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very much larger than the builiiini wti<^ existed at that
tin* T1 e execution of this i?lan not only ?"?????? the
removal of lar^e quantities of the "wlia* and Lone* of the
dead," hut converted the principal portion of the KtTtjrtN
to to a stone dresnn* yard covered with *h?ntie? and build
in* mattiial*. and it continued to be tho? ueed nntll the
eomphtlr n of tho new hnildint. In 1M6 If the ambition of
the veatry to conatrnct " a magnificent tempi*'' was an
adtqeateeasse for disturbing the remain) of the Jea4, uiay
they net 1 c decorously removed for the les* rain and osteu
tatiooa want* of vastly greater numbers of oar fellow
''ln'l?5d, the vestry of Trinity Church desired to extend
Leroy itreet through their own grave yard and through the
barying f round of the Cnitid German Lutheran Congrega
tlona. and r-ade a proposition to cede their land* for that
parpoae to the corporation, if they should not be called
open to pay any arn ssrnent. in care legal proceedings should
ha neeeasary to take the landa of the German Societies for
thatptrposi. In January, lMfl, a) out four hundred mem
ber* "f the I'nlted German I.utl eran (bnri-hes protested to
the Common Council a :ainst (be opening of any atroot
through lliiir I urying ground. I hate the original remon
strance* before me, in wbioh they state that the remon
strant* " have the gravea of dear relative* and friends on
that apot, which, by tho proposed measure, would be vlo
lati d, and " that many of the grave* of old and respueta
Me citucnt w< uld bo thereby viulated, and the feelimis of
hundreda of their descendants be deeply wounded." Thii
waa a measure to beuotit property; the vestry of Trinity
C lurch laTi red it; und it uas carried thr 'U^h, in disregard
of the remains of the dead and the lamentations of their
?nrTiTing friends. The assessment waa continued May 4,
I--*.
!h 1M1. the lot of ground lying between Thame* ?troet
and the lino of Albany street, as now extended by law, was
pcrcbused, with a view to its improvement. If thy vos'ry
of Trinity Church had any strong or earnest de
sire to save the portion of ground now in ques
tion, they could readily have petitioned to widen
Thames street; called np their secret resolution of
Irdti, and revoked its negative term* " will not oppose," and
Inserted " will apply for;" aud the avenue which potllo and
private interest? have so long demanded would have been
opened at a unall expense of money, and no cost of real or
affected ionslblllty. Itut the vestry of Trinity Church, ad
monished by past legislation of the public judgment that a
wide ttreet at thin point was necessary, were as silent as the
graves tLey now profes* to guard. The owner* of property,
crushed in their prevlou* effort* by the power of tfiij* re
ligions corporation, bad not yet attained the hope thit the
time lad come when tho interests of the people oould prevail
against it, and thus tho opportunity passed.
In INK!, the proprietors commenced the erection of fie
edifice now known as " Trinity Building." What tavilitlc*
tl.ey have obtained from Trlulty Church m*y le reeu in tue
wide space gi . en to t! ctu "i r an ? ? s t ? t h ? basement win -I w?,
and in the * iiitl, of the wa.lwLlou S!ipp> rts tue ?, rounds of
the church, tor 1 1 < e, laige nu mill I if th'' remains of
the dead were distu-ted their ?ste? were scattered, and
their bones were rtmoved. 1 wltnesi-d these pr oeeulngs,
in passing the ground, almost dailv. and I saw no inhibition
ef any peculiar dolii acy or sen-ii ility in this extensive in
humation. But t! e work did n t extend Albany street to
Broadway. This, alone, makes tho difference I The exten
sion of that strret, alone, appears to awaken the sensibilities
ef the vestrymen ! This, alone, "gores the ox" of Trinity
Char eh I
In December, 18*2, the late Alderman Clayton, whoae
widow and heirs I represent on this occasion, ventured once
?tore to petition for the extension of Albany street to Broad
way. At that time, the progress made In the ereetion of
Trinity Building, had not made the widening of Thames
?treet impractical le, if Trinity Church had then consented
to hear her share of its expense. Tho vestry kept their
resolution " not to oppose" the widening of that street a
?ecret, nntil June, ] when that bnilding wan completed.
What respect is due to the claim of these gentlemen, to be
the special guardians of the der.d in this port'on of Trinity
ohurehyard, taken by the law in question r Shall I ho an
swered hy their counsel, that this course might havo involved
the church property in a heavy assessment, and that the
vettry of the churoh have no ri^ht to appropriate its fundi
to auth a purpoeo V If so, I beg to reply, first, that whatever
assessment srii uld be Imposed upon the property of tho
eh urch would be ita legal" aud f*ir proportion of" a puMie
burthen: and the property of this very wealthy corporation
is boui'il to discharge its juct proportion of ptibllo duty.
Secondly, if there ho any value in those profehsod senti
ments, any sinctrity in the asi-umed trust to protect tin re
mains ef the dead, how do they become soworthlnss that
their posresBOrs will make.no pecuniary sacrifice for their
gratitli ation or preservation f If it he truo that thii alle^od
trust tenches ouly the consciences of thovestry.lt glvei a
hollow sound to their profcsslnus of reverence fcr there
mains of tho dead, whtcli produces a deep-seated distrust of
their sincerity.
In IMvt, after the parties interested had attended at
several roeetlnrs of the Committee on Strcits, on the ines
tien of extending Alhuny street, the patriotic scngiMluios
of the vestry of Trinity Chnreh became aroused to notion in
faver of what they asenine to he the duty of that corpora
tion ? to < rect a suitable monument to perpetuate tho mo
mory of thoso who die-l ia captivity dtirin* the war of the
Revolution. I have yet to learn under what clause of their
charter, or by virtue of whnt provision in the grant of tho
property now held by thatthurch, tho authority is found,
to apply its property to tliiis object. I have been unable to
discover, in the action of that corporation, its rector and
his assistants, its warden and vestrymen, during that pu
rled of our country's jfrrH. anything which could devolve
any species of patriotic duty upon their successor*.
I kni w an occasion in which a gentleman of the modleal
profesrion was icry active in getting up a benefit for tho
widow and children of a deceased gentleman. A fri.ind of
mine, who witnessed, with some surprise, his extraordinary
efforts, inquired into the cause, lie answered M< o-vn noes
tton, with tiie remark "t' at 'n profession which coatrlbut d
se largely to mako wiilun s sin' orphans ou*'.t to ?! ) some
thing for the benefit o' the sur ivor'. and ho supposed It was,
tberel! re, i> natural se.ise of ituiy."
Bottle vestry rf Trinity I'hnreh <lit< emined to put t1 is
proposed monument In thr centre of the linn of Albany
(treet. Iluvim- failcii to i< t at '. enHurt by ac u-nent,
they sou, -It to ?a lit ip v i' ,-ir pitri'tUm. The i-il sru
to* tbin: the Street < eiMHtu e In: riiied theut that the
*tenca they were pla.ing in ii ^ 1 1 icallt.v ?iiid not block this
public improvement. At.d tliut no mistake may exist as to
the motive for selecting that site, the counsel tor the church
baa avowed to you that it wa?> chosen expressly for this pur
pose.
la 1W>3, the vestry of Trinity Church dug up the remain*
of the dead, thirty feet square and thirteen feet deep, as
they admit, m att'ered the "human dust," boxed promiscu
ously the hmnan bones; and for what ? Expreasly and avotr
edly to defeat the interests and to thwart the wishes of a
large body of their fellow citir.cus.
Tee haruiboed of that church, which, at the commence
ment of the war of the Revolution, was closed against Gene
ral W ai.Lin.-ton aud his compatriots, whoso portals wcro
epened with joy when the British took possession of this city
in S*pt< ml er, 1776; in vhleh the prayers for tho king, and
the success of the royal arms, were offered up until aftir the
elnse of that eventful struggle? in dariug to erect upon this
Tory ground a monument to the viutims of the oppression of
it* rojal master, is only equalled by the appearanoo before
you or the vestry of that church, alter they have scattered
the remains of the dead from such motives and for such a
purpose, to prate about " desecration," "*acrilcge," and
?'reverence for the remains of the dead."
Having thus shown you how far Trinity Churoh ha* been %
disturber of the remain* of the dead, when it is the pleasure
of bar vestry that they shall give place, I shall close thia
branch of the ease by referring to an instance of what the
corporation of thia city has done, which la within my view
from this hall.
Btckmnu street has been ordered to be widened on the
northerly Mde, cutting through the cemeteries attachod to
the Briek Presbyterian Churoh, at the Park, and St.
George's Church, near CliU street. From the Brick Churoh,
the remains of the dead have just been removed. It has oc
eaaioncd no species of excitement, and apparently has in
jured no sensibility. Your prodocesiors thought it wise to
do, in tbe matter of Albany street, and with the grounds in
the possession of Trinity Cbnrcb, as they did with other
streets aud other churches, and, as all churches and Chris
tian*, when acting from morely private interests, had done,
from tbe time the first burial place was established In this
eity until long af ter it became the settled public poliey ns
well us pui lio law that burials should not be permit ed
within tuo crowded part* of our city. Will you think it
-wise to differ with them, and to uiaku Trinity Church an ex
ception to general laws, because her vestry do not choose to
?uhmit to tnem ?
Havinr thns considered the nature of the reasons urged
for a repeal of this law, I will now aik your attention to the
partie* who press this application.
First comes the corporation of Trinity Church? a lojal?
not a physical nor a moral existence. "A body without ft
eoul" appearp before you to express Its commiseration for
the remain* of tbe dead. Between two subjects equally in
capable of feeling, the sympathy, if not mutual, must be of
the same extent. If living men, who are here to day. speak
truly, tbe dead who wcro buried in that church yard nave
?ent them to expres* the pity i f thoso dead for tnelr guar
dian, Triuity Cl.nreh. That Church come*, represented by
ita reotur, assistants, warden*, vestrymen, clerk, organ
builder, and general runner, whose countenance* give a fu
nereal aspect to this discussion. The respectable gentlemen
who thus represent Trinity Church, claim no personal in
terest in this qnestion. Next, we have th* advocate of that
"higher law" which give* greater rights to the dead than
the laws of our country secure to tbe living. One gentle
man olaims to have relatives interred in this grounih Ano
ther claims to be oommHsionod by the patriots who died
during tbe Revolution. Two "ctrong-mlnded women" rep
resent the "progressives" among the female sex.
The objections to tfcelaw urged Ly all parties arn, that it
will remove the remains of the dead; hut the objoctors see:i
to makea distinction between the remains of those who died
In war, or who served their country in tho revolutionary
contest and those whe served their country as statesmen,
legiala'ors and cltliens, And who diet In peace.
I have 1 een unal le to perceive any foundation for the sup
posed distinction thus taken; but, lest it should make a dif
ferent Impression on the committee, I shall examine the
qnestion whether any remains of patriot* were ever interred
in that cround.
I affirm, that there is uot a scintilla ef proof that any per
son who ever enliitod in the American army, and who uiod
during the Revolutionary war, was over interred in any part
of Trinity Churchyard, and that there arc no rational
grounds whatever fo believe that any such interments wero
mad* in that ground ; that the attempt made by ono of the
employes of Trinity Church to impose this upon the former
Stree t Committee, Vy the produc tion of lout bonci,a button,
and ? copper, ended in exposing a gross delusion, if nothing
more, en the part of the individual who made the offort. I
shall endeavor to prove that thcr- was no suoh formation of
the ground at tlmt piece, in 17H3, as has been pretended.
1. 1 nsk of Trinity Church, where is the record of the name
of any man, who ever was enlisted on the side of his country
In that war, who*o it mums arc interred in that ground? The
church received fees for cach body interred, and the books
of her treasurer, ilouhtlees, contain the nim>' of each per?on.
It is confessed that no record of any such fact can be found,
nor is there auy record of any declarations made to that ef
fect by the men who could speak from a personal knowledge
of the fact.
2. I propose to show thnt any srcch Interment" hem* Hade
la the grounds of Trinity Church, during tbo Revolutionary
war. Is a ?tTg~estion of the most utter iniprobabilty: and to
prove thin from tho history <?( Trinity Church.
