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Madagascar he sailed In n sloop he had bouEl
v for New York. evidently hoping to urge IN
d plea that some OF his captures wero Frencl
. and what was wrong his crow had made him d.
{ He first put into Delaware Bay in June. 1G9f
5 then sailed round the east coast Of Lon
d Island into the Sound as far as Oyster Bay an
communicated with his family. Nearer {
t Now York lie never came after turning pirate
, At Oyster Bay he was joined by Mr.. Jane
Emott. one OF the counsel against Leisler. an
subsequently counsel for Bayard. Emottw wa
vestryman OF Trinity and a person OF stand
, ing. Kidd carried him to Rhode islam,
and landed him with. n mission to Bello
mont Mt Boston for n safe conduct. At Bloci
Island Kidd's vito and little daughter came
aboard: thence Kidd went over to Gardiner!
1slnnd. with whose owner Ne left part OF hi
treasure. which was afterward Civcn up to the
authorities. Then no sailed for Boston. arriv.
ing of the coast on July I. The Enrl's mos
sage TO him was that " II what Mr.. Emott said
was true lie might come ashore. It was the
only way to get Kidd ashore. Ho came at last,
but could not clear himself. was arrested. and
aftcr long waiting for n ship was carried to
London. where a year afterward he was tried
and executed. Such Is the true story Of n
really unsuccessful %pirntical career. out OF
which have grown innumerable ballads and
many digEings for mythical buried treasure
along our Atlantic coast.
II.
We may mention In passing TINT the Win
thror Papers. lately published by tho Mnssa-
chusetts Historical Society. contain n good
many references to tho Earl of Bellomont.
whose authority extended over Massachusetts
and New Ham pslire. rs we'll as New York.
who seems to have been upon the whole the
most upright and well meaning Of the royal
governors. although. as Mr.. W. /. Stone be-
lieves, he may have beon less nble than
Andres. He died in 1901. and was succeoded
in the governorship Of New York by a man OF
a very different character. tho Earl OF Corn
bury. a grandson Of tho statesman and his
torian. Edward Hyde. Earl OF Clarendon. and
therefore a nephew by marriage OF James IL.
whom he deserted in 1888. The gov
ernorship OF New York was the price OF
his atrocious pcrldy. The chaptor OF this
history devoted to Lord Cornbury's admins
.ration is written by Mr.. William l.. stone.
who gives in some concluding paragraphs a
description OF Now York rs it was in 1904.
This description is quoted from a contem porary
document. the journal OF Madame Knight"
which is well worth reproducing In the quaint
spelling and idiom Of the original. Nine.
Knight tolls her Massachusetts friends that
The Cittic OF New York is II pleasant. WE'LL
com racted place. situated on n Commodious
hlVei. winch Is u me HaTpOur iOr shipping.
The Buildings Brick Generally. very stately
and high. though not altogether like ours In
Boston. The Bricks in some OF the Houses
arc OF divers Coullers and laid In Check
ers. being glazed look very agreea-
bic. The inside OF them are neat to
admiration. the wooden work. for only the
walls are plastered. and the Sumers and Gist
are planned and kept very white secured as go
is ali the partitions il made OF Bords. The
fire places have no lambs las ours have But
the Backs run flush with tho walls. and tho
Hearth is OF Tyles and is as farr out into the
Room Mt the Ends as before tho fire. which is
Generally Five foot in the Low'r rooms. and
the piece over where the mantle tree should be
is made as ours with Joyner's work. and as
suppose Is fastened to iron rodds inside. The
House where Vcndue was. had Chimney Cor
ners like ours. and they and tho hearths we're
laid with the finest tile that I ever see. and the
stair cases laid all with white tile which is
ever clean. and SO are the walls OF the Kitchen
which had 4 Brick floor.
They are Generally Of the Church OF England
and have a New England gentleman for their
minister. and a very fine church set out with
all Customary requisites. There are also a
Dutch and Divers Conventicles as they call
tIem. viz: Baptist. Quakers. &c. They are
not strict in keeping the Sabbath as in Boston
and other places where I had bin. but seem
to dea! with great exactness as far as I sec or
Deall with. They are sociable to ono another
and Curteos and Civil to Strangers and fare
we'll in their houses. The English GO very
ia sheonable in their dress. But tho Dutch.
especially the Middling Sort. differ from our
women. in their habit 60 loose. wear French
muches which are like a Capp and q head
in one. leaving their ears bare.
are set out with Jewells OF a
QrOa ciza md mnnv In nnrnhAp And
heir fingers hoop'd with Rings. some with
arge stones in them o. many Coullers. as were
heir pendants in their ears, which you should
see very old women wear as well as Young.
They havo Vendues very frequently. and make
heir earnings very we'll by them. for they trent
With good Liquor Literally. and the CUSTOM
,rs Drink as Literally. and Generally pay fort
vs. well. by paving for that which they Bidd up
Briskly for. after the Sack has gone plentifully
about. tho sometimes good penny worths are
got there. Their Diversions in the Winter is
Riding Sleys about three or four miles out OF
Town. whore they have Houses OF entertain
nent at II place called the Bowery. and I'M 20
o friends Houses who handsomely treat them.
Ir. Burroughs cary'd his spouse and Daughter
md myself out to ono Madame Doves. q Gen.
that lived at q farm House. who gave
Is n handsome Entertainment Of 1--WE or six
Dishes and choice Beer and metheglip. Cyder.
kc.. all which she said was tho produce OF her
arm. l believe we NETT so or 90 slays that
fly with great swiftness and some
ire so furious that they'le turn out OF tho path
or mono except a Loadsn Cart. Nor do they
pare for any diversion tho place affords. and
'ociable to n degree. they'r Tables being as
rec to their Naybours as to Themselves"
Mr.. Stone directs attention to two events
importance which took place during
he administration OF Cornbury. although
he Governor deserves no credit for them.
The first was the establishment OF a
rec grammar school by the corpora .
lon OF tho city OF New Yosk. Hitherto, ,
ompared with Massachusetts and Connecti- ,
ut. the province Of New York had been ex- :
remedy backward in respect OF providing for
and tho higher education. Even
no facilities for primary instruction were rel
.ivcly Inadequate. The other event OF mo-
tent was tho promotion OF harmony among
he c~olonists OF various races and the develop I
tent Of the spirit Of civil and religious liberty.
he glaring defects OF Cornbury's character ,