The New York herald. [volume], March 20, 1854, MORNING EDITION, Image 2

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EFFECTS OF THE LATE GALE.
One Elusiilrrtd BnUdiins laroofcd.
OTHERS CLOWN DOWN.
LIVES LOST AKD PERSONS INJURED.
D.\3Utt TO SHIPPWC A.\D CAIAL BftATS,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
The t?ale n< Albany.
me ni 11 e Albany Journal, March 18 ]
The severity < I the ,'i.le can be seen on the pier, where '
It bad full . wing. J i\c buililn.' < were unroofe 1, but no I
person was In j. oil The roof of Smith, Patten & Co.'g
warehouse, io;rrther with tin -o of the tw.< ilioini'tg
ones belonging 1" Mtmi-e Moreno, were torn o!F and Mown
into tin ri 1 1 lie roof on I In warelio lies belonging to
E. 1'. l'su-ki.-, of ! h.l idrlphia, rind occupied by Messrs.
Grunt, Mtvl"s k Co. an. S. Hull, wore carried off anl
thrown on a towboat, which was lying at tho pier, on the
river side.
The fiie wt.11 rn Tread well & Terry's furnace was thrown
on the roof.
The pair i s? '?ontirued to iooreaso in severity with
the moving hours, and no estimate can be given* of the
extent ot Uuiuago done to property in this city and vi
cinity.
To the unroofing of the tire buil lings on tlie pier, we
are compelled to add that of live ollion belonging to tho
estate of George VV. Matron, deceased, commencing at
the foot of State street bridge, and running north. They
are occupied by Weal & sickles, 11, Vauderlip, Go lard k
Hovey. and otiars.
The roof of John 0. White's maltho.ise, on Jav street,
wan can iod off; also that on Jones's pi.tina works in Ea
gle street, and tie immetn e roof on Starbuck's foundry
on Green Island, oi pouite Troy
The dum. go < i ? . i e t.> the towloat tTtica, by the falling
on it ol the ?iini>,.t> tool, is cou-.derabl .?. Her deck
Was br< I en in uti'i on ? mast, car; ied away.
The ferry 1 oat Ne .i York tv.i < tij.u arils of half in hour
in making a lan'ii:-,r at her .-lip at tho foot of Maiden
lane. As n on as . e entered the cut, she wag blown i/t
among rat al boats and barges, from which slin was
finally extricated . but not until the patience of those
on 1. nl wtisaltuo t exiiau?ted.
The lire wall en J.ittle k Co.'s bookstore w is partially
lib wn down, a were also several others throughout the
city.
At about 11. o'elo?k, and during the height of th?
gale, t.n alarm of fire was sou nue l, and in le-s than ten
minutes a crowd ol from two to three liunh-el persons
collected around the old Carlton buil lin r ? bound 1 by
State. Ifa.l an 'I Howard streets ? from which the alarm
is said to have originated.
Every hour itd.lt to the already long nrray of disasters
in and about our city, caused by tho gale
A canal boat, went down the river about noon, it hav
ing broken away at some point on the river.
The roof of the old brewery and coach lace factory,
Which na? recently converted into dwellings, situated on
the corner of South Broadway and South Lansing street,
was can ied oil about noon, cat ing in the entire fourth
story. It w is oci upied bv a large number of Irish fami
lies, s?me i.f whom wc. e extricated from the ruins with
much difficulty.
Vose At i o. suffer considerable loss in the unroofing of
the not *h building of their extensive foundry on Boutli
Broadway.
lhe lin on the roof of tho Hudson river passenger
d<>j.ot was carried away, with apparently as little re
Bistanoe us il it had been a paper covering on the wood
work.
The massive lire wall above the roof on the carpet man
ofactoty ol Mr. Koonz, on the co.iior of Grand and Ham
ilton stieets was also blown down.
The chimney tops of almost every building in the city
were more or less injured.
Ihe large sign of Mr. Harris, on his paper fac tory in
Green street, was torn from the buil ling, and carried
away with as apparent fuse as it it had been a mere pino
shingle, and broken it to atoms.
The u| per walls of tin buildings on the pier were con
siderably injured. ; ud the bricl:6 scattered over the roofs
of many of the adjoining warehouses.
The s ene in the lumber districts beggars all descrip
tion. l'iles of lumber, and even three by four joist, were
removed and scntteiod about faster an l moro dexter
ously than a regiment of soldier? could have removed
them. The district looks like a lield of rubbish, and it is
almost impassable.
Sonn after noon a snow squall sot in, but the violenoo
of the wind continued with unabated fury.
In the lower part of tho city the utmost excitement
pretailed, and this to some e-itent prevailed in the ex
treme upper part and on the hills. The workmen in all
the iron loundiies, as al-o in other massive bi.ildings,
became so alarmed, after the unroofing of Vosp's factory,
that they evacuated the buildings and refused to work.
There are not less than fit ty buildings in this city un
roofed.
Thereof of thef?cond Pisirict School house, in State
street, was blown off, and Mr. Marble, the toaeher, was
badly injured, and his face severely cut under the eye.
Tho roof of Jokin Artcher's stable was carried off, at
were those of soeral dwelling houses on Cheatuut
street.
A portion of the tin on the roof of Van Benthuysan's
papir manufactory establishment in Bath was blown off.
Aboui noon a portion ol" the north wall of the expen
sive brewtrj of John Taylor, adjoining the South ferry
landing and facing the river, waj blown in, doing consid
erable damage l or an hour or more bei'oro the wall fell
in the entire building io< ked to its very foundation, and
whi n our informant loft it waa waving like a reed before
the wind.
The small gothic frnmo buil ling on the si lehill in
Bethlehem, just below the south bounds of tte city,
known as "Groesbeck's Church," was entirely demo
lished.
The roof on tho extensive furnace of Sheer, Packard &
Co., on Grand street, was raised some six inches from
portions of the wall, and was swaying like a wave of the
sea when we left.
The main roof of the steam rolling mill of .Messrs. E.
Corning & < o., of the Albany Iron and Nail Works, was
blown off The establishment is located about three
mileH north, on ihe east side of the river. The roof was
of iron, srd was deemed immovable.
A portion of the lofty frame building on Arbor Hill,
known as Russell's oilcloth factory, was partially blown
down*
Besides the fire previously noticed, there were two
others in the lower part of the city ; oue in Chestnut
street and the other in the Old Brewery, after the roof
was tarried away. The Haines in both were fortunately
extinguished before tho Ore had made much headway.
A portion of the roof of the Orphan Asylum, in the
extreme west end of the city, together with t ie balus
trade and a portion of the walls, were blown down.
A portion of tho roof of John <?. White's extensive
malt souse, on Hudson street. w;is carried away.
A portion of Ihe front wall of John E\ers' brick dis
tillery, on Swrn and Canal strn t*. was blown down.
A two st< ry brick dwelling in Sccond street was par
tially destroyed. The roi.l was blown off, tuid the walls
to tin floor timbers of the second story.
A por'ion of the roof of the district schoolliouse on
Arbor hill was carried away, and nearly all the tin
covei ing.
The steamtr P. G. Coffin, owing to the gale, left at 12
o'clock, three hours before her advertised time.
At the time of writing, (2 o'clock,) the wind was
rather lulling, but a stiff breeze was blowing from the
northwest, w ith an ocr;wional Mast that made the stately
buil1 ngs on the hill tremble to their very foundations.
The gale set'in about I '1 o'clock last night, and con
tinued to increase in violence until ll o'clock this morn
ing, when it reached i's height. From that hour up to 1
o'clock this afternoon, the greater pi rtion of the work of
destruction was doue.
It is impossible to approximate with any d 'grec of cor
reetni ss to the Hinonnt of damage done by the gib1. It
is large, but lulls mostly rn those who are able to bear
the loss. It is singular." that in the destruction of so
much property, scattered throughout the city, not a
human being lias been killed.
The Gule nt Troy.
[From the Troy Times, March 18. J
Another such tremendous blow as that of today the
"?Meet inhabitant" can hardly call to mind. Buildings
unrooted, and blown down, piles of lumber scatter o I,
boards. sigi ... chimneys and scuttles, slating an 1 timber,
flying sbout like fcadiers I The river presents a singular
appearance. Nothing can live in it; an 1 .to stro lg is tho
gale that il licks up th* hea is of the waves, carrying
them off in rpray, creating a continual spectacle of rain
bows, sometimes like that seen at Nia gara. The more
in:portani di.itmgi done, in this neighborhood, so far as
wi ba c heerd is mentii red bel w.
Starbuek U Co.'.- foundry on Fish Island is partly tin
roe fed, and a portion of the walls blo-vu down. Loss i
must be quite large. )
This building is a new one, and wa? g apposed to have
been well built. Its situation, however, was one very j
much exposed.
The lagbth ward school hous?, on Adams strert, a large
new four story building, is much injured. The upper
story is blown in. and of course the roof entirely demol
ished. Fortunately, the day be ing Sat ur lay 'he build- ,
ing wsh not occt.|ue<i at the time.
'the tele. tai h fines .ue all bin vn away.
The ro<>f ol the new Presbyterian church on Wa iting
ton 1'ark is Carried away.
T1 f large buil ling kno"-i as Willard's Elevator, nt the |
lower end r f Wver street, near the Gccenhush depot, is ,
injured und tho roof blown off.
The elating blown from tho roofs of buildings caused ]
some riamsge. Oneof the larg-'gla s riivlowi in Pitch's j
j< welry store wa. broken by r. ; iece curled Irom tho op
posite sirie ol the treet.
A frame building uecr Vorth Second stre?t church li
unroofe*'.
A building nen'- Washington Hall is bio yn ..owi
A portion i f the n< rth wall of the Alhamb. a building is i
blown down.
Hi rrma'on k Warren's wool dej*>t on the dock is tin
roofed, ami nil of tl ? ..r wail an ,tfirt of the side wails.
