The Dawn of Peace — Prominent Citizens — Great Changes — Dutch, French and English Descendants — Sectional Strife — Life Among Our People — Hamlets Agricultural Pursuits — Gay Scenes Among 01d Staten Island Families — County Abstract New Era — Panics — Imprisonment for Debt — Flax Raising — Southerners Attracted Here — Celebrating the Fourth of July — Old-fashioned Programs Patriotism at a Discount — Editorial Lecture — Rev. Peter I. Van Pelt's Address The Last Celebration.