplsncks, Delanceys, and other
noted families.
All the antiquities and natural curiostes described
at length and numerous illustrations are given. We
find among other matters OF interest the following
tract from work of Or. Timothy Dwight describing
WEsTcHEsrER COUNTY ~ l777
In the Autumn of l777. ! resided for some time in
this county The lines of the British then in the
neghborhood of Kings Bridge, and those Of the Ameri
~ Byram River. The unhappy inhabitants were,
therefore exposed the depredatons OF both. Often
they were actually plundered and always were liable 70
this calamity. They feared everybody whom they saw
and loved nobody Il a curious fact 70 phioso-
pher and melancholy one, TO hear their Conversation
To every question they gave such an answer AS would
please the inquirer or If they despaired Of pleasing,
such one as would not provoke him. Fear was ap.
parenty, the only passion by which they were animated
The power Of vOliton seemed to have deserted them
They not civil but obsequious: not oblising but
subservient They yielded with kind Of apathy and
very quietly what you asked aud what they supposed
il impossible tor them TO retain. II you treated them
kindly they received 1t cOldly; not as kindness, but
AZ a compensation for injuries done them by others
either good or III and without any appearance OF
reluctance or hesitation; but they suboined neither
questions nor remarks OF their proving TO your
ull conviction that they felt interest either in the
conversation or yourself Both their countenances and
their motions had lost every trace OF animation and OF
feeling The features were smoothed not INTO serenity
but apathy and instead Of being settled in the attitude
OF quiet thinking strongly indicated that all thought be
yond what was merely instructive had hed their min IL
forever.
Their houses in the meantime, were IN great
measure scenes of desolstion. Their furniture " eN-
ten-ivey plundered or broken to pieces. The walls,
hoors and windows were injured both by violence and
decay and were repaired because they had not the
means 10 repair them and because they were exposed
10 the repetition Of the same injuries Their cattle
we're gone Their Enclosures were burnt, where they
were capable OF becoming fuel and IN many cases
thrown down where they were not Their heids were
covered with rank growth of weeds and Wild grass
Amid all this appearance OF desoiauon, nothing
struck my eve more orciby than the sight OF the hsh
road Where / had heretofore seen a continual suc
cesson of horses and carriages life and hustle lending
.prghtiness to all the environing objects, not single
solitary traveller from week 10 week, or IRON
month TO month. The world motonless and 81
lent. except when one of these unhappy people ven
tured upon rare and lonely excursion to the house
nei shOOr no less unhappy OF scouting party, us'
ersng the country in quest OF enemies, alarmed the IN
habitants with expectations OF new injuries ana suuer
ings The very tracks OF the carriages were grown
over and oberated aud where they were discernol,
resembed the faint impressions OF chariot wheels salt
10 be left on the psvements OF Herculaneun Inc
grass was OF full hight for the sythe and strongyre
allied 10 my own mind, for the hrst time, the proper
import OF that picturesque declaration In the song O
Deborah In the days of Shamgar, the son OF Anath
in the days Of Jsel the highways were unoccuped anc
the travellers walked through bypaths The inhabitants
of the villages ceased they ceased in Israel