It will be recollected by the committee that, at the com*
m<n<em>nt of hostilities between the colonics aud the
mother country, in 177"', this city coLt.iined many of the
"Bon* of Liberty." About the middle of April of that year
General WMhlrgtnn came to New Vork with a largo rein
forc<m< fit, and i;nimatod ard encouraged the pntiiots, a id
disarm- d the loyalists. On the 4th Jnljf. I77o, independence
Wis dtclnred. M.ortiy after the liritisll took pMMSSlon of
SUteo Island. On tf.c Dith ui Augnst their troops, under
General lio- o, w re sncccs '"u! in ti e battle on I?on ; Island:
and on ti e loth of jctcmber, 1 77#!, tin king's farce* landed
on New Vork inland, al oi't four nii'es stove the city, and
tl e Anitrii an troops r t lr- >1 t o Fort Washington. On tha
16th of Seriembi r the British took possession of the citv. and
continued to oct upy it until the evacuation, on the &HU of
November. iTPS.
On the Oct II nation of New York bjr the American nriny in
the si r.ng of iTT'4, Dr. A m hranty, then the re. tor of trinity
Church, retired to New ilrUBSwick. on aecount of Ills loyal
feelings. Ills as'islrht, the Hot. Charles Inglis, romaimd
in eharie of the church until the < lose of the war, aud wad
Chosen ii- rector on the -Oth Msr? h, 1777.
1 leg to read to you aomo c tracts from a letter writton
by this revi rend gentleman, at New Vork. on the .'list Octo.
her, IJ7t?, whleh willl? found in tho third volumo of tfcn
Documentary Hist-ry ot New VrK pit -to l.W"J; and extracts
from wl li h aro rontrh cd In the Historical Sket. h of Trlui
ty t hu. eti, hv Kev. 1 >r. i:erria.n, fr. ui pax* UO to IM.
II<- writes thus:? "Tic pr fcuiit n ' eili'iii is certainly one
of the most causi less, unprovoked, an 1 unnatnrsl that ever
disgriited any country; r rel alUon marked with peculiarly
aggravated < Ircnnistanee of . uilt aud Ingratitude ; yet,
amidst this Kencral defection, tin re aro very ninny who have
?xMhitfd Instances of fortitude and adherence to their
duty, whieb do honor to human nature and Christianity.''
"It ia hut jmtiee to say, that tl.Obe instances were e .hlhited
hy the monil erf of our church tlieru is not ono of the clergy
in the provinces I have specified, of whom th in may not M
affirm td and very few of the Isity who were respeetablo, o*
men of property, have joined in the rebellion."
Referring to ti e arrival of Gen. Washington, in April,
1776. he writ.s: "Soon rfter Washington's arrival, he at
tended onr church; but on the Sunday morning, before divine
servico began, one of the rebel generals called at the reetor's
house (supposing the latter was in town), aud not finding
him, left word that Le < aine to inform the rootor that lien.
Washington would be at ehnreh, and wonld be glad if the
violent prayers for the klag and royal family were omitted.'
This message was brought to me, and. ns yon may suppose,
I paid no regard to it." Again he says: "I have frequently
heard myself called a tory, and a traitor to my country, as
I passed the streets, snd epithet* Joined to eaoh, which de
oeacy forbids mo to set down. Violent threats were thrown
ont sysinsl us, in case the king was any longer prityod for.
Tie . i. ; ? , v '.ia 1 was cC'.cifctilwg, ?U(i ^fM?e?.?u ??ui*
length in tbanrvioe.a company of about one hundred aruied
rebels marched into church, with drums heating and fifes
ytyiag, their guns loaded M4 A***, M if |?jl| \f
THg BTHlEKTg.
battle. Tie congregation was thrown Into tbn nlm xt ter
ror, Mid several women fainted, expecting a massacre wn
intcnilid 1 took co notice of theni and wenton with the
scrvice." 'The | tuple expected iLut, wLeu the collects fur
| tl c king iiud royal family were read, 1 should be tired at. aa
i uicnaie* to tl at porpote had teen frequently dung out. TLe i
I n?tt> r, I owever. pasted over without any accident."
He further vritec ? '"In the legiunin, of July iijdepen
! demy ?as declared; aa thia event *m what I hail louij ex
i pttted. 1 l.ad maturely con?idered, and wai determiued, ?
what line of ci i tiuct to pursae. However, 1 thought it *??
rrcper to consult each of the vestry a* were in town, ana j
' ctl.fr* ol the cenrr?gati> n, and liavo their concurrence; ana
I meat do tfc.ro thejnrtice to say that Jhey were all ????- I
mom for abutting up tLe churches, and ohoee rather t > sub
In It tn that temporary ineoaveaienea, than, by omitting tu
prsy era for the king, giro that mark of dlaaSectloB Jy'^'eur
i sovereign. Tol ave prayed for bitn had been rash to the last
degree; tLe inet italic conacquence bad boon a demolition
I of the cl.i r?hea, fnd the d?itnctirt ?U
! them." "Thing! being thai kitaated, I shut up the churches.
, Even thin was attended with great hazard; for it waa de
claring, in the ktromeat manner, our disapprobation of jn
! dtpenatrcy. and that unuer the eye of W aahiugton and his
I army." "Alter we bad ceaaed to officiate putdicly. several
1 of the rel el officers aei.t to me for the keys of the charcbes,
i that their chaplaina might preach in tlieiu ; with theae requl
1 sitiora 1 peremptorily rclu.ed to cou-ply, and let t!icm
I know that 'If they nould use the cLuret.' a, they mutt break
the gatt a ann doura to git in.' Aoc ..rUin ly 1 took po-aea
! lion of all theke.ia, left the sivtnna might be tampered
with fori could not tear the thought tl at their sedulous
ai d relcllitn-a effusions ?.h> uld ie poured out in oar
' ^AHcr describing the takiof of jif>?*fssi"n of the < ityhy 1
the ktni 'a lore i s, ui adde? ' On Vi ? dm sdav 1 opened one of
tli i birches. and aolcmuliid divine se r> ice, whou all tho
irl i. bitsnti gladly attended, and joy wan lighted up in ovcry j
> < i.i tci r.nce on the restoration of our public worei.lp, for '
I very fewrctuaired but mch na werv in?ini'vr?of ouruburch." j
I ' I have not a donbt Lut, with the blessing of Providence, |
, liis Miij' ity'i amis aill be racceftefal, and finally crush this
unnatural rcitllion." lie atat.s that all the cliurchea in i
Connecticut, excej t Kr. Beach 'a, and the churei.es iu New '
Jersey wire closeu; and ti nt Mr. lieach declared "that lie !
vi u 1 ' do I is duty, prcu< h and pray for the King, till the
rel cU cut out bia ton/rue." j
T L? ie ire tLe descriptions *nd sentiments of tho men who '
ci liirolleu tl.e church and graveyard of Trinity during the i
i I'n ( luti. nary vcr; and 1 i.?k if lie who thua outraged tho
fiellnaa and ici tin < nts of GeMral H'aaliington and tho
Amcruaa amy ? *lo shut t'ie churcliee bccnuse lie could
cr t 1 tar tl c thought t :>i.t their patriotio aentiments (called
l y 1 im acditii u? bi d rel < Ilioi.s) ctiould he poured oat iu tho
clnnhei ? ?!?? belied the !i v? lent, the aextona tuight ho
more I'Mri itic. and < pen tL< d> or? ? wunld give a Christian
hi. rial in the grounds of irlr.ity t.'.'.urch, to the bodies of
tl orewl.om hi- royul ma ler bad deprived of liberty and
life1 As *eil might you upoct a Catuollo priest to admit
tLe l.cdy ol the ranki >t 1 cr"iic in c< nseeratej g ound.
No! pcntlemeu: no religion* service* from the clergymen
of Trinity Church u> othed and consoled the dying hours of
the captive Sona of Liberty; and no decent or respectable
rlai c ol Interment received tl > r*uialaa of those who were
held to lia\e lived and died rebel and traitors I y t'.oan who
had to diaporc of their reniaiim. Ti at faint tra'dltion upon
which tie vestry of Trinity t'hur, h rely, admit*, that ai the
preai nt site ?'f fetewart's atore there was at tbat time a bury
ing ground, principally used for negroes, "in which were j
also interred a portion of the heroes of the Revolution.'
Tl eir iiittrircnt l.y the llritish soldiers und jailors, upon
j whom alone that duty devolved, in the burial place use'' f r
negroc: , was net accidental. It was a continuation of tLe
| indignity visited upon the person whilo living, and w.'m de
signed to be a lcaaon to survivors.
But, if the suppoaitlon ho warrantable thut any rc
rectallc place ol hurlal wa< selected by their oppr ssora
for the remains of these iiufortunata men, what ground li
there for tho inference that they were taken to, or offered
I for interment in, the yard of Trinity Churohf If oBVr.'.l for
interment in that place, is it probable ? is it iridiMotuat
I the Kev. Jlr. Inglis and the torjr vestrymen, who "tliut up
the churches" because they "conld not boar tlio thought"
tl.i.t. tl e prayerB of the patriots should be poured out in
tl ? ir churchi e. would permit a grave to he opened in their
el i rcbyurd to receive tbe remains of ono of those "rebols"
v\ ho had 1 acriliced I is life in resi tnnee "to their soverei,Mi?"
i The eounkol for Trinity Church refers to the deed of 1703,
j and eaya the church could not refuse to permit tho burial of
' any 1 oily ct'ercd fi r interment, without violating the condi
tii n in tlic deed. The clause upon ? hiob he relies is in these
1 won't: ? "Hereafter, appropriating the same for part of the
! public churchyard of Trinity Churob nt'oresaid. and a bury
ing place ior any of the inhabitants of the said city, and en
j closing and keeping the aauie in good repair at their own
' proper costs anil charge*, and demanding, taking, and re
] cch log to their uae, from the inhabitants of the said city, for
] tho breaking of the ground for each corpse, male or female,
j ol tho ap;o ol twelve years and npwnrus, tho sum of three
: shillings, and no more: and for every corpae, male orfemale,
under the nge of twelve years, the sunt of eighteen pence,
I and no more."
1 laic several mowers to nake to il.ia suggestion. First,
tl ere if no evidence that Mr. Inglls, or the vestry of that
day, had any knowledge of the exiatenoe of this deod, or of
the tource or title to this purl of the ground. Secondly, the
ground ion veycd by tho citod of 17(C. hid keen long before
united to, Inclosed with, s.id-usod as a p.irt of tho burying
gT' unu then in the poseotiion ot Trinity Church. From the
period wlen this common Inclo u:ewas made, there i? no
evidence that any distinction existed in regard to interments
in any part of tl e grounds, and no circu.ustanco to show
tl at any use was permitted of tho ground convoyed by this
deed, which v as refuted of any other part of their gravo
jard. Thirdly, the history given by ti e Rev. Mr. Injilis,
ntu wt tlat the chunh then was cnp<i: l? of \iolat"mg obliga
ti n e ki hi. 1 ax uny iwpoM <! I y this dead, to gratify tho sen
tit; i tt' ft it.- ruW rt in i o?ti!ity to tlu-ir country. Was there
' i i> condition in tin deed" ? no trat Attached tothosacrcd
toit'irs dedicated to dhine service ? that thev should be
opened for prayers and for pu' lio worship? If the restor
ai d vi stry ot Trinity Church would "shut up th.i churcuos"
rather than " emit tie | ravers for the kin; " would they
n>t "shut up the graveyard*' rather than receive the body
of a "rebel?" Fourthly who were the parties char ;e> I with
ti e interment of the remains of th ? patriots w.io died in
captivity? British aoiuicrb! What hinu of inteenent Is
provided by the utarw of war for its victims? What posi
tion, Is reerect to the laws and opinions of their jailors, did
thcte nntortunato champions of freedom occupy at the time
ot their ifrceate? They were regarded as criminals, taken
in the net of committing the highest erimo known to elvil
society; and the place where malefactors were interred would
hi the ground unich they would naturally select for their
remains? Tho burials made in the negro burying ground
were not casus 1. Fifthly- l>ut the duty to admita body for
interment could not le created under tho deed without a
tender of the feet, and who wt< to advance the money to
Trinity Church on biliulf of the remains of those uutortu
nati men? Sixthly, if the remains of any of those "Sons of
Liberty" were oflircd for interment within the precincts of
Trinity Church, and the burial fees were tondered, the reo
ter and vestrymen of Trinity Church, if their prayers had
been answered, nnd "his Majerty's arms" had been success
ful. and had "finally crushed this unnatural rebellion,"
miglit have defended their title with success in any of his
Majesty's courts, on the ground that the condition in that
deed did not oblige tl e church to receive the 1 odios of those
who perished ly the hands of the law, or who died while
wilfully resisting and seeking to overthrow bis Majesty's
government,
On the hearing before yonr predecessor*, one of the per
1 sons who appeared for Triulty ehuroh, and especially as the
! "guardian for the dead," produced what ho called physical
i Drool that the remains of Revolutionary patriots were buried
in that ccction of Trinity CLnrch yard where the Vestry had
| c< mmcnccd the erection of the monument, which they de
. si ncd to pievent the extension of Albany street. Those
were some tones, a 1 utton, and a copper coin. The lattor
were so enirufted at the time that the character was not
visible; and the j-cntlcr an. therefore, assumed that he had
g< t a patriot button and a British halfpenny. The hones
proved notl irg beyond the faet that they wero portions of
remains which were once human, The chairman of the
eon, mittee v as curious enough to test the button and tho
copper coin; and the button proved to be that of a Hessian
and the coin an American cent of the stamp of 1*04.