This U oi." of the 1 esi buih'.in s in the citv. I/>s?
large Many of the chimneys of other ballding.4 on
Itiver stieet ate rarri. ? awav.
The iron brld ;e of tlerrlmjton Wnrrcn, between their I
depot on tl.e dook ati?i store on River street, was
ile.dioycd at <hi 'inmcem nt of tho gale.
Oir'soew pejCri lis! ;he .lam 1* nearlr prostrated.
'iLc font h t?. toof of Warrens Hart & Lesley's store, j
Nos. 241 nn'i River iireet li lilown off.
Tibbi s' builJ:ag occupied b.v I' Wa'ers, nosr the Kal
ton market, injit e?J: ti e started from t*e roof.
West nn'I of the S;etninai ro< f. Second stieet, blown
off
We heei that itn old frane building, np town,wa? blown
down, and tlwei- Oi- 'our persoi m.iii ? ' It Is singular
that iu r tber instan -js theie lias not l>ecn mure personal
injuty that we hear of.
We bear that ote of the rallroaJ buildings on O'e n
Island is unroofed.
Third street 1 aptlst Church steep's i *???> to and fro,
but did not go o\er.
We hear rv ropi rt tbs: .Hjveral bail 'Ings in the . ,xtu
ward, belonging io the In n 0* nipnnles, u"' blown down,
?nd tlwt it in <? pposed that i.everal |,ersails ar - hurt.
W are unable to vouch for the truth of thii statement,
end l.ope It is not trne.
Komi ball ol the roof of I)r. HaDejr'i Aetood etreet
I Jiu h ,v ue bh-wn off. ? -
The roof of Johnaon, Cox k Co.'? foundry blown off.
The flrmUOpi, Wanwn, Morrison k Co , proprietors of
Clinti n Foundry. Two third* of ths roof of the foundry
?nd He we ' itod divi Ion ? were blown drnvn. There
w. re ??< thirty perso n the hud lln ; at the time, but
none we < injured. 1 ey s?* lb*- w.kUs tumbling and
rtn ? ? out. iln i- t.ii'l ,< . r-ut w!U resume operations
in tea dsv* f'ri m tbiit timo.
Wan, ? n House? ii i <?rt i?-n of ibe west si le of the roof
whs rnit.i d up and carried off.
Tie 1 uiMin,' adjoining north, oecapied b> Or?n Clark
and Mrs. Lovott. west aide of tlio roof entirely blown
oU 1
Wooden buildings. all over the city are more or leu
injured; roofs and cbimnevs carrie 1 away. It if
liiflienH to get particulars, while the^ale appears to be at
it m height.
Tbo wast end of Starbuck's oUl furn.ire on M?evianlo
street, in stalled, and the roof of the bui'iiug partly
tak? n off.
Tsbnadge & >od's whole rule boot and shoe store?
roof ou W f?t side tn! en oil'.
Horace Hcrrington's store, corner of River and State
ftreets ? roof west end tn' en off, aud the wall started.
1 after* and tifiibert blown several rods into the street.
Roof of St. I aul j cli nch, comer of Stato au l Third
streets. n ported injured.
On t e wharves opposite mr.ny piles of lumber wore
bl"? n tli \vn, and some of it into the river.
One of the chimney* of Mrs. Puine's dwell:ng, so nth
wont comer of First and .'-?ate street*, fell about noon,
Ui eak injj;- in a portion of the ronf, dtniaf|% faraiturt,
ftc? in il o upper .story rooms, near the store of C. ileiin
str< et A: Co.
Tho roof of the wooden house of Edward S. Fuller, No.
119 Second street. i- c ushi'd in.
The flu wall of Cannon i lace blew off. Uuiusi Pal
mer sent their hands home.
The wind cotniuc ueod blowing strong from tho west
aliout p< ven t!>i> moruinc ? and l>y nine it had increased
to a j;a!e. It was probably most violent about eleven
o'clock, though, as we write at twelve, its strength is but
lit i le diminished.
Vti shall not get any papocs or lespatch this afternoon.
The wires are scattered about the streets, and the trains
will not probably he able to get through in less than
twice fheii nsual time.
\Vht n communication is re-established, we shall doubt
less ha\e a si rics of accounts of destruction of life and
property.
I utch Reformed Church at West Troy; roof blown off
with the steeple.
H e large chimney of Taylor k Seymour's chair facto
ry, \\ est 1 roy . in gone, and o| orations there so spended
The root of the Cohoes Hotel is blown off and many of
tl.e windows demolished.
At Albany, we learn a larcre elevator on the pier is un
roofed, and many buil Ungs in the city blown down ami
unroofed.
The roof of the bridge serosa the Poesfe-nkill, on River
street, is gone.
The roof of a dwelling and store near said bridge is
also off,
Nash's malt house on the Casin, below the depot, un
roofed.
The roof of the Pottery, Sputh Troy, is off.
A niitn named James Hughes, in the employ of Mr.
Herriek, livery keeper, while standing in Ferry street,
about 11 o'clock, was struck upon the head by some
bricks from a falling chimney, and so dangerously injured
that hiM life is despaired of. He was taken to O'Sulli
vau'u Hotel and medical aid immediately procure'!. Two
otVer men were standing near him, one of whom was
struck upon the shoulder, and barely escaped by dodging
nnder an omnibus; the other was literally sprinkled with
the blood of the injured person.
At W'i'il Troy.
Tho roof of the Arsenal blacksmith shop, at West Troy,
fell in about 11 o'clock, the rafters and timbers couiing
down ujon the workmen below, fu'ally injuring several
of them aud dangeroindy bruising others. Seven of tho
workmen were worst hurt.
Tliei e ure other reports of persons killel or injure 1,
hut as we avc uuablo to trace thorn we presume they are
unfounded.
The (Jftlc at Boston.
[From the lioston Papers, March 18.]
After a few days of remarkably flue weather, clouds
spread o', er the heavens List evening, and a soaking rain
followed. The wind subseq ently chentjod to the north
west, ami through the remainder of the ni^ht and this
morning the wind blew w ilh the force of a hurricane ?
it was probably the heaviest gale from that quarter wo
have experienced this season. The barometer has been
unusually low fe>r the | ast two day.-, and this morning 1
the- mercury indicated ?0.25 ? thermometer 24.
It blows very liea'yiuthe bay, and but fenv marine
arrivals are reported to-ilay. A bark went ashore on
George's Island this forenoon, hut as sue showed no
signals her name rould not he ascertained, '1 ho pilot
boat Hornet wtisalsoat an hor in Lighthouso Channel,
w ith a signal of distress flying. The steamer R. 13. Forbes
will proceed to her assistance.
We learn that u three story framo buil ling, si sty by
forty feet, now in process of erection in Ashland, for
Messis l.i land & Co., for a boot anil shoe manufacturing
establi hment, was completely prostrated by the wind |
last night. In Dedhain aud various other places numer
ous fences were blown down.
Considerable excitement was createil in Court sqnaro
this forenoon, by the fall of a portion of a chimney on
the southerly end of the brick block, corner of Court
av? nue. The chimney was capped with a heavy piece of
soap stone, w hich, together with several bricks, fell into
the avenue, the stone strik ng Daniel Re^an on the hea I,
knocking him dow n and inflicting a most shocking wound,
so that I is brain protruded and the blood gushed out
profusely. Tho injur -d man was immediately taken up
aie. con eyed on a lifts rby the police to the Massachusetts 1
f.ene-n.1 Hospital. It was the opinion of physicians that
the unfortunate man could not live to reach tho hospital.
Mr. Regnn lias been in '.lie employ of Mr. Samuel Orcutt,
machinist, No. 8 Court avenue, tor the past eight or ten j
years, and was a very steady, industrious, and worthy ,
man. At the time of tho accident he was in the act of
p.it.shig from the shop to the yard for a pail of water. 1
Scveial persons were passing through the avenue at the
moment ihe accident occurred, and narrowly escaped in
j i try . One of the number, Isaac Spear, in the employ of j
Newell. Harding & Co., received a severe cul on his ,
hand by a falling slaie. Mr. Regan resides in South
sire 1 1 place, and lias a family
Mr. Rega n dietl soem after reaching the hospital. Hi |
v.ss 68 years of age.
This merniiig about nine ovioek, as an old gentleman, !
w hose name we did not learn, was crossing the Neck, on
Tremont street, the wind blew over his carriage, discon
necting the fore wheels from the l>o ly, and throwing the 1
old gentleman out, badly cutting his head, and otherwise
injuring him. The horse ran, but was soon stopped. The
old gentleman was then taken back to Roxbury. bleeding
badly. Our informant says that he never knew tho wind
to blow more violently.
The wind blew with such seveiity this morning that a
train of passengers cars was an hour and a half coming
np from Saleyi; at times having been brought nearly to a
standstill.
At Hnrtford, Conn.
[From the Hartford Times, March 18.]
The wind has been blowing alnvwit a pulo to-day,
and has taken ?>(T about half of t ho ru'if of the new
Fopot at Springfield. The cars hail just lettthe building
for Hartford, wiic.i the r<iof was turned up anl scattered
about, crashing t lie roofs of one or two restaurants in
the uelghborhood. Hii.' station house is owned by the
Westf rn Railroad wuMaf. ami privilege- in it arc
leaied to other compiiuies. The train norta of Spring
field did cot arrive this noon.
Ti e roof of the large new school house, n< the tun
nel, In this city. was blown olT entirely at t'.r e o'clock
this afternoon. The falling timber* br"ke dowi thotelo
pli wires that passed near the school house
At Norfolk, V*.
A despatch from- Norfolk, dated March 18, gr.yn: ? The
pule hen- has lu en very severe. Several small boats were
upset in the harbor, mul three lives lost.
TF.LEflR VPHIC.
Tlu Gale at the En?tunni.
Bostox, March 19, 1854.
