The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-10

aea. and an the east tho vast exuanso Of the
lower bay, dotted Win white-wins9u Eet yer, hs
massive forts, and bevond, a long stretcn "l I'M
treo-crowned heights OF Long l'land. Eyer ana
anon YOU strike mimic tivef pIrllnS tntouRn
green meadows, or wandering iazily between
Oyethan.inV hills. with their sloping si1es clh1
in ycrdurr; picthteslue ,r," u Use oi "a nun.
dred years ago; dismantied mn modern
villa. proud In bright Cplnr5, and brave IN It's
mansnrd Basque hnd CehtrnnidI hdRs' anu green
sward necked with ncetlng figures OF brown
ced. curly headed Youngsters IN white dimity;
a country road over which no wheel has rolled
for hours; picnic party IN an cchoing grove,
where music minglcs with the discOr iant song
of the hQh-clbOwed grig aud grasahpppef a
brond, unsnaued field, over which dances the
Riiinmering heath fuil view gunst the gloomy
depths Of shallow In the wood beyond quaint
II Tie church uncovered IN ancon, tfecs, which
dsoop over tho Sleeping places of the de ID a
wee schoolhouse at the meeting Of two roads.
q iiet IA the grave, and Uiistered with the unre-
uniting heal ana then brewery broad, and
long. and hiVn, with Its mountains Of Keys. ITS
caravans OF hR wagons, It's ~ norses, its olue-
smoked. snOSugdrivers, "a fat IA their horses,
and its cool, fresh, fOaming beer. Just up from
Us two-nofe vault away down In tue bowels Oh
when autumn bold with universal tinge OF
sober gold touches the tree tops, you nave a
new country here anu after awhile when win.
ter comes and puts white wigs upon the bnd
topped oak aud beech AMI maple. and brides
up the foods. and covers the nelda with snow,
and you he the sound Of sleigh bells along the
winding road, and auon the voices OF country
merry makers bound for farm mouse froiic' II
Ia another country still.
You land, perhaps, at Tompkinsville, or what
Ia known as Quarantine the place where the
quarantine buildings stand. You take west
ward course, and 10y winding road at the Ease
OF "A range OF beautiful hills overlooking tue
upper Day aud the XII Won kull, you reach
New Irrigation. lovely village peoped largely
Nv wealthy New Workers Shiriing the Kill YOU
come In a few inmates to Port richmond. Here,
about quarter or mile from the water, Is the
house In which Commodore Vanierbilt was
born. Nav q. 1874. IL mas been modcrnzed, and
Il 40 longer occupied by the Wandered b.
In the VILLAGE Is = mechanical genius, george
H. Buel Nv n imc. n W itchtnaaer by trade. lie -
the architect u his own fortune. as well a. of
his watches ami clucNs. and IN addition built the
house In witch he lives. lie splits his wood,
drives Ms slw, raises water. ana does various
other thiugs Oy means u an engine which, with
tho boiler, he made with hiA own hands.
one hundr'd toars Jgo Rvingtons Royal
Glscitc pubiisIed IN New York. announced The
fact that tGfry nal been established between
) ,teu Island AMI BERGEN Point. The higuer
landing was known u Ryer's Point NOW Port
Hlchnundj. aud The boats used were the simple
pirosurs or periaxuas OF the early time. An
opposition ferry was started, but early In the
present century the late David Mersereau he
came the ptO. fietur Of both. aud the village 70
ceved the name ~ Mtr,eredu's Ferry. Its next
name was Citlvie. but thi. absurd appsllauOn
WIS some years agn changed to Fort ktchmOnd.
AZ the suggestion = the Rev. Dr. Brownlee. for
man, ya.rs pastor ~ church IN the village.
II Will interest "A largo NUMBER ut cnurcn pco-
pic throughout tue country t. know that the
hr,t sand " school In the United states was Or-
ganiLe1 At PORT Richmond. Ii was In an old
II me building viii II stood ON the site OF tue
present tifcruwald stores, and WIS known Ia
those days - the Academy Iue scho1 II was in
tended especially for tho instruction Of children
and adults VINO mad not mad tne advant ses OF
cunnnrd To religious studies, but the curricu-
Ian embraced all tue fundamental branches Of
Acomm III school education. anu there are still
lNiDg many OLD residents Of Nortuneld wac
were pupils IA tina school.
There arc fen towns whose church records
can make more romhrkhbIe showing IN regard
to the length ~ indNii1al pas oral services
than rort Mch uoud. In lsJ2 the Rev. Dr. =. I.
Van Peit WIS Inst illed as pastor OF the Re
a
1875, ucfiod II thirty three years. In that year
tue present pastor, tue Rev. Dr. Brownlee. was
installed. / 4 month no com plsted tho furty-
lrst YEAR MS pastorlte. Another remarkable
instance OF TINS Kind IS found In the history OF
81 Andrews Church 1T Richmond. The plst tor
at. Of the Hisnt hev. Richard Channins Moore
began m Octooer. l1ss, and closed In lsJS. Ito
was succeeded by ms N, tue late Rev. Dr.