But it is said by the counsel Tor the church that the
ground on a line vitb or opposite to Pine street, was low
ground, some sixteen or twenty feet below the present sur
face, aud that it has reached its pretent height by filling up
with remains.
1 apprehend that this statement is a j-rcat mistake. If it
had been so low as thus rcprefented. they conld uot have
dug down more than eight feet before coming to water. I
have shown that this spot war selected as a place for com
mon public burial, and that the tir ot site occupied for that
purpose was the high grovnd just, abovo Morris street. I
shall now prove that the wen who selected this uround were
loeking for high ground for the purpose, at tho time it was
chosen.
In Valentine's History of Now York, pass 100, it is
stated, in reference to the first placc for burial, that in 1650,
Governor Stuyvesant proposed to abandon it as a place of
burial, the fence having fallen, and the whole became di
lapidated through age, and, as a substitute, ho proposed
tearing down several old house? wHoh then stood south of
the fort, to make a burial place there: this, however, did
not meet the views of the cttlsens, who suggested the estab
lishment. of the burial placc on tho hill west of the fort, near
the w indmill, which they represented as a good hill, clear
of timber.
No action wag taken until If, 76, when the now burial place
was < :tahliitlicd upon the land in question. I ask, ia iters
dible that'theee people selected for that purpose a ravine,
or a swamp, or a niece of low ground ? lias cuoh a site
e>er been chosen wliere " a good mil" could be found?
Thero Is nothing in the shape of the island, nor in any
plan of the city, nor in any history with which I am ac
quainted. tending to show that the land ar thil point was
over lower than the land where tho church ftanda- On the
contrary, I understand Broadway to have rnn along Mid
upon the ridge of land rising gradually up to this point.
Toe western part of the ground, along Trinity plaeo. ap
pears to be wholly at variance with the assertion that this
was then a piece of low land.
In Valentine's History, page 204, it is stated that one of
the two city gates was in Hroedway, at 'Wall street, called
the "land gate,'' and beyond it lay the farm granted to Jon
Jonsen Pamcn, "which was a rolling piece of land, forming
a sort cf ridge, falling off towerds Wall street on the i>onth.
and towards Maiden lar.e on the north; and that he erected
a substantial house, and fixed bis residence there. At page
i;j,6 It Is stated that this was "a large farm, extending from
the North to tho taut river, and bounded partly on Maiden
lano. The city wall cut thrungh a part of this property
when erected in 16MI, and laid the grain fields open.''
If this farm sloped off towards \\ all street, as history In
forms ns it did, that tradition must be false which states
| that this was originally low ground, built up to Its present
height of human remains "all ground to dust." Squally
baseless and untrue is it that any remains were ever In
j tirrcd in that ground thirty fiet below the present surface.
If it were useful farther to liupeaoh what Iras been so
I leorely and inaccurately "handed down by tradition," I
would refer you to the rime history, page 27i?, where you will
find that "on the wc<t side of Broadway, abovo Trinity
Church, the rrlnclpel building was the King's Arms Tavorn,
! on tho rite of the old t ity Hotel, between Thames and Li
berty street." This tavern "was the most fashionable pub
II i house In tb? eity.'' "Tho ^rounds of the tavern were ex
ten : i.e. running down to the Nbrth river, and having, also,
1 a 1 srden i lot on each ride of the house.
From ti ls yon will perceive hut the garden plot of this
fas! ionablc hotel c? tended up the lands in question. To
| rt \e to jmi that after the conveyance of 1703, the ground
con\ cj< a formed an t nc'b tingvl-l.cd part of tho ?bnrial
|-i arid of Trinity Church I ret> r you to the same hl?t <-y
pup *'<>, where Mr. !?mith, the historian of 1JM, is tic ;od
in these words:? "Trinity Church waa built in 1MB, and
afterwards tnlargid in 1717 It stands very pleasantly upon
the larks of Hudson river, ond ha:, a largo cemetery on
caeh side, inclosed In part by a painted paled fence.'' At
that time there wes I uf an cxti.riMr fence, and the grounds
within wi re in ooniHun.
I have been thus elaborate In the examination of this
branch of the a?rc presented by the couusel. because tho
Vistry of Trinity Crurch have not contented themselves
with the exhibition cf their tender sensibility u|on tho sub
ject rf any interf?r<ni< with th. remains of the dead, and
an oit.iitati. us display of ul.et they profess to regard as a
?acred trurt. ut tho.' ni-. nmc ti occupy an equally exalte.l
l position as patriot-, i onoring the imtiiory and defending the
s< pulehre of the mai tjr? in the cav.re of human freedom. I
1 truit that 1 ha\e sum ceded in <onvineing tho committee
that there Is ro fo- udati< n in hi tory. nor in j rohnbillty, fur
the latter rcsumpticn; and I hope that the fact. I have re
ferred to will li ad to the corclusion that their susceptibility
| upon the former quest it n h. r' t nvre a< ijte than that of the
ei,nail> re- l ectabie ? iiizeits whom i have the i.uaor to re
' pi cent on tliis oce;.. I n.
I 1 1 g to niake a tt.i ther r I ser\ al |jn upon thi.i 1 ranch of
tl c ease. The Ve-try of Trinity C'hur h nave caused a sor
11 to ly prepared l'y nj.e cf tiio a.iflttants "f thoir rector,
and U w preached In that church and repeated In St. l'aul's
1 1. nrc n . snd to le p. I lir.hed in the newspapers, addressed
ottcnsihly to the reli.i ious feriiugs cf the oommunity. It is
foretan to ny pruftssii n to ui^oiisn the theologioal qnestien
Invelved I In this tlreour c: and, ?hlle cnMinlly ( needing
tl e doctrine of thc rcsorrectlon as the pre eminent disclosure
ntrde bylllvine IJevela tlons, I have net 1 oen enabled to
learn, either from the snertd volume oi the teachings of the
ministry that the identieal bodice from which the spirit do
I a. ted when life teased, a,. tolUe. again. On the con t rat V,
1 understand it to 1 e the bhlno decree that "this flesh shall
see cotTt ptlon and that li.e matter of whleh it ie compo.-d
shall be dissolved ai d form new combination*. We hme
btard much i n thlr eecaslon. of the "sacrllern" of "seatt- r
iro human dust." 1 know not what precise Idea is attached
to these terms ? v thoie who employ them. If It be that the
"ui tt" mficrs 1 ecai.re It Is scattered, Idenvlt. If it be
that the spirit snflcrs became the dust whb.h oneo eneasnj
it is dissipated. I eonnot assent to it. It surely cannot be
even If it be their under tending that the "identical" body
Is to be raised again, that the dlstrrhancn of the present
pesiticn of these earthly partieles may tend to prevent the
reeerr fruetlon. Ti e fstsss ?f thee n^peitf fu 'lent" - t >
my uiitiu iMssr a desire to awaken superstitious than relt
| gl' us feelings; to fir the tl. oughts upon the matter which the
I spirit hss forsaken, rather than to nlevate thus to Its re
1? Bin who gave It.
THE STIUCBT8.
I feel til becoming reverence for the rem.ilnt of the deal,
tot 1 p?rt:ik( of ao idelatry on that subieet. 1 have tadM
ion <1 to analyte the feelinra wlilv.lt induced a* to treat th?m
with Underlie i>? lud respect, mid to ??toli over thein with
erection. I do netficlU to be the inanimate form nor the
liltleie i lay *1 Kb ttlt?tti u?, but it ii the memories of the
charms una endesrmenla, tlie kindnean nnd asaistauce mani
[etti d by the immortal apirit while aninnt itnr( and givin ; life
t>nd action to that body, and the agonised feelings oeoa
m i ld by the disruption of those ties, once binding the loul
of the departed to thel created Hviu-r, which make us cling
to these rcmaina; which, though dud, are all tliat are left
of those win m we loved. Bui it in happily ordained for
r an, that there tmotiona should subside, while the remains
tl.rti selves perish. The mind regains ita serenity, and, fol
io* tag the scul lit the departed, ji*es from the dust of the
dead, suitained l<y ita faitL in revelation, to contemplate it
When it shall have "put ou immortality.''
1 have thtia dealt with the popular views of thia question,
prcstnted by the compel fop Trinity Church. Two subjects
wire also presented by him. which approach more nearly to
yi rr duties. The f rft is, tho alleged danger that the city
w ill le charged with the expense ol making an assessment,
I ii at.se, at in assumed, the majority in interest will oblect
to the report and prevent ita conhriuati n. lathis view,
il e coi nsil cc instructs laryo figures for the supposed award
to Trinity Church, and then threntena you with the power
ol tl at corpi rai ion, to 1 e exercised to defeat the assessment.
In tuiswcr to this, it ia only necessary for rnu to retor y "U
to the 'iniiiun made by the Supreme Covrt, iu tlie cxten
?i' n of tl it same street in I -31, when, np n tho objection of
ell.tr property owners, Trinity Church wua deprived of the
fi ?<? of pi iscaiing herself 1 1 t ie 1 irre sum whiolt lha Com
1 i. loi.t n had aw arde i. The ? i' f Ju. tn-o ?;iy?, " The true
n. ? of rftii atifn tlie dattage it to appraise the property at
ii.- [rears t value to the owner, considering the extent of
late rest which tl c owner ban, and the qmilinod right which
may le exercised over it. " il M endell, i'3.
I pon this primiple, Tilnlt) Church villrcc nrc a nominal
iiv srd, and to aubject to a nominal assessment, because tiie
pri pi rty has no present value to hi r, un<t she has but a qua
lified inter' : t iu it. She will he powerless, therefore, in the
view augpetted.
]!it* ere it otherwise, let Trinity Chnrch exercise her
powe r- until r tho law s nnd in < onformity * ith them, instead
of ccn.ing here to overthrow the luws. 1 1 any faith were en
tei turned that her power would be effeotivo in that manner,
I feel warranted to inl ine that reliance would have been
placed upon that mode of resisting tho public interests, and
that tho chun h wculd not have become a petitioner to re
peal a law which she could otherwiae annul.
Betides, tl.e tame argument ii equally applicable to
every other street, and if it prevail it stops all improve
ment. The power which exists in this case exists in all
otl ere. It may reach the widening of Duane street aa well
as tl.u extension of Albany atreet. Shall our oitiiena whuse
lot is cast uih'. or the shadow of this church I e denied the
privileges which are freely granted, iu similar cases, to
e there, where Trinity Church docs not intervene? I trust
that in practice we shall have ci|ual laws, at least, so long
at in thcery we have equal rights.
