mm H:: up: vn ', /•' ' O "^ H-' < W n P - o 3 ■-1 X r-r m "-5 1 r-t 3 o^ •-t ^ o o r-r r-r r-t o 3- re C/J ■-o C n c/> 3 O a C/) 3 rl- rr ^ rt o ii-li: iva:xj,c;xo.ia^Xj ::^03c:e3S t^si* .^.. xs^:e3X>. M. J. FAILLARD 680 BROADWAY. •9 II. C! '. ' THE OTEL Guests' Guide .M<- FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 1871-2. OF Qo-s ^YRIGHT ''<.A^ -• «!.*>. Zd. bij Ch3^T\€.s H-tivvivx TTescott. New York : ^WM. P. CLEARY «Sc CO., Publishers, 71 BROADWAT. 1871. \\\/ * V^A/'V^A-* ' %^ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the yearlSTl. by WM. P. CLEARY, & CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. /-, , r. GUNS . BREECH LOADim AND MUZZLE LOADING OF EVERY VARIETY. English, Belgian & American Manufacture. AND Al^TERl^L for GXJisr ]VI^KERS, Wholesale and Retail. ^ 177 BroadAvay, COOPER, HABBIS &, HODGKINS, F. O. Box, 393"?. Tlie Ainerican Honse of Antiqnes. In the whole of the United States there is but one house devoted to the exhibition and sale of Antique Furniture and Works of Art including rare porcelain and china and rich goods 6i a variety that is seldom seen in this country. To those who have not visited Europe, and do not possess col- lections of such a character, this house will be a study, the extent and value of the collection aftbrding flicilities which cannot be found elsewhere for the gratification of taste and curiosity. Among the various articles will be found clocks of the 17th and 18th centuries, carved furniture of all ages and nations, and the wares of the crown royal fxctories of Sevres and Dresden, as Avell as oil paintings and other works of art. Those who desire to see the collection, will receive courteous attention from those in attendance. D^iEfTES) 593 ^roatiTPct^^ QTTcifX) ^ork. Manufacturers of French and English NEV^^ YORK. We congratulate the public in being able to furnish the finest and purest Toilet Soaps, equal in every respect to those of the most renowned makers of- France, England and Italy, at a reduction of almost half the cost of the impor- ted article. THE NATIONAL SURAIB OF ISTE'W YORK, Z lr«%iirai't tor. WmM&m Bmm^w»- Issues all the new forms »f policies, and presents as favorable terms as any Comptny in the United States. • EDWARD A. JONES, President. J. 0. HALSEY, Vice-President. J. A. MORTIMORE, Secretary. CHARLES G. PEARSON, Assistant Secretary. SHEPPARD HOMANS. Consulting Actuary CALL OR SEND FOR CIRCULAR. AGENTS WANTED.. VI. CONTENTS History of New York — Historical Localities General View New York as it is . Central Park — Origin and Early History Location and Area . Gateways and Approaches Monuments Museum Play Grounds The Mall . . . , The Terrace The Lake . The Ramble . The Upper Park How to Get to the Park . Parks and Public Squares Amusements — Academy of Music . Booth's Theatre . Fifth Avenue Theatre . Grand Opera House . Niblo's Garden New York Circus Olympic Theatre . Steinway Music Hall . Union Square Theatre Wallack's Theatre Other Places of Amusement Cemeteries — Greenwood Woodlawn Other Cemeteries Page:. 39 43 51' 55- 57 63 65 67 69. 73; 75 19' 83 87 ► 89 97- 93 95 101 99 lol 97 103 101 93 105, 107- 122 12c. Ohurches . ' • • • • The New Court House .... " City Hall ^' Halls of Justice .... U. S. Treasury and Assay Office. Dei.artment of Charities and Corrections Custom House .... " Merchant's Exchange . ' . *' Old Post-Office . " Astor Library . " New Bible House '• New York Historical Society . *• National Academy of Design Young Men's Christian Association " College of New York Libraries .... Cooper Union .... Odd Fellows' Hal) . . -Colleges . . Theological Institutions Croton Aqueduct High Bridge Forts and Fortifications Benevolent Institutions Environs of the City . Watering Places .... Post- Office Regulations The New Post-Office . Banks • . . , . Foreign Consuls .... Omnibuses and City Railways . Ferries . * • • . Railway Companies and Stations Watering Place Distances Page. 127 140 141 i4i 142 142 H3 '43 144 H^ 146 m 152 153 154 154 156 157 158 159 160 161 169 172 177 178 180 181 184 186 187 Estetblish-ed 1S46. ^ i©*. 406 Broadway, and 72, 74 & 76 Walker Street, N. Y,, Beg to call the attention of ttie trade to their most complete assortment of Imported and Domestic EATTAN & WILLOW FUNITUEE, &c. The most extensive stock of any establishment in the world, which they are oftering on the most favorable terms. BLANK-BOOKg, STATIONERY & PRINTING. '^fraiici© & ^auivel^ s STEAM JOB PRINTERS, LITHOGRAPHERS And Manufacturers of Patent Spring-Back Account Books, 4B Maiden Lane, NeAv York. Orders solicited for anything in our line. Large assortment of Fancy and Staple Stationery, Account Books, Writing Paper, Hotel Registers, Time Books, Expense Books, Diaries and Daily Journals. Copt Your Letters.— Use Francis' Manifold Writer, by which letters and copies are written «t the same time. Price from $1 to $5. Merchants, Bankers, Factories. Public Offices, Railroad and Insurance Companies, as well as individuals, are solicited to give us their orders. Prompt and personal attention given. Prices low. The entire building is fitted expressly for the various branches of our business, with new and improved Machinery, Steam Power Presses, New Type, &c. Please call or send your orders to FRANCIS & LOUTREL, stationers, Printers, & Bookbinders, Jy?uI h'I^xrkl. } 45 MAIDEN LANE, N. Y. Patent Composition for Printers' Inking Rollers. Does not harden, shrink, or crack. IX. PREFACE. The want of a proper Guide to New York, one that would not only indicate the names and localities of all places of interest, but that would also give such a. description of them, as Avould not fail to attract the notice of the stranger visiting the City, has long been felt by the travelling public. We have endeavored in this first Edition of the " Hotel Guests' Guide," to place before the stranger in New York, a brief history of this Empire City of the Western Hemisphere ; a complete history and description of its crowning glory, the Central Park, and short sketches of its Public Buildings, Principal Churches, Libraries, Asylums, etc., etc. To this we have added other valuable information to the traveller 7 all of which will be found detailed in our table of contents, to which we invite the reader's attention. The cost, attending the publication and gratuitous distribution of this work among the principal Hotels of this City, has been entirely borne by the enterprising business firms whose names will be found under " Where to Buy," and we cordially recommend to our readers these several houses as being the frst in their separate classes of business, assuring them that they will be fairly dealt with, both as to quality of goods, and scale of prices. To our Advertising Patrons, and to the Proprietors of those Hotels in New York who have accepted and distributed our work through their houses, is presented the thanks of THE PUBLISHERS. New York, Nov. 20th, 187L /?*%/ m0^€M0WtV % ^ ^^ vl'1'9 TU "^s, lall wm. ia,wmM im-^ w&BMM.^ mweaM^BM , CLOAKS. RIDING HABITS, So.. S'^., MADE TO ORDER. m i4if miff a sf mm Tliii*cl I>ooi* fVoin Broad^vsiv- » Mk^^ & G^r Ed J laipirter of every Tariet.v of e^ m st©v Gloves Made to Measure within 24 Hours. 929 BROAD WAY, N. Y., i©tvsf©©[« list tttdl iid Stp@©t8. Maison CheUley^ 20 Rue de la Paix, Paris XI. Alexander M. H - % f: Co., ^WR^9)mm&mf^ q>s> ® PI n m Rich Paris, London, and Vienna Fancy Goods -A.nNriD Also, a lar^e Assortment of French Clocks, 'm^mi i3sr Groups, Statuettes, Vases, Card Receivers, &c. of In attach attained. ^Ve respectfully aunoance ti^ we ha;^ op^da^^nch l^:;^!i;S^[^^ ^ Fifteentli St. and Union Sq, Entrance on Fifteenth St., assortment estial voice ever before corner of Where a large and magnificent assortment of the above Goods are on view. 23 iVIaiden Lane, & cor. 15th St. and Union Sq. Alex. M. Hays. John E. Shepard. XII. WHEKE TO BUT, «»*♦♦♦" AGENTS, ADVERTISING. ROWELL GEO. P., & CO., 41 Park Row. See A4vt., page 38. AGENTS, REAL ESTATE. ELA.VANAGH JOHN, cor. 42d st. & f.th av See Advt., page 10. ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART. STPHER & CO., 593 Broadway. See Advt., page 7. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS. BURR & BARNUM, 201 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 130. PARISIAN FLOWER CO., .561 & 563 Broadway. See Advt., page 54. SIEBERT CHARLES, 523 & 524 Broome. See Advt., page 40. TILMAN Mme. N., & CO., 84 East 9th St. See Advt, page 42. ARTISTE IN EMBROIDERIES. KLEIN FRANCISKA, 279 Bowery. See Advt., page 60. ARTISTS. KURTZ W., 872 Broadway. See Advt., p. 30. SARONY, 680 Broadway. See Advt., page 26. AURIST. CADWELL F. A., 14 University Place. See Advt., page 72. BASKETS & WILLOW WARE. ZINN CHAS., & CO., 4 06 Broadway. See Advt. opp. id page of Contents. BATHS. AMERICAN BATHS, cor. Irving PJace- &17ili Street. See Advt., page 132. PIERCY, 697 Broadway. See Advt., page 74. MILLER, HAYNES & CO., 41 W. 26th St. See Advt., page 82. BEDS & BEDDING. COZZENS C. L., 942 Broadway. See Advt., page 40. BERLIN WOOLS. KORFF A. & E., 1197 Broadway. See Advt., page 56. BLACKING. AMSON LOUIS & CO., 424 Broadway. See Advt., page 92. BLANK-BOOK MANUFAC- TURERS. FRANCIS & LOUTREL, 4.i Maiden Lane. See Advt., page ix. BO.HEMIAN GLASS WARE. PALME & CO., 6 College Place. See Advt,, page 82. WHERE TO BUY. BOOT & SHOE MAKERS. BEAUMONT CHARLES, 258 Broadway. See Advt., page 56. THIERRY B. J., 816 Broadway. See Advt., page 26. WALKER ALBX., 397 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 56. WALTER JOHN, 25 East 14th Street. See Advt., page 30. YOUNG ADAM, 856 Broadway. See Advt., page 24. BRONZE GOODS. HAYS ALEX. M., & CO., 23 Maiden Lane, and cor. 15th Street & Union Square. See Advt. opp. " Where to Buy." MAGNIN Ve. J., GUEDIN & CO., 652 Broadway. See Advt. 1st page inside front cover. T?AYLOR, OLMSTED & TAYLOR, 5 Bond Street. See Advt., page 24. TIFFANY & CO., Union Sq. cor. 15th St. See Advt., page 120. CAMEO LIKENESSES. BERNARD & BONET, 599 Broadway. See Advt., page 88. CARD ENGRAVERS. BSUCE Mrs. L. A., 872 Broadway. See Advt., page 28. GIMBREDE, 1250 Broadway. See Advt., page 96. OVERBAUGH A. W., 676 Broadway, and 25 Maiden Lane. See Advt, page 84. CHILDRENS' FURNISHING GOODS. BLAKE & POND, 21 Astor Place. See Advt., page 68. LOVE SAMUEL, 313 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 92. THURN Mme. L., 30 & 32 East 10th Street. See Advt., page 112. WATSON Miss E. F., 884^ Broadway. See Advt., page 74, CHINA & GLASS WARE. BRUNDIGE RUFUS M., 919 Broadway. See Advt., page 98. YOGT JOHN & CO., 35 A 37 Park Place. See Advt., page 86. CHINESE & JAPANESE GOODS. VANTINE A. A. & CO., 814 Broadway. See Advt., page 22. CHIROPODISTS. STONE Mrs. L. R., 743 Broadway. See Advt., page 38. WESTERVELT R. H., 852 Broadway. See Advt., page 54. CHURCH CUSHIONS. PATENT ELASTIC FELT CO., 95 Duane Street. See Advt, page 126. CHURCH DECORATORS. DBYULDER& STEELE, 1212 Broadway. See Advt., page 93. CLOAKS & MANTILLAS. BERNHEIM Mme. ANTOINETTE. 19 Brevoort Place. See Advt., page 90. BRODIE'S, 925 Broadway. See Advt , page 44. PRATT BROS., 889 Bioadway. See Advt., page 18. TILMAN Mme. N. &C0., 84 E. 9Ui Street. See Advt., page 42. VAN DUSEN A., 12 East 14th Street. See Advt., page 78. CLOTHIERS. LOBDELL & TINSLBY, 1180 Broadway. See Advt., page 54. RANDOLPH, P. J. F., 684 Broadway. See Advt., page 58. - CONFECTIONERS. RIDLEY & CO., corner Chambers and Hudson, and 1149 Broadway. See Advt., page 64. WHERE TO BUY. CONSERVATORIES OF MUSIC. AMERICAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSrC, 211 4th Avenue. See Advt., page 96. CORSETS. GAYNOR Mrs. C. A., 824 Broadwaj. See Advt., page T4. GEDNEY Miss S, J., 29 East 10th Street. See Advt., page 90. JOYCE Mrs., 233 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 108. LAMBELE Mme., 22 East lOlh Street. See Advt., page )00. MOODY Mrs. S. A., J 7 West 11th Street. See Advt,, page 64. OLMSTEAD R. A., 781 Broadway. See Advt., page 56. PONCHON Mme. S.. 225i^6th Avenue. See Advt., page 60. SMITH Mrs. JENNy'l., 175, 347 and 64], 6th AvtDue. See Advt., page 64. COSTUMER.- JACOB Y. & CO., 868 Broadwaj. See Advt,, page 88. DECALCOMANIE. SHUTE R. L., 894 Broadway. See Advt., page 30. DENTAL DEPOTS GRISWOLD P. H., 733 & 12.^9 Bruadwav. See Advt,, page 3». " DENTISTS. ALLEN J. & SON, 22 Bond Street. See Advt., page 80. CLARK H. P., 172 Fifth Avenue. See Advt., page 82. COVELLL., 23 East 17th Street. See Advt., page 70. HOWE J. MORGAN, 33 East 17th Street. See Advt., page 60. MEIGS G. S., 505 f5th Avenue. See Advt., page 108. NEW YORK DENTAL INSTITUTE cor 23d St. & 4th Avenue. See Advt., page 74. REYNOLDS BROS., 62 West 14th Street. See Advt., page 104. REYNOLDS R. E., 115 4th Avenue. See Advt , page 98. SIGESMOND S. B., 63 East 9th street. See Advt., page 54, WOODWARD C. A., 9 East 17th Street. See Advt., page 70. DIAMONDS. SMITH & HEDGES, I Waiden Lane bee Advt., 1st page inside front cover. TAYLOR, OLMSTED & TAYLOR 6 Bond Street. See Advt., page 24. TIFFANY & Co., Union Sq., cor. Ulh St. See Advt., page 1 20. DRESS AND CLOAK MAKERS. ARMSTRONG Mrs. A., 110 Vest 23d St. See Advt., page 124. AUGIER Mme. ROULLIER, 17 East 17th Street. See Advt., page 106. BERNHEIM Mme. ANTOINETTE 19 Brevoort place. See Advt.. page 90. BROMLEY Mme. 1149 Broadway. See Advt , page 124. CHAMPION & During MUes., 36 W 24th St. See Advt., page 104. CHASE Mme., 45 East 18th Street. See Advt., page 128. COLLINS Mme., 26 West Uth Street. See Advt., page 52. COMPORT Mme. E., 365 6th Aven«e. See Advt., page 88. COOLEY Mme. E., 884^ Broadway. See Advt., page Tg. DAVIS Mrs. W., 137 West 20th Street. See Advt., page 130-. DECKER Mme. MARIE, ?1 East 16th St See Advt., page 88. 6 WHERE TO BUY. DKESS AND CLOAK MAKERS. (Continued.) DELAMARE Miss, 8 West 11th Street. See Advt., page 94. DELLAC Mme., 1256 Broadway. See Advt., page 102. DE VAULX Mme., 58 West 14th Street. See Advt., page 130. DEVONVILLE Mme., HOW. 3lst Street. See Advl., page 88. DONOVAN Mrs. C, 8 East 18th Street. See Advt., page 104. DOUGLASS Mme., M. A., 13 East Hth St. See Advt., page 86. DURBROW Madame, 30 East 18th Street. See Advt., page 32. DUVAL, Mme. A., 762 Broadway. See Advt., page 110. ELLIS Mile. JENNIE, 35 East 10th St. See Advt., page 100. EVANS K. W. & T. S., 62 University PL See Advt., page 74. GALOUPEAU MARIE, 53 East 10th St. See Advt., page 134 GEDNEY Miss S. J., 29 East 10th Street. See Advt., page 9!i. GERARD Mme., 16 East 12th Street. See Advt., page 52. GIDLEY Mrs. E., 870 Broadwa)-. See Advt., page 112. HUTCHINSON Mrs., 703 Broadway. See Advt., page 130. JORDAN Mrs. M. A., 17 Union Square. See Advt, page 98. LAFORCADE Mme. E., 6 West lUh St. See Advt., page 134. LAMBELE Mme., 22 East 10th Street. See Advt., page l'>0. LANE S. D,, 104 West 28th St. See Advt., page 124. LOVETT Mme., S. P., 753 Broadway. See Advt., page 52. LUMLEY Mrs., 329 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 106. McANDREWS Mile. M, 768 Broadway. See Advt., page 134. McKINLEY Mile. F., 12 Brevoort Place. See Advt., page 100. MAGINN Miss, 117 4th Avenue. See Advt., page 106. MENAGER Mme., 22 East 15th Street. See Advt., page 134. MOORE Miss, 19 Union Square, See Advt., page 52. MOSCHCOWITZ & RUSSELL, 63 East 9th St. See Advt., opp. Preface. PFAHLER Miles., 82 East 9th Street. See Advt., page 112. PICHON THl;RfeSE, 246 Fourth Avenue. See Advt., page 88. RAPP Mme., 35 West 23d Street. See Advt., page 128. REID Mrs. JANE, 57 East 9th Street. See Advt., page 130. ROBINSON Mrs. A., 102 West 13th St. See Advt., page 124. SEVER Mme. E., 383 Clh Avenue. See Advt., page 78. SMITH, F. A., 14 Clintou Place. See Advt., page 88. STARLING Miss J. S., 385 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 60. SULLIVAN M., 1199 Broadway. See Advt., page 102. TILMAN Mme. N. & CO.. 84 East 9th St. See Advt, page 42. VAN DUSEN A., 12 East 14th Street. See Advt, page 78. WARING Mme., 42 East 12th Street See Advt, page 94. WILLIAMS Mme., 62 West 14th Street See Advt, page 112. WINTER Mme., i7th East 14th Street. See Advt, page 124. WILKES Mme. E. E., 777 Broadway. See Advt, page 187. WHERE TO BUT. DRESS TRIMMINGS— LADIES. CROSLET C. W., 635 Broadway. See Advt., page 130. LANCASTER & CO., 917 Broadway. See Advt., page 38. MB ARES RICHARD, 6th A v. & 19th St. See Advt., page 15. MILLER & GRANT, 879 Broadway. See Advt., page 24. RICHMOND G. & CO., 783 Broadway. See Advt., page 24. DRY GOODS. ARNOLD, CONSTABLE & CO., 881 Broadway and 3(i9 Canal Street. See Advt, page 116. MEARES RICHARD, cor. 19th Street & 6th Avenue. See Advt, page 15. DUMB WAITERS. MURTAUGH JAMES, 1364 Broadway. See Advt, page 26. DYERS. BARRETT, NEPHEWS & CO., 5 and 7 John Street. See Advt , page 58. EMBLEMATIC SIGNS. WASHBURNE, 4 Cortlandt Street See Advt, page 30. ENGRAVERS GENERAL BRUCE Mrs. L. A., 872, Broadway. See &.dvt, page 28. GIMBREDB, 1250 Broadway. See Advt, page 96. OVERBAUGH A. W. 676 Broadway and 25 Maiden Laue. See Advt, page 84. FANCY GOODS. HAYS ALEX. M. & CO., 23 Maiden Lane & cor. 15th Street and Union Square. See Advt, opposite " Where to Buy." MAGNIN Ve J., GUEDIN k CO., 652 Broadway. See Advt, 1st page inside front cover. TIFFANY & CO., Union Square. See Advt, page 120. FANCY GOODS REPAIRERS. GLOR P., 30 West 4th Street See Advt , page 98. FANCY LEATHER GOODS. CULBERT & CO., 24 Maiden Lane. See Advt., page 22. ROEMER & POINIER, 35 Warren Street See Advt, opposite title page. FELT GOODS. PATENT ELASTIC FELT CO., 95 Duan© Street See Advt, page 136. FERROTYPES. ESTABROOKE, 31 Union Square. See Advt, page 46. FLORISTS. HENDERSON PETER & CO., 35 Cort- landt street See page 36. FRINGES, CORDS AND TASSELS CROSLEY C. W., 635 Broadway. See Advt., page 130. FURNACES— HOT AIR. METCALF H., 113 Beekman Street See Advt., page 36. 8 WHERE TO BUY. FURNITURE. HERTS & CO., 806 and 808 Broadway. See Advt., page 128. HUTCHINGS E. W. & SON, 99 and 101 Fourth Avenue. See Advt., page 48. KINGMAN & MURPHY, 93 Bleecker St. See Advt , page 32. KOECHLING BERNHARD, 5S and 60 University Place. See Advt., page 112. PHELPS, JEWETT & CO., 264 and 266 Canal Street. See Advt., page 60. SOUTHACK B. L., 620 Broadway. See Advt., page 58. FURNITURE MOTH DESTROYER WORCH C, 110 Fourth Avenue. See Advt., psge 64. FURRIERS AND FUR DEALERS. GUNTHER'S C. G. SONS, 602 and 504 Broadway. See Advt., page 116. ESTER WILLIAM, 55 Maiden Lane. See Advt., page 40. ZUGALLA CHARLES H.. 39 Maiden lane See Advt., page 30. GENTS FURNISHING GOODS. ADAMS UNION & CO., i)37 Broadway. See Advt., page 118. INGERSOLL & GLENNEY, 669 Broadway. See Advt., page 94. LEWIS T. M., 791 Broadway. See Advt., page 132. MICHAELIS & KASKEL, 643 Broadway. See Advt., page 1 10. MULLER A.F., 1188 Broadway. See Advt., page 56. PEREGO, 85 Nassau Street. See Advt., page 62. GLASS CUTTERS & ENGRAVERS. QUINNELL, HARRIS & CO., 48 East 14th Street Union Square. See Advt., page 68. GLASSWARE. QUINNELL, HARRIS & CO, 48 East 14th Street Uuion Square. See Advt.. page 68. VOGT JOHN & Co. 35 and 37 Park Place- See Advt., page 86. GROCER, WHOLESALE & RETAIL. JACKSON, H. B, 182 Fifth Avenue. Ste Advt., inside back cover. GUNS AND PISTOLS. COOPER, HARRIS & HODGKINS, 17T Broadway. See Advt., page v. REMINGTON E. & SONS, 193 Broadway. See Advt, first page inside back cover. HAIR (ORNAMENTAL) GOODS. BELLCHAMBERS R. T., 3 1 7 6th Aven ue See Advt , page 62. HELMER N., 781 Broadway. See Advt., page 44. MALTBY GEO. W., 104 Bleecker Street. See Advt., page 84. MAREGA G., 765 Broadway. See Advt., page 38. ROUSSEAU Mme. A., 19 Union Square. See Advt., page 42. HAIR NETS. MALTBY GEO. W.. 104 Bleecker Street See Advt., page S4. HAND MADE WORSTED GOODS. LOVE S., 313 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 92. HANDKERCHIEFS. FORD'S, 311 6th Aveuue. See Advt., page 84. HARD WOOD BOARDS. READ GEO. W. & CO., 170 and 172 Centre Street. See Advt., Second page inside back cover. HUTCHINGS E. W. & SON, 99 and 101 Fourth Avenue. See Advt., page 48. WHERE TO BUY. 9 HATTERS. CO^STDON JOHN, 6 Amity Street, Grand Central Block. See Adrt., page 106. MILLER EDWARD, 4 Astor Place. See Adrt.. page 88. HAVANA AGENCY. MARTI^;EZ J. B. & CO.. 10 Wall Street. See Adrt, page 132. HOOP SKIRTS. GAY.srOR Mrs. C. A., 824 Broadvraj. See Adrt, page 74. SMITH Mrs. JEXNT L., 175, 347 and 641 Sixth Areaue. See Adrt., page 64. OLM5TEAD R. A.. 7?I Broadvraj. See Adrt , page 56. HOSIERY AND GLOVES. ADAMS UXION & CO., 637 Broadway. See Adrt., page US. DEVIX JOHN C, 1192 Broadway. See Adrt, page 56. LEWIS T. M., 791 Broadway. See Advt., page 132. MEARES RICHAFID. 6th Av. and 1 9th St See Adrt., page 15. HOT AIR FURNACES. METCALF H., 113 Beekman Street See Adrt , page 36. HOUSEKEEPING GOODS. MEARES RICHARD, Sixth Arenue. cor. 19th Street. See Advt, page 15. INDIA GOODS. FOUNTAIN & CO., 837 & 839 Broadway. See Adrt., page 26. TANTIXE A. A. & CO., 814 Broadway. See Adrt, page 22. INVALID CHAIRS. EJND R. & D. LITZKO, 119 Mercer. See Adrt., page 82. JEWELERS, MANUFACTURING HATWARD W. A., 210 Broadway. See Adrt., page 66. WARREX, SPADOXE k CO., 658 Broadway See Adrt., page 16. JEWELRY, ENGRAVER. GTERBAUGH A. W., 676 Broadwar and 25 Maiden Lane. See Advt, page 84. KID GLOVES. EDLER OSCAR, 929 Broadway. See Adrt., page XI. WOXDRA A. J., & CO., 403 Broadway. See Advt, page 42. KID GLOVE CLEANER. REES W. A., 392 Bowery. See Adrt., page 74. LACES &. EMBROIDERIES. FORD'S, 311 6ih Arenue. See Advt., page 84. FRAXK M, & CO., 763 Broadway. See Advt., page 112. LANCASTER & CO , 917 Broadwar. See Adrt, page 38. MILLER & GRAXT, 879 Broadway. See Adrt, page 24. RICHMOXD G. & CO., 783 Broadway. See Advt, page 24J SHAW & EATOX, 1105 Broadway. See Advt, page 102. LADIES' BOOTS «fe SHOES. BIXBT & CO., 8 Astor Race. See Advt., page 30. CAXTRELL S., 239 & 241 4th Arenue. See Advt., page 96. CZERNT JOHN, 139 4th Areuue. See Advt, page 38. MILLER & CO., 3 Union Square. See Advt., page 64. WALKER ALEXANDER, 397 6\h At. See Advt., page 56. 10 WHERE TO BUY. LADIES' HAIRDRESSERS. BELLCHAMBERS R. T., 317 6th Av. See Advt., page 62. FRANCOIS Mile. A. D., 739 & 741 Broad- way. See Advt., page 56. GIBBS Mrs. E., 1237 Broadway. See Advt., page 98. HELMER N., 781 Broadway. See Advt., page 44. HORNER Mme., 503 6th Aveuue. See Advt., page 108. KELLY K. & N., 697 Broadway. See Advt., page 108. LA COUR CHAS. & CO., 423 6th Av. See Advt., page ' 08. NICOLETTl L., 8'Jl Broadway, See Advt., page 38. ROUSSEAU Mme. A., 19 Union Square. See Advt., page 42. SICCARDI Mme. M., 1224 Broadway. See Advt., page 30. ' ■ i ~ .. ■■ ■ I — ■■■.■ — . .- ■ I.. ■ LADIES' SUITS. PRATT BROTHERS, 889 Broadway. See Advt., page 18. LADIES' UNDER-GARMENTS. BAILLARD Mme. A., 17 Brevoort Place. See Advt., page 100. BLAKE & POND, 21 Astor Place. See Advt., page 68. COLLINS Mme., 26 West II th Street. See Advt.. page 52. MEARES RICHARD, 6th Av. cor. 1 9th St. See Advt., page 15. NIEDERWIESEN Mile. K..783 Broadway. See Advt., page 38. SULLIVAN M., 1199 Broadway. See Advt., page 102. LIFE INSURANCE. NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., 212 Broadway. See Advt., page vi. LINGERIE. BAILLARD Mme. A., 17 Brevoort Place. See Advt., page 100. LAFORCADE Mme. 6 W. 11th Street. See A.dvt., page 134. MENAGRR Mme., 22 E*)st 15th Street. See Advt., page 134. LITHOGRAPHERS. FRANCIS & LOUTRBL, 45 Maiden Lane. See Advt. page ix. LOAN BROKERS. THOMAS A. J., 661 Broadway. See Advt., page 20. MELVILLE H. B., 1191 Broadway. See Advt., page 132. MARBLE & MARBLEIZED MANTELS. PENRHYN SLATE CO., 40 W. 18th St. See Advt., page 40. MASONIC EMBLEMS. HAY WARD WM. A., -210 Broadway. See Advt., page 66. MATHEMATICAL & OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS. PIKES BEN.JAMIN SON, 518 Broadway. See Advt., page 34. PRENTICE JAMES, 164 Broadway. See Advt., page 44. SEMMONS J. II., 687 Broadway. See Advt., page 28. MEERSCHAUM PIPES. POLLAK & SON, 43 Maiden Lane and 27 John street See Advt., 3rd page inside back cover. MERCHANT TAILORS. ELLIOT & CO., 750 Broadway. See Advt., page 126. LIES BROTHERS. 211 4th Avenue See Advt., page 96. LOBDELL & TIVSLEY, 1 180 Broadway. See Advt., page 54. RANDOLPH P. J. F., 684 Broadway. See Advt., page fi8. WHERE TO BUY. 11 MILLINERS. BERNHEIM Mme. ANTOINETTE, 19 Brevoort Place. See Advt., page 90.. CHASE Mme., 45 East IStli Street. See Advt., page 128. DONOVAN Mrs. C, 8 East 18th Street. See Advt., page 104. DOUGLASS Mme.M. A.. 13 E. 1 Tth Street. See Advt., page 86. DURBROW Mme., 30 East 18th Street. See Advt., page 32. ELLIS Mile. JENNIE, 35 E. lOth Street. See Advc, page 100. EVANS K.W, & T. S., 62 University Place: See Advt., page 74= FERRERO Mme., 6 Lafayette Place. See Advt., page 20 FOKES Mrs. G., 1149 Broadway. See Advt., page 102. GALOUPEAU MARIE, 53 E. 10th Street. See Advt., page 134. GERARD Mme., 16 East 12th Street. See Advt., page 52. HARTLEY Mme., ti09 Broadway. See Advt., page 48. HIGGINS M. T., 126 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 124. HOWARD Mme. C, 9 Union Square. See Advt., page 76. KEANE A. M., 359 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 108. LAFORCADE Mme., 6 West 11th Street. See Advi,. page 134. LIPMAN Mme. M., 413 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 60. LOVETT Mme. S. P., 753 Broadway. See Advt., page 53. MoANDREWS Mile. M., 707 Broadway. See Advt., page 134. McKINLEY Mile. F., 12 Brevoort Place See Advt, page 100. MEIN Mrs. R., 872 Broadway. See Advt., page 32. MENAGER Mme., 22 East 15th Street- See Advt., page 131. MICHKL Mme. A., 423 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 48. MYERS HENRY V., 922 Broadway. See Advt.. page 70. SANDERON Mme, 345 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 124. WARING Mme.. 42 East 12th Street. See Advt., page 94. WATSON Misses, 2?> Brevoort pLice. See Advt., page 90. TILMAN Mme. N. & CO., 84 E. 9th Street. See Advt., page 43. WEINBERGER Mme. F., 3 Uuiou Sq. See Advt., page 76. WINTER Mme., 27 East 14th Street. See Advt., puiie 1-24. MILLINERY GOODS. MEARES RICHARD, 6th Av. & I'.fth St. See Advt., page 15. MILLER & GRANT, 820 Broadway. See Advt., page 24. RICHMOND G. & CO., 783 Broadway. See Advt., page 24. MONOGRAMS. BRUCE Mrs. L. A., 872 Broadway. See Advt., page 28. GIMBREDE, 1250 Broadway. See Advt., page 96. OVERBAUGH A. W., 25 Maiden Lane & 670 Broadway. See Advt , page 84. MOTH-DESTROYING APPARATUS WORCH C, 110 4th Avenue. See Adv., patre 64f. MUSIC PUBLISERS. HENRY LITOLFF, 211 4th Avenue. See Advt.. page &6. 12 WHERE TO BUY. MUSICAL ACADEMIES. AMERICAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 2U 4th Avenue. See Advt, page 96. HALL AM MARK 12 Union Square East- See Adrt., page 98. MUSICAL BOXES. HAYS ALKX. M. A CO., 23 Maiden Lane and cor. Union Square & 15th Street. See Advt , opp. " Where to Buy." MAGNIN Ye. J., GUEDIN & CO., 652 Broadway. See Advi. 1st page inside front cover. RAILLARD M. J. & CO., 680 Broadway. See Advt. opp. Title. WILMOT F., 5 Maiden Lane. See Advt., page 34. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. SONNTAG HERMAN, H Maiden Lane. See Advt. 'Ad page inside back cover. NICKEL PLATING. AMERICAN NICKEL PLATING CO., 17 Howard See Advt, page 50. OCULIST. CAD WELL P. A., M.D., 14 University PI. See Advt., page 72. OPAL GLASS GLOBES & SHADES. JENKINS JOHN, 126 William. See Advt., page 74. OPERA GLASSES SEMMONS J. H., 687 Broadway. See Advt., page 28. OPTICIANS. PIKE'S BENJAMIN, SON, 518Broadway. Se© Advt., page 34. SEMMONS J. H., 687 Broadwaj-. See Advt., page 28. PRENTICE JAMES, 164 Broadway. See Advt., page 44. ORGAN BUILDERS. THE STERLING ORGAN, 47 University Place. See Advt., page 78. PAINTER, ORNAMENTAL. LE VULDER & STEELE, 1212 Broadway See Advt., page 98. PASSE PARTOUTS. DUBERNET L., 1.3 & 15 Amity Street. See Advt., page 108. PHOTOGRAPHERS. BILL CHARLtS K., 747 Broadway. , See Advt., page 26. CAMPBELL & HECKER. 46 E. 14th St. See Advt , page 26. EREKSON 0., 907 Broadway. See Advt., page 30. ESTABROOKE, 31 Union Square. See Advt., page 46. GILLETT E., 174 Sixth Avenue. See Advt , page 60. KURTZ W., 872 Broadway. See Advt., page 30. SARONY, 680 Broadway. See Advt., page 26. VARIAN & AYERS, 383 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 74. PIANO STOOLS AND COVERS. SMITH R. W., 47 University Place. See Advt., page 78. PLATING. AMERICAN NICKEL PLATING CO., 17 Howard. See Advt, page 50. PRINTERS. FRANCIS & LOUTREL, 45 Maiden Lane, See Advt., opposite 2d page of contents. REFLECTORS. U. S. REFLECTOR CO., 611 Broadway. See Advt., page 108. RIBBONS. FORD'S, 311 6th Avenue. See Advt, page 84. MEARES RICHARD, 6th Av. cor. 19th St See Advt, page 15. MILLER & GRANT, 879 Broadway. See Advt, page 24. WHERE TO BUY. 1^ SEEDSMEN AND FLORISTS. HENDERSON PETER & CO., 35 Cort- landt Street. See Advt., page 36. SEGARS. JACKSON H. B., 182 Fifth Avenue. See Advt., inside back cover. PEREA L., .'