The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-14

nat come mere the year previous from
London. 1t is curious to reflect that
this advertisement was printed only "a
year before the Declaration of Inde-
pend nee was Issued and the thirteen
Colonies grappled with England in a
war for human rights and liberties:
TO BE SOLD.
At the onice of William Tongue,
broker. al the house OF the late Mr..
Waldron. near the exchange dover end
of Broad street,, the following goods
and merchandise, viz:
Price.
One negro wench. 90 years old.
has had the smallpox. Is q use
full domestic. .....fSO
One negro wench, 40 years old. 80
One negro wench. 30 years old. 80
One negro man. - years old. is "A
good farmer. ............... 90
One negro man, - years old. is
a tolerable cook and gar
uehef, NC
One negro boy. 16 years old .... 40
One negro wench. 80 years old.
with or without her son. 5
years old 80 or so
one hue negro Wench, 22 years
old. every way very useful. so
Those days, as we'll as the Revolu-
tionary war days following and the
earlier days still. were some
IN the city OF Manhattan or New
,oih' as II was To De called after
~ ~, Instance IN I''l hau &C.
n"l.eo VIA. was ca''eu the Negro
! ~ several BACKS sailors on board
II Npahish snip brought To New YORK
as a prize ana mere sod were accused
Vi startIng nres IN several parts of the
'o"n' W"at e~Niuence' II any existed
aea"!,' '"e"' II Is uiilcuIt TO discover
'", WV! were accused nevertheless
ahu arrested
From some source sprung up the be-
lief that a plot had been Matched for
the destruction OF the city and the
massacre of all Of its inhabitants. and
the calm reader of to-day may UNDER
stand something of the state of fraz-
zled nerves which afflicted New
Workers of lI41 hy remembering that
the negro sailors probably numbered
less than a score. whereas the popula-
ton OF the city approached 10000. SO
RATED did the people become that
after arresting the negro sailors they
proeeeueu 10 take supposed vengeance
on other blacks. Eighteen were
hahsed ana seventy-one transported.
WINE a STAKE was set up in the vi
.'"i'! vi 'he rive i'oints and there
fourteen negroes were burned alive.
Yet so complex is human nature. 50
interviewer its strands Of ferocity and
childish playfulness of spirit, that
nearly a decade prior to this exhibition
of savagery three eminent and far
seeing citizens, John Chambers, Peter
Bayard and Peter Jay, saw oppor-
tunity waiting for them in the open
space in front OF Fort Amsterdam.
which was formerly used as a parade
ground. Parades didn't amoun to
much in their minds and they evil
IDENTIFY inspired the city fathers with
the same idea, for ere 1882 had passed
INTO time gone forever the three had
leased this open space for IA period of
c'e'eh years AT the rental OF a pepper
corn. StalShtWay they fenced ii in
and thereafter ii was used as a bowling
green. The site still goes hy the same
name only spelled with capital letters,
ana In all probability tn" rental value
mas not decreased materially since
theh'
one Of the Interesting charters OF
Mr.. Wakeman's book has to do with
the streets OF New York. especially
with the origin OF street names
Stone street was so called because il
was the first street paw | with stones.
In 1867 "A part of il was called the
Hrouwcr's STRAIT, and another part
Hoogh STRAIT. Seven years later A
part was called Stone street and an
other part High street. Eleven wears
htcr the whole thoroug fare was called
Duke street. and in 1897 il was ali
called Stone street. owing this hnu,r
tn the energy Of "A woman pruhab.v
foregunucr'of those active and cner-
gctiC leaders Of the present time who
are bursting into all sorts of reform
municipal and other.
Accnrdiup ia ,rh.r Irm.rr au
by Mr. Wnk,mnr an. tL. '.,i,.r
,olnnists v,s Horn ,,, r,r,I.,1 ,
had "a brewery md uico III. an
true Uollaud,rs .bn oLb'rr.I %
and dirt and counI,tro1 a,., a.
over again that shc cnuId NOT, taan
her house clean because of the nm
slightly condition of the road. from
which came mud in wet weather and
clouds of q Isl in dry seasons. In all
probability she brought her husband
to realize something Of her feelings.
and then protested so vigorously f.
tho untbArittny that ,n,l.. 49,. -