Tl c si ci lid snirirci'tion made is in rogard to the expense of
the i xecution of the work of extending this street. To raise
i.n argument, the nunc fabuloui conji cturea appear to have
1 ecu made. One of my client", Mr. Jainea iluorman, has
iiv?n si me attention to thia sul ject, and. in my Judgment,
lias ificctnslly reuioved all grouudn for thij objection, ltia
conceded that the expense of worhinv through the street
would l e very small if the ground had not been used aa a
I lace of interment. Taking its present situation, it ia highly
prcbal le t! at t'.we thousand dollars would he ample to defray
tl.e w hole expense of n decorous and 1 ocoming r. rnoval of tho
ritnaii:*. Hut .Mr. Iioorman, with that liberality wliiclidia
tingtilslvei him, '.as doubled this sum. nnd offered to ?ive
fr. m his own jrivatc lesonreea the money necessary to pro
v*tli a vauii ior the reception of each as should not be
? Iniuiiil by Irl minor descendant*, and to remove the ro
ii uins, with tl i ir monuments and tombstones, up to tho
turn "f ten thousand dollar.'. This will unquestionably be
M: ply adeqbbte.
Were it otherwise, i<< Trinity I'hurcli to do nothing for the
ri f| 1 1 tfulri tu..ial . nd proper preservation of tkoeu remains
ol the dec df Do the seneil ilitua of her Vestry begin and
end with the question of the ext jnaion of Albany street?
la that high and sacred ilutywbieh tiiey profcsn to have
artcaicd, to tease or be disregarded the instant it calls for
either service* or expense ? I can ? ay to the re.-poctablo
gi n tli nun who cumpu-c that Vistry, that if, alter the pro*
fetsions tl iy 1 uve niado, and the conduct they have exhibi
ted in this question, tl.cy desi.-n to al anuon thoso r. mains
wl en the time for cxeeuiing the law will srrlve, this com
munity will adjudge them to have been ui tuatod by per
son 1 ranci r, dJaguistd ly shauu'less hypocrisy.
But tl.e ohureh has informed you that Mr." Hoorman has
provided that uo portion of hi.^ fund, shall be applied to the
ixpcnseot reni'Ving the part of a mono meat, now erecting
by ?l.e Vetiry ol Trinity Chureb, in the line of this street.
No, genth iiu n ! thote stones now st in 1 a monument of
nralignant batii d of tl e Vestry of Trinity Church, exhibi
ted, i><> fur as il is particularly directed, against uno indi
vidual mere tlan to others ? to Mr. .Iitnus Boorman. It
wns csnimcne.. d as a monument of the r. istance of the
Vestry of Trinity Chnrch to the logi.-lntivo will of the
people of the city of New Vork. The ground for it was
broken after the committee who preceded you had been
enpapid for months in considering tbe question of the
utility of this ltiw. Before its ercction wai roa.ilvod upon,
it hud been artfully contrived to obtnin the signutnres of
tho then Mayor and of seventeen of the Alderman and Ai
tiittint Aldermen, to a request that, this ohureh would cauae
a huital le li eimmi rt to be erected. These si. -.natures were
gin n without a suspicion that the Vestry intended to erect
the prcposi d mom meat as a larrier againat le/islation, ami
to hold up tl.e requeit so made, to preclu i.i them from faith
fully din harping t. elr pnl lio duty, it is a monument of
t; i ta?iHt.v with wl icb professions of sa'-red regard for the
ri mains of tl.e de.id are made by the Vestry of Trinity
( i tin h. and ot the equal facility with which the Vestry dia
r> hard their owe professions. If any sense of public duty,
i r any eentiment "1 patriotism, prompted its erection, thou
time enough has not elapsed to extinguish it; and it uii'ht
1 c cj Mi teil that tbi se seutiments would lead Trinity
C 1 1 ri h ton move it from the public atreet, and place it
* here it wiulil not injuriously a fleet the public convenience.
If l.o other sentiment than s desire to blockade the street
I ?t ltd to its erection; If, whon tho effect fails, the Vestry
uro to alnndon the patriotic professions with which they
disguircd their real purpose, then let tho bunuful structure
be removed at tie expense of those common interests which
it was intindedto defeat. The stones of which it is com
posed are inaoeent of the misehief which was expected to
have been promoted by them; and there are those ainon< us,
uistinfuithed more by their good actions thun by liypjcriti
cnl proletslons, who may use them, in a suitable situation,
to perpetuate tlie memory of the heroea who died in captivi
ty during the w ar of the Revolution.
1 come now to apeak upon a topio which properly has no
connection with the question before you, but which has
been luttde the tubjeet of appeals to populur feeling through
the tew t papers; by the Vestry of Trinity Church, and which
ha* I een introduced by their counacl, in his argument be
fore yon.
I refer to the pereoniil attacks made npon Mr. James
Boom tin, one of the petitioners for the law, and one of tho
purtiee on behalf of whom 1 appear hcfnro von. It ia promi
nently made an objection to tho law, that Mr. Boorman wus
an or.g those who n:ked for Its passago, and that Mr. lloor
n an, with bis neighbors, has property which will be beneflt
teif by the improvement; and ltls alleged that Mr. Boorman
is a foreigner.
I shall pass, for the present, the scandalous abuse to whieh
tl at gentleman hoe been subjected by the Vestry of Trinity
Church, in tl is matter, and the unceasing flow of calnntny
and vituperation poured ont by them through the daily
press; focaui o it disgraces tin m, and does not touch him;
tnt I will venturo to ask of tho committee, who ia Mr. Jaa.
Boom-an, that 1. ia sharing in the benefits of a public law
should l e a principal urgument urged for its repeal ? If I
lruy bo permitted to answer the inquiry, I shall speak as a
cltlren, anil not In a professional character. I have not bad
tie advantage of that extent or eharactcrof personal ac
quaintance with Mm tl at will enable me to speak i f him
otherwise than aa every citiien courer.-ant with public af
fairs fir the past twenty years mi,;ht sp^ak. I have never
hi d but three personal interviews with him; and in them I
have net spent more than two hours, in the aggregate.
llut ir there be any man Uvin? who may be Haiti to be
known to all the Industrious. philanthropic, and Chrlatian
people ofthi* city, tbat man is Mr. James Doorman. Daring
a period of half a century, whenever Immunity lm? needed a
fin nd, or any valualle charity baa called for a generous or
munificent contributor, or any puhli* enterprise or interest
lilts required a sagaoiouc and wino counsellor, or a bold and
energetic lender, Mr. James Doorman has been found to ho
the man for the occasion. With btrong impulses, guided liy
sound judgment and keen discernment, followed by unwaver
ing action, while advancing nil tho great interact! of
si ciety at home, he hat. extended the business, increased tho
(am a, and added hanura to the name, of the merchants of
New York, abroad.
Making no professions, but abounding in notions ; living
without ostentation, bnt dispensing the fruits of bis labors
with almost boundless liberality ; toiling arduously, when
aeivanccd years invite him to repose, tbat he may continue
to s* ell the streams ?f deserving charity, and increase his
benefactions to the leas fortunate among his fellow m*n, he
tiguid a bumble petition to your predecessors for the pas
? age of this law. Daring the twelve months that the ques
tion was pending before them, he nevor visited the halls
of legislation, nor held any communication on the sub
ject with any members, nor with tho public. Soon after
the reference of the petition, the character of our municipal
government engaged the attention of our citisens, and Mr.
James Boorman took the le:.d in the movement, founded ]
the orcnuiiation. and pre-eminently contributed to the suc
cesi of the reform party. It may safely be atfir ned tbat
r.o i nc individual's exertions were more freely bestowed, nor
contributed more potentially to the result, than those of
it r. Jamea Boi riuan. The members of the legislative body,
vt hom he was thns endeavoring to displace, were well aware
of bib position and Me actions; nnd yet, reviled as they have
leen.thoy acted from a sense of their puhlio duty, and
l pared the law which the public interc-ta required, even
though be whom they regarded as their enemy, haa peti
tioned for it and would be benefitted by it. This much, at
least, of tl.cir conduct may be commended to their succes
sor.", and to tho emulation of tho plons Vestrymen of Trini
ty Church. ?
ltefore this law liad received the signature of the Mayor,
the Vestry of Trinity Church, through their organ, the
"Courier and Enquirer," commenced a series of public
personal attaeka upon Mr. Doorman, which I tuke the liber
ty here, in their presence and in y?urs, to characterise by
no milder terms than scurrilous, base, and infamoua. I bog
tolread to yon portions of these publications, to illustrate
their vil'-ness.
The first article begin* with, remarking of thli law, "It*
object is, to disturb the remains, " Ac., and to double the
millions of a few great laud holders who for years have
been lining to accomplish this result." It will not be
attempted to be denied here, that Mr. Doorman alone was
intcm'cd <o be pointed at ; i.ud the fr.lao statement of its
? l.ieet being " to disturb the remains, " Is only equalled by
1I.1 profligacy of tie cumlueion that i t in to "double the
n illii ns" of any land holders The writer knew, ifhu knew
an} tl ing on ti c' subject, tbat Itr. Doorman owned bnt eight
lots to I e affected ly the improvements, and that one of
these is taken fcr the street.
Quoting, from tho report of your pro.ilecossors, that the
erection of the monument in the line of the sereet was with
ti e avowed object of preventine tho street from being car
ried through, the church, through its organ, asks, " will It
le credited that C. Francis and W . H Cornell, who signed
tlo report to the ComicoaUonnoil, could be so reckless as
to dcclsro tbat it bad been undertaken with the avowed
ol ioet e.f defeating tho opening of Dine street." This was
intended to be understood as an indignant assertion of tne
untruth of tl is part of the report And yet, tho same ve?try
I tut employed counsel to appear before you, and avow that
tb's was tho object of selecting that file.
The article fcts forth the proceeding of the meeting which
I 1 sue 1 ef'.t'e mentioned, a conenrreueo In which the Alder
men and Assistants had been entrapped into signing; and,
alter hurling the denunciations of tho church against these
"very persons who recommended Trinity Church to expend I
its ftirnt In hone r of tho martyrs ef tho Revolution," it pro
ee, ds to make the following implied charges against Mr.
Boot man ?
' This charge of views can be accounted for only in one
n ay. We know of tut one ai?eucy equal to effect the revolu
tl n M l at that agency is, the analoi iei of aldermanie na
ture ennl le u? to lines?, ai.d the vast pecuniary Interests of
n lew proprietors, in tho result, contlrms the atupblM."
'Ihe plain meaning of the covert charge intended to be
conveyed, ar.d underttood by auy reader, la, that the m"in
lera < f the Common Conncil w ho voted for this bill had been
bribed, and that tl o vast " pecuniary interests" of Mr.
J' rrr Doorman lad induced him to commit tho felony of
making ti e purcl rues.
Could the audacious insolence of tho mnnagora of the cor
pi rntie n of Trinity Church go further in drawing an estlina
i le pi Ivate i itlren 1 eforc tho public, anil ciiar&ing him ?itli
ti c ccmmlrtion of this high crime t
Tea, gentlemen, under the cloak of corporate authority,
1. 1 tier tho irresponsible title of " Vestryman of Trinity
Cltteh," and tt r? ngh the same orcan, individuals wba,
I worthy so they maybe, dare not claim, personally, to be
n ..re tl an the equal of Mr. James Doorman, in mural quail
: litir . exalted reputation. Christian feelin g, or unbending
j integrity; these A'.i.tloiiun reiterated the bare charges m
Kefc woti)" -
" V, c tri tt tl at tho signature of the Mayor will be refused
1 to ti ll, orllrnnee, It comes from an Inlceted source, amt
I with a spoeii.1 taint of corruption about it." Other expros
I FioW c ' i.vejlng tl e sails in pile d charge of bribery against
>:r Bociir.su, and e orruj' ion on the part of tho l?e^islnture.
| ure t I c fi Ut d In the arti le.