^ 5 Broadway. See Advt., page 26. POLLAK & SON, 43 Maiden Lane. See Advt., 3d page inside cover. SHIRTS. INGERSOLL & GLENN EY, 669 Broad- way. See Advt., page 94. LEWIS T. M., 791 Broadway. See Advt. page 132. MICHAELLS & KASKEL, 643 Broadway. See Advt., page 110. NEUVILLB Mme. A., 42 University PL See Advt., page 60. PEREGO, 85 Nassau Street. See Advt, page 62. SILKS AND DRESS GOODS. ARNOLD, CONSTABLE & CO., 881 Broadway and 309 Canal Street See Advt, page 116. MEARES RICHARD, 6th Av. & 1 9th St See Advt., page 15 SLATE MANTELS. PENRHYN SLATE CO., 40 W. 18th St See Advt., page 40. SMOKERS' ARTICLES. POLLAK & SON. 43 Maiden Lane and 27 John Street See Advt., 3d page inside back cover. SOAP MAKERS (FANCY). STERNBERG ER M. & S.. 190, 192 and 194 S. Fifth Av. See Advt, page VI. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES. PIKE'S BKNJAMIN SON, 518 Broadway. See Advt., Page 34. SEMMONS J. H., 687 Broadway. See Advt, page 28. SPONGE BEDDING. HGRTON WILLIAM R. & SON, 524 Broadway. See Advt, page 66. SPORTING MATERIALS. COOPER, HARRIS & HODGKINS, 177 Broadway. See Advt., page V. REMINGTON E. & SONS, 193 Broadway. See Advt, first page inside hack cover. STATIONERS. FRANCIS & LOUTRKL. 45 Maiden Lane.. See Advt, page IX. STEREOSCOPES. BECKER ALEX., 560 Broadway. See Advt., page 30. STOVES AND RANGES, METCALF H., 113 Beekman Street See Advt, page 36. SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. DARROW & CO., 1227 Broadway. See Advt, page 28. SURVEYING AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. PIKE'S BENJAMIN SON, 518 Broadway Pee Advt, page 34. SWISS CARVED GOODS- JESELSON&ZALLVKIS, 645 Broadway. See Advt, 2d page inside back cover. SWISS MFG. CO., 36 East 14th Street See Advt, page 26. TAILORS. ELLIOT k CO., 756 Broadway. See Advt., page 126. TEAS, IMPORTER OF. JACKSON H. B., 183 Fifth Avenue. See Advt., inside back cover. TOILET ARTICLES. GOURAUD Dr. T. FELIX, 4 8 Bond Street See Advt., page 62. 14 AVHERE TO BUY. TOILET SOAPS. STERNBERG KR, M. & B., 190, 192 & 194 South Fii'tli Aveuiie. See Advt., page vi. TOYS. SCHWARZ FREDK. A. 0., 766 Broadway See Advt. page 28. TRAVELLIP^G BAGS. CULBERT & CO., 21 Maiden Lane. See Advt. page 22. KAYANAGH JOHN, corner 42d Street and 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 62. ROEMER & POINTER, :55 Warren Street, corner Church Street. See Advt., op. title. TRUNKS. GILLMORE J. C , 26 4th Avenue. See Advt., page 112. KAYANAGH JOHN, corner 42d Street and 6th Avenue. See Advt., page 62. ROEMER and POINTER 35 Warren St., corner ChurcbStrcet. See Advt., opposite title. TRUSSES. DARROW & CO., 1-2-27 Broadway. See Advt, page 28. UMBKELLAS & PAEASOLS. COOK JOHN B., 1184 Broadway. See Advt., page 66. UPHOLSTERERS' MATERIALS. HORTON WM. R. & SON, 624 Brouhvay See Advt., page 66. PATENT ELASTIC FELT CO., 95 Duane Street. See Advt., page 126. VENEEES. READ GEO. W. & CO., 170 and 172 Centre Street. See Advt., 2d page inside back cover WATCHES AND JEWELRY. HAYS ALEX. M. & CO., 23 Maiden Lane and Union Square, cor. 1 5th Street. See Advt., page xii. MAGNIN, Y. J., GUEDIN & CO., 652 Broadwa.y.. See Advt.. 1st page inside front cover. TAYLOR, OLMSTET^ & TAYLOR, 6 Bond Street. See Advt., page 24. TIFFANY & CO., Union Square. See Advt., page 120. WARREN, SPADONE & CO., 658 Broadway. See Advt., page 16. WILMOT F., 5 Maiden Lane. See Advt., page 34. WATOHMANS' TIME DETEOTOE. IMHAEUSER >t CO., Sole Agents, 45 New Street, New York, P. 0. Box 4798. WAX PLOWEE MATERIALS. WORGANG. 33 East 17th Street. See Advt.. page 112. WAX ELOWEES. MOGRTDGE Mrs., 33 East lllh Street. See Advt., page 112. WHITE aOODS. FORD'S, 311 Gth Avenue. See Advt, page 84. WILLOW WAEE. ZINN CHARLES, & CO , ^06 Broadway. Page IX. WINES, IMPOETEE Of. JACKSON H. B.. 182 Fifth Avenue. See Advt., inside back Cover. WOESTED GOODS. LOVE S., 313 6lh Avenue. See Advt., page 92. 15 RICHAEB MEARES', 6„ AVEHUE & Wm ST.. HEW YORK. Strangers visiting the city can find a large and elegant assortment of carefully selected for FIRST-CLA.SS RETAIL TRADE, At extren>«ly low rateSi We are now opening specialities in Black and Colored Silks and Satins, Dress Goods and Mourning Goods, Bonnet and Cloaking Velvets and Velveteens. Llama and Thread Lace Shawls and Sacques, Millinery Goods, French Flowers and Straw Goods, Ready-Made Underclothing and Corsets, Hosiery, Gloves and Undergarments, Hamburgh Embroideries and Lace Goods, Ptibbons, Velvets and Dress Trimmings, House-keeping Goods and Linens, Small Wares, Travelling Bags and Jewelry. We wouid respectfully invite your inspection, confident that from the STYLE, QUALITY and LOW PRICES of our goods, you will find them worthy your especial attention. Very respectfully. t'« 16 gry lFf©CI, ipii@i© ^ ©@.^. CO CO o 00 £0 O cri a U o CD i/i o p. p< O o iVEarLufaoturers and. "Vv^liolesale Dealers in gmt §$ i.^h f I ^ fil^** ^^ Of Every Description. ^mporicr^ of ^2SatcH^0* We are sole agents for the celebrated Montandon Freres'' Watches, which for finish, beauty of casing, and time-keep- ing, are equal to any j'et made, however celebrated they may- be, while the prices are much lower. Also, a full line of every grade of Swiss Watches. We are offering one of the most attractive stocks to h& found in this country. * ♦ » Factories at Jersey City. HISTORY OF NEW YORK. NEW YORK AS IT WAS. HISTORICAL LOCALITIES. The denizens of New York are such utilitarians that tliey have sacrificed to the shrine of Mammon almost every relic of the olden time. The feeling of veneration for the past, so characteristic of the cities of the Old World, is lamentably deficient among the people of the New. Still, as there are some who may take an interest in knowing even the sites of memorable historic places of the city, we will briefly refer to some of them. Few, we presume, are not patriotic enough to gaze with interest as they pass through Franklin Square, on the site of the old town man- sion of Washington, which stood at the northeast angle of Franklin Square and Pearl Street, or tread the sod of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, that battle-ground of the Martyrs of- Liberty. Taking the Battery as a starting point, the first object of historic interest we encounter is the old Kennedy House, No. 1 Broadway. During the war of independence it was successively the residence of Lord Cornwallis, General Clinton, Lord Howe and General Washington. This house was erected in 1760 by Hon. Captain Kennedy, who re- turned to England prior to the Uevolution. It subsequently came into the possession of his youngest son, from whom it ultimately passed into that of the' late Nathaniel Prime. Talleyrand passed some time under its roof From this house anxious eyes watched the destruction of the statue of George III, in the Bowling Green; and a few years afterwards other eyes saw, from its windows, the last soldiers of that king passing for ever from our shores. LA ■ws^ssy o " BATT SB© 889 BRoaowaVt Corner IST ineteenth. Street. ®f SUITS. CLOAKS, SACKS, JACKETS, ^WHAPS, O^^ERSKIRTS, Lace Slia^vls, Robes, &c. Constantly oifcrini;' New Styles, and make to order all kinds of LADlBg' OUTSIDE GARMENTS. Pratt Brothers, HISTORY OF* NEW YORK. 19 Still later, others looked sadly on the funeral of Fulton, who died in a house which had been built in what was once the garden. Here Arnold concerted his treasonable project with Andre at the Clinton's — his head-quarters at the time. Arnold also occupied more frequently the thh'd house from the Battery, in Broadway. Arnold is said to have had a sentinel at his door. When his traitorous character had become known he used to be saluted in the streets by the epithet of "the traitor-general." He was guarded by an escort from Sir Henry Clinton. General Gage's head- quarters in 1765 was the small low building since known as the Atlantic Garden. The Bowling Green was originally inclosed, in 1732, "with walks therein for the beauty and ornament of said street, as well as for the sports and delight of the inhabi- tants of the city." In 1697 it was resolved "that the lights be hung out in the dark time of the moon within this city, and for the use of the inhabitants; and that every 7th house do hang a lantern and a candle in it," &c. The site of the old Government House is now occupied by a range of dwelling-houses at the south side of the inclo- sure, called the Bowling Green. It was subsequently used as the Custom House (from 1790 to 1815), when it was taken down. Earlier recollections even belong to this location; here the Dutch and English forts were erected. At the corner of Wall and William streets, now the Bank of New York, once stood the statue of William Pitt. The old Stadt Huys stood at Coenties Slip. On the site of the present U. S. Treasury was, situated the Town Hall, or "Congress Hall," which included also the Law Courts and Prison. In front of this building were the stocks, a pillory, and a whip- ping post. This edifice was subsequently converted into a hall of legislature. It was in its gallery, on Wall street, in April, 1789, that General Washington was inaugurated the first President of the United States. This important public ceremony took place in the open gallery in front of the Senate Chamber, in the view of an immense concourse of citizens. There stood Washington, invested with a suit of dark silk velvet, of the old cut, steel-hilted small-sword by Paris Millinery. Established 1841. No. 6 Lafayette Place, BETWEEN GREAT JONES AND FOURTH STREET. ©i4»ei;ii imaEi -*<♦*»■ A. J. Thomas, Opposite ^OND ^Ti^BET. ^ NE'W" YOR-K. DEALER IN Biamonds, Jewelry, Pine Laees, CAMEL KAIR SHAWLS. '^ XpJdgtolI jlduamces incude on fhe scume. HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 21 his side, hair in bag and full powdered, in black silk hose, and shoes with silver buckles, as he took the oath of office to Chancellor Livino-ston. Dr. Duer thus describes the scene of the inauguration: — "This auspicious ceremony took place under the portico of Federal Hall, upon the balcony in front of the Senate Chamber, in the immediate presence of both Houses of Con- gress, and in full view of the crowds that thronged the adjacent streets. The oath was administered by Chancellor Livingston, and when the illustrious chief had kissed the book, the Chancellor, with a loud voice, proclaimed, ' Long live George Washington, President of the United States.' Never shall I forget the thrilling eftect of the thundering cheers which burst forth, as from one voice, peal after peal from the assembled multitude. Nor Avas it the voices alone of the people that responded to the announcement, their hearts beat in unison with the echoes resounding through the distant streets; and many a tear stole down the rugged cheeks of the hardiest of the spectators, as well I noted from my station in an upper window of the neighboring house of Colonel Hamilton." Washington's farewell interview with his officers took place at France's Tavern, corner of Pearl and Broad streets. New York is noted for its pageants and processions. That on the occasion of the last visit of General Lafayette presented the most imposing spectacle of its time. In ancient times boats were used to convey passengers across Pearl street. Canal and Cliff streets derive their names from a like circumstance. The Old Dutch records show that the outskirts of the town were divided into farms — called "Bouwerys;" from this fact the Bowery de- rived its name. The hills were sometimes precipitous, as from Beekman's and Peck's hills, and in the nei^'liborhood of Pearl, Beekman and Ferry streets, and from the Middle Dutch Church, in Nassau street, down to Maiden lane; and sometimes gradu- ally sloping, as on either hills along the line of the water, coursino^ throu2:h Maiden lane. When Hamilton acted as Secretary of the Treasury he wrote the "Federalist" at a house in Wall sireet, between Broad and William streets, its site being now occupied by the Mechanics' Bank. His last residence was the Grange^ A.. A.. V^NTinSTB & CO. India, Chinese and Japanese No. 814 Broadway, bet. 11 ill ^ 12th Sts. »♦« Wash Silks, Pongees, Gauze and Grenadine, Embroidered Satin Bed Spreads, Smoking Caps, Slippers. Pin, Sofa and Cliair Cushions. Grass Cloth, Handkerchiefs and Bamboo Cloth. Bronze Vases, Flower Pots, Card and Ash Eeceivers, Storks, Candle Sticks, Man- tle Ornaments. China Dinner, Tete-a-Tete, Toilet, Cologne, Dessert and Chamber Sets. Water Bottles, Flower Pots, Eing Stands. 200 varieties of beautiful Vases Large and Small. Fire-Proof Tea Pots. Table Mats. Japanese Sun Shades and Umbrellas. Fine Cane Baskets, and Eattan Bird Cages. Gold Fancy Trays, Eound, Square, Oval and other shapes. Cabinets in great variety. Sleeve Buttons, Feather Fans and other goods at wholesale and retail. WliElEIF A a Importers of LONDON, PARIS INB VIENNA LEATHEB CtOODS. (Furnished and Unfurnished,) IN RUSSIA LEATHER, CANVAS AND MOROCCO. TOURISTS' BAGS, LADIES' SHOPPING BAGS, RUSSIA LEATHKR AND MOROCCO. Jewel Boxes, Dressing Cases, Work Boxes, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Segar Cases. Match Boxes, Card Cases, Pocket Books, Porte Folios, ^A'■riting Cases and Desks, Ladies' Companions, Shawl Straps, Collar Boxes, &c., <&c. IN ROSE^^^ooD, ainiboine;, black ^valntjt, ash, and. other faiacy woods. These desks are all made with our Patent Flap, expressly for our Retail Trade. ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 23 at Bloomingdale. He lived also for some time at Bayard House, on the banks of the North River. The location where his hapless duel with Burr occurred, near Weehaw- ken, is pointed out to visitors; a stone marks the spot where Hamilton fell. Leisler and Milbourne, the proto-martyrg of popular liberty in America, met with a sanguinary death. May 16th, 1691, on the verge of Beekman's swamp, near the spot where the Sun Building now stands. Where Catharine street now stands was the spot where the stamps were bu?rnt, at the dead of night, by citizens in the year 1776. Benjamin Franklin, while residing in New York, used as an observatory for experimenting on electricity the steeple of the old Dutch Church, now the Post Office, in Nassau street. Who will not gaze with interest at this starting point of that luminous train which now encircles the globe, and by which we communicate in letters of light with our antipodes almost with the celerity of thought. The old City Hall, in Broadway, the site of which is now occupied by a row of brown stone buildings, was for a long time the most notable edifice of the kind in the city. Here Washington, with his suite, attended the brilliant assemblies of his days. A still more interesting relic of the past was the old Sugar-House Prison, which, till within a very few years, stood in Liberty street, adjacent to the Dutch Church, now the Post Office. It was founded in 1689, and occupied as a sugar refining factory till 1777, when Lord Howe converted it into a place of confinement for American prisoners. The old Walton House, in Pearl street, was one of the memorabilia of New York city. This celebrated mansion Vi^as erected, in 1754, by Walton, a wealthy English mer- chant. It continued in possession of the family during the Revolutionary war, and was the scene of great splendor and festivity. Washington's city mansion stood at the junction of Main and Pearl streets, the northern angle of Franklin Square. Here the General was accustomed to hold state levees. The old Brewery at the Five Points, recently taken down, is deserving of some notice. Its purlieus were those of wretchedness and crime; they have been fitly described as "an exhibition of poverty without a parallel — a scene of 99 OliMBTE© ^ (Old House of Read, Taylor & Co.) EST A.B LI SHED. 1837, Importers and Jobbers of ip(an?ts tad) ikti Fain^^ ©aadlt^ REJVxovEr) ekom: o M:A.ii3Eisr l-A-iste to NEW YORK, SOLE AOENT FOR JAQUES LKCOULTRE RAZORS. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN A RIBBONS, VELVETS, REPS, DRESS TRIMMINGS, FRENCH FANCY GOODS, Sio. Bet. 18th and 19th Street, ^ NEW YOBK. N.B. — Special attention given to Making up Articles for Ladies' Evening Wear, Overskirts, Cheanzette Caps, &c., in Laces, Muslin and Tulles, in the Latest Styles, IP 11 fiiii No. 856 BROADWAY, 13et. 13TH AND 14TH St. mmw ¥®EM« ® • K 1 i H H § M Wt>9 783 BROADWAY, Bet. 9th and 10th St. BICH LACES, EMBROIOERIES. MILLINER! GOODS, Dress Trimmings, &c. MADE UP LACE & MOURNING GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY, Dress Caps and Hend Dresses are Specialties. ♦► All these Goods are selected from First-class trade, and will be disposed of at Reasonable Prices, Orders by mail promptly attended to. HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 25 degraclatioD too appalling to be believed and too shocking to be disclosed; Avhere you find crime without punishment, disgrace without shame, sin without compunction, and death without hope." During the past few years the attention of the benevo- lent has been attracted to this locality, and a missionary station has been erected there, under the direction of Mr. Pease. The entire cost of the establishment has been esti- mated at over $80,000. The old Methodist Church in John street, nearly facing Dutch street, is an object of antiquarian interest. In William street, about midway between John and Fulton streets, stands a range of modern houses, about the centre of which was the birth-place of Washington Irving. Old Governor Stuyvesant's house stood upon his "Bowerie Farm," a little to the south of St. Mark's Church, between the Second and Third Avenues. A pear tree, im- ported from Holland in 1647 by Stuyvesant, and planted in his garden, yet flourishes on the corner of Thirteenth street and Third Avenue, the only living relic which preserves the memory of the renowned Dutch Governor. This patriarchal tree is two hundred and twelve years old. He lived eighteen years after the change in the govern- ment, and at his death was buried in his vault within the chapel. Over his remains was placed a slab (which may yet be seen in the eastern wall of St. Mark's), with the fol- lowing inscription: — "In this vault lies buried Petrus Stuy- vesant, late Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of Amsterdam, in New Netherlands, now called New York, and the Dutch West India Islands. Died in August, a. d., 1682, aged eighty years." At the corner of Charlton and Varick streets stood a wooden building, formerly of considerable celebrity, known as the "Ptichmond Hill House." It has had many distin- guished occupants, having been successively the residence of General Washington, John Adams and Aaron Burr. It has been the scene of great festivities. Baron Steuben, Chancellor Livingston, and numerous other notable men of their times, having met within iis walls. Aaron Burr once lived at the corner of Cedar and Nassau streets, and, after he held the office of Vice-Presi- dent, at the corner of Pine and Nassau. 680 BP^OAD"WAY, NEW YOl^K. FOUNTAIN & CO. 837 & 839 BROADWAY, Cor. 13/// St. , vp Stairs, NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1840. ^f IMPORTED TO O I^ i:> E H . L. PEREA, lilPOETEB OF AND CIGARETTES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, M®, Sieadwaf f . J^eiv Yoi'k. SWISS CARVED GOODS. anuf'g |a. 36 East 14th Street, Corner of University Place, "Up Stairs," NEW YORK. MUKTAUG-H'S Have now been in use for a number of years, and require only to be known to be appreciated. T/ie)j combine Ease of Working and Security with the vtmost D-wairity, and are wairant^d to give entire satisfaction. Also Hoist Wheels and Store Dumb Waiters, Carnage and Invalid Ek- vat ors of the most ap- proved pattern, at short notice. Dumb Waiters of all kinds Repaired or Altered AVith all possible dispatch. JAMES MUKTAUGH, 1364 Broadway, near 37th St., N. Y. IMPOf\TED Jfmicli 1 ools, Sljocs, fcif^rl, S16 Broadway, - - New York. Bet. 11th and 12th Street, 191 Eue St. Honore, Paris. Opposite St. Roch. Charles K Bill, 747 BROADWAY, N. Y. ESTABLISHED 1S55. First Class Pictures in every style at moderate prices. Views of Central Park and the Public Buildings, large and small, constantly on hand. HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 27 Cobbett kept his seed store at 62 Fulton street. His larm was at Hempstead, Long Island. Grant Thorburn's celebrated seed store, which was one of the notable objects of the city in its time, was in Liberty street, between Nassau and Broadway, and occupied as large a space as the present establishment in John street. His store was previously used for a Quaker meeting-house, the first that that society had erected in' the city. The brick meeting-house, built in 1764, in Beekman street, near Nassau street, then standing on open fields, was the place where Whitefield preached. On the site of the present Metropolitan Hotel once lived the diplomatist, Talleyrand, when ambassador to the United States. He published a small tract on America, once much read ; he it was who affirmed that the greatest sight he had ever beheld in this country was Hamilton, with his pile of books under his arm, proceeding to the court-room in the old City Hall in order to expound the law. James Rivington, from London, opened a book store, in 1761, near the foot of Wall street, from wdiich his "Royal Gazetteer," was published in April, 1773. Gaine's "New York Mercury," in Hanover Square, was established in 1752; Holt's "New York Journal," in Dock (Pearl) street, near Wall, commenced in 1776; and Ander- son's "Constitutional Gazette," a very small sheet, was pub- lished for a few months in 1775 at Beekman's Slip. Gaine kept a book store under the sign of the Bible and Crown, at Hanover Square, for forty years. Among the early publishers and booksellers may be named Evert Duyc- kinck, wdio lived at the corner of Pearl street and Old Slip ; and Isaac Collins, George A. Hopkins, Samuel Campbell and T. & J. Swords. William Barlas, of Maiden Lane, was himself an excel- lent scholar. He published classical books. He was the friend and correspondent of Newton, Cowper's friend. In the year 1607, the memorable year in which forty- seven learned men began the English version of the Bible, Henry Hudson sailed in search of a northeast passage to India. For two seasons he strove in vain to penetrate the ice barriers, and then turned homeward. His patrons aban- doned their enterprise, and Hudson went over to Holland mfi m i. fiT iM:poria?ER oir> ^^ GKRMAN, FRENCH & ENGLISH FANCY COOBS ^ BIOlfllLsTISS^ Depot for Baby Carriages, Croquet Games, etc. Visitors lire invited to call and examine the extensive Stock of New GoodB just re- ceived and now opened. BROADWAY, Bet. 8th and 9th Streets, NEW YORK. #^mlist Jfianutaclurer and l®ll Q Importer of ^ Hafii© ^ §i@pa iiais© Gold, Silver, Steel and Shell Eye Glasses and Spectacles. INVENTOR OP THE BRAZILIAN PEBBLES. 687 BROADA\^AY, NEW YORK. The Gimbrede graving AND stationery House, Permanently located at iff ©i@^BWM, Cor. 18th Street. No Branch Store. The Finest WEDDING CAEDS. MONOGRAMS. ILLUMINATING. " CARD ENGRAVING. " STAMPING on Note Paper and Envelopes. L. A. BRUC[, Successor, J. N. GIMBEEDE, Manager. .lluniilitcturors and Iini)ortt'rs of Surgical and Orthopaedical Instruments, Trusses, Supporters, Crutches, Elas- tic Stockings, Belts, &c., 1227 Broadway, coc 30th Street, A ww^ wm hotographer, ■^ JV\ TrS 1, COR. 18th ST. NEW YOEK. mmmw MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN lo. 8 ASTOR PLACS, Near Broadway NEW YORK. WASHBURNE, THE IMBIiia Slil. A.NJD Weather Yane Maker, No.lCortlandtSt.,N.Y. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. ;«) iiilLiiliilK. Chromos, Picture Frames, Wax Flower Materials^ Vases, Porcelain, Fans for Painting on, Fancy Card Work, etc., etc., 894 BROADWAY, Cor. 19th St., opposite Lord & Taylor's HAIR. MADAMS M. SICCARDI, Ladies Hair Mmv, 1224 BROADWAY ^e^. SO & S/si St. ALEX. BECKERS' PATENT Revolving gtepeogoopes FOE 50 to 1000 PICTURES, Bet. Spring & Prince Sts. NEW YORK €s eipi§"'y^'i m^ JVo. 2 J East Fourteenth St, Bet. Union Square and Fifth Ave. Four doors West of Union Sq. N E W Y O R K Formerly Noc 17 Hudson St. HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 31 a revelling name, importing " the place where they all got drunk!''' and a name then hestoived by the Indians as comme- morative of that first great meeting. Hudson afterwards proceeded to explore the North River^ since called after his name — the Hudson. The Half-Moon anchored at Yonkers, and the Indians came off in canoes to traffic with the strangers. But the river narrowed beyond the Highlands, and Hudson, after sailing up as far as the site of Albany, retraced his way to Manhattan, and at once sailed for Europe. His favorable reports gave rise to an expedition of two ships in 1614, under Captain Adrian Block and Hend- rick Christiaanse. It was under their auspices that the first actual settlement was begun upon the site of the present New York, consisting in the first year of four houses and in the next year of a redoubt on the site of the Bowling Green. To this small village they gave the name of New Amster- dam. The settlement was of a commercial and military character, having for its object the traffic in the fur trade. At the time Holland projected this scheme of commercial settlement she possessed 20,000 vessels and 100,000 mariners. The City of Amsterdam was at the head of the enterprise. From its earliest period, "Nieuw Amsterdam" had a checkered history. The English turned towards it a wistful eye, and took it from the Dutch in 1664, who succeeded, however, in recovering it in 1673. Not more than a year after it was ceded again to the British, and underwent a change of name, from New Amsterdam to New York, in honor of James, Duke of York, to whom it was made over by Charles the Second. From this period it began to make progress, although slowly, in buildings, population and muni- cipal arrangements. The city prior to British rule (that is, in 1656) was laid out in streets, some of them crooked enough, and contained "cuie hundred and twenty houses with extensive garden lots," and about one thousand inhabitants. In 1677 another esti- mate reports that it comprised three hundred and sixty-eight houses, while its assessed property amounted to ninety-five thousand pounds sterling. During the military rule of Governor Colve, who held the city for one year under the above-mentioned capture for the States of Holland, everything partook of a military character, and the laws still in preservation at Albany show the energy MADAME DURBROW, Respectfully informs the traveling public that she continues her business of MILLINERY, &c., &c.. No, 30 EAST EIGHTEENTH STREET, (First Door from Broadway, adjoining Kurtz.) By the aid of competent assistants, and personal attention to business, Madame Durbrow feels confident that her work will be done in a superior manner and at exceedingly reasonable prices. MLJHJI .'f) )® 1] 872 BROADWAY, S. E. cor. 18th St. kUEB Specialty in English Eound Hats, for Ladies and Children. s®ifirHw^« 7fi constant receipt of Goods by eveiy steamer. 'I M^p MANUFACTURERS- HIOH -A- ^»J 33 I=" Iji ua. X 3xr rmltmre^lpfctlstei PIEa AND MANTLE GLASSES, ETC., 93 BLEECKER STREET, N. Y., One block West of Broadway. All Groods Griiarantoed. Reiiieml>er the ]Vixi»i.l>er. HISTORY OF XEW YORK. 33 of a rigorous discipline. Then the Dutch Mayor, at the head of the city militia, held his daily parades Ijefore the City Hall (Stadt Huys), then at Coenties iSlip; and every evening at sunset he received from the principal guard of the fort, called the hoojd-wayi, the keys of the city, and thereupon proceeded, with a guard of six, to lock the city gates ; then Jo place a hurger-wagt^ a citizen guard, as night watch, at assigned places. The same mayors also went the rounds at smirise to open the gates, and to restore the keys to the officers of the fort. In 1G83 the first constitutional assem1)ly. consisting of a council of ten and eighteen representatives, was elected to aid in the administration of public affairs. In this year the ten orio'inal counties were oro;anized. In 1685, on the demise of Charles II. , the Duke of Y'ork ascended the throne, with the title of James II. This bigoted monarch signalized him- self by forbidding the establishment of a printing-press in the colony. Governor Dongan wa>s far better than his sovereign, and at length was recalled in consequence of his remonstrances against other arbitrary measures he was instructed to carry out with regard to the confederate Indian triljes and the Jesuits. Andros was appointed to supersede him, but his also was but a short reign, for the populace grew disaffected, and in a civil commotion, one Jacob Leisler, a Dutch, mer- chant, was proclaimed leader, and ultimately invested with the reins of government. He also summoned a convention of deputies from those portions of the province over which his influence extended. This convention levied taxes and adopted other measures for the temporary government of the colony ; and thus, f )r the first time in its existence, was the colony of New York under a free government. The strong prejudices, however, which had been awakened by Leister's measures soon produced in the minds of his adversaries a rancorous bitterness which was, perhaps, never surpassed in the annals of any political con- troversy. This condition of things existed for nearlv two vears. To the horrors of civil commotion were added the misaries of hostile invasion by the French in Canada. The earliest dawn of intellectual light — for the diffusion of popular intelligence had been heretofore wholly neg- B BENJ" PIKE'S SON, OPTICIAN, Importer, Manufacturer and Wliolesale and Retail Dealer in Malhematical, Optical, AND PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS, NO. 518 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, (Opposite St. Nicholas Hotel.) Microscopes, Telescopes, Opera and Field Glasses, Baro- meters. Thermometers, and Surveying Instruments. Spectacles and Eye Glasses, with Brazilian Pebbles of the Finest Quality, $5 per pair. ^old ^a4 Silver M€4^ls AWARDED TO Inrenior of FAITCY STOIIINS by Hacliinery, For Beautifying ISTickel and Brass MoA'ements, IMPORTER OF rr^ ^ E^i AND itttltf USICAL BOXES P^Rf>M G-KlVJ-.