Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-05-21
For tie Southern Standard.
History CT The City Of New York.
FROM THE TIME oF'THE DISCOVERY OF THE ISLAND
IN 1863, TO THE PRESENT DATE
Eh.pE. EA.

Among the most picturesque objects afforded
by our city several years ago, were those relics
clothed with associations half ludicrous, half mel
ancholy, Of our renowned ancestors the Dutch
There IS something at once neat and ridiculous in
their peculiar style Of architecture We have in
deed paused before these venerable remnants Of
Gays gone by, not without propensity to senti-
mentalIze Amid the new tangled fashions Of
modern architecture-the aspiring four story brick
hoases-the high fight of steps-the damask cur.
tains-the glittering carriage and glossy prancing
steeds before the door,-how plain and vet how
striking appear these emblems Of past times
Those sharp-pointed roofs, those leaden windows,
those gable fronts, that lowly threshold whereby
sat the stately burgomaster, with his fragrant pipe.
while around him peradventure opened green
fields, and above him rustled pleasant branches;
aud within, his plump and rosy checked daughter,
/ like ripe peach for health and beauty-a lovely
| little Dutch Hebe'by a spinning Wheel sweet
/ Katrina Van Tassel-but whittier does my fancy
lead. The stately burgomaster's pipe is long since
broken, and himself laid with his fathers; Katri-
mas laughing eyes no more send cheerful thought
/ TO the heart of the chance traveller; and the ven
cradle mansion in which they dwelt has passed
away, SO that even if walls could speak, 2 there
are none left to tell of by-gone days. Scarcely a
remnant of the ancient city is now remaining
I The eminences have been levelled, and the valleys
filed up; the old walls have been dug away and
the buildings torn down. and much of the soil on
which New Orange stood. lies buried several feet
beneath the modern Metropolis.
The Province House, occupied by Gov w NJ
Tryon, was at the Battery 1t was consumed by
tire~at midnight on the 18th December 1918.
Kennedy House, (also known as Sir Henry
Clinton House, No. 1 Broadway, was built be
fore the Revolution, lin 1862 and occupied by
Captain Kennedy Of the British Navy, Before
the Revolution it occupied BY the different
English officers who commanded the troops in
New York and was considered as an appendage
to the tort in the vicinity. When General Charles
Lee was sent on from Boston by Genl. Washing
ton, in the spring of 1875, to fordiy the city, he
made the Kennedy House his head quarters
After that General Israel Putnam who had exec
utive command of the city, before the commander
in-chief arrived lived in this building with his
wife and daughters, they having accompanied him
after leaving the camp at Cambridge. General
] Washington resided in it for short time before
the evacuation of the city in 1876, when the
British landed and took possession. Sir William
Howe, the commander chief of the invading
army, next took possession of the Mansion, and
There he resided until he went with his family to
Philadelphia, after the battle of Brandywine from
which city he was recalled home by the orders Of
Lord Germaine, to answer uhy he had not beaten
the Yankees. His able defence will be remem-
bered by all readers of American history. Sir
Henry Clinton, WHO had been appointed command
erin chief in place of Sir William Howe, next oc-
cupied the old mansion and here he kept state
in lordly style, ''with feast and bang for
eral years. 1t was in this fine old mansion that
Sir Henry Clintons aid, the unfortunate Andre
wrote the very letters to Arnold, under the as
sumed name of John Anderson, which ended in
the deep dark treason Of the one, and the scafold
and halter for the other. The roof of the old
: mansion has sheltered the stately forms of Geo
| Washington, Israel Putnam, Nath., Greene, Jos
: Reid, and all the glorious field officers of rs
Nor has it been inhoSpitable to country's enc
mics. Sir VIM. Howe, his brother the admiral
Earl Clinton, CORVALLIS, Lord Rawden, latter
wards Maquis of Hastings) Sir Guy Carlton
William ", (then Midshipman) Major Andre
Tarleton Knyphausen, DeReidesel, and hosts O
others known in the annals Of the times, have
Toasted in this celebrated house What interest
ing incidents are connected with its walls! The
last British officer who ever dwelt in it was Sil
r Guy Carleton, afterwards Lord Dorcbester) whc
{, commanded the British troops up to the period o
: their embarkation. in November 1793 He was
the last of the Red Coats who held royal seignori
!, ty over the city of New York Is not this build
r ing dear to New Workers, and should it not b.
) preserved as long brick will stand upon an
other, or its roof give shelter TO human being
1t is one Of the few links left in the chain. tina
connects the present with the past. The buildin!
! has been lowered twenty feet to make it conform
TO the surrounding new streets and improvements
! The Walton House, No. 324 Pearl street, wa
# built in 1857 and was then intended to show tn
= best style of English construction and of course
1t as marking set purpose Of avoiding the forme
e Dutch style 1t has even now an air Of ancien
= stately grandeur. It has FIVE windows in front
aud is constructed of yellow Holland brick. has
double pitched roof covered with tiles, and doubl
te course of balustrades thereon ssa q.
i A short distance above the Walton House. nea
: the head of Dover street, and at the junction {
Pearl and Cherry streets stands the old family man
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