I On tho Dth of July, ICRS, Ave months before the pannage
<1 this law , the Mat - LegMatnre had enacted that any p- r
I son who should jnromUe. oltr. gift or i auee, or eld. or abet
! in Causing to le pri mln d, ollcred, or given, or furnish, or
i a/ree to rnrnish. In whole or In p"rt, tr> any member of the
( cn. won Council, any money, or anything of value, or any
jiec nniary or other individual aihantaee. present or pro
apective. w ith intent to inllncnee hla vote or ai tii.n upon any
question then pel, din?, or which mitbt be bronirht hefor<
Ifu. ?ii 1 .. e? ,;,.|l,i,.),n?i.ij, opou uvttVtuUUB, I* im
prisoned in a State prison not exceeding ten years, or lined
not ? \ce?i*ing nv? thousand dollar*, or both, in the dUere
i tii ? et ti>e uourt. ??
I Kt Doorsuan was actively enft<?d la urging tie put
TIIJC STREETS.
of tils law I know tlm vohtrymen of Trinity rhnreh, hat I
cid not tor of any efforts on their p rt, indlii dually or <-ol
le< tively to procure protective legislation, nor to elact r?
ftrntrt tl the place# occupied bj t ? le .' Ma tors win a they
hate tl us traduced. A?<1 yt, before tbe ink which had re
< ? r<l> d tie pas.ase of 'his ''ad become ilry, ti e vestry ef
t) II cl cr> h had tbe (iarinii to make those lonl charges
a^siLst Mr. Jinn s Br < ru.an, and to attempt to hx a felon'*
trand upon hi? venerable 1 row
1 charge tl is publication on the vestry of Trinity Chur h.
It contains intrinsic evidence that it emanated fr >m t'lum.
it seta forth documents which wore in their lule possession.
It appeart d in their < ran, it wan ccpic J iuto other no wspa
I ere ty their procurement; they have keen charged, and are
U< w cl arped with it, and they have not, and d" not, deny it.
Until alter thin infamous attai k wan made, the public
biard nothing from Mr Boormau on tliin subject; and what
bat since appeared froui him, has bean A Pelt defense against
thOie who wield the mvuicd power anil use the shield of the
corporation of Trinity ClinrcD, to calumniate and to crush a
fell! w citizen.
Who are these vestrymen, and who, I aialn ask, is Mr.
Jtineh liuorman, that Mr. Iloorman Hhoald lie cut down at
their lidding, by a reform Common Council? It in said Mr.
I5ooru.*n is not a member of their church : I beilcve that
charge is trne,
Mr. Doorman is a Presbyterian: and although not a son of
tin Pilgrim, te has li e unalloyed spirit or the PiUrluis.
lie is a nonci nformiet to church uomfuatiou iu uiattjr< of
conieleue*. whether it I o exorcised "nder tho Kpiscop.il
lul're. ( r the mere huur le govt rumeul of a Prosbytery. He
is not t lie uisu who may I e unjustly assailed with impunity;
n 'reanbe be turned aside ir m the support. of tne just
ligliti of his ncighl era a lid himself, by clamor, by lain iu<
putaticasof actions or motives, nor' by the denunciation*
of the vdtljr of Trinit) Church, uor by the anathemas of the
Vhvle c 1 ureb militant.
It i* 1 1 r tl. c r laid to I. is charge by the vestry of Trinity
Church that he Is seeking to add to what they allege to be
lui- overgrowa wealth, l y sacrilegiously disturbing the a shes
01 tl eduad. I point you to his noble ai ts, to hit countless
cl arities, to bin liberal endowments ul institutions to aid
the unfortiiiiate and distressed, an sufficient to refute tlio
bate charge ot avarice. Whose liberal and timely aid so
cured to the Institution of the llliud tho land on which
their edifice now stands, and wl ich, of itself, is worth mors
to-day than all the lauds of Mr. Boormau within tho limits
affeetod by tLlt llw t lie united with kla neighbors in ask- |
ing lor the law, convinced of its public necessity, as well as
its I enct.ts to their property and his own. And ho far as it |
may add value to I. is own property he regards the inereasa
a? I ut additional means to euable him to advance tho honor
of our city, and promote the weltare of our oitiieui. 11a
has thowu limself to l>o a safu almoner.
The ehnr.e that ho is wanting in proper rospeot for tho
reniains oftledead, is answered by his offer, from his pri
vate means, of ten thoueaud uoltur. to prov ido a suitable
|i .ce lor their deposit, and to pay for their reverential re
moval. YVMle piling these practical proofs of the propriety
ol l.ii mtlfwntl. I am warranted i ?? saying that Mr. lloor
li, an does nut Lellove in the consecration of inanimate mat
ter He does not reoognise tbo peculiar privileges which tha
v ct try of Trinity Church claim, In virtue of their possession
ol' these grounds; no r does he believe that tho?c lauds aro
exempt from the claims of the public for their use, any more
tlinn tie proporty of other religious denominations, or of
private i Itiiens. But in jubt sense of that ruapect which is
due fr 'm tin mo--t roflned i'oelingt to tho rumaius of t|)o dead,
Mr. Boorn.tn does aot yield precedence to the proudest
Msl op nor to tho humblest member of the Episcopal Church.
Ho it:mds lerc to resist the Imperious doomm! made upon
the Cen.inon C'ciuncil by the vostry of Trinity Church, that
t! ey w ill. for a second time, repeal this law, the necessity of
wl ich ha> leen so often declared by the representatives of
tl-c people.
'lie vestry of Trinity Church, in their new-papor artl
r'es, niul I y their counsel bafore yon, have charged that Mr.
Bcorman i* a foreigner. On their part. It wan a disingenu
ous attempt to enlist the sympathies in this controversy of
a Inrpe class of m,r fellow citizens, who have desired A modi
fication of the naturalization laws, and that persons boru
out ol the United States might bo required to resid" liero a
longer time 1 eforc they should bo permitted to gain the title
of citizens. I Jo not know the country of the ori iu of all of 1
tho present vestrymen of Trinity Church. From thoir
nsmes, the sneotors, at least, of some of them wore born
ulroad. Their predecessors, 1 know, suddenly went out of
this ccuntry wl.en its independence was acknowledged, and
1 have net informed myself when their successors came
into it.
But it occasioned great surprise to me that their connsel
hero (Mr Emmet) should have ventured to repeat to you
their imputation, that the birth of Mr. Bourmun happened
in a foreign land.
Mr. Bocrmsn is English by I irth; so Is the corporation of
Trinity Chcrch. It this t corporation has lung beou resident
here, so has Mr. Boorinan. lie is older, as a New Vorker,
than nine tenths ol' the inhabitants of this city, lie is lifty
nine years old as nn American, and Iiuh been a oltizen of the
United Stntcs for almobt half a contury. And yet men who
have been born since ho was a resident in this city, havo
ventured to stigmatize him as a foreigner; and my learned ;
and most respected friend (Mr. Kinmet), l.y tho instruction J
of l.is clients, repeats the charge. 1
Gentlemen, Mr. James liuorman vras a resident In thil I
city, employed us a clerk in a leading oommercial house, I
when the justly eminent ami honored father of my learned
friend first set his fo<>t on this soil of freedom, flying from
the oppre.-tiou of the Fame king who, during the Itovolu
tionary war, obtained the prayers of Triuity Church, and
wac its ttuiporal head. If 1 am nut misinformed, lay loarned
friend fame w ith his father.
lor nearly half a century Mr. Jamos lioorman has been a
prominent merchant of New York, '.and has largely contri
buteu to tlcvnte while he l as adorned that honorable eha
meter. M Ithcut derogating t'reiu the efficient services ren
dered by others, 1 may talely challonge his detainers to
point to the man w ho has performed so many and such sig
nal service* for tlio advancement of onr city as Mr. James
Bocrnian. With ro other means than those which havo re
sulted 1'rt m his own talents and industry, he may comparo
the resulting I enellti produced by lib public spirit and pri
vate bounty, with nil tho good produced by tho vast ro
sov.rces of 'irinity Church, under tho management of its
ve. try; and tlic ! alaneo will not bo found against him.
Still, the vcptry of Trinity Church personally engage
themselves, employ the press and thoir counsel, iu stl:ni.i.
tl/ing Mr. Boormnn as a mercenary, grasping mi.-er, desti
tute of the ordinary im tlncts of humanity, who would vio
late the fraves and profane tho ashes of the uoad, toincroaso
bis pri perty; as n foreigner, having no sympathy with our
institutions, no share in our religious feelings, no rcgr rd for
i or public sentiment, and no common ties of country, kin
dred, interest or affection, w ith American cltizeni!
1 ml.ii.it to you that mi re unblnshingotfrontery was neror
exblllted. It is I ut another of uiauy sin.ilar iilnstrations of
the cbi.ractc r of corporate power, and its effect up in the men
who wield it. Outudc of this arcanum, iu their private and
personal and public relations. 1 ertecin tho gentlemen who
compoue this restiy to be Just, honorable, and liberal citi
i' nr. I think I do them no injustice when I say that, indi
vii ually, no oie of tl i m woulu dure to cast such unmerited
ol Icqcy upon Mr. Bocrmr.n. But when they actin their
i or j orate character, tho power appears to bo too tempting
for tt o rethtain e of human v eaknesa: of their act* in that
character oi ly, I have been culled upen to speak before you.
Tho nstv.re of those at ts has demanded that thoy should be
freely examined; and, in my view, justice lias require I that
they should I c pointedly condemned. 1 havo aimed to dis
charge my duty to my clients, and hope to have convinced
tl.e n mniklet ?
First, that the law yon asked to repoal originated in tho
wants of the public, long felt and often determined; that it
v ill sul serve private interests, and greatly improve an im
portnnt section uf the city, while it facilitates trade anil
(.immerce; and that no reasons of publio policy, nor any
Jut t sen t incm s, call for its repoal.
!?( coudly, that if it bo regarded as a question botween t'10
? t; iry of 'Ir1! itv Church and Mr. James lioorman no merits
on tie port tl that body, nor any demerit* on tho part of
Mr. Doorman demand tho interference of the Legislature
to change thecxisting law.
I therefore vnture to hopo that you will report adversely
to the petition) for the repeal of tho law. Tho issue w ill
determine ti c sovereignty ot Trinity Church, or tho sove
reignty of the H'Ople.
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Till: ll?I AL (BOY) OF THE P.Vh'T IS THE ACTUAL
(man) of the rre> < nt; tho Idcsl (."Ir!) of the present 1.' tho
sctnal (wi mil) of the future. ? Fannie Leo Tuwncend. The
Mcntlil) Jubilee for March, (pul lished by an association of
the danglers and hoes ei toil,) is dedicated to free speech,
i i, i tilry. <li?< titslon, thought and opinion. Onodoll?r p;r
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i.l li\c towsrila tho laboring (physical) clasren of tho hu
inna racc," than any ether written work, (except the
ltil le. | ever lssned. Prlc.o fl 30. l'or sale at tho United
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A Yates, a Ann street. Canvaisers wanted.
THE LAMFLICHTER.? 20,000 PRINTED in twenty
day?; ore of the Inrptet ealea on record, and a work
which hna keen fir atyli-d the li r< at Anurieu Romanoe.
Pul.lUbcd by JOUN P. JE WICTT A CO. l or aalo by *11
bopkiellert.
^ KURWITUIUB.
