SEYMOUR DURST When you leave, please leave this book Because it has been said "£ver'thin0 comes t' him who waits Except a loaned book." Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Gift of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library MCLAUGHLIN'S New York Guide METROPOLITAN MANUAL; WITH NEW MAP OF THE CITY AUD ILLnSTEATIOlIS 01 PDBLIO BniLDIHGS. NEW YOEK: yf}t. McLaughlin, Ppblishkb and Proprieto?, .J3 SPBVOK Stbest, Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, By w. Mclaughlin, In the 0£&ce of the Librarian of Congress. ALPHABETICAL INDEX. Academy of Design, National. Amusements Artist Studio's , Asylums Banks, National Baggage Expresses Battery — see Parks Boarding and Lodging Houses Bowling Green Brooklyn Bridge 50 Bowery 45 Catholic Cathedral 95 Carriages, Public 18 Central Park '. 50 Cemeteries 103 Charitable Institutions 97 Churches of all Denominations 89 City Hall 60 Clubs 65 Colleges 100 Cooper Institute 61 Court House — New 61 Courts 36 Croton Aqueduct 66 Custom House 60 Dispensaries 102 Distances in the City 34 Distances from New York by water 126 Docks 29 Domestic Steamship Lines 113 Drives — Public 81 Ferries 25 Fifth Avenue 44. Five Points 46 Foreign Travel 116 Foreign Staiimship Lines 118 Foreign Bill Drawers 40 Foreign Consuls 116 (juide to Prominent Buildings 64 Grand Ceutml Depot 63 Historical Sketch of the City 5 High Bridge .' ,67 .62 .70 99 64 38 17 53 33 .53 .42 iv ALT>a*.CETIOAIj INDEX. Horse Car Routes 21 Hotels „ 31 Hospitals 101 Internal Revenue 85 Jerome Park — see Drives 81 Kings Bridge — see Drives 81 Libraries — Public 8(1 Madison Square 55 Markets — Public ,.83 Mount Morris Square 56 Notable Streets and Sights 42 Old Post Office 59 Omnibus Rout, s 26 Parks and Squares .50 Passports- -where and how obtained 116 Piers — their location 30 Picture Galleries ■ 99 Porters— Public 21 Post Office, New 57 Police Stations 36 Public Buildings 57 Public Institutions 96 Preliminary Sugi^estions 15 Railroad Stations 105 Religion in New York 89 Reservoirs, Cioton 68 Restaurants , 33 Sea Side Resorts 77 Sanit:ary Provisions 11 SalB Deposit Coiapanies 39 Slearaboats from N. R. Piers 106 Steamboats from 13. R. Piers 110 Savings Banks 39 Suburbs of N. Y 123 Squares — Public 50 Street and Avenue Directory 127 Telegraph Offices 35 Tompkins Square 54 Trinity Church — description of 94 Treasury Building, U. S 59 Trust Companies 39 Union Square 55 Wall Street 43 Washington Square 54 young Men's Christian Association 49 NEW YORK-OF.SCRIPTIVF AND HISTORICAL. DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY AND HARBOR. New York City, the commercial metropolis of the New World, is situated on Manhattan Island, at the confluence of the Hudson and East Elvers, in Lat. 42°, 42', 42 " west from Greenwich. This city enjoys by Nature, almost every ad- Tantage that could be desired to build .up a great emporium. Its chartered limits embrace the entire island, and are of the same extent as those of the county, running from the Bat- tery at the south point of the Island, north to Kingsbridge, a distance of thirteen and a half miles— with an average breadth of something less than two miles. Its greatest width is about 88th st., where it is two and a half miles wide. It is bounded on the north by the Harlem Kiver, or Strait, ■which in its western portion was called by the Dutch, SjDuy- teu Duyvil Greek, on the east by the East Biver, or Strait, which separates it from Long Island, on the so\ith by the harbor, and on the north by the Hudson or North Eiver, which separates it from New Jersey. The width of the Hudson Eiver is here quite uniform, being something more than a mile ; while that of the East Eiver varies, in some places being not more than two-fifths of a mile. The city is connected with the main land on the north by several bridges ; and with Long Island, New Jersey, and Staten Island by numerous ferries. The harbor is spacious and commodious, and has a circuit of not less than twenty- five miles. Its shores are covered with variegated scenery and numerous vilages, and it embraces several beautiful islands. It is of easy entrance, and iias sufficient capacity to accommodate the entire navies of the whole world. Dense forests of masts, bearing the flags of all nations, are crowded around the wharves of the city audits suburbs. The cur- rents of the rivers are, at all tim js, very strong ; keeping the harbor open in the winter sometimes when other harbors farther south are frozen. In very severe winters, the East Eiver is occasionall;\' obstructed for a short time at high tide by the ice, sufficiently to suspend navigation. e NEW YOEK GnlBE. There is, besides, an oii*pr h"i-bor exionding from the Naf- rows to Sandy Hook, oii wliieh point is a lightliouse eighteen miles from the city. At tlie bar, here, there are twenly-seTen feet of water at high tide, and twenty-one feet at low tide. At the wharres of the city tlie tide rises and falls between four and five feet. The inner harbor may also be entered by the way of Long Island Sound, and, it is almo.st certain that, when the ob- structions, now being I'emoved at Hell Gate, shall be entirely swept away, which is promised for the summer of 1876, some of the European lines of steamers will come to the cily by the way of the Sound, and have their landing at or above 86th St. — and it is quite possible that, whoever lives to see the new century come in, will see the commercial centre of the City on the upper end of the Island. The islands within the harbor are Governor's, Bedloe's, and Ellis's Islands, which are a) / fortified — in a very antique manner however — and BlaokM ill's. Ward's, and Eandall's Islands in the East Biver. A' the Narrows (a Strait which sei^arates Long Island from Sti ,/en Island), is Fort Lafayette, and, opposite to this, on the Long Island shore, is Port Ham- ilton — a modern-built fortress. The width of the Narrows is less than a mile. On the Staten Island shore are Forts Tompkins and Eichmond, modern-built fortresses of con- siderable strength. The entrance to the harbor by the way of Long Island Sound is defended by Fort Schuyler at Throgg's Point, and Fort Wadsworth at Willett's Point. The city is accessible also from the sea, by the way of the Kills ; a strait which separates Staten Island Irom the New Jersey shore, and connects tlte waters of the Karitan Bay with those of New York Harbor. The Island was, originally, very rooky and uneven — a ledge of rocks running from the south point to the north and branching off in various directions culminated, iinally, at Washington Heights. These ridges are composed of primi- tive gneiss mixed, with granite, horn-blende, slate, and mica — all bearing evidence of violent upheaval. The dip of strata varies from 10" to 60° ; the ranges being frequently broken laterally. The southern part of the Island and the shores in some places are alluvial .sand-beds. Owing to the natural shape of the Island, to the fact that it was first settled at its southern extremity, and to the eligi- bility of that section for the purposes of trade and commerce, it has resulted that the growth of the city has, with succes- Bive years, been manifested by a large increase of houses and DBSCEIPl'ION OP THE CITY AND HAEBOB. 7 stores in a uorilierly direction. In the business portion oi' the city, the number of dwelling houses has decreased yearly ; the old houses suffering demolition, and their places being occupied by new and elegant warehouses. Therefore, in the lower section of the city, the number of inhabitants instead of increasing, or even remaining stationary, has decreased — while the northern section is rapidly increasing in num- bers. The projected Viaduct Eailroad will afford facilities for a rapid transit from the upper end of the Island to the City Hall Park, and then this change will become still more noticeable. The general plan of the city is regular. In the old or southern part, now almost wholly devoted to business, the principal streets were generally laid out to conform to the shape of the Island, and hence its plan is not continuously uniform ; although each of its large divisions is compara- tively regular. The uniform plan of avenues and streets begins at Houston street, oue mile above the City Hall. Above this point, the Island is divided longitudinally by parallel avenues 100 feet wide, which are crossed by streets numerically designated, and generally 80 feet wide — in most cases, running from river to river, A few of these streets are 100 feet wide. The following graphic picture of some of the striking features of the city we cull from Ex-Mayor Hall's annual message to the Common Council, of four years ago. " New York Island has an area of twenty-two square miles and twenty-nine miles of water front, about three-fourths of which stretches along the Hudson and East Elvers, and the remaining one-fourth upon the Harlem lliver and Spuyten Duyvil Creek. The streets, roads, and avenues measure 460 miles. 291 miles of these are paved ; 169 miles are unpaved. 19,000 gas-lights are burned every night at the public expense to light this area, water front, and extent of streets. Beneath the surface of the city, there are 340 miles of Crotou water pipes and 275 miles of sewers. If we accept the last Federal census, the number of our constituents is 942,252. 1,000 horse railway cars, 267 omnibuses, about 1,200 licensed vehicles, and quite as many more private vehicles continually traverse the thoroughfares, and subject them to increasing wear. It is claimed that 40,000 horses are constantly stabled or used within the city limits. On the 26th day of May last, relieving oflioers of the ordinance squad, stationed on Broad- waj, opposiie the City Hall, were instructed to report the number of vehicles that, from 7 o'clock A. m. until 7 o'clock 8 NEW YOKK &UIBB. P. M., passed and repassed, and they reported 16,246, exclu- sive of omnibuses. These specimen statistics imply how- great a city we have to care for, keep in repair, sustain by taxation, protect by policemen, firemen, or sanitary regula- tions, and make provision for, in respect to its more impor- tant future. During the ten months preceding May 1st, 1871, $28i,000,000 worth of foreign merchandise, exclusive of specie, was imported into this city. During the same period. New York City piid the Government $120,000,000 for duties on imports, and the value of exports, exclusive of specie, was $251,000,000. [Please bear in mind the above were the figures four years ago— Ed.] " Certain peculiarities of the city audits people may be serviceably recalled. New York is the cosmopolitan city of the globe. People of all nationalities, many jealousies, and diverse creeds inhabit it. Every good and bad habit of hu- man nature is illustrated within its limits. Every develop- ment of misfortune, poverty, vice, and crime is here to be found. To the evil manifestations, as well as the excellent ones of our city life, every clime contributes. It is a misfor- tune to New York population that, contributed to as it is by all parts of the world, local pride develops within our city under increasing difficulty. Every other city seems to have its pulpit and its citizens more prone from motives of local loyalty, if not to apologize for, or screen, at least to act kindly toward the defects and faults of fellow-,pitizens and rulers. Topographically, our city is peculiar ; because it is long and narrow, and lacks circumference of immediate ru- ral suburbs. The suburbs are really tributary cities divided from New York by wide rivers. Nearly sixty per cent, of the daily business inhabitants of New York own or rent their residences in the adjoining country ; and, while their wives and children are practically vmder the government of other cities and counties, and even States, the business interests and security of pierson and property of the family men are practically under the government of New York City— and they are more impressed to blame where they have no do- mestic interests. Thus, while the city possesses, as will be inferred from many of the foregoing references, great advantages for development of commerce and wealth, other references imply how difficult it is to frame, and how vexatious it is for rulers to try and develop, a perfect or uui- Tersally acceptable municipal Government, " mSTOmOAt SKETCH OP THE CITT. 9 HISTORICAL SKETCH OP THE CITY. The following suceinot historical sketch of the city we have gleaned from reliable historical authority. We have also endeavored to embody all essential items in the fewest words possible for comprehension and interest. Henry Hudson discovered Manhattan Island, Sept. 12, 1609. A temporary settlement was made by the Dutch in 1G12, and a permanent one in 1623, when a small fort was bailt. The same year the first white child M'as born in the colony, Sarah Kapalje. Peter Minuits, the first Dutch Gov- ernor, arrived in 1626, and purchased Manhattan Island of the Indians for $24. Wouter van Twiller became Governor in 1633, and William Kieft in 1638. Tobacco was cultivated and slavery intro- duced before 1638. Gov. Stuyvesant, the last of the Dutch governors, arrived in 1647, and ruled for seventeen years. In 1656 the city had 120 houses and 1,000 inhabitants. Charles I. , assuming the Dutch occupancy in North America to be a usurpation, granted the entire territory to his brother the Duke of York, on March 12, 1664. An English fleet ar- rived in August, and the city surrendered without resistance. Col. Kichard NicoUs being appointed to the office of Gov- ernor. The name (New Amsterdam) was changed to New York. In 1673 the Dutch recaptured the city, and named it New Orange. Four months afterwards the city was restored to the British crown, and once more called New York. In 1711 a regular slave-market was established. The 'New York Gazette, ' the fifth newspaper in the colonies, was begun in 1725. In 1750 a theatre wss established. In 1755 began the stamp act excitement, and a colonial congress assembled in New York. In 1770 a meeting of 3,000 citizens was held who resolved not to submit to oppression ; the statue of George III. in Bowling Green was destroyed, and a marble statue erected to Pitt, for his exertions in the repeal of the stamp act. In 1772, Pitt having changed his course, this statue was mutilated ; it was removed in 1788, and the torso is now at a hotel in West Broadway. On Aug. 26, 1776, by the result of the battle of Long Island, the city fell into the hands of the British, and so remained until the close of the Eevolutiouary War. On Nov. 25, 1783, the British finally evacuated the city, and Gen. Washington marched in ; the day is still annually celebrated under the name of Evacua- tion Day. In 1785 the first federal congress organized at the City Hall on the corner of Wall and Nassau Streets. The 10 SEW TOBK GUIDE. inanguration of President "Washington took place at the Oity Hall, April 30, 1789. In this year 2,086 persons died in 3 months from yellow fever. Population, in 1790, was 29,906. On Sexit. 20, 1803, the corner-stone of the present City Hall ■was laid by Mayor Livingston ; the hall was finished in 1812, and the old one in Wall street was sold. In 1807 Robert Ful- ton navigated the first steamboat from near New York to Albqjij'. In 1812 Pulton leased the Brooklyn ferries, to run by steam, for $4,000 a year. In August of the same year, experiments with gas lights were made in the City H«,ll Park. In 1821 the survey and laying out of the Island north of Houston street was completed after 10 years' labor. The Erie canal was completed in 1825, the first boat arriving Nov. i. The cholera appeared in 1832. cari-ying off 3,513 persons, and again in 1834, taking 971. On Dec. 16, 1835, the great fire occurred, sweeiring the 1st Ward east of Broad- way and below Wall street, destroying 648 of the most valua- ble stores, and property valued at more than $18,000,000. Croton water was introduced in 1842. In 1849, by legislative act and vote of the people, the selection of leading ofacers ■was opened to popular suffrage, and the police partially (since wholly) taken from the control of the Mayor. The first city railroad was b'lilt in 1852. In 1857, in consequence of the resistance of Mayor Wood to the act of legislature changing the control of the jjolice, a savage fight ensued between the old police, who adhered to the Mayor, and the new or metropolitan police. Many were hurt, but none were killed. The original charter of New York City was granted by James I. in 1686, amended by Queen Anne in 1708, further enlarged by George I. in 1730, confirmed by the general assembly of the province in 1732, and specially affirmed after the revolu- tion by the State Legislature. In 1870, a new charter for the oity was passed by the Leg- islature. By it, the Mayor and Common Council, (con- sisting of the Board of Aldermen,) are elected by the people at i large, the Aldermen being chosen on a general ticket. The Street and Aqtiednct Departments ai'e consoli- dated in one, called the Department of Public Works, and a Department of Docks, Department of Public Parks, a Fire Department, a Health Department, and a Police Board are created, the heads of which are all appointed by the Mayor. In 1871 occurred the great riot occasioned by the parade of the Orangemen, on July 12, which was only suppressed after much loss of lives. Sickening as this alien outrage was of [flaunting monarchial defiance in the face of Eepublican EAMIIAEI PB0Y1SI0N3. 11 literty, and the equal disregard of propriety and the laws of our country in the attack made upon this pr cession, they have had the effect of producing the necessary legislation to pre- vent the recurrence of similar scenes in the future, and also the prevention of obstruction of oiTr public thoroughfares by processions other than those to celebrate National and State anniversaries, or funerals of distinguished public naen, SANITAET PROVISIONS. Strangers will be interested in knowing what public pro- visions are made here for the safety and comfort, not only of the inhabitants of the city, but also, what security against acci- dent there may be, and what treatment they are likely to re- ceive themselves in ease of any accident or of sudden illness. All known means are provided ; such as security against unsafe buildings ; fire-escajies ; the ambulance system, for saving life and lessening suffering ; and public urinals and drinking hydrants : XJnsai'b I?uildings. — A corps of efficient officers are con- stantly on the alert to check the progress of any new building, the plan or material of which may be considered perfectly safe, and such old structures as may be reported as having out-lived their usefulness in safety, are either torn down im- mediately, or made secure. FiBE-EscAPES. — "Thousands of fire-escapes such as pre- scribed by law, have been p,ovid6d for buildings reported as requiring means of escape in case of fire." In regard to hot*i?ls, proceedings have been instituted to render them more secure in this respect, the owners and pro- prietors of these buildings have expressed their willingness to co-operate with the Department as soon as proper plans can be adopted which will insure safety. The Ambulance System. — The ambulance system, estab- lished in 1869, has been found of inestimable value as a means of saving life and reducing suffering. Ambulances have been provided, and, under the rules established, horsea stand harnessed day and night, ready to be attached for tho conveyance of persons wounded or taken ill in the public streets. The ambulances are equipped with surgical instru- ments, bandages restoratives, etc. ; and, on notice by tele- graph from a police station of the occurrence of a casualty, an ambulance is dispatched in charge of a surgeon, who applies such remedies as may be required, and determines, from tho condition of the patient, whel p.?r lie may bo safely removed to his house, or to Bellevue, or the Beception HospiUil, PREFACE. In the present volume it bas been the aim of the author to supply a want long felc by strangers visiting New York. A traveler himself, he has frequently experienced the embarrassment arising from igno- rance of localities and objects of Interest in large cities ; and in order to obviate this trouble and annoyance, and assist those who visit the Commercial Metropolis of the New World, whether for busi- ness, pleasure or curiosity, he has published this worlc as a thor- oughly exact and comprehensive Guide and Manual. The utmost care has been exercised in avoiding the errors ot pre- ceding works of similar nature, and is supplying their many omls- Blons. Moreover, it has been brought down to the present date— a merit which at once will be readily appreciated. The author having no interest to serve other than that of the general public and of himself, hns scrupulously avoided the syssem of "puffing," to which other guide books devote so much space. AU information essential to the stranger is arranged in an intelligible manner, and is made exhaustive and reliable in every detail without being burdened with superfluous matter. The Guide gives the loca- tion of every church, hotel, bank, safe deposit and trust companies, and every place of amusement, their character, style of entertain- ment, price oi admission, and how to reach them. It wi l give the reader a comprehensive knowledge of all objects of interest in and around New York, where, when, and how to reach them ; railroads, steamships and steamboats to all points : names and addresses of all the foreign consuls ; wiiere and how to obtain letters of credit and passports ; location of public buildings, charities, parks, drives and promenades, all ot which are profusely illustrated by line engravings. A convenient street and avenue directory has been added, together with a map which will enable a stranger to And any objective point of business or pleasure. The Stranger's Guide. In the advantage of a natural sitnation for the location of a great city, New York cannot be surpassed in the world, and has never, indeed, been equalled. London is inland, and, as well as Paris, the creature of chance — fiat, with no spe- cial reason for its existence as a human hive. St. Peters- bargh is the whim of an absolute monarch. Philadelphia was chosen because level and easily planned. Modern cities of lesser magnitude have been generally the growth around the first settler's cabin ; but in New York the hygienist looks less superficially, and he notes a dry sandy soil, sloping with gantle declivities to each of the estuaries, with a natural drainaga in both directions. He observes that these two rivers surrounding the city act as immense reservoirs of ox- ygen, aerating most thoroughly the city ; that sea breezes temper the heats of summer and the frigid blasts of winter, and preserve a marked atmospheric equilibrium. sxJG-oEisTionsrs. Probably there is no portion of the local news collected by the conductors of a meti opolitan journal which more aston- ishes its readers than that of the daily plundering of stran- gers, and we would naturally suppose that from the wide publicity given to the various schemes of the dis- honest, that the perpetrators would find their mode of life pecuniarily unsuccessful ; but it is a lamentable fact attested by the police records that such crime is as prevalent and the unwary are robbed and duped with comparative impunity, and as though such a thing as a newspaper was unknown, or at least not read by the traveling community. Por the ben- efit, therefore, of those who do not read the papers, as well as of those who think themselves too ' ' smart "to be caught by sharpers, we hereby inform them that on all the great lines of travel, either by rail or steamer, there are parties constantly traveling, educated to their profession, whose sole business it is to "tleece"the stranger iu some way. They generally travel in companies of two or three, and when they club together to do " a man, he will be smart indeed if they don't acoompl sh tbeir purpose. Wr deem it the first duty of a guide-book to wnru the traveler io he nt all times on his guard, and to help him we recommend that the following rules be strictly observed. 