-S'.A.. General Agent for the " STANDARD " Ameri- can Watch. New ?; Plate, Nickel Move- ment, with Improved Stem \\'inder. Sole Agent for E. Lecoultre, Watch and Chronometer Manufacturer, Geneva, S^-itz. SpccialUxofComflkatcd M 'atches. Specialty of Unrivalled Hardened & Tempered Hair Springs, Gold Winding Crown of Every Variety. «^» — OFFICE 5 MAIDEN LANE, 5 NEW YORK. AGENCIES : (jreueva; Switzerland. Paris, France. HISTORY or NEW YORK. 35 lected — was the establishment of a free grammar school in 1702. in 1725, the first newspaper made its appearance; and four years later, the city received the donation of a Public Library of 1642 volumes, from England. In 1732, a public Classical Academy was founded by law ; and with the advance of general intelligence came a higher appreciation of popular rights. But New York was destined to be convulsed by a series of commotions ; and among them the memorable one known as the Negro Plot, which resulted in a great des- truction of life. The trade of New York increased. Her ships were already seen in many foreign ports ; neither Boston or Philadelphia surpassed her in the extent of her commercial operations. Provisions, linseed-oil, furs, lumber, and iron, were the prin- cipal exports. From 1749 to 1750, two hundred and eighty- six vessels left New York, with cargoes principally of flour and grain. In 1755, nearly thirteen thousand hogsheads of flax seed were shipped abroad. The relations of the colonies with the mother country were assuming a serious aspect. In 17 65, a congress of delegates met at New York, and prepared a declaration of their rights and grievances. The arrival of the stamped paper, so noto- rious in the colonial annals of America, towards the end of this year, marked the commencement of a series of explo- sions" that were not to terminate until the city and colony of New York, in connuon with the other colonies, were forever rent from the dominion of Great Britain. The non-importa- tion agreements of the merchants of New York, and other places, in 1768, were followed by stringent measures on the part of the British grvernment. On the 28th of June, 1776, the British army and fleet, which had been driven from the city and harbor of Boston, entered the southern bay of New York. The troops were landed on Staten Island. On the 2 2d of August, the British forces crossed the Narrows and encamped near Brooklyn, where the American army was stationed. The battle of Long Island ensued, in which, owing to unfortunate circum- stances, the Americans were entirely defeated. Washington, with consummate skill, crossed the river the succeeding night, without observation ; but the previous disasters, and the subsequent landing of the British troops at Kip's Bay, rendered it impossible to save the city. ^- HoEIi"' illSMI 35 GORTLAIUDT STREET, N:E-W YORK. Illustrated Catalogues sent on A.pplicatiofi. ,Ml tHB Furrier, Mianufacturex" and Importer, A Large assortment of Ladies' and Misses' Fine Furs, manufactured by onrselves, expressly for First Class Rf^tail Trade. All goods guaranteed as represented. We mos respectfully invite the public to an examination. Ventilating Hot Air Furaaoe. — <* — COOKING RANGES,:STOVES, Registers and Caldrons. H'l'^kK- The MacGregor Furnace is the best and most economical in nse. 1^^ Call or send for a circular. .^^^J 113 Beekman Street, New York, HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 37 For eight years New York was the head-quarters of the British troops, and the prison-house of American captives. Public buildings were despoiled, and churches converted into hospitals and prisons. A fire, in 1776, sweeping along both sides of Broadway, destroyed one-eighth of the buildings of New York. On the 25th of November, 1783, the forces of Great Britain evacuated the city, and Washington and the Gover- nor of the State, made a public and triumphal entry. This important national event, forming the brightest day in the American calendar, is annually celebrated with appro- priate military pomp and parade. In ten years after the war of independence. New York had doubled its inhabitants. Yet the city had repeatedly suffered from the scourge of the yellow fever, from calami- tous fires, &c. Notwithstanding all, its commercial enter- prise has been rapidly and largely increasing, while its ship- ping has gallantly spread over every sea, and won the admiration of the world. The first establishment of regular lines of packets to Em-ope originated with New York, and it is also claimed for her the honor of the first experiments in steam-navigation. Improvements hitherto had been principally connected with foreign commerce. But an impulse was now to be given to inland trade by the adoption of an extensive system of canal navigation. Several smaller works were cast into the shade by the completion of the gigantic Erie Canal, in 1825. The union of the Atlantic with the Lakes, was an- nounced by the firing of cannon along the whole line of the canal and of the Hudson, and was celebrated at New York by a magnificent aquatic procession, which, to indicate more €learly the navigable communication that had been opened, deposited in the ocean a j^ortion of the waters of Lake Erie. Municipal history is a narrative of alternate successes and reverses. For many years nothing had occurred to mar the prosperity of the city. Again misfortune came. In 1832 the Asiatic cholera appeared, and 4360 persons fell victims to the disease. This calamity had scarcely passed, when the great fire of 1835 destroyed, in one night, more than 600 buildings, and property to the value of $20,000,000. The city had not recovered from the effects of this disaster, when the com- mercial revulsions of 1836 and 1837 shook public and private JOHN CZERNY, ladies' $: nhUrm Wtoes, 139 Fourth Avenue, Near 13th Street, NEW YORK. *► ALL KINDS OF FRENCH SHOES made to Order. "iii7TririT@iir Has Opened New and Elegant Rooms at (Opposite Astor Place) Where she is prepared to treat all who are troubled with CORNS. BUMONS AND INVEKTED NAILS. Ladies Treated at their Eesidences if Desired. 917 Broadivay^ Near Twenty-first St. NEW YORK. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in WORSTED EMBROIDERIES, Kid Crlove and Dr Cap. Dress Trimmings Made to Order. EISW©£», ^ntal No. 733 k 1219 BROADWAY, A Full stock of all of the BEST MAKERS^ TEETH, AND m Q.ihm C?©ijtta'] @@@i§ Constantly on hand AT THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES. PUBLISHERS OF ATneritan NeAvspaper Reporter WEEKLY. Advertisers' Gazette. QUARTERLY. AtnericanNeivspitper Directory ANNUAL. For all the Leading Newspapers. DEALEES IN PHINTINQ MATERIAL OP EVERY DESCEIPTION, TYPE, PSES3ES, &c. Office, No. 41 PARK ROW, (FROM PARIS,) mm nil iiiiiii 8 9 1 BROADWAY, Bel. 19th and 20th St. IV KW YORIi WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Mamifacturer of all kinds of Hair Work. Always on hand a lar2;e assortment of Braids, Curls, Chifrnons, Pompadours, Frizet Wigs, Half Wigs, Perfumery, &c , &c. (FROM PA! IS) IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF Hnraan Hair Goods WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Braids, Natural Curls, Chignons, Wigs, kt. OH HAND AND TO OEDEE. IMPORTER^VENETIAN BEADS Bet. 8th and 9tli St. Mile. K. HIEDERWIESEN, Successor to Madame M. Frank. AND Undergarments Lad lES' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 783 BROAD^WAY UP STAIES, Opposite A. T. Stewart & Co. HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 39 credit to their centre, and involved many of the most wealthy houses of New York in hopeless bankruptcy. The completion of the Croton Aqueduct, in 1842, re- moved the inconvenience of a deficiency of water, and left an imperishable monument to the glory of New York. A temporary check to the progress of the city was sus- tained by the great fire of 1845, which destroyed property to the extent of about $7,000,000 ; but shortly afterwards a new and vigorous impulse was again given to the commercial enterprise of the metropolis, by the constant influx of gold from the seeming exhaustless resources of the El Do7-ado of the Pacific. ^' ♦ » 1^ GENERAL VIEW. The City of New Yorlv, from its geographical position, having become the great centre of commercial enterprise, is justly regarded as the Metropolitan City of the New World. In mercantile importance it bears the same relation to the United States that London does to Great Britain. Its past history is replete with interest, for it has been the theatre of some of the most important events that pertains to our country's memorable career : and although it possesses fewer historic shrines than are to be found in many cities of the Old World, yet its chronicles still live as treasured relics in the hearts of its people, and on the page of its national re- cords. If we take a retrospective glance, we shall find that a little more than two centuries ago, this island of Manna- hata — its earliest recorded name, had its birth-day of civili- zation in a few rude huts, and a fort situated where the Bowling Green now stands ; and in this comparatively brief interval in the life-time of a nation, it has bounded from the infant Dorj) or village into a noble city of palaces, with its half million of inhabitants. It is now the greatest workshop of the Western world — the busy hive of industry, with its tens of thousands of artizans, mechanics and merchants, send- ing out to all sections of its wide-spread domain, the magic of machinery for all departments of handicraft, and argosies of magnificent vessels for garnering in the wealth of foreign climes. m04ii ES.TE 55 MAIDEN LANE, Maiiufactiirer of Fine Furs. AJSi^a iiyipoenriB: of skins. Have on hand a lai-oe assortment of Ladies', Misses', and Gents' Furs, Sleigh Robes, &c., manufactured expressly for first-class trade, both for wholesale and retail. i A M ^ )® t t A ¥ B Plain Marbleized and Decorated. SLATE WORK OF EVERV DESCRIPTION ^ MANUFACTURED BY THE SMFffl 'a#j ^a; AA^AREHOUSE AND SALESROOM : No. 40 WEST EIGHTEENTH STREET, NEW YORK, Between Fifth and Sixlli Avenues. V/. H. KIP.TIiAND, Secretary C. L. COZZEITl Matlsesses, Peatfeei^. lie Gharles Siebert, Importer & Manufacturer of foveii fire Mattresses, ©## lt.#i0iii ^Mf i^* pf) 942 BROADWAY. j[Iott'^w k ftallim, ■J V TO THE EMPEnOF. OF &EIiMANY. 523 & 524 BROOME STREET, jniew York, HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 41 If we glance prospectively, how shall we venture to limit its progressive march in opulence and greatness ? In less than half a century hence, it will doubtless double its present numerical importance. As illustrations of the enor- mous increase in the value of real estate, it may be mentioned that a lot on the northwest corner of Chambers Street and Broadway, was purchased by a gentleman who died in 1858, for $1 000. It present value isnow estimated at no less a sum than $125,000. The site on which the new Herald building now stands was lately purchased by James Gordon Bennett, Esq., for four hundred thousand dollars paid to Barnum for an un- expired lease of thirteen years, held at the time his American Museum was burned. Also the lot immediately adjoining this, with a frontage of less than sixty feet, on Broadway, was sold at auction a short time since for three hundred and ten thousand dollars ! A little more than two centuries since, the entire site of this noble city was purchased of the Indians for what was equivalent to the nominal sum of twenty-four dollars. Now the total amount of its assessed property tax is ten and a half million dollars. If such vast accessions of wealth have characterized the history of the past, who shall compute the constantly augmenting resources of its onward course ? Half a century ago, the uses of the mighty agents of steam and the electric current were unknown : now the whole surface of our vast countrv is threaded over with a net- work of railroads, and our seas, lakes, and rivers are thickl}^ studded with steamers ; stately vessels, freighted with the fruits of commerce, all tending to this city as the central mart of trade. Half a century ago it took weeks to trans- mit news from New York to New Orleans — now our com- munications are conveyed over the length and breadth of the land almost with the velocity of the lightning's flash. Within a like interval the most rapid printing-press was slowly worked by hand-power — now the winged messengers of intelligence are multiplied with the marvellous rapidity of 60,000 copies an hour. While the mechanic arts have thus revolutionized the social condition of the past, a corresponding change has marked its history, in the estab- lishment of numerous schools of learning, diffusing their beneficent influence on the minds and morals of the masses. Mnie. N. Tilnian & Co., m EAST ITIXTH ST., m\Y yohh. Opposite A. T. Stewart & Ca.) And S3 BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN. PARIS. Imported Dresses, Cloaks, Zouaves, Saques. Fine Lingerie. IMPORTED \uinnfts aiib Houiib i]ats. .■-SO TVI'OK-'f ".. .■ £r7S. //^^/} DRESSES. MONTURES. -I -'-i =!SUCES.COIFFURES.ORfimENTSM Dresses made to order in the latest Paris style, BRir>AL ^VREATH:S A>rD VEILS. Si East Xinth. Street. Xew York. Madame A* Eousseaii^ LADIES* HAIR_ DRESSER. .JKrticles ft>r the ©oilp.tte and Fint French PERFUMERY, 19 UNION SOUAHE. West Side, near 15th Street, A. J. Wonflra & €t^ IMPORTERS OF KID G-LOVE ^^J BROAD WAY. N. Y HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 43- Then, again, as respects its costly stores and private residences, New York seems to vie with London and Paris. All along Broadway, and its intersecting streets, the eye is greeted everywhere by long lines of marble and stone buildings, many of them of great architectural elegance. The several broad Avenues and Squares, in the upper part of the city, are studded with a succession of splendid mansions — in some instances costing from $50,000 to $200,000 each. There are, it is estimated, some three hundred churches, many of them of costly and magnificent proportions; while its superb hotels — the boast of the metropolis — are, in some instances, capable of accommodat- ing about one thousand guests. How mighty and far-reaching must its influences become in its future progress, it were difficult to compute : since its numerical extent, numbering at present, if we include Brooklyn and the adjacent places on the west, over a million of souls, will ere long place it, in the scale of cities of the world, in the foremost rank. NEW YORK AS IT IS. Society in New York has many phases — it is cosmopoli- tan — and amalgam, composed of all imaginable varieties and shades of character. It is a confluence of many streams, whose waters are ever turbid and confused in their rushing to this great vortex. What incongruous elements are here commingled, — the rude and the refined, the sordid and the self-sacrificing, the religious and the profane, the learned and the illiterate, the affluent and the destitute, the thinker and the doer, the virtuous and the ignoble, the young and the aged — all nations, dialects, and sympathies — all habits, manners, and customs of the civilized globe. City life everywhere presents protean aspects ; let us take a glance at some of its more striking features, notwithstand- ing the mixed multitudes that are incessantly thronging its various avenues. There are yet certain localities that exhibit 11 it Importer and Manufacturer of CLOAKS AND TILLAS, and Dealer in Cloak Materials and Trimmings, lACE SHAWLS, FURS, &c. I ii^it No. 92S BroadAA^ay. Importer and Manufacturer of atioe! mi Ojtical iDStriiineflts, ]Sro, 164 BPlO^D^\^^Y, Two DOOKS BELOW MAIDEN LANE, REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. (From Paris) Importer and Mainiliacturer omne HUMAN HAIR GOODS. None but the best and purest of hair used, good workmanship and ratioual rates constantly increase our success. We monthly receive the latest novelties from Paris. Ladies hair dressing, In the artistic sense, our specialty. Fine Wigs, &c., to order. 781 BROADWAY, up stairs, Opposite .A. T. Stewart's. HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 45- distinct characteristics : life in Wall Street presents an epitomized view of its mercantile phase. Here are its banks, its money-exchanges, and their great place of rendezvous, the Exchange; beneath the dome of which many mighty projects have had their birth. Here have been concocted vast schemes of commercial enterprise, and here, too, have originated many noble acts of public benefaction. Up Nassau Street, to its junction with Chatham Street, of mock-auction notoriety, we catch a glimpse of another phase of city life. To denizens of New York, society is usually known under the generic divisions of Broadway and Bowery. Each has its distinct idiosyncracies; the former being regarded as patrician, and the latter as plebeian. Looking at New York longitudinally, we may say that Canal Street, at present, marks the boundary of the gr^at work- shop. In the precincts of Union Square and Madison Square, and especially the Fifth Avenue, we find monuments of the wealth, taste, and splendor of its citizens. The southern part of the city — its original site — exhibits all kinds of irregularity — the streets ai'e narrow, sinuous and uneven in their surface ; liut the northern or up]:)e3' portion is laid out in right angles. There are some twelve fine avenues. at parallel distances apart of about 800 feet. There are about 200 miles of paved streets in the Metropolis, extending to Fourty-fourth street ; exclusive of projected streets not yet paved, over 100 streets more. The city has been laid out and surveyed to the extent of 12 miles from the Battery.. The portion occupied exceeds in circumference more than extent. Perhaps the densest j^arts of the metropolis, — its very heart, from whence issues the vitalizing tide of its commerce, — is the junction of Broadway and Fulton streets, and its vici- nity. The collision of interests which all the stir and traffic of these crowded streets involve, brings human nature into strong relief, and intensities the lights and shades of character. It is in these dusty avenues to wealth — these vestibules where fraud contends with honor for an entrance into the temple, that we read the heart of man better than in books. The great characteristic of New York is din and excite- ment, — everything to be done in a hurry, — all is intense anxiety. It is especially noticeable in the gTeatJ^thoroughfare o o PQ CO a. # ^ ^ c^ ft CO o ra "^ i CD O •4-) CD O O HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 4T of Broadway ; where the noisje and confu.sion caused bv the incessant passmg and repassing of some 18;000 vehicles a ■day, render it a Babel scene of confusion. New York has been ever and justly renowned for its catholic and liberal public beneflictions and charities. Among her many glories this is most conspicuous. New York may l3e called the asylum for the oppressed and distressed of all nations- Abounding in beneficent institutions suited to the relief of the various " ills that flesh is heir to," and enriched with the most liberal endowments for classical and popular instruction, she bears the palm in all that pertains to the moral, intellectual, and physical adv^ancement of society. It is true we are a mercantile and money -making people, but the empire city is an illustration of some of its noblest uses. By way of introduction to the city in detail, we rec- ommend the visitor hrst to get a bird's-eye view of it from the steeple of Trinity Church. A view from this elevation, over 320 feet in height, affords a good idea of the general extent and topography of the city. The tower is accessible to the public at any time of the day, excepting the hours de- voted to divine service, mornino- and afternoon. To facilitate the ascent of the church tower there are landing places ; at the first of these you have a fine view of the interior of this Cathedral-like edifice. At the next resting-place is the belfry, with its solenni chimes ; here, too, is a balcony, allowing us a first \lQ^\ of the city. Still higher up we gain a magnificent panoramic view of all we have left below us, — which amply repays our toilsome tour of many steps. The varegated scene stretches out in every direction, with new beauties, — north and south lies Broad- way, with its teeming multitudes and its numberless vehicles ; west and east are crowded streets of house-tops, terminating only with the waters of the inclosing Avaters. Looking east- ward, we see Wall Street immediately below us, with the Treasure' Building on the left, and a little further on the right the Custom House, the Wall Street Ferry, and the East Iliver, which separates New Y^ork from Brook- lyn, with the New York Bay stretching to the southeast, Sandy Hook, the Highlands of Neversink, and the coast of Staten Island. To the north-east, the eastern district of Brooklyn, formerly known as Williamsburg, the Navy Y^ard, Eloak Makinci, 753 BroadAvay, ]N"eA^^ York, Three Doors below Eighth Street. J Estaislmieit, 26 West 1 1th St., twelve doors f,om Bpoaclway, jManltactuker of Ladies' Cloa!(s, l/ianias, Suits, Jackets, Sacques, k A full assortment of Ladies' Underclothmg, Corsets, Skirts, Tumours and Evening Dresses in White Swiss Lawn, and Organdie, ready made, and made to order. Particular attention paid to risking up Family Mourning, on short notice. MADAME GERARD, Late Ti:h A. T. Stow:r*, i Oc, muMM mmm mmm> AND FRENCH MILLINERY, 1 6 East Twelfth Street, near Fifth Avenue, N. Y. Lj-dies', Mihses', »iiUT PALM, AT BR. ST JlLi 5 n » , SURGEON DENTIST TO THE WOMENS' HOSPITAL, Neir Broadway. CENTRAL PARK. ' 55 LOCATION AND AREA. The Park occupies the paralellogram included within 59th Street on the south, 110th Street on the north, Fifth Avenue on the east, and Eighth Avenue on the west. The entire area is eight hundred and forty-three acres, of which one hundred and forty-one acres are occupied by the Croton Reservoirs, over forty-three acres by the waters of the Park, and of the remaining space one hundred and three acres are in drives', bridle-roads, and walks. COST. The total cost of the land $4,838,116 77 The total expenditure for construction from May 1, 1857, to January 1, 1871, . . 6,330,732 50 Total costrof the Park, January 1, 1871, $11,168,849 27 The Park is open daily to the public during the months of December, January and February, from seven o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock in the evening ; during the months of March, April, May, October, and November, from six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the evening ; and during the months of June, July, August and September, from five o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock in the evening. CARRIAGE SERVICE. « Under the supervision of the commissioners, carriages are provided in which visitors can make a complete tour of the Park. They leave the Merchants' Gate, at Eighth Avenue and 59th Street, and the Scholars' Gate, at 5th Avenue and- 59th Street, at short intervals during the day and early evening, making the trip within an hour and fifteen minutes. Twelve persons can be comfortably accommodated in each carriage, and they are not allowed to carry more. The fare is twenty-five cents ; no half price. REGULATIONS FOR HACKNEY COACHES. Extract from Rules issued from the Mayor's Office, January, 1871. " The rates of fare to be charged for the use of coaches shall be as follows : All around the Park, v/ith the privilege Sturtevant House Store, john^c'Tevin, DEALBR IN ■LTOSIERY, Skirts, Corsets, Dress Linings, &c. o 1 lOS BK-OAr)\^AY, East side, near ^Uh Street. A. L E. KORPF, 1197 BROAD^VAY, Between 28th & 29th Sts. Sturtevant House Store. Berlin Embroideries, WORSTEDS, FINCY IRTICLtSS. Mlle. a-D. Franqois, J 11 739 & 74 1 Broadway, OPPOSITE A3T0R PLACE, Klegr«nt Hair Work. Novelties in Coiffures, Fine Wigs made to order All Work of Live Human Hair. E AU and CREME, Merveilleuse. Inviluable, for the Complesicn. Boot and Shoe Store, 397 SIXTH AVE.. N. K., Bet. Uth & Kth Sti. MANTTPACTURKR OT Umbrellas, Farasolg, AND 1184 Broadway, AND 16 Union Block, Saratoga, iseo TO isri- S. 1. OLMSTEID, Manufacturers and Dealers in all grades of fiaop Skirts, Corsets, ac. 781 Broadway, near 10th St., iY., Opposite A. T. Stewart & Go's. Entrance at Side Door. Headquarters for all the Novelties. Originator of the celebrated " Panier Muslin Front Hoop Skirts. Oldest Manufacturer i n the Trade. PRACTICAL Bttt &■ Sii^tts Halsr, AGENT FOR B. D. Godfrey's New and Improved Screw Made and Wire Qnilted Bottom BOOTS k SHOES, 2S8Broadtvmj, N, Y. Two Doors below Warren St. A large assortment of Ladies', Gents' and Misses'7 Boots, Shoes and Gaiters constantly on hand. All kinds of work made to order. A. F. MULLER, Gentleieii's MuM Mi, 1188 BBOADWAY, (STURTEVANT HOUSE, BET. 28tH & 29TH STS.) NETT YORK:. Branch of^ E. Uth Street, Union Square. SPECIALTY— Dress Shirts of superior quality constantly on hand and made to order in any style required, at short notice. CENTRAL PARK. 5T of keeping the coach' two hours, /owr dollars; principal parts of the Park, three dollars / to Casino and Lake, and return, two dollars; when engaged by the hour, two dollars per hour ; when for three or more hours, each one dollar and fifty cents per hour. " The drivers of coaches hired to drive in the said Park are required to wear a badge displayed on the left breast, in the shape of a shield, not to exceed two inches in diameter, and to have the number of his coach thereon, and to be worn continually when waiting for hire." POLICE. Policemen of the Park force are constantly on duty, and are easily distinguished by their neat gray uniform. Acts of lawlessness are extremely rare within the Park, and the duties of the police are almost exclusively confined to giving information to visitors ; it being a part of their prescribed duties to give full and complete replies to all questions re- garding the Park. The universal public testimony is, that for courtesy and efiiciency the Park police cannot be sur- passed. GATEWAYS AND APPROACHES. The greatest number of persons and carriages enter the Park by the Scholars' Gate, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. The improvements now in progress are rapidly making this gateway worthy of the noble avenue it adorns, and ere long it will be one of the most imposing of all the Park entrances. Its surroundings include an open plaza on the opposite corner, which greatly heightens the effect, by permitting a view of the Park from some distance down the avenue. Next in importance, measured by the count of persons and vehicles entering it, is the Merchants' Gate, at the corner of Eighth Avenue and 59th Street, the point where Broadway intersects Eighth Avenue, and from which the grand boulevard runs in a north-westerly direction. To prevent the crowding and confusion that would naturally result from the concentration of so many leading thorough- fares, a grand circle, that contributes greatly to the general Wholesale and Retail & TO ^^ '' ^ 'Sf^ 648 BROADWAY, cor. Great Jones St. Of all the Newest and most Fashionalile Fabrics of the season, Cut, Trimmed and made ■equal to custom work, at 40 per cent, less in price. Also all the newest staple Foreign and Dome.stic Styles, made to order, for gentlemen and boys, at 30 percent, less than regular Broadway prices. P. J. F. RANDOLPH. fiiii 111 AiHiimif BAHRETT, NEPHEWS & CO. Office, 5 & 7 John Street, New York. BRATSrCH OJET'F'ICES: 1142 Broadway, near 26th Street, N. Y. 279 (old No. 269) Falcon St. c. Tillary, B'klQ. ABJtt. C. WOOD, TroasurcrT 47 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia. 110 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore. NATHAN M. HEAL, President. aiJ. 820 BBOaOWaV. ^. t gmpmlim^'^ OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. LAMBRAQUINS, CURTAINS & OORNIOES. ALSO, Trench Cylinder and Counting-house Furniture. CENTRAL PARK. 59 ■effect of this entrance, has been hiid out directly opposite the gateway. After those just described, the Farmers' and Warriors' gates on 110th Street — the former at Sixth Avenue and the latter at Seventh Avenue — are of the greatest consequence. These two avenues are being converted into boulevards, and will be planted with double rows of trees, thus com- pleting magnificent drives through Park and boulevard, from 59th Street to the Harlem River. The improvements now being rapidl}^ pushed forward on all the approaches to the Park, with sleejDless energy so indicative of the metropolitan spirit, are a':'ranged with special reference to its attractions, and will, ere long, form worthy setting of the city's gem. The names of the gateways have been a subject of much interest, and those selected happily illustrate the fact, that the Central Park is the people's pleasure-ground, common to all, regardless of rank or caste. It seems especially fitting that Youth and Age, Peace and War, Art, Literature, Commerce, Mechanics and Husbandry should be represented in these titles, which will eventuall}^ be illustrated by the symbolic architecture of the completed- gateways. Below is a list of the names and locations of the several ■entrances : Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, The Scholars' Gate. Sixth Avenue and 59th Street, The Artists' Gate. Seventh Avenue and 59th Street, The Artisans' Gate. Eighth Avenue and 59th Street, The Merchants' Gate. Eighth Avenue and 72d Street, The Women's Gate. Eighth Avenue and 79 th Street, The Hunters' Gate. Eighth Avenue and 85th Street, The Mariners' Gate. Eighth Avenue and 96th Street, The Gate of All-Saints. Eighth Avenue and 100th Street, The Boys' Gate. Fifth Avenue and 72 d Street, The Children's Gate. Fifth Avenue and 79th Street, The Miners' Gate. Fifth Avenue and 90th Street, The Engineers' Gate. Fifth Avenue and 96th Street, The Woodmans' Gate. Fifth Avenue and 102d Street, The Girls' Gate. Fifth Avenue and 110th Street, The Pioneers' Gate. Sixth Avenue and 110th Street, The Farmers' Gate. Seventh Avenue and 110th Street, The Warriors' Gate. Eighth Avenue and 110th Street, The Strangers' Gate. ChEILLEY pAP^lS Jim pLOVES. MME. A. I^EUVILLE, (Late 917 Broadwa.r, ) SKIRTS TO ORDER, 42, Uaiv©psitx ^taa©. Cor. nth St., IV'EW YORK. M AND ENGLISH ROUND HATS, in Constant receipt of the latest Novelties in Flowers Feathers, k, NO. 413 SIXTH AVENUE, Bet. 25tli and 2Gth St. Phelps, Jewett & Co., Manufictiireis and Dealers at Wholesale and Eetail in Babinet Pumitupo, MATTRESSES, &cc., 264 & 266 CANAL ST., Near Broad^vay, Ne^W York. Madame Franciska Klein, Mde in fmhroiderie^, 279 Bowery, S. E. CORNER OF HOUSTON ST., N. Y. E. Gillett, 174 SIXTH AV.,nearl2th St. Carte de Visite, per doz. " Imperial, " 8 .