The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-02

The Annual Spree OF tho Sons Of st. Mo aolas.
FULL, TRUE, AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNT, BY OUR
| SPECIAL REPORTER.
About twelve years ago, some Of the worthy de-
seendants Of the original settlers Of Nisuw Neder
landts formed the noble design of constituting
themselves into society called the sons of st.
Nicholas, for the purpose of perpetuatng the fame
| and glorious deeds of their iustrious ancestors
who, cmbarking from Holland in the Goede Vrouw
| Good Woman), commanded by the renowned
Hendrix Hudson, and borne in safety over the vast
deep under the protection Of st. Nicholas, Ian ded
| on Gibbet Island, whence they made descent upon
the Indian village of Communipaw, on the Jersey
shore, which they took by storm, obtaining great
victory over half a of squaws and twice as
macy papooses This Communipaw, told,
was the egg whence was Matched the present mighty
city of New York, called in the good old days Of
| Dutch rule Nicuw Amsterdam, which settled
| by Jacobus an Zandt (From the drt,) Mynheer
Abraham Hardenbroeck though Breeches), and
Mynheer Winant Tenbroeck (Ten Breeches),
who fell overheard at Hell-gate and was saved
| by the multitude of his neither garments,
which buoyed him up till he foated to pro-
jecting rock on the shore Of Mama hatta, and
| by Commodore Oofe Van kortlandt (Lackland,)
whose tub was rolled high and dry the south
west point of the Battery, where himself and his
shipwrecked followers RECALLED themselves with o
! hearty meal Of oysters; and oa the eventful
night ne dreamed that the good st. Nicholas came
riding over the tops of the trees in wagon, wearing
n broad brmmed hat and smoking long pipe,
which left in his train q volume OF curling smoke
assuming q variety of shapes, indicative of the
towers and palaces of the future city, which the tu
telar saint, by very significant look and tho
placing OF his orefnger beside his nose, declared it
to be his will should DO erected the spot where
he SO miraculously appeared and disappeared. TO
celebrate the achievements of these founders of
rev Amsterdam and their dou yhty descendants in
building up the city by their skill and defending it
by their prowess under the successive dynasties of
! Wouter Won Twiller, Wihelmus kiert, and Peter
| Stuyvesant, till Colonel Richard Nicholas, the
commander of the British forces, walked into it and
/ took quiet possession In the name of tine Duke of
York, giving it. at the time, the name which
it bears to this day, the object and origin Of
the 1T. Nicholas Society; and at the same time, by
sort ofside wind, to counterfeit New Englandism,
which had been making rapid inroads iu Gotham,
and claiming, at its festivities, more credit for the
Pilgrim Fathers and their Puritan offspring in set
thing the colonies, conquerng their Independence
and making these United states what they now
are, than any true son of Holland is disposed to
/ give them. Many Of the knickerbocker merchants,
too, were jealous of the success of the Yankee mer-
chants who located themselves in these diggings.
Ever since, these excellent citizens hold their an
nual spree on st. Nicholas day. The City Hotel
was formerly the rendezvous sacred to his santshp
| but this year. the rites and ceremonies we're per
| formed ut the Irving House. On Thursday night
| there was grand Publication there and libations
were poured out freely in gin and Dutch ale, and
the sweetest incense Of the tobacco leaf sent up its
fumes from the altar Of the good saint. None of
| our regular reporters were present. for this very
| good reason that the press has been always ex-
cluded from the proceedings, rigidy and jealousy
az II the society were freemason's lodge, or the
Eleusinian my steries were being celebrated Vari-
/ Gus reasons have been assigned for this secrecy.