David Moore. who Gled IN 1853, after having ON
ciatsd IN the same churcn tOrty-eight years. 4
that u the old churcn at East II ,inpton. l.. l.,
whose nrst three pastors sefvs1 II la the asgre-
gaze more than sixty wears.
Port MchulpnI Is renuerod historical also by
having been the deathp.ace OF Aaron Burr, who
died poor and neglected. sept. II. 1894 IN the
northeast room OF the second story Of the PORT
Richmond nov Continental Hotel.
Inc neKt point OF interest on the route Is
Hollands Hook ~ 1t Is now called, one of the
oldest settlements on the Island. lnen turning
south. YOU pass Buls lIeAd. struggling nam
let ON the Richmond turnpike, where the fes-
Then down through Springvill'. aud on the
way YOU some noOle Old trees almost as
grand ds that Of which Dryden wrote when he
said OF 1t
hundred knght' m sht there abide.
Ana every knght aladT ~ his side.
Then as YOU roach the top Of lofty ridge a few
miles away. the pretty village ~ hchmOnd, the
county seat strikes upon tae viuw. Down IN a
basin amOnS the hills lies the Villagr. " .re-
lcs-N dIrdsed,' and Oh ~ tue right crooked
branch 81 Arthur Nil comes struggling in
through the marshy meadow his body Of
water Is called Fresh kill because. urOual H..
iswiter Is shlde les, brachish than that 81
= ID
opebs with unaevia..n. regularly. Ihe most
prominent obi'st Ia the town Is St Andrews
Church. VI -tufesqI0 struc. are, almost hidden
among M oid trees that surround 81. Iur
cnurcu VA, chutrrei 10; Qiteh Anne IA l,l3,
hut puJr To thu late, according u the Rev. Or.
Ne@r>. Lax htd btsn ie'i~d uioh the people 10
support a minister. II ~, Srr ted Ia the same
year. ihr rnArler, an imp i.'ns docIm mt stu
presgrN d. Is wnt.eh Oh scNei Il lAtso sh9e :. 81
p,rchlneut IA lr-e characters. la MS Eli,
Dux larv b q ie tIrd 30 acr ', tsn % .ctn- ths
present New bitsuiou ani = ltrantne srounD
Tor ths ST. port OF tar rector. or this the state
OF New Y ok took 81 acres tor bpvVrnment
null .iuxs several years ago; but the IA ONE
from me remainder /. stlll applied to tue pur-
pose for wuicn the ana wa gwen.
Ca the Of ana "a u Jus, 100, the British
nrinyto5 k oo.-es-ion Of >Iaten Island. ana that
pant of the town Vt Npr.hne.d bordering upon
Fresh XII was assigned TO the = ieens Ran
and Manhattan Islands, and few iron Now
Jer-e,, COMMANDED 10y the notorious Lieut.
Col. iona Gra,es Stmcoe. Gen. sir william
doves headquarters were the Rose and
Crown ttvern, OH the llichm0ni road. two miles
from the village, ana Immediately opposite the
on rance To New DOry lane. 10 guard gainsf
tha apprO tcn uf tue DitfiOts from tue Jersey
side, furtlncdtiOns were erected on the ridge. "A
few hundred yards west Of ST. Andrew ,
Church. Tue remains Of ths rude works are to
b, seen there now. On the oth OF August, III,
tho village and the church pl Ned stu
more prominent part In our country ;
history. Ga that day party Of America an pat
rots crossed the pund from the jersey shore
lining near NH Creek, and marched toward
lNcuInOnd. Just outside the village they were
encountered by Diet eminent OF toe Tories,
Nno after a sh 70 nut short night, retroatei ami
sought shelter within tho stone walls OF 81. An
crews tHurch. The Americans surro undsd tns
church dul hred VOllei alter VOIey into l., uu III
every paae OF glass WIS Druken and the ) ,cIej
edince 4s badly 81 ire l. VI lntine rdanfOrce-
meuts tor the belle gIered British re on The
way from IOuphinsVile, and when they reached
Ncunpud the Americans rstrrited by tho
Fresh NH rJaG through Nrstncld, finally cross
| Ing 10 Jersey ia boats which theY seized on the
.und. rue Americans lost several men, and
me British the commander OF the Tseufotce-
/ iurnts.
After the battle Of Long Island, which was
/ fought Aug. q, 10 year, ago, and after tho
/ capture u New York city by the british, Gen.
/ Howe made his headquirters in New YORK.
! isavinl Staten LAND in c0iun tni Of Col Dali
fImple. ihe wounded from the bloody BROOK
! iYu held were taken to thH island and billeted
/ upOn the farm houses, lt was Hpwe'~ custom
to visit the Temporary hospitals rex Idfiy, ~ Dr.
dcI to satisfy nuns III tuAt his msn were rereV-
lnR proper care. On Oae occasion, during "A
heavy storm, Ls ana hit staG took shelter under