A heavy northwest gale prevailed Lore yesterday and
last night, but moderated thid morning. The g.ile la-ted
twenty-four hours, and ha undoubtedly oooaslone 1 \
heavy loss of property, and probably many lives, as the
wind blew with great viol,nc< nil along the coast, from
( ape Cod to Nov \ -cot (a. In Waltham. Fltchbur*. Pep
perell, Ashland, and other towns in the interior of this
Mrte, chimneys were blown down, building! unroofed,
slid other damage done, out we have heard cf no fatal
incident*
In i.iir harbor, such was the violence of the storm that
the steamship Arabia and ships Parliament Bell Rock,
iiml teveial other ve?f' Is, parted their cable* and nearly
can ci ed over, hut were flm lly securi d. The bark Yuba
w- drhon ashore on Gevign's [ land, hut succeeded iu
g< tting clT. and went to ^ea IV r safety.
The gale is represented to lisve boon unusually viol'nt
at Portland, Bangor, Eaetport and r.ilais.
At Hunger there was a heavy fall of snow.
Ai.jrxikg Sickness in Gabpikt.r, Mr ? The following
i i ts mil . how the amount of medicinc aohl at the city
i<(uor sti re in Gardiner, Me., in a single year. We copy
I' , m a Gardiner paper:?
1.; in $666 CO ?V. I. Rum $33 00
? ?'n 3< ) 00 Madeira wine *7 00
Alcohol 12# GO HJaily d. 38 25
< ogiuic brandy t'li7 00 Malaga do 4'* 75
American do ^ 75 I'ort do 84 75
I'alo do 1 fm Amerlc in in 45 50
I'rencli do 70 00 Mu-cat wi> > 8 62
Cherry do 7 h7 Alts anl | irtor .... 11 70
Totnl $1,787 69
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MOHfil M A II KET.
Pr*l? *Y^M.ireh 19. ? 6 P, M.
Quotut ions for tncks cwrrvut at thitkse of the mar
ket yesterday, c> .ipsred with those ruling at the closp of
the | revioua wc< X. exhibit r pretty general deelin ?. The
d< ? ncin'io.i Hap not beon very grea! in any fancy, but i.
"'as been wf il distributed. The decline has lt?n no mor ?
tl n we mtkipr.te 1, and it will he lfmNctttd that nhont
iw i weeks > ir.ee we fon shadowed su.-haremlt to the
Speculative excitement th"n r*;iO|{. The shrew lest
O] cratof realized the improvement. and stand ready now
tc outer the mat):- ; again M porcbasTg. The fall! ... ? :T
Ji..t not hf i: l.v?< Hiougli ti lie of muc frrlee to th*?
N ::rs, ior they are k rg dy shi rt at mu h lo *?r pri je ?.
with s very pooi ; ro j e" > of tl ?Vpiyss'on l*\ng ; i
l.,r vd enough W> ria h tl ? m. All tto iodloaUons at ? in
favor of all improvement. Money is abundant anl > ? - li -
nurll} heap. T> e harks l.ave ret nr red to the poli f of
ci iitiactioi, until the specie de . ? r neot &eco.ne? bet'er
f u.iplled: hut the at cumulation if capiat iu private
hands has teen too great to feol a tanriemte redaction ia
lank loans. And then again, vthen tb<> h aks show a
diminution of discount in their re?.ilar ? "ekly t-He
me. ?* it is pretty good evidence that tir/arn Ii .tiu< oat
call loans. The ]m>l<M>ility Is thet th ne?( bsok fclurai
will show a decrease la discount* and ? email Increase
in the specie Item. The outward movement of the pre
cious metal* last week was larger thnn usual, as will
be scon by the annexed statement :
SwwiMrre of Hvkcir ncM nlK p0RT of Xkw York.
lark J . H. (a-aixiva kiiiracail*), Am goll .. $10,010 00
;tt?iiiier Nashvil le, Havre, (told bars 25>,U<59 22
Jo French gold 26,089 52
<*0 Auietiuan gold. , . 45,000 08
do gold and sUver... 20,000 00
t'o sjMJole 3,132 25
Rchr. Wintermoyeh, Matan/an, doubloons . . . 1,020 00
Brig liiad, (luayama, live franc piece* 4,'K)0 00
do Spanish quartern. 4,000 00
Steamer Arctic, Liverpool, bar* and $50 piece* 10'J,fl?7 00
do Am. gold coin ... . 794 00
Total for tlic week $t!U 451 99
Previously reported in 1854 2,737,450 17
Total this rear $3,223, 9J2 10
There were two steamers from this port for Europe last
week, and tliere will be two this week. The shipment of
specie this week will lie about five hundred thousand dol
lars. I'll us far this year the exportation of specie has
been largely in excess of that for the corresponding pe
riod last year; but we have no idea that it will continue, I
for the heavy shipments in 1863 were at the close of the '
) rar. We shall have later news from California in a few
days, with much larger remittances of gold dust. It is 1
expected that nearly three millions of dollars will ho re
ceived by the packota of the 1st of March, from Sail Fran
cisco.
Mining stocks were a trifle firmer to day, but without
marked activity or change in prices. Cumberland, Par
ker Vein and Lehigh are stationary. Phonlx Coal sells at
6 North Carolina has fallen an eighth. There is some
little activity in the smaller gold stocks of that region,
such iib Mineral, Lindsay and Deep River. The niiues of
the two former are said to he progressing satisfactorily, j
The following were the bids at the Mining Hoard:? For j
Cumberland, SI; for New Creek, 2; for Lehigh, 3%; for
I o'< mac, for do. new, 1; for Hiwassee, 5*i; for I
Windsor, 4&; for Fulton, ljf; for Itipley, 3^; for I
i lurk's Mine, 0; for Vermont, 2: for Rutherford, l*t'; !
lor McC'i lloch, 7; for Conrad Hill, 72c.; forOol l II1U, 3%.' j
Hie Rochester Advertiser says: ? The time having ar
rived for the customary inventory of flour and wheat on
hurxl here, for the opening of the spring business, wo wont
a ound to the several mills, and procured the stock I
<>n 1 nnd of both the articles named from each: The I
account for the last four years stands as follows:
1851, March 10? Flour. bbls 40 800
" " 10 ? Wheat, bush J 19000 I
WW. !! ^l"'ir, bbls <^500
.... .. 12? Wheat, bush 35,000!
1853, 11 ? Hour, bbls 20,078
" " 11 ? Wheat, kosh 61 *5??0
1854, ?< 13 ? Flour, bbls 10650
" " 13 ? Wheat, bush 62[000
By reducing the wheat to flour, it will be seen that tho
btock c;n hand this season is less than that of last year at
the same time, by about 7,000 bbls, and about 10,000 less
than in 1S52, and 24,000 less than in 1851.
The I etroit Advertirer says: ? " Mr. Whiting, the part
ner of Col. McKnight, at f-'aut Ste. Marie, arrivod in this
city from the I u l.o Superior region, having como most of
the way on foot. He informs us that tho work on
the Snut Ste. Marie canal Is going forward about as fast
as can be desired, and that the prospects now uro that
it will be completed during the coming season. Full five
hundred men have been constantly employed on tho
work of excavition all winter, and the average amount
of work per man per day has been from a yard to a yard
and a qnarter of rock excavation. This intelligence is
certainly very promising.nnd is encouraging to the friends
of the important work.''
The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value
of certain articles, other than foreign dry goods, import
ed into this port during tho week ending and Including
Friday, March 17, 1854:?
Cammehcs of nui Port of New Yorit? Wekhi t Imports,
l'k-flt. Value. Value'
Rags 80 150 Instruments ?
Ba.-kets 6 1,190 Musical 35 7.236
Books f>0 9,053 Optical 4 1.405
Bottles ? 2.498 tsurgical 6 1 6'i6
Brushes 16 4,8t!0 Nautical 6 2 170
Bronzes 3 1,031 Jewelry 26 19 558
Bristle 8 1,076 leather 18 3,248
Buttons 87 18,193 I'ressed skins. 171 13.919
Cl ee.-e 95 2,225 Undressed do. ? 80,754
China ware... 401 23 200 Liquors? Ale 261 3,250
Cigars 156 18,818 Brandy 192 67,960
Clocks 6 274 Rum 87 2 703
Con) 273 974 Metals
Coffee 8,447 145, 4C6 Brass goods.. 8 2,098
Corks 077 4,623 Sheath'g cop/' 203 45,830
Brugs 8 420 Percus'ncaps. 3 766
Arrow root... 8 148 Iron 809 40,547
Bal cnpaivl,. 60 238 Pig do 1,511 30,071
Bicarb, soda.. 260 1,20V I^ad 4,742 80 891
Foiax 26 137 RR iron 8,217 109,817
Blench, powd. 188 2,834 Sheet do 1,814 6,428
Brimstone ..3,421 4.730 Tubes 538 3,050
C earn tartar.. 0 4.165 Chains 96 3,044
Calls 10 645 Cutlery 76 41,131
l>sent. oils. . . 3 745 Guns 59 12,5a4
Gum iirnbic. . 80 1,865 Hardware 264 30, <>69
Lie. paste.... 6 171 Nails 80 1,204
Magnesia 89 335 Nee lie* 5 1.403
Med. prepar s. 1 298 Saddlery 22 4,7;)0 I
Madder 112 20,484 Wire 300 4 702
Plant, bark,. 6, 229 98 357 Oil metal.... ? 1,110 1
Potush 30 3,003 Plated waro.. 30 13J84 !
Qolnlne. . 27 6.287 Sjeel 1,918 34,045
Sumac 2,615 8.543 Tin 7,372 62.580 !