16 NEW TOEK GUIDE. 1. Never pXny any game of cards or chance with a stranger either on the Ijcat, ears, or at your holel. 2. Never nialve any exhibition of your money, nor let any one know you have any upon your person. While in the city, if you can avoid, do not carry more money with you than sufficient to defray current expenses. 3. Eemember, you are always in danger from pickpockets. Think of it before s arting out, and seek to protect yourself as far as possible. 4. Never cash a stranger's check or lend him money upon what SEEMS TO BE GOLD, no matter how much disiress the party may appear to suffer who may want it, or how good the security may appear to be. 5. If you have any money or valuables on your person while in a steamer or car, always secure a slate room or sec- tion in the car, and secun ly fasten the same when you retire. While absent keep it locked, and if possible keep the key in your own posstssion. 6. Never buy a railroad or steamboat ticket except at the regular, or at least some responsible ticket office. 7. Never employ a hackman until you have seen his license number, and make a memoranda of it. Aiwi.ys see that the rates of fare are conspicuously posted in the vehicle, and do not periuit him to overcharge you. If he attempts to swindle you, insist on his driviug to the Mayor's ofSoe or the nearest Police Station before paying him. 8. If you have money or valuables about you when you arrive at your hotel leave them with the proprietor or clerk for safe keeping. 9. If go)n iut over same route. Last car leaves 34th street at 10.30 p. m. ** " Besbrosses street at 11.20 p, m. Grand Street Ferry to Besbrosses Stheet Ferry.— Via Grand, Sullivan, Vestry, Greenwich and Besbrosses streets to ferry. Re- turn, via Besbrossies, Washington, Vestry, Snlliyan and Grand streets, to fei-ry. Last car leaves Grand. street Ferry, E. R. at 11,40 p. m. *' " Besbrosses street and N. R. at 12.10 p. m. Grand Street Ferry and Weehawken jferry (Forty-second St). Via Grand, Goenck, East Houston and 2d streets, Avenue A, East 14th street, Fourtli Avenue, 23d street, Broadway, West 34th street. Tenth Avenue, and West 42d street, to ferry. Return, via West 42d street, Tenth Avenue, West 34th street, Broadway, 23d street. Fourth Avenue, East 14th street, Avenue A, Houston, Can- non and Grand streets, t-o ferry. Last car leaves Ferry, foot of 42d street and N. R. at 11.30 p. m, *' " Grand street ferry, E. R. at 12.25 p. m. AVENUE C.— From Fourth Avenue, cor. East 42d street to Lexington Avenue, 35lh street, First Avenue, East 23d street, Avenue A, East 17th street. Avenue 0, Tliird street. First Avenue, East and West H(mston to West and Chambers street ferries. Return, via West, Chariton, Prince, Stanton, Pitt, Avenue fo\ East 18tli, Avenue A, Eat-x 23d, First Avenue, East 36th, Lexington Avenue, to corner Eaft 42d and Fourth Avenue. Cars run from 5.30 A. M. to 12 P. M. West Side Elevated Railway.— Via Greenwich street, to Ninlli iivenue, to 29fh st eet and Hudson River Railroad, stopiiing ni Liberiy stieet, Bey streei, Franklin stteet. canal s reet, West l£tli Btreei, West 21st street, and West 2etli street. Return, via same route to 1 Broadway (the Battery), as Oentkal Orom town Line —Leaves Cliristopliei street Ferry, runs through Cliristoplier street to Greetnvicti, to 1-ltli, W. lltli to 7tti Ave., to Broadw.tj, to 17tli street, to Avenue A, to 23(1 street t erry, to East River. Return, ironi -JSd street Ferry, Avenue A to 18t!x street, to Uroadwa. , 14th street to 7tli av, to W. lltli street, to West street, to ChristoPlier street Ferry. Last Oar leaves Christopher street Ferry at 12 p. M. 23cl street Ferry at 11.30 P. ivl. SOUTH Fbrkt and TE.SEY STREET hin^.—Buns from South Farry to Vesey street.— Via Whitehall street Batlery I'lace, ana New Church street. Return, same route, except via State street to South F^errj. MOKRISANIA AND FOBDHAM LINE.— Leave Harlem— Upper side of the Bridge— Running to Fordham. Chkistopheb AND TENTH STREET LINE.— Leaves Christopher street Ferry, runs through Christoplier street to Greenwich avenue, to 8th street, to Aveuue A., to E. 10th street, to ferry foot of E. 10th street. Betukn. by E. 10th street, to Avenue A. to E. 9th street, to Stuy ve- sant street, to 8th street, to 6th Avenue, to Greenwich Ave., to W. 10th street, to Christopher street Ferry. Last car leuves Christopher street at 12 p. M. " " B. 10th street at 11.20 p. M. Houston and West Street and favonia Ferry line.— Leaves Erie Depot, Chambers and West streets, runs through West street, to Charlton, to Prince, to Bowery, to Stanton, to Pitt, to Avenue 0, to l^th street, to Avenue A, to 23d street, to 1st Avenue, to 36th street, to Lexington Avenue, to 4 d street. Return, via 42d street, to Lexington Avenue, to S6th street, to 1st Avenue, to 23d street, to Avenue A. to 17th street, to /wenue C, to 8d stieet, to 1st Aveuue, to Houston street, to West, to Chambers street. Last car leaves Chambers street 12.35 A. M, " " Grand Central Depot, 11.16 p. M. 26 NEW YOKE eroiDB. OMNIBUSES OR STAGES. Prom many portions of the city and, especially, from al- most any part of Broadway, the omnibuses afford the read- iest means of reaching the principal ferries to the suburbs of the city. The routes are always designated upon the outside of the coaches, and the stranger who takes the precaution to look before he leaps, never need make a mistake. [The fare on all the omnibuses is 10 cent.4 a ride — what- ever the distance], 1. Fifth Avenue akd Fulton Fekht Line (Blue Stages). Route, from cor. 47tli Street and Sth avenue, down the avenue to 14th street, to Universltj' pi., to lltli St., to Uroaaway, to Fulton St., ana to the Ferry. tast stage leaves 47th street and Fifth avenue, at 11 p. M. " " Fulton Ferry at 13 p. M. 2; Madison Avenue and Wall St. Ferry Line. Boute, from 40tli St. and Madison av. to Broadway, to Wall st. and to the FerrV. Last stage leaves 40th street and Madison avenue, at 10.15 v. M. " " Wall sireet Ferry, at 11.30 p. m. S. FouETH Avenue and Bsoadway Line. Koute, from 42d st. and 4tti av., (Now Union Depot.l down the avenue to Broadway, to South Ferry. Last stage leaves Union Depot 42d st. and 4th av., at 10.30 p. M. " " Sou"h Fe'. ry, at 11.30 p. M. Portions of this line run to the Grand Central Depot. 4. Broadway, Twenty-third St. and Nisth Avenue Line. Route, from 30th St. (Hudson R. R. Depot) and 9th av. to 23d street, to Broadway, and to Soutii Ferry. Every two minutes a stage leaves South Ferry for 30tli st. Every eight minutes one leaves for Ferry foot of 2'3d street. Last stage leaves 29th street and 9th av.. at i0.20 p. M. " ^ outh Ferry, at 11.30 p. M. Manhattanville and Boulevard Line. Leaves 82d street and 6th av. every 20 minutes from 7.30 to 10.15 p. m. Runs up Broadway to the Boulevard to 129ih street, then transfer to stages running to 167th street. Fare to 129th street, 10 cents ; to 167th street, 15 cents. PERRIES. OoDnecting the city with its suburbs : — East River Side. Astoria. From 92d street, K. R., to Astoria, boats run every SO minutes from 6 A. M. ti) 10.30 p. ji. Faie 4 cents. Al^o Ity *'liar- leni " and ■ orr sania " luials. See steamboat 'lalile. Blackwei.l's Island. From 26'h street, Fi, R., Blaokwell's Island, Fare 20 cents. See Steamboat Table. fEBKIES. .» 27 HaSt's Island. Twenty-EixUi street, E. R., Eart's Island. 1 and "10.30 A. M., ou Saturday only, by steamboat. Ward's Island. Twenty-sixlli street, E. R., Ward's Island. 7 and 10.30 A. M., by steamboat. None on Sundays. Eandali.'s Island. Twenty-sixtli street, E. E., Randall's Island. 1 and 10.30 A. M., by steamboat, ISone on Sundays. J-'rom 122d St., E. R., by row boat at all bours of the day. Long Island City (late Hunter's Point), from James' Slip every liaU hour. Fare 6 cents. From loot of 34tb St., in tbe forenoon, every 16 minutes, in the afternoon, every 1 minutes. Fare 4 cents. [These ferries connect -with the Long Island and Flusliing Railroads]. Gbeenpoint, from foot of 23d street, and 10th street, from 6 a. m. to 9 p. M., every 16 minutes. Fare i cents. Brooklyn, E. D., (Williamsburg), from foot of Houston st. to Grand St. Fare 3 cents. From foot of Grand st. to South 7th street. Fare 3 cents. From foot of Roosevelt st. to South 7th st,, from 5 A. M. to 8 F. M., every 10 minutes. Fare 3 cents. [The S' uthSide, L. I. Railroad depot is at South 7tli street ferry.] Bkooklyn, from foot of New Chambers St. to Bridge St. Brooklyn, every 15 minu es from 5 a. m. to 10 p. at. Fare 2 cents. Brooklyn, Union Ferry Company. [Fare on all these ferries, 2 cents; 17 tickets for 26 cents. Between the hours of 6 and 7.30, morning; and evening, the ferriage at all the ferries of this Compa- ny is one cent. Tickets good at all the Company's ferries.] Catharine Ferey, from loot of Catharine st. to foot of Main St. from 5 A. M. to 9 p. M., every 10 minutes ; from 9 p. m. to 12 p. M. every 20 minutes. Brooklyn, Fulton Ferky, from foot of Fulton st. to Fulton st., Brooklyn. This is the principal Ferry between New York and Brooklyn There are four boats employed from 7 A. ii. to 7 p. M., and two are running all night. Trips during the day are m.ade a.s rapidly as a boat can cross. From 7 p. M. t ) 12 p. M. trips are made every 12 minutes, from 2 A. M. to 7 A. M., every 16 minutes. [At the landing on the Brooklyn side, more than a dozen different horse car routes have their termini. There is scarcely any part of Brooklyn which cannot be readily reached by one or the other oi these cars. The stranger has only to inijulro of the car-starter a i the Ferry to ascertain which car he must take to reach his desti- nation.] Wall bt. Ferry, from foot of Wall st. to Montague st., from A. M. to 8 p. M., every 10 minutes ; and every 20 minutes, from s p. M. to 12 p. M. . South Ferry, from foot of Whitehall st. to Atlantic St., from 5 A. M. to 11 p. M., every 12 minutes i from 11 p. M. to 5 A. M., every half hour. . Hamilton Avenue Ferky, from foot of Whitehall st. to At- lantic Dock, from 7 a. m. to p. m., every 10 minutes ; from 6}i p. M. to 9 p. M., every 16 minutes : from 9 p. M. to 7 a. m., every half 28 HeW TOBfi: GXHtlB. Haklesi and Astoeia, from Peck Slip at almost every honr In the &ay, stopping tit Astoria. Fare ten cents. and Morri.sania, from Fulton Slip — east side — almost every liour in the oay. F'are ten cenis. Bat Ridge, from foot of Wall St., six trips a day. Fare 15 cents. Staten Island, to Tonipkinsville, Stapleton, and Vanderbllt's Land> in from foot nf wiuteliall st. every hour, from 6 a. m. to 9 p. M., and a last boat at 11.46 p. m. Fare ten cents. [This ferry connects with the Staten Island Railroad.] North River Side. Staten Island, North shore, to New Brighton, Sailors' Snug Harbor, "West Brighton, Port Richmond, and Klin Park, from t ier 19, from 6 A. M. to 8 p. M., every hour, except at 1 p. m. Fare 12 cents. Jeksey City, Communipaw, from foot of Liberty st. to N. J. Central E. R. every 20 minutes. Fare 3 cents. from foot of Cortlandt St. to loot of Montgomery St., from 7 A. M, to 10 p. M., every 10 minutes ; from 10 to 12 p. M., every 15 min- utes T from 12 p. M. to 4 a. m., every 3j minutes ; from 4 to 1 A. M., every 15 mlnntes. Fare 3 cents. from foot of Desbrosses st. to same landing. Fare ^ cents. [These two ferries connect with the New Jersey Railroad.] Long Dock (Pavonia), from foot of Chambers st., from 1 a. n. to 7 p. M., every 1£ minutes ; front 7 p. m. to 1 a. m., eveiy hall hour. Fare 3 cents. Long Pock (Pavonia), from foot of 2Sd st. Fare 3 cents. [Tlies,: ferries connect wiih the Erie, the Northern New Jersey, ana the Hackensack Railroads.] HOBOKEN, from foot of Barclay st. from foot of Christopher St., from 5 a. m. to S p. m., every 16 minutes ; from 8 to 12 p. m., eve y 20 minutes. [These ferries connect with the Morris and Kssex, the Delaware and Lackawanna, and the Blyomfield and Montclair Railroads.] Bull's Feeey and Foet Lee, from pier 61. Fare 12 cents. Weehawken, from foot of 42d St., from 6 A. u. to 7 JL, every 40 niinutea. Fare 12 cents. mPEOTEMElTT IS BOOKS. 29 IMPROVEMENT IN DOCKS. The visitor, approaching New York by water, will bo amazed at the immense forest of ship masts and steamboat smoke-staclcs presented to his view. Beginning at the Bat- tery, innumerable vessels of all descriptions extend along both sides of the city until they are lost fo the vision in a hazy vista. This panorama will convey an impiession of the enornjons amount of commerce yearly trans icted at this port. Our docks and piers, however, are in no wise o mmensurate wi h the amount of shipping thus presented. They are very dilapidated affairs, and are inadequate to the necessities of the metropolis. But ample provision has been made by the Dock Oommisston for remedying this defect, and the plan proposed is as follows : Isl. To construct a permanent river wall of masonry, so far outside of the existing bulkheads as to give a river street 250 feet wide along the isforth Eiver, 200 feet wide on the East Eiver, from tlie Battery to Thirty-first street, and 175 feet wide norlh of that point. 2d. To build piers projecting from the river wall, of amj)le dimensions, adequate conrtruotion, and, so far as possible, affording an unobstructed passage for the water. 3d. Whenever it is necessary, to cover these piers with substantial sheds suiiable to the requirements of each case. In carrying into execution the proposed improvements filonglhe water front of New Yoik, it is obvious that they should be extended only as the requirements of commerce demand. Thus in the proposed system the piers and river wall to- gether will give a wharf line of about 195,000 feet or about 37 miles, and the piers alone will have an area of about 5,105,000 square feet, sufficient, it is safe to say, to accommodate a com- merce vastly greater than that whicli now finds its way to the water front of New York. The proposed arrangement will give, between Grand St. and West Eleventh St., a wharf line of 21 43-100 miles (greater than the whole existing quay line of Liverpool, in- cluding the new coustmotions at Birkenhead, which amount in all to about 20| miles), against an existing line within the same limits of 20 7-100 miles, and from the superiority of the arrangement in the increased 'width of the piers, slips, and river streets, and the greater depth of water making every foot available for use, will accommodate with ease a much greater commerce than now exists. WW TOlte StJIBE. LOCATION OP PIERS. By reference to the following, the stranger who approaches the city by steamboat, or who is to leave it by the same means, will be able to ascertain, not only on which side of the city — whether E. K. or B. E. — but also at the foot of what street the Pier to which he is to go may be found. Ee- membering, of course, that E. K. means East Eiver, and N. E. North liiver. North Eivor. No. 1, foot Battery pi. " 2, S, bet. Batlery pi. and Mr>r ris ** 4, toot Morris. " 6, e, 7, liet. Morr s ana Rec- tor. 8, tout Rector. " 9, 10, bet. Rector and Car- lisle. " 11 foot Carlisle. " 12, foot Albany. " 13, bet. A.bauy and Cedar. " 14, foct Cedar. " 15, foot Liberty. " 16, bet. Liberty and Cort- laiidt. " 17. 18, foot Cortlaudt. *' 19, bet. \ ortlandt and Dey. " 2J, foot Dev. " 21, " Fulton. " 22. bet. Fulton and Vesey. '■ 2S, foot Tesey. " 24, b' t Vesey and Barclay. " 26, foot Karclar. " 26, bet. Bare: ay and Eobin- sor. " 27, fout Robinson. " 28, '• Murray. " 20, " Warren. " 30, " Cliambers. East Mo. 1, 2, foot Wliiteliall. " 3, " Moore. " 4, bet. Moore and Broad. *' .5, bet. Broad and Coenties slip. " C, 7, 8, Goenties slip. " 9, 10, bet. Coenties and Old slips. " 11, 12, Old slip. " 13, bet. Old slip and Governeur lane. •* 14, loot Jones lane. " 16, 10, foot Wall. No. 31, foot Buane. " 32, bet. Duane and Jay. 33, foot Jiiy. " "A, " Harrison. " 35, " Franklin. " '* N. Moore. 37, " Beach " is, " Hubert. " 39, " Vesiry. " 40, " Watts. " 41, " Hob ken. " 42, " Oanal. 43, " Sprlnft. " 44, bet. Spring- and Charlton. " 45, f ot Charlton. 46, 47, 4S, 49, 60, 51, 62, 63, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63, Ktng. W. Houston. Clarkson. Leroy. M rton. Christopher. W. 10th. < harles. Perry. Hammond. W. 13th. W. 17th. W. isth. W. 19th. Kiver. Ko.17, foot Pine. " 18, " Maiden lane. " 19, Fletcher. " 20, 21, loot linrling slip. " 22, loot Fulton. " 23, '* Heekman. " 24, bet. Beeknran and Peck slip " 26, 26, foot Peck slip. " 27, foot Dover. " 28, bet. Dover and Roosevelt. " 29, foot Roosevelt. " 30, b»t. Roosevelt and Jamea slip. LOCATIOK OS PIEBS — HOTELS. 31 Ko. 81, 32, foot James slii). " 33, foot Oliver. " 34, 36, foot Catliarine slip. *' 36, bet. Catharine .'-lip and Market. " 37, 38, foot Market. " 39, bet. Marlvet and Pike. " 40, 41, foot Pike. •' 42, bet. Pike and Kutgers. " 43, 44, foot Rutgers. " 46, bbt. Kutgei s and Jefferson. " 46, foot Jitrerson. " 47, bet. Jefferson and CI nton. " 48, foot Clinton. " 49, bet. Clinton and Moulgoni- ery. " 60, foot Montgomery. " 51, 52, foot Gouvemeur. " 63, foot Jackson. *' 64, " CoJlenrs. " 55, " Cherry. " 66, 67, foot Brtli Wards), Centre, cor. Chamber 2. '■ (4tU, 6th aiKl litili TVinvIs), 514 Pearl St. 3. " (8th, 9th and J.jili "Wards), Greenwich Ave., cor. of V,'. 10th St. i. " (lOlh and 17th Wards), 163 E. Houston St -,. " (7th, 11th and 13th Ward,s), 154 Clinton St. (5. " (18th & 21st Wards), 4th Ay. bet. 27th &28th St. 7. " (12th, 19th and 22d Wards). E. 59th St., near 33 Ave. 8. " (ICth and 20th Wards), W. 22d St., corner of 7th Ave. 9. " 125th St. bet. 4th and Lexington Ave. Criminal Courts for the County and City of Ke'n' York. Supreme Court, New Court House. Sujjerior Court, New Court House. Common Pleas, N^w Court House. Marine Court, New Court House. U::ited States Courts — Southern District of Ne-w York. COJIPEISISG THE TOLLOWIXG COTjNTIES : Coliimhia, Dutchess, Gree?}e, Keic Ycrk, Ormige, Pvtnam, Jlockland, Sullivan, Siifolk, Vbter and Wcstcbeder. New Post OjBBce Building. United States Circuit Court, Equity and Criminal Term last Monday in February.