ENAMKM.I1) COTTAOl FCRNITUR* -*ATHKV? A
STACY, 614 and 036 Broadway, wb<> roeoivad flrat me
(Uli from the Cryital Pilio< and American lantitute for tb#
hert tuita of enamelled char-bar furniture lirllt tbe public
to examine their extenaive Hook. Snlta with hair ?iftrui,
<rtraW|PalU*eaae. plllowa tad holnter* from *IU
LEG ANT FURNITURE FOR SALE? BY A PRIVATE
li fanilly breaking up housekeeping ? Elegantly curved
nnwoodand brocatelle parlor ati-1 chamber * t?, oak and
prtcn moroico ilinin;< room net, velvet rurpett, Ai\ Ac. Tl.o
(ni tiiture hna not beoa uard throe tnoi:th?. A l"a<" of the
1 < me (in Brooklyn c?n be had; It It about 26 iniiiutea from
Wnllftrect. Terma reasonable. Direct, with r^a! name, to
" Blotter," lliralil oOioe.
i'DRNITPRE FOR SALT.? A SMALL FAMILY. GIVING
V np h"U>?keeplp* *111 dl?p> ?? of tl.clr furniture cheap
tddrece at once. Furnltura, 11 era I <1 office
-rU'RNITURK FOR SA1.E-TIIE COMPLETE riTRNT
I; ture, rarpi t?, Ac., of a pri\ atu linair, in tme fur 11 vcrf
1 1' 1 rt time. Apply to HI li AhFENBJCKU k LUIS, Til
lined way.
rjMlE CABINET MAKER?ALEXANDER ROCXT" <77 A
J Broadway, who received the tirwt medal from the
W urlil'f Fair fer the but and moat elaborate fnrnltur\ in
vltee hie rvetotnera, and public generally, to examine hi*
larfe rtcck, contained in hii newly enlarged warerooma
which co\er a apace of more than twenty thonaand fe?t, all
of which i? covered l>y tho richest and raont elegant furni
ture ever produced in Knrope or America. He haaju't re
ceived from I'arU the largest and meat mn^nifl >ent a?aort
mert of antiqne furniture, eg rionx hoin, ever Imported.
And aa to liia a> ti> in rnecwnnrf irali"-?nv walnut at"' oak,
Ui?y 1 aaaok l? aferpamu in d?el?n. vaate, ?r wvramanahtp, I
a?o no donltiuperior to anv manufactured in thla eonntry,
and at i>rit?? to dafy competition. A. R i? cunttaatly r?
cMv'nr fWm Mr branch liouta, JCBonlevard, Beta Mare bail, |
raxU, tfcaUtot <1m1?m,
mill AT 40CTIO!.
Auction notice? et/foaxt as d costly hottshs
kvld furniture ? -H. WiU?n, Auctioneer. will sell by
catalogue. on Monday, March *20th, at 10 o'clock, *1 47&
ill u<mci d street. tj#nr Fourth, carved rosewood ana
niah?pa? y parlor furniture, in plu?h and satin I rocatelle,
a K\jj>erirr rosewood |iauofort?*. *to >1 an I cover, rune woo l
centre. aid* and pier tables choice oil palatines. rna/nifWsnt
oval and pier glas*ei>, marble top bureau* washstan I*. sofas,
Mahogany chairs. elejraat broeatalle and lace window
curtains, rosewood snd mah<?anv bedsits ds. beet curlei
hair inattreMes. rich ard costly coina rates, hrvissels car
pet', dining and extensive tables, ci;/ht day clock, maple
rhvirs, loasffi, crockery, china dinner and tea sets, be-it
ivory cntlery, t-ilv.rwaro. rlatsware, kitchen utensil*. ?o.
The furniture las been used but a short lime, and <?f tht bent
^aliiy. Every article will positively be t?old to the highest
Auction notice-han*dsome household pur
niter*, china im, pianoforte, Ac. ? SAMC Kl. OSGOOD
will cell to-morrow tn"rning. (Monday,) at 10U o'ulo?k, at
tie house 30 Lexington avtnne, corner of Twenty fourth
llrctt, tin- wbole of ti e elegaut firnltin, consisting in part
ot two suites rosewood parlor furniture, in Imcatlle; ma
hogany sofas: \ el vet, imperial aud otter cxrp t?; gilt frame
irirrnre, marl le top centre tablea, oil painting*, marble top
Lure an*, rosewood pianoforte, card tables, mah > 'any wird
rote, enamelled furniture, bedsteads, bodling, stores. Witch
m . ui uit' re, Ae. Catalogues wiii bo rvady at the tale.
AUCTION NOTICE.? CROCKERY, CLASS, CHIN'*,
J\ cutlery. I ritannia ware, 4u.? Bt W. ff. Si.irly,
au< tioneer.? J 8. II. BAltTLETT ?nlsell on Wednesday,
?\ir<l 22, at It* o'clock, ?t 82 John etrjrt, fifty orate* or
i r?. kcrv r ii'i KMl packssrc . sll kind* of glass w'aro Lv the
paclnge snd in loU front the b ip, to mit retiUcri iud gro
cers. Op time over $100.
k UCTION NOTK 'E.? SALE OF HANDSOME HOUSE
J\. bold furniture. ? Z. N SWELL A CO. will aoll, thia
<!nj-. at 10* o'clock, at the auction room No. ft Naaaati
rtn < t, a Inrce aaiortuicut of housuhold furniture, consisting
ef elc. ant rosewood parlor suits, lu satin br catclle, tet?
a-tetes, sofas, otton:au> . obnirs, Ac., in hair cloth; enamulled
and printed cottn e suite*, warilroLea. bureau*, lounges,
bedf tends, mattresses, desks, clocks, Ac. N. 11. ?Regular
sales e* ery Mondav nnd Thursday. Terms oa.-<h.
PITER PARKS, Auctiouecr, 7'J Nassau at.
Auction notice.-tiios. bell, auctioneer.
?By W. S. lograham. ? Tuesday, at ItH. o'clock,
in the cafes rooms 10 North William street, wliThosolda
very superior assortment of really valtial lu household fur
niture ai d housekeeping article* of all descriptions, from
families removing, Ac.: also the stock of au upholsterer;
hotel :md barr iom furnitare, Ac.
Auction s a i.e.-tde ce i,la ks connected with
the aeveral public market* belont'lnc to the eity, and
Sundry lott and i uildinga, will be leaded on bidl at public
?nrtion. on Tucday. April 4, UM, at 12 o'clock, M ., at ths
City Hall, for the term of five y?ars from the flrat day o I
Hay next N. B. ? Lifts of the property to be leased, nea
taining also tho terms and conditions of rale, may he ob
tained on application at the Comptroller's Ofllee, No. ft Hall
of Record!.
JACOB A WESTERVELT. Mayor,
R. T1L1.0U, Recorder,
A. C. FI.AGO. Comptroller,
V IV. EDMON D8. Chamberlain,
WM. CIIAUNCEY, Cbr. F. Com. Bd. Aid.,
Wll. M. VERMILYK. Ch. F. Com. Bd. Coun'*.,
? Commissioner* of Sinking Fund.
finance Department, New York, Feb. 28. 1864.
A UCTION SALE OF RICH ANDCOSTLY HOUSEHOLD
_f\ furniture.? llUSSELL W. WESTCOTT will sell by eata
logos thin Monday morninr, a t 10^ o'clock. a large and
elegant variety ot rouvoud and mahogany fiirnituro. con- ?
Utlued in konse No. 72 Eighth avenue: everything la the
house ia In perfect order, and will positively be aold without
reserve, offcrtBf rare inducement. to all In want of superb |
furniture consisting in pirt of one magnificent unit of reus- i
wi I'd parlor furniture, with two lohl, all medallion banks, in I
1 satin I rocatl' . oi o do. in maroon anil crimson; two apluuaid ;
pier glasses, with uiarble top vasus; richly carved rosewood (
I ete^ere with pinto glass doors and back; 104 yards rloh oar
pet, handsou>e corner eteg< reB, solid r <sewood contro t tblos,
reception and arm chairs. alminsu rj and inlaid tahlos, em- I
brolin red curtains am! rich shades, porccluln and ormula
clocks, with an elegant variety of riou mantel vases ami or
naments. jewel eases, pnritin card receivers, compoetucrs,
flower pots. Arc.; also a num her of beautiful oil pointings,
soma or which aro on glass, in rb li oval ami squaro frames;
rosewood, mahogany, and walnut bedsteads, with superior
hair mattriiimes and pulliasters to tit them; rosewood and
mahogany bureaus, with marble top washstands to match;
splendid china toilet sets, oval and gilt looking glasses,
Brussels ai d iugritin carpets, rosew ood and mahogany solas
and lounges; mahogany, walnut and other chairs; rookcr*,
divans, booki cses, Ac., with a choice variety of basement
furniture; extension dining table, sllvorware urns, castors,
spoon a, fork*, cako basket*, salvers, Ivory outlery, cut glass
ware, rich china tea and dinner set crockary, glassware,
Ac. Cutalusues at house. Sulo po-ithe, without regard to
weather. R. W. WESTCOTT, Aucti.mer.
ANTHONY J. BLEECEER, AUCTIONEER? HOUSE
and lot No. 9 Leonard Mrcet at auction. ? Anthony J.
Blecckcr will bell at publio auction on Wednesday 23th In t.,
at 12 o'clock, at the Merchants' Exchange, the two story
1 rick front l ouse and lot. No. <1 Leonard street, north l ido,
only about 1 7'> feet from Hudson street. I.ot 2.r> feet front and
rear by A(i feet 6 inches in dept!i ou each side. Possession on
It t Hay next; title indisputable and sale perempt jry. Two
thirds of tho purchase money uia.v reuiain on bond and
mortgage for tl-.rco years. For further particulars apply to
the Auctioneer.
A LBERT H. NICOLAV, AUCTIONEER? STOCKS AVI)
A bonds at auction ? Albert II. Nloolay will ell tills day.
March 20, at ibj^ o'clock, at the Merchants' Exchange, lor
n< count of whom it may concern, $2.'i,000 Cinanlaigua and
Flmirn Railroad Second Mortga.'o Seven p'r Cent Bon is,
dated 1st November, 1^51, and rcdocmuhlo I<t November,
IK' 7, int,rcft coupons payable r, mi-annoally at tho M"
chanit s' Hank, New York. 1st May and 1st November $1,000
each; $10.(110 ( bicagoand Roik Island Railroad First M?rt
tngo Seven pir Cent Convertible Bondi, redeemable in 1 TO,
interest coupons payable semi annually in Not York ltlth
January and 10th Jiily, $1,000 each; ID ibaros Vermont Val
ley Railroad. JUKI each; lido, ltank of the Union, $10(1 cich;
4(1 do. Central liank of Brooklyn, each; ID do. Pnunix
lire lninrame Company, of Brooklyn, $."i0 each; 20 do. Lo
rillard Fire Insurance Company, $2.'i caoh; 20 do. Coru Ex
change Inturaiue Company, $'0cacb; 20 do. I,a Fsrge Fire
lrsurnnce Company, (AO each; 20 do. Manhattan Life Insu
rance Company, fUio each; 20 do. Francis' Metallic Life Boat
Corporation, $'0 cach; iOd do. American Magnetic Sewing
Machine Company, fAi each; 7'' do. Harvey St^el vd Iron
Company, $10 end ; 1,000 do. Cardlner's (Jold i^unrtz Pul
verising e nil Amalgamating Con'pany, f.'i each. Tarun of
Sale ? Ten per cent this dav. nnd the balance tomorrow.
T! o net rucu interest on u I the londs will b? chnrxed to ttie
purchaser. A. H.N. holds regular sbIcs of stocks, bonds
and other sciuritlcs on Monday ami Thursday of each week,
at tl c Mire! ants' Exchange. At Private S.ile ? A sr^at va
rp'ly of ftrrt flora roilroud bonds, bank, insurance aud
otl er ftocks. Office, No. 4 Broad street, next to corntr of
Wall.
BROADWAY PltOPERTY AT AUCTION.? THE PRO
perty in w owned and occupied I y It. Boll, florist, the
two story and ba. omcnt hooae. w ith all tho gracuhousca
inuladcd. will l e sold at aucton on Ttics !ay. March 21. at
tl o Mer, lisnts' Xxchanj-a, by ADRIAN II. MULL1.R A CO
Brandy, hams, groceries, *c? auction, ov
Tuesday, at 10W o'cloel;, at .'i7 Day strct. corner of
Greenwich, n-gars, leas, coffee, dates, raisins, fl's. hams,
mackcrcl, ealmou, pickles, s^nra. t ibacee, brandy, purses,
pocketbookh, percussion caps, papior ntnebe cln 'ks, ,to.
WELLINGTON A. CARTER, Auctioneer.