Soda n?h 676 7.345 Molasses 888 14,099 1
Sulphur 187 4,294 Mustard 150 292
Tonqua beans. 2 119 Oils ? linseed 48 2,848
Valerian root. 10 147 Olive 2,364 8,112
Engravings... 36 11,903 Cod 60 811
Fans 10 4,080 libit 21 1,014
Hyes ? Poppy seed... 10 559
I-ogwood 46 n2,617 Thyme 5 280
Fish 710 1,748 Paint 205 1,662
Salted do.... 1,013 1,766 Paper 23 3,288
Sardines 304 4,128 Pap. hangings 102 8,016
Emery 34 238 Perfumery.... 24 2,118
Flax 10 1,308 Pickles 14 107
Fruits ? Portmonnaies. 33 11,399
Almonds 601 9,003 Salt 12,108 5,078
Cocoa 200 923 S-eds 257 1,463
Lemons 6,100 9,136 Pepper 6.210 38 932
Oranges ? 11,741 Soap 4,632 11*802
Raisins 676 2,882 Stationery 25 3 316
Pineapples... 889 350 Sugar 6,377 19^730
Furs 62 18,001 T( a 29,094 281,796
1 urniture 22 3,861 Toys 64 6,640
C.lass 6 377 Tobacco 1,299 16 488
Plated do 23 2,097 Watches 67 110,856
Class wnre. . . . 9 1.724 Wine 1,032 14 963
F. ware 904 28.9S8 Champagne ..3,836 19,803
Gunno. tons. 1.780 5.219 Wool 151 18 480
ITair, m'fd .. . 10 7.207 Waste 199 6 230
Hats 16 5.593 Wood?
Hatters' goods 11 13.051 Mahogany... 2, 117 0,848
Honey 195 1.835 Cam ? 849
Indigo 15 2,007 Other 41 1.404
Value of merch.iudi.se jurt on market week :
ending March 17 $2,033,284
Value of dry goods put on market week ending
March 17 ? 2,158,868
Total
54.192.152
The principal items of insert (luring the weol: wore
an follows' ? Coffee, $145,465; plantain bark, $98,357;
enrtbenv nre. S'JR.988; brandy, $57,960: sheathing cop
per. $45,880: iron, $40.ri47; pig iron, $30,071; lead,
$30,801; r.illroa.l iron, $109 817; cutlery. $41,134; hard
war e. $r.0,CC9; steel. $34,945: tin. $02,580: pepper, $38,
9C2; sngnr, $'91,730; tea. $^81,79fl; watchea, #110.851.
It wl 1 he toon by a close examination of this tabW that
about twenty-five per cent of the aggregate value of the
above importations was in metals entered in the raw
condition. This is n very extraordinary fact, In tho ijee
of our domestic mlncnil resources. We have mines of
CO) per. iron and lead supe Kor to any in Europe, and there
is no K*ood reason in the world why we should be weekly
importing from 1 hree to five hundred thousand dollars
of tliesn ores per week. The value of foreign dry goods
pat on the market last week, was about one-half of the
total amount of tuportatlon.
CITY TRADE REPOIIT.
Satvrtjat. March 18 ? 6 P. M.
1 l'RKAn?TiTF?i. --Flour was unsettled during the day, but
cloud tamely and languidly. The transaction* Included *
7.f0C bhls. ? Mixed to faney Western at $7 18)? a J7 43J<;
ordinary to chii' e Ftate at $$7 26 iv $7 43,""^; fancy
Geti?s?< at 47 SO a $7 75; "xtra We?tern at $7 60 a $8
25 .1 ii<] e\tr:i fleiii see at a $3 50; about 1,000 bbls.
Southern reallird t-1 50 a $7 75, for mixed to straight;
$7 K J, n f"r 'a voi i n, nn 1 js a 75 for far "y. Fine
rye lit of wps purchasable n t $1 1)2^ ,i $4 75, an I Jersey
corn roc.il at $8 ST H per bid The sales of wheat wore
reutt icted to ? i 0" hi hi l< Genese* white at $2. aud 1.100
bxif1 >1* inferior Houthwn do at $1 89. There have been
26 .<>00 hi hele of rye report <' ?oli, but we failed to ob
tain relinWt d' tills. < >.?ts were in moderate roquCflt at
Wf. n for Sti >? and Otoaill n ai> 1 63c. a 56e.
! for W?st? rl?. foni slightly favored buyers. The day'*
optfnti- 'i'- eml'ii ced .">$ 0?>*t bushels, at 78e. *77e for
poor r-i'v i'St for "i'xc 1 and 79c. 8 c. for Soulliorn
white ami >cllow per bu hel.
< iTitiK.? I ho lay's sales comprised 2,2f!7 halei, n* fol
low - it ciiiwt, Uii; home u<e 61'?, and s pe on 1 ? n.
1,4; 7 Wi'ct f'in at a '?e j it lb. adv.iuco <> n l?*4
Monday ? quo- iittons.
l'? *?*?.)? ? 1 ?? I verj-ool enyii^ernenU of about 30, 000
busl " 1 ifiii v.if i-niri . e?! at lid. in ahippera b,?;.i, and
at V-Kd. a Mi), iii bull aii.' s.iiji's ba ?. 3. b'.ils.
Bour ?? -??. 3d 7?> tou Ur<! at .1 < Od. 1,5 JO bbla. rosin
, el 1 n 4? i un 1 .i'>o pnekagea bacon, by tiio A??,
at 1 <? sMfil.a M. asked. f . Union.
1,00<'bM 0 ! 1. v.'eie 1, ;,i 1 at 4?. 04. 2.nOJ bWc.
r 'in i t '' i,i. 'n riitlno at 'in I 1.0/) lo.
sj ii ?'? i 11 '-rdam I, OCO gallons oil were
engajiio 1 ilea rotlon J^c. ? tierce* "ico
a' ? 7s. f d. . ii * , t- tobu >eo at .14s. Chert was uo
el "He to 1 ' i. ii. ia'ea for Havre. To California ratea
*i??- ?' il "t a "6e. perfu.it measurement
I sum ' - o k RKifa l to th? 1 vent if 540 bbl?.
rew, ,-t * .. ! !? ?? me*- and $18 2. ? t prime per bbl.
( : n.u eii'u.e' a list noticed. Voont 5'M bhls
f.'tlr to 1 r'nu I r \ > re p ,.e red at 0','. * T'* "? p?" ?
a leoiicthm e< ? ..ric* ' I ? t le n\e de 'a aslotlnoludel
?"> ' I '1 at $? a t "5 for country pn .w ; $7 %> "
for fit y do. , $7 5 a $7 74 'or ra Irovi , $ < a $1 1 W tor
conn rj ii'n ; $ '/ ("i for Vi mout do. , $13 a $13 5) for
eft* do. ; $14 rer repack isl Chicago do.; and $-5 a $16 for
1 >tra do pe bi t Iteef liam* butter an*t cheeiw, ap
, iearo< W)vy'- u va><\
ADYCTTOBWENTS BPBWED BVEIT PAT? I
the 8TRRET8. ^
11m ?jit uliif; of Alluuiy Slwt.
tii* a*ov??ent ur n>w aid ?*ai>ro?i>, k#m , tiii
HTkl XT COW WITT I E or TIIK BOARD lir A I. null Ml * or Til*
citv or i*w v< rk, uiurimo nuti Aur Is, l*?, w
Tlir MATTKlt or KTISlU.ia ALBANY ?rtlU:T TJ EJL-JAD
Xl* erm.n Drake, chairman of the committee, called the
inciting t<> order at three o'clock I*. M., wbeu Edward Sena
ford, Esq., tii* coumcl for Mr. Boormau and othor?, ?pike
*' Mr' r* IVr n a k ? I Am glAd tliAt we have met to-day to ,
consider this question, free from any excitement and clamor,
such ub we have wltneaaed heretoiore; and I think this lapae
into re?t and qnietnees mu-t be humiliating to those who j
have laborod so a-siduou.ly to .rouse excitement .nd popu- |
lar clamor n> aiust this nuasure. In my arguments I shall
narticulat lv consider the grounds taken b**fore j ou by the |
council lor trinity Church, and shall oxainme them m the
f.p.lur in which they were presented by him. . , . !
1 M l. at id the nature of tho act which von are asked to
roc'. ramend to the Hoard* It in to nullity, by iudeanlte
dc, loonriuent, or to repeal a law, passed alter an unusually
extei nve and protracted examination? after hearlns and
rc hearing all the parties .ctu.lly interested, and who are
claimed to feel an interest in the question. The report of
the Street Committee in favor of Its pa<sa,?e laid upon the
? >. ).i a nf the liourd for more tban two montbf before it was |
itted unon It W AD printed trailer with all the petition., 1
remonitra" ces, an* ifocuwonts; for the information ?f iba
members. The law was had'blM
t v I he Mnrrr. alt' r an examination, and alter he bail i can
wait, d upon by the vestry of Trinity Church inopposUiont)
il; ai d all other < itiien? approved of, or acquiesced in, this .
Inn* deferred a t of great and obvious public utility.
\Vlai has occurredrince ita enactment, which can furnish
a jduusibfe pretext fer its repeal? Has any change taken
in regard to the property to he affected by the l?wl lias t he
pubUo policy or political wiadom of the measure boon varied
I v any revolution in the social or pecuuiary condition of our
cftiieus rilas the pressure of that restricted commercial in
tertourVe, "hich, for more than forty years, has b*n en
deavoring to burnt the harriersinterpoeed and maintained by
Trfnitv f'bureh between the eastern an 1 western parta of
the citv been removed or relaxed aiuco the enactment of this
tawtnoMof these things have been alleged or pretended
On the contrary, it was conceded by the Vu*ae5
" i n,., if #h?r? were no place of burial to ne pasaeu
ov'^'^the extension of this street would bo a very proper im
Prw hat? then brings the question of the repeal of this law
j
a spo"ulati' n upou tl.o opinions or feelings ol the individual! ,
*Tl eVrst'in<i'u(ry for yVur'oonbiderAtlon is, will you intro- !
l''thrpiivate and public interests* Can any svstom of gov
duties aud the incessant new d,?and? upon offlcini atten- ,
Trinitv Church dav after Jay, and week after week, with
iimnle inaniry whether your predecessors were suffi
ciently Kilned ?ni delicate in their fe"t'?leBt'l ? ."'Vmali '
disturbing, for the necessary wants of the publ e, a sma
feDeoe where the dead were interred more than thirty yeais
ago. The injustice of deferring the VT'MUt
istinK things in not the only objection. Tne Pr?P?rty,
which it is conceded, is greatly benefitted by the existing
law han already felt that improvement in an enhanced
vtin&tinn And it may have been sold at the advanced prioo,
upon the faith of this law, and it* "P**1 *?"ld deprlv" th#
nurchaser of an important part of hia property.