— General Term, first Monday in April and Third Monday in October. Dnited Stales District Court, General Terra, first Tuesday in each month. — Special Court every Tuesday, unless the State Term bo then in sessiojt. All the United States Courts and their Offices are in the Post Office Building, including the U. S. District Attorney's Depai-tmeut, the different U. S. Commissioners, and the U. S. Marshal's Department. Bank of Britisli Kortli America, Agency 52 Wal: Bank of California, Agency 33 Fine Bank of Montreal, Beil & Snuth- ers. Agents 59 Vai] ■''Bank of N. America 44 \Va l Bank of New York, National IJanking Association. . . .48 Wall *Bank of the Metropolis, 31 Union Square Bowery National 62 Bowery *Bull's Head 314 Third Avenue. Canadian Bank of Commerce, Agency 50 WaU Central National 320 B'way Chatham National 196 B'way Chemical Niitional 270 B'way Continental National 7 Nassau tjorbin Banking Company, 61 Broadway *Joru Exchange - .13 Williaii *()ry Goods 347 Broadway K. H. National 68j Broadw ay * Clfventh Ward 143 Avenue !■ i- iltli Nat onal 338 Third Ave i a-sc NatiuUiLi 94 JJroadway i'uurth ■•abonal 16 Nassau Fuliou National 33 Fulton '..aliatin National 36 Wa 1 ».ei nian-Amortcan 12j B'way i.tirinauia 185 Boweiy < eviuan Exchange 245 Bowery =^yold Ex. Bank 58 Bruadway *3reenwich, 402 Hudson, ^Grocers' National 59 l^arclay i lan.^ver National 33 Nassau Harlem l',279 Third Avenue importers' and Traders' national 247 Broadway Irving National 2S5 Greenwich Leather Manufacture s' National..: 29 Wall *Loaners' 22 Nassau '^Manhattan Company 40 Wall ^Manufacturers' and > erchants 5*jl Broadway ♦Manufacturers' & Builders' .,3d A.ve. & 57tli street Hank Clearing House Those marked * are State Banlcs, all others are National Banks^ American National 944 B'way|Marine Natirwal 7s Wall American Ex. National. .126 L'wityiMarKet Nati.>7ial 2S6 Pear] ^Atlantic National 17 Nas,siu:A]euhanics' Naiiooal 33 Wall *Bank of America 46 Wall Mechanics' & Trader?- Na- tional 153 Bowcrv "ercantile National 191 B'way Uercliants' National 42 Waii Merchants' Exchange Na- tional 267 B'way Metiopolitan National 110 lJ'wa> Murray Hill. ...3d Av. & 37th streei Mutual Closed Nassau 135 Nassau National Bank of Commerce 29 Nassai- do Bank . f the State of New York 35 William do Bank of the Republic 90 Broadwa.' do Bank of the Common- wealth 15 Nassai> National Broadway 237 B'wa\ do Butchers' & Brov-.Ts' 124 Bowerv do Citizen's., 381 B'wav do City 52 Wall do Currency 92 B'way do Mechanics' BanUing Association 38 Wall do Park 214 & 216 B'way do tShoeA Leatluji .271 B'wav N. Y. Gold Exchan e 58 B'way County Naiion,il...81 8th Ave Nat onal Exchange 13tt Chambers N'Inth National 4t9 B'way *Ninth Ward 23Abingd n Sq. *Nortli Riv-r 1^ Greenwich Orienlal 122 Bowery *Pacific 47 B'way 'i^People's 395' Canal Phcenix National 45 Wall *Produce 59 Park Plucu .Second National 190 Fifth Ave Securily 319 B'way Seventh Ward National. . .234 Pe,u 1 Sixth National B'way & W. 35tii S . Nicholas National 7 Wal! Tenth Natiouiil 348 B'way Third National 29 Pine I'radeanien's Nationa.. . .291 B'way Pnion National 34 Ws.u *West Side.... 8th A v., c a\ Hlh St -48 Wall Street 8AVIN0S BANKS— IKTOT AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANIES. 39 Savings Banks. Ablngilon Square. .23 Abingdon sq B;iiiliOj Savings 67 Bleeoker Bona St. Savings Bank 64 anil 56 Bond BoTvery 130 Bowery Broadway 4 Park Place Central Part 124 Tfiird av Citizens 58 Bowery Claii inont 247 Greenwich Clinton 244 Eighth av Dry Dock Bowery & Third st Bast River 3 Chambers Bast Side 1S7 Cherry Emigrant Industrial. 51 Chambers Eleventh Ward, Av 0 & Seventh st Equitable 170 Sixth av I'^xcelsior 374 Sixth av Franklin 594 Eighth av Fifth Avenue — 44th st & Fifth av German 4 Union sq German Up-Town 801 Third av German Third av & 158th st Greenwich 73 Sixth av Harlem 1,948 Third av Institution lor the Savings of Mer- chants' Clerks... 20 Union place Irving 96 Warren Manhattan 644 Broadway Mechanics' & Traders'. 283 Bowery Metropolitan 1 Third av National 609 Broadway New Amsterdam. . .215 Broadway New York 81 Eighth av North Paver 460 Eiglith av Oriental 480 Grand People's 301 Third av Seamen's 76 Wall Security Tlilrd av & 34th st Sixpenny. . .Broadway, cor. 8th st Teutonia 26 Av. A Trades 276 W 23d Union Dime 396 Canal Up-Town 811 Third av West Side 164 Sixth av YorkvlUe Third av & 86th st Trust Companies. American Loan and Trust Co., 141 Broadway Bankers & Brokers Association, 18 Broad st Equitable Trust Co 62 VVllham Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., 26 Exchange Place Mercantile 120 Broadway National Trust Co 263 B'way N. Y. Guaranty & Indemnity Co., 62 B'way N. Y. Bond Deposit Co. .108 B'way N. Y. Life Ins. & Trust Co . . 63 Wall N. Y. Loan & Indemnity Co., 229 B'way N. Y. State Loan & Trust Co., 60 Wall st Real Estate Loan & Trust Co., 17 B'way Union Trust Co... 71 B'way United States Trust Co 49 Wall U. S. Mortgage Co 60 Wall Safe Deposit Companies and Vaults. Central Safe Deposit Company of New York 71 & 73 W 23d st. Mercantile Loan and Warehouse Company 120 to 124 Broadway Safe Deposit Co. of New York, for the safe keeping of Valuables, Bonds, Ac, and Renting of Sales. . .140, 142, 146 B'way, cor Liberty New York Stock Exchange 10 Broad s'l National Park Bank , 214, 216 Broai I u ii v Stayvesant Safe Deposit Company 1 and 3 Tk.rd ay LIST OP FOREIGN BILL DRAWERS. 'I'liosp ii^Uh a t are agencies of Cannrlian anil otJi£r foreign bank's. Kuge ie S. Ballia & Co , 24 Ex. Place. Union Bank, Lomlon. Bauk or Belgium & Holland (ag.) 50 Kx. Place, Bant of Belgium txmS Hoi:ninl. tBaiik or Montreal, 61 Wall, Bank or Monli e il, London. Bank of New York, 48 Wall, Union Bank, London. tBank of British N. America. 52 Wall, Bank of British N. America. IBank of Toronto. 61 Wa 1, Citv Bank, o4 Old Broad St., London. Barclay & Livingston, 24 Beayer, Coutts & Co., 57 Strand. " i',K,.„.-.i. s ,1 (B. P. Babcock. & Co., Liverpool Labcock, Brotlieri&Co.,oO Wall, { city Bauk, Loudou. Uij^ust Behnont & Co , 21 Nasiian, N. M. Ilotliscliild & Son, Loudon. Blake Brothers & Co., 62 Wall, Blake Brothers & Co. Brown Brothers & Co., 61 Wall, Brown, Shipley & Co. Burlage & Co., 45 Ex. Place, Frederick Huth &, Co., London. tCanadian Bank of Comineice, 50 Wall, Branch Bank of Scotland. Chemical National Bank, 270 Broadway, London Joint-Stock Bank. E. P. Davison & Co., 128 I'earl, Baring' Brothers & Co. Drexel, Morgan & Co., Wall * Broad, {^i^^^^^ S'd^^iSiL Simon de Visser, 6S William, Kleinwort, Colien & Co., Loiidoit, tOomin-iou Bank of Canada, 61 Wail, City J^auk, London. First National Bank, 90 liroadway, nariug Bros. & Co. l-'owler Brotiiers, 72 Broad, I-'owler Bros., Liverpool. German-American Bank, 120 B' way, | f^^'^^^] LhStedf^''''''''"'^' Gossler & Co, 134 Pearl, International Bank, Hamburg & London. Greenbauni Brothers & Co., 2I6 Broadway, City Bank, London A. Goettel & Co., 51 William, London Joint-Stock Bank. Haarg & Co., 45 Wall, Alliance Bank, London. Halliiarten & Co., 28 Broad, International Banking Co., London. Heideltiacli, Frank & Co., 52 Ex. Place, London Banking Association. Hess Brothers, 20 Wall, W. Latlenburg & Co. Hobson, Hnrtado & Co., 52 Wall, German Bank ol' London. Richard Irvin & Co., 54 Ex. Place, liamuel Iiviu & Co., Giasgo^v. .f^nsaen & Co., 68 Broad, Horstman & Co., London. M. K. Jesup, Paton & Co., 52 William, Union Bank, London. Eiifrene Kpiiv A Co V\' Pirif^P ( Consolidated Bank, London, bugene Keiiy Co., 45 Lx. i Jace, j g^^^iin^^ payne & Smiths. James G. Kinsi's Sons, 31 Nassau, Baring Brothers & Co. Kinfr & Co., George W., 74 B'way, Alliance Bank, London. Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, 113 B'way, Alliiinoe Bank, London. Kountze Brothers, 12 Wall, Union Banli, London. Kulin, Loeb & Co., 31 Nassau, Batik o! Montreal, 27 Lombard St. August Linibert & Co., 21 Nassau, Union Bank, London. tLondon, Asiatic & Am, Co., 30 Pine, London Joint-Stock Bank. Cliaiies Luliag & Qo„ 70 Si-Qita, Peutsgiie National BaRiv, Brmeo. .LIST OF FOHETGN V.U.Ti DEAWHUS, 41 Citizens' Bani!; or La., (ffff) 37 Pine, Baring Brothers & Co. Donnell, Lawson & Co., 92 Broadway, (Barclay, Bevans, Tritton, I Twells & Co.. London. Dulman & Scliarft, 43 Ex. Place, C. J. Hambro & Sons, London. Kelley and Alexander, 68 William, Baring Brotlier.s & Co., London. tMaratime B. oi St. John, N." B., 61 Wall, Imperial Bank, London. H. G. iVIarquand, itio Broadway, City Bank, London. Meeker & Co., W. B., 48 Wall, Union Bauk, London. tMercliants' B. oi Canada, 62 Wall, Merchants' B. of Canada, Lond on. tMetropolilan Bank, Montreal, 61 Wall, Bant or Montreal, London. tMolson's Bank ol Montreal. Matthew Morgan's Sons, 39 William, London Joint-Stock Bank. Morton, Bliss & Co., 1 Morton, Rose & Co., London ; SO Broad, ) James W. Tncker & Co., Paris. John Mnnroe & Co., 8 Wall, Alexanders, Ciinliffes & Co. National B. oI Commerce. 81 Nassau, Baring Brothers & Co., London. National Park Bank, 214 Broadway, Union Bank London. Setter & Co., 61 Ex. Place, German Bank. London. Norton, Slaughter & Co., 41 Broad, Jolm K. Giliat & Co.. London. Ontario Bank, {agenaj), 61 Wall, Bank of Montreal, London. Kandolph, Bickley & Co., 3 Nassau, C. J. Hambro k Sons, London. C. B. Richard & Boas, 61 Broadway, 0. J. Hambro & Sons, London. Elder & Cortis, 73 Broadway, jKoyal Bank ol Ireland, Dublin. .„ , „ ' I A. S. Petrie & Co., London. tRoyal Canadian Bank, 61 Wall, National Bank of Scotland. Rutten & Bonn, 60 Ex. Place, German Bank, London. Leopold Schmidt & Co., 68 Broad, J. C. Thurn A Co., London. J. & W. SeUgman & Co., 21 Broad, Seligman Brothers, London. Pluhp Speyer & Co., 18 Ex. Place, Speyer Brothers, London. Sternberger, M. & S., 44 Ex. Place, Union Bank, London. Stoker, Taylor & Co., 66 Broadway, City Bank, London. .1 . & J. Stuart & Co., 33 Nassau, Smith, Payne & Smiths, London, ^tursberg, Ruperti & Co., 36 Broad, Horstman & Co., London, laacks & Lu^litenstein, 60 Ex. Place, Bischotfsheim & Goldschmidt. lapscott. Brothers & Co., 86 South. Prescott, Grote & Co.. London. Taylor Brothers, 17 Wali, Union Bank, London. James Tinker, 84 Broadway, C. M. Lampson & Co., London. L. Von HolTmann & Co., 60 Wall, R. Raphael & Sons. London. Ward & Co., 64 Wall, Union Bank, London. Ward, Campbell & Co., 66 Wall, Baring Brothers & Co., London. ?„ ,,• ^- ^2 Baring Brothers & Co., London. vyeJls, Fargo & Co., 82 Broadway, Union Bank, London. WBhams & Guion, 63 Wall, A. s. Petrie & Co., London. Wiaslow, Lanier & Co., 27 Pine, City Bank, London. CHAPTEB VII. NOTABLE STREETS AND SIGHTS, Broadway.— Wall Street,— Fittli Aveime.-Tlie Bowery, -Ine Slnms [The visitor will receive material assistance in Qnding way about the city, or recovering it when lost, by observing the comer srreet- lamps. Two of these lamps at the intersection of every two streets have the names ol the streets oonsplcuonaly painted on ttam.] BROADWAY. The priuoipal street of New Yo7-k is Broadway. It commen- ces near the junction of the North and East rivers, and ex- tends through the centre of the island, or the city of New York to Yonkers, and is fifteen miles in length. The lower or southern extremity of the street from the Battery to Union Square, a distance of two and a half miles, is during the busi- ness portion of the day one surging mass of human life. While the streets of all great cities present animated spectacles during business hours there is none other in the old or new world which exhibit similar scenes of activity and energy, both on the part of the pedestrians that throng the sidewalks, or the conductors of wheeled vehicles in the streets. Even strangers, the denizens of other cities, less imbued with the ardent energy which characterize New Yorkers, soon catch the impulse after their arrival in New York, and hurry along with the crowd across the streets and along the sidewalk, as if life or death depended upon their arrival at their various des- tinations at appointed times. Till within the last few years the great ambition of the re- tail traders was a position on Broadway, about or above the City Hall, but the extension of the city northward has changed all this. Betail traders have moved with the population northward, leaving the southern extremity of this street to the occupation of the wholesale dealers, and to attorneys, agents of corporatioas, business firms, &c. The agents or ofaoers of steamship lines occupy the southern end of this street, in va- cinity of the Battery, together with the consuls of foreign coun- tries. Immediately north of these, and as far up as Pulton street, may be found the principal law and insurance offices of the city. When the visitor to New York reaches Fulton street, it would be well to pause in front of St. Paul's Church WALL STEEET. 43 -surrounded on three sides by a grave-yard. In this ceme- tery are entombed the remains of many distinguished men of iiast generations. General Montgomery, who fell in the as- iuilt upon Quebec, is interrad here, and a monument to his liouor attests the fact. Dr. McNevin, an Irish patriot, and Thomas Addis Emmett, his compatriot, and brother to the celebrated Eobert Emmett, have found a resting place here, and sympathizing friends have erected to their memory mon- uments. Ascending Broadway froni the Battery to Fulton street, you reach the printing and publishing houses of the city. On the opposite corner of Fulton and Broadway stands the building of the Evening Post, William CuUen Bryant's paper. On the corner of Ann street and Broadway is the New York Herald building- In both of these buildings of course are published the news- papers which have bestowed; their names upon them. Arriv- ing at the Herald building you enter Park Kow, the main ar- tery to Printing House Square. This square is the scene of the printing and publishing of hundreds of leading newspapers of the country. Looking at this sqiiare from Broadway, your atten- tion is arrested by a structure which shoots heavenward, look- ing down upon all its contemporaries, being the tallest build- ing in the United States. It is eleven stories high, and possesses many claims to the ideal in architecture. This impos- ing structure suggests a monumental design on the part of its builders, and the suggestion is founded in fact. It is really a monument to the genius of the founder of the New York Tribune — Horace Greely. We cannot accompany the visitor further np Broadway. He can observe for himself as he traverses thia magniiicent thoroughfare, on which is transacted on so large a scale the mercantile and other branches of business of New York, and we might say of the world, for the natural and artifi- cial products of every clime and of every land find their way to this city, and are exposed in the shop windows and stores m this street as in a world's fair. WALL STREET Is scarcely a quarter of a mile in length, but it is the great money centre of the country, and its influence is potent iu, every quarter of the globe wliere mercantile transactions are known. Few strangers visit the city who have not some busi- ness to transact in Wall street, and those who have none, will do well to visit the street during the busy hours of the day, say from 12 m. to 3 p. m. One line of Broadway omnibuses passes through the street, and three other lines pass the head 44 NEW YOBK GOIBB. of the street at Trinity church every few minutes, rendering it easy of access from all parts of the city. Several of the piiblic buildings elsewhere described, are in this street, but beside these, there are many other buildings, banks, insur- ance offioes, banking oiEces, and stores in the street, or in its immediate vicinity, well worthy of notice. See, for instance, the new Seamen's Bank for Savings, corner Wall and Pearl streets ; the Bank of New York, corner Wall and Vv'illiam ; and the banking house of Brown Brothers & Co., 59 Wall street ; the banking house of Drexel, Morgan & Co., corner of Broad and Wall; it cost Sl,000,0001or the ground, and another million to erect the building. But what will attract the atten- tion of the visitor more than anything else will be the rush- ing of men and boys in and out of otSces and through the street ; the haste with which everybody seems to be infected; the anxiety stamped on every one's face ; the clicking of the te.egraph in almost every office you pass ; the knots of men on the street corners talking and gesticulating like mad, and the screaming bedlam of the Gold Exchange. If the visitor has not been accustomed to noise and bustle in other places, the hour he spends here will seem to be tripled, and he will soon wish himself out of it. It is, however, one of the city's most interesting features, and no stranger should go away without visiting it. FIFTH AVENUE. Fifth Avenue is the "west end" of New York city. It be- gins at Washington Square, and ends at Harlem Biver, and is about midway between the North and East rivers. It is built up continuously between three and four miles, and on it re- side many of the city's wealthiest families whose houses are far more elegant and costly than can be found in any other city in the country. Could the stranger obtain entrance into some . of these dwellings, he would be much astonished at the evidences of wealth and culture that would meet his eye. Probably the most expensive, and by far the most luxurious residence on the avenue, is that of Mr. A. T. Stewart, corner of Thirty-fourth street. It as far exceeds those of his neigh- bors, as his dry goods palace, corner of Broadway and Tenth- street, does those of the other dry goods merchants. This house is said to have cost more than two millions of dollars. The visitor, if he is a careful observer, will note the changes m the style of building as he wends his way up the avsnue. Houses which were considered to be " just the thing " ten years ago, are out of date to-dtiy. Observe the style of the \ THE EbWEET. 45 houses about Fourteenth-stseet, for instance ; then at Twenty- fifth to Thirtieth-street, and again, those which are now being erected ten ur twenty streets farther up. Between Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth streets, for example, a blocli of houses has just been built of Ohio stone —a material fast coming into use, and destined to sujjplant brownstone. These honses are fin- ished with mansard roofs, and are fastly more attractive than the houses of ten years ago. The visitor will notice a new feature of the fashionable house of to-day, that the inside wood-work as well as the outside doors, are of mahogany. An- other block that will attract attention is just finished, between Fifty-sevonth and Fifty-eighth streets. These houses are of white marble, and when one is a little distance away, the ef- fect has been so contrived that the block may very well be mistaken for a church. On that portion of the avenue which is on Central Park, fabulous prices have been obtained for building lots, the ijosition being beyond all question the finest in the city. Some of the most fashionable churches are loca- ted on this avenue, and if the visitor should be in the city of a Sunday, he is recommended to take a walk on this popular promenade after the morning services are over, if he would see one of the city's most elegant and characteristic exhibi- tions. The churches most worthy of notice on the avenue are St. Thomas's, corner of Fifty-third street; the JcMJis/i KjTiyfe, cor- ner of Forty-third street ; the Soman Catholic Cathedral (now building), between Fifty-first and Fifty-second streets, and Dr. Chapin's Church, corner of Forty-fifth street. Several of the old and wealthy club houses are on this ave- nue, and on the corner of Fourteenth street is Delmonioo's celebrated restaurant. We already begin to see houses con- verted into stores in the lower portion of the avenue, and bus- iness driving residences further away. A man need not be m^ore than sixty years old to remember when the Battery was, to the fashionable world, what Fifth avenue and Fiftieth-street are to-day. If this old fellow should live twenty-five years longer where shall he look to find the centre of fashion ? THE BOWERY Is by no means a fashionable promenade. Still it is worth one's while to see it, especially of an evening. It has always been a great thoroughfare, and remains so still. That portion of the city east of the Bowery is largely inhabited by Germans, and on the Bowery are a great number of the most extensive 46 NEW TOEK OUIDB. lager bier saloons in the city, a German theatre, etc. , etc. Besides these, however, are a large number of retail shops, all of which are open and brilliantly lighted in the evening. The Bowery begins at Chatham Square, and extends to the Cooper Institute, at the junction of Third and Fourth avenues. The Bowery Theatre is an object of interest, too. Scarcely any one would believe that this was once a fashionable theatre ; that Mulibran sang there ; that Gilfert was the manager ; and its boxes were thronged with the elite of New York, and the streets in that neighborhood with their carriages ! But that was forty years ago ! Some half a dozen theatres which have stood on this place have been burned. The present building has stood longer than any of its predecessors. Next door to the theatre is the Atlantic Garden, the great German lager- bier saloon of the city. •SHE FIVE POINTS. This chapter would hardly be complete without some direc- tions by which a stranger, who was so inclined, might be able to see the lowest depths of the city without running much risk of either life or limb. To any one who has plenty of nerve, who is not sensitive to offensive smells, and who wishes to see the foulest and most repulsive sights, we advise that ho make up a party, and get his landlord or some friend to secure the services of a policeman for the night, who is accustomed to go on these expeditions. Before going out, empty your pockets of everything valuable, and take a bottle of smelling- salts with you. Tell your policeman where you want to go and what you desire to see. If you have read Dickens's Amer- ican Notes, you will have iiome idea of what is before you ; if you have not, you will, probably, after you have been through, Around and undei the Five Foiuts at nighL SOME OLD DOWN TOWS STBEETS. 