municipal government, the trans- |fA ; planting of the Old World names |['Uj and terms, the beginnings and growth of commerce, the friend |f and enemy, the Indian, and the | progress of foreign encroach- |B ment, which culminated in the ascendency and final supremacy | of an alien power. The annals. of New York are surpassed by no other city in America in topics | of varied character, romantic in- | cident, general interest, instruct- ive lesson, or dignified distinc- [Fs tion. The pioneers left their j]. — deep impress on the face and depth alike of the natural attri- butes of the Empire City. The settlers who first planted the flag of Holland in the empire Sam Us. Us Us Us th Us as Lt ee as a AW Tee Wy i eT as