Has it been reserved for a Common Council, "***
t. ? i w united votes of our conservative fellow-citi- ;
Isl
evidence" tl?! minds' of t^e fudge, come to a different oojv
elusion from that wbkh was uravoi ^^ juigment!, and to
courts have power. al" , oxcrciso it beoause the
fXVoeACbTn-iv .Mi UT'i: from the judges who
ieThere"dredtwod toi'ovUn"' ^rinciploa wliiot will b.
t'i'on !^lt ! tJjeyTxer4
cUod the trust" with"wreAt consideration, and judged tLt the
ra rMhttu
be hxed at which ^they m?s ^thoriulivei that the eoutro
to present All their claim , , , iuv<,ko theae princi
SKKJSSreSUV ".k. C.5 ,..k ?p
tllFirsttlTbe*8ubJertU waa'not'new when It was presented to
the Igo'^oSmuTw W? appoint- j
wich street. At .that .time IhMae i eireet e**
Hudson river The t?.en All bany bi N?,t?U Cedar street.
Or*th?^frth?of August, 1815. the committee made tho follow
St-S'SSe!
"Tfhl'^attMT'0' Your committee, with pleasure, inform
t?Di? and useful improvement. j, vtvitns'OB,
A. I." UN DERUl IX-'*
On tho 25th September following. " A remon.tra*ee rf
sS
tVn'thS second 'of^J angary1,' 1H33, Mvndert Van Sehalek of
fered a resolution In the Board of Aldermen, . J'h??n'lnu?
Pine street through Trinity churchyard, whioh was re
ferred to the Street Committee. =..??? r?mmlttc?
Trinity Church remonstrated, and the Comml' ttee.
to whom was referred the resolution of Alderman Van
Schaick in favor of continuing Pine itreet through Trinity
Church yard, and the remonstrance of the ^estry of Trinity |
Church against the same, respectfully reported?
"That in their opinion the effect of snch a measure would
he to criatc a direct and ca?y Intercourse between the two
that par , . erection of a m^f^niftcent pile of stores,
street cas t w ar dlvf , would ho r-ferahle, and^oUa.naM^at
lets cost and dimculty. (Signed.) SCHAICK.
And this report was almost unanimously adopted by the
two Crd.X AM'iate vote being 20 .ye. to 6 noe.. The
E5aSE3M:
Krastus B.rnes "an Wyck, Chas. O. Ferris,
?? KZS&T' slmu' fbunshee.
John Y. Cel ra, Henry P. Robertson.
The proper Wal proceedings were taken to carry the reso
lution into elfcct. and the commissioners of estimate and
arbCFtnirnt, who were appointed, mode their report to the
Supreme Court. As the street was extended, a small gore
was left on the northerly sido of the street, and the cum
inissionirs, under n provision in the act of 1813, awarded
that gore to the Corporation. They also allowed to the
church for this, and the land within the line of the street,
the value they suppoeed it to have, if it might be used by the
cliurch f< r building purposes.
Trinity Church objected to the report on the ground that
the taking or the gore, beyond the land required for the
street, was illegal.
Other parties obiectod to the report, became the com
mifgioners had allowed to Trinity Church for the land
tt*keu its value for hnildlng purpo>os. and had assessed the
residue of the lands for benefit, upon the assumption that
such lands could not housed for bnildiug purposes.
The Court decided thnt the section of the law of 1*13,
nnder ? hit h the commissioner* had tukou the gore, was un
coat titutionul, bcrausc such an award was taking private
piopeity for private nnd not for pnldic pnrpos?j, witimnt |
the consent ot the owner. Also, that the church property s
should le assessed for benefit upon the same principle that
it ?n> valued in the award of damages. Tho report, was or
dered to be kont lack for corrcction. Sao 11 Wendell,
us, ir?3.
These .locipt.iis appear to lave been made on the 20th
March, and on the 3d and 17th April, IKK. In April of that
year a new Coin r con C.nncil sup elected, and a majority of
the ii.rmbi is i he n differed in their political opiuious from
the majcri'y of t iir predecessors.
Trinity Church set- iht the advantage of ths change, and
petitb nc<l for a r jcul of the law The power of fiat In Jy
washingl.t to b ar upon the Common Council with sue i
' oree Mid pertinacity thnt, about the lit of November, l^il.
the Irv ?pi r pealtu.
In 1 .'7 a third effort to open the much needed e.mrauni
cation was made, in a second applie stinn tnwiden Thaia s
ctr> et. The Common Conn. il passed a low f >r thn t purpi-e,
: nd it proceeded to an a- scesuvnt. In the meantime a
great charge in the condition of tbe money market oeeurr-d;
tlie hanks v.-re not prvying specie; property rapidly dcprecl
atcd from tbe pri es at woich it hr<d been eati u&ted. as
mciityrose in value, its e?le and Its improvement became
alike illflieu It s ud owners were appalled at the prospect of in
i nrrlng at tl it tin o any additional pecuniary rc.-ponsitdlitr.
In tier tin so clrcnwutaiiees Mr. Ast rand some others paid
the ct| et.rvs inci rred, and the pre ceding sal discontinued.
In Ir 46, when the revulsion of ? I rfi7 i ail p*s*.?d away, and
real estate had regained in that part of the city its former
market vr.lne, u fourth attempt to me>t tins puliic want,
and to jironiote tils measure of lioal Juiti.ic, *a< made.
|fp?? the petition of the owners of prop< rty both branches
o the Common Conneil pasted a law to extend Albany street
to llrt aclway, by the ug;r ? ;ate voto of 2 1 ayes to Id no
notwithstanding ,i>e ino.it atrcruous opposition from Trinity
Cl ure!.. The Mayor ? ti ind eed to tut rpoi.- Uis veto, ou
the gr nnd that he thought I he widening of Thames atreet
to he the I etter plan, ard that It ? as. therefor >, not neoes
rary to disturb a com '"tc ry.
Irii.ity Church thus. for tbe second time, defeated the
will ol tlii people, ne expressed ly a ni ..- 1 deilsivj majority
of their representative*-, M,d leti'.tiUlv trunpl.d ur> in the
ri il. ts of t lu owners of property along the Nort:i river, and
in r#W of the clmtch grin il ds For a time t ;* p tltloncrs
and the prV lie lnt.T"Kl"l in this w asur.i f? It th ?t the y ike
of tl ie arroeant relijlons eorporathii wns imm >? eablv iixed
tip. n th.ni. and they . v <i ?roui th< ir cR rt to obtain Jus
tice Jn 1>oi they ventured to petition tie Coui'non Coun
cil to utoml Ail any strut trn to t'.ie ground ; of Trinity
< litre h, at Trinity p!-.ee. An ordlt inn ti*s -?d for that pnr
pere, ard tcirnii-sioners wtr< appoint- a. While the ques
tion of the assessment was pro i coin z before them, I had
the honor to be employed ny t. e late Alderman E B. Clay
ton, and others, to ntt' lid h?l ire tb?m and acue the iuos
tn.n of tSe priiitipl upon which the property ef Trinity
Church shot Id be assessed. I tl en met tie Clerk and t e
ci unsel 'or tbe church, and di?.u scd that quo lion vitli
tletn I fn^gested to my ell -nts ti.at the ?*t nsion to Tri
nity f lies only wat net t he Tr easure wnieh their inters ts
n> | ror' rty ow ners ar-3 the interest ? of trade and com nsree
r. quired. and reeon.nionded to?m to ap;'ly for an . it nsion
t l lie street to brtiadway Vljfri'eown rs o; pr perty w re
e n t-Uli'K en this ntetmre, tlf eonnlrsloners m* l j a ro
p rt . w leb e a.? a't<rward-i cent ha k to them, at thclrown
r. one't at rt wl lie It was in thoir hands, nnd on the 31 of
1)< -on I cr, IMU, a rctition was presnntod to the Hoard of
/ 1 i ?n n to e tend Albany street to nroadwar Itwasre
i vi ?Uvd Ctuua'.'. :o a t'.-t l)??rd, X1.M ?oi?
the 8TREKTI.
ciittee, by notices in the newspapers, and bjr large handbills '
p??tel. informed the putlie of tho intended pr.ouedin ?, uni
invited all pcisons interested to attend Thtaa m c-tings
connienoed on tie 24tb January. l-f?S, ud u?ntlnu d. for'
hearing parties Interested, n lato as July. 1853. I have a
r<ii>) tif the minutes kept by tbat Committee, certincd by :
their Clerk.
Mr. 8. then r?sd t!io minutes. and continued ? It than ap
pears that Trinity Chnr< h appeared by Mr. Dunscomli. the |
'ate Judge Jones, and Mr. E. N. Rogers, and that they
aevernlly irg?d the arguments of that corporation against
the proposed law.
It is further ferceived that Mr. Rogers appeared in a se
oonii character. and had hi? appearance entered on the re
cord in tbat form. " a? gtii rdiau of the dead, and objected to
their remains being disturbed. " AUo, that he appeared " in
behalf of living relatives und thought that they should be
consulted in the mutter." Alao, ' that he appeared as ?
^ After bearing theae gentlemen, and all others who desired
to communicate their view s, and in all the different charac
ters ?hieh one of the employes of Trinity Church thought it t
expedient to assume, and afti r examining the question with
great care, in the month of October, 1NM, a majority of the
committee made an elaborate report recommending the pas
sage of the law. This wax printed, with all the accompany
ing documents, and after being before the Board upwards of
two months, the law was pas-ed in the Board of Alderman by
a vote of 14 ayes to 1 no, nir<! in the Board of Amiatunt A Mer
men t y a vote of 12 ayes to 7 noes It was approved by the
Mayor, and it becamo, and is. a public law.