17 SOME OLD DOWN-TOWN STHEETS. in 1661 the northern boundary of the settlement that haa since become New York City was what we call Wall street. A stockade had, np to that time, served as a protection against attacks by the Indians ; but in 1661 it was decided that the stockade should be replaced by a substantial stone- wall, which should in time surround the city. To this end ' ' the commander of each North Biver yacht ' ' was required, " in lieu of wharfage, to naake one or two voyages to Tappan for stone." Hence came the name of Wall street. Water, Front and South streets have each, in turn, been the water front on the East River side. Broad street from the river to Beaver street, was formerly a marsh. Dykes were constructed and piles driven in great numbers, nu ilthe region became solid land. Nassau street was laid out in 1700, and was for a time known as ' ' the street that runs by the pye woman's to the commons of the city." Broadway was orig- inally known as the Great Highway ; in 1656, • ' De Haase street ; in 1664, the " Heeseweg ; " and in 1670, the "Broad Wagon Way," and then Broadway. Broadway, as well as the less important thoroughfares, was unpaved until 1770. Brick sidewalks were then introduced, with planking for curbs. Gov. Peter Stuyvesant's suburban residence was called his " Bouwerie." It was situated on the "high road to Boston." On the maps published in 1766 this road was called Bowery Lane, and in 1806 it was famous as the Bowery Road. The estates of the De Lanceys and the broad lands of tlie Rutgers, the Bayards, and the Van Gortlands bordered on the Bowery.' Each of these names is perpetuated by the streets that have been built on the old homestead farms. Tradition says that Maiden Lane was, in the times'of the Dutch settlements, a by-way through which the dairy maids drove their cows to the pasture, and hence it became known as "the maiden's path ;" and that Coenties Slip was then Countess Slip, so called after the Countess Bellamont. Cliff street was formerly a part of the Vanderolifi orchard, and was laid out as a street or avenue in 1700 ; the name being inher- ited from Dirck Vandercliff, " who occupied a small building in Wall Street." " Gold street is named after Golden Hill, a jjart of which was Vandercliff s estate, that name being applied to it eiirly as 1791. 48 NEW TOBK GiriDB. John street was named after John Harpending, who emi- grated to New Amsterdam in 1660. John was a member of the St. Crispin Association, with an establishment on Broad- way, near Maiden Lane. He died in 1723, leaving much wealth in the form of real estate, a part of which he be- queathed to the Reformed North Dutch Church. The Battery and Whitehall street, it is said, received their designation from the Whitehall battery of fifteen guns, placed at the extreme south end of the island in 1695. Bowling Green was, in the early days of the settlement, a resort lor pastimes. Warren street was originally, as a part of King's Farm, held by Trinity Church. It received its name from Sir Peter Warren, a British captain of the naval station. Vesey and Barclay streets were so called after two of the early rectors of Trinity Church. Cortland street was territory ceded by the Van Cortlandts to the city. Chatham street was, by ordinance, named after Lord Chatham. Willett and Sherifl streets are complimentary names for Marinus Willett, formerly Sheriff, and Mayor in 1807. mm mn mmm associatm, R. R. McBURNEY, Sec'y. WILLIAM E. DODGE, Jr., Pres't. The Toting Men's Chbistian Association of tlie city of 'Sew Yoric was foundea in the year 1852. The building it now occupies was erected in 1869, at a cost of $435,000. The Association seeks to accomplish the purposes of its organization by the employment of the foUowins agencies, namely: Ueadiog-Room; Library; Literary Society; Classes in French, German, Spanisii, Writ- ing, Book-keeping and Tocal Music; Uymnaisum; Bowling-Alley; Patl?s; Lectures; Social Meetings and Entertainments; Bible Classes; Prayer-meeUngs; Service of Song, and Sermons to young men; by aid- ing 111 the selection of good boarding places: by assisting young men to obtain employment; by visiting and relieving those who are sick and in want; by introducing strangers to fit persons for friends and acquaintances, and to suitable ciiurch connections, and by the use of other means, in harmony with the name it bears, that may tend to clieer and guide young men, especially such as come from country homes and foreign lands. Tlie rooms are open daily from 8 a. m. till 10 p. m. The Library, Parlors and Reception-room on Sundays, from 2 till P- m. A Cou' tmrsational Bible Class, by Dr. Thomson, every Lord's day,at 5 o'clock, from Nov. 1st till June 1st, in Association Hall. Tea at 6 o'clock, for members remaining to evening service. A Service of Song, led by cornet and organ, every Sunday evening, at o'clock, followed by a short Address to yonng men, with brief Prayer-meeting at the close. Secretartfs Bible Class, 8 o'clock. Tuesday evening, from Nov. 1st till June 1st, and on Sunday, at 5 o'clock, from June 1st to Nov. 1st. The Weekly Social Religious Meetings for young men, Thursday evening, 8 o'clock, and Saturday evening, 9 o'clock, in the Parlors. Union Prayer Meetings for all classes every day, at 4 o'clock, in the Lecture Room. Family Prayers by the Reception Committee, every evening, at a quarter to 10 o'clock. Tlie Literary Society meets in the Lecture Room, Tuesday evening, 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. HARLEM BRANCH, 229 1 Third Avenue. YORKVILLE BRANCH, 86th St., cor. Third Ave. BOWERY BRANCH, 134 Bovrpry. Any young man desiring to connect himself with the Association may be admitted to Associate Membership by the Secretary, upon ilio presentation of satisfactory evidence that the applicant is a person of good moral character. By the payment of live dollars annually, in advance, a member has tUe use of the Reading Room and Library, the Gymnaisum and Bow- ling J^ Ueys, a seat at the Evening Classes in German, French, Spanish, Book-keeping, Penmanship, Vocal Music and Gymnastics, and admis- sion for himself, with the privilege of bringing h lady without charge, to the Members' Reception every month, and the Members' Lectures on Friday evenings. young men coming to the city as strangers are cordially invited to the rooms, the privileges of the Reading Room and Library will be granted upon application to the Secretary. 50 NEW YOliK GUIDE. THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. This Bridge, connecting the cities of New York and Brook- lyn, is now under construction, and when completed will be one of the engineering marvels of the age. The East Kiver will be crossed by a single span 1 ,595 J feet long, which will be the longest ever suspended. Height of each tower 278 feet above high water ; from high water to roadway 120 feet; high water to center of span 155J feet ; from roadway to top 158 feet. The single span will be suspended by 4 cables each of 16 inches diameter. The approach on the New York side, commencing near the City Hall, is 2,492J feet, and on the Brooklyn side 1,901 feet. Total length 5,989 feet ; width of bridge in centre 85 feet, with tracks for steam cars, road- way for carriages, walks for foot passengers, and an elevated promenade commanding a view of extraordinary beauty and extent. Cost about $12,000,000. The imposing appearance of this magnificent structure, rising gradually above the two cities, is the first object that meets the view of those approaching New York by water. CHAPTEE IV. PUBLIC PARKS AND SQUARES. The Central Park. Tlie Battery. The Bowling Green. The Cltj Hall Park. Washington Square. Tompkins Square. Union Square . Madia jn Square. Mount Morris Squ .re. . THE CENTRAL PARK. If that object be entitled to be called the most attractive wliioh has the most visitors. Central Park may be fairly pro- nounced New York City's chiefest attraction. It is centrally located on the island ; being bounded by 59th street on the south and 110th street on the north, by I he 5th avenue on the east and the 8t'h avenue on the west, lu form, it is an elongated parallelogram — about two and a OENTKAL PAEK. 51 half miles iu length, and half a mile in width. The southern boundary of the park is about the same distance from the Battery, as the northern is from the extreme northern point of the island ; to wit, about five and a half miles. Access. —The Park is readily accessible from every por- tion of the city ; having several gates of entrance at each end, as well as along its sides. The Eighth avenue street cars will drop visitors at the south-west corner of the Park, which is an entrance for pedestrians, equestrians, or carriages. These cars also stop at all the entrances on the West Side of the Park. The Sixth Avenue Street Cars run to the Fity-Ninth Street Gate, which is an Entrance for Pedestrians and Eques- trians. The Broadway street oars will drop passengers at the 7th avenue gate, which is for pedestrians only. The Belt Line street cars drop visitors at either of these 59th street gates. The principal carriage entrance is at 59th street and Fifth avenue ; the entrance gates on this avenue are most easily reached from the Third avenue street cars. The gates are at 72d, 79th, 90th, 96th, 102d and 110th streets ; the last is the carriage entrance from the north-east. The fare on all these street cars to 59th street is five cents ; on the Eighth avenue line, above 59th street, to 72d street, eight cents ; above that, 10 cents ; and on Third avenue line above 65th street, 6 cents. Having landed at either of these entrances, the visitor has three different ways before him to see the Park. He may, if a good walker and have the time, see it best on foot. If he would ride, and at the same time study economy, he may get into one of the Park carriages, which will be found at the south- west corner of the Park at Eighth avenue, and, for 25 cents, he will be carried the whole circuit of the Park to the start- ing place. We would recommend him, however, to be let cut of the carriage on the west side of the Eamble, which he may then visit; after which he can go to the Terrace by way of the Lake, and then on by way of the Mall to any one of the 59th street gates. This would, however, give but a limited idea of the many attractions of the Park, as he will readily discover, if he will buy a park guide (Miller's is probably the best), before he goes there. The third plan is, to takti a carriage from your hotel, or hire one at some of the gates, when as much time may be given to the exciir.sion as the visitor pleases — but, bear in mind that, to see many of the most interesting things iu the Park, one must spend a great deal of time on his feet. NEW XOBK auiDB. The total area of the Park is Length of carriage drives, completed. " bridle roads ' ' walks ' ' ,862 acres 9i miles 5i •' 28 " The most interesting portion of the Park to many visitors will be the Eamble, which can only be seen while on foot. Then, there are the Terrace, the Mall, the Central Lake, the Museum, the Zoological Garden, the Keservoirs, the Bel- vedere, the Bridges, etc., etc. ; all objects of interest. The skating season, which begins about Christmas, but is of un- certain duration, is a favorite time for many people to visit the Park. Visitors must bear in mind that the scenes change every month — that the flowers and foliage of June give place to those of later dates ; and, if they would see all there is to be seen in the Park, they must visit it frequently and at different seasons of the year. The plan of our Guide Book does not admit of a descrip- tion of the various interesting objects to be seen in the Park. To point out and describe them would require a volume larger than we propose to make. Our task is done when we give the location, means of access, and advise how best to see it. This superb building, now being erected in the Central Park, is rapidly approachitg completion. Its cost is to a great extent defrayed by certain jjublic spirited citizens who have said very little about the work, and slmuued all clap- trap methods of attracting attention to it. In the richness and variety of collections which it is intended to contain it will in time rival the British Museum. The nucleus of a Museum is already to be found in the rooms of the old Ar- senal Budding in the Park, in the Metropolitan Museum on 14th street, near 6th avenue, and in other scattered collec- tions, which will tind a place in the new building as soon as it is completed. The collections will not be limited to the single department of natural history, but will include anti- quities and other objects of scientific interest. Valuable remnants of the extinct Aztec, Toltee, and other races which once ruled from the valley of the Ohio to the Isthmus of Darien, will illustrate the archeology of America. The en- tomological collection exhibited at present in the old Ar- senal, is the finest and most complete in this country, and will prove not the least interesting of the many departments to be embraced by the Museum. This noble enterprisa is Museum of Natural History. THE BATTEET — THE EOWLINO GREEN. 53 destined before many years to be the future home of a great Bcieutiiic University, in which all science will be taught by the aid of facilities which no European capital can command. THE BATTERY. The old New Yorker who remembers the Battery fifty years ago, when around it were congregated the most fask- ionable residences and the wealthiest people of the city — when it was the great fashionable promenade and flirting ground — will scarcely recognize it in its present guise. Fashion deserted it many years ago, and the once elegant residences of New York City's millionares are now nearly all turned into stores and emigrant boarding houses. Castle Garden has become the emigrant landing place. The Bat- tery, in its natural advantages, has attractions as a j)lace of recreation unsurpassed, probably, by those of any similar public place in the world. The magnificent view of the har- bor, always alive with the movement of ships and steamers, and the scenery of its surrounding shores, with the fresh in- vigorating sea breeze, combine to make it at once the most wholesome and the inost inspiriting means of bodily and mental refreshment within the immediate reach of our citi- zens. The Battery, with the improvements which have been put upon it. has been rendered a delightful place for the wearied toilers in its vicinity, and an attractive resort for the istranger. When the stranger is on the Battery, let him not forget to look at the house at the S. W. corner of Broadway and State street, called now the Washington Hotel. This, in Eevolutionary times, was the Kennedy House, where Washington and Lee had their headquarters, and is one of the very few houses left in the city which can date so far back as the days of the Eevolution. THE BOWLING GREEN. This spot has always been a prominent point of interest to the New Yorker as well as to the stranger visitor. Here, in 1780, was erected an equestrian statue of George III, made of lead; a few years later soldiers and citizens joined in pull- ing it down, and the lead was run into bullets, which were used by the soldiers in the American army. The old railing around the Green, the gates and coping, etc., are kept in good repair as a relic of Eevolutionary times. 5* NEW XOEK GUIDE. THE CITY HALL PARK Is becoming so encumbered with buildings that it requires some stretch of the imagination to call it a Park. The cilj hall, new court house, old court houses and record office Ave have already become familiar with, and now comes the new post office, which appropriates a large slice of the soiithei ii end of the Park. But with all these drawbacks the City Hull Park will lilways be an attractive point in the city. WASHINGTON SQUARE. [Bounded by Macdougal street ou the West, Waverluy Place on the north, University Place on the east, and Fourtlj street on the south. ] Washington Square has an area of about ten acres. It was used, until within forty or fifty years, as a Potter's Pield, In 1832 it was converted into a Park. It has long been a popular breathing place for the section of the city in which it is situated. It is svirrounded by houses which were once considered elegant, and were occupied by the wealthy and fashionable people of the city ; now they are rapidly coming into use for boarding houses; wealth and fashion having traveled further north. Fifth avenue runs through this square, connecting with Laurens street on its side. On the east side of the Square the visitor will notice the N. Y. University, a very elegant marble building in the Gothic style, 180 feet by 100, com- pleted in 1836. TOMPKINS SQUARE. [Bounded by Avenue A on the west, Tenth street on the north. Avenue B on the east, and Seventh st. on the south. ] This Square is located in a thickly settled portion of the city, and is surrounded by densely occupied tenement houses. It has long been used as a parade ground by the First Divis- ion of militia, and the improvements made upon it are sub- ordinate to this use. A new grass plot forty feet in width has been laid around the interior border, and within this a walk of twenty-five feet for promenading. On the outer side of this walk rows of deciduous trees have already been planted, interspersed with lanms, benches and seitees, in or- der that persons may have places of rest to enjoy the reviews of ths military or the promenade afforded by the walks. De- eidaous trees have also been planted all around the Square; UNION SQTIART5- MADISON SQtJABE. 55 the exterior sidewalk has been coTered with asphalt pave- ment; two large public urinals, sufficiently protected by evergreens, hare been placed in the Square, and two keepers' houses. Indeed, the whole place has been made inviting. UNION SQUARE. [Bounded by Broadway on the west, Seventeenth street on the north, Pom-th avenue on the east. Fourteenth street on the south. ] The visitor will remark that all sorts of figures receive the name of Squares in the City of New i'ork, and Union Square is no exception. This square is an oval in shape, and is one of the prettiest parks in the city. The statues of Washington and Lincoln are surrounded with handsome railings and or- namental lamps, and urns filled with flowers during the warm season, will be erected at short distances. The statue of Washington at the south end of the square, which the visitor will not fail to remark, is the work of H. K. Brown. It is of a rich bronze, and weighs four tons, and is fourteen feet in hight, standing on a pedestal of the same hight, and is generally regarded as an admirable work of art. At the western angle of the square is a bronze statue of Mr. Lincoln. MADISON SQUARE. [Bounded by Broadway and Fifth avenue on the west, by Twenty-sixth street on the north, by Madison avenue on the east, and by Twenty-third street on the south. ] Under the new regime has been completely transformed. The railing has been taken away, and it remains open on all sides like Washington Square and the City Hall Park. Suf- ficient space has been taken off the Broadway and Fifth avenue sides Oi the square to widen those tlioroughfares sev- enty-five feet The sidewalk stirrounding the Worth monu- ment is in the form of a small circle, and seat room and shelter are provided for those who wish to rest there. An- other small plot of ground just below the Worth monument, has been laid out and handsomely ornamented. The walks in the Square, while being so planned as to please the eye, by an apparent variety of serpentine windings, are yet so laid out as to give access in almost a straight line across the Square from the streets from one side to the other. The centre of the Square is laid out as a lawn, on which there is a handsome stiind for the musicians. At each end of the Square there is a new and beautiful fountain. There is a Sfi "ladies cottage " erected in the nortlieastern cornei-, and all the convenieuces found in the other Parks and Squares, will bo found here. The Square will betliiokly studded with the improved street lamps, like those used in "Washington Square, and will be surrounded with trees. On this Square stands the monument to Gen. Worth, above alluded to, erected by the city in 18-57. The monument is four-sided, each side having inscriptions with bronze reliefs, in memory of the deceased. A handsome equestrian figure of the General, in high relief, with armorial insignia, may be seen on the southern side; and the names of several of the celebrated battle-fields in which the General disiin- cjaished himself; and on tlie other sides will be found tlie names of other battle-fields, date and place of the General's birth, etc. MOU.Nr MORRIS SQUARE. [Bounded by 124th street on the north, Madison avcMe on the east, J 20th .street on the south, and by a street be- tween Fifth and Sixth avenues on the west.] This is the great Public Park of Harlem, and one of the most eligible locations on the island for capabilities of orna- mentation. The roads rising far above the grades of the ad- jacent streets, make it an agreeable place of resort when the atmosphere is clear, and a walk up the hill is inviting. That portion of this Park on the grade of the surrounding streets is already completed, and. is not inferior to any other Park in the city. CHAPTER V. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE NEW POST OFFICE. Of this architectural ornament to the city only a relative idea of the size can be arrived at by stating that it occupies twenty-one city lots, the frontage on Broadway is 3-iO feet, on Park Row 320 feet, the north, fronting the City Hall, 200 feet, and the south front 130 feet. This total frontage being equal to about forty city dwellings. It looms up grandly above the adjacent splendid buildings, its graceful facades and noble domes being plainly perceived from the river ap- proaches to the city. To the stranger it is at once a marvel and a landmark, and certainly no building outside of the national capital can compare with it in stateliness, solidity and geneial architectural beauty. The general style is Doric, yet the upper portions can with propriety be called composite, Uie French prevailing. In the interior the cellars are vast crypts, used for the boilers, furnaces, storage of fuel and storerooms. The number of boilers are eight for heating and two for running the elevators. The basement is a vast single room of more than an acre in area. This is the general working room, where letters, papers and packages are sorted for the mails. Running from this subterranean beehive, ten elevators carry the letter freights of human love, anguish^ wealth and business, to the first story. This immense room is partly surrounded by a lobby ; it may be called the Post Office propel-, where letters are to be received and delivered the lobby being for the use of the public. About midway between the iloor and the ceiling, or say at a hight of fifteen feet, the main office is surrounded on the Broadway Southwest and Park Row sides by a spacious gallery, ac- cessible from the floor by convenient staircases. This gal- lery is used by postal clerks, its under side forming the ceil- ing of the lobby, which is about twenty feet in width The office is separated from the public by glass partitions extan.im^ to the bottom of the incer side of the gallery ard is ^MtMd. with about sis thousand look boxes, in tlie NEW YOKK GUIDE. centre ol the building there is an open triangular space cov- ered with a glass roof, aiJording excellent light to all the de- partments. There are 8 public entrances — arched doorways 15 feet high — on the Broadway and Park Row sides, be- sides the main entrance through the portico on the southwest ■g de, which leads to the great vestibule. The road for mail wagons— the receipt and delivery of letter bags and packages — fronts the City Hall. It is forty feet wide. There are no partition walls occurring in the lower section, the grand dome, the flooring above and the court-yard walls being supported by 107 massive columns, eighteen inches in diameter and thirty feet in length, the weight of each being six tons, while over these columns are placed girders made of triple rolled iron beams. In the second story are the offices of the Postmaster, As- sistant Postmaster, x4.uditor, Special Agents of the Depart- ment, with Money Order and Eegistered Letter Bureaus. The United States Courts are on the City Hall side of the second story, where are also the of&ces of the United States District Attorney, Circuit Court and Chambers. The dimen- sions of the District Court room are 36x58 feet, and Circuit Court room 40x63 feet, each having ceilings forty feet in hight. In the third and fourth stories the criminal branch of the United States Court holds its sessions, and here the offices of the judges, district attorney, commissioners, clerks, marshals and officers connected with the United States Courts in this city are located. On the fourth story, on the northern or City Hall side, is the law library and several large rooms, the occupants of which are not yet designated. In the attic ttie records are arranged, and here also the janitors and watchmen live. In addition to the ten elevators running from the basement to the tirst floor, four will run from the cellar to the attic. Stairways lead to the domes, from which superb views of the harbor and surrounding country can be had. The slating of the roof is a particularly satisfactory job, being executed in a superior and somewhat costly article of dressed slate, each slab of which is one-half-inch thick at the lower edge and one-quarter inch at the upper, and cut in octagon form at the corners. The slate on this roof weighs in the aggregate some 222 tons. The building is conceded to be the most perfect specimen of granite work in the Union. About 350,000 cubic yards of granite, 20,000 yards of con- crete, 45,000 barrels ol cement, 16,000,000 bricks, and 9,500,- 000 pounds of iron have been used in the construction. 13E OLD POST OFFICK. — U. SS. TKEASUBY BUILMNO. 59 Assistant Postmastev .Pearson has prepared a table sbowing that the number of letters received and forwarded tbroagh the New ¥ork Post Office in a day is estimated at 624,275, and the weight of the letters and of the printed matter, including newspapers, is computed at 5,860 tons, which is more than the entire weight of the freight that most express companies get in a year. The average number of letters daily mailed in the city is 259,970, and the number of letters received in transit is 19,273. Of newspapers, periodicals, books, and other printed matter, there is 103,100 pounds. There are 24, 689 letters and 69 bags of printed matter received from other countries. The carriers deliver an average of 107,154 mail, and 67 , 035 city or drop letters a day, and the deliver- ies through the look boxes are 71,435 mail, and 44,688 droj) letters'. THE OLD POST-OFFICB. This building is noteworthy simply for its history. It is the oldest church edifice now remaining in the city. It was formerly the Middle Dutch Church, and was erected before the Eevolution. Portions of its interior woodwork and its steeple were brought from Holland. At the time of the Eev- olution it was on the extreme northern boundary of the city. When the British took possession of the city in 1776, they occupied it for a barracks for their soldiers. Afterwards it was converted into a hospital ; finally the pews were removed and it was used for a riding school. It was again occupied as a church in 1790, It was purchased by the Government for a Post-Offlce in 1861. It is located in Nassau street, east side, and covers the width of the block from Liberty to Cedar streets, and is one block east from Broadway. TT. S. THEASURY BUILDING. Stands on the corner of Wall street and Nassau, extending through to Pine street, and was built for the Custom House. It occupies the site where the old Federal Hall originally stood, in the open gallery of which Gen. Washington was inaugurated first President of the United States. The material of which this edifice is built is white marble, and the style of architecture is purely Doric, and is an imita- tion of the Pantheon at Athens. The building is in the form of a parallelogram, 200 feet long, and 90 feet wide ; its hight 80 feet. On Wall street is a portion with eight Doric columns CO 32 feet high and five feet ten inches in diameter, which is reached by a flight of eighteen granite steps. The rotunda is 60 feet in diameter, and is lighted from the dome which is supported by sixteen Corinthian columns, adorned with caps of exquisite workmanship. The roof is of granite. It may be seen from 10 a. m. to 3 r. M. THE CUSTOM HOUSE. The building nov.- used for the Gnstdm House was built for the Merchants' Exchange, and occupies the entire block be- tween "Wall, William and Hanover streets and Exchange Place. It is built of Quincy granite, and is fire proof. It is 200x171 feet, 77 feet to the cornice, and 125 fcst to the top of the dome. In the portico which fronts on Wall street are If^ columns, 38 feet high, and 4 in diameter at their base. Each of the columns weighs nearly 45 tons. The rotunda is the principal room, and is in the centre of the building. Its diameter is 80 feet, and its hight is the same. It is sur- mounted by a dome in which there is a large skylight rising from the centre, and resting on 8 fluted Corinthian columns of Italian marble, 41 feet high, and 5 feet in diameter. It is open to visitors from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. THE CITY HAI.L. Stands nearly in the centre of the City Hall Park, facing the south. The front and the ends of the building are of white marble, the rear is of brown free-stone. The building is 310 feet long, 105 wide, and 65 high. Its style is a combi- nation of three different orders of architecture ; the Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. The building is crowned with a cupola which overlooks a large portion of the citj'. Near the top of which a four dial clock is kept, illuminated at night. The Mayor's office is in the southwest corner of this Hall, the Chambers of the Board of Aldermen, and other public offices occupying the rest of the building. The Governor's Boom as it is called, will be a place of interest to many strangers, from the fact that it contains ]portraits of many distinguishei?. statesmen and other public functionaries— of greater or less merit — and a desk on which Washington wrote his first mes- sage to Congress. The chairs used in the lirst Congress are in the Aldermanie Chamber, and the chair used by Washing- ton when he was inaugurated first President of the United States is in the Mayor's oiEoe. NEW COUBT HOUSE— COOPER INSTITUTE. 61 THE NBW COURT HOUSE. In the rear of the City Hall and fronting Chambers street stands the New Court, House, though not finished, is so far completed as to be already in part occupied. It is the most expensive find altogether the most pretentious public building the city can boast. It is built of marble, with iron beams and supports, iron staircases, iron doors (outside), and black wal- nut doors (inside) ; tiie floors of the halls are tiled with mar- ble, laid on iron beams, covered with concrete. The order of architecture is mainly Corinthian. The length of the build- ing 250 feet, and the width 150 feet ; the hxght to the' top of the pediment is 97 feet, to the top of the dome when erected will be 225 feet. The dome when finished will resemble that of the Capitol at Washington. The portico on the front of the building on Chambers street will merit careful examina- tion, as it is probably the best specimen of the kind of work in the country. THE COOPER INSTITUTE Is a large brown stone building, situated at the junction of Third and Fourth avenues, and occupies Mie entire block be- tween those avenues, and Seventh and jsighth streets. It was erected by Mr. Peter Cooper, a merchant of this city, and de- voted by him "to the moral, intellectual and physical im- provement of his fellow-citizens, and dedicated to science and art." In the basement of the building is one of the largest public halls in the city, and the first and second stories are occupied for stores and offices, the rents from which, it is sup- posed, will be sufficient to meet the current expenses of the Institute. The third and upper stories are occupied for the Union or Institute. The third story is appropriated to an ex- hibition room, 125 feet long by 82 wide. In the fourth story is a series of galleries with alcoves for works of art. In the fifth story are lecture-rooms, and the library, which, with the reading-room attached, is entirely free, and has a very large number of regular readers. There is a Sdiaol of Design for women in this Institute, and a school for instructing women in telegraphing, both uf which are doing great good in ihe community. 62 New tobk guide. THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OP DESIGN Is on the N. W. comer of Twenty-Third street and Fourth avenue. It is a building which would attract the attention of the visitor were he to meet with it in any part of the world. The design of its exterior is said to be copied from an old Venetian palace, and is the only specimen of the style in the country. The building extends about 100 feet on Fourth avenue and 80 feet on Twenty-Third street. The main en- trance is on Twenty-Third street. It is on a level with the second story, and is reached by a double flight of steps, which, by the skillful manipulation of the architect, have been made an ornament to the building. On entering, the visitor iinda himself in a spacious hall, extending almost the whole length of the building. From this hall, the grand staircase leading to the exhibition rooms will be noticed as one of the most X^romineut features of the building. Th^ third story, which is lighted from the roof, is entirely devoted to exhibition rooms. The wood-work used in the interior of the building is the various hard woods oiled and polished to show the nat- ural grain and color of the woods. The pavement of the ves- tibule at the main entrance is of variegated marbles, and the floor of the gi'eat hall is laid in walnut and maple. The lower story walls are gray marble, with intervening courses of North Eiver blue-stone ; the entire elevation being thus variegated. The regular exhibitions of the Academy are the Spring Ex- hibitions in the months of May and April, admitting original works of living artists never before exhibited in New Xork. The Academy maintains extensive Free Schools for the study of art. Admission 25 cents. Season Tickets one dollar. Catalogue 25 cents. THE Y. M. C. ASSOCIATION BUILDING Is on the S. W. comer of Fourth avenue and Twenty-Third street. It is quite an imposing edifice, and is a fine specimen of the Renaissance order of architecture. The first floor is oc- ciipied by stores ; the second and third for purposes of the Yoaug Men's Christian Association ; a lecture room, library, and reading rooms, and the floor above these, for artists' studios. Strangers, especially young men, who may be stay- ing in that part of the city, will find attractions in these rooms which render them an agreeable place in which to spend an evening. GEAND CENTEAL PASSENGEB DEPOT 63 THE GRAND CENTRAL PASSENGER DEPOT. This magnificent structure, the largest of its kind, and in- comparably the most elegant in the country, the most com- plete, and the besi; adapted for its purposes of any in the world, is a noble and fit monument to the foresight of its em- insnt projector, and is well worth a Tisit and careful inspec- tion by any stranger. The building extends from Forty-Second street to Forty- fifth street, 692 feet ; and, from Fourth avenue to a new street on the west side, which runs from from Forty-second to Forty- fifth street, 240 feet, and has an average height of 60 feet. On these sides the walls are of brick, with iron trimmings. The Forty-fifth street front is cast-iron. The roof is wrought-iron, supported by semi-circular trusses 199 feet span, and has a i clear height of 90 feet, covered with galvanized iron and glass. The building is in the Renaissance style of architec- ture, and is supplied with every necessary appointment. The arrival and departure of regular trains are about 140 per day. The basement story is occupied by two large' restaurants for gentlemen, and two for ladies and gentlemen ; and has five large stores for general business purposes. The ground floor on the Forty-second street front is occupied by the New Ha- ven Company for waiting and baggage-rooms ; the side on the new street by the Harlem and Hudson Eiver Companies for the same purposes ; the trains entering at the Forty-fifth street front. The second story furnishes business offices for the three companies. The car-house has capacity to contain 150 j)assenger-cars. Passengers for the trains are admitted by way of the waiiing- rooms. The Fourth avenue horse-cars are admitted to the de- pot on the arrival of trains, for the accommodation of passen- gers. In each waiting room is a telegraph otloe and a nevps-. paper stand, and all necessary convenience for the comfort o* passengers. The Metropolitan Police department have a regular su> station in this building. 64 NEW YOBK GUIDE. GtriDB TO PROMINENT BUILDINGS, Academy of Design, 23d street, cor. Fourth Avenue. American Bible Siieiety, 8th st., cor. Fourth imd TbirJ. a\: American Tract Society, Nassau, cor. Spruce st. Board of Health Headquarters, 301 Molt st. County Court House, Chambers Street near .Broadway. Citj' Hall, opposite Murray st. and Broadway. Coniunssioners of Emigration, Ga.stle Garden. Cotton Exchange, Hanover Square, cor. Pearl st. Custom House, on block ironing Wall street. Fire Department Headquarters, 127 Mercer st. Free liabor Bureau, 8 Clinton Place. Grocers' Exchange, Wall and Pearl sts. Hall of Records, City Hall Park. Hippodrome, 26th st. cor. Madison av. Masonic Temple, cor. 6th av. and 23d st. Metropolitan Museu.m ol Art, 14th St., near 6th av. Morgue, foot of East 26th street. New Post-Officje, Junction of Broadw:Yy and Paik Bov/. Police Headquarters, 300 Mulberry iC Produce Exchange, Whitehall, cor. Water st. Stock Exchange, 13 Broad st. Stock and Real Estate Exchange, 111 Broadway. Tombs, on block fronting Centre st. , cor. Franklin. Trinity Church, Broadway, head of Wall st. U. S. Treasury, (Assay Office, visitors admitted Wednesdn- 10 to 12 A. M.,) Wall st., cor. Nassau. Young Men's Christian Association, 23d st. , cor. 4th av. ASYLUMS AND HOMES. Ass'n for Improved Instruction of Deal Mutes, 642 7ih av. Colored Orphan, Boulevard, West 143d street. Babies' Home, 218 West 38th st. Baptist Home lor the Friendless, 41 Grovo st. , East 6s:i| , Ohapin Home for Aged and lutirn!, Lexington av. & Oo'-ii Children's Aid Society, 19 East 4th st. Children's Fold, 437 East 58th st. Colored Home, foot 65th st. , East River. Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 162d street. Emigrants' Hospital, Wards' Island. Female Christian Home, 314 East 15th st. Five Points House of Industry, 155 Worth st, Jive Points Mission, 61 Park Street. ASXLTJMS AND HOMES.— CLOTS. 65 Foundling Asylum, Lexington av. and 68tli st. Hebrew Orphan Asylum, 77th st, near 3d av. Home tor the Aged, 445 West 32d st. Home for Friendless, (Female and Children,) 32 E 30th st. Home for Aged and Inlirm Hebrews, 63d st. near Lex. av. Home for Foundlings, 3 Washington Sqnfiro. Home for Friendless Girls, 7th av. and IJith st. Home for Young Women, 27 Washington Square North. House of Mercy, Houston and Mulberry streets. House of Eefiige, Kandall's Island. Howard Mis.sion, 40 New Bowery. Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf Mutes, 220 E. 13th street. Home for Aged of Ghur<:h of Holy Communion, 330 6ih ave Home or Female- Department Prison Ass'n, 218 lOih avenue Old Ladies' Home of M. E. Church, 255 W 42d st. Institution for Blind, cor. 9th av. and 34th st. Lying-In-Asj'lum, 85 Marion st. Leake &, Watts' Orphan Home, cor. 9th avenue & 11th street Magdnlene, cor. 88th st. and 5th av. Midnight Mission, 260 Greene st. New Yorl; Juvenile, 176th street, 10th avenue. Orphay, Bloomingdale Koad, 73d st. Presbyterian Home for Aged Women, East 73d st. Protestant Half Orphan, 65 West 10th st. Protestant House of Mercy, foot West 86th st. Indigent Female Home, 226 East 20th st. Roman Catholic Orphan, (Girls,) Prince and Mott sts. Eoman Catholic Orphan, (Boys,) 51st st. and 5th av. Sailors' Snug Harbor, Staten Island. St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 209 West 15th st. St. Joseph's Orphan, 89th st. and Avenue A. St. Luke's Home for Indigent Christian Females, Madison av. St. Stephens Home, 138 East 28th st. Sheltering Arms, 10th av. and 129th street. Trinity Chapel Home for Aged Women, 207 West 27tli st. CLUBS. Army and Navy Club, 8 West 28tb street. Manhattan Club, 96 Fifth Ave. Union League Club, Madison Ave. cor. East 26th street. Lotos Club, New York Yacht Club, cor. 27th Street and Madison Ave, Travelers' Club, 222 Fifth Ave, Arcadian Club, 146 Fifth Ave. CHAPTER VL PUBLIC WORKS, 'I he Croton Aqueduct. T!ie Ilisli Brido^e. Tlic Old Receiving- Ro;;3. voir. The New Receiving Reservoir. Tiie DistribuLiug ..esei'voir. THE CROTON AQUEDUCT. The Croton Aqueduct was designed to supply the City oi New York with an abundance of pure and wholesome water. It commences about six miles above the mouth of the Grotou river, where a dam has been constructed to elevate the water of the river forty feet, to the level of the head of the aqueduct, or one hundred and sixty-six feet above mean tide. The course of the aqueduct passes along the valley of the Croton to near its mouth, and thence into the valley of the Hudson. At eight miles from the Croton dam it reaches the village of Sing Sing and continues south through the villages of Tarry- town, Dobbs' Ferry, Hastings and Yonkers. At the latter place it leaves the bank of the Hudson, crosses the valley of Sawmill river and Tibbits' brook, thence along the side of the ridge that bounds the southerly .side of Tibbits' brook valley, to within three and a half mile.s of the Harlem river, where the high grounds of the Hudson fall away so much as to require the aqueduct to occupy tlie summit of the country lying between the Hudson and East Bivers. This formation of country continues to and is terminated by the Harlem River, at the point where the aqueduct inter- sects it, which is one mile north-westerly from Macomb's Dam. The length of the aqueduct, from the Croton dam to Har- lem river, is 32;88 miles, for which distance it is an uninter- rupted conduit of hydraulic stones and brick masonry. The high ground that bounds the northerly side of the Harlem river valley is very near the level of the aqueduct at that place, and the width of the valley at the aqueduct level is about 1,450 feet, or a little over one quarter of a mile, over which the High Bridge is built, at an elevation of 114 feet above the level of high tide in the Harlem river, on which iron pipes are laid to convey the water across the valley. The shore on the southerly side of the river is a bold, pre- THE HIGH EEIDGE. eipitous rock, rising at an angle of about 30 degrees, to a hight of 220 feet, er about 100 feet above the level of tlie bot- tom of the aqueduct. After crossing this valley, the aqueduct of masonry is re- sumed, and continued 2.015 miles, to the termination of the high ground on the north side of Manhattan valley. This valley is : 792 mile wide at the level of the aqueduct, below which it descends 102 feet. The conduit of masonry here gives place to iron pipes, which descend into the bottom of the valley, and rise again to its proper level on the opposite Bide ; from which point the masonry conduit is again re- sumed, and crossing the asylum ridge and Clendinning valley, is continued 2.173 miles, to the receiving reservoir at York Hill, now embraced within the Central Park. In 1835 ground was first broken and the work of building this magnificent aqueduct was begun. It was completed in 1842, and cost over $12,000,000. Besides supplying the city proper, Blackwell's Island is also supplied from this source. At the present time 85,000,000 gallons of water are delivered into the city by the aqueduct every day, which is about 85 gallons to each inhabitant. THE HIGH BRIDGE. This is a work every visitor to the city should find time to see. It may be reached by different routes. The pleasantest but most expensive will be by private carriage by way of Cen- tral Park (route described in chapter on "Public Drives," p. — ). A very pleasant route in the summer season is by the Harlem boats from Pulton slip or Peck slip to Harlem Bridge; thence by small steamer to High Bridge. Pare to Harlem 10 cents ; thence to the Bridge — cents. Harlem may also be reached by the Second, Third and Eighth avenue horse cats. The sail up the Harlem river on the little steamer is a very charming one. The surrounding scenery is fine, and the Bridge is constantly in view. Arrived at the Bridge, good hotels and delightful walks and drives will be found. The Bridge is built of granite, and is 1,450 feet long, and rests upon semi-circular arches which are supported by fourteen piers of substantial masonry. Fiight of these arches have & span of 80 feet and six of 50 feet. The hight is 114 feet above the ordinary high-water line of the river. Between the para- pets the water pipes, properly protected from frost, are laid', and over all is a magnificent promenade for pedestrians. 68 NEW TOEK OT7IDE. THE OLD RECEIVING RESERVOIR IN CENTRAL PARK. This reservoir is 1,826 feet long and 836 feet wide, and in- cluding its embankment, contains 35 :05 acres, and its area at the top-water line, 31 acres, divided into two divisions ; the northern division is designed to contain 20 feet depth of water, and the southern 30 feet in depth. The reservoir has a capacity for 150,000,000 imperial gallons, is formed with earth banks, the interior having regular jDuddled walls to ren- der them impervious to water ; the outside protected by a stone wall, laid upon a slope of one horizontal to three ver- tical, the face laid in cement mortar and the inside dry ; the inside is protected by a dry slope wall, laid on the face of the embankment, which slopes IJ horizontal to the vertical. The embankments are raised four feet above the top of water line, and are 18 feet wide on the top, excepting the high banks on the southern division and the western bank of the northern division, which are 21 feet wide. The greater part of the em- baiikments for the northern division are of moderate height ; but a portion of the eastern and western banks of the south- ern division are 38 feet high above their base. Vaults or brick archways are constructed, m which iron pipes are laid, so ar- ranged that the pipes from the northern division connect with those from the southern division, and thence pass off to the distributing reservoir, and to supply the adjacent districts. The main vault is on the eastern side ; it is 540 feet long, and is 16 feet span ; that on the westera side is 400 feet in length, and 8 feet span ; designed for supplying at a future day the districts on the North river side above Forty-second street. THE NEW RECEIVING RESERVOIR IN CENTRAL PARK. The new Eeservoir is a vastly larger work than the old one, and was only completed in the autumn of 1861. The water was formally introduced April 19, 1862. It is north of the old Beservoir, and extends from 86th to 96th streets, and is of nearly the whole width of the park. The total area is 106 acres, and its capacity is one thousand millions of gallons. THE DISTRIBUTING RESERVOIR. This Eeservoir is on the west side of Fifth avenue, extend- ing from Fortieth to Forty-second streets. It is built in the Egyptian style of architecture with massive buttresses. Its bISTKIBUTIKO EESERTOlfi. 69 form is square, and it measures 420 feet on each side. It is an area of four acres, and like tlie Receiving Reservoir, is separated into two divisions. It occupies the highest ground in the vicinity, and is higher than any other part of the city soxith of it. It has an average elevation of 45 feet above the neighboring streets, and a capacity to contain 20,000,000 im- perial gallons. It is designed for 86 feet of water, and when full will stand 115 feet above mean tide. The walls rise four fetft above the water line. Upon the top is a fine promenade, to which the visitor will find ready access, and from which he will obtain a fine view of the city and surrounding country. [The Fifth avenue and Falton Ferry line of omnibuses pass the Eeseivoir every few minutes]. 70 vim lOBK OTilDB. PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. THE ACADIiMY OF MUSIC. (Cor. Pourteenth Street and Irving Place). This is the home of the Opera. It is a large and unpre- tending building with an elegant interior. Here the famous singers of Europe have achieved their greatest triamphs, and if the financial results have been disastrous to the managers, as too often has been the case, the failures have been brilliant as well as undeserved. On opera nights, when the beauty and fashion of New York, blazing with diamonds and robed in magnificent costumes, assemble to grace the occasion, the Academy presents a scene of dazzling splendor which words fail to describe. Access. — It is one block east of Fourth avenue, on which there is a line of horse cars and an omnibus line ; and one block west of the Third avenue cars. A cross-town horse car line passes the door. Admission varies with the attraction, from one dollar to one hundred dollars. BOOTH'S THEATRE. (Oor. Sixth Avenue and Twenty-third Street). This theatre is' one of the architectural ornaments of the city ; and, taken as a whole in all its appointments, it is the most elegant and the best contrived theatre in the whole coun- try. Its two fronts are built of New Hampshire granite, and the edifice is in the Renaissance style of architecture. The front on Twenty-third street is 150 feet ; on the avenue, 100 ; and the height is 95 feet. The stage is 75x55 feet. On the Twenty-third street front are three large doors which can be instantly opened in case of fire, affording ample facility for emptying the house of spectators in five minutes. Shakspear- ian plays and spectacular productions by the leading stars. Access. — The Sixth avenue cars, and the Broadway and 23d street line of omnibuses pass the theatre every few minutes. Admission, $1.00; reserved seats, $1.50 ; family circle, 30c. PLACSES OF AMUSEMENT. 71 THE GRAJMD OPERA HOTTSE. Corner Eigbth Avenue and Twenty-third Street. This is an elegant and imposing edifice, in the Italian style of architecture. Its two fronts are of white marble — that on the avenue is 115 feet in length — the one on Twenty-third street is 100 feet. The building seen from the street, how- ever, is not the theatre ; that is a separate building in the real-, to M'hich the other supplies means of ingress and egress. The main entrance is on the avenue ; it is spacious and leads by a grand stairway to an immense vestibule, from which smaller stairways lead directly into the theatre. The interior is very handsome, and is admirably arranged with capacity to seat a very large audience. The stage is unusually large, and is provided with all the appliances for the production of showy spectacles ; here the romantic Jim Fisli humored his managerial fancies. WALLACK'S THEATRE, (Cor. Broadway and Thirteenth Street), Is the home of standard comedy. For years this theatre has been the favorite I'esort of rt--finement and fashion, and this is due to the conscientious manner in which Mr. Lester Wallack presents his plays, together with his superb acting and that of his exceptionally strong stock company. The works of the best known English dramatists — old and modern — are made familiar to American audiences. Visitors are always certain of passing an enjoyable evening at this resort which for many years has been the j^ride of New Yorkers. Access. — The Bro > dway and Fourth avenue, and the Broad- way and 23d street lines of omnibuses pass the door ; and the Fourth avenue and the University Place lines of cars pass within one block of the theatre. Admission, $1 ; stalls, SI. 50 ; family circle, 50o. LYCEUM THEATRE. (Fourteenth Street, cor. Sixth Avenue). Was originaUy the French theatre, and is fitted up in first- class order ; here it was that opera bouffe was first intro- duced to our citizens, and where it has since found a home. Access. — The Sixth avenue line of oars and th6 Broadway and Fifth avenue line ot omnibuses, pass the corner of the streets near the theatre. KBW TOMC BtlEb)!. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE. (Twenty-eight Street and Broadway). This handsome theatre is celebrated for its original plays, its sumptuous stage decorations and its strong stock company. Its elegant interior, breathing the very atmosphere of refine- ment, is not surpassed by any theatre in the country. Access. - -Broadway and University Place ears, and 42d st. and Grand street ferry cars, and the Broadway and Fiith ave- nue omnibuses pass the corner. AdmiSiSiost, $1 ; reserved seats, $1. 50 ; family circle, SOc UNION SQUARE THEATRE. (C6r. Broadway and Fourteenth Street). This theatre is located on the sight of the Union Place Hotel. The position is an admirable one for a theatre ; very central, and readily accessible by horse cars and omnibuses from any part of the city. The interior is very elegant and commodious, and is one of the most popular resorts in the city. Access. — The Broadway, Fourth and Fifth avenue, and 23d street line of omnibuses pass the door ; and the Fourth ave- nue and 42d street, Broadway and University Place, and Grand street ferry line cars pass very near the door. Admission, from 50o. to $1.50 NIBLO'S GARDEN. (Broadway, bet. Prince and Houston Streets). A large, elegant and well-contrived theatre ; generally considered complete in every particular. Entrance through the Metropolitan Hotel Building. Access. — All the Broadway lines of omnibuses pass the door, and the Bleecker street cars will leave passengers at the corner of Prince and Crosby streets. PARK THEATRE. (Broadway, between 21st and 22d Streets). This experiment for public patronage has hardly devel- oped sufficiently for comment. Access. — The Broadway, the 42d street and the 23d street lines of cars and the Ninth avenue and Madison avenue ommbuseg, KiAOBS OBI AMttSEMEST. 73 THE OLYMPIC. (Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker Stg. — East Side). This theatre was known as "Laura Keene's," but it has borne its present name for several years. Under its present management it is celebrated for its burlesques and variety entertainments. Access. — All the Broadway omnibuses pass the door, and the Bleecker street line of cars passes the corner above. Ai/MissioN,75o. ; reserved seats, $1 ; family circle, 5iDc. THE BOWERY THEATRE. (Bowery [West Side], bet. Bayard and Canal Streets). This is now the oldest theatre in the city. The first theatre built on this sight nearly fifty years ago, was destroyed by fire, and a similar fate has happened to some half dozen of its suc- cessors. It is one of the sights a' stranger should see, who wants to see life in New York in all its curious phases. Access.— The Second avenue, the Third avenue, and the yellow Bleecker street lines of cars pass the doors. Admission, from 20c. to 75a. THE STADT THEATRE (German). (Bowery [East Side], bet. Bayard and Canal streets). This is the German Theatre of the city. It is nearly oppo- site the Bowery Theatre. It has a very large and well-adapted interior. Access.— The Second avenue, the Third avenue, and the Bleecker street yellow lines of oars pass the doors. Admission, from 10c. to $3. GBRMANIA THEATRE. (Fourteenth Street, Tammany Hall). Access.— Third avenue, Fourth avenue, and 42d street lines of ears pass the door. CENTENNIAL THEATRE.— Variety Entertainment. (Formerly Theatre Comique), 514 Broadway. Access.— All the Broadway omnibuses pass the door. Admissiok, 50c. and 81. 71' NEW TOKK GUIDE. THE GLOBE. (Broadway, bet. Fourth Street and Astor Place). Variety shows are the order here at present. The building was formerly the Church of the Messiah (Dr. Osgood's). Access. — All the Broadway stages pass the door. Admission, 20c., 30c., and 50c. TONY PASTOR'S NEW THBATRB-Varieties. (585 Broadway). The home of the genial and original comedian and comic vocalist. The elegance of first-class variety entertainment is to be found at this establishment. Access. — All the Broadway omnibuses pass the door. 23d STREET THEATRE— LATE BSYANT'S. (23d Street and 6th avenue). Access. — Sixth ai'enue and 23d street cars, and Broadway and 23d street omnibuses. Admission, 50c. and $1. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS. (Broadway, cor. 29th Street). Access. — Broadway and University Place cars. WOOD'S MUSEUM. (Broadway, cor. 30th Street). Museum and Theatre. A favorite family refirt. Access.— Broadway, 42d street and 6th avenue cars. Admission, 30c. to $1. TIVOLI THEATRE. (Eighth Street, bet. Second and Third avenues). Varieties and Concert Hall. Access. — Second and Third avenue cars. EAGLE THEATRE— Varieties. (Broadway and 32d Street). Access. — Sixth avenue and Broadway lines of ears. PLACES 01 AKDSEMENT. 75 PARISIAN VARIETIES. (On Sixteenth Street, near Union Square). Access. — Broadway cars and Broadway omnibuies. THIRD AVENUE THEATRE— Varieties. (Third a-penue, bet. 32d and 33d Street). Access. — Third avenue cars ; Second avenue oars go within one blool:. 34th STREET OPERA HOUSE—Varieties. (Thirty-fourth street, between 2d and 3d avenues). Access. — 3d avenue, 4th avenue, and 2d avenue oars. STEINWAY HALL. (Pourte'rnth Ssreet, bet. Irving Place and 4th Avenue). Access. —4th avenue cars and cross-town — green line. CHICKBRING HALL. (Fifth avenue and 18th Street). Access. — Fifth avenue omnibuses. THE HIPPODROME. (26th Street and 4th avenue). Access. — Fourth avenue cars, and Broadway and Madison avenue omnibuses. ASSOCIATION HALL. (Y. M. Christian Association Building, 23d street and 4th av),. Beading, Lectures, &a. 8BA 8IDB ItS8OBT0. 77 SEA SIDE RESORTS, New York is the centre of a near system of grand summer resorts. Long Island, New Jersey, Staten Island and Gon- nectiont fmnish cool and inTiting retreats, where the pure air, surf bathing, boating, fishing, sailing, &o. , are unsur- passed. They are of easy access by rail and steamboat, the majority of them being not over fifty miles from tha metropolis. LONG BRANCH. Of this fashionable watering place little need be said. It is too well known to justifiy any extended description. Its easy access to the city has made Long Branch the favorite summer resort of wealthy New Yorkers, who ate enabled to attend to business through the day in the city, and to pleasure and fashionable dissipation at the sea side during the evening and night. It has many large and first-class hotels where board can be had at from 2 to $i per day, and 14 to $iO per week, according to location and convenience. It is reached by boat from pier 8, North River, ansS by railroad foot of Liberty street. Visitors can go to the Branch in the morning and return to the city in the afternoon or evening. Fare, by boat, $1 each way. JAMAICA, L. I. Of the many near-by resorts on Long Island, none can offer better facilities or inducements for summer recreation than Jamaica. It is distant only ten miles from Brooklyn, E. D., and is reached by the Southern and Long Island Eailroads. Kates for the round trip thirty-five cents, single fare twenty cents. Commutation for three months, $20. The town is situated in a fine rolling country, has many handsome villas, surrounded by gardens and shade trees, which can be rented cheaply. There are numerous boarding houses and three or four hotels, where board can be had at from $8 to $14 per week. Many New Yorkers reside here all the year round, and many more locate here for the summer months. Its close proximity to the city will always command for Jamaica a large patronage from citizens and strangera in the sununej months. 78 MW XOBK OmDE. ROCKAWAY, LONG ISLAND, is one of the chief resorts of those who appreciate good fish- ing, surf bathing, and invigorating ocean breezes. It is distant from New Yorlc nineteen miles by the Long Island Railroad and twenty-two by the Southern Railroad. It con- tains about thirty hotels, some of which are first-class, and a sufficient number of boarding houses to accommodate 10,000 •risitors. Board at hotels $15 to S25 per week, and at the boarding houses for from SIO to $15. Excursion tickets good for three days are issued to go and return at seventy-five aents. Trains run to and from the place every hour, while the facilities for reaching it by water are ample. Boats run from difiisrent localities and from both sides of the city. (See advertisements). CONBT ISLAND. This will ever continue to be a favorite resort with New Yorkers. It has every advantage in the way ot facility of communication with the city, surf bathing, clams, &c,, and its beach is the finest and safest on the coast. There are many hotels to accommodate the multitudes who go merely to enjoy a few hours' relaxation in the surf, and to devour the roast clams for which this place is famous. A favorite way ot reaching Coney Island is by street cars from Fulton Perry, Brooklyn, to Greenwood, thence by steam railroad to the beach. Another way is by steamboat (See Advertisement). WOODSBTJRG, L. I , is a pretty little village, located near the sea, and has excel- lent advantages for still or surf bathing, fishing and hunting. It is about fifteen miles from the city, and is reached by the Southern Long Island Railroad. Board at the hotel about $3 per day, or $18 per week, and at private houses, well shaded and ornamented with gardens, for $12 per week. It is a delightful place for children, who can romp in the groves or pl»y upon the beach as they wish. BABYLON, L. I., is distant from New York, by the Southern Railroad, one hour and forty mimites. It is on the eastern end ot South Oyster Bay and directly opposite Fire Island, Oak Island Beach and Jones' Beach. Bathing, fishing, hunting, and yachting are among the pleasures to be had here. Board at hotels from $12 to $18 per week. SEA sa>TS EESOKTS. 