\ 10 Photograph, . . , $2 so 5 00 2 oo. Small Pictures Enlarged, Colored in Oil, Water Colors or India Ink. Caricatures to order. 75 coitK cacli. Fcrro- tijpcs iif cvi.ri) (JcscriiAiou. Miss J. S. Starling, Drcss-Makinci & Paitern 385 SIXTH AVENUE, EeUeen 23d and 24th Streets, Late of " Le Bon Ton" Office, Ne W York. Jaylor's ^ystem Jaught. L MORGAN HOWS, 23 EAST 17th STREET, ONE DOOR WEST OF BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Mk^' B'icncf) (^M^m, CORSET MAKER, (FROM PARIS) Imported Lace Goods, Only the Finest kind of Corsets, 225i SIXTPI AA^ENUE. CENTRAL PARK. 61 THOROUGHFARES. The reo-ulations of the Park exclude all vehicles of a business character from the pleasure drives; and to obviate the inconvenience incident to the interruption of travel across the city for so great a space, four traverse roads, which are carried entirely across the Park by excavations below the level of the ground, have been constructed for the accommodation of ordinary traffic. So ingeniously have these road-ways been located that the visitor is scarcely aware of their existence, and, indeed, a remarkable aptness has been displayed in the arrangement of all the drives, bridle-paths, and walks, each being so independent of the other that the entire Park may be traversed either on foot, horseback, or in a carriage, without one class interfering with another. There are nine and one-half miles of drives, varying in width from forty-five to sixty feet; there are five and one- half miles of bridle-paths, twenty-five feet in width; and twenty-seven and one-half miles of foot-walks, the latter fol- lowing all the drives, but leading as well to many most beautiful spots, which are entirely lost to the visitor who only views the Park from a carriage. THE CROTON RESERVOIRS. These Reservoirs, so prominent in the scenery of the Park, and so important to the comfort and health of the city, were projected, and one of them completed, long l^efore the occupation of the site of the Park for its present purpose. The Old or Lower Reservoir is a parallelogram in form, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six feet long, and eight hundred and thirty -five feet wide, covering an area of tliirty- one acres, and capable of containing one hundred and fifty million gallons of water. It is divided into two sections, one with a depth of twenty, and the other of thirty feet. Its walls of solid masonry are twenty feet wide at the top, and gradually increase in thickness toward the base. The New Reservoir was constructed simultaneously with the Park itself, the old one being insufficient for the needs of the increasing population of the city. It lies directly north of the latter, and extends almost the entire width of the Park, having an irregular form and an area of one hun- On the fl. E. cor. 42d St., and Blh Ave,, ClM>KI« 'IMK riKN'J'UAJ, HWiSHH ii.\SK), VVli'-n- liiMlx". ;mi(I (i<-n\\iiii<\\ c.jiti Hiqjply tlM'tfiH(rlv^ «(i Maker, k^., :il7 SIXTH AVI'INIIK, NKW VOUK, ICviry (If-^f ii|.li'.n 1.1 ' (UNAMKNI Al, I I A 1 1/ W<»U;< U '/I iii.i'li I.I Midrr, I'ooiir) Ini I.Hillcn' Hull I Xi-^imImj; iiiiil ' lilldi'iii' ll;iii ' iiIHih;. I'mdch idlriid'-d til llnlr own n-tildciicc, iil iiny limi- di'.ln-d, CENTRAL PARK. 63- drecl and six acres, with a maxiniiiin capacity of one thousand millions of gallons. The summits of the walls of both reser- voirs afford pleasant })romenades and extensive views, while the skill of the architects and landscape gardeners has ren- dered the presence of these structures a source of satisfaction rather than of regret. GENERAL FEATURES. The Park is so naturally divided Into two parj:s by the New or Upper Reservoir, that by common ccmsent they are designated the Upper and Lower Park ; this division we ac- cept, and arrange the description accordingly. It is our purpose only to mention the several points of interest as they are encoiaitered in passing Ironi the southern to the northern end of the Park, and not to follow any special route. TlfE LOWER I'ARK. This section of the Park is that lying below the New Reservoir, and is the portion upon which the laigcr amount of labor in the adornment and improvement of the grounds has been expended. The chief features are the Mall, the Terrace, the Lake and the Ramble; all of which, with the other leading points of interest, are noticed in the following- pages. THE UrrMBOLDT MONUMENT. The first object that attracts attention on entering the Park from Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street, is a bust in bronze of Alexander Von ILnnboldt, surmounting a, gianite pedestal. It is the work of Professor Rlaiser, of Rerlin, and was presented by the German citizens of New York. Tlie unveiling of this monument on the fourteenth of September, 18G9, the centennial anniversary of Von llLunboldt's birth, was an occasion of great public interest. THE STATUE OE (JOMMERCE Is appropriately placed neai- the Merchant's ({ate, at the Eighth Avenue and 51)th Street entrance. It is the gift of Mr. Stephen R. Ciuion, a native of New York, long resident in .Liverpool, and is from the hand of Fosquet, a French, artist of reputation and al)ility. MRS. S. -A.. JVIOODY'S PA TENT SELF-ADJUSTING This Corset is recommended by as an invaluable remedial agent in all " bemia, or spinal difficulties. It is health to the suflering, and the most Instrnctious for self-measurement 17 West Eleventh Street, "Wholesale and Retail. distinguished members of the Pacult}-, uterine and pelvic diseasss, umbilical scientifically constructed, a restorer of perfect fitting for dress purposes. free by mail. 1). BVlway k University PI. A/Vliolesale and Retail. Patent Abdcninul Oorsst. The Old Chambers Street Candy Manufactory, ESTABLISHED 1806. r? w fL Wholesale and Retail Strictly pure Steam Refined Cor. Chambers and Hudson Sts, And 114r9 BROADW^AY, bet. 26tli and 27tli Sts. Robert A. Ridley Wm. A. Fritz. ^7Vn-l. Kennedy. Wnri. Force. '^^ 1*'«'J r ^ (0 Ii®tti Preserve Your riirnitere, Clothing and Purs. G. ITITORGH, Destroys all tlie Moths as well as their eggs, from any piece of furniture or wearing apparel, by Ms Patented Moth-Destroying Apparatus. He also makes all animal and vegetable fibre unfit as food for Moths without injuring the fibre in the least. In fact, all Furniture treated in his improved Machine will be made more durable than it ever was before — all the injurious moisture being driven out. Old as well as New Furniture "will be thus cleaned, and warranted from further injury. C. ^VOIiCH, No. I lO Fourth Avenue, near I Sth St., New York. Pine Crinolines and Prench Corsets. THE MODEL SKIRT STORE. W%m (3"! 'iT«F' !]« ^1 Iftff 9 175, 347, and 641 Sixth Avenue, BMew York. Bet. 12th and 13th, 21st and 22d, S7th and 38th Streets. Fine French Coutil and French and German Corsets of the most elegant shape. French hand-made Corsets, to fit the form, to order. CENTRAL PARK. 65 THE POND. In the extreme south-eastern angle of the Park, on the left of the entrance by the Scholars' Gate, the pond forms a pretty and attractive feature in the scenery. It has an ex- tent of about five acres, and is largely artificial, being formed to a great degree by the natural drainage of the ground. In the winter season it is the resort of many skaters, as its prox- mi ty to the principal entrance makes it more convenient of access than the larger Lake by the Terrace. THE MUSEUM. A short distance north-east of the Pond, and near the Fifth Avenue boundary, is the old Arsenal, now known as " The Museum." It was formerly owned by the State, but was purchased by the city in 1856 for the sum of two hun- dred and seventy-five thousand dollars. The first floor is mainly devoted to the ofiices of administration of the Park; the centre portion, however, is open to visitors, and contains a copy of Houdin's bronze statue of Washington, a statue of Columbus in marble, by Miss Emma Stebbins, and several other interesting objects. The second and third floors are devoted to a collection of prepared specimens of animals, birds, fish, reptiles and shells, that forms the beginning of the American Museum of Natural History, for which a building has been projected on Manhattan Square. The Meterological Observatory finds accomodation in a large upper room, where a number of curious instruments record the doing's of wind and weather. It is the intention of the commissiners to add an Astronomical Observatory, when the necessary buildings shall have been provided. In and around the Museum are kept the already large number of animals that form the nucleus of the collection for the Zoological Gardens ultimately to be located in the portion of the Park near the meadows. Nearly all these animals have been donated to the Park, and form not the least of its many attractions. THE DAIRY Is a picturesque Gothic structure, situated directly north of the pond and contiguous to the south transverse road, which D W, A. H AYITITARD, 210 BROADWAY, Manufacturer of Ma^oiiiCjOdiJ Fellows Knights of Pythias, I.O,ofEiks,A.O.For- rssters, Seven WJee Men, A. P. A., Red Mens, Sons of Tem- perance, Good Tem- pla sTemple of Honor Good Samaritan, Odd F e 1 1 w» Daughter, Also a ooinpleto assortment of Watch Chains, Brooches and Lar UIu^n, Sinds and ttultons, Engagement and Wedding Rings, Lockets, Uraeelets, together with everything in the Jewelry Line. Eastern Star, 'Daugh- ters of Rebekah, Prin- ters, Reporters, Reg- imental, Ari'-n, all the Musical Societ es Base Ball, Yacht and Boat Club Badges, School Medals, &c. Fiue Presentatiou Jewels and Radges made to order. Diamonds Sot and Reset in the latest Style. Persons who cannot ca'l are requested to send for my new wholesale Illustrated Catalogue. Comfort ! Luxury ! Economy ! ELASTIC SPONGE Is a Superior Siibsfittite for Curled Hair and Featliers, IN MATTRESSES, PILLOWS. CUSHIONS, AND ALL UPHOLSTERY. It Challenges Competition for Elasticity, Cleanliness, Light- ness, Durability and Economy. Send for Circulars and Price Lists to Wm. R. Horton & Son, (Successors to American Patent Sponge Co.) 524 Broadway 9 N, T,- CENTRAL PARK. 67 it is SO connected that all supplies may be received indepen- dently of the Park thoroughfares. Here pure milk and similar refreshments, more especially suited to the appetites of children, are supplied at a moderate cost. A short distance southwest from the Dairy is THE children's PLAYGROUND, Especially intended for the use of small children. It has a number of swings and a house with constant attendants for their accommodation. In the centre, upon an elevated plateau is a' spacious vinery, beneath which are walks, rustic seats, and tallies. Here the little ones may enjoy themselves and not be interrupted by the rougher sports of THE boys' PLAYGROUND, Which is still further to the west and occupies a large open space also south of traverse road No. 1. Here is a commodi- ous house erected for the accommodation of the ball-players, who are allowed the use of the ground on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday afternoons. THE CAROUSAL. By the path leading from the first to the second of the above playgrounds, is the Carousal, a circular building con- taining a great number of hobby horses which move around a large circle by means of machinery. Here boys and girls may enjoy a mimic horseback ride for a fee of ten cents. THE MARBLE ARCH, Is located immediately west of the southern end of the Mall, and is one of the most elegant and costly structures within the Park, being the only one in which marble is exclusively used. It carries the carriage-drive over the foot-path, which enters it at one end on a level, while at the other a double stairway, leading to the right and left, leads up to the Mall. A maple bench on both sides affords a welcome rest to the weary pedestrian on a hot summer day, and in a niche opposite the upper end of the arch, beyond the stairway, is a .drinking fountain. QUINNELL, HARRIS & CO. fflT h? Received the Medals and Highest Awards in 1867, 1868 and 1870. """nE;n;;n;iS5»" Factory, 447 Broome St., ]NE^V YOUK. Manufacturers, Importers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, French Glass Globes, Embossed Lights For Vestibule Doors, &c. Special attention paid to Matching Broken Articles and refilling Incomplete Sets. At our Salesroom, No. 48 East Fourteenth Street, Union Square, will be found the Largest and Best Selected Stock of Glassware ever offered in New York City ; and we are constantly receiving from our agent in Europe all the Latest Novelties and Newest Patterns, especially in Flower Stands and Centre Pieces. AT RETAIL ISAlffillTI iM Best Assortment and Cheapest in the City. No Mistake. Call and see us. Complete Outfit Eeady Made, and Made to Order at tlie Shortest Notice. t i# 21 Astor Place. ^»»«» Country Merchants will find no place where they can buy at WHOLESALE LADIES' UNDERGARMEMTS, To Better Advantage than at 21 ASTOR PLACE. CENTRAL PARK. 69 THE INDIAN HUNTER. By the main drive, just west of the Marble Arch, is a spirited group in bronze, representing an Indian hunter watching his game, and holding his eager dog in check ; farther to the north, at the right of the same drive, half hidden in the shrubbery, is another group in bronze, eagles destroying a goat. THE TREES PLANTED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES, During his visit to this country in the autumn of 1860, — an English oak and an American Elm , — are thriving finely. They may be found west of the centre of the Mall, between the foot-path and drive. THE GREEN. Following the drive that crosses Marble Arch, as it leads to the west and changes direction northward, a broad lawn of fifteen acres, designated as " The Green," is revealed. In the proper season a large flock of South Down sheep pasture here attended by a shepherd, and supply a simple feature of rural life, contrasting pleasantly with those other portions of the Park where art has done so much to beautify and please. THE SPA Is on the north side of the Green, and west of the Mall. The building is highly decorated in arabesque; Messrs. Schultz & Walker, the celebrated manufacturers of artificial mineral waters, are in charge, and supply the waters to visitors at five and ten cents per glass. THE MALL. The prominent feature of the Lower Park is the Mall, a straight walk which starts from a point just east of the Mar- ble Arch, and extends in a northerly direction for a distance of twelve hundred and twelve feet, or nearly a quarter of a mile. The whole width is two hundred and eight feet ; and throughout its entire length there is, on each side, a double row of American elms. Comfortable seats are distributed at convenient intervals, and drinking fountains at both ends afford refreshment for the thirsty. A statue of Shakespeare, Eeal Estate Broker & House Agent, N, E. COR, 42D St. and Sixth Aye. Offers for sale on most liberal terms, improved and unimproved property in the City of New York, and Villa Plots with or without improvements in Westchester County. He also Lets Houses and Collects Rents, and Lends Money on BOND AND MORTG^AG-E. h 991 fyy wnt^y ?W ?W^ 23 East 17TH Street, New York, First Door )Vest of ^roadway. G. k. WOODWARD, D.D.S., PROFESSOR IN NEW YORK COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, No. 9 East 17 th Street, BET. BROADWAY AND FIFTH AVENUE. HENRY V. MYERS, (Lite of 653 Broidwiy,) Successor to E. A. HONEYWELL, Impoitsr of Ladies' and Childrens' Hound Hats, EOYS' HATS AND CAPS, FEATHERS, &c., No. 922 Broadway, New York, North East corner 21st Street. CENTRAL PARK. 71 the gift of a number of citizens of New York, through the Shakespeare Dramatic Association, is to be placed at the southeast corner of the walk. At the proper season a num- ber of miniature carriages, drawn 1^ goats, and attended by- coachmen in livery, are run upon the Mall for the amuse- ment of children, who may enjoy a ride in mimic state, up and down the length of the walk at a charge of fifteen cents. The Mall terminates at the northern end in a spacious square or plaza, which is ornamented with two very pretty foun- tains, and gilded bird-cages mounted on pedestals. In the summer, when the sun is oppressive, a portion of this space is covered with an awning and provided with seats where visitors may rest. In close proximity to this plaza, and west of the north end of the promenade is THE MUSIC STAND. An elaborate structure, decorated with gilding and bright colors, from which, on Saturday afternoons, in the summer and autumn, an excellent band discourses beautiful music. THE VINERY Is a delightful bower of rustic work, over which are trained wisterias, honeysuckle, and rose vines. It is situated just east of the upper end of the Mall, convenient to the Music Pavilion and Casino, at a point commanding an excellent view of the Terrace, Lake, and Ramble. THE CARRIAGE CONCOURSE Is an open square adjoining the Vinery, affording visitors in carriages access to the Casino, and is a convenient place to pause and enjoy the music of the band without alighting. THE CASINO Is a neat and tasteful cottage structure designed for a ladies' refreshment house, where a well-ordered restaurant is main- tained, and although a private business, like the Refectory at Mount St. Vincent, is still under the supervision and con- trol of the Park Commissioners. It is pleasantly located just at the edge of the Carriage Concourse, and overlooking F. A. Cadwell, M.D., m © ^ ^ Specially devotes his attention, medically and SURGICALLY, to the treatment and removal of all diseases affecting the p ami Tlptm I® -A.X.SO, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, RHEUMATISM, and all other Painful, Nervous Affections^ acute or chronic,, without regard to age or sex, immediately relieved and per- manently removed, or no charge made. Office and flESiDENCE. Bet. 8th and 9th Sts., NEW YORK CITY.. KSX^BLISIIED IN 184,5. OFFICE HOURS FROM 9 a.m. TO 5 p.m., OPEN DAILY. Consult Dr. Cadwell's Treatise on the Eye and Ear, Seventh Edition, 300 pages octavo, illustrated. m' T@ ®i mm^ ©rates, @ni APPLBeATiie)P«. -m NO CONSULTATION FEE REQUIRED CENTRAL PARK. 7^ all the attractions of the Terrace and vicinity. In the sum- mer season refreshments are served from the Casino upon tables in the Terrace Arch. THE MORSE STATUE. Southeast from the Casino, at the jDoint where the car- riage road leads from the main drive to the Carriage Con- course, is placed the bronze statue of Prof. S. F. B. Morse the inventor of the electric telegraph. The figure, which is of the heroic size, was moulded by Byron M. Pickett, and: cast at the National Fine Art Foundry, by Maurice J. Power- It was procured by small subscriptions from the telegraphers of the United States. The granite pedestal, which supports it was provided by personal friends of Prof. Morse. The statue was unveiled June 10, 1871, with impressive ceremonies, in the presence of an immense audience, including the Professor himself. The fact that this work of art is a graceful tribute from the grateful people to living genius, sur- rounds it with an unusual and special interest. " AULD LANG SYNE." By the foot-path, in the grounds east of the Casino near- the main drive and north of the Morse Statue, is a group in brown stone, by Robert Thompson, illustrating Burn's poem of " Auld Lang Syne." Although only a few feet from the drive, it is not visible unless approached by the foot-path. THE BRONZE STATUE OF THE TIGRESS, May be found a short distance west of the Terrace, to the right of the drive. It represents a tigress in act of bringing food to her cubs, and was presented to the Park by twelve gentlemen, residents of New York. It is six feet high, seven and a half feet long, and is the production of the celebrated Auguste Caine. THE TERRACE. Dividing the plaza at the upper end of the Mall from the carriage drive that intervenes between it and the Terrace is a magnificent screen work of Albert freestone, with two openings through which persons can enter the Mall from. 'fi. Y. DENTAL IHSTITUTE, Cor. 23d St. and 4th Ave., Opposite Aesociation Hall and Academy of Design. Extract Teeth mder Gas ti'id perfonn every branch of dentistry on the most moderate terms. Refer to Eev. Dr. Crostv, ClmnceC'or N. Y. University. H. D. Bil-Jey, M. D., Pres. N. Y. Medical Society, and numerous others. Impcrter ind Manufac'.uiT of JRENCH CORSETS & SKIRTS Cetreets a Specialty.. Exclusive Manufacturer of French Hair Cloth Skirts, TOURNURES, ETC., The L/utesl JS'ovelties Unsold. METROPOLITAN Kid Glove Dye Works, W. A. REES, Proprietor. Kid Gloves Cleaned Equal to .'Ww, and returned in a feu- minutes. Also Dyed all Colors. wAMwrn.. PIER C Y'S Patent Sulphur and Medicated Iodine and Mercurial VAPOR BATHS, {Established 184S). 697 BROADWAY, •Cor. Fourth Street. Waverly House, NEW YORK. K. W. & T. S. EVANS, Bet. 12 h & 13th St. OP.DSSS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Opal Gas Globes, 126 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK. MISS E, F. WATSON, Infants' Clothing 884-i BROADWAY. VaRIAN & A.YEf^S, Photographers, Bet. 23d & 24th Sts., NEW YO R K, CENTRAL PARK. 75 their carriages, or from it cross the drive to stairway that leads to the Terrace below. These stairs, which are displayed in the frontispiece, are worthy of the closest examination, for it will be seen on descending that no two of the many panels at the sides are alike, and it is their beauty and ingenuity rather than mere variety that make them the objects of ad- miration. The decoration is based upon forms of vegetation symbolic of the Four Seasons, and surpasses the decorative sculpture on any public building in America. Pursuant to the theory that every visitor, whether walking riding, or driving, may visit the entire Park in his own way without interference, and to provide another means of access from the Mall to the Terrace, so that pedestrians may not embarrass drivers nor expose themselves to danger by cros- sing the crowded roadway at this point, a stairway has been constructed from the plaza to the end of the ]\Iall, to the level of the Terrace below, terminating in an arcade that passes under the drive. Tlie floor and ceiling are finished in elabo- rate patterns of encaustic tile, and the stone-work is every- where beautifully carved. The plan for the hall or arcade, for the stairways leading to it. as well as for the stairway from the drive to the Terrace, embraces many artistic embel- ishments that cannot be carried into effect for some years to come. Having passed over one or the other of the stairways lead- ing from the upper level, the visitor reaches the Terrace, a broad esplanade which stretches north to the margin of the Lake. It is inclosed with a low wall of carved stone which is pierced with three openings, one on either side from which foot-paths lead northward, and one on the water-front whence visitor may take the boats for a row on the lake. In the centre' is a fountain with a spacious basin, still in- complete (there being certain bronze castings for its orna- mentation to arrive from Munich), yet beautiful and very attractive. At either corner on the water front is a tall ma^t, from one of which floats a standard with the arms of the State, while the other bears a similar emblem with the arms of the City. THE LAKE. From the Terrace the attention is turned naturally toward the Lake, frequently mentioned as the Central Lake. This liDilE P. WEIHBEBSIi, IMPORTER OF \S'.^>^ ks..S)5 SCS\s) MILLINERY GOODS, MADAME E. COOLEY, mmm Dress and Gloak Making 8841 Broadway Madame C. Howard, IMPORXKR OF FRENCH MILLINERY, 9 UNION SQUARE. BROADWAY. CENTRAL PARK. 77 sheet of water stretches away from the front of the Terrace to the west and north, in an eccentric outline of bays and headlands, which, with the little islands that dot the surface, the dense woods of the eastern and northern shore, the elab- orate Terrace on the southern side, the boats, swans and ducks floating upon the surface, combine to produce a most picturesque effect. It is divided into two equal parts by the Bow Bridge (so-called from its form), an iron structure which connects the foot-path on the southernly side with the Ram- ble on the opposite shore. West from this bridge is the Bal- cony Bridge which crosses a small arm of the Lake at a point near Eighth Avenue and 77th Street. The swans are not the least interesting feature of the Lake. Twelve of them were originally, the gift of the city of Hamburg. Nine of these dying, twelve more were presented from the same source, to which were added fifty from some gentlemen in London. Of the original seventy-two, twenty-eight died, and the remainder with their progeny remain to do the elegant upon the Lake. The swans, and also the white ducks that bear them company, are very tame, and come readily at a call. The popularity of the iDoats upon the Lake is evident from the fact that during the year 1869, no less than one hundred and twenty-six thousand persons availed themselves of the opportunity for this amusement. There are two classes of boats, the omnibus, which have fixed rates of fare for the round trip, and the call boats that go at the pleasure of the passengers. The charges are moderate, and the re- muneration to the lessee quite small for so extensive a busi- ness. The boats may be taken at the Terrace, and may be left at one of the six pretty boat-houses that adorn the shores of the Lake. It is, however, in the winter season that the Lake and other waters of the Park furnish attraction to the greatest number. The care exercised that the ice may be kept in the proper order for skating purposes, is fully appreciated by the many thousands that throng to the Park when "the ball" is up, and when under a few simple and reasonable restrictions any one may come and enjoy this exhilarating winter sport. The northern end of the western portion of the Lake is reserv- ed exclusively for ladies. The Scotch citizens of New York i^mm i»tt*-, ?j *.aj The Best for Churches, the Best for Schools, the Best for Lodges,, the Best for Parlors, Best for the Trade. The Largest and Finest Assortment in New York. The Trade Supplied. 