1 ou have thus been show u tbat this measure, in one or
the other of its two forms, has occupied the attention of the j
corporate authorities and of our follow i itizens f ir upwards
of forty years; tbHt within twenty years there hate been
four several legislative enactments to meet this loug-felt
and generally conceded pu> lio and private want, and yet,
before tl.e ink with w hich our Mayor signed bis approval of
the existing law had become dry. Trinity Church endeavor
ed to cxiitc a cry for its repeal, and the vestrymen and of
ficers of tbat corporation have since been, by using the pul
pits in their chapels, the put lie preos, their personal solici
tations, their pnid agents, and the vast means under their
control, unceasing iu their efforts to eroate excitement, in
flame a popular tumult, and by clamor and fanaticism to
drive the legislative body to amend the law. Emboldened
by her past triumphs over the municipal authorities, this ?
enuroh practices prcoepts very different from those which
she professes to teach. The effects, thus far, of these varied j
efforts, bare demonstrated the intelligence and good sense i
of our fellow-citizen>; and while their feebleness imi.it be
humiliating to their vanity, 1 hope their inefflcioney may i
prove instructive to the managers of this purse-proud ana j
insolent corporation.
lint it has been said by the oou&sol for the church that !
you are not asked to repeal a law , because this is a simple 1
resolution of the Legislature. The expression of the will of
the Legislature, upon a sul jcct within its authority, in a
low. wLetlierlt be introduced by the words "be it ordain
ed," or "be it enacted,-'' or by the simple word "resolved."
II. Having thus examined the character of the measure
w hich yon are asked to recommend, I will proceed to oun
sidcr the reasons which the counsel for Trinity Church has
prepented for your consideration. He has adduced them uu
dor ti e heads of the legality of the act, its Justice, and its
expediency. It was difficult for him to make any observa
tions upon the first and aecond subdivisions without antiei
Silting what appropriately belonged to the last, because nn
cr tbat the only refil question before you arises. Before
proceeding to its consideration, it may be well to consider
what has I, e'en said rei pectlng its legality and justice.
1. As to its legality, itis contended that the corporation,
having conveyed this land to Trinity Churoh, have no ri ;ht
to take it from them; and that although its use for burials is
now prohibited, burials may hereafter be permitted, and the
church mayyet receivc fees therefor.
Tbe answer to this ia, that the Corporation, in passing the
law to open this public street, exercises the sovereign au
thority of the people, specially delegated to them, by which
they sre empowered to take private property of every descrip
tion for this species of public use.
In enacting a public law, the government of the city is not
acting as a former owner of thiB propetty, and, in that cha
racter, interfering with the possession of its grantee; hut it is
exercising an inherent political right, founded upon the pub
lic interests and the ntceisitiei of the people, of appropri
ating thVpropcrty of individual members to advancn tho
general welfare. The opening of all safe and convenient
means of communication is one of tbe most important in
terests which engages the attention of every civilised govern
ment. They promote trade and commerce, equaliie the ad
vantages of location!, and increase and diffuse wealth.
These duties are of the highest obligation, and, when pro
perly discharged, promote tho convenionce and subserve the
general interests of the community.'
In ordering Albany itreet to be oxtendcd to Broadway,
the Corporation acted in ita governmental capacity . it or
dained the law. and it exact* obedience from Triuity Church,
as well an from every other land-liolder atlocted by it, with
out regard to the source of their titlo. Thla ?u aeciiUd in
relation to the ordinance passed by the Corporation in lti23,
frohibiting intermenta in the district south of Canal street,
y the Supreme Court, in 182fi ? see li Cowen, (WW, and 7 Cow
en, N>7? in the case of the brick Prosbyterian Church vs. the
Mayor. Ac., of New York. The Corporation of the city of
New York, in 17tKi, oouveyed to tho briok church the land
on which the building on JBeekman street now stands. The
church covenanted to pay an annual ront, and that a
church should be built thereon, or the premised should be
used as a cemetery ; and also, that they should never bo
used for private secular uses. The Corporation of tho eity
covenanted for the quiet enjoyment of tho premises by the
church. The Snpromc Court held, that tho law passu J by
tho Corporation of New York, prohibiting tho use of these
premise* ad a cemetery, was valid, and had the same offeot
on if it I a<l been enacted by the State legislature.
The Fame act of tho Legislature confers express authority
upon tho city Corporation to order streets to be extonded, en
larged or Improved. 2 K. L. 407, soc. 17d.
The cases cited decide that the Corporation of the city of
New York cannot limit tho exercise of the legislative au
thority conferred upon them by any covenant. That the act
of tho Legislature renders the covenant unlawful, and tho
covenant Itself becomes inoperative.
The counsel for Trinity Church has referred you to the oaso
of Hunter vs. The Trustees of Sandy Hill. 6 llill, 407- I
cannot conceive why your attention should have been in
vited to this case. Tlie action was brought by Mr. Huntor
to recover a piece of land which was used as a burying
irrnnud from 177G to 1S12. when it became filled with graves.
Shortly aftor IM4, the trustees of the village of Sandy Hill,
in order to continue a road to the Main street, oponed a pub
lic way across the north part of the old burying ground,
being the land in dispute. When they opened tliis way, the
truateos removed some of tho bodiea buried in thid part to
the new burying ground, and others were snflfored to remain.
In lf-SS, a bridge, with which this road is connected, was
carried oft by a freshet, and was not rebuilt; and the road
ceastd to be nscd. The trustees inclofod it, in 1 12. claiming
possession of it as a part of the old burying ground. The
only question before the court was, whether Mr. Hunter
proved any right to the present possession of the land; and
tic Court decided he had not.
The care shows, however, that In the Judgment of the Cor
J mration and the people of Sandy Hill, it wiw neither unjust,
nc.vpcdient, nor sacrilegious to open a road through a bury- i
liigground "full of graves," and to remove so many of the
'lend at they deemed necessary, and to sudor the othors to ro
main. Those who had friends buried there appear to have
acquiesced, if they did not assist in executing the law. It
does not api?ar that Trinity Church or its vestry opposed the
adoption or execution of a measure which the vestry now
choose to call a "desecration," It may be assumed on their
1 ehalf that those dead were not of their denomination, or
that this ground was not within her precincts. I shall have
ocension to show how narrow, aa to sect and territory, this
professed sympathy of tho vestry of Trinity Church for the
quiet and repose of the dead, ha^ heretofore been, as well as
now convenient they have found it to disregard it altogether,
whenever prompted by interest, vanity, or ambition.
1 shall endeavor to provo fiat this professed sympathy
and respect for, and devotion to the preservation or the pla
ces where remains of the dead have beon deposited, from all <
subsequent interference or uue for publio or secular purpo- !
ses, is of that class of sentiments of which suoh sounding
Jirofeseions are made, not only upon this but upon other tub
ects, and whioh cost nothing to those who profess them. I
nve known preachers of charity to live upon the philan
thropy of other*, whilst they bestowed nothing ; I have
known patriots to live upon the public, witheut making any
perceptible return; and 1 have known teaohers of Christi
anity to "point to the steep and thorny path," in whioh they
did not appear to walk. This world is abounding in expres
sions ana affectations of sensibility; and the clas* of sentl
mentalists is very large in matters where sentiments are
cbeap. It was well written by one who is deeply versed in
the mysteries of human nature, that "sympathy we can and
oujjht to bestow upon the wretched, but rolls and butter
cost money." lieuee we find so much of the fellow-feeling
expressed, and so little of "rolls and butter" given. Wnen
the vostry e.1 Trinity Church l.ad it in their power, time and
again, by uriting in tho application to widen Thames street,
or hj- consent Inn to bear ajnst proportion of the expense* or
that measure, to have avoided the necessity of opening this
important public way through their grounds, their sympa
thy and respect for the remains of the dead could not ln
dnco them to vote, from the rich treasury of their ohurch, a
single shilling to save theso remains. Whon 1 called upon
their counsel, in the course of his argument, for information
what proportion of the expense Trinity Churoh wonld now
assume to pay, if Thames street were to be widened, he an
swered, "feucb a proportion as the law should impose upon
the church property, ' in other words, what the church can
not help pajing. This, then, is the practical extent of the
fine feelings, the exiiuitite sensibility, of the Vestrymen of
Trinity Church for the repose of the remains of the dead.
2. It niuy be further answerod to the objection of illegality
made I v the connsel for Tr inity Church, that the grant mado
by the Corporation to that bony was to hold the estate upon
condition ti nt interments should coutinue to be made thero,
upon the terms prescribed; and that the condition having
ccascd to bo performed by tlie church the estato ceases, and
the property now belongs to tl.o Corporation of the city. If
such be tho legal character of tho grant, the resnit as to the
title is the snnie, whether tliefuiluro to perform the condi
tion aroso from the wiltnl omission of Trinity church or wad
enforced by the operation of a general law. It is not neces
sity to determine this question, as, in tho view of the Su
preme ICuort, Trinity Church can have an award for this
'and, estimated only upon the value of its nse, and that is
nominal. And the vestry of Trinity Chnrch have no more
right to inti rpose, as an objection to this improvement, the
lact ti nt it will extend over a space once used as a place for
the burial of tLc dvad if the legal title continues in the
church than ti ey wonia have if that titlo were now in the
Corporation of the city. The vestrymen and employes of
Trlnit.v Church arc not, as I! ey have most arrogantly as
suii.cu to 1 c, the ";:uardians ol the dead." They have no
warrant or authority to appear fjr or speak on their behalf.
