The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-08-29
THE ADVOCATE.
Historical.


mains is the ruins of a church pillar
The colony of New Hampshire was
fJr many years dependent of Massa'
chusetts. Its short line of seacoasi
was probably discovered by Martin
Pring in 1903. 1t was visited by
captain John Smith in 1914.
During the late civil war New Jer.
say furnished the National army with
1851 troops. In 1870 the Legisla-
ture refused to ratify the 18th amend
ment to the National Constitution on
the ground that to regulate suffrage is
vested in the respective States.
The provinces held by Gorges after
the division of the New England Ter
ritory he named New Somerset. He
sent out his nephew, William Gorges,
as Governor of the domain, which ex-
tended from the Piscatauqua to the
Kennebec, He assumed rule over the
fishing hamlets there, and held gen.
eral court at SacO.
During the war for independence
the people of New Hampshire took an
active part. Their men were engaged
in many important battles, from that
of Bunker Hill to that at Yorktown,
and were particularly distinguished
for their bravery in tie battles at
Bennington, Bemis' Heights, Saratoga
and Monmouth.
One of the greatest fires that ever
visited New York City broke out on
Dec. 16, 1885. Before the confagra-
ton was under control it had swept
the first ward east of Broadway and
below Wall street, destroying 529
buildings, most of them valuable stores,
also the Merchants Exchange and the
South Dutch Church. The property
destroyed was valued at more than
$2O,OOO,OOO.
The first Legislature of New Jersey,
under its new constitution, assembled
at Princeton, late in August, l776, and
chose William Livingston Governor.
Like the New York convention, the
Legislature was, on account of mill
tary movements, compelled to meet
at different place, at Burlington, Pitts
ton and Haddonfield. AT the latter |
place it was dissolved, leaving behind |
only a small remnant of the Legisla- |
ture first assembled. 1t was soon af-
forwards re-established.
Louisiana, by act of Congress-, was
divided into two territories, the South
ern one being called Orleans Territory.
The line between them was drawn
along the 33d parallel of north lati-
tude. This territory then possessed
a population of $4,000 souls, of whom
more than half were negro slaves.
The refugee planters from San Do
mingo had introduced the sugar cane
into that region, and the cultivation of
cotton was beginning to be successful.
So large were the products Of these
industries that the planters enjoyed
immense incomes. The white inhab-
itants were principally French creoles'
descendants of the original French
colonists,
In 1776 the State of New Hamp-
shire made public declaration of in
dependence. and established a tempe
rary government, to last during the
war. On June II, 1871, convention
framed State constitution, which
after numerous alterations, went into
force June 2, 1884. The people had
been very patriotic and and active
during the Revolution, and furnished
their full proportion of troops. The
constitution provided that once in
seven years it should be submitted to q
vote of the people on proposed amend
ments. This was done in September,
1871, and the constitution then adopted
continues to be the supreme law of
land in that State.
The village that grew around the
trading post of Manhattan Island was
called Manhattan until the arrival of
Gov. Stuyvesant in 1647, when it was
called New Amsterdam. Fort Am
sterdam, a large work with four an.
giles, and faced with solid stone, was
built by Gov. Minuits, ON the South
ern portion of the island. The village
grew apsce. It's wavs were crooked,
its houses struggling aud Its whole
aspect unattractive until after the new
improvements were
begun, when it contained about 800
people. They were under the imme-
date government of the director gen.