47 UNIVERSITY PLA.CE, Near nth Street, KE^V YORK' f ® IP s 'm P « :5 & 4S 5 Importer and Manufacturer of DRESSMAKING DONE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, Iffo. 12 ESast Fourteenth Street. Bet. Fifth Avenue & University Place, iDDOPtep of Fashions SS3 fMW^, Bet. 23d and 34th Streets, SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BRIDAL DRESSES, ^tslts, Elidtmg HJatfelt§» CAKRIAGE AND EVENING DRESSES, Made and Fitted in a Superior Wanner, at Short Notice. CENTRAL PARK. ^^- here find an opportunity to enjoy the national game of cur- ling. This game is gi'owing greatly in popularity under the- encouragement and approval of the Park Commissioners. Commodious houses, so constructed as to be readily removed at the close of the season, are erected during the winter ort the margin of the Lake for the accomodation and refreshment of spectators, skaters, and curlers. THE RAMBLE. After the Lake, the Ramble is the natural attraction. It covers a piece of ground of about thirty-six acres sloping upward from the northern shores of the Lake to the old Cro- ton Reservoir, and is bounded on both sides by the great drive, from which access may be gained by foot-paths at the northwest and' northeast corners of the Ramble, although the principal avenue of approach is by the Bow Bridge across the narrow part of the Lake. The Ramble is a laby- rinth of wooded walks abounding in sequestered nooks, rus- tic bridges over little brooks, wild vines and flowers, sum- mer-houses and seats of rustic make, occasional little patches of lawn, all clustering so naturally that the agency of art scarcely seems apparent. It is not surprising that the Ram- ble has more loving friends than any other portion of the Park, when it is considered how many are the attractions it offers. The Lake shore is beautiful at every point; fine views every where reveal themselves; foreign birds as peli- cans, storks, cranes, and herons, have here their home; and for the pleasant chat of friends, the quiet enjoyment of a book, or simple rest from toil, the Ramble has abundant ac- commodation. More pretentious descriptions than this ut- terly fail of justice to its beauties. THE MONUMENT TO SCHILLER. The German poet, is placed in the western part of the Ram- ble, near the shore of the northern arm of the Lake. THE CAVE. At the base of the extreme western slope of the Ramble^ is the Cave, an interesting spot, partly natural and partly artificial. A steep path leads to the foot of a large rockj DENTISTRY This method of constructing artificial Dentures combines four important advantages not previously attained. First. — By means of a beautiful flesh -colored enamel, the Teeth are garnished with an artificial continuous gum roof and lugse of the mouth, (without seam or crevice) with all the delicate tints and shades peculiar to those of nature. Second. — A truthful expression is given to the Teeth, by arranging them either symmetrically or irregularly, as different persons may require. Third. — The sunken portions of the face can be restored by means of attachments, or prominence made upon the Denture, of such form and size as meet the requirements of each particular case. Fourth. — No metal plate or unnatural appearing substance can be seen in the mouth of the wearer, when laughmg, singing or yawning. In short the inventors copy from nature in thus truth, fully representing the dental organs, and restoring the natural form and expression of the mouth and face. The Official Eeports, (with corresponding awards) from Europe and America upon Artificial Dentistrv, are as follows : Report from the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, Class G, Group 2. The Jury on Dentistry at the Champ de Mare, report that — " The specimens of coniinuous gum sets of Teeth upon platinum plate by J. Allen & Son, of New York, are incomparably the most beautiful pieces exhibited." Le Ministre Vice-President de la Commission Imperial^ Paris le ler JnUiet, 1867. DE FORBADE. Report from the Judges on Dentistry, American Inst. N. Y. Oct. 1867 Case A'o. 508, Mounted Artificial Teeth, on Platinum Base, by J. Allen & Son, No. 22 Bond Street, New York City. " The best on Exhibition. Their merits are s'rength, durability, cleanliness and adaptation to «very conceivable physiognomical requirement of the Teeth, and color of the Gums. HORACE GREELY. President, JOHN W. CHAMBERS, Recordi>-g Secketakt. The following Complimentary Card from Paris corrotorates the foregoing Reports. Paris. December 26, 1867. The undersigned Dentists herebv certify that thev examined all the Artificial Dentures exhibited at the Universal Exhibition of 18R7, "in this City, and they unhesitatingly state that the epecimeni! of ContiniiouB Gum Work, exhibited by Dr. John Allen & Son, of New York, were beyond comparison the finest on exhibition. Dr. J. B. Ralenbteln, 8 Boul. des Capucines. Chas. A. Du BoucHET, M.D., D.D.S., 3 Rue de la Paix. E. B. Loud, 11 Boulevard Malerherbes. Drs. Parmily, 3") Boul. des Capucines. Wm. Imris, 42 Rue de Luxembourg. Nelson B. Gregory, 43 Rue de Luxembourg. J. W. Crane, 21 Boul. des Capucines. M. Delapierre, Surg. Dentist in Chief to Hospitals in Brussels, Belgium^ MANY OTHER REPORTS, MEDALS, ETC, MAY BE SEEN AT ][Sro. 22 Bond Street, IsTew York City, J. ALLEN & SON. CENTRAL PARK. 81 and turning sharp to the left the Cave is entered at a level ; the entrance is dark, but a few steps reveal the light, and afford an outlook upon the Lake. From the other side, a series of rocky steps lead to the top of the rock over the Cave. THE BELVEDERE Is a Norman Gothic structure siiuated on a large rock that pierces the wall of the old Reservoir at its southwestern angle. It not only provides a pleasant place of rest and shelter, but is an excellent post of observation, being the highest point in the Park. It can be approached only on foot, but should not therefore be omitted by the visitor who desires to visit all the interesting portions of the Park. THE TUNNEL Has been excavated throuo-h the rock almost beneath the Belvedere and north of the Ramble, for the accommodation of the traffic road that crosses the Park at 79tli Street. It is one hundred and forty-six feet long, and seventeen feet ten inches high, and is chiefly interesting as illustrating the great expenditure of time, labor, and money necessary to perfect the attractions of the Park. CONSERVATORY LAKE. Conservatory Lake is an ornamental piece of water, of two acres in extent, lying contiguous to the Fifth Avenue, between 73d and 75th Street, and is a feature of a charming- plan, embracing both conservatory and flower-garden, upon which work is now in progress. During much of the time that the building is going forward the water is drawn off THE EVERGKEEN WALK, Near the Fifth Avenue, and south of the entrance by the Miners' Gate at 79th Street, a pretty piece of landscape gardening, was first laid out in 1862. It increases in interest and importance with the growth of the trees, and includes circles within cir/^les of walks, inclosed by neatly trimmed hedges, the whole encircled by a thicket of shrubbery and trees that serves to conceal the plan of the walks within. E ji^ f. pyf.ji]i •^ f DEflTAL LABORATORY, 13 LIBERTY ST., PO'KEEPSIE, N. Y. PALME & CO. Importers of Bohemian Glassware, No. 6 College Place, New York. Sole Agents for the United States and Canada for the following Manufacturers: STELZIG &. PALME, Steinschonau, .... STELZIG, PALME & CO., Zvecevo, .... STELZIG, PALME & CO., Pest BOHEMIA. HUNGARY. Dr. E. p. MILLER'S New and Improved Turkish Baths, Electric Bath, Movement Cure, LIFTING CURE, &c. m West t^il Slieei, NEW YORK CITY. MILLER, HAYNES & CO., Proprietors. PATENT MECHANICAL CHAIR NIANUFACTURERS il9 MERCER STREET, near PRINCE, NEW YORK. Self- Reclining Extension ^Wheeling Chair, with Back and Wheel Regulator, in Cane or Upholstery. The best Chair ever made for an Invalid. ••'*: Also Improved Reclining Chairs with Regulator, at any ' ian.'le. 'Speculum, Sleepy Hollow, Office, Library, Commode !>;' BeA and Barbers Chairs. ORDERS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. PATENTED, Sept. 1871. CENTRAL PARK. 83 THE DEER PADDOCK Will be found north of the entrance by the Miners' Gate, at Fifth Avenue and 79th Street. It contains several moose and a large number of ordinary deer. THE PASTURAGE FOR HORNED CATTLE Is directly north of the Deer Paddock, and, in the summer season, there may be seen here a number of rare animals, among others, African Buffalo, Asiatic zebu, with English, Irish, and Spanish neat cattle. THE MAZE Has been recently completed, and is located east of the New Reservoir and south of the third transverse road. Within the inclosure are thirty-seven hundred feet of gravel walk, and twenty-two hundred and fifty trees, arranged so as to render and attempt to reach its central point, or to find a place of exit somewhat amusing and difhcult. When the trees are sufficiently grown to conceal the paths, the Maze will be a source of much amusement, but at present will hardly repay the time and the trouble necessary to find it. MANHATTAN SQUARE. On the 8th Avenue, between 67th and 81st streets, will be the location of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Amer- ican Museum of Natural History, and such kindred institu- tions as may be authorized by the Commissioners of the Park. THE KNOLL, Or, as sometimes called, Summit Rock, is in the extreme western portion of the Park, opposite the upper section of the old Reservoir. Being of easy ascent, its height is quite deceptive ; but it well repays the trouble of a visit, as it commands one of the most extensive views to be had in the Park. THE UPPER PARK. All of that portion of the Park lying north of the New Re- servoir is usually known as the Upper Park, but is connected Importer and Manufacturer of Rea! and Imitation Tmw Ml mm MB iit; ^D 104 BLEECKEK STREET, Second Block West of Broadway, IVeinr Yos^Isi m 9 ^ Pt 311 SIXTH ^^^ElSrXJE, Between 19th and 20th Streets, Ribbons, Laces & Embroideries, Laco Groods Miaile to Oi-cler. Laces and Lace Goods Cleaned and Done-up Equal to New. Refleral Mnw, First Doer atove Bond Street, and Opposite the Grand Central Hotel, and 25 MAIDEN LANt, Between Broadway and Nassau Street, NEW YORK. MONOGRAMS, ARMS, Crests, Masonic AND OTHER DEVICES. Inscriptions, Initials and Names on Silver or Plated Ware, Jewelry and Fancy Articles, Engraved in a Superior Manner. Also, Cards, Seals, Door Plates, &c., &c. MILLER & CO. Boot & Shoe [slablisbeni, No. 3 UNION SQUARE. Ladies', Misses', Gents' and Boys' BOOTS «& SHOES, Of all the various kinds White Satin md Eid tSaiter Boots and Slippers, with Boxs and Eosettes For Balls, Parties, Weddings, &c. Marie Antoinette Slippers AND LADIES' & GENTS' TOILET SLIFS, IN GEEAT VARIETY EVERY ARTICE IS WARRANTED Beautiful in Style, Excellent in Quality, Moderate in Price. Ladies and Gentleman, Patronize MILLER & CO., 3 UNION SQUARE. CENTRAL PARK. 85 with the Lower Park by the drive, bridle-road, and foot- path. This section has not received the amount of elabora- tion that has been bestowed upon the Lower Park, but should not on that account be neglected by the visitor. The special objects of interest are not numerous ; but the landscape has a bold, free character, the drives have longer sweeps and stretches, the elevation and depressions are more marked, and the views from the higher points abundantly reward the time, trouble, and strength consumed in seeking them. The most prominent features will be found noted in detail in the following pages. MOUNT ST. VINCENT. The thoroughfares that lead from the Lower Park pass entirely around a large open space north of the New Reser- voir, denominated the East and West Meadows, the roadway on the east sidie leading beyond to Mount St. Vincent. The building here located was formerly occupied by the Roman Catholic Academy, now on the Hudson near Yonkers. It is now used principally for a restaurant, where capital dinners and excellent refreshments are provided by the pro- prietors, Messrs. Radford & Ryan. The former chapel is fitted for the exhibition of the casts of the late Mr. Craw- ford's sculptures, eighty-seven in all, which were presented to the Park, by his widow, in I860. Other apartments in in this building are being fitted up as a museum. OLD FORTIFICATIONS. Close to the northeast corner of the Park, and forming a pretty point from which to overlook the Harlem Meer, are the remains of earthworks erected during the war of 1812. They have been neatly turfed over, but preserved as nearly as possible in their original form. THE BLOCK-HOUSE. Considerably to the west of the earthworks, beyond the Lake and near the Warriors' Gate, which opens upon Seventh Avenue, is a small block -house, a relic of 1812, which was used either as a magazine or fortification. This and the earthworks were links in the chain of fortifications that ex- tended across the north end of the island, of which abund- ant evidences exist further to the Avest. IMPORTERS OF elgian Si^ Bohemian Glass Ware Lava Ware, Parian 31arhl€, etc. 35 and 37 P^RK PLA.CE, Seiween Church St. and College l^lace, 64 Rue de Para'lin. Poisxannia-c, Parw. i»T' _. >s=7». "IKT^ ^rv = a Omra Jinirdaii, Limoges, France. 1%! w% ^wv^ 3f ' #* ■ Ui NpAn-.iirnlL Hn.inlmrn. >*J5L 'l-f* »■/ ^ ^* . 48 Neua-waU, Hamburg. — ^-^ ^*^ '='-' ^ ^* ■=• «*=s'=- It. -■rjrj^.|b]|*,^;®j No. 13 E, SEVKNTEENTH ST., N. Y. BRANCH HOUSES Bellevue Ave. opp. Bath Road, NEWPORT, R. I. No. 1 Grand Union Hotel Block, SARATOGA. ITirst Class Inaporter of Costaes, Eelies, Mantles, Ffencli Millinery, Featlers, Flowers, BRIDAL V^REATHS and VEILS, Eaglisli Ilttuad ffats* lender ClotliiiEg^ &€» Tli« highest ISToveltieK of the above Goods are constantly reooived from the leading Houses of Paris and London. CENTRAL PARK. 87 THE POOL, LOCH, AND HARLEM MEER. These three bodies of water are essentially one, being con- nected with and flowing into each other. The waters flow from the Pool at 101st Street, a short distance from the western wall, under the drive into the Loch ; thence easterly in a small streamlet to the Meer, which extends to the north- eastern boundary of the Park at Fifth Avenue and 110th Street. A footpath runs along the margin of the water, and over rustic bridges by foaming little cascades and quiet pools, to many very beautiful and sequestered spots. THE GREAT HILL. This elevation, commonly called " The View," about mid- way between the Pool and the northern boundary, is a central feature in the northwestern portion of the Park. Its tiltitude is not quite so great as the Knoll, but it appears much higher on account of the greater depressions about it. There is a carriage concourse at the top, whence there is a comnmnding view, extending from the Hudson to the East River and the Sound, including a remarkable variety of scenery and interesting incident. HOW TO GO TO THE PARK. The public conveyances that lead to the immediate vicinity of t he Park, are the street cars, as follows : — Second Avenue Uailroad, from Peck Slip, Third Avenue Railroad, from the lower end of the Park opposite the Astor House. Eighth Avenue Railroad, from both Vesey and Canal Streets, and Broadway. The cars of the above roads all run beyond the upper end of the Park, thus affording an opportunity to enter by the gates on 59tli street, or at either of the upper or side en- trances. Sixth Avenue Railroad, from both Vesey and Canal streets, and Broadway. Seventh Avenue Railroad, from both Barclay and Broome streets, and Broadway. Central Park, North and East River Railroad (Belt). Western Division, from South Ferry via river front and Tenth Avenue to the Park. The cars of these last named roads do not go beyond 59th street. ILjkLt: - rr^JB.FD3iT. "^ *■■ "^ V ■''- •^■. 1 2k. "~> > ^ r" A-smoK A.s^_a ^fm- 3S Sim ITS. n -■ f - - - *v rrr OK iflELii i fmm fiwiFi 599 Broadway, ^'ew York JF • <^ Mke. DE ■" "ILLE Bf.:::. iiKixG. .\"«^ 1, . ": " . E. «T« m?EET .^k^ ^ .". .1— . it, .^^^^^ KITTER JV^t?-. ^ ,.isLor '^JMce, rj^& *" r>r*oac: \'v"£:> Prsnci. EstablisfiTnen: of Br^Ss E r 0rtss Cloak & Manl;!i& leaking. :^ J Bast .5V..'.t-. .../. 6:/. £ dfiwrr Wi« t^ Vtuot- Syuai*. JTFW TC£JC fasWie Drss Maker, : T«"est ^; ; ST pTSE.FT. SiiiK made to oroer at the ehoitesi notice and most approved giyies. P, 246 Fourth Avenue, "Sear tbt Ciarendot and Everet: lUiieit. JSGCBY a GO. 868 BROADWAY, • - - Masks. Opera Cloaks, Ama- tlemen £ Dress Coais. &c. TO 1£T AKD HADE TO 0^>Sa. 8^ PARKS AND^ PUBLIC SQUARES. BATTERY. Situated at the southernmost terminus of the metropolis- Connected with the Batterv is Castle Garden. Orimnallv a fortification, it was subsequently let on lease as a place of public amusement. It was probably the largest audience- room in the world. It was the scene of Jennv Lind's first appearance in America. This building has now little- architectural beauty to boast ; having been for some time used as a depot for emigrants. BOWLING GREEN. Close to the Battery, at the entrance to Broadway is the small inclosure so called from having been used as such prior to the Revolution. CTTY HALL PARK Is a triannrular inclosure of about 11 acres, containino; the City Hall and other public buildings, and the new Post Office, WASHINGTON 3QL\UIE Was formed by laying out the ground formerly occupied as a Potter's Field. The Square is surrounded with splendid private houses and on one side is the University Building and a splendid church. unt:on fark Is in Union Square at the upper or northern end of Broadway, extending from 14th to ITth streets. At the south side is the bronze equestrian statue of Washington, and opposite on the Broadway side stands the new statue of Abraham Lincoln. GRAMERCY P.\RK Situated a little to the northeast of the above, is a select and beautiful inclosure on a smaller scale. This park is private propertja^ having been ceded to the owners of the surrounding lots by S. B. Buggies, Esq. It forms the area between 20th and 21st streets, and the 3d and 4th Avenues. ai^tn Wint Mnie. Antomeiie Bernheim, ROBES. .' 'JTEAUX. CONFECTIONS DE PARIS, CHhPEhUX. DENTELLES. FLEURS. Trousseaux De Mariees. Exec.uB£ gui- fommande. ^N'o. 19 Brevooi't Place, Tenth Street near Broad wa v. PARIS MILLINERY, 38 East Tenth Street, bet. Broadway and University Place, NE\V YORK. MIs§ S. J. GiDNEY, Robes. Santeaux. Imported Dr : :3S. \mr\ feed?. |o5p ikin?, \mi\%. jriatJlkei, jc Mo. 29 EAST 10th STREET, -^^l-Z^^v^^^ PARKS AND PUBLIC SQUARES. 91 STUYVESANT PARK, Extends from 15th to 17th streets, and is divided by the in- tersecting passage of the Second Avenue. The Rev. Dr. Tyng's Church is upon the west side of this park. The ground was presented by the late P. G, Stuyvesant Esq., to the corporation of the churcK. TOMPKINS SQUARE. Is one of the largest parks of the city. It occupies the area formed bv Avenues A and B, and 7th and 10th streets. MADISON SQUARE, Comprising 10 acres, is at the junction of Broadway and Fifth Avenue. On the west side stands the monument of General Worth. The houses surrounding this part include some of the most elegant of the citv. RESERVOIR PARK. Reservoir Square is located between the Fifth and Sixth avenues, and 40th and 42d streets, and has an extent of be- tween nine and ten acres, upon one-half of which is the " Distributing Reservoir." The other, or western half, once had upon it tlie " New York Crystal Palace," but since the destruction of that building by the tire of 1858, the groundvs have been kept open as a park. MT. MORRIS SQUARE. Mt. Morris Square presents the anomalous appearance of an abrupt hill, with thickly wooded sides, rising from the midst of a plain that has no other hills upon it. It " heads off' the Fifth avenue at 120th street, and extends as far north as 124th street, and its area is nearly twenty acres. It is the breathing spot of the pretty village of Harlem, and the favorite resorts of the citizens. OTHER SQUARES. The other squares, such as Hamilton, Manhattan, Bloom- ingdale, etc., contain from fifteen to twenty-two acres each. Under the able control of the Commissioners of Public Parks all of the above-named Parks have lately undergone a marked improvement. Many of them, more especiallj' the Battery Grounds, were a disgrace to the city, but they are now be ins: fast transformed into miniature Paradises. The coming year will see them entirely completed. Fpeneh Blaekln St»lf AfffwrS fw ttie U. S. LOUIS kJAmi CO 424 Broadway. At LOVE'S 313 6:!i AVE S J Eg bet- f9th and 2 0:h Sis. CHOICE * Mk ^ w4 m' > "* H B •*! v»4 W V V Vb A SPECIALTY. jL^erj I\ cT-cliy fcr Ls^dis© and Cmldreii- Wtriwih aii SttuL 93 AMUSEMENTS. wallack's theatre. This justly entitled Home of Corned}- was first opened at the theatre corner of Broadway and Broome Street, where, for a decade, it kept the highest rank as a theatre for the representation of the best school of dramas and comedies. The next movement of the late veteran manager, Mr. James W. Wallack, was to build the present theatre, corner of 13th Street and Broadway. This place of amusement was opened in 1861, and was, until the death of the elder Wallack, under his immediate management. At his decease the proper t^- became his son's, the present proprietor and manager, }.ir. Lester Wallack. The building is not very pretentious, but is comfortable, and large enough for the purposes intended. The seating capacity comprises 408 orchestra chairs, 407 dress circle secured seats, about 400 parquette seats, and a family circle capable of accommodating about .600. 1 he entrances are large and easy for the public, either for ingress or egress. ' The names of artists who have appeared under the Wallack management are the brightest in the list of the ornaments of the stage. Messrs. Walcot, Blake, Lysander, Thompson, Jordan, Brougham, Gilbert, Williamson. Hale. Vincent, Reynolds, Sothern, Peters ; Mesdames Hoey, Gan- non, Yernon, Stephens, Laura Keene, Hodgson, Henriques. Jennings, and others. Some are dead, but many live, and act and delight the public at the present day. As a school of acting, Wallack's Theatre is perhaps the best in anv countrj- where the English language is spoken. booth's theatre This magnificent structure, on the corner of 6th Avenue and 23d Street, covering an area of 200 feet in depth and To feet in width, was erected at a cost of 8800,000. Constructed of granite, it consists of four stories, with a double French roof. The simplicity of the edifice is remarkable, while, at the same time, it is one of the grandest buildings in the city and perhaps in the country. The onh' ornamentation visible — the entire building being mostly composed of solid blocks of granite — is a medallion bust of Shakespeare, in has relief --^iKsHMs & illlllf , J.1«&I»0'P' n s rurnisning uooos, No. 669 BROADWAY, GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL. i '-W mm. WARING, MILLIlfERY AID DRESSMAK IIG Opposite the Irving House, Mew il.ill/iP:ll ^' M ^ m&. 8 WBil iiliBWraflK ElElEl, Two Doors from St. Denis Hotel. AA^^est of Broad TT^ay. AMUSEMENTS. 95 over the main entrance. There is one grand entrance on Sixth Avenue, and one on Twenty-third Street, and at the close of the performance five other means of egress are thrown open to the audience. Great size has not been sought in the erection of this temple to the histrionic art, but every advantage to be gained in the production of Shakespeare's grandest creations has been acquired, and they can be here produced with generalities of detail without a parallel. The seating capacity of the Theatre, including the private boxes, will accommodate 1,800 persons with ease. The auditorium is lighted by electricity. An efficient fire brigade composed of the different employes of the Theatre, lends ad- ditional security in case of fire to the easy and rapid means of egress afforded the audience. The following named Stars will appear at this Theatre durinff the season of '71 '72 in the order named — Miss Charlotte Cushman. Mr. John E. Owens. Mr. Edwin Booth. Miss Maggie Mitchell. Miss Lotta. The Theatre is under the able management of its proprie- tor, the celebrated actor, Mr. Edwin Booth, who is ably as- sisted by Mr. J. Henry Magonigle. The treasurer is Mr. J. A. Booth. Stage manager, D. W. Waller ; and musical director, E. Mollenhauer. '5th avenue theatre. This elegant little Theatre is situated on Twenty-fourth street, adjoining the Fifth Avenue hotel. The building, which is constructed of white marble, has a frontage of fifty feet and depth of one hundred and ten. Originally built for an up town Gold Room, it finally passed into the hands of Mr. James Fisk, jr., who, at a cost of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, completely remodelled it into the present Theatre. The interior is remarkable for its elegance of de- sign and beauty of finish, and combines all that can be desired for comfort and security. Under the able management of Mr. Augustin Daly, this Theatre ranks among the first in the country, and certainly its chaste performances, and company of first-class artists ▲t Iti. 211 Ponrth Avenna MAT BE FO rXD THE AMERICAN CCfiiSERVATORY OF WUSiC, i>- TH£ rrrr of xew toek- U rniei Plart (Nfw K« !ll F«nriii Arc.) Xext to Clarendo: EoieL "The Most Proic'^^- • '^'Tisica] iBstitniioii in .:a. Adoet tlr ?; tL? foliowinr-: 1. Mr I. S. Big «. Br ' T 4. Si^- ihe emiueu: r. a most ablf at- ■v. tiie excellenT Pianisr ftirc: Ui zv ■ OT a: . at or at^ C\: tilt i :t. arid hf wor.ld therefore adriBe Tonug .ar the Piano and sin?. ' Teacher? a? thev cab •t-Bt. -■ nni+T to . L rely upon Hours ofliistrnctioii from 9 a.m. to ft p.m. Mr. Schroeder cau be ■ . . aur dfij from 5^ to 10 a.m.. aiiL i.'jii. . n. ;^. and 6 to" p.m^ 1(0 Ulr ElTZ. &»•'•'•;-' otiee. Our Goods for BOYS are. vritbont exception, the beet to be found in the City. G I m^ m leiiii M lim Cart Emprm Bei. 8lsl and 83d blreeic. THE ONLY PROPRIETOR OF THE NAME IN THE BUSINESS. Illuminaled Stamping a Speciality. First Class Artists Employed in Every Departmen*.. CIMBREDE S JET-BUCK IWK.-"TRY IT." AMUSEMENTS. 97 entitles it to that enviable position. It has not inaptly been termed the " Parlor Home of American Comedy." To the stranger visiting New York, no more pleasant evenings amusement can be afforded than by the delightful performances of this Temple to the Histrionic Art. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. This Temple to the lyric muse is situated on the corner of 14th Street and Irving Place ; has a frontage of 204 feet on 14th Street and 122 feet on Irving Place. Was incorpor- ated in 18G2, and inaugurated by Mario and Grisi mider the management of James Hackett, in October, 1864. It was burned by some undiscovered accident in May, 1866, and immediately rebuilt with improvements, and inaugurated by Fire Department Ball, 28th February. It has no gallery, has 100 private boxes, spacious lobbies, passages and stair- cases ; seats 2,200 with large commodious seats, and on crowded occasions hold 3,500 persons ; standing and pro- menade room. Mr. H. G. Stebbins is the president, and Mr. D. Kingsland is the secretary. Opera has precedence here; and if no opera, then let for concerts, balls, &c., of first class. OLYMPIC THEATRE. This Theatre was originally entitled '' Laura Keene's Theatre. Built by John Trimble, and opened under the management of Miss Laura Keene, October, 1856. During the period of that lady's management many of the present theatrical Stars were in the list of the regular company. Among the notable productions of Miss Keene's managerial career were " Our American Cousin," "■ The Seven Sisters," *' The Seven Sons" and " Midsummer Night's Dream." On the termination of Miss Keene's management the theatre was entirely altered, great improvements made, and opened Oct. 8, 1863, under the management of Mr. John Wood, at which time the Theatre was re-christened " The Olympic." This lady retired in 1866, and was succeeded by Mr. Lemuel Grover, and afterwards by Messrs. James E. Hayes and the " Inimit- able Fox," under whose able management this Theatre still continues. Its record is certainly a most brilliant one. " Midsummer Night's Dream," produced on a scale of magni- F 17 UNION SQUARE, Cor, Broadway «i 15th St., New York. ^ALKING SUITS, Evening and Carriage Dresses, Trousseaux and Monmirig furnished at short notice. Also, I/T ILL I ISr E I^IT. RUFUS M. BRUNDIGE, Clocks, Bronzes, Parian, Sec, 919 BRO^^DV^AY Comer of 21st Street. SepaL-er cf all iiz&z cf EANCY ARTICLES, 30 WEST FOURTH ST.. Cor. GREENE, New Yepkr Repaire Fans, Opera Glasses, Shell Combs, Bronze Goods, Gilding, and all kinds of Statuettes and Works of Art. R. i. RiYNQLQ: OHTEIt OF mm h> w tiiittfi^ MODES, ROBES & MANTEAUX, No. 12 ^revoort (Place^ S^ ^7 East Tenth Street^ A few doors west of Broadway (Near A. T. Stewart's Retail Store.) Orders exacuted in the most approved style and at short notice. -n^it mm '■^ m MODES .