Some OF the members have declared to confidential
| friends that their object was to keep tho Yankees
Ignorant of what they said Of the and of the plots
and plais proposed to check their encroachlnents;
while Others have stated that il the proceedings
! once published they would become stale, the same
speeches and wtticsms being repeated and report.
ed again; and this Inconvenience, the difficulty
| 10 Dutch genius OF lnyenting something new at each
/ returning Pass, Is happily avoided by keeping out
/ the reporters. A third version Of the matter is,
chat there things said and done, acts of german
dizing and guzzling, and suction and pulling, of
which the actors, or, Mt least, their boon compan
! IONS would feel ashamed next morning. if they saw
/ them in print IL is related Of the ancient Ger
mans by the Roman historian, that they first de.
bated upon an important subject when drunk, and
afterwards reconsidered it when sober. Perhaps
! the modern Dutch Of the st. Nicholas Society mi-
tate the classic and venerable example. However
/ this may be, we determined to have the
the present occasion for our readers, and engaged
the services Of special reporter, member of
the fraternity of Saint Nicholas. We are
/ sorry to say, he was so fuddled on this Joyous
occasion that he allowed his notes to be blotted
with ale, and had great difficulty in deciphering
I them, which, together wish violent headache anda
terrible eomnotion in his intestinal canal from
having over eaten-himseE delayed his report till
this morning. We perceive, however, that it has
not grown musty by keeping, and that II will be
Perfectly fresh and new for our readers. IL is as
. iollows:-
ON Thursday night last. the 9th instant was cee-
hraicd the annual Pas Festival Of the St Nicholas
eiy, at the Irving House The Dutch WORTH
" represented BY the Van Brunts Van Iioughen, Van
Trumps. Van Nycks. aud Van Dyck. and Zen Eycks,
Van Nesses Van 1assels Van Grolls IAN Wrinkles Van
Dams. Van Pcts, Van kittcrs Van Nerts. Van Poden-
ttughs and all the aud burhs ia the Dutch
/ ciaurc There the randerbets. yandcrhons and
Aandervoorts the Ryckma and Dyckm the Onicr
donss- the Ten Broccks the iardenbrOecks. and the
,inthocops, together With the suylam' the Beeekers,
horns. the Ruycrs the Brnckcrhcif. the Duytchinys
4 and last nv, least, the KnicScrbockcrs
The supper wa Of tho most substantial description in
Guiding lat pork Tried brown, cut into mprsps and
swimming ingrayy, In huge ,arthcn di,h, also,
enormous 1ihh q dough.nutr (oy kock and an album
dance Of our krout aud gingerbread cakes stamped With
a windmill and the cock and brooches.
The supper wa wound mp BY the game Of cracking
down from them ~ the little boys aud revived by
the grown children OF ~ NcnDilss society. About a
thousand egg were laid In baskets and took
one thslcuses were then given aud each tried hard
eggs with ha neghbor. Every took all ne broke,
AMI some ist huroInasieFs won a. many as my watch
speedily disappeared undrr their c0rp0rations haYiag
got through this highly intellectual redled AMI rational
anu -mcu which Il seems - the very ~ tn,
Pas Hollands aud ale made The table gr0an aa the ia
bic BY way a revenge baastct a having Of the
/ vt--slirrs under II before the feast done
The President, Mr. Vas ANauEGt and said he
glad 20 meet around this festive board many 70 the
defendants u the ancient luilandor Who hat f1anl
Sew lork ssni hill and made IL city II haif million
81 inhshauis whO had raised Il from he mud AMI ha1
driven back old ocean by their intligt1ce and th
terprsc The New Enrllntcr. might t,k OF their blair
nry stone fly mouth rock and thty ght t0ady their
ilriikh origin AMI the british in return msht toaiy
thcm but II VS. the Dutch that hal made New YORK
"bst she IA, the Empire City 81 the Empire state
| ~ The gtgHte>i nation on the face Of The GLOBE.
! TIC Barrbeue' Pdrtans never could have accom-
| pushed such work. tGrCat cheerinx-D The great
I nF rchants ~ New YORK of Dutch extraction.
and the'r Eams and fame Ind travelled 90 the ends
~ th' csrth. II true they did not all sach
hfnud hats ~ many pair Of brceches their ,res
thrra but They inherited their wisdom sturdy ntepcn-
ienec, md udumltsblc courage and perseverance lie
/ concluded ~ giving The lay celebrate"
The toast wGs received With the most unDpanlcd APP
piau-s.