COUNTRY SEAT AT FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT ?
WILLIAM IRVING A CO., Auctioneer*, will sell at
auction, on Wednesday, March H, at 10 1 ; o'clock, at Fair
field, Connecticut, Cottage House known lis t.o> Sbcnif
I>imon residence; 2V acres land, household furniture, ka.
Cottage replete with every convenience, containing twelve
rooms. There are 2V a- res of land, 217 fent on tli ? street,
627 feet deep, beautllully situated, high and dry, with a wall
of delicious water nnd a lnrce cistern, arbors with grapes
and flowers, a yariety of healthy fruit trees; a flae aspar^ns
hi d: and small garden fruits, noble forest and shade trees
ara scatti red over the gerund and bordorthe walks upon the
street, and formin-r an impenetrable shade. Also, all the
furniture, comieting of mahogany, parlor and bedroom
furniture, Brussels und Ingraiu carpets, kitchen furniture.
Daniel d. NAsn, . auctioneer.-sheriff s
salo. ? By virtne of sovernl writs of exccn'ion. to me
directed and delivered. 1 will expose to sale at puhliu ven
due on Monday, the 20th day of March instant, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, at 310 Broadway, a large lot of seasonable
clotl Intr, consiFting of ovi renats, sacks, pantaloons, vests,
overalls, shirts, drawers, collars, hdkfs. stockings, An., Ac.
JOHN ORSElt, Sheriff.
Fcolton, auctioneer ? LARGE AND IMPOR
? tant sale of rosewood and mahoganv furniture, aar
pets, mirrors, Ac., bv catalogue. ? F. COLTON will sell to
morrow, (Tuesday,) March 21. at 10>i o'clock, at the auction
; rooms W? licokman street the entire furniture of a gentle
man giving up housekeeping and removing from the city.
It will comprise in part of a full assortment of rosewood for
two parlnrt, sofas and tc'.e a te.to to match: Voltairo chalr?.
mahogany warilrnbcs and hook (.t.ies, dres<"l>nroans, wit h
and without marl le tops; mahogany French hodsteads, rose
wood anil mahogany marble top centre, tdda and sofa tables,
dress tables, tbuches and conch hedfteads, tspestry, Brui
scls and three-ply carpets, oilcloths, forty hair matt.-ca?es,
psiiaeses, enamelled bedroom furniture in suits, curled ma
pie and oak fnrnitnro, hat standi, decorated china ware,
oval and French plate mirrors, iron furniture, Ac. N. B. ?
There is in tl is sule two full suits of parlor furnltnre, and
inade, as has been must of the other firniture, te order for
the geBtlcman'l own ure, and can he relied upon. Cata
loguer early on Tuesday morning, and goods can be examin
ed on Monday afternoon.
G. HORTON. AUCTIONEER, WILL SELL, THIS
T? day. st loi, o'clock, at 13 Sixth avenue, new and se
cond band furniture, also silk dresses, linens, clothlnz, fancy
articles, left from mortgage sale: one doren large bird ca^ce;
costnmejfrumes; coppcr rans for confectioners.
Henry h. Leeds, auctioneer ? blsoant sale
of liret class cat inet furniture, all made for prirate
?ale, at the well known establishment of Mr. G. P. Well,
421 Ilrceme stri ot, rear Broadway, who is alio at r 'tiring
Iroin I ntit ess.? HENRY 11 Li. E1)S A CO. will sell by auc
tion, ?t the nl ove extentiv" warerooms, the entire valuable
sti ek contained tl. ? rein, to tho hi hert bidder, on Tuesday,
21st, and Weiisotday, 22<l March, at 10^ o'clock each day,
coir jrlsing every description of e.\l inet furniture in rose
wood, ink. black walnut, maho~any; sofas, t ite a-tetes,
luresni, drcrsinir t*o., el, a rs, rich c'srved centre tables,
i tcckca?c?, secretaries, ledrt^ads, rosewood parlor suites
covcrcd in triirrr.n and cthef'silk Irocatell ; do. in mas
Hp, room furniture in r nk. of tho best make, ilining room
fnriiiiuie, vali r i le extension talrles. and n eeuural assort
mcBt of ledreom furniture, all of modern styl*. nad war
rm ttdin every tespect. Dealers, hotel pro'pri, 'ors. anil
priTSte families are invited to oxninine this stock, r.s It will
ul^rd an opportunity to obtain good fnrnitnro. Sale with
out reserve, a? the premises arc let and must be riven up.
On leu n at any time before salt Also at a future day,
of which due notice will bo i-fven, all tho material!, rur
V'n d, msbopany, oak, satin wood, black walnut, and pine
planks, hcnrils and veneers. Alto curled hair, glue, work
(inches, tools, Ac., Ac.
House sale of eleg ant furniture, carpets,
mirrors, paintings, nilvor ware, Ac. -Will be sold 1 1
morrow, Tuesday, Man h 21, at 10k' o'clock, the contents of
I ousc No. 121 Forty liflh i treet, between Si-.th avenue and
Broadway. Consisting of cle>rant rosewood suits of parlor
furniture, in rich satin broeatnlle, rosewood etegcre witfi mar
ble tot, and mirror back, carved rosewood contra tabl?s,
cli pint I corner unphcard; tine rosewood work 1
tal le, pearl inlaid and Paris tatdes, easy and sewing ? hairs;
rosewoods. id \wilout tot.is ami lontiscs, mahogs :iy booki aso [
and secretary; rich Cllua vases and marble raaut'-i nrna
meati; oil l?in tings an I en<ravinirs, t'vo tine pu?tol paint
iues, Istely on ex til hi lion at the Cry till Palace; lace and
) rocatclle curtains, decorated China tea sets; China dinner
set; rosewood and mahogany bedsteads; best l air mattrese
es; rosewood and mahogany dressing 'nreatis; rr irble top
withstands; gilt toili t sits: extension dlnln* table; hronxe
I at stand, tapestry and Ingrain carpe's. Bruiiels and Vette
tinn stair arpcts; oil, loth; earputing: French plate oval and
mantel mirrors; elegant French elock; crockerv and ?l*ss
ware; basement and kitchen furniture, Ac. The ahuve of
firs a frne opportunity to housekeeper*, as the furniture is
nesrlynew, end a ill le sold entirol y without reserve.
C. Vt . 110LMK9, Auetuae-r,
MOr.TOAGE PALE. ? F. M. CK1 STALER, Auc
tioneer. ii.'IBow 'cry. will sell on Wedneslay, 2M I'ist.,
at 10 o'clock, by order of the niortcsgi e, a large sn lext n
st , e assortment of ^cntloinen s liosiery and i lothing, con
sitting of woollen, gauze, merino, muslin, linen and silk
unoorfl.irtl and drawers, silk and salio handkerchiefs, naw
stylfs i f English prints, cambrics, muslin and linen sh#et
ing, satinets, tweed*, easslmore, hroadoloths. OBshmctto,
crape* shawls, and drest, patterns, fanoy common to ts,
iBisfmcre, ca bmetts, gim;ham. twe'ds, and cloths, froek, |
dr' rs, sack, Albtrt frock coats, eas-iinere and s'tlnetts
pants, and a variety of other articles In the line well
worthy tbe attention of the trade. j
CTANDARD ROSF.S AT AUCTION-BY J. L TANDE
M WATF.R, at (ho corner of N assau and Plue streets. Oa
M- twltv. the 20th ln?* wl'l t ? --old a l?r?s ?,?""rtoi?rt of
auuidaru ?*?r nlonmlns roses; also running roses,
f tears, apples, peaches, trees and tree neoniss, with a
ar ? Lit of tardy and ornamental shrubs, from the nnrtery
of G Mare, Astoria, l.ong Island. AU plants warrants! to
k* getulae aad tent to IBM.
I
"DOSTPONKD UNTIL, TUE?UAY, MARCH 21, 10)i
uill In' " -MARK WRAY, Aaetloa**-,
will si II a splendid assortment ,, ?? , u!,i furniture, a'.
H.nr4^. '? N'? -aw Hr.adway (Gethla
ii ? Ft?. !,i"1 *"HoU?Me fnrnitur*
will and I this aii excellent npportauity to mit themselves.
It coajpriM* rosewood ?s|?ut. aud en am (lltd
(?UK of chaasler furnlti r; alfof wUeb Um.de I.* the hot
?llufMiirin, expressly for the New York private oaltom
triide. CtltloiMl ready. Nil.? Furniture packed foe
trsBiieat orders, or stored.
ROSES, AC.? WM. IRVING A CO., Al'CTIONF.RRS,
will sell it auction. on Tuetdsy, March 21, at lti^j
? clock, at tli* ?*Ies room No. 8 Prinoe street. it,,*** ?
btanilard. b*lf ,-tandard, dwarf, perpetual. mow, Bourbon,
niost t to. byrld, Baltimore bello, prairie ijneon. Knsaels, cut
tare la v, I anks and i.tlier fine variety of r >ses and green
house shrubs, from the nursery of J. H. Mantel, at Astoria,
comprising tl ? finest and newc?t collection of rose* aver
oflired at public pale. Warrant <1 true to nam*. Also, an
assortment of tbe choicest vanities af red and white graps
vine* imported from Europe 1 'nt year, and rained In thla
country. young plant:), witu strong and healthy root*.
SPUING SALES ? W. K TAVLOR A CO., RESP1CT
fnlly inform tbnr friends aud tho pul lie, that they ara
now r a?y toirive tl iir personal attention ta aalaa of *Y*ry
description of h> uicbold furniture. ut residences, or at their
| ro< tin . lil'il Uroadway CI areas will be luoderato. Arrangaj
*ii f,ta will le made 'or sale* at No. 11 Chamber* ?treet, b*M
mi' ut.
\\rM W ITTURS, AUCTIONEER, WILL SKLL, O*
vT W edn< sday, Mar, I, 21. at l?>a o'clock, at 500 ISrooma
?treat, all ti e rich and elegant parlor, chamber, and dining
I room furniture, in tl:u above bonie, large pier and mantel
flii"". fine collection of oil painting*, rosewood piano, ,Eo
llan attai b ment, coat $MI0; two roaswood suits iu liroeatelle,
hhtin damask, end lace curtains, mantel ornaments, ros*?
wooditigrrc glut- plute door* and la li; silver waro, centra
and side tables, velvet carpets. with ru^a to mutch; oil
cloths, 1 lit rack, stair carpi t and rods, riehly cfirvod auit of
j rosewood cl aml.tr furniture, inferior l.air muur-wse*. bol
I 1 ters and pillow*, wardrobe, iuahoi'*iiy bedstead*, tnarbla
I top dreaaing bureau? i-ud ? asbetaads, canopies and ourtalns,
[ togctair * it h all tl.e tat le and bed lioeu. haacmeat and
, kitchen furniture, Ac., *11 of tke best *? rkinanship uud. ma
terial. Catalogue* r>-.'idy on the morning of sale.
WS. MKLI.OR. AUCTIONEER.? II, Ed ANT FURNI
? tore, of the moat ?.o*tiv description, earved rosewood
pianoforte*, mirrora. Ac. To morrow (Tuesday) at I0<^
o'clock at llroauw ay, GRUNDY. HOUGHTON A MEL
LOR will sell, by cutal?t,"i',an aa*ertinriit of uportor furnl
nitnre. ruch a* can l>u relied upon and warranted, coni-ist
i f in part:? Farlor iu, niti.rc- Hotewoeii oar) ir suit '.carved
roa> v ood itauere*. mirror backa; Tnrkinh < a?y ohaira. cov
ered in trocadc satin; earved roaewood, otarhle tap, centre,
Vierand 'anoy twble*; Inlaid cabinet and w.-itin^ table*;
:il(alttbl*B und Gothic aewing and reception cbaira.
Chamber furniture ? Carved rotewood bedstead*, bureau*
and wasbetands to match; oak, walnnt tnd mnho^any do;
pure hair uiattrtisies; paliaaien, richly enamelled paintod
mitK. lilning room furniture ? Extea*i?n dicing tables of
the best pattern*; oak. r-'fewood and maho.rany lldeboard*,
and dining room chairs, library beokcnti* iu waluat, ma
hogany and oak: also, an invi ieo of fane y ornament*. Fiva
elepant pianofortes, one of which coat ?. (*(, well worthy the
attention of thoce in want of a gaod instrument.