79 BRBSLAU, L. I. A town of many attractions for visitors, is well supplied witli boarding lionses, a good hotel, and, being on the line of the South Side Kailroad, can be reached in about an hour and a half. Many of the wealthy Germans of New York seek rest and quiet here for themselves and families. Board ranges from $8 to $12 per week. Being situated on South Oyster Bay, boating, fishing, shooting and bathing can be enjoyed to the fullest extent. AMITYVILLB, L. I., is another pretty village, on the Southern Eailroad, an hour and fifteen minutes from Williamsburgh. Good board, with all the comforts of village life and quietude, still and surf bathing, boating and fishing, can be had here for from $8 to S12 per week. The view from this place is very fine, as it is situated close by the great South Bay. ROCKVILLE CENTRE, L. I. This little village is situated in a pleasant portion of Long Island. It has a good hotel and a number of excellent board- ing houses. Being in the centre of a fine farming country, vegetables, eggs, and all the products of the farm and dairy can be had by visitors fresh and perfect. FIRE ISLAND. has long been one of the most popular resorts for New York- ers. Surf bathing, fine fishing, and every facility for boating can be found here. Is reached by boat from Pier 8, North Biver, (See advertisements). CANARSIE, L. I., is situated on Jamaica Bay, and is reached by street cars from Brooklyn or boat (See advertisements). It is a great point for iishing, boating, and clambaking. CHAPTER IX. DRIVES. To Jerome ParK. To Kiugsbridge. To Fordliam. To Greenwood Cemetery. To Coney IslaQ.l. To Sta en Island. For the great majority of travelers it "would be unnecessary to give the drives described in this chapter. Central Park will afford driving ground enough. But occasionally a stranger would like to take a longer drive and to see more of the surrounding country. For the benefit of such strangers, therefore, we give here several routes which are the favorites with those who keep good teams, and are fond of long drives. TO JEKOME PARK. Assuming a convenient point of departure, say corner of Fourteenth _street and Fifth avenue, you drive by way of the avenue to Central Park ; there take the east side drive to Sixth avenue, to 12-5th street, to Harlem Bridge ; cross tha bridge, turn to the right to the Southern Boulevard and on to Fordham and Jerome Park. 12 miles. Betubn. By Central avenue and High Bridge street to High Bridge ; then back to Central avenue to Macomb's Dam and by the lane to Eighth avenue, to St. Nicholas avenue, to Seventh avenue and to Central Park, and by the west side drive to Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street. TO KINGSBRIDGE. By same route as the first to and through the Park, then to St. Nicholas avenue, to West side Boulevard or through Manhattanville, Garmansville, Fort Washington to Spuyteu Diiyvil and to Kingsbridge. 12 miles. Eetuen. Cross Kingsbridge and on by Central avenue as per route 1. To Central Park and through it as in route 1, to St. Nich- olas avenue, to Sixth avenue, to 125th street and to Harlem Bridge. Cross the bridge and go on by the old Boston post road via Melrose, and Tremont to Fordham. Beiusn. By the same route. 82 NEW YOKE GUIDE. TO GBEENWOOD CEMETEET. [Tickets of admission can be obtained at the office of tii6 Cemetery Company. 30 Broadway, free of eliarge.] Gross the South Ferry to Brooklyn, up Atlantic aTenue, which is paved with wood, to Fourth avenue which is macad- amised, to 24-.th or 25th streets, then turn to the left and you will see the entrance gate. Several hours will be occupied with the drive inside the cemetery, if the stranger desires to see all the works of art and the iine scenery of the place. Ketukn. Pass out of the cemetery by the gate back to Fourth avenue, to Fifteenth street, to Ninth avenue, to the gate. Enter Prospect Park, and through the Park out by the Flatbush avenue gate, down the avenue to Livingston street, through that street to Clinton street, to Jerolamen street, to Henry street, to Fulton street, to the ferry. TO CONEY ISLAND. Gross the Fulton ferry and up Henry street to Jerolamen, to Clinton, to Schemerliorn or Livingston, to Flatbush aven- ue, to the main entrance of Prospect Park ; through the Park by main drive, to new Boulevard, thence by the Coney Is- land Road to the Island. Eetuen. By way of Bath, Fort Hamilton and Shore Eoad to Bay Kidge, to Fourth avenue, to Atlantic avenue, to the ferry. TO STATEN ISLAND. The finest drives around the city perhaps, are on Staten Island. Nowhere else is there such variety in the scenery, nowhere else are there more elegant and expensive resi- dences. The following will be found a delightful drive, and the visitor who drives out there once will probably not need urging to go again : Leave the city by the North Shore Ferry, at Pier 19, N. E. , land at New Brighton, or at West N. Brighton ; tako Rich- mond terrace to Davis or Bard avenue, to Castleton avenue, to Serpentine road : cross Eichmond Eoad at Silver Lake, follow Serpentine Eoad to Ocean View ; passing the resi- dences of Geo. Law, W. B. Duncan, E. Canard, Dutihl, Brown, Jacob Vanderbilt and Van Duzer to Clove Eoad, fol- low Clove Eoad to Vanderbilt avenue, to Clifton, to Vander- bilt Landing, and then take the other ferry to the city, landing at Whitehall. CHAPTER X THE PUBLIC MARKETS. With one exception, the Public Markets of the city have nothing esternally to please the eye of the stranger ; and in this respect they will not compare with those of Boston and Philadelphia. The latter city is particularly noted for its market buildings. They are handsome and substantial structures of brick and iron ; but from their general simi- larity in design — one being the exact counterpart of the other — they become wearying and monotonous to inspection, and perhaps from this cause no lasting impression of their beauty is retained by tiie visitor. The principal markets of New York — the Washington and Pulton — originally built many years ago, have had additions constructed to them from time to time, as the wants of the public have increased, until they now present a picturesqiie view of incongruously attached buildings thoroughly indicative of the democratic peculiari- ties of this metropolis. Nothing in the way of architectural symmetry or appearance has been thought of in their con- struction. The great amount of business which is daily and nightly transacted in the Washington Market pardcularly, absolutely leaves no time for improvement or ornamentation. But if their exteriors fail to please, their interiors will afford a panoramic exhibition of the greatest interest. In the Wash- ington Market huge sides of prize beef ; mountains of poul- try, cheese and eggs ; an almost illimitable amount of mutton, and proportionate quantities of hundreds of other things greet the eye in every direction. Add to this the constantly surging mass of many thousands of men, women and children, the crush, noise and confusion of the vast army of purchasers, the stalwart butchers in snowy ajprons and ruddy cheeks, many of them giving evidence of prosperity by shirt-fronts blazing with diamonds, the shouts and cries of the stall-keep- ers, and you have a scene which no city in the world can e.."j;DE. Clinroli of the Strangers, Mercer, n Waverly pi. Emmanuel. E. 5Hh, n Lex. av. Evangelical, r 138 W 241;h. Free Evangelical Cliapel, E. llOtli St., n 3(1 av. First Metlioaist Prot., 87 Attorney. German I'.vangelical Kelormed, 1)7 Snffollc. "^1 ariiiers-, Madison, c Catharine. Messiaii's, 7 7t)i av. Mission, •/ ? Greenwich. Seventh-day Baptisi, 2*1 av. cor. K. ILth. Swedenliorgian First New Ohurcti Society, 114 E. 36th. True Dutch Relormed, Perry, c W. 4th. United Hretbren Moravian), Lex- av. c E. sath St. Welsh Metlioi'ist Calvinistic, 225 E. 13th. Besides tliere are about a dozen free clmrcliesfor seamen— generally located along the doclcs, and about one hundred missions ol different creeds. In addition to the above are those of the newly acquired territory, 23d and 24th wards, embracing forty one churches, as ioUows : Baptist Congregational 2 Lutheran 2 Methodist :....7 Presbyterian Procsstant Episcopal. Reformed Dutch Uatliolic TRINITY CHURCH. Though Trinity Church is the tallest building in the oify of New York, it is but the great-grandchild of the original Trin- ity built upon the same site in 1696. It was twice enlarged once in 1735, and again in 1737. In 1776 it was destroyed by fire, and a new edifice erected, bearing the same name, in 1790. In 1827 that building was taken down and the present Trinity commenced, but not completed till 1846. To those approaching the city, by sea. Trinity's noble spire presents the most conspicuous land mark. The building is 192 feet long, by 80 wide. The wall is 60 feet high ; the style is gothie. The spire is 284 feet high ; the tow.tr contains a chime of bells ; throTigh this tower winds a spiral staircase to the height of 250 feet, from which point the view to be had of the city is well worth the time and trouble necessary for the ascension. The fee is 12J cents, and should the visitor be of a grane turn of mind he would do well to pass into the churchyard before leaving. Here his patriotism will be inspired with new life by meditating over the remains of many of America's honored dead. Here are the graves of Alexander Hamilton, and Law- rence, the hero of the Chesapeake, and many others, whose names are conspicuous in American history. The Episcopal- ians that worship in this magnificent cathedral are more rich- ly endowed than any other christian congregation in this country. The wealth at their command is estimated at $50,- 000,000. THE OATHOUO OATHEDEAIi. 95 THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAX.. St. Patrick's Cathedral, on Fifth avenue, between Fiftieth and Fifty-first streets, when finished -will be the most mag- nificent and costly edifice on this continent. The corner- stone was laid in August, 1858, and since that time the work upon the structure has been more or less steady. Immense sums of money have already been expended, and yet, at the present writing, the entire roof is not completed. As the work progresses, it is paid for at the time, and no new con- tract is made until there are funds on hand to meet the reqixisite outlay. Hence, when the Cathedral is completed, there will not be a dollar of debt upon the building. The most lavish ornamentation and elaborate and delicate sculp- ture in the finest marble is used to embellish this elegant house of worship. The extreme length is 334 feet, the interior dimensions being 306 feet ; the length of the transept is 140 feet ; the widih of the nave 96 feet, including the aisles, or from pillar to pillar 48 feet, giving to each aisle a width of 24 feet. On each side of the main entrance there will be a tower 330 feet high. This altitude, together with the natural height above auy other portion of the city, will make these towers the highest structures on this continent. The height of the nave is 108 feet, and of the aisles 54 feet. The clus- tered columns of the nave, choir, and transept are all of white marble,, and those of the nave are of extraordinarjf di- mensions, striking the sight with a sense of colossal grandeur which words will not convey. They are 35 feet high to the spring of the arch. 'Ihe windows *f the clerstory, all of which are 15 feet wide and 26 feet high, are beautifully de- signed and executed. The extreme height of the clerstory is 138 test. The principal adornment of the Cathedral will be the high altar, which, when completed, will be one of the most mag- nificent ,iu the world, It will cost $250,000. Its prin- cipal parts are being constructed in Rome, and others in St. Eriene, France. The tabernacle on the altar will be a blaze of mosaics and precious stones, and will have a door of bronze, richly gilt, supported by columns of the richest mar- ble, inlaid with gems cut in facets. The style of the altar will be Italian got'aic, and its wonderful and exquisite workmanship will find an appropriate setting in the princely splendor of the Cathedral, CHAPTER XIII. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. The traveler who comes to the city by way of the East ri ver ■will not fail to notice the elegant and extensive public build- ings on Ward's, Eantlall's and Blackwell's Islands, opposite the upper end of the island. These are all city institutions , such as Alms-houses, Hospitals.Nurseries, Penitentiary, Idioi Asylum, Prisons, &c. They are all under the direction of the Department of Chari- ties and Correction. Office, N. W. corner of Third avenue and 11th street. INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. This institution is located on the southern slope of "Wash- ington Heights, Just above Carmansville. The buildings are spacious, and so situated as to command a splendid view oi the surrounding country. The grounds comprise some forty acres. Papils of both sexes are received. Yearly expenses, «150. Access. — By Hudson River railroad to Carmansville dopot. N. Y. INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. This institution is located on the block bounded by Eighth and Ninth avenues, and 33d and 34th sts. Visitors are received on Tuesdays. Access. — By Eighth or Ninth avenue cars. bloomingdale asylum for the insane. This institution is located between 115th and 120lh streets just below Manhattanville. The buildings are extensive, and the grounds — about forty acres — are laid outvitith taste, and abound in shrubbery and flowers. Access. — By Eighth avenue horse-oars, or by Hudson rivei railroad, to ManhattaaviUe. HTBLIC AMI OHiEITAaLE INSTrnTTIONS. 97 THE LEAKE AND WATTS' ORPHAN HOUSE. ■Waa founded in 1827 by a legacy of Mr. J. G. Leake. It it located on the block bounded by Ninth and Tenth avenues, and 111th and 112th streets. The income of the institutioo is able to support two or three hundred orphans. Access. — By Eighth avenue cars. N. y. ORPHAN ASYLUM. Is on the Bloomingdale Boad, between 73d and 74th streets' Its grounds extend to the river, and comprise about fifteen acres. It is supported by private bequests. Visitors are received on week days. Access. — By Eighth avenue cars. N. Y. JUVENILE ASYLUM. Is located on 176th street, near Tenth avenue. This is one of the most useful institutions in the city. It is beautifully situated, enjoying a commanding view of the river and the surrounding country. A house of reception connected with this institution is at 61 W. 13th street. Access. — By Hudson Kiver railroad to Fort Washington st^ition. THE SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR. OfSoe, 156 Broadway. The institution is at New Brighton, Staten Island. It has several fine buildings, well located, with extensive grounds, roaming over which will always be seen a large number of " old salts." Access. — The North Shore Staten Island Ferry, from 'Bisx No. 19, N. K., to second landing. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. As in holy writ charity is commended as the balm of the soul, so in the great city of New York charity flows as water from a fountain — public and private. The victims of every calamity requiring aid in any part of the oountrj iind immediate relief among our benevolent citizens, nor is New York's benevolence confined to any land or race; in short, the ehaiitable contributions of this metropolis are uot suipaiised 98 NEW TOEK GUIDE. by the rest of the country combined. The Charitable Insti- tutions of New York are many in number, and are muuiii- eently endowed by public funds and private philanthropy. Everywhere the ciiy is dotted with Institutions for the relief of the suffering and indigent, and these noble monuments at- test the unselfish generosity of oar citizens. The public spirit is not, however, confined exclusively to assisting the poor and ailing, but the dead are also remembered. A part of Cypress Hill Cemetery, donated by Wm. Miles, Esq., is allotted to the Friendly Sons of St. I^.trick, and the St. George, St. Andrew and St. David Societies, and to the burial, free of cost, of such poor as they recommend. In Greenwood Cemetery a plot of about an acre and a half, the gift of David S. Jones, Esq. , is kept and cared for by the donor exclusively for the poor of the Welsh people, whose remains are respectably interred free of cost. Institutions of Charities and Correction, GENERAL OFFICE, E. llTH STREET, COR. THIRD AVENUE. The Inst tutions under their charge are : Alms House, Blackwell's island. gence Office. S Clinton Place. Bellevue Hospital, Ft. E. 26th St. Infant's Hospital, R indall's Island Bureau of Medical and Surgical Inebriate Asylum, Ward's Island. Relief for the Out-door Poor— Lunatic Asylum, War-i's Island. Foo^ B. 26th Street. Nursery, Ward's Island. City Prison {Tombs), Center street Nursery Hospital. Ward's Island. Colored Home, a.st st. & 1st av. Out-door Poor Department, E. 11th Colored Orphan Asylum, 143d st. St., cor. Third avenue. and Boulevard. Penitentiary, Blackwell's Island. Epileptic and Fever Hospitals, Small Pox and Cliarity Hospital, Blackwell's Island. Blackwell's Island. Hospital for Incurables,Blackwell's School Ship Mercury, L. I. Sound, Island. near Hart's Island Idiot Hospital, Randall's Island. Workhouse, Blackwell's Island. Free Labor Bureau and Inte'li- To visit the Institutions on Blackwell's, Ward's, and Randall's Is- lands, take steamboat from foot of East 36th street at 10)i A. M. PICTURE GALLERIES AND ARTIST'S STUDIOS, Tim National Academy nf Btmgns, corner of Fourth avenue ani 23cl street, holds the principal exhibition of pictures in the city. The Spring Exhibition opens usually in April, and, closes about July 4th. The Fall Exhibition opens in Novem- ber, and there is sometimes an intermediate one in the sum- mer. Admission, 25 cents. Season Tickets, $1. Catalogues, 25 cents. The academy has schools for drawing from the antique and from the living model. Goupil s—Knoedler' s—Goxnex Fifth avenue and 22d St. Schaus's—7i9 Broadway, opposite Astor place. Snedicor's — 768 Broadway. Kurtz's — 23d st. near Broadway. At the rooms of JV. Y. Sistorical Society (Second avenue, cor- !iBr of 11th street), there is a collection of pictures of consid- erable value ; together with what is left o£ the celebrated col- lection of Egyptian curiosities made by Mr. Abbott. The stranger must obtain a card of admission from a member iu order to see them. THE ARTISTS' STUDIOS. The studios of the principal artists of the city are open to visitors generally during the Autumn and Winter months, on !^aturday afternoons. We give herewith the location of the buildings where many of the studios will be found. West Tenth st. , between Fifth and Sixth aves. N. Y. University building on Washington Square. Somerville building, cor. 5th ave. and 14th st. No. 212 Fifth ave. Broadway, corner of 30th street. Corner of Broadway and 37th street. Corner of Fourth ave. and 24th street. N. Y. Y. M. 0. A. building, 4th ave. and 23d st. Dodworth's building, 806 Broadway, and at 786 B'waf, CHAPTER XV. LIIERARY COLLEGES. Coiumbia, East 49tli, between ith and 5th aves. 3d or 6th ave. ears to 49th st. General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, West 20th, between 9th and 10th avenues. Ninth avenue cars. House of the Evangelists, 52 7th st. 7th ave. cars. New York, 23d st. and 4th ave. 3d and 4th avenue oars to 23d street. New York College of Dentistry, 21st st. and B'dway. B way cars and stages. Physicians' and Surgeons', 23d street and 4th ave. 42d st. or 4th ave. cars. Eutgers' Female, 489 5th ave. 5th ave. stages. St. Francis Xavier, 49 "West 15th st. 6th ave. cars. St. Louis, 232 West 42d st. 7th and 8th ave. oars. University, Washington Square, corner Waverley Place. Broadway cars. Union Theological Seminary, 9 University PI. B'way and tJniyersity Place oars. MEDICAL COLLEGES. Academy of Holy Cross, 343 W 42d. 8th and 9th av. cars. Academy of Sacred Heart, 49 W. 17th. 6th ave. and cross- town cars. Manhattan, W. 131st Street, Boulevard. 8th ave oars. Bellevue, 26th st and 1st av. 1st and 2d ave. oars to 26th. Eclectic, 223 East 26th. 1st or 2d ave. cars to 26th st. Hahnemann, 3 E. 23d st. 5th ave. stages. Homoeopathic Medical Society of County of N. Y., 3d ave. and 23d st. 3d ave. cars. Homoeopathic, 3d ave. and 23d st. 3d and 4th ave. cars. Hygeio Therapeutic, 95 6th ave. 6th ave. cars. Medical College for Women, 187 2d ave. 2d ave. cars. New York Free Medical for Women, 51 St. Mark's Place. 2d ave. cars. Pharmacy, University building. Broadway cars. University, 26th bt., opposite Bellevue Ho-pital. 1st and 2d ave oars. Vetfrinarv, 205 I• s. Miller & J. L. Hasbrouck 36 New London 120 1 50 City of Bi stou & Ciiy N. Y 40 New London 120 Vermont C. Propeller Line Newport, R. 1 155 4 00 Providence and Bri-stol 28 Norwich, Conn 133 2 60 City of Norwich 40 Nyack (By Ferrv) 28 40 Daniel Drew and C. Vibbard. 39 Nyack (By Ferrv) 28 36 Chrystenah 34 Nyack (By Ferry) 28 36 Adelphi 34 Nyack 36 -Alexis 34 Nyack (By Ferry) 36 Thomas P. Way 26 Peekskill 50 Thomas P. Way 26 Peekskill 43 so Chrystenah 34 Peekskill 43 ., Propellei' Magnet, (l-'reiglit) 35 Perth Amboy, N. J 50 Nelly White 28 Perth Amboy, N. J 25 Thomas E. Huls? 22 PlGiisant Vailey 10 15 Pleasant Valle3^ Slops 23d st 43 PoitMonmonth... 21 60 N. J. Southern R. R. 1 ine 8 Port Richmond 10 People's Ferry Co 19 Port Washington 26 60 Sea Bird and Helen 35 Poughl;eep.sie 76 1 i.o Daniel Drew & 0. Vibbai d 39 Ponghkeepsie 76 1 00 Mary Powell , 39 Poughkeciisie 76 i 00 J. W. Baldwin 34 Ponghkeepsie 76 1 00 D. S. Miller & 1. L. Hasbrouck 35 Ponghkeepsie 50 J. B. Schuyler 43 Providence, K. I l^:o 4 00 Stoningion & Narragansett 33 Providence, R. 1 180 3 00 Galatea and Electra... 