£^ist:l^ PARIS MILLINERY, Bet. Broadway and University Place. ft ^SWft fR^ ©IJ¥EAlJTO BE FABIS. Mml HOBES et CORSETS, No. 22 East Tenth Sti\eet, Bst. University Place k 5th Ays, AMUSEMENTS. 101 $3,700. The " Black Crook" was successfully revived for five months last winter, and will be reproduced with more than the original splendor during the coming winter season. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. This magnificent Theatre, probably the finest on this continent, is situated on the corner of Eighth avenue and Twenty-third street. It was erected during the years 1867 and 1868, and was originally nitenaed. to be strictlv devoted to operatic performances solelj'. Purchased in November, 1868, by James Fisk, jr., the halls were altered into spacious offices for the use of the Erie Railway Company. The embellishments of this house are superb, and have been distributed with a lavish hand. The performances at this house are mostly of a dramatic character, though brief opera seasons alternate with the usual Star perfomances. Seating capacity, 2,500. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Corner of Broadway and 14tli Street. H. W. Butler, manager. This elegant Theatre, situated in one of the most central locations in the city, was projected and built under the direc- tion of Mr. Sheridan Shook, and opened to the public on September llth, 1871, under the management of Mr. R. W. Butler. The seating capacity of the auditorium is about fourteen hundred, divided in orchestra, chairs, parquette, dress circle and family circle. The appointments and de- coration are rich and chaste, and the seats so arranged that a perfect view of the stage is obtained from every one. The Theatre is dedicated to select, entertainments of light Vau- deville, Burlesque and Pantomime, presenting to its patrons a change of programme nightly. Performances every evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. Grand Matinee every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock. N.B. — This Theatre, Irom its central location, is easily ac- cessible by almost every line of cars or omnibuses running in the city. NEW YORK CIRCUS. Tiiis building is of corrugated iron in a circular form, and occupies a lot on Fourteenth street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, opposite Irving Place, one hundred and twenty-five LABIJSS^ FURI^ISHIIVrG AND [|§11 iMm iEliBBAEIll 1199 Broad^vay, Nearly opposite Gilsey House. EVENING, BALL and SCHOOL RECEPTION DRESSES made to Order in the most Approved Styles and at the Shortest Notice— a Perfect Fit Guaranteed. ORDERS TAKEN FOR WEDDING TROUSSEAUS AND MADE UP ON REASONABLE TERMS. KK-^* r# OKEl'i 1 ^ li I M T BTo. 1143 Sroadinray^ Bet. 2<3tk and 2Tth Sts. ROUND HATS, DRESS CAPS, &c. In the Latest and most Artistic Stjlas. IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE UP-TOWN HOTELS. !> SHAW a EATOKt LATE WITH A. T. STEWART <& CO., Have on exhibition all the latest novelties in 1^ m m i yj Comprising Choice Assortments of CAPES, COLLARETTES, HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS AND SETTS. Also, New Designs in French Embroidered BreaVcfast Setts. Special attention given to the manufacturo, to order, of Ladies' Linen Collars, Sleeves and Oiiimesetts. Initials and Monograms Designed and Embroidered to ord r. SHAW &. EATON, UOS DBro«/Ci"\7«r^3r , (Albemarle Hotel.) •m€@im# Bell Pp^EMIER DE la MAISON ROGER DE jP A RIS, Bet. 31.st and :;2d St^, NE\V YORK. AMUSEMENTS. 103 feet front, and one hundred and six feet deep. Ithas a seat- ing capacity of 3,450. The entertainments consist of first •class equestrian, gymnastic and acrobatic performances, also pantomime and ballet. The stud of horses and ponies is said to be the finest in the world. This house is closed during the summer season, the com- pany being then engaged in traveling throughout the rural districts ; but early in October the Winter season is inauo-u- rated. This establishment is under the able management of Mr. H. B. Lent, who has long been identified with this class of performances. STEINWAY MUSIC HALL. This Music Hall, erected by Messrs. Steinway & Sons at Nos. 71 and 73 East Fourteenth Street, between Union Square and Irving Place, has a frontage on Fourteenth Street of 50 feet, extending clear through the block to Fifteenth Street, where the building has a frontage of 100 feet. The dimensions of Steinway Hall are : Length, 123 feet ; width, 86 feet ; height from floor to ceiling, 42 feet. Connecting with the main Hall, on the same level of the floor, directly opposite the stage, is a large room, 25 feet wide and 84 feet long, running to the front wall on Four- teenth Street, which can be opened into or shut off* from the main Hall, at pleasure, through the medium of sliding parti- tion-doors, affording room for 400 persons. The seating capacity of the Hall is as follows : 1,300 seats on the main floor, 800 seats on the two balconies, and 400 seats in the extension room— in all 2,500 seats ; all being permanently-fixed iron-framed arm chairs, cushioned with ruby leather — the seats being more roomy and more com- fortable than in any other public building in the country. There is ample standing room for five hundred additional persons, if needed. The aisles are unusually wide, as are also the space, between the row of seats. The means of in- gress and egress are of the most capacious character, there being two additional exit doors, each seven feet wide, on either side of the stage, leading directly into Fifteenth Street. The doors on both Fourteenth and Fifteenth Streets all open outwards, allowing the Hall to be cleared by its numerous stairways in three minutes, if necessary. BRS. RiYNOLOS Bi©! ^e» Bttttftf# 62 WEST 14th STREET, N. Y. # We call attention to our new method of FILLING TEETH BY ELECTRICITY. It saves from one-half to four-fifths of the time usually consumed, makes a Better Filling^ and with less than half the usual pain and annoyan'ce. We have made the study and practice of Dentistry, in all its branches, a Life Work, and all our operations are first class. GAS FOR PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH. 36 VvTEST TWENTY-FOURTH ST., t) Ladies', Misses', and Childrens' Dresses of Every Description Made to Order in the Latest Parisian Fashions at the Shortest Notice. KJ iiSJ'l^J . i« i01©¥M^ F, ITTSllI mm lllineFj, an© i«f <^;Eii® n^m'^mmu, 8 EAST EIGHTEKNTH STREET, Near Fifth Avenue, HI W TOE E. AMUSEMENTS. 105 The New Stemway Hall will be reserved exclusively for first class Concerts and Lectures, and by its perfect arrange- ments, alike for seeing and hearing, as well as the general comfort of the vast auditorium, is unequalled by any other hall in the country, and in every respect worthy of the Me- tropolis of America. OTHER PLACES OF AMUSEMENT; THE BOWERY THEATRE, Situated in the Bowery, near Canal Street, occupies the site upon which three theatres have been successively burnt and rebuilt. The present edifice is of the Doric order of archi- tecture. This place of entertainment is usually celebrated for spectacle and the broader kind of humor, THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM Is located in the New York Historical Society Building. It contains several hundred relics, collected with great care and industry by the learned Dr. Abbott, during a residence of twenty years on the banks of the Nile. Here are to be seen mummied men and quadrupeds, the slates of the school-boys in Pharaoh's time, and the remains of the lamps that were used to lighten the darkness of Egypt. Many of the objects here are three thousand j^ears old. THE NEW YORK STADT THEATRE, In the Bowery, nearly opposite the Bowery Theatre, is a Ger- man Opera House, and has a well-selected company. NEW FRENCH THEATRE, Fourteenth Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. BRYANTS NEW OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third Street, near Sixth Avenue. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS 585 Broadway. IMF. ROULLIER-AUGIER, &»f •" i^f §:: ta BALL, EVEPIiNG IM DIKER DRESSES, O/ French Importation^ 17 East Seventeenth St. Ill ROBES, MANTEAUX, ,i¥^®lAWX i) Mourning Suits to Order at the Shortest Notice. J^i7 Fourth Avenue, ISTEAR TTVELTT-TH SrRKHI'T, 339 SIXTH AVENUE, A^ext IDoor to ^tttyian's !Sazaar. Kvening, Dinner Dresses and "Walking Suits made in the most Artistic Style, and at the Shortest Notice. mtwrn ILK HM m Best Quality, $6, 1 Grand Central Block, mum e@MQ)©Pt, ^fmllml MattePe AMUSEMENTS. 107 NEVVCOMB AND ARLINGTON MINSTRELS Twenty-eighth Street, near Broadway. GLOBE THEATRE, 728 Broadway. WOODS MUSEUM, Corner of 30th Street and Broadway. KAHN S MUSEUM, 745 Broadway. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, Seventh Avenue, corner West Fifty-Nmth Street. TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery. TERRACE GARDEN, Fifty-ninth Street, near Third Avenue. CEMETERIES. Green-wood Cemetery became a Chartered Institution in 1838. Its location was the result of a careful and extensive survey of the Entire vicinity of New York. The enterprise, after four years of hard struggle, was at length placed upon a firm foundation, and the Cemetery was thrown open for interments in 1842. From that time its history has been one of uninterrupted progress. The original enclosure of one hundred and seventy-five acres has swelled, by successive additions on the west and south, to its present dimensions of 413 acres. Broad, substantial roads, underlaid with stones, and bordered on the declivities with paved gutters, furnish, at all seasons, a hard and pleasant carriage path of many miles, and conduct the visitor to every part of the Cemetery. Commodious and inviting foot-paths, wind round Chas. la Cour & Co ORNAMENTAL 3) ^m teJUvroi HAIR DRESSING, ]^o. 423 Sixth ^VE. Bet. 2Sth & 26th Sts. N. Y. K. &, N. KELLY, WmmM Hflinai Hair Goois, 697 Broadway Cor. 4th St. Up Stairs, And 42 Spring St. N. Y. A LAEOS AND BEAUTIFUL ASSOETllENT OP ^WITCHES, pHATLAINE ^I^AIDS, PENTRE puj^LS, J^ONG y/ATEf^ Curls, and Fi^izzes. Hair Dressing, Orders IPromptly ^^ttendecl To k. m. \mm\ Late' Bress&Momiiii Caps, RIBBONS, FLOWERS & FEATHERS 359 SIXTH AVE. Bet. 23d & 2:3d Sts. New York. Straw Hats and Bonuets Cleaned, Altered and Dyed to the Latest Style. U. S. REFL,E€'TOn CO. Patsstois i S:ls Manufioturors of PRISMATIC REFLECTING Chandsliers k Sunlights^ ALSO Reflecting Street Lamps, Emblem?, Daylight Reflectors and Plain and Ornamental Reflecting Fixtures of every kind, tor lighting and Venti- lating Churches, Halls, Theatres, Banks, Stores Libraries, etc. 611&613 BROADWAY cor HoustonSt ^"Patented June Sth. 1869; November Snd 1869 ; March 7th, lS71..=ffi9' The public is respectfully cautioned against infringements of these patents. Each Fixture bears our name and address. Sf . €. ie iilI€S, 505 SIXTH AVENUE, Office cf the late Cr Munster, Near 30th St., NEW YORK. MEi. lOTOE, Manufacturer and Dealer iu DOMESTIC & FRENCH eOUTIL CORSETS, Latest Styles of Crinoline, Shoulder Braces, Bandages, Supporters, and Chest Expanders^ 233 SIXTH A VENUE, Bet. 15th & 16th Sts., NEW YORK. Silk, Contil, Linen and Cotton Corsets Made to Order at Shoi t Notice. [1 lit KHEEg wWmmi No. 503 SIXTH AVENUE, Near 80th St., NEW YORK, CURLS and BRAIDS in all Styles made to Order. Hair Cutting, Shampooing & Hair Dressing. Ladies waited upon at Hotels or their residences at all hours. L. OUBERfilET, Passe Partouts AND i^EW YORK, N3ar Grand Central Hotel. t*» CEMETERIEP. 109 «very hill, and explore each dell and shady nook. The work of grading the entire grounds, involving an immense amount of labor, is now all but completed, and has been prosecuted with a constant regard both to beauty and utility. The " water of Sylvan Lake is forced by steam power into an elev- ated reservoir, whence it is conveyed by pipes to different parts of the ground, to be used in irrigation and for the supply of fountains. The Cemetery is entered at its northwestern angle from the Fifth Avenue, and at its southwestern angle from the Fourth Avenue, and also on the southern side from the old road known as Martense's Lane. The original entrance, and for many years the sole entrance, was a little south of what is now the northwestern corner of the grounds. This narrow passage-way, with its simple, rustic, yet picturesque lodge and bell-tower, was strictly in consonance with the limited means of the Institution, and, for a while, answered every purpose. The increasing number of visitors and of funerals, together with various annoyances which gathered, at length, around this only approach, led to the opening in 1850, of what is now called the Western Entrance. During the twelve following years, visitors found admission to Green- Wood almost wholly through this fine approach — the north- ern gate being appropriated to funerals. The extension of the Fifth Avenue in 1869, upon a cause- way of high grade, running directly by and across the West- ern Entrance, involved the necessity of a viaduct at that point. The stone archway built by the Trustees, over which the public travel passes, and through, which visitors enter or leave the Cemeter}^, is a work that will compare, in solidity and beauty, with any similar structure in the country. This intrusion of the Avenue made a change of position necessary in regard to some of the buildings connected with this en- trance, and they were accordingly removed to the western side of the viaduct. The gate-house here is a handsome wooden structure, with bell-tower and clock, rooms for the gate-keeper and family, and a room for visitors. Near by is a Gardener's Lodge, and not far off, close to the Fourth Avenue, the house occupied by the Superintendent of the workmen. A cottage occupied by the Engineer of the Water Works, a commodious and neat carpenter and blacksmith shop, large barn and stables, storehouse and sheds, comprise I I #111 .A.T MADAME A. DU\/AL'S Dress, Cloak Making and Pattern Hooms. 762 BroadAvay, Ne^v York, (Between 8th and gth Streets, near A. T. Stewart's.) ^eabin0 ^l^ie^ of Ihe ^ca^oiT. The accuracy of the Designing of my Patterns, warrants a PERFECT FIT, combining Grace, Elegance and Style. • Your attention is also called to my Dress and Cloak Making Department, where the elegant taste and style of the Parisian Dressmaker is beyond competition in the making of Evening Toilettes, Walking Suits, Riding Habits, Cloaks, Wedding Trousseaux Mantillas, and Mourning, Orders for which will be promptly executed at moderate charges. I^^anufaoturers of Importers of Men's Furnishing Goods. M im^MW. ® CEMETERIES. 1 1 1 the other buildings at this entrance. Some of these erections are consequent upon the purchase of land in 1867, by which direct access to this entrance was effected. The widening of the Fourth Avenne to 120 feet, both sides being lined with trees the entire length of the Avenue, nearly four miles, and the road-bed being macadamized, will render this approach very attractive and desirable for vehicles of all kinds. At the Southern Entrance, on Martense's Lane, a neat Lodge flanks the gate, and is occupied by the Assistant Superintendent of the workmen. On Battle Hill is a small cottage, occupied by an assistant of the Superintendent of Interments, and in the north-easterly boundary of the Cemetery, near Ocean Hill, stands a cottage tenanted by one of the workmen. Nine dwellings in all, occupied by as many families, are within the enclosure of the Cemetery. In 1860, it was resolved to open a spacious and command- ing entrance at the northwestern corner of the Cemetery. Such an entrance, indeed, had been contemplated for many years, and would have been much earlier made, but for a series of difliculties which prevented the Trustees from ac- quiring full possession of the ground required. This Northern Entrance, commenced in 1861, was com- pleted in 1863, and constitutes, henceforth, the principal mode of access to the Cemetery. It is situated at that point of the ground which lies nearest to the vast population of New York and Brooklyn, and may be reached, at any hour of the day, by means of the horse-cars, which start in con- stant and frequent succession, from four ferries. Its outer gate, closed only at night, opens upon the Fifth Avenue, directly opposite to the termination of Twenty-fifth street. An approach, graded with immense labor, and which, in a few years, will be beautifully shaded, leads, by a broad and gra- dually widening area, to the grand entrance. The great gate-way, which faces the north, is an imposing and elaborate gothic edifice, solidly constructed of the best New Jersey sandstone. Two passage-ways through the massive structure are appropriated — one to funerals, the other to visitors. A room for the latter to rest in, and fire-poof offices for the Cemetery business, occupy the lower part of the building. Upwards it terminates in three lofty pinnacles. The entire structure, built after designs by R. Upjohn & Son, is 132 feet 6 inches long, and 40 feet deep. The central pinnacle is 106 BERNHARO K0ECHLIN6, jipufaiiturer of Jiirnilitr^. J • Sole Patentee of the Improved OPEBA FOIDIWG CHAtB. Factory and Store : NEW YORK. L,liIK AND LACE GOODS, Bet. 8th and 9th Sts. m. le K Y GOODS!?, M. T. HiGG|NS' 126 SIXTH AYEM'E. h%x 1.500 Triniined Hats to select from. The onlr place in tha City to get first-claes Millinery at reasonable prices. The largest gtock of Kcnnpts. Round Hats. Ribbons. Telrets. Fralb.Ts, Flowers and Fells. All the new Shapes in French frames at popular prices. Strangers would do well to call and examine our Stock. Tell the conductor to let you out at Tenth Street. Removed to 114-9 Broadway. itfashionablc AND MOURNING GOODS, No. 345 SIXTH AYE. Between 21st and 22d Street. Ladies' own Materials made up. WMi. gFlQIVlLiY, Walking Suits, Eoies, Cloaks, ¥raiis,Sacps, il'C. ci'c, A.t the Shortest ISTotice, In the Latest and most Elegant Styles. JOHN D. TOWNSEND, iMMf I S^MKlUr-at-liw, 254 BROADWAY, isr E ^7V yoplk:. CEMETERIES. 125 Catalpa Avenue Plot, by Central and Catalpa Avenues. Oak Avenue Plot, by Oak, Poplar, and Central Avenues. Spruce Avenue Plot, by Spruce, Poplar, Oak, Central, and Forest Avenues. Observatory Hill Plot, by Observatory and Central Avenues. Prospect Hill Plot, by Prospect, Ravine, Junction, Ob- servatory, and Lawn Avenues. Cherry Avenue Plot, by South Border, Cherry, and Cen- tral Avenues. Willow Lake Plot, by Central and Cherry Avenues, and South and West Boundaries of the Cemetery. White Oak Avenue Plot, by White Oak, North Border, and Forest Avenues. Forest Avenue Plot, by Forest, Spruce, and Cedar Avenues. Laurel Plot, by Central, Poplar, and Catalpa Avenues. William A. Booth, President ; Henry J. Diering, Superin- tendent ; Russell Hotchkiss, Assistant Treasurer. Office, 938 Broadway. OTHER CEMETERIES. Calvary. — The grounds are in Newton, L. I. about 2 miles from East 10th Street. City. — On Harts Island. Cypress Hills. — The grounds are on the Myrtle Ave. and Jamaica Plank Road, 5 miles from Williamsburgh ferries. Lutheran. — Jamaica, L. I. New York Bay. — New Jersey. Trinity Church. — 153d St. and 10th Ave. Union . — Brooklyn . CUHRCH CUSHION Mattresses, Pillov/s & Bolsters. The Best, Cleanest, Cheapest and Most Durable Elastic Material ever Used. 'Warranted not to Pack or become Hard or Lumpy. Sold by all Dealers, Send for Cii'cular to Near Broadway, 95 DIJANE ST. BMil®W ^ ®f IL€) ^ No. 756 BROADWAY, Corner of Eighth Street, RALPH P. ELLIOT, I H. C. ELLIOT. f The Finest Foreign Goods and a Perfect Fit a Specialty, CHURCHES. 127 It is estimated that there are about 300 churches in New York ; many of them being of great elegance. We annex brief notices of the more prominent and noteworthy. TRINITY CHURCH. Fronting Wall Street, with its portals invitingly open every day in the year, stands Trinity Church, a beautiful temple of worship, in strange contiguity with the busy marts where " merchants most do congregate." It is the third edifice of the kind erected upon the spot, the first having been destroyed in the great fire of 1776. This fine gothic structure was completed in 1846, having been seven years in building, under the careful superintendence of Mr. Upjohn the architect. The church is 192 feet in length, 80 in breadth, and 60 in height. The interior will richl}^ repay examina- tion. Among many relics there carefully preserved is an elaborate chancel service of silver, presented to the corpora- tion by Queen Anne. The steeple towers up 284 feet in height ; the walls of the church are nearly 50 feet high, and the whole edifice, both as to its exterior and interior, is regarded by most persons as the most elegant and cathedral-like of the churches of the city. Do not forget to ascend the steeple to get a panoramic view of the city. The grave-yard of Old Trinity occupies nearly an entire block. Within it are the venerated tombs of Alexander Hamilton, the statesman and friend of Washington ; the heroic commander Lawrence, and many other illustrious public men. Adjoining Trinity buildings, and a few feet from Broad- way, stands the monumental tribute of the Corporation of Trinity Church to the honored " Sugar House Martyrs." Of finely cut and ornamented brown stone, it presents a grace- ful appearance, while it attracts the especial interest of every American patriot from the fact, that the ground immediately under and around it, is rich with the ashes of our Revolution- ary fathers. TRINITY CHAPEL (Episcopal), situated on Twenty-fifth street, near Broadway, and extending from Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth street, is a LiltJK] ilA,ii. ilLlillR ft DHBSl WALKING SUITS & MORNING WRAPPERS Evening and Ball Dresses furnished at a few hours notice. Specialities, Wedding trousseawx, Mourning Outfits and Hiding Habits. 45 East IStli St. Between Broadway and Fourth Ave. SMH» MAWW^ FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER ]S"o. 35 "West 33d St. Between 6tli and 6th Avenues. All the latest and most Exqiii.gite Novelties in Carriage, Kvening, Dinner Dresses and VValkins: Suits made to order at the shortest notice. »» Late C. BEMBE, RICH FlfRNITlRE J^ND 806 and 808 BRO^D^W^AY. Opposite 11th Street, Rich Ebony, Rosewood & Walnut Parlor, Library, Dining & Bedroom Suites. Superb Ebony & Gilt Cabinets, Easels and Pedestals &c., &c. Spscialtiss in Inlaid Marqueteris k Efcony & Gilt Goods, DESIGNS AND ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR DECORATIONS IN HARDWOOD. CHURCHES. 129 spacioLiy and elegant edifice, erected by the Trinity Church Corporation, and cost $260,000. The length of the building is ISO feet; width, 54 feet. The inside, walls are of Caen stone ; the windows are of richly stained glass, and the ceiling painted blue, with gilt ornaments. The floors are tiled ; and the seats are movable benches, as in the cathedrals of the Continent. ST. Paul's chapel, The third Episcopal church established in the city, was erected in 1 766. It stands between Fulton and Vesey streets, opposite the N. Y. Herald. The length of the edifice is 151 and the width 73 feet. The steeple is 203 feet high. On the front, in a niche of red sandstone, in the centre of a large pediment supported by four Ionic columns, is a white marble statue of St. Paul, leaning on a sword. Also in the front part of the niche there is inserted a slab of white marble, bearing an inscription to the memory of General Montgomery, who fell at Quebec during the Revolution, and whose remains were removed to New York by order of the State in 1818. At the lower side of the church facing Broad- way, is an obelisk of white marble, erected in honor of Thomas Addis Emmet, the Irish patriot and barrister, who died here in 1827. The inscriptions are in Latin, Irish, and English. ST. John's chapel (Episcopal). This is one of the associate churches of the Trinity Corporation. It is located opposite the Hudson River R. R. Freight Depot. It is not modern in style, but yet a very noble looking edifice. It is built of sandstone, and is very spacious, measuring 132 feet by 80. It has a deep portico in front, formed by a pediment and four massive columns. In all the ancient churches of New York city, the plan of a collegiate charge was the rule. The ancient Episcopal church of the city was established on this basis. Trinity church was considered the parish church, and had a collegiate charge ; St. George's, St. John's, and St. Paul's were called " Chapels." St. George's is now a distinct charge, but the other two are stiU collegiate. h K'HiMfflIf 57 EAST NINTH STREET. Ball, Evening and Dinner Dresses made to order, in the latest styles, at the shortest notice. A perfect fit guaranteed. Establislied lS4rS. C. ^W. ClToSLEY, MANUFACTURER OF rpim^eef *\ai©e©l»i) ©®ip#Sf GrlM!!?, &;c., for Ladies' Dresses. Wp^oKsfprg %• (J|upr| trimmings, store and IVIaniiliictory, 635 Kroad^vay. W" Goods made to order. -^ Mrs. Davis, FASHIONABLE 137 West 20tliSl MRS. HUTCHINSON, Fashionable Dressmaker 703 BBOADWAY, Ball, Evening and Dinner Dresses made to order at the shortest noticp. Mme. de Vaulx, MAllllllAII "" DRESSES & CLOAKS Made to order in the latest and most approved styles. Wcddhi", Reception & Evening Toilets, a Specialty BURR k BARNUM, Importers «Sc IManiafaotTarers of AHTtFlCmi FLOWERS, W^holcaale and Itetail, 201 Sixth Avenue, Near Hth St., HZ>H YORK. CHURCHES. 131 ST. mark's church (Episcopal), situate in Stuyvesant street, to the east of the Bowery, was built in its present form in 1826. The steeple is lofty, but somewhat venerable in appear- ance, which is indeed the character of the entire structure. The church is venerable also on account of its historic asso- ciations ; it stands on what was the estate of Petrus Stuy- vesant, the last of the Dutch governors, and his remains rest in a vault under the church, over which, on the east side, is a tablet indicating the fact. Here also repose the mortal re- mains of the English governor, Col. Sioughter, and those of the American governor, Tompkins. The Rev. Dr. Vinton is the present minister. ST. George's church (Episcopal). This spacious and elegant structure, the most capacious ecclesiastical edifice in the city, is situated in East Sixteenth street, opposite Stuyvesant Square. It was erected in 1849, and for architectural beauty is entitled to the first rank among the religious edifices of New York. Its imposing exterior, and vast interior, unsupported by any visible columns, either to roof or gallery, impart to it a fine effect. Its architecture is of the Byzantine order ; its length 170 feet by 94 in width. Its entire cost ^250,000. The adjoining rectory cost $20,000, and the chapel $10,000. The ground upon which the church stands was given by the late Peter G. Stuyvesant. The Rev. Dr. Tyngis Rector. The interior of this splendid church was entirely destroyed by fire, sup- posed to be the work of an incendiary, during the latter part of 1865, entailing a heavy loss on the society, as it was but partially insured. The fine towers of red sandstone were, however, left intact and uninjured, as were also the massive walls of the building. The interior was accordingly rebuilt, and the edifice now surpasses, in its internal appointments, even its former elegance. * GRACE CHURCH (Episcopal). This superb edifice, the most ornate of the ecclesiastical buildings of New York, is located in Broadway, near Tenth street, and commands a fine view of the great The American Baths COR. IRVIPIG PLACE & i7TH ST. Oi:e Blcck 2:\ii of odou l^quaw. ARE THE MOST COIOT.SEiKSiVE LILIEK CP Baths in This Country. THEV EMBRXCETHE Turkish, Rwssian, Oriental, Fumigated, (Mercurial^ Sulphurous ^Vapor and Sul- phurets) ffledicated Electric, JWaignetlc and the Plunge, or Swimming Bath. PERSONS DESIRING ROOSVIS A: BOARD Can Be AccomoJiatecl. These batli8 iir« telei't, The Laihes' anil Gentlemens' are ■cperatt, Kach depariinert hfieiUspi-cial and experi-iic d at- tendants. N 1 ains will be spared 10 make it one of the best resorts for invalids or seekfrsol fleasureor Liur.ryin the City HOURS .