New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-13


Dir & law private Conventckles had been Kept,
Ne have sent onr substitute Schot and one OF our
Cercques for to tacke NOTICE Oh ne worn shall
give VntO them, an Exact account ~ true lhioIii.a
tiOn ware in wath house, such vnlawtu conT U
cles ware kept and wath persons therein nau vi
cvsed wath persons-Inen, or womman there mao
beene present-tS which person the meetnge d ~
call and further of all Circumstances oeiongiSo u
H. So after my Love shat Rest. . ,,
Your lovinge friend d OoVerhor
amsterdam in the he S
Netherdad this Sth oft
January 40 1861.
Henry Townsend was fined % pounds Flemish
1900. Sam Spicer fined II pounds. John III
ton of Gravesend and John Townsend oil Janaic"
were banshed. George Wilson, the quaker
preacher whom these persons had harDoreu, eoU
away; but the officer captured his CLOAK oulii inc
meetings went on. and the next year Johh Douiiu Vi
Flushing was arrested and shipped 10 hoiiahn' ioi
allowing Quaker services to be held in his house
every Sunday. The Company "ro'o 'nol'upo" "
the Governor:
Your last letter informed that you had ban
ished from the Province and sent hither by snip
certain Quaker, John Borne by name; although We
heartily desire that these and other sectarans re-
,nained away from there, yet as they DO not. we
donht very much whether we can proceed against
them vigorously without diminishing Lhe Poi'uia.
ton and stopping Immigration, winch must oe
favored at a tender stage OF the country 'Nlsl
cnce. You may therefore shut your eyes AT least
not force peoples conSciences, but allow every onc
TO have his own belief, long as he behaves quietly
and legally. gives no offence to his neighbors and
does not oppose the government. As the govern
ment of this city has always practlSed inns maxim
of moderation and consequently mas olieh nl9 d
considerable influx of people; we 40 n3i uGto'' '"'
your Province too would be benehtted by IL.
Stuyvesant had troubles enough of various Sorts
and he might well have taken the advice OF the
Company to borrow no unnecessary vcxation on ac-
count of theology. The famous dispute with "a
troon van Rensselaer, the quarrel with Connecticut
the difficulties with Englishmen and Indians the
combinations OF a currency of beaver-sklns ana
wampun the growth of a meddlcsOme and ndoche
disposition among the burghers and even among the
Burgomastcrs and Schepens, who went 50 lar as 10
hold public meetings and to disregard proclama-
tionsal these things, i'll the uneasy last years ol
the Dntch domination, would have tried sweeter
temper than Governor Peters. ThereSls something
pathetic in complaint which he makes 10 MS
worthy and dear friends the Nine Men, about the
condition of Fort New-Amsterdam. Having III VAN
besoucht the Board to put it in repair he began the
business himself with the few servants and ne
erocs of the colony" and labored at it during two
summers: but when he returned from an expcd-
tion TO the South River he found all his work un-
done and the new Notifications "rOOted up
trampled down and destroyed by the comlnunitys
hogs. cows and horses" In this state of affairs he
resolved to publish once more proclamation when
had been published three four times already Tor
the impoundmg and cOntscating of all hogs ana
other animals found roofing up and destroying the
fort but before taking such extreme measures,
he wished to address himself again 10 the Board 1t
must be acknowledged that the Governor III TINS
case showed moderation under very trying ciTcum-
stances. So he did in the case OF the Fiscal Hen
drick van Dyck who not only neglected his duty
with respect to the hogs, but had the audacty to
insult calunniatc and scold" the Governor and the
Honorable Council generally. In particular, at the
house Of Captain Francois ' yn and III the presence
of Vyn his wife, the nurse, and Andres ChrlStmaI'
le called the Governor - Scoundrcl Murderer,
Tvrant Hound. Baby,' and other like names.
Although writes Smyyesant, in reporting this cata-
lopuc OF cpithcts to tn Council although we have
a different opinion Of ourselves and because so lar
respectable people never held rs IN such an estiina-
ton or were persuaded to believe II 0t MS, yet rs
sncb insults and calumnies have been uttered re-
peatedly behind our back and in our presence we
cannot bear it any longer without causing our good
name and reputation to be suspected The Fiscal
was suspended-a light punishment for an officer
with so little discrimination to call Peter Stay
vesant baby.
In a serious conflict of jurisdiction with the Bur
gomasters and Shcpens, over a transaction of great
moment he showed decision and energy An inter
diet had been issued the authority of the Gov
crnOr and Council, " forbiddng some farm servants
to pluck the goose nj the Bachanal on the eve of
Ash Wednesday for this excellent reason, among
Others that :" it is considered entirely frivolous
needless and dsrcpuablc to celebrate such hcathen
sh and popsh festivals and to introduce such bad
customs into the country" Nevertheless the farm
servants contemptuously piucked the goose, and
two or three of them having moreover " comported
themselves very insolently and improperly by
threatening cursing, yilifyng, and rdculing their
yC,r committed q rvi~yu The iiuTgo-
masters and Schepcns claiming exclusive cognizancc
of such affairs made personal rcnons trance to the
Governor. They got rOGsing reply. They were
told that the Governor and Council knew their own
powers better than other people; that the Burgo-
masters and Schepcns had their specific n,truc-
tons and must stic; to them; that they must not
presume to trouble and Inconvenience the Di-
rcctor-Gcucra personally; but il they saw fiji 10 in
tcrccdc for the modification 81 an intcric order or
punishment, they might petition in a respectful
way-tud then the Director General would do as
he pleased about it, We should be glad to know
how Governor Peter received Il communication
from thc good villagers Of New-Uuecht. who wrote
him that there are some eyil-mindod persons in
their midst, and some are absent who III neither
follow advice nor continuc like the weil-disposcd.
but who always oppose the well disposed, ilocking
together rotousy, erea r0e 10 obey th sergeant JDt
JomdSsJt.'
An example OF the Governors sdgdcUy ana IN
partiality in Judging questions of equity represented
in his decision of controversy between the sur
geons Of Ncw-Am,terdan and certain prcsumptu-
Gus BARRIERS The following is the official record
The surgeons petition, that nobody else, but they
shall be allowed to shave, to which
The Director and Council reply, that shaving is
properly not in the province of the SGgcoIs. but il
only an appendix 20 their calling, that nobody
be prevented to please himself ia this matter or to
serve anybody else for friendships sake, out of
flNN M a
keeping shop to do 1t in, which hereby expressly
forbidden