New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-29


soldiers captured at Fort Washington In 1777 suffered
long months Of captivity II those old walls could
tell their story they would make wonderful revela
tion OF tho price paid for Independence. During
an entire winter writes one, l any fire
except what was in the lamps of the city there
not pane Of glass in the windows and nothing -
keep out the cold except the Crates British ami
Bessian soldiers patroed this gloomy prison, where
the healthy and sick, white and black, inds
crininarey thrust, and where died from want
of fresh air, wafer and exercise. In the sufoeatng
heat Of summer says Dunlap. 81 saw every
aperture OF three-s walls filed With human heals
face above face. seeking portion Of the external
air" These unhappy wreichcs could at any time
exchange This horrd tenement for the comfortable
quarters OF British soldier by entering the Kings
service. but very few found thus barter their
principles. ! pass this venerable pile without
feeling an inclination take my hat It's decayins
walls, and doing honor to the memory of the men
whose wasted bodies daily carried out from It's
dark portals thrown into carts and cast into the
bitches and morasses beyond the city limifs
THE APTHORPE HOUSE.
While the men who fought for fpedom were re-
cciving every hind OF ndgnity at the hands OF the
British soIderv Lord Howe was receiving the elc
CANT hosptatv Of the gentry whose handsome country
seats dotted the fertile meadows and wooded heights OF
Manhattan Island. Among these w'c the residences
Of the Beekmans Kipps Apthorpes MirrayS' "af1r's
De Lanceys and Phnlipse and Morris families one
after another these stately colonial mansions have
Welded to the ~oclastic advance OF the spirit OF
I'm provement until now but two remain. and one OF
these is mere ghost Of IFS former greatness Ihcc
stands today on the west side Of Ninthav ave. between
Ninety first and Ninety-sccond s,s Old mansion that
Is almost royal In It's decay, built by charles "Hu
Apthorpe, one of the councillors of Governor 1Tyon
m 1867 Its recessed portico. Corinthan Columns
and pllasters and high arched door still command nc
the admiration of architects Its dining hail. VAIN
scoted and celcd with oak imported ron England us
walnscoted drawing rooms and ample hall could tell
rare stories OF love and war. For few days ai'er
the battle of Long Island General Washington made his
headouartcrs here and when the American commander
was forced TO General Howe took possession Oh
the Mace and was greeted by the owner with eener-
ous hosptalitv The house was then and until re-
Gently embowered IN ems. and the estate ex'ehueu
from Elehty-nnth 70 Ninety ninth SITS IN one dlrec
ton. and II was bounded by line running through
what is now Central Park. while the North klVeF
formed It's western boundary. Mr. ApthoFpc was al
Fnglishuan scholarly and diplomatic and though once
indicted for high treason. his property eScapeu CON
| fscaeon His entertainments were gwen on mag
nifcent scale both before and after the war one Oh
the most famous OF these occasion OF the mar
rage of his daughter Maria reGnng belle TO hugh
Williamson. Representative in Congress from North
| Carolina in the winter of l1-O.
Little BIZ little the Apthorre estate, which lor s'nce
passed into The hands OF strangcrs ha peeh , g
rnss ItseII is destined shortly 10 be evellcd tie
It's only rival The In es ne Country seat Il
Oliver De Lancey, the old Tory PARTISAN. when CAV
burned by the American soldery to avenge its owner
wanton acts of destruction.
THE ROGER MORRIS MANSION.
The finest srccimcn OF colonial architecture eX-
tant on the Island Of Manhattan and perhaps In the
United States IS the Roger Morris MANSION built ABOUT
| 1870 BY Captain Roger Morris, Of the British Army
| shortly after his marrs'-e TO the beautiful Mary
Phfllipse of YonkeIs. lady who had inirsea me ne
hand OF Colonel George Washineton wien, IN 90; Ne
in this city. This house, SURROUNDED % ~ ,
grounds commanding view OF Harlem kNrr 10 -opr
island sound and Of the towering Palisades II no
Hudson on the east, with the interVenh- nrd1""l
watrred by spuvten Duyvn Geek was considered al
most nalace in It's early days, and its me Inferior.
its wain,cotcd rooms and reh and curious ~ fs
worsbpper Of patriotic memcntoes. The virginia
colonel Of 1856 made his headquarters mere - d
hander-ln-Chef ot the Continental Army N - h
nom the gallery rs roof viewed 'he nsIlns p1u' Oh
e British regulars the naic Of doda aCeP Rnd r3
wrote We chased the dogs three miles Ihr e,la,e
shorty after the close Of tho and passed throush
various hands until cam mo pcf ,hs United
states who was better known as Madame Jume' ana
who died here In leo e ..noo.s ~. 1orer Morris |
mansion is at Tenth.avc and one hun'rN1-auds
frsSt In the nature of events il cannot l. ne uf;
tho hands CT the specuator have already selz'u H.
ALEXANDER uAMILTON'S COUNTRYsEAT
A LITTLE less than mile below the Morris mansion.
at Tenth-avc and OnehundieG- aAd-fcrty ih'' 81 |
awaiting the hands of those who are to remove II |
elsewhere for use the rectory Of the new - Luxe
Church stands a house which though not ID eA''e"'
when Washington President IS 50 closely con
neced with the and persoHa,res 81 that per-
as 10 deserve place In the Itinerary OF we j
pilgrim 4 square wooden house OF Two sores, aiIy
enclosed with porches and pazzas ana "
gallery running all aroJn9 tn9 r"cl ns.d b2
Kim as a summer home until thu tine * ms orau
The Grange derived from the aneetTai a .hn
bs grandfather in scotland. aud ne tiHner lor me
house said to have teen present rom ,me s me cy
home Of the family was on lower l'roaaTay her
nGTTs residence GEn S was en eght mile ne NY
hamilton. whom the country 0"eI p'lniSaIS ~
consttulS rho sat- ia Of owed enrolment in
the Federal Republic took spGGS' b nlantir Of
fSbbary and flowers and to the Of the
grounds; With his own nan haT"' tr zee Which
,fsn1 few rods from the house and which . S
survive SYMBOLIC the thirteen a %' ~ ' viios
and should &c t hem ste,ched forth 10 insure their
no nso rsirsf the vanfal axe of those who arc I'M
Sroying our patriotic ,numents from the iacc 9" me
AL =, r,stcned nv Hamilton NeW-YOrh Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts. and the two sma.ies, We're hancI
Ehode i' STRANGELY KEEP, pace with the size Of rho
CONFERENCE.-The from which they Dire" theF r''ps''''
names.
TORTIFICATIONS OF IHt hfN'N'ii-'
Notwithstanding the marvellous CROWN OF INC oi!'
there still exist on the Island Of Manhattan ana II
.ha franc Harlem region, the remains Of some I'm
,r,a,t Notifications OF Revolutionary times one OF
these. ard The most historical has given lis name
10 large section Of the upper city and was 'he
scene Of grave disaster to American arms fort
Washington stood upon the highest emlhehce on a,e
,ind cInss nv the Hudson. between One-huldlrn-
sd first and One-hundre1 andeighty sixth sts
et~o3r cartbwork Of irregular form. containing An
i,rer citadel which Enclosed The maG@zlle~ nc
eInbaninents of This fertilization are sun vIsi.e
and those of the star-shaped citadel are dlHUhcty
defined though overgrOwn with the luAuilaht -Ianso
of many successive SPRING.. ON the high grouhu "rs'
az Harlem River at the end OF Tenth-ave ana eN-
tendinr from one hundred and ninety second 70 Nu