-A. M. TO 9 P. M. Entrance to 62 IRVING PLACE Entrance to LADIKS' BATHS, 125 E. 17th STREET RCYAI... B iW 'M^ Every 17 Days J. E. Martinez Si Co. AGENTS, HO. 10 WALL STREET, Sox 4^686 JiT. r. ^. O. Late Lewisf&ISeacord, Gents' FvLrmsliing Goods, FIKK DEESS SHIRTS, HOSIERY. GLOVES. NECK WEAR, UNDERCLOTHING. . T91 BROACWAY. Opp. Grace Church Hi: At H. B. Milvillc's Coral k Jewelry Store. DIAMOKDS, JEWELRY, WATCHES, LACES a SHAWLS, TAKEN ON STORAGE, IN BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES. Leans male 01 saie if repirel DESK IN REAR OF STORE 1191 ^I^OADWAY, ^ET. 28 ^f 29 ^T., CHURCHES. 133 avenue of the city, nortli and south. The lofty spiral and richly decorated steeple is an object of universal admira- tion. There is one large and two less sized doors in front. Over the main entrance is a circular window of stained glass, and two tall, oblong windows in each side of the upper section of the tower. Within is a grand array of pillars, carved work, and upwards of forty windows of stained glass, each giving different hues of vision. There is a little too much of theatrical glitter in the interior, to comport with the chasten- ed solemnities of religious worship. It was built in 1845. Mr. Renwick was the architect. The cost of the building was $145,000. The Rev. Dr. Potter is the present rector. THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Corner of Broome and Elizabeth streets, was erected in 1841. It measures 99 by 75 feet, and 70 in height, is of the Gothic order, built of rough stone, with the lintels, cornices, and battlements of brown sandstone. It was constructed during the pastorate of the late Dr. Spencer H. Cone. * THE BRICK CHURCH (Presbyterian), situate on the corner of Thirty -seventh street and Fifth Avenue, is a spacious brick edifice, with lofty spire. Rev. Dr. Spring is the minister. ST. Paul's m. e. church, On Fourth Avenue, corner of Twenty-second street, is a new magnificent edifice, built of marble, in the Romanesque style. Its entire length is 146 feet, by 77, the height of the spire is 210 feet. The cost of the church, parsonage, &c., is estimated at $130,000. THE CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, (Unitarian), of which the Rev. G. H. Hepworth, is minister, is situated on the corner of Thirty-fourth street and Park Avenue. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. On the junction of Tenth street aud University place, is a neat stone edifice, measuring 116 feet by 65, exclusive of a Mlle. M. M cam DREWS. FRENCH Mi!!iiief| & Breggmakin5, Corner Ninth Street. Mme. LAFORCADE, no. © West iSth St., (2nd door from Broadway.) Sbtuhig mfssjs, ffiostwmes, ^m%txit%, taapcaujf. and Coiffures made to order at short notice. All of our goods are imported from the most fashionable I-Iouses in IParis. :arie galoupeau, (LATE MATHILDE & CO.) E S, 53 Esst Teiilii Elrsei, NEW YORI, No. 22 PIPTSEKTH ST., next tor to Tiffany & Co. Dress, Millinery, and Ladies' Underwear, WITH An ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF Mm F.afl Biaiifir Dresses, f alkini Siils, liingerie. Real and Giiipu,re Laces. French. Corsets^ And all ihe Novelties pertaining to a Lady's Wardrobe. CHURCHES, 135 lecture-room in the rear, 72 feet by 25. There is a fine Gothic window over the principal entrance. The tower is 184 feet in height. The cost of this church was $56,000. Rev. Dr. Kellogg is the minister. THE FOURTH UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. This is the- Rev. Dr. Chapin's. Situated on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Forty-fifth street. The main building is 80 feet by 100. Gothic style. It has a frontage, including the towers, of 95 feet, and the towers are 185 feet high. The height of the main building is 90 feet. The basement for Sunday-school, lecture-room, etc., extends over the entire church, and is 11 feet in height. The entire cost of the church and ground is estimated at $170,000. THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, Situate on Fourth street and Lafayette Place, was built in 1839. It measures 110 feet long by 75 wide ; it cost $160,000. Its exterior is very good; but its interior is characterised by simple elegance. The pulpit is of white marble. The Collegiate Dutch Church is one of the oldest establishments of the kind in the city. Associated with this Church Association are the " North Church," in Fulton street ; the new and elegant Church in Fifth Avenue, corner of Twenty-ninth street ; the Ninth-street Church ; and that we have just described, on Lafayette Place. The venerable Dr. De Witt and others are the officiating clergymen. THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, Situate on the east side of Washington Square, was erected in 1840, of rough granite. It is in the Gothic style, with a large centre window and two towers. Its interior is very finished and effective, especially the ornamental carved work of the organ, pulpit, &c. The entire cost of the edifice was $125,000. The Rev. Dr. Hutton has long been the minister. * ST. Patrick's cathedral (Roman Catholic), on the corner of Prince and Mott streets, was erected in 1815. This building, although not of much architectural beauty, is very spacious, it being nearly 160 136 CHURCH E?. feet in length by 80 in width. The rear of the church is ornamented with Gothic windows. The interior presents an imposing effect, the ceiling being very lofty, from which spring^ large pillars, on which are lamps pendant. It will accommodate 2,000 persons. THE NEW ST. PATRICK'S GATHEDKAL, On the Fifth Avenue and 50th street, now in process of erection, will, when finished, become the crowning architec- tural ornament of the city. CHURCH OF ALL SOULS (Unitarian), corner of Fourth Avenue aud 20th street, is an eccentric and remarkable edifice, being built in the style of the Italian churches of the middle ages, of brick and delicate cream coloured stone in alternate courses. Adjoining the church, on 20th street, is the parsonage. Included in the design is to be a spire, or campanile, 300 feet high. The Rev. Dr. Bellows is the minister. CHURCH OF THE HOLY REDEEMER, A new German Catholic Church, on Third street, near Avenue A, is a very costly and elegant structure. The spire is 2G5 feet high, and the edifice is of the Byzantine order. It is a most ornamental church, as to its interior, having richly- stained windows, broad aisles, marble columns, lofty roof, richly decorated, and a magnificent altar, with confessionals, &c. It is estimated at over $100,000. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CUUEGH, On the Fifth Avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, is a fine stone building, measuring 119 feet by 80, the height of the tower being 160 feet. It cost $75,000. ^HE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Corner of Thirty-fourth street and Sixth Avenue, is a new and beautiful edifice, very spacious and imposing in its aspect. Its style is Gothic, and the interior decorations are in excellent keeping. The organ-screen and pulpit present • CHURCHES. 137 exquisite specimens of carved work. The Rev. Dr. Thomp- son is the minister. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, On Madison Avenue, facing the Square, is another brown stone church, exceedingly neat in style. Rev. Dr. Adams is the minister. FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, On the corner of Nineteenth street and Fifth Avenue, erected in 1853, is another of the elegant religious edifices which adorn the city. Its cost is estimated at nearty $90,000. Rev. Dr. Hall is the Minister. THE FRENCH CHURCH. The congregation of the French Church, styled '' Eglise du St. Esprit," has removed from Franklin street, corner of Church, to Twenty-second street, between Fifth and Sixth A. venues. The new church is Gothic, and very elegant. It will seat about 1,000 persons. The rector is the Rev. Dr. Verren. jews' synagogues. There are upwards of a dozen synagogues in this city. The most notable are the following : — * Shaarai Tephila (Gates of Prayer), No. 112 Wooster street, near Prince street, and Buai Jeshurun (Sons of Jeshurun), in Greene street, near Houston street. 138 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE NEW CODRT HOUSE. This immense building, now in process of construction, is situated in the rear of the City Hall, on Chambers street, and will be, when completed, one of the most substantial edifices in the United States. Its equal is certainly not to be found in the city, and the immensity of the structure can only be seen and felt by a comparison with buildings of great capacity, towering as it does above the five-story buildings in the vicinity, completely overlooking the present City Hall, and commanding as fine a view of the surroundings of New York as can possibly be had. It was commenced in September, 1861, under the direction and superintendence of Mr. Cum- mings H. Tucker, who was appointed by the Board of Super- visors for this purpose. The architect is Mr. John Kellum, the same who also has charge of A. T. Stewart's immense building, corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth street, and who also built the Stock Exchange, and several other large buildings in this city. The entire length of the build- ing is 250 feet, and the breadth 150; rectangular in form, and three stories in height above ground. The plans and designs called for materials (particularly with reference to iron and marble) of great magnitude, and the expense attendant upon their selection, preparation, and adaptation, together with all the embellishments, is necessarily very heavy. The original cost was estimated at about $8,000,000, but the increased expense of material and labor since that time will bring the entire expenses over $13,500,000, when completed, at the lowest estimate. The cost of the City Hall, which was nine years in building, was about $700,000. The height of the new Court House, from the base course top of pediment, i» 97 feet. The dome will be 128 feet high above the pediment, making a total height of the building, from the base course to the top of dome, 225 feet. From the side-walk to the pediment the building is 82 feet high, and from sidewalk to top of the dome 210 feet. TJjie new Court House is an entirely fire-proof building — the ceilings from base to attic all being formed of brick arches. And when we consider that in this will be deposited all the records, wills, lease^s, and documents of the offices of PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 139' the Register, County Clerk, and Surrogate, the citizens of New York, who are all more or less interested in the preser- vation of these, will feel a security as to their property and interests not hitherto felt. It affords accommcdations for County Clerk, • Register, Surrogate, Sheriff, and Tax Departments, and Tax Offices — departments in which it is of the utmost importance that business should be transacted daily -and with dispatch. The Court-rooms are large, airy, unobstructed by columns, made with reference to the principles of acoustics, and finish- ed in an agreeable and pleasing manner, so that they form an attractive feature to the spectator, and all to whom may be entrusted the administration of justice ; differing in this respect from most of the large rooms in the Capitol at Wash- ington, the City Hall, and other public buildings, in which, as a general thing, the shadows and sombre hues are so strong €is to intercept that light and heat so necessary to lend a cheerful aspect to any auditory. THE CITY HALL. This is an imposing edifice, and, for the most part, built of marble. It was constructed between the years 1803-10. At the celebration of the Atlantic Telegraph, the clock- tower and other upper portions of the building were destroyed by fire, but have since been rebuilt. Previous to the completion of the new cupola, our City Fathers contracted with Messrs. Sperry & Co., the cele- brated' tower-clock makers of Broadway, to build a clock for it, at a cost not exceeding $4,000, that our citizens might place the utmost reliance upon, as a timekeeper of unvarying correctness. During the month of April the clock was completed, and the busy thousands who were daily wont to look up to the silent monitor, above which the figure of justice was enthroned, hailed its appearance with the utmost satisfaction. It is undoubtedly the finest specimen of a tower clock on this side of the Atlantic, and as an accurate timekeeper, competent judges pronounce it to be unsurpassed in the world. The main wheels are thirty* inches in diameter, the escapement is jeweled, and the pendulum, which is in itself a curiosity, is over fourteen feet in length. It is a curious fact that the pendulum bob weighs over 300' 140 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. pounds ; but so finely finished is every wheel, pinion and pivot in the clock, and so little power is required to drive them, that a weight of only 100 pounds is all that is necessary to keep this ponderous mass of metal vibrating, and turn four pairs of hands on the dials of the cupola ! The clock does not stand, as many suppose, directly behind ^he dials, but in the story below, and a perpendicular iron rod twenty-five feet in length connects it with the dial- works above. In the building are the several offices of the Mayor, Common Council and Aldermen, the Governor's room, City Library, and other business offices. The United States District Court is located in Chambers Street, at the rear of the City Hall. The several other Courts are held in the brown stone building, situated at the north-east angle of the City Hall, THE HALL OF RECORDS, Located to the east of the City Hall, was originally used for a prison, and subsequently as a cholera hospital. It is of coarse stone stuccoed over ; the entrances north and south are ornamented with Ionic columns. The building is now used as the Depository for Deeds, Records, &c. THE HALLS OF JUSTICE. This is the city prison, or as it is more familiarly styled, from its gloomy aspect, "the Tombs." It is a spacious building, or rather series of buildings, occupying the square bounded by Centre Street on the east. Elm Street on the west, and Franklin and Leonard Streets on the north and south. It is a massive structure in the Egyptian style, the main entrance being by an ascent of steps beneath a large portico supported by massive Egyptian columns. The Court of Sessions, Police Court, and others, are held in this building. It also comprises the prison, which has about 150 cells. The house of detention measures 142 feet by 45. The place f|f execution of criminals is the interior court- yard. The edifice was completed in 1838. On application to the keeper, visitors may obtein admission to the building. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 141 THE UNrrED STATES TREASURY AND ASSAY OFFICE, -■7 On the corner of Wall and Nassau Streets, is a splendid building, constructed in the Doric order of Grecian architec- ture. It is built in the most substantial manner of white marble, something after the model of the Parthenon at Athens ; as a piece of masonry, it is equal to any structure extant, and to judge from appearances, likely to become as enduring as the pyramids ; it occupies the site of the old Federal Hall. The building is 200 feet long, 80 feet high ; at tho southern end, on Wall Street, is a portico of eight purely Grecian columns, 5 feet 8 inches in diameter, and 34 feet high ; and on the northern end, on Pine Street, is a cor- responding portico of similar columns. The front portico is ascended by eighteen marble steps, and the rear portico, on Pine Street, by only three or four marble steps. It is two lofty stories high above the basement story. The great bus- iness hall is a splendid room, 60 feet in diameter. The cost of the building, including the ground, was $1,195,000. THE CITY ARMORY. The old City Armory or Arsenal, is situated at the junc- tion of Elm and White Streets, extending 84 feet on Elm, and 131 feet on White Street. The edifice is so construct- ed, that in case of any popular tumult, it could be defended by a garrison of 50 men. The ground floor is used as a gun-room, and the upper room for drilling, &c. The style of the architecture is a kind of gothic, with castellated towers. This arsenal contains a portion of the artillery of the first division of the New York State Militia. It is intend- ed that a large flagstaff shall be erected on the centre of the roof of this building, in order that telegraphic communica- tions may be conveyed by wires from it to the new arsenal up town, which is situated on the corner of thirty-fifth street and Seventh Avenue. DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS Have erected on the corner of Eleventh Street and Third Avenue a neat and substantial building, which they occupy. This very important department was created by an act of the State Legislature, and is the most benevolent institution 142 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. in the city. Almost hourly through the winter the rooms are crowded with, applicants for relief, whose wants are amply and promptly attended to. A large and very t fii- cient corps of assistants are emploj'^ed to carry out the ob- jects for which this institution was created. This depart- ment is under the management of a Board of Five Commis- sioners, who have entire control over all the public institu- tions of the city, including Randall's, Ward's and BliickwelFs Islands. And person desirous of visitiug any or all of these places, can obtain permits as this office. THE CUSTOM-HOUSE, Occupying the building which was formerly the Merchants' Exchange, is located between Wall street, Exchange Place, William and Hanover streets. The material employed in its construction is blue Quincy granite, and it is characterised by fine proportions and massive substantial appearance. Its dimensions are on such a scale as to produce a line archi- tectural effect, being in length 200 feet; in width, from 144 to 171 ; while it has an elevation of 77 feet at the cornice, and 124 at the top of the dome. The portico of eighteen Ionic columns, which graces its front, imparts to it an im- posing cHect. The interior of the building fully sustains the impression ; for, besides the numerous apartments set apart to various uses, it contfiins a rotunda in the centre, sur- mounted by a lofty dome, which is supported in part by eight Corinthian columns of Italian marble. This rotunda is capable of containing 3,000 persons. Its entire cost, including the ground, was over $1,800,000. 1'he architect was Isaiah Ilogers; and it was built on the site of the old Exchange, destroyed by the fire of 1835. 1 he original stockholders lost every penny of their investment, it having been sold to other hands to defray the mortgage held by the Barings of London. THE MERCHANTS EXCHANGE Is now held in William street, near Exchange place. The Merchants' Exchange sales-room is in the Trinity Building, on Broadway, north of Trinity Church. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 143 THE POST OFFICE, ^) In Nassau street, between Cedar and Liberty streets, was formerly the Middle Dutch Church. At a time — namely, during the war of the Revolution — when most of the churches were turned to military use by the British, this one sustained the greatest injuries ; which more or less, however, fell upon all. In 1790 it received such repairs as fitted it again for public worship ; but it was afterwards secured by the government and devoted to its present use — that of a post-office. Its internal arrangements are exten- sive, and well adapted to the objects of its present use. The postmaster's room is so situated as to command a view of all that is going on in the building. It w^as in the old wooden steeple of this building that Franklin practised his experiments in electricity. The New Post Office, now in process of construction on a site situated at the southern end of the City Hall Park, promises to be the finest structure of the kind in the United States. A brief sketch of it wHl be found elsewhere. THE ASTOR LIBRARY, No 6 Lafayette Place, one block east of Broadway, owes its existence to the noble bequest of its founder, John Jacob Astor, Esq., who, in a codicil to his will, appropriated the sum of $400,000 for its establishment and maintenance. An act for its incorporation passed the Legislature of New York in 1849, constituting the following named persons, previously selected by Mr. Astor, as a Board of Trustees, namely — Washington Irving, Wm. B. Astor, Daniel Lord, James G. King, Joseph G. Cogswell, Fitzgreene Halleck, Samuel B. Ruggles, Samuel Ward, Charles A Bristed, and the Mayor of New York ex-officio. To these gentlemen, or to their succes- sors, the administration of the afiairs of the library was con- signed. The will of Mr. Astor was proved on the 12th April, and on the 20th of May following the Trustees held their first meeting accepting their offices, and then appointea Mr. J. G. Cogswell, one of their members, Superintendent of the Library. According to the provisions of the bequest $75,000 was the sum authorized to be applied for the erection of the building ; $120,000 for the purchase of books, and the residue of the $400,000 to be invested in real estate on Bond or 144 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Mortgages, the interest of which is to be applied to defray the expenses of maintaining the Library. In October follow- ing Mr. Cogswell was sent to Europe for the purchase of books. Meanwhile the Trustees had selected the site, and the plan of Mr. A. Saeltzer the architect for the Library edifice, which measures 65 feet front, by 120 feet in depth, and is in the Florentine style. This building now known as the South Library, was opened to the public on the 1st of February, 1850, with about 80,000 volumes, comprehending the several departments of knowledge. On the 1st Septem- ber, 1859, the new or North Library was completed, when the entire institution, wholly re-arranged, was re-opened. The new classification of the Library includes the grand division being fcr history and literature of all nations. The North or New Building and the original Hall for works in all depart- ments of Science. The new building and the ground on which it stands are the gifts of William B. Astor, Esq., who has also made several large donations to the Library, amounting in all to more than $25,000. The entire collection of books amounts to 140,000 volumes. The whole value of the estate is about $1,250,000. The real value of the collection, is not to be estimated by its numerical extent or its pecuniary cost, but by its intrinsic value of its books. In this respect the Astor Library takes precedence of all others in this country. J. G. Cogswell, collected and catalogued the Library. He resigned his office of Superintendent in 1861, and Mr. Scroe- der succeeded him. His resignation took place on the 1st of July, 1871, when Mr. E. R. Strazincky was appointed to the position, September 1st, 1871. The assistant librarians, are F. Saunders, W. Tyler. Present board of Trustees, Messrs W. B. Astor, J. J. Astor, J. B. Buggies, J. C. Bre- voort, J. H. Fish, J, B. Brodhead, J. A. Hamilton, W. Hop- pin, Dr. T. Markoe, Gen. Dix, and the Mayor of New York. Open from 9.30 to 5 p.m. THE NEW BIBLE HOUSE, Which is approached from Broadway through Astor Place, occupies three fourths of an acre of ground, bounded by Third and Fourth Avenues, and Eighth and Ninth Streets. The form of this gigantic edifice is nearly triangular. It has a front of 198 feet on Fourth Avenue, 202 on Eighth PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 145 Street, 96 on Third Avenue, and 232 on Ninth Street. Its average depth is about 50 feet. It is the property of the American Bible Society. This imposing-looking edifice, which is substantially built of brick, with stone facings, cost nearly $300,000. The principal entrance, which is on the Fouith Avenue, has four columns, surmounted with cornice. In the fourth story is a stone figure representing Religion holding a Bible. The receipts of the Society, at the first year of its organization in 1816.17, were $37,779,35 ; its receipts since then amount to about $5,000,000. It has put in circulation about nine millions of Bibles and Testaments ; and given some $500,000 to various Missionary Stations to aid in the publications of the Holy Scriptures. It has supplied thousands of seamen and criminals with copies ; as well as distributed hundreds of thousands to private families, hotels, &c., in every part of the United States. It has produced editions of the Bible, or portions of it, in about 24 different dialects, and aided in issuing it in others. In this spacious building the following Societies have their Rooms — viz., the Protestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evan- gelical Knowledge, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionery Society, the New York Colonization Society, Society for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Jews, the Home of Refuge, Children's Aid Society, Home of the Friendless. Nearly 600 persons are employed in the Bible House when in full operation. NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Established upwards of half a century, have a noble edifice on the corner of Eleventh Street and Second Avenue. It is an elegant fire-proof structure, built of yellow sandstone from the province of New Brunswick, and is splendidly fitted up. Its literary collections consists of rare and valu- able books pertaining to the history and antiquities of the country ; also medals, coins, maps, engravings, &c. The Library comprises about 20,000 volumes. There is a fine Picture-gallery in the uppermost story ; the Library Hall, Lecture-room, and various offices are characterized by great architectural beauty. Recently there have been added a 146 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. fine collection of Nineveh Marbles, presented by James Lenox, Esq., and Dr. Abbott's Egyptian Collection (obtained by liberal subscription), one of the most valuable museums of Egyptian i^ntiquities in the world. The meetings of the Society are held on the first Tuesday of each month ; there are also occasional Lectures given, in addition to the regular series. General F. Depeyster is the President, and the > membership of the association numbers about 1,500, in- cluding the leading literary men of the country. AMERICAN ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Founded in 1842. The first President of this Society was the late Albert Gallatin, formerly Secretary of the Treasury, tfec, who held the office until his death in 1849. The object of the Society is " the prosecution of inquiries into the origin, progress, and characteristics of the various races of men." This Society has collected a large amount of materials, and has published three volumes of Transactions. The meetings are held at the houses of members, on the second Tuesday in each month. THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. The new building for the National Academy of Design is one of the most remarkable structures in the city. Princi- pally so, because it is the most prominent example thus far set before the public, of the eftbrt now being made to revive the Gothic Architecture of the Thirteenth Century in its true spirit, and adapt it to our own circumstances, materials, and necessities. The public have, unfortunately, been led to call it Venetian Gothic ; and, from its similarity in proportion, and the fact that the upper story is decorated with diagonal lines of color introduced into the wall itself, and has no win- dows, that it is a copy of the fiimous Ducal Palace. But a care- ful examination, in comparison with a good photograph of that building, will dispel the delusion. The carvings on the capitals of the first and second stories are well worthy of careful examination, and are more j)ar- ticularly remarkable from the fact that they are almost en- tirely designed by the men who carved them, and are the result of careful study from natural leaves and flowers. The work of the architect, in connection with this decorative PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 147 work, consisted principally of instructions given to the work- men in the art of design applied to their own work. The fronts of the buildings are built of white Westchester county marble, banded with grey-wacke. The ornamented iron work of the exterior is worthy of careful attention, being entirely wrought out on the anvil. The main entrance-gates are wonderful for their lightness, careful finish, and strength, being the most elaborate piece