The New York herald., 1871-11-13


Israseeic point; the LeAiea and Bushkli Rivers
SIMPLY inte the Delaware before and behind II, sad
- pesspttom town ssAnns upon Ne debris they
Ave w1.shed down ana lodged here; bat the am
pftoss place haA scaled the sidss OF tho surrounding
nm, while In ne centre u . nne clrcuiar market
place paved ~ regna about and shaded with ornar
mental troeA and here, any day evening, you can
hear the good UmHhen taking the Pennsylvania
dialect at the tails OF their market wagons, Or
around the oces Of their squires and IN the ag1ee
Able beor houHea 8s Ham ia @Mafw
One can stand at Easton, and, from the sigAn,
names, industries and traditions around him. cast
sort Of mental birdseye view over the whole
Dutch country. Here are distilleres on Bush
kM Creek which are said to make one
million gallons Of whiskey year, snd the
lager beer and ale rank In quality with bhe
wntskey; iron furnaces copper wire sCpories, ana
r0ifng mills abound, and Lafayette College, pitched
st this point, stands among the nrse In the State.
ana is endowed to the extent Of aQuarter OF MIL
lion Of dollars by the richest single coal operator in
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Pardee, OF Ha1leton. Bridges,
sweeping around tae promontory Of the town, give
outlet 70 the great coal arteries WHOM supply New
York-sucn as the railways to the Schuylkill, Sus-
quenanna and Lesagh coal nelss; and from anis
point to Harrisburg and beyoad IL there are inter
mixed with tho seautiful farming occupstlers Of
and al the mulsfoId energies Of an industries era
With these manufacturing matters the subject OF my
excursion has aoshing 70 de- sunice 1t to say that
Germans from WestphaliA the Palattnate and tho
Protestant parts OF Europe had been in peaceable
possession OF this country about one hundred yean
before tho coal In the neighborlng mountains bo-
came . subject Of svarice. It was not untl
Aonroe's and the younger Adams' admlnistr atlons
that the more ardent races began to turn these
peaceful trout, herring aad shad streams into water
highwaysf the transportation OF coal but The town
OF Easton dates back 70 the government Of the
OF William Penn. Even Harrisburg. the stare capital,
was iaAd out after the Revolutionary War, ana tho
seat OF government was pitched here as late az
lsl2, while Bethlehem, Reading Allentown and the
busy places IN the heart OF the Dutch couHtry are
Q haif century younger tnaa the staio Old popula-
uons near It hand. The majority OF Pennsyivanra
coal aud Iron pllnces IKE Asa Facker, Noses 1ay-
l0r, the OOlemaus, OF lebanon &c., are Of Eastern
New YORK or Philadelphia STOCK. Deutschland
proper remains as IL was-yreen. juicy ana old
OF any OF tness swelterng miuing towns to nnu 9
tnor0ugh change IA nomenclat0re. race and mode
WHERE DID raE HIGH DUTCH oR1arNArss
40 MAKE lon9 story Short the Pennsylvania
Dutch einigrated 10 America, usually very needy
ony. northern Bavaria, German switzerland aud
Hesse, Almost Immediately after Penn succeeded t0
~ ms r proylacs sn ns delaware Penn went q WORK
lands anu raise the value " the tracts unsold,
pretty much a. the Nortn Pacific Railroad aad the
western STATE emigration societies proceeding
At present. A considerable number OF German
irotestanis had sought asylum IN England darllg
pans 10 maze tAese MS correspondents with the
dense bulk OF their dissatisaed neignbols
ana the equal ana proleCtins laws Of s zoe
new province were duly nolsed abroad, an0
enlgraaIs. For example, fsniy MINT 9et nas. -
sage Tree to PennsylvaDia from Bremerhaven, Deft,
20 z OF S,s n provided hs
probably one-tnird or wnat are now caiisJ FenasSl.
than tnree-quarters OF million s0us), are derived
from those voluntary slaves Or she reign or James
the second, queens Mary and Anne and the early
!. Penn and his executors also turned TO COED use
me universal dlsposaen among me more lgnurant
IN sects and found ulssl0ps IN the New world Be-
tween hutnerans ana Caivinisrs great number OF
Germany. some Of these Ike the the IunSsrs Is ~ ana
Seventh Day Baptists were conscientious about the
aversc to education and Inventions and tnouxht lnaI
noly nie ought 10 oe calm and conventual; some
Count iuizendorL ia Sax0ny, beaeved in education
under certain monastc restrictions and super
visions; and, finally even thousands Of plain or
western nome and packed themselves away on
board slow sailing vessels wnsh Hsyersa Them e
passed out bs5 oSd ine linus * me QUAKER and and
Melsn farms S ana settlements b1t aeps In the rsar
Irisn Thus the Germans had speedily taken up the
6es ana as aoe ioos o. ns ,.s s1e dse and os
spread out on tie limestone lands ard some Of
Central Allegheny range. They have wandered less
than any OF the original c0i0nlzng elements OF the
hlrtceA colonies, and The Germans or the Ohi val
ey aud tue Northwest are altogether different peO-
pie the pi Oducl oI more mOdern civlllzaIiOu and
without the quaintEesses and peculIarltes OF these
such ierscIy expressed was the origin OF the |
Pennsylvania Dutch, VINO rank among tne Oldest ma
Ave Americans In country. II any oil them vote
or Andrew Jackson. as is comicaliy alleged, they |
do II upon long natufalizauon papers, covering at !
'sA' TIE CHEF TOWNS OF THE DUTCH.
The CHIEF centres Of popuiation In the Dutch coun-
try are Allentown, Realing, Lancaster ana ioIk.
lzed ana brigntened by mixture OF Scotch and
English, Is also true Dutch town. and ITS market
o along the valley to Se he nortn
Anybody eau remember That one OF the
conspicuous points on The Mar, land batt.e ned OF
Anlie. am an old QUAKER church, worshipplng
place Tor these same Dutcn. Wnen John Bro de-
scended upon Virginia one OF the nrst prisJLefs and
win Colonel Lewis v asnngtOn, was Mr.. AIstadt
VINO was also oJ this blood =,
Tne ci,y of Reading, which IS q very large and
prosperous town or 4o,10o people. the proper
tr0pOlis ot Pennsylvania DEUTSCHLAND, although its
normal repose and good old ourgher character nave
been somewhat disturbed BY the coal trade and by
many railroads and IRON mills The same may Oe /
sSsa sSer a. ,Un nSeumalc a xaSsHs
neither being the centre Of any remark aDle nausiry
or seal OF turmoh; out II Is between Lancaster and
Reading-in sleep, Oil Kip Van WinKle towns ike
New Holland Marenheim Strasburg, Reamstown,
Litiz, LeDan0n, Ku.ztoan. &c.-that we spprehend
Dutch lIe IN an Its simplicity and oDj0yment. st
Some Of these places merely doze a:ong. ike the
old towns on the deserted p0stroads OF France
their day passed living upon thoir acquisitions
given to the quiet consumption Of beer ana the
reading Of the Philadelphia newspapers. which
serve together to ul the soul TO peace and merely
spheres and occurrences; but these affect the good
burgher no more than the dreams which follow his
p0tatOns.