The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-18

sail consider those ~ swsrs which are put Ia hsrs
upOa oath, Notwithstanding wfas my own view Ia
the matter may be, sufficient for the purpose OF tais
motion.
Mr.. Brady-The order, then, Is discharged.
Recofder-Yes, sir; the order Is discharged.
The further action IN the CAe case vas then
postponed till Saturday next.
The Early settlements In New York.
THE HUDSON AND THE MOHAWK sIvERs-INrERgsT-
ING RBAINISoXNCEs.
SQb0iDed Hae some "Reminiscences from Wstson's
Tales of 0ldeb Tmes:--
Bold master spirts-whers they touched they gained
AscendSnce where they fixed their foo, they regnsd.
For numerous years after the list settlement, Al
bay construed the ultima IhWe-the rsmossss
CONT CT interior civilization aad improvement.
Even as late the War OF la 1epeadence, the pre-.
ssnt fcurishirg towns Of Toy aud Lalsingb1rgh
we're scayceiy pamed Ssatogs Springs aud Balls
town, nov 80 famed and fashionable, wsse 10 their
native bafTene.
K,nderbook, Esopus snd R,inebeck we're among
the earliest Dutch settlements along the banks Of
the Hudson. They are meatore1 ss early AZ 1851
by J9ost Hsrtgers; and In 1856 by Varderdonck.
Esopus having been made plaza Of depot for oar
military Stores was assaulted Ia TIT by the B-i.
tish General Vaughan, ana taken and burnt
Rhinsbeck, ~ well "a Strausourg nigh It, were at
40 early period much occup I'd BY Germ ans. The
fozner place. in l749. had It's separate church and
German psstor, the Rev. Mr.. Hsitlrig. The Gsr-
Daas were encouraged to settle IL N,w York Safe
In the time OF Queen Aane. Several got dlssatts-
hei there ann moved into Poonsylvsuis. under
some enceursgemsnss received from Gov. Sir w.
Keith.
SONS Scotch Prssbyselians went out early under
tire suspices OF the Lvi0gsson family. At tbs ffst
settlsm OF Albany, Livingston was secretary to
the Dutch government his family being at The same
time Brow nists, la Holland, fro m Scos.ani. have
seen an autograph letter of his mother to his al
dress, written from Amsterdam, when in hsr SON
year OF age and providing thereto for bis re,sving
cut fifty of that people st Q time, as his working
men, to serve seven years apiece for only food and
ralment all for the sake Of freedom of conscience.
The Livingston family settled near Hudson city;
and one OF the Livpgssons (Robert) in later years
Q752 took up 800 600 acres Of forest land, ex end
ing from Eaopus to the Delaware river, a1d psopo-
sing 20 rent them out forever on the condition Of fifty
bushels Of wheat per 100 acres yearly.
Hudson city is but q modern affair, hsviag bsen,
till the year 1854, cultivated farm. Ii was taen
purchased by few enterprising persons Of capital
from the eastward, chiefly for the purpose Of con-
Quoting there the whale fishery TO the P4cia ocean.
Such was It's rapid progress that In two years there
were ss many as one hundred ard ffsQ dwelling
houses erected. D1ring toe snowy winter Of 1855,
1t w&s visited daily, it was said by l200 sleds bag
ing in and taking cut articles of traffic. Iii deemed
at Che head Of tidewater aud ship navigation.
Nevbufg existed before tas Revolution; aod bs.
Ing place beautifully situated, and not Tar from
West Point, 1t wss occasionally msde place OF
visit ard relaxation by Gen. Washington, aud other
superior oers serving during that war az thst ost
Ire earliest inland advance of settlement and Oh
vilizasion beyond Albany WAS made at Schenectady,
on the Mohawk river, sixteen miles westward from
that city. 1t derived It's Indian name from Ia
situation, asplaced in surrounding pine barron
country Its chief sunp0.t derived from its fur
trade which continued down TO the period OF the
Revolution.
While it -as yet village aud frontier post II was
msde the scene Of sudden aud cruel dcstru ton o.
French and number Of Csaa tiso Indians, destined
to assault Albany iseef. arrived pretended Ia
the dead Of tho night aud eatsriug the guard gates
before the Inhabitants could be aroused for defence,
Sknyxp a. AL -
ing sixty persons Of every age and sex, aud bearing
en- several prisoners. Tne rest fed Almost naked,
in terrible storm and deep SNOW. Several OF them
lost their limbs through ths rigor Of tae cold 1t
wss an awful time, and long, long was the casuity
remembered and related by the few who survived to
keep alive the painful story. rh,s who most felt
for the sufferers and sighed most for revenge mad
dtion, under the command Of Major ster Schuyler.
CT Albany, the Washington OF mis- day" Hs con-
busted about 800 men, OF whom she half were No.
encountered 1900 men, under Ds Galleries, aud in
several conflicts slew Is Off ers and 800 men, no
turning homo In safety.
The Mohask river, extending far westward
presented the earliest alluremsnf for agricultural
purposes inland; and yet was not uptii after the
War Of Independence that 1t began to be sought
after by white men. Filled, - It no y 10, with
numerous thriving villages, traced along lis margin
with the recent grand canal, and made the line Of
the grand tour to Nisgsrs by numerous pas seugsrs
from the opulent sesbosId cities; Jet It vas mos far
beaver country OF the sborigines, or thsr wig VAN
locations, and the general region of country their
hunting ground, through whish ranged BEARS foxes,
wolves, deer, and other game; the indians toem-
wilderness.
Men are ssill alive while we write (ls30) who In
the time Of the Revolutionary war we're IN the de.
fence Of several Of its military redoubts a. frontier
Vfota Mp Ind yopk ~ linz -
CaDsrdaigua, was with predatory party Of Indians
a. prisoner when they came into the ueig ibor.
hood Of the present town Of Hsrkinsr only eighty
Col Fry Of osnsjoSsris, above 90 years of ass
still alive, was c0mmssAry for these Cutposts In the
/" old French war" In his vicinity, ct the town Of
Mohawk, but 36 miles west OF Albany, at the junc.
old Mohawk town; and their old church, still there
Is the same built as Q missionary station in the
reign Of Qneea Anne, having fort Hunter to cover
and defend il rom predatory enemies. AZ this
nation until the year 1850.
Not far from the " Little Falls" now % romantic
and picturesque by reason Of It's rocky rapids and
margin once stood the advance post Of fort Hsrki-
mer An old church near it, BY lock No. 49, Is sill
standing, which was used ss place OF defence
sasinst nm Ipdian assault even In the tins OF the
Csrsda creek, distance OF IA miles, ara the vsry
lands, embracing now the present fashionable re-
SORT and elegant place OF entertainment, called The
Trenton Falls" which were once given by King
Hendricbs. our good ally, to Gen. Sir VIM Johuson,
who bad taken bis wife nom the Indian race.
King Hendricks himself lived ct Indian Castle, oa
the Mohawk river. sixty six miles from Albany Az
late the revolution con OF Gar william johnson,
coming from Canada, made hostile incursion with
his Indians through al these lands, once his "a.
TIERS.
At the present fourishiDg city Of Utica, only
pigsty five miles vest bany oBce the site Of fort
Sbu yey the settlement In recent that In 1874 Ii
bad but TWO houses; In 1875 tho whole region OF
country had but two families, dwelling in log
houses advanced pisneers; say Hugh White, alter
vhcm whitestown ID since named, and Moses Foot.
From Utica to Oanandaigus they travelled for ssvs.
raj years by "blszed patns;" that is, BY chipping