27 Red Bank, N. J 36 1 00 N. J. Southern R. R. Line 8 Red Bank, N. J 35 50 Sea Bird. According to tide 35 Red Bank, N. J .50 Helen. Accor ling to tide 35 Ehinebeck 90 1 26 Dan.el Drew Se 0. Vibbard 39 Bhinebeck 90 5 j New Champion 36 Bhinebeck.. 90 1 00 J. B. Schuyler 43 Boosaway Beach , 35 {^^guSSoi/SS:: STEAMSt IT OUIDB. 109 LanMngs. Miles. Fare. Name, of Steamioat. Pier RocawayBeaoi. 36 (^^feo^fs^k:;;""::: Rockland Lake 35 40 Olirystenali 84 Rondout 97 1 26 J. W. Baldwin and T. Cornell 3i RossvIHe 21 26 Thomas H. Hulse 22 Rossvll e 21 60 Nellv Wli'te 26 "alloi-s S. Harbor 8 10 People's I'erry Co 19 S.indy Hook, K.J 20 60 N. J. Southern R. R. Line 8 SauKerties 101 1 OOAnsouia 35 Shady Side 7 16 Pleasant yalley, stops 23d at.... ,...43 Slirewslni y, N. J 17 1 OON, J. Souiliern K. R. Line 8 Sing Slug 36 36 Thomas. I'. Way 26 Sing Sing 35 35 Ade!plu 34 Sing Sing 35 35 Leader. (Freight only) 34 Smith's Dock 109 1 00 New Chjnipion 36 Smith's Dock 1 9 1 25 Andrew Harder 36 South AiTiboy 27 60 Richard Stockton 39' S uthAnilioi' 27 .. John Stephens (Frelg'it) t Star Laiiilliig 21 25 Thomas E. Hulse 22 Stonipgtoi', Conn 120 2 50 stonington & Xariagaiisett 33 Stuyvesaut 130 1 60 Andrew Harder 35 Tarrytowu, 28 36 Thomas P. Way 26 Tarrytown 28 40 Daniel Drew & 0. Viiibard 39 Tarrytown 28 36 Chrystenah. By Ferry 34 Tarrytown 28 35 Ade'lphi. By Ferry 84 Tarrytown 28 36 Alexis M Tarrytown... 28 .. Propeller Tarrytown 34 Tlvoli 100 1 00 Ansonia 35 Tivoli 100 1 00 New Champion 35 Tompkins' Cove 44 60 Chrystenah 34 Totteuvi le 28 25 Tho 1 as E. Hulse 22 Troy. Stops 23d st 161 2 00 Daniel Drew & C. Vibbard 39 Troy 161 1 60 Sunny Side & T. Powell 49 Troy 161 1 00 J. B. Soliuyier. Stops 23d st 43 Onion Landing 20 26 Thomas B. Hulse 22 Union La w'ing 20 60 Nelly While 26 Verp anck's 42 60 Thomas P. Way 28 Verplanck's P't 42 .. Propeller Magnet. (Freighi) 35 West Briph on 9 10 People's Ferry Co 19 West Pai k 82 1 25 J. W. Baldwin 34 West Point 63 76 Daniel Drew & 0. Vibbard ,.39 West Poinr 63 75 Mary Powell 39 West Point .53 1 00 A Steamer. Sunday only West Point..... ■.. 53 1 (.0 Never ink WlUets Point pass Henry Smith 68 Woodbridge 26 26 Thomas E. Hulse 22 I'onkers 17 20 Thomas P. Way 26 Yonkers 17 26 Daniel Drew & 0. Yibbard 89 Tonkers 17 20 Chrystenah 34 Yonker.s 17 20 Adelphl 34 Yonkers 1'' 20 Alexis 34 Yonkers 17 .. Benj. Franklin. (Freight) Yonkers 17 1 00 A Steamer. Sunday only ■yanjiers 17 60 Neversink i uo NEW YORK GUIDE. STEAMBOATS PROM EAST RIVER PIERa Far Location of Piers, seepage 20. Lanaings. Miles. Fare. Name of Stexiniboal. I'iei Astoria a 10,By Harlem Boats 24 Astoria li lo Harlem, Morrisaala, Siuul.v Side... .23 Batli, L. 1 25 Tiiomas KUey Bayl.s Dock, N. y U 40 Seavvanliaka 24 Bayuidge.S. Y 4 16 Bay Ridge. In Wall st. I'erry 15 BayvlUe 45 !d D. R. Martin 27 Blackwell's Isl'd pass Bellevue. Foot 26tli St., E. K Bridgeport, iiu 65 1 00 Bridgeport 36 City Island, L. 1 19 40 General Sedgwick 2" City Island, L. 1 19 60 Seawanliaka 24 Clifton, S. 1 7 10 Staten Island R. B. I'erry 1 Cold Spring, L. 1 37 90 D. R. Martin. Boat & Stage 27 College Point 12 20 Osseo withdrawn College Point 12 25 Seawanhaka 24 Coney Island 25iMetamora. Runs Sunday Beep River, Couu 104 1 75 City Hartford & State K. Y 24 Elm Park 11 10 North Shore Feiry Co 1 Essex, oonn 100 1 74 City Hartford & State N. Y 24 Fishing Banks 1 00 Traveler. Dally, except Sat Flushing 14 20 Osseo withdrawn Fort Hamilton 16 Thomas Klley Glastenbury 132 1 75 City Hartford & State N. Y Glen Cove 23 40 General Sedgwick 27 Glen Cove, L. 1 23 40 Seawanhaka. Freight, S.45 p. Ji 24 Glen Wood 28 40 Seawanhaka. Freight, 3.45 r. m 24 Glen Wood 2S 40 General Sedgwick 27 Goodspeed, Comi 110 1 75 City Hartford & State X. Y 24 Great Neck, L. 1 16 35 Seawanhaka. Freight, 3.45 p. M 24 Greenport, U I.. 125 1 60 W. W. Colt 16 Harlem, Direct 9 10 By Harlem Boats, (lixpress) 24 Harlem 9 10 By Harlem Boats. (Wax ) 24 Harlem 9 10 Harlem, Morrisania, Sliady Side — 22 Hartford, Conn 160 1 76 City Hartford A States. Y 24 High Bridge 20 Harlem Boats 24 Uuutington 40 1 05 D. R. Martin. Boat & Stage 27 .rones' Dock 37 75D.E. Martin 27 Kings Bridge 20 Harlem Boats 24 Laureltou 35 75 D. R. Martin 27 Lloyd's Dock 35 76 D. R. Martin 27 Lyme, Conn 98 1 75 Oity Hartford & state N. Y 24 Martha's Vineyard 180 5 00 Franconla and Eleanora 38 jViiddle Haodam 125 1 76 Citv Hartford & State N. Y -ii Mldd eton. Conn 13f 1 75 City Hartford & State N. Y 24 Morrisania, N. Y 9 10 Harlem, Morrisania, Shady Side 23 .Mott'B Dock 28 40 General Sedgwick 37 New Bedford 185 3 00 0. Fltchb'rg A C. N. Bedford 39 New Brighton, N. S 7 10 North Shore Ferry Co 1 New Haven. Conn 76 1 26 C. H. Northam & Elm City 23 New Haven, Conu 76 1 26 Continental & New Haven 25 New London 120 . .. Vermont C. Propeller Line. 36 New London , 120 , .. Delaware..,, 3*» STEAMBOAT OTjrOE. Ill tanamgs. Miles. Fare. Name of Steamboat. Pter Sevr Suffolk l 60 W. W. Colt 16 NorwalU, Conn .. (See Soiitli Norwalk) JTorwalk, Oo.m 49 .. City of Norvvalk. (Freight) 3? Morwicli, Oonn 133 . ..Delaware 39 Orient, L. 1 120 i 50 W. W. Colt 16 Oyster Bay 40 ?6 D. E. Martin. (Boat & stage) 27 Portland, Conn 1 76 City Hartford & State N. Y 24 Portland, Me 6 00 Fraroonla & Bleanora 38 Port Rlclimond, S. I. . . 10 10 Nortli Sliore Ferrv Co 1 Port Wasliingtofl Seawanliaka and 'Stage 24 J'rovidenoe 180 . . . Amos C. Barstow 16 Randall's Island ByMorrisanla Boat 22 Rockaway .36 See Steamboats from North Roslyn .30 40 Seawauhaka. Freiglit, 3.46 p. m. ..24 Sag Harbor, L. 1 140 1 60 W. W. Colt 16 Sailor.?' S. Harbor 8 10 Nortli bliore Ferry Co 1 Sands' Point 20 40 Seawanliaka. Freigtit, 3.45 p. m 24 Saugerties Propeller Eagie. Irregu ar 27 Saybrook, Conn ! 6 1 76 City Hartford & State N Y 24 Sea Cliff GroYO 2B 40 General Sedgwick 27 Sea Ciiff Grove 26 40 Seawanliaka 24 Shelter Island 112 1 60 W. W. Colt 16 South Norwalk 60 75 Nelly White 37 Stanitord, Conn 40 . .. Propeller Alert. (Freight 35 Stapleton, S. I li 10 Staten Island R. R. Ferry 1 Stateu Is. N. Shore 7 10 North Shore Ferry Co 1 Staten Is. S. Shore 6 10 Staten Island R. R. lerry 1 Throngs Neck 13 26 Osseo withdrawn Tompkinsville 5 10 Staten Island R. K. Ferry 1 Union Port 20 20 Osseo W'thdrawn Vanderbilt's, S. 1 7 10 Staten island R. R. Ferrv West Brighton 9 10 North Shore Ferry Co 1 Westchester 16 20 Osseo withdrawn WethersBeld 155 1 76 City Hartford & State N. Y 24 Wlutestone, L. 1 13 30 General Sedgwick i/i CHAPTER XrX. DOMESTIC STEAMSHIP LINES. Alexandria, Washington and Georitetowh, i>. C. — (Merchant's Line). J. C. Kenyon, Agent, 2i6 South street, every Saturday, at 4 p. m., from Pier 37, B. E. Freight from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Beaufort, N. C— (Murray, Ferris & Co.'s Line.) — From Pier 16, E. E. Murray, Ferris & Co., Agents, 62 South st. Freight reoeiTed to 5 p.m. Boston, Mass.— (Metropolitan S. S. Co.'s Outside Line.) — Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays, from Pier 11, N. E. Freight received from 8 a. m. till 5 p. m. E. P. Demock, Agent, 80 West st. Charleston, S. C —J. W. Quintard & Co., Agents, 177 West st. Steamer sails about twice or three times a weelc, from Pier 29, N. E. , at 3 p. m. Freight received daily till S p. m. California. — (Pacific Mail S. S. Co.) Steamers sail from Pier 42, N. E. H. J. Bullay, Agent, on Pier 42, N. E. City TClnt.- (Old Dominion S. S. Co.) Steamers sail every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 3 p. m. , from Pier 37, N. IE. Freight received to 5 p. m. N. L. McCready. Agent, 197 Greenwich st. FaU River, Mass. — (Fall Eiver Steamboat Co.) Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, from 1 to 3 p. m., from Pier 12, N. E. Freight received till i p. m. Agent oil the Pier. Galveston, Texas. — Every Saturday, from Pier 20, E. E- C. H. Mallory & Co., Agents, 158 Maiden Lane. Freight re- ceived daily till 5 p. m. Saturday 3 p. m. Georgetown.- (Merchants' Line). Sails every Saturdayi from Pier 37, E. E., at 4 p. m. Freight received daily, from 8 a, m. till 5 p. m. ; sailing day till 3.30 p. m. J. C. Kenyon, Agent, 226 South st. Key West.— Every Saturday, from Pier 20, E. E. 0. H. Mallcry&Co., Agents, 153 Maiden Lane. Freight received daily till 5 p. m. . Saturday 3 p. m. 114 NEW YORK Q0IDE. Morehsad City — (Murray, Ferris &Co,'s Line.) A steamer via Newbern about every ten days, from Pier .16, E. E. Mur- ray, Ferris & Co., Agents, 62 South .street. Freight received to 5 p. m. New Bedford. — Steamers daily, from Pier 39, East Eiver, at 5 p. m. Barling & Davis, Agents, 46 Souths st. Freight received at all hours. Newbern, N. C. — (Murray's Line.) A steamer about every ten days. Murray, Ferris & Co., Agents, 62 South st., at 12 M., from Pier 16, E. E. Freight received daily till 5 p. m. New London. — (Freight Line.) Every Friday, at 12 m., from Pier 39, E. E. Agent on the pier. Freight received daily, from Monday to the hour of sailing. New London. — (Freight Line. ) Monday, Wednesday ahd Friday, from Pier 36, E. B. Freight received daily to 5 p.m. New Orleans. — (Cromwell Line. ) Clark & Seaman, Agents, 86 West st. Every Saturday at 3 p. m., irom Pier 9, N. E. Freight received daily till 5 p. m. Saturdays 3 p. m. New Oi'leaus. — (Merchants' Line.) Every Saturday, 3 p. m., from Pier 36, N. E. Freight received daily till 5 p. m. , Satai days 3 p. m. Frederic Baker, Agent, on the pier. New Orleans. — (Mallory's Line.) About every Wednes- day, from Pier 20, E. E. C. H. Mallory & Co., li53 Maiden Lane. Freight received daily till 5 p. m. ; sailing days 3 i^.ni, Norfolk, Va.— (Old Dominion S. S. Co.) N. L. McCready, Agent, 197 Greenwich st. Steamers every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 3 p. m. , from Pier 37, N. E. Freight received daily to G p. m. Norwich. — (Freight Line.) Steamer every Friday, from Pier 39, E. E. , at 12 m. Freight received daily, from Mon- day to the hour of sailing. Agent on pier. Philadelphia — (Lorillard's Line.) Every Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday, at 3 p. m., from Pier 33, E. E. H. S. OhI, Agent, on bulkhead. Freight received daily to 5.30 p. m. Portland. Me— (Portland and New York Steamship Line.) Steamers sail every Monday and Thursday, at 4 p. m. (Win- ter time 3 p. m. ), from Pier 38, E. E. Freight received daily jill 6 p. m. J. F. Ames, Agent, on the pier. Providence, R. I — (Neptune Steamship Co.) Steamers daily from Pier 27, N. E. Isaac Odell, Agent, on the pier. Freight received daily, till 5 p. m. DOMESTIO STEAMSHIP LINES. 115 Portsmouth, Va— (Old Domiuiou Line.) Steamers sail every Tuesday, Tliursday and Saturday, from Pier 37, N. E. Freight received till 5.30 p. m. N. L. McCready, 197 Green- wich St. Richmond, Va-(01d Dominion S. S. Co.) N. L. McCrea- dy, Agent, 197 Greenwich st. Steamers sail evejy Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 3 p. m., from Pier 37, N. K freight received daily, till 5 p. m, San Francisco.— (Pacific Mail S. S. Co.) Steamers sail from Pier 42, S". E. H. J. Bullay, Sup't, on Pier 42, N. E. Savamiah, Ga,— (Murray's Line. ) Murray, Ferris & Co., Agents, 62 South st. Steamers sailing at present every other Wednesday, but generally [every Tuesday, at 3 p. m., from Pier 16, E. E. Freight received to S p. m. Savannah, Ga.— (Empire Line.) W. E. Garrison, Agent, 5 Bowling Green. Steamers sail on Saturday, at 3 p. m from Pier 43, N. E. Freight received daiiy till 5 p. m. ; Saturday 3 p. m. i . J Savannah, Ga. — (Black Star Line.) E. Lowden, Agent, 93 West St. Steamers sailing at present every other Wednes- day, but generally every Saturday, at 3 p. m., from Pier 12, N. E. Freight received daily to 5 p. m. ^ Washington, W. C. via Old Dominion Steamship Oo.'s Steamers on Tuesday and Thursday, connecting for that place. N. L. McCready, Agent, 197 Greenwich st. Freight received daily to 5 p. m. Wilmington, Del— (Electric Line.) Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from Pier 12, E. E. Freight received to 5 p. m A. Abbott, 53 South st. • ^ Wihnington, N. C— (Clyde's Lino.) Steamers sail about every Saturday, from Pier 34, E. E. W. P. Clyde, Agent 6 Bowling Green. Freight received daily till 5 p. m. ' Washington, D. C.— (Merchants' Line.) Steamer every Saturday, from Pier 37, E. E., at 4 p. m. Freight received daily to 5 p. m. J. C. Keuyon, Agent, office, 226 South st. CHAPTER XX FOREIGN TRAVEL. List of Foreign Consuls. Steamers to Foicigu Forts ; their daya ot sailing, &o. PASSPORTS. [Are issued by the Department of State free of expense, on application properly made. The applicant must, however, make his application in regular form, and it must be sworn to before a notary public. Notaries public are supplied with these forms and will fill them up and obtain passports for a fee of two dollars. If the applicant should not be known to the Notary, he must find some one to identify him. If he pro- cures his own blank, and fills it properly, he can save some- thing, but he must swear to it betore a Notary, who is entitled therefor, to a fee of twenty-five cents."] The traveler intending to go out of the country should pro- vide himself with a passport from the State Department,' which can be obtained without charge. Although he may never have occasion to show it, it. might happen from contin- gencies which cannot be foreseen, to be indispemable. He should then procure from well known and responsible bank- ers, letters of credit on their correspondents at the principal city to which he may be going. It is convenient also to provide a small supply of pocket money in the coin of the country to which hj may be going. Take as little bag- gage as possible ; the great mistake Americans who go abroad make, is to take too much baggage. In order to aid the traveler who is going abroad, we give a list of Foreign Consuls residing in the city, and their places of business, and a list of steamers to foreign ports ; their days of sailing ; the piers from which they sail ; the offices for se- curing passage ; and the rates of fare. FOREIGN CONSULS IN NEW YORK CITY. Argentine Sepublic—H. F. Davidson, C.G. ; Joseph Snyder, V.C., 128 Pearl. ^mtria — Theodore A, Havemeyer, C.G. ; H. O. Fritsch, Q., 33 Brofld-way, POEBIGN COKSTJIiS. 117 Belgium — Charles Mali, 45 Worth. Bolivia— 3. M. Munoz, 52 Pine. Brazil— lionia H. P. D'A^n.ar, 150 Pearl. Chill Stephen Eogers, 249 West Forty-second. Columbia— yi. Salgar, G. G., 23 William. Costa Rica— J. M. Mnnoz, 52 Pine. DenmnrTc — Henry Braem, 52 Broadway. Dominir, — Leonardo Delmonte, 52 Exchange Place. Ecuador— 'il. E. Ansado, V. 0., 12 Old Shp. France— K. L. de la Forest, 0. G. ; A. Jaoquemin, Chancellor, 4 Bowling Green. German Empire- H. A. Sohmnaoher, 0. G. ; A. Feigel, V. G. ; F. Hiukel, C , 2 Bowling Green. Great. Britain- E. M. Archibald, C.G. ; J'. Pierrepont Edwards, V. C, 17 Broadway. Greece— T). N. Botassi, 0. G., 56 Stone. Ouaiemala — Jacob Baiz, G. G. , 32 Broadway. Eayti—G. A. Vanbokkelen, 29 Front. Hawaiian Island— a. U F. Odell, C. G., 24 Beaver. i/o«rfM™s— Oliarles A. Vanbokkelen, C. G., 29 Front. Hungary — H. Fritsoh, 33 Broadway. .V(a/t/— Ferdinando de Luca, C. G. ; A. P. Bojnotti, V. C, 7 Broadway. Japan — Tetsnoske Tomita, V. C, 7 Warren. Mexico {Republic)- Juan N. Navarro, C. G. , 52 Exchange PI. Monaco — A. Jacquemin, 4 Bowling Green. mho-lands— n. C. Burlage, C. G.; J. B. Planten.V. G., 45 Exchange Place. Nicaragua- A\e%aTiAex T. Cotheal, G. G., 59 WilLam. Norway — C. Bors, 18 Exchange Place. * Paraguay — Bafael Ko. Barthold, G. G., 40 Stone. Pern - 3. C. Tracy, 39 Broadway. Portugal— a. Amsii ck, V. G., 148 Pearl. Russia — Waldernar de Bodisco, C. G., 52 Exchange Place, Salvador— 3. Baiz, 32 Broadway. Santo Domingo — D. A. de Lima, 23 William. Spain — Hipolito de Uriarte, G. G. ; F. Granados, V. C. , 29 Broadway. Sweden — C. Bors, 18 Exchange Place. Switzerland — J. Bertschmann, 60 Wall. Turkey — G. 0.-icanyan, 122 Front. Uruguay— 'EAwm C. B. Garsia, G. G., 76 Wall Yenezuela—B.. li. J..ny, G. CHA.PTEE XXI. FOREIGN STEAMSHIP LINES. Aspinvrall — Pacific Mail S. S. Co Steamers sail from Piei- 42, N. K. H. J. BuUay, Supt., Piev42, N. K. Freight received daily till 5 p.m. General office, 61 Wall st. Antwerp— Steamer semi-monthly. Funeh, Edye & Co.. Agents, 27 South William st. Antwerp— (Red Star Line.) Sailing about semi-monthly. Geo. W. Coltou, Agent, 42 Broad st. Bahia— (United States and Brazil Steamship Co.) Sailing on the 23d of each month, from Pier 43, N. E. W. E. Garri- son, Agent, 5 Bowling Green. Barbadoes— At present no steamer. Apply to E. E. Mor- gan's Sons, Agents, 70 South st. Belfast— See State Line to Glasgow. Bermuda — (American Line.) Lunt Brothers, Agents, 28 South st. Bermuda — (Quebec and Gulf Port S. S. Line.) From Pier 13, N. E., sailing every other Tuesday. A. E. Outerbridge, Agent, No. 2 Broadway. Bremen, via Southampton. — (North German Lloyds. ) Steamers sailing every Saturday, extra steamers on Wednes- days, from foot of Third St., Hoboken. Oelrichs & Co., Agents, 2 Bowling Green. Brazil — (United States and Brazil Steamship Co ) Sailing on the 23d of each month, from Pitr 43, N. E. W. E. Garri- son, Agent, 5 Bowling Green. Bristol, England — (X Line.) Semi-monthly, from Pier 18 E. E. E. E. Morgan's Sons, 70 South st. Brest — (General Transatlantic Mail Steamship Co. ) Steam- ers sailing every alternate Saturday, from Pier 50, N. E. George Mackenzie, Agent, 55 Broad waj'. China and Japan — (By Pacific Mail S. S. Co.) Steamers sailing from Pier 42, N. E. , will connect with steamers at San Francisco, for the above ports. H. J. BuUay, Snpt, Pier N. E, ■ FOEETGN STEAMSHIP IJNEg. 119 Cardiff- -A steamer about twice a month, from Penn. E,E. Pier, Jersey city. Archibald, Baxter & Co., Agents, 17 Broadway. Carthagena —(Atlas Line. ) Bi-monthly, from Pier 51, N- B. Pim, For,vood & Co., Agents, 56 Wall st. Curacoa — Steamer bi-monthly, from Pier 51, If. E. Pim, Forwood & Co., 56 Wall st. Deroerera and British Guinea — No steamer at present. Apply to E. E. Morgan's Sons, Agents, 70 South st. Dublin — Steamer occasionally, from Pier 46, N. E. Wil- liams & Guion, Agents, 63 Wall st. Glasgow — (Anchor Line. ) Steamers sail every Wednesday and Saturday, from Pier 20, N. E. Henderson Brothers, Agents, 7 Bowling Green. Glasgow — (State Line.) Prom Pier 37 N. E. Weetly> every Wednesday. Austin, Baldwin & Co., Agents, 72B'way, Hamburg, (via Plymouth and Cherbourg. ) — Hamburg- American Packet Company steamers, sailing every Thursday, from foot of Third st. , Hoboten. C. B. Eiehard & Boas, Gen'l Passenger Agents, 61 Broadway. Hayti — A steamer semi-monthly, from Martin's stores, Brooklyn. New York and West Indies Steamship Co., S William sit. Hayti — A steamer bi-monthly, from Pier 51, N. E. Pim, Forwood & Co. , Agents, 50 Wall st. Havana — (New York and Havana Mail Line.) Steamers pailing regularly evtry Tuesday, from Pier 13, N. E. W. P. Clyde & Co. , Agents, 6 Bowling Green, Havana — (Mexican Steamship Co. ) A steamer every Thur- day, from Pier 3, N. E. P. Alexandre & Sons, Agents, 33 Broadway. Extra steamer, occasionally, on Saturdays. Havre — (General Transatlantic Mail S. S. Go.) Between New York and Havre, calling at Brest. Steamers .sail every Other Saturday, from Pier 50, N. E. George Mackenzie, ag't, 55 Broadway. Havre— (Hamburg-American Line.) Hamburg steamer sailing every Thursday, will land passengers at Havre. No freight taken for Havre. Sails from foot of 3d st. , Hobokeu. 120 NEW TORE GUIDE. Japan— (By Pacific Mail Steamship Co.) Steamers sailing from Pier 42, N. E., will connect with steamers at San Fran- cisco for the above port. H. J. BuUay, Pier 42, N. K. Kingston, Jamaica — A steamer sails about once or twice a month, from Pier 51, N. E. Pirn, Forwood & Co., Agents, 56 Wall St. Liverpool, via Queenstown — (National Line.) Steamers every Saturday, from Pier 44 or 47, N. R. F. W. J. Hurst, Agent, 69 Broadway. Liverpool, via Queenstown. — (Tnman Line.) Steamers sail every Saturday, (extra steamers sail Thursdays, ) from Pier 45 N. E. John G. Dale, Agent, 15 Broadway. Liverpool, via Queenstown. — (Liverpool and Great Western Steam Co. ) Steamers every Tuesday, from Pier 46, N. E. Williams & Guion, Agents, 63 Wall st. , or 29 Broadway. Liverpool — (White Star Line. ) Steamers sail every Satur- day, from Pier 52, K E. R. J. Cortis, Agent, 19 B'way Liverpool, via Queenstown. — (The British and North American Royal Mail S. S. Co. , Cunard Line. ) Steamers sail- ing Wednesday and Saturday, from Jersey city. 0. G, Franclilyu, Agent, 4 Bowling Green. London— (Norse American Steamship Co.) Steamer about gverj two weeks, from Brooklyn. Funch, Edye & Co., 27 gouth William st. London — Semi-monthly, by steamers of the National Line, from Pier 44, N. E. F. W. J. Hurst, Agent, 69 B'way. London — (White Star Line.) Occasionally, from Pier 52, K. E. E. J. Cortis, Agent, 19 B'way. Londonderry — (Anchor Line.) Weekly, ifrom Pier 20, N. E. Henderson Brothers, Agents, 7 Bowling Green. Londonderry — (State Line. ) Steamers sailing weeldy from Pier 36, N. E. Austin, Baldwin & Co., Agents, 72 B'way. Mexico — (New York and Mexican Steamship Co.) About every twenty days, from Pier 3, N. E. F. Alexandre & Sons, Agents, 33 Broadway. Mediterranean Ports, via Liverpool.— From Pier 20, N. E. Henderson Bros. , Agents, 7 Bowling Green. Nassau — Semi-monthly, by steamers of Alexander's Hava- na Line. P. Alexandra & Sons, Agents, 33 Broadway. New Granada— Steamer bi-monthly