They claim no tie of conaaii^uinity or affinity to have existed
between them and any remains interred within tho limits of
ti,ii improvement. And If they respect the Christian duty
imi osid upon them as the manager! of this great religions
e rjorntion. they will direct tin power* uud uso the meant
t i > nrdcr tLtir control to promote tho salvation of the souls
of t! c In irg.
it r r.s urged by tbe counsel for the ohtirch that inter- ,
cits mirlit now fce made within tills ground, upon paying
ti e iiun.ty of JC'O, imposed by tho ordinance ol' lts&l as a ,
: i.i lshnH-nt for its violation. 1 : j pr.'henJ this to be a tai i
t l,c. TI c ordiuanco muUos the Interment ol any remains
i i, ti nt gruiitiH an Uicc-al act; and tlie coiniui- ?ion of th>
oi ' in e may be restraint d n ben it is thr 'ate nod, as well as
ui ii In u v l.en it >1 all have been committed.
II. TI e eonutcl for tho Chnrch, under this head, spoke of
tlc. nrtico of the law. Iho inquiry which ho put to the
ouiu it tc was, "How i* Triuity chnrch to l>? paid for tho
, roj ertj T" I answer, that ti. > is settled in the case of the
. ?t> lifii n of this same street I y ? judicial decitl >n, (11 Weu
o< II. 1".''.) fho Supreme Ci ort sax th it the part taken, and
the | art Irlt f re to lie ciusidcrca as ol equal value T.iat
the ti no rule is to ai.prai e the property at its pred'int value
to thi owner, considering the ext. nt of the iuteru.--t which 1
the owner has, an 1 tbe qualified rights which may bo exer
ciMdovcr it. Under this rule no injustice can bo done to
Trinity Church, ncr can that Corporation do Injustice to
otln r owners. Hut I ha\e a word to add upon this point.
Tbe law should 1 1 sustain' d, ior it- justice to the owners of
nil that largo tract of land l>ing between the grounds of
Trinity ( i urcli and the Hudson river, and Cedar street and
Morris it rcet. The ptht legislation of the city, as well as
tl e new wants grow in? ont of Its unparalleled commercial
i row tii, require tho preservation of tbl* law.
Oi ijiir.nily. 'J hiin.CB street extended to the rivor. and Al
I any I asiri wa* honuded on tho north by Cedar streot.
Whin the corporation ordered that basin to bo tilled up. tho
direct communication from tho water, through Tuatues
itrut to llr,.auway. was cutoff, and no new u venue was
opined. When that basin was filled, the wharves from the
llattcry up to C'ortlandt street were pi incipaiiy occupied by
sloop* end veetelt navigating tbe North river; aim it was
not until 1W* that tbe ocean marine of our merchants took
pern. anent berths in that quarter. Sluoe that peri >d, tin
Li<rs have teen lengthened to accommodate vessels of the
far,, ft class, and this whole district has I eootne crowded
with blips and ucenn steainera, transporting from and bring
ing liitLtr larffe cargoes and crvwdr oi passengers. This
avinne Is one of the necossary facilities reinured for tble
vait trade, w li. h hat been too long oempeUed to tmverac
ciri nifotis rc?K?, by tie I ' stile position which Trinity
( l urch has cho?on to assumo to this important portion of
onr citv.
III. Tlie counsel for Trinity Chnreh asks you, it tbit law
expedient T
In legislating upon the important tnhjaots of widening,
improt ing, and extcnolng pui lie streets in our oity, but one
desiiiptiin of actean be passed. So much ground as tie
lr,lfl*tlve authority ihall deem to be convenient for tho
use ol the public. Is by the passase of the law eondemnod to
that I SO ; unit win ther the execution Of tho law enall caoao
to le rftnoved idiflccs dedicated and consecrated to the ser
vice ci .Mn ighty Cod, or tbe honsot or fleasnre groniids, er
cciulortkble ev luxurious piovision* or conveniences for the
alodes or business of living men, or the remains Of the
dead, the great principle npon which tbe expedbn y of
the ir.casnro Is to be il. t, rniine 1 I* the same. The l 'tie
met t* of the living and t^fload arc allko suliject t . the
paramount < 1 aim* of ti estate. The living have rUhts,
ensrantctd by tt nstitntione, protected by la** n it i Iiid
tiitpe rlsl-ts i itfo; aril tbe ceafl I.ave no civil fights. Ifow
evirnuch the r^eiidty for disturbing tlie final arrange
THE STREETS.
mtuU gf an; individual, either In life or after death. may
be r?KU?!, there I* l.nt one principle ?P''" which all pub
lie imprcTimunt* are to be made. That principle has beta
applied in all canal*. railroad*. turnpike r <ad?, puMio high
ways, and strretn. Ttsy have never turned and# I eeanee
tbeir lines, a* located, happened to pass over seme pxrts ef
earth which had once been used for the purpose# of ferial.
In forming the pirmanent zuap of this oity, and locating the
tt recta and avenues, the .'ouinjutsiouem did not etop for
craves, nor ''run around them. " nor ? widen nor oontraet
Hock* to avoid tbem, however "old and respectable" the
may have hern whore remain* were placed within
the limits which the mere uniformity of tbeir plant requir
ed to betaken for puMic streets My friend aud associate
(Mr. Striker) in abont to he compelled to take up the re
mains of his ancestor*, who provided for themselves a place
' 1 urittl upon their own lande, beeaaee theae commission
ers laid out the line of Fiftieth ? treat over their gravs yard.
It night well > e asked, what necessity w? therefor this,
when a few feet added to the block would have prevented
wliat Trinity C huroh calls this desecration? The answer
git ea the rule which Koverns in all caaea
That nece*sity whi. h justifies the act of taking private
lands for public purposes, is not an absolute physical neces
sity, but that wl ich is expedient tor the |>ul.lio good. This
has been repeatedly adjudged by our courts, and was de
elnred in express terms by the Supreme Court in the oaae et
Btuyvesant ??. the Mayor, 4c., of New York, 7 Cowen #08.
But wl at renders this law inexpedient T It U admitted
that it will greatly enhance the value of property; and it
appears to be a particular objection ou the part of the veatry
of Trinity Church, that one individual, whom I represent
with others, will share with his neighbor-) in these advaa
tanes. It i< also admitted that the execution of the law
would greatly facilitate trade and commerce, and vastly in
crease the convenience of our citiiens. It is obvious, to any
rcrcon who will take a view of its efleot, that it will greatly
eautify and improve, and promote the health of our city.
With all these advantages oonfessed in its favor, what is
urged as the sole ground for repeal 1 It passes over a spaee
wbleh, upwards of thirty years ago, was used as a ooramen
rooeptaele for the remains of the dead. But for this, it has
been conceded by the counsol for Trinity Church, there
could be no reasonable, and would, probably, be no actual
opposition to the law.
It has been apparently concedod by some of the objecter?,
that if it were a recent burying ground, whore bodies which
have been interred could be traced and soparated, their re
moval would not be objectionable, and with then the
strength of the ob jection seems to consist in the allegatiea
that during the thirty years in which burial* here have b ten
prohibited by law. the bodies which wire interred have heea
wholly resolved into the original olomentsof which they
were once composed, and that the whole ground Is what u
called in the remonstrance of Trinity Church, "human dn*t,
intermixed and couiingled."
What, then, is this undistinguished and indistinguishable
mass of earth, which may once, in some small and inilaites
in.al parts, have been animated by tbo souis of living per
) ns, that it shall not ho trodden upon, passed ovor, die
vrl ed or removed by the living, when those souls have long
ii ce left their earthly casements, and those bodies have
' returned ! to dust?" How are the living to move upen er
to use tl is earth, if each person who shall die may appro
priate the space of interment as a holy place to lo preserved
sgcred and inviolate forever? lias any bucli principle or
practice ever obtained and been followed by mankindf If
so, where are the sacred places of repose of the oountlae*
myriads of the human race who have successfully been t ie
i habitants of this world, and whose bodies Nave returned
" dust to dnbt, arlus to ashes?" Why, even tbo location of
e'ti< s. in whioh millions after millions once lived and died,
with tbeir proud ramparts, gorgeous palaces and magain
ci nt temples, cannot be found. Where are tho graves of
the patriarchs and the prophets!'
W I at has hallowed these portions of clay wbioh onoe ware
mortal? In the laws of nature, in tho light of rovelatlon, ar
in the conclusions of hnman reason, what is to prevent tbat
portion of original matter whioh happens to form the bedy
of an individual at the time life ceases, frbra re-appearing aa
a constituent part of a new production, in this world ef re
production and dccay? Are the designs and ends of the
Great Creator of all tilings answered for all time, as to the
matter which is to-day animated by a Iruman soul, becauia
in his own time, and tor bis own purpose, he withdraws the
immortal spirit, and leaves the mauimato form to return to
kindred dust ?
It is an established fact, that the matter which compose*
the bodies of the living is daily and hourly changing.and the
particles which form the individual of to-day are not the
tamo which formed the same individual yesterday; and yet,
no reverence has been claimed for the matter which is thus
Sarted from the living, on thn ground that It Is " human
ust." What difference is there, then, in nature, in reaaon,
or in religiou, iu that portion of matter which happens to
form tho body when the vital principle departs from it ant
the spirit which gave animation and all tke qualities whioh
rendered tbat body dear to the living, hai "put on immortali
ty." which should distinguish it from other inanimate matter?
I feci all reasonable, and, I trust, all becoming respect
for that sentiment which provides and soeks to retain pro
per places of deposit for the remains of the dead. I have
no wish to discuss its origin, or to discover or traee its
source. I ahull vindicate It to the same exont, and eon -
cede to it the same reasonable scope, whether it be, as same
have supposed, an Instinot of human nature, equally shared
by rivili/ed and savage, or whether it he a f actitious senti
ment, wholly tho result of refinement aud art, In enlight
ened minds. I shall not stop to a*k of those who will oeme
here to speak to you of that higher law whioh tliey will as
sume to exist among us In behalf of the dead, and whioh,
they will urge, into overrule tiio nccessltioa of the living
and tho interests of society. Where are the eonssoratei
and sacred places in which the remains of tho dead ef the
ages ef the rapt are now reposing, free from the appriaeh or
invasion of the living, protected and hallowed by tho eo*?
mon feelings of humanity} I shall assume that a just and
becoming sentiment exists In society; and that whether It
be the result of nature or of education, it is to be respeot
fully treated in legislating for the interest* of the people by
whom it is entertained; and I shall not point your attention
to the varying practices of nations on this subject, aer to
the extent of the custom of those who burn their dead and
do not bury them.