M
8PKINO
ANTILLA8, MANTILLAS. ? BRODIES' RETAIL
opening day for his exposition ef tlio newoat and lat tab
styles of apring and auuiuior ail k ami lace in^tillaa, I* tlx id
lor the aitb. for wl ieh ?ee*t.i.>n he kas had bis exteatlra
premises enlarged and bcautllod for tbu convenience and
coBifort of hi* lady eustmners. aid bavin* just returned
from Kui nue. he will be prepared ea tint day tu exhibit tba
largest and tnnat select atock to be aeea out of l'aril. At ba
i* now irknowledgcd both in this exantrv and Europe to
lead the uiatitli,* and el, ak trado of the UBitad Bt*4ae, ha
has been enabled tliia season to make arrangement* wi:
tone of the leading Parisian house*, for the exeln*ive u i
ot tl:?ir de?ii?u* ana styles, iu lilain and onibroldered good
l.adie* call and see Krodie's lmndaoiuo atook. and no lc?i
bandseuie prtniires.
>J EW 8TTLB SPRING RIBBON#, HON NET SILKS:.
I lawiis. dress trimming ribbons flowera, erapes. Ac.- ?
[Tlie underpinned hat "pencil ? very ext^unl/e ware room, e ?
cluslvcly for lbs wholesale trade, adjoining his retail ?tor< .
with a haud?'>uic stock of new goeda, at vory low price.,
ind Invites the jobbing trade to fnver Mm with an early
call. U. II Lit UTKNSI E1N, Ot) Bowery.
s
PRING FASHION'S.? MOLYNEUX BELL, NO. W
Canal street, w ill expose on Monday, '.ittli Inst., for the
iUhpcctlon of bis numeroun lady natrons, I U stock of spring
inact:lla , l oth imtiorte.l and of bis ow n manufacture, com
prising every variety ol the richest material*, and the new
rat anil most elegnnt designs. Qc invite^ tlio special atten
tion of ladior to this exposition ot cbelcu fabrics bvlleviag
they cannot be excelled in uovelty and excellence elsewhere.
COPAUTNKUSIIU* NOTICES.
dbier AAA ? WANTED, A PARTNER, W ITU
?Ipl fJ.UUU. from 110,000 ta flM.C H). to ro into tbo
| Look ii lid itutlouery V u?-iuc re. in a weitern city, by a k?h
| tUvum ul l??n^ cxitcrivncc in tlio Weat. and who has and
| can now command n fcrndc t f 8*?0,WM> to $100.1)00 per annum,
' with pood |irofltti. AddrcwB West, 304 Uroadway ;
MAAO ?WANTED, A YOUNG MAN WITH ONB
? vfUv/s tlionrand ilollara, toon a?e Iu a grocery aid
I proviiion business, ulrcady esta' ilsbed. and doing a good
cash pitjing linalncss. 1'leaso addre , O. II , llriadway
I Pott Otlue, with real name, and whtrc to la aocn.
(Jjl AAA TO $3,000.? WANTID, A PAHTNER WITH
| ipj .UvU the above sum, in a mauula Coring busiueis.
'I be rvi. m liter will iiiv. ; e-|ua!ly. and ?nl a'.i -lv ay out
1 tl.st It i a pn;, Ing Liitiucsi Apply to day to 1IOU ?3 A
11AM110N 1), til Nai. au street.
(fcOnn -A PARTNER WANTED1N A CASH PATUfQ
i 'iOvJU. busiucsi, c.ml lishud tor tlic pa?t six years. A
p.fion with tho above nnionr. t can % I .tki to SI.S0C
jearly. Apply to UOW trt Jt II AllllOM), SI Nasaau St.
A PARISIAN GENTI.EUAN Willi 1I.\S RESIDED IN
New York several years, is desirmsto lind an a**oei
I ciate with iM. t**? or $1, blt>, t,i enter a buslnes* offering good
I advanUgea. Satisfactory security can be glvon. AadreM
with real name tu A. 1'., Uroadway Post Ollico.
PARTNER WANTED? WITH A SMALL CAPITAL;
say from $100 to Au active man can tak- a share
j of a I niin' gH already estaiilUlied ia Uroadway. Address D.,
j Herald office.
Til WAI.SH A CO. HAVE A8SOCT ATF.D WITH
. tl.em Mr. (leorgn Walsh, for the manntaot ure and sal*
ef surgical instruments, trusses, ayrinaci, Au , at h6 Fulton
street. T. II. WALSH k CO.
WANTED-A PARTNER. IN AN OLD ESTABLISH
ed wholesale business, with n capital nf t r in $6,000 to
tr-.OOO. Address Grocer, lleiald oLic*. stating whore aaia
tervlew may bo bad.
HOTELS. ~~
CIOOPER HOUSE. ItUOA I) WAY, NEAR THE BROAD
/ way theatre. Uur Canadian lrienu( visiting the States
this arnieuer will find the sainc attention to t'leir wants and
comforts a* last season. H'e shall endeavor to furnish then
tgond English dinner, comt.iaed with many delicacies in th*
rencli style. Dinner at S and 4 o'clock. Board $2 par day.
ALBERT J. PEASE A 11 ROTH EK, Proprietor*.
GRAMERCY HOUSE, !KW RROADWAT.? THIS HOTEL
iri not to be surpassed fur the rery f.ne and handsoaaljg
til ted up npartineuts it lias. The proprietor has jast faralak
ed several new suit* of rooms for families and *iagle geatl*
men, with ur without board, which can bo had at moderate
price*. L. DON ADI.
NEW BO TEL.? CAPTAIN HOtDRXDGl HAS JUST
opened a l ew hotel on the European plan, on tb* corner
of Broadway and Eighth street. The boose 1* well arranged,
and the location is desirable, and the rooms are all naatlr
and comfortably (and some of them beautifully,) faruUhea.
They are obtainable in suits for families, or singly fer indi
viduals. Captain liuldredge lias had an experience of naaar
fears in the business, in which be ha* commanded popalarf
y aud success.? {Journal of Commerce. Sia^le room*, from
$1 SO to $K per week; suit*, from $?i to $30.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. ? THE LARGE SUMMER
boarding liouso, known as Washlagtno Ilall, will be
open on 1st of May. J. W^ MASON.
TO PASSENGERS FOR CUBA ? THE REVERE HOUSB
is tho largest, most airy and commodious house in H?
<sna, pleasantly situated in the immediate vicinity ef th*
Captain General's and lntondente's palaoe*. the oathedral.
sepulchre of Coluuit us, Piaraa de Armea, custom hou*e aad
( o s y , also nuar the Alameda Paseo and Tacon theatres. A
clerV visits the steamers to facilitate the landing of paseea
gers and baggage. MRS. RAYMOND, Proprietress.
financial..
ire nnn TO loan, or advances made- in
?T 'J (J .UUU any amount, an Jewelry, diamond*. pia
koi, merchaudiic. p< r*on*l property, or security. Term*
liberal, confidential and safe. Pacific A flinty and Loaa As
sociation, over Pacifio Bank, cornea ef Broadway and Oraad
iticet. Largo lot o 1 champagne w"ns for ule at a bargain.
(fcrr/l nnn to loan? on diamonds, watches,
ifl)U.UUU Jewelry. Ac., or bought for caah. Oood oity
?tocks, notea, bund* and mortgages, and bill* of esohaaM
negotiated. All business confidential. Apply at tho watch
importing and loan nflice, 102 Nwai (treat, corner ?f Abb,
room No. 2.
&fl nnn ~AN OPPORTUNITY NOW OFFERS FOR
<pO .UUU ? a ai.fe investment of $0,000 or $ti,000, which
prompts a sure return of one hundred per cent within oa?
year. Addrer* box 2'J St. I.ouis Hotel, Chambers atreet.
CASH ADVANCED (OK BOUUHT OUT FOR CASH)
lil ( rally, and on luvst pleating term*, oa xtorage of
every kind of n-.ercliandlro and personal property. Alao
pn nt 1 nr^aioa ?" lling ett, < r to trauo f. r other property, real
estate. Ac. $2,000 of gold watches; fl.MM of gold chains;
J2 HO of diamonds, ret; and ten fine rosewood new piano*,
tone dry goods, groceries, Ac. 81 Naai-an atreet, second
four, baili room, No. 6.
Milwaukie bonus.? the intkrkst coupons
ol Loudr of the city of Milwankio, falling due on 31*6
March instant. and 20tB AitII next, will he paid at the of
ti?e c l S'l RAC1IAN A SCOTT, At Wll.tani street.
\f ON RY.? CASH ADVANCES MADE ON DllY OOOD9,
1VJ sizars, watches, Jewelry, diamonds, uurchaudiao, ?nd
in rional pro|? rt> gen*, rally, in sum* to suit. Apply to K.
WOOD, IV Hilton strut, Socond floor, front room. Okie*
lours froui 'JAM to A 1*. M.
STOCKS WANTED IN EXCHANGE FOR IMPROVED
0 real estate In llrooklyu. Address J. 11., box 3 270 Post
t/lflce.
TI'ANTED-IWO MOllTOAOE ON A BRICK HOUSE
?? dcwB town, for which $100 will be fiven out of Um
rent for tho I o . u of the for one vear. The iier*ou will
ki < j> tlie home In lii* n>ss*a?lon mn II b" is nil J hi* >'?si and
|h(3 l'nr tho loan. Tliore I* not oivi cent due oa the home;
it rents for a year. 1'or Information apply at 91 Divi
sion street, In the liquor store.
gKAVI\(J J!A( !1I\KS.
CAUTION? SF.WI NO MACHINES-LAST WEDNES
uay 1 obtained an injunction from the 1' nited State* Ooart
In ltoston pr> bu lling the nse of the Sing* r Machine*, and
new haw* a suit pending against him here, which I* *ooa to
be tiled, and. without dou t, will result la llku manner.
I The old bsghear of W alter Hunt waa as heretofore tbo de
i fence rdlcd npon, the lusuflMoncy and filltoi of which will
! b* Toauliest by an examination of the fnll and olaar decision
i ( f J uilge Spra'gne in the ease, printed copies of whloh will
I I e reaiiy for Iree diMrli ntlon In a few day* at my ollkee. By
; i t' losing a postage stamp a copy will be forwarded to order
' by trail. It !?< immaterial whether machine* use on* or two
I needles, with the eye noar the point : without a lieenie th*y
I are alike infringement*, and the publio will beware of Incur
ring the lialiiitle* of the law by purchasing inl'riugiag n?a
i Mae*, when they 4an bay a* good or better one* at tho
tan'e or less price, witbont inch liability, fr na the follow
ing manufacturers, who are duly authorized hy license an
dermy original patent of September lrt, lh4d :? Wh*olor,
M lin n A Co., New York; drover, Baki r A Co., do.; A. Bar
tholf, do.; A. B. ilowe, do.; American Magnetlo Sewing Ma
chli.eCo., d?.;J. It. Klch?l*. Boston. Hos' ; J. W. Beaa,
Beaton, Miss.;N. Hunt. Boston, Mass.; C. A Dnrgln, Low
ell, Mass ; Hood, Baltell A Co., Worcester. Mass. , Measr*,
Woolrttedg*. Kceae A Moor, f.ynn. Mass
EUAH HOWE, Jr., Pa ten tee of the original Rawing M?
elilre. No. W Hanover street, Boatoa, aa-1 No. SUA Broad
way, Ntw York.
DAKCIIC ACADKMIK8.
. s i rt if t k NEW i i<s^ u*.. . ?I' DF
A. BROOKES i? forajing a a*w elaa* at hiaa*oo?? f
iwrorSt.1 BrAaie atreet, for Tuesday evening, eommeaei. K
at? ?oloef All ?Ho fashionable ianeo. Uaght la c %
"art* of lMtoag. Setofll eoaOBBM wttott I?M