The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-09

IL was v;goror,y defended by some half score of
and Iarrooses. He says they transported witt thl
onceences of te place. The softness OF the SOL WA
admirably adapted To the driving of pilesthe swamps
and marshes afford them ample opportunities for the
construction q Gkes and tansthe shallowness of the
ahoe was peculiarly favorateo the building OF docks
this spot abounded with all the requisites for the foand
sion q great butch city Thes all landed from the
sch ana formed Themselves into thriving settlement by
the indian name Of Communipaw As all the world is ac
quainted with Communipaw he thinks superuous to
owen upon yet as ne wres for poserty foy centuries
to come, he must be particular-perhans if not
for this history the great cemmunipaw like Babylon,
Carthage and Nnevah and other great cities might be
perfectly extinct, sunk and forgotten in ts own mud
and its turned into oysters and even its
ton subject OF learned controversy, Iet me then,
of place which the egg from which
was hatcLed the mighty city Of New York.
the mother settlement and she will pay Of 1t
day, and thus discharge part of her obligation Der
time before New York. This not only the earliest
Dutch settlement; but great trading establishment,
dans Though the eary history of this place is
what obscure all agree TO its great luty and early
Importance The following is from s'mitn's History Of
New Jersey":-le says there in 1850 considerable
settlement upon Bergen Point, then called Constable
Hook Other small plantations improved along Ber
gen neck to tt, cast betwe<s the point and large village
Of twenty famil.es-Commuripsw SO the Historian II
Nsw Jersey speaks OF II as large ya 20 as early 1850
Eerther song tSed sixteen os eighteen families snd
poetic Of New Yerk about forty families
Opposite New York there forty families es,eS City
alone has population OF over twenty one thousesl lie
IN place called Dukes Farm and further up the coanty
was place called Eobuck, formerly owned by Dutch
mercbsnt, who III tia Indian with the Dutch. had
his wife children and murdered by Indians
but II ig now settled again and mK erected there" lie
speaks of Bergen compact town which had been
fortified BY the Indians and contaning about seventy
families, its inhabitants chiefly Dutch, of
whom had settled over forty years This town
settled aoont 1916 by Bsnes and Ho2landerso So
see Henry Hudson the bay September IL 1902
and seven Years after settlements Bergen,
doubt at Communipaw.
At the conclusion of the foregoing address, collection,
amounting 70 sl5o 47 taken up. Then came the
ayng Of the stone, VI which the Rev Lr wakey
ofciated In the box which placed uuder tho stone
ohurch dscipoe Christia.s Advocate and Journal of
this week, Miss S0ndry ddrocof sabbath School Adr0cd
county papers, copy Of the minutes of the Jersey
Conference documents in relation to the church the
name of the presiding elder OF the district trustees &C.
AID some OF the coila of the present time
After benedctien the congregation dispersed and thus
ended the ceremonies connected with the laying of the
corner stone OF the first church IN Iommunipaw
Toe church viii be plain wooden structure and ca
paole of accommodating about three hundred persons
The lot which it is building il twentysix feet by
edifce is completed will be about $4,000. or this
anoant $3.50 have been collected already, and
the whole will be raised before two months The
ladies', far which was held in Communpaw the last
Fourth Of July realized $500, and it is expected that n
larger amount will BE forthcoming the next national
anniversary.
The church ID situated rising ground, which COM
ma nds beautiful view of the bay and GROUNDING
scenery. Ii fronts on Com munipew lane or Quality
avenue, which may be called the Broadway the city
and occupies u central position. The dedication will
take place in about two months which occasion there
VII be another jubee IN the ancient commonwealth.
We understand that Washingt Irving who may be
called the historian OF Communipaw Is TO be present
then, and viii deliver an address,
Enowled9ments to Er. Walsh Rev. Mr.. Wakely and the
pastor Rev Lr Thomas c. Carman for their courtesies