The true inquiry is. how far should a proper and becoming
respect for the remains and places of repose of ths? ead,
prevent the execution of a law passed by a legislati.u body
chosen by the people to provide for their interests, whlfn
may occasion a suitable and deoorous removal of such re
mains?
I feel warranted in assuming that those measures of a
similar obaractor, whioh have heretofore been excouted with
the concurrence of all the enlightened and Christian inhabi
tants of this city, are tit, proper, and just. I shall And it
necessary to refer to but limited portions of the history ef
this city, to prove that the law which Trinity Churoh de
mands shall be repealed. Is In accordance with all past
usages, and has been uniformly sanutionod by the opinion*
and sentiments of all intelligent citiiens.
The first place for burial In thir city was established on
the west viae of Broadway, a short distance above M'rrle
street, on the high ground beyond the Bowling Green. In
Valentine's History of the City of New York, page 100, it is
said tbat here i? "the spot wuere tho ashes of must of the
inhalitants of Now Amsterdam now He." Thero, fir, re
posed the remains ef the "most rospectable old eltuens,"
who founded and who dwelt in this city down to about the
year 1666. At this period, the historian informs us, "this
ancient churchyard had become very full; the fence had
fallen, and the whole become dilapidated through age."
"In ll'6S a new fence was set up around the old graveyard,
which had for some time laid quite open to the encroaoh
ment of animals along the street "
What, sir, think you, did the inhabitant* of this Christian
city, with the "human dust" contained in this primitive
burying ground? What did tliey with the "ashes of
most of the inhabitants of New An??tordam?" Aftjr the
pathos to which von have listened, and the denunciation*
you have heard from the counsel of Trinity Church ? alter
reading the lachrymose appeals in the newspapers, and
looking at the solemn countenances of the Vestry of Triuity
Church on this occasion, you may be astonished to loarn
that the inhabitants of that day sold them out in city lot* I
Mr. Valentine's History states, (page 101.) that, "about ten
year* subsequently (1076) the old churchyard was divided
up into four lots, twenty-five feet front, by a hundred feet
iu depth, and sold at auction; a new burial plaoe being
established near the present Trinity Church." Look at the
stately building* now standing upon the site of that ground,
and answer me, where Is the " human dust" of the fathers
and founders of this city?
The new burying ground procured in 1076, is the land pro
Sofcd to be taken, in part, for thi.; public street; and what
istlnguislies it from the ground which was used as the first
place of burial ? In 1708, the corporation of this oity, then
owning the fee of the soli, placed it under the care of Trinity
Church, whose burying ground, at that time, adjoined ft
on the south. The changn, then, is, that Instead of form
ing a part of the common public property of the city, and,
as such, under the control of the cummon people, through
tbeir public servants, this land has gained the pmection
of the delicate sensibilities and elevated sense of duty of the
Vestrymen of Trinity Churoh. 1 kuow several of these gen
tlemen personally, and 1 respect them individually, to tue
full extent of their personal worth and social position; but
when they come forward, under the cloak of this corpora
tion, and arrogate to themselves a refinement of feeling and
a high regard ior the sacred repose of the remains or tho
dead, not hitherto felt or exhibited in tho act.) of their
equally respectable fellow citiiens. they will excuse me if I
scrutinize the character of their claims, and search for
other motives for the conduct which thoy have exhibited. I
shall now draw your attention to instances of interference
with the regains of the dead, by the corporation of the
city, and by varions religious corporations, who owned the
ground, and were animated by a desire to improve their
property, which have occurred in tho time of the genLlotnen
who now compose the Vestrymen of Trinity Church, to prove
that, as citiiens, they have exhibited an such sentiment.
In lt>01 . the Reformed Dutch Church procured land and
erected a new church on the north side of Garden street,
now Exchange place, between Broad and William street*,
to wliieli a cemetery was attached. Their churoh edifioe
w as destroyed in the great fire of 1 -"aj, and thoy determiaed
to rebuild elsewhere. Tlioy, too, sold ont thoir grounds,
cemetery and all, in city lots: and stores now oeoupy the
places where the remains of their honored and lamentod
dent1 once reprsed.
A frcibyUrlu congregation erectod a beautiful church
edifice, ami had an extensive cemetery adjacent, in Wall
street, between Broadway anil Nassau street. A lew J I ar H
since they sold their church hnildini. an it ct iod upon tlicir
land, to he removed to another alto, and thev Hold their
grounds for hiiildiug purposes. Tlie remaiuii of their dead
were removed, to make plai e for ttires and oflii es.
In Fine street then1 *?? u French church, with its ceme
tery. This ground wa<< pold ont in city lots, for buildinj
pnrpores. ?nd the remain* of the dead wi re romoved.
In Cedar ptreot, wit!. in t tie last twenty yean, the Presby
tenant had two churches, to cathuf whim a place of burial
wup attached. Each of these wan sold in lots, and atorei
row oei npy the places where, within thai brier period, were
the narrow hou/os of the dead. ?
The Middle Dntch Church, on Cedar and Vasaiu streets.
' ad a cemetery, in which tie remains of many of the mo.?
respc< taHo citizens of their tinn wen deposited. AH .ut the
ear 1^48 they leased thisehnroh to the general lovornmsnt
for a post office; and no person can now "viow the ground"
when- tbore remains lie, without lami-nting that they, too,
hsve not been removed from those scenes of active hnsiness,
which are so little in unison with any feelings of ro pest for
the places of Interment of the dead.
In Liberty street once stood the old Frionds' mooting
hoUt*: in Nassau i-trcit. near Mai leu l ino, there wa a Our
man church; in Fulton street, a Moravian church; In A in
>tnet, a Reman Catholic Church; in Cold stroct, a llaptlst
Church. Contiguous to each of these wero places f >r burial,
n which remains of the dead were interred All those have
bteu r< moved, and the grounds are uow uettpi >.i by annular
uiltilng*. In Broome strut, the M.-thodi-U ? me had a
hurcli and cemetery, which they sold: tiio bodies there
interred were removed, and the prerai.ei wi re used as a
" Hall of 8eicm
From these instances it appears that all of the principal
denominations prefi tping tho Christian faith in tiiis city,
have mnde removals of tnelr plates or pnl lie worship, and
of the remain*- of the dead intrusted (In the language of
Trinity Church) to thilr guardianship, within the prssaat
awn-ration. I have never In ard that tho gentlemen e impos
ing the Vestry of Trinity Church, either in their oapaolty
as titirens. or nil ldinr toe corporate p,?wer of that church,
manifested any sympathy for the reainlns of any of the dead
which were thus r imoieil, or expressed or attcmpto I to awa
ken sty seusil llity in tin public mind, 011 the snnj?ct of
their removal. It it prol al ly true that none of these ware
the ri mains of persons who. while living, had pr^tssdthe
> | itoopal faith. Hut to the sympathy of the<e gei.nlam.n
limited to a sect, and awakened only by a coafeasjoa of
fkith f I have heard of a lauy, who. attending a church
dnrin ?? s meat pathetic dlaeonrs". exhibited no emotion, aid
exr used herself for the apparent want of sonsi ihty. on the
ground tl at she belonged to another eiiUTOh. in this the
excuse oi the vestrymen of Trinity Church, f..r their cold
irilifi rente to the removal of the rem ius o the Out h
Ri.rmid the Pre si ytcriant, tho lleptiatl, tu? Methodist*
tit Cath.hci, ard the Friends?
Perbrra tl ? Mat pry of the Kplftcnpal Chnre'i In this <-ily,
and the pra' tic** of Trinity Church, m y si.l ua in i ivln r a
corr?< t nnis't ta ttia iincstlon 1 will new r 'i*r y u to
seme ot the acts of 'Irii ity Church, to eslai lish, tuat wh-n
it pleases the vestry of that I oily to remove l o rem .ins of
the di ad, no Sacred chnrai t'r l.cl' n 1 1 . tl.rm, n r has fny
retard for tbcIV re pore r trained the vo-?ry of that enrpi
ration laterfrrin,T with t'em, whenever and whi r ver
?L?ir int< resta or (onvtniorre. and. in one instance, where
their n aiid hit inftlgsti d thtm.
In H 71 the k vi rntuen t ( ranted to tho Lutheran > a lit of
ground en tte sont' we. t corner ef l'r-idway an I It ?t?r
r tn et. Up Tl * I ie! tb< y r re i ted a church and estahli he. I a
pis r e 1 1 r tl o l i rial ri the d ad.
In 1><I4, the vestry ot Trinity Church apurinted a com
irittie to rrlei t a site for n new churen t 1 I, a hail',
and a t?r lrcii- li.,' flurs t> di&ereav lots, iu ttioteirl-' 5
tl < y | tri I ted t> I l.l.tl.i r-vn ciiiirel. au^ ! u 1 > i n ; ^ruiiud.
aro r fclTcd tl r,t a 1 huieh rh uld le'crei t it. re >n. \
r.rw ? 1 rpr ri tlen, nr.'^r tin. J;rar of Cr i' s '".rtr*h, w ri er
ffsnlred and in le^ti, tho rew chvrcii w.rs hnitt, e-wcrSs*
th? ( Hire an und, and tho r mains ot the ilnad w. ro rcniov
ed tc r tl st purpose.
In l'.Mi. the vo'try it Trli ily ( hnreh re olvid to rehnlid
church cd!fic? u* 11j? bead oC W.iIliUg.t, tp t a scale