of architectural wrought iron in this country. The building is finished throughout with white pine, ash, mahogany, oak, and black walnut — no paint being used, but, all the woods showing their natural grain. The grand staircase approaching the galleries is of solid oak, trimmed with walnut, finished in wood on the under as well as upper sides. The interior accomodations consist as follows : — On the first floor are the janitor's apartments and the schools, with their appropriate dressing-rooms. On the second story are the reading-room, libraries, council-room, and lecture-room, together with necessary retiring-rooms and an office for busi- ness. On the third story are the grand central hall, four picture galleries, and the sculpture-room. This edifice has been erected at a cost of about $150,000, under the super- intendence of the architect, P. B. Wright, Esq., of this city. The annual exhibitions of the Academy are held during the months of April, May, June, and July, during which the building is open to the public for a small admission fee. The works of living artists only are exhibited, and no pictures are accepted that have been previously exhibited in New York. The exhibition of the Artists' Fund Society is generally held in the galleries of the Academy, and takes place in November and December annually. It is a noble charity, devoted to the relief of sick and poor artists. YOUNG men's christian ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. The association was organised, June 1852, for " the improvement of the spiritual, mental, social, and physical condition of young men." It was designed more parti- cularly for young men from the country who came to the 148 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. great city to enter into business. These young men are- often crowded into uncomfortable boarding-houses, with little to make the evenings pass profitably or pleasantly^ and easily become a prey to those who are ever on the alert to lead young men into evil. The association carried on its work quietly, but successfully, in obscure rooms until December 1869, when they took possession of their spacious building on the corner of Twenty-third street and Fourth Avenue. The plot on which the building stands is in the form of an L, having a front of 86 feet on the Fourth Avenue, by 100 feet in depth on Twenty third street, with an addition of three lots on Twenty- third street, 75 feet front and 100 feet in depth, making the whole front on Twenty-third street 175 feet. The style of the building is French Renaissance, and it is faced with freestone in two colours, the general ground being of Belleville stone of a rich purple hue, and the mouldings and cornices being of bufl-coloured Ohio freestone, of a colour nearly complementary to the former. The front on the Fourth Avenue is divided into five bays, the two corner baj^s being more enriched than the central ones, and having pavilion roofs carried above the general line of the roof, and marking the corners of the building. The front on Twenty-third street has a central pavilion marking the principal entrance, five storys in height, and crowned by a square dome enriched by four dormer windows. The front is flanked at the corners by towers corres- ponding with those on the Fourth Avenue, and is divided into five bays on each side of the central pavilion. The various stories are expressed by rich cornices and bands on the facade ; and the central door is marked by columns and enrichments, and is surmounted by the arms of the associa- tion. The facade has a very imposing effect, from its size and proportion and beauty of detail. The building is divided vertically into a basement and five stories, except the central tower, which is six stories in height. The basement story is subdivided into a Bowling Alley, three Stores, and Bathing-rooms for members on the east side PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 149 •of the central tower on Twenty-third street, and on the west side there are three Stores and a Gymnasium and its acces- sories. The Gymnasium also extends through the first story, and is 50 X 70 feet by 22 feet high. The basement under the central tower is used for heating, and other apparatus for the general convenience of the building. The central tower from the first to the fifth story contains the principal staircase, which is of stone in the first story, and of wood above, The first story is divided on the east side of the central tower into five stores, and on the west side into four stores, facing Twenty-third street, an entrance to the Lecture Hall on the westerly side with stone staircase, and behind which is the gymnasium. The second story, 18 feet high, is divided on the east side of the hall into the general Reception Room, 30x48 feet by 18 feet high, from which a staircase leads to the Gymnasium, and another to the Class-rooms, Library, and smaller Lecture Room on the third story, so arranged that all visitors or members pass the Reception Room before going into any other apartment. Adjoining the general Reception Room are the reading-room 44x48 feet by 18 feet in height, and three Parlors, each 20x30 feet, and wash-room and coat closets. The Secretary's room, 13x22 feet, is over the central en- trance in front of the principal stairs, and communicates with the Reception Room and Lecture Hall. The Lecture Hall, 90x60, and the westerly stairs to the same, occupy the whole space to the west of the central en- trance on both the second and third stories, and is 36 feet 6 inches in height, and divided by ornamental iron columns into 3 isles, and is enriched by arches between the columns and handsomely painted in fresco. The gallery of the Lec- ture Room is entered from the third story from the central and westerly stairs. The Lecture Hall will seat 1,575 per- sons comfortably, and has been found to be very well adapted to its purposes, its acoustic properties being very perfect and the ventilation extremely good. The third story on the east of the central hall is divided into three class rooms, the smaller Lecture Room, 36x45 feet 150 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. "by 17 feet in height, and the Library, 30x72 feet, which is car- ried through the fourth story, and is 30 feet in height. The book-cases run along through both walls of the Library, and are reached by galleries and light iron stairs. The library is well lighted and neatly decorated in fresco. The fourth story to the west of the central hall is divided into studios ; there being eighteen studios on this floor. The fifth story is also divided into twenty-one studios. The building and lots cost $500,000. $350,000 was given to the association for this purpose by the merchants' interested in the work ; $150.(100 is on bond and mortgage. The building is elegantly furnished, and presents a cheering appearance during the long winter evenings. Open fires of English coals blaze in every room, and crowds of young men can be seen in every room with happy faces. Any young man is welcome, be he member or not. We take pleasure in inserting the following : — Building open daily from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. The reception-room and parlours are open on the Lord's Day, from 1 to half-past P. M. Conversational Bible class for young men, conducted by Prof W. H. Thompson, M.D., every Lord's Day, at 5 P. M. Tea is provided at 6 o'clock for the convenience of young men attending the class who ma}^ board at too great a distance to return in time for the evening service. Addresses to young men in Association Hall every Sunday evening, at half-past 7, by the clergymen of the various Evangelical churches of the city, followed by a brief prayer meeting. Monthly meeting, social and literary, fourth Monday evening. General reception of members and their lady friends, preceded by a concert, second Monday evening. Literary society every Friday evening. Weekly social religious meetings, for young men only, in the lecture-room, Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock ; and on Saturday evenings, at 9 o'clock, in the east parlor. Social worship in the east parlor every evening at half- past 9 o'clock. Union prayer meeting in the lecture-room every day at 4 o'clock. Young men are cordially invited to the above meetings ichen they do not conflict luitli engagements in tlteir own churches. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 151 CLASSES. German (Prof. Kuntzler) : Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. French (Prof. David Clierbuliez) : Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Bookkeeping : Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Writing (Mr. T. P. Dolbear) : Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Glee Club (Prof J. Mosenthal) : Every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Gymnastics (Mr. William Wood) : Every evening. A ticket costing $5 admits the own r to all the above classes^ and to the use of gymnasium^ howling-alley^ and baths for one year. Besides the buildings above described, the Association contains three branches. BRANCHES OF THE ASSOCIATION. WESTERN BRANCH, 285 HUDSON STREET. Open every Evening, from 7 to 10 o'clock. Bible Class every Lord's Day at half-past 3 p.m. Monthly Meeting, Social and Literary. Third Friday in each month. Free Lectures^ Second and Fourth Friday in each month, at 8 P.M. Social Gathering of Members and Lady friends, first Fri- day of each month. Prayer Meeting every Saturday Evening, at half-past 8 o'clock. EASTERN BRANCH, 473 GRAND STREET, Open every Evening, from 7 to 10 o'clock. Singing Class every Monday Evening. Literary Class every Tuesday Evening. Monthly Meeting third Wednesday Evening. Prayer Meeting every Thursday Evening. Bible Class every Sunday, at half-past 4 p. m. Lectures and Sociables on Wednesday Evenings during the Winter. 152 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. HARLEM BRANCH, 125tH ST., BET. 3d & 4tH AVENUES. Open every Evening, from 7 to 10 o'clock. Prayer Meeting every Sabbath, at 5 o'clock p. m. Monthly Meeting, Social and Literary, Third Monday Evening. Singing Class every Tuesday Evening during the Winter, Lectures, as announced by Lecture Committee. Executive Committee, second Thursday Evening. President, William E. Dodge, jr. ; Secretary, R. R. M'Burney. THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, In Twenty-third street, corner of Lexington Avenue, was established in 1848, by the Board of Education of the city of New York, in pursuance of an act passed May 7, 1847, for the purpose of providing higher education for such pupils of the Common Schools as may wish to avail them- selves thereof The college is under the general superin- tendence of the Board of Education ; bui it is specially under the supervision of an Executive Committee, for its care, government, and management, appointed by the Board. All its expenses for instruction, apparatus, library, cabinet collections, books, and stationery, are paid out of the public treasury. The cost of the ground was $37,810, the edifice, $75,000, and the interior furniture, apparatus, tfec, $26,867. The building measures 125 feet by 80, and will accommodate 1,000 pupils. The students are admitted in annual classes, and the full course of study embraces five years. The Board of Education is authorized by law to confer for the usual collegiate degrees on the recommendation of the faculty. Graduates may become "Resident Graduates," and con- tinue their studies at option. The Academical studies during Term time, continue daily (except Saturday and Sunday) from a quaiter before 9 o'clock a. m. to 3 o'clock p. m. MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Occupy the Clinton Hall building in Astor Place, Eighth street. This noble establishment comprises a fine library, PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 153 reading-room, and lecture-room, also cabinets of minerals, »>■» This building, now in process of construction at the southern end of the City Hall Park, will, when completed, add another to the many magnificent structures that adorn the city. It will be constructed of granite, marble and Iron, at a cost of $3,500,000, which amount has been appropriated by Congress. The style of architecture is the pure French Renaissance. It will be three stories high, surmounted by a Mansard roof, marked by a centre pavilion four stories high. The pavilion in front will be 160 feet high, and the building facing the City Hall will be 320 feet in length. The first story will be 22 feet high, composed of arched openings, supported upon square piers ; the second will be 18 feet high, and the third 16. The style of the building is that of the Tuileries and the Hotel de Ville. The building will display the following statues : America, Commerce, Industry, Washington, Frank- lin, Justice, History, Peace, Strength, Truth, Genius of the Arts, Virtue, Honor, Liter.ature, Mechanics, Genius of Science, Agriculture, and Navigation. The public corridor will be 25 feet wide, and 600 feet in length, entered from Broadway and Park Row. The building can be completed, it is claimed, in two years. Clocks are to be placed at various points around the building for the accommodation of the public. ■ 178 BANKS The more prominent banks of New York include, the Bank of New York, corner of Wall and William streets, the Mechanics' Bank, the Merchants' Bank, the Manhattan, the Bank of Commerce, Nassau Bank, &c. The Banks of New York are daily becoming more important in an architectural point of view. The American Exchange Bank, 128 Broadway, corner of Liberty street, is a splendid building of Caen stone. The Bank of Commerce, in Nassau street, facing the Post- Office, is one of the finest marble edifices in the city. Its capital is ten millions of dollars. Duncan, Sherman & Co.'s Banking House is built of brown stone, and stands on the corner of Nassau and Pine streets ; it cost $150,000. Adjoining this is another splendid estab- lishment, — the Continental Bank The Bank of the Republic is situated at the corner of Broadway and Wall street ; it is a noble edifice, built of brown stone ; its entire cost is estimated at about $175,000. Its capital is $2,000,000. The Metropolitan is also built of brown stone, and is located at the corner of Pine street and Broadway ; its cost is stated at $100,000. The Bank of the Commonwealth, 15 Nassau street, is a beautiful brown stone structure of elegant proportions. The Bank of America is one of the old established banks, situated 46 Wall street. Its capital is $3,000,000. On the comer of Wall and William streets, is another fine edifice, the Bank of New York ; recently rebuilt with •brick and brown stone facings ; its capital is $2,000,000. The l>ank of North America, 44 Wall street, has a capital of $1,000,000. Broadway Bank, corner of Broadway and Park Place, is a massive brown-stone building ; its cost is stated at $127,000. The Park Bank, 214 and 217 Broadway, is a recent estab- lishment, with a capital of $2,000,000. j^he Phenix Bank, 45 Wall street. The Shoe and Leather Bank, corner of Broadway and Chambers street, has a capital of $1,000,000. The Union Bank, 34 Wall street, has a capital of $1,500,000. BANKS. 179 The Importers and Traders Bank, 245 Broadway, has a capital of $1,500,000. The Pacific Bank has recently erected a fine marble edifice in Broadway, adjoining Brooks' building, corner of Grand street. The Manhattan Company, 40 Wall street, has a capital of $2,050,000. The Clearing House is at 72 Broadway. For a general list of the City Banks, the reader is referred to the New York Directory. SAVINGS BANKS. Among the excellent institutions of New York, may be mentioned the Savings Banks. The principal establishments are the following : Bank for Savings, 67 Bleecker street, is a beautiful marble edifice, the most elegant and spacious of its class in the city. Bowery Savings Bank, 130 Bowery, is a splendid brown stone building — one of the architectural ornaments of this portion of the city. Broadway Savings Bank is on the corner of Park Place. East River Savings Bank is situated 3 Chambers street. The Irvino;, 96 Warren street. The Greenwich, 73 Sixth Avenue. The Emip-rant Industrial, 51 Chambers street. The Mechanics and Traders', 283 Bowery. The Manhattan, 644 Broadway. The Dry Dock, 663 Fourth street. The Merchants' Clerks' Savings Bank, 516 Broadway. Seaman's Bank for Savings, 78 Wall. Sixpenny Savings Bank, Clinton Hall, Astor Place. 180 FOREIGN CONSULS IN NEW YORK. Argentine Republic. — E. F. Davison, 128 Pearl. Austria. — C. Boleslawski, 33 Broadway. Baden. — L. Schmidt, 68 Broad. Bavaria. — George H. Siemon, 85 Nassau. Belaium.— Charles Mali, 45 Worth. Bolwia.— J. M. Munoz, 63 Pine. Brazil. — Louis H. F. D'Aguiar, 13 Broadway. Chile.— Stephen Rogers, 249 W. 42d.^ Columbia. — Juan de Dios Restrepo, 25 William. Costa Rica. — A. C. Garsia, 19 Broad. Denmark.— C. T. Christensen, 112 Front; Henry Braem, V. C. Dominica. — D. A. De Lima, 23 William. Ecuador. — Nicholas R. Ansado, V. C, 7 Broadway. France. — Alex. Bellaigue de Bughas, Act. C. ; George Kobb, V. C, 4 Bowling gr. Great Britain. — E. M. Archibald; Pierrepont Edwards, V. C, 17 Broadway. Greece. — D. N. Botassi, 47 Exchange Place. Guatemala. — B. Blanco, 13 S. WilKam. Haiti. — C. A. Vanbokkelen, 28 Front. Hawaiian Islands.^ — S. U. F. Odell, 24 Beaver. Hesse Darmsiadt. — F. W. Keutgen, 58 Beaver. Honduras.— E. G. Squier, Res. Min. 135 E. 39th. Italy. — Ferdinando de Luca, A. P. Bajnotti, V. C, 7 B'way. Liberia.— H. M. Schieffelin, 42 Bible h. Mexico (Republic.) — Juan Navarro, 52 Exchange pi. Monaco. — H. Rouhaud, 4 Bowling gr. Netherlands. — H. C. Burlage ; J. E. Zimmerman, V. C, 45 Exchange pi. North German Union. — Johannes Rosing ; F. W. Zach, V. C, 117 Broadway. Norway. — C. Bors, 18 Exchange pi. Paraguay.— R. Mullowney, 91 Wall. Peru. — J. C. Tracy, 261 Broadway. Portugal. — Antonio M. da Cunha Pereira de Sotto Major; L. E. Amsinck, V. C, 148 Pearl. CONSULS. 181 Russia. — R. Ostensacken, 52 Exchange pi. ; R. Schultz, V. C, 25 Old si. Salvador. — Jose Jermau Ribon, 63 Pine. Spain. — Hipolito de Uriarte ; F. Granados, V. C, 29 BVay. Sweden. — C. Bors, 18 Exchange pi. Switzerland. — Louis P. de Luze, 23 John. Turkey. — C. Oscanyan, 65 Broadway. Uruguay. — Edwin C. B. Garsia, 19 Broad. Venezuela. — T. Hernandez, 121 Front. Wurtemberg. — Leopold von Bierwirth, 69 Pine. OMNIBUSES AND RAIL-CARS. The omnibus lines are eight in number, comprising 204 vehicles, which f^verage about ten down and as many up trips daily, Besides these stages there are fourteen lines of commodious city cars, drawn by horses or mules along rails laid on the streets. The fare is only 5 cents. They run as follows : Harlem Co.'s City Cars — From Park Row to Centre St., through Centre to Grand, Grand to Bowery, up Bowery to Fourth Avenue and Forty-second Street. Second Avenue Cars— From Peck Slip, through Pearl, Chatham, Bowery. Grand, and Allen Streets, First Avenue, East Twenty-third Street and Second Avenue, to Harlem. Third Avenue Railroad — Park Row, Bowery, Third Avenue, to Yorkville. Sixth Avenue Railroad — Vesey, through Church and Chambers Streets, West Broadway, Canal, Varick, and Car- mine Streets, Sixth Avenue to Fifty-ninth Street. Seventh Avenue Railroad — From corner of Broadway and Barclay Street, through Church, Greene, University Place, Broadway, Forty-third and Seventh Avenue to Fifty- ninth Street. There is also a branch starting-place from •corner of Broadway and Broome Street. Eighth Avenue Railroad — Vesey, through Church Cham- bers, West Broadway, Canal, Hudson Streets, and Eighth Avenue to West Fifty-ninth Street. Ninth Avenue Railroad — B'dway, corner of Fulton, 182 OMNIBUSES AND RAIL-CARS. through Church, Chambers, West Broadway, Canal, Green- wich, and Ninth Avenue to Fifty-ninth Street. Central Park, North and East River Railroad — Eastern Division — From South Ferry, foot of Whitehall Street, through Front, Water, and South Streets, to Grand Street Ferry ; thence through Grand, Mangin, Corlears and Hous- ton Streets to Avenues D and A ; thence through Four- teenth Street to First Avenue, and through First Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street to the Fifth Avenue entrance of the Central Park. Central Park, North and East River Railroad — Western Division — From South Ferry, foot of Whitehall Street, through Whitehall and State Streets, Battery Place, West Street, Tenth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street, to Fifth Ave- nue entrance of Central Park. Broadway and Grand Street Ferry Railroad — From junction of Broadway and Canal Street, through New Canal Street, East Broadway and Grand Street, to Grand Street Ferry. Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad — From junc- tion of Broadway and Barclay Street, through Barclay, Church, Greene and Eighth Streets, University Place, Broad- way, Seventh Avenue, and Fifty-ninth Street. — Branch from junction of Broadway and Broome Street, through Broome, Greene, Eighth Streets, University Place, Broadway, Seventh Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street. Return Route — From cor- ner of Fifty-ninth Street and Seventh Avenue, through Seventh Avenue, Broadway, University Place, Eighth Street, Wooster Street (Branch Road from Wooster through Broome Street to Broadway), Canal Street, West Broadway, Barclay Street to Broadway. Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad — Forty- second Street and Eleventh Avenue, along Forty- second to Tenth Avenue, through Tenth Avenue to Thirty- fourth street, Broadway, Twenty-third street. Fourth ave- nue, Fourteenth street, Avenue A, Houston street. Cannon street, Grand street to Grand street ferry. ^ Return Route — From Grand street ferry to Goerck street, through Goerck, Houston and Second streets, Avenue A, Fourteenth street, Fourth Avenue, Twenty-third street, Broadway, Thirty- fourth street, Tenth avenue to Forty-second street ferry. OMNIBUSES AND RAIL-CARS. 183 East Broadway and Dry Dock Railroad — From junction of Park row and Broadway, through Park row, Chatham street, Chatham square, East Br*, adway, Grand street, Goerck, Houston, to Avenue D, thence through Avenue D to Dry Dock. Ueturn Route : From Dry Dock, through Avenue D, Eighth, Lewis, Grand streets, East Broadway, Chatham square, Chatham street, Park row to Broadway. Fourteenth street and Fulton Ferry Railroad — From foot of Fourteenth street, Nojth River, through Hudson, Bleecker, Crosby, Howard, Elm, Reade, Bentre, Beekman, and South streets, to Fulton street ; and return through Fulton, William and Ann streets to Park row, and then to Fourteenth street along the route above mentioned. Grand-street Feny and Courtlandt-street Ferry Railroad — From Grand-street Ferry through Grand street, East Broadway, Walker, Greenwich, and Courtiandt streets to the ferry. For the several stage and omnibus routes throughout the city, see the New York Directory. Most of them have their routes designated on the outside of the vehicle. A large proportion of them pass up and down Broadway almost incessantly. 184 FERRIES Brooklyn — Catherine Slip to Main Street. From 5 a. m. to 9 p. M., every ten minutes ; from 9 p. m. to 12 a. m., every twenty minutes. Brooklyn — Foot Fulton Street, N. Y., to Fulton Street, Brooklyn. From 3 a. m. to 12 p.m., every five minutes; from 12 p. M. to 3 a. m., every fifteen minutes. Brooklvn — Foot Jackson to Hudson Avenue. From 5 A. M. to 10 P. M., every fifteen minutes. Brooklyn (E. D.) — Foot Pi^oosevelt Street to South Seventh Street. From 5 a, m. to 8 p. m., every ten minutes. Brooklyn — Foot Wall to Montague Street. From 5 a.m. to 8 p. M., every ten minutes ; from 8 p. m. to midnight, every twenty minutes. . Brooklyn — Foot Whitehall to Atlantic Street. From 5 A. M. to 11 p. M., every 12 minutes ; from 11 p. m. to 5 a.m., every half hour. Brooklyn (E. D.)— Foot Grand Street, N. Y., to Grand Street, Brooklyn, and to Division Avenue. Brooklyn (E. D.) — Foot E. Houston to Grand Street. Bull's Ferry and Fort Lee— Pier No. 51 N. R. Greenpoint — Foot Tenth and foot East Twenty-third. From 6 a. m. to 9 p. m., every fifteen minutes. Hamilton Avenue — Foot Whitehall to Atlantic Dock. From 7 a. m. to' 6 p. m., every ten minutes ; from 6 p. m. to 12 a. m., every fifteen minutes. Hoboken— Foot Barclay. From 6 a.m. to 71 p.m., every fifteen minutes; from 7^ p. m. to 12 p. m., every half hour, from 12 p. m. to 4 a. m., every hour ; from 4 to 6 a. m., every half hour. Hoboken — Foot Canal. From 5^ a. m, to 9 p. m., every half hour. Hunter's Point — Foot East Thirty-fourth Street. From 4^^ A. M. to 12 p. m., every fifteen minutes. Fare 4 cents. Hunter's Point — James Slip to Ferry street, every half hour. Jersey City — Foot Courtlandt to Montgomery street; from 5 a. m. to 7i p. m., every ten minutes ; from 7i p. m. to 12 p. m., every fifteen minutes; from 12 p. m. to 3 a. m., every thirty minutes. FERRIES. 185 Jersey City — Foot Desbrosses to Excliange Place; from 5 a. m. to 10 p. m., every fifteen minutes ; from 10 p. m. to ■5 a. m,, every thirty minutes. Mott Haven — Pier 24, E. R. ; boats leave at 7, 8, 9.15 and 11.30 a. m., 1.15, 3.15, 4.15, 5.15, 6.15 p. m. ; from foot of Eighth street, fifteen minutes later. Pavonia— Foot Chambers, N. R., to Long Dock; from 1 a. m. to 7 p. m., every fifteen minutes; from 7 p. m. to 1 a. m., every half hour. Staten Island (New Brighton, Port Richmond, and Snug Harbor)— Pier 19, N. R. Staten Island (Quarantine, Stapleton, and Vanderbilt's Landing)— Foot Whitehall ; from 6 a. m. to 7 p. m., every hour. The 7 and 9 a. m. and 1, 4, and 6 p. m., connect with the trains of the Staten Island Railroad. Weehawken — Foot West Forty-second ; from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m., every twenty minutes. Astoria Ferry — Foot East Ninety-second ; boats run. «very fifteen minutes. 186 RAILROAD COMPANIES AND STATIONS Camden & Amboy, Pier 1 N. R. : — Passengers are taken by steamboat to S. Amboy. and thence by railroad to Phila- delphia. Central (of N. J.), 119 Liberty :— Capital, $15,000,000; John T.Johnson, Pres. ; Samuel Knox, Treasurer and Secre- tary. Passengers leave foot Liberty street. Erie Railway, Eighth avenue corner West 23d : — Jay Gould, President ; H. N. Otis, Secretary ; L. D. Rucker, superintendent. Depots foot of 2od street, N. R., and foot of Chambers street. Fall River and Boston, Pier 30 N. R. Passengers leave by steamboats (touching at Newport) to Fall River, where the R. R. commences. Flushing and North Side, foot James slip, and foot East 34th : — John J. Locke, president ; H. C. Poppenhusen, trea- surer. Hudson River, West 30th corner Tenth avenue, and Grand Central Depot: — C. Vanderbilt, president; C. C. Clarke, treasurer ; A. Schell, secretary ; C. H. Kendrick, general ticket agent. Capital, $27,600,000. Long Island: — 0. Charlick, president; L. D. Barton, superintendent. Depot, James slip. New Jersey Railroad and Transport Company, 111 Liberty, foot Desbrosses and foot Cortlandt: — A. L. Dennis, president ; F. W. Rankin, secretary ; H. J. Southmayd, trea- surer. Capital, ^6, 250, 000. Passengers cross the North River to Jersey City by the ferry foot Cortlandt and foot Debrosses streets. New York and Harlem, Fourth avenue corner East 4 2d, Grand Central Depot : — C. Vanderbilt, president ; C. Vander- bilt, jr., treasurer ; R. J. Niven, secretary. Capital, $8, 000,000. New York and New Haven, Fourth avenue corner East 42d, GrandCentrall^epot:— Capital, $6,750,000; Par, $100. William D. Bishop, president; John T. Shelton, treasurer; E. J. Sanford, secretary; James H. Hoyt, superintendent. WATERING-PLAGES. 18T THEIR DISTANCES FROM NEW YORK. Avon Springs, N. Y. Atlantic City, N. J. Bedford Springs, Pa Cape May, N. J. Columbia Springs, N. Y. Catskill Mountains, N. Y. Clarendon Springs, Yt. Delaware Water Gap, Pa. Lebanon Springs, N. Y. Lake George, N. Y. Lake Champlain, N. Y. Lake Mahopac, N. Y. Lake Memphremagog, Vt Long Branch, N. J. . Mount Vernon, Va. . Mount Holyoke, Mass. Mammoth Cave, Ky. Newport, R. I. . Niagara Falls, N. Y. . Natural Bridge, Va. Sharon Springs, N. Y. Saratoga Springs, N, Y. Trenton Falls, N. J. White Mountains, N. H. West Point, N. Y. . White Sulphur Springs, Va. . 391 . 100 mil . 340 J) . 129 V . 120 )J . Ill V . 240 V . ' . 97 5> . 183 )J . 216 )) . 230 )J . 56 V . 304 J? . 32 JJ . 242 n . 155 jj . 959 jj . 144 )j . 449 )j . 421 51 . 264 )5 . 183 55 . 256 55 . 320 55 . 52 55 ^a. . 364 '5 m^ m. 1* 1* WllEl^ READY MADE SUITS, First Floor. Opposite Ste'wart's.. fc=J) 1^ Importer <£• Mcniufacturer, MAIDEN W;MM\M!£ % m^ f ManTj,facturers k Importers of, & Dealers in *^l AND © 1 ^ ^ *. ^ e 43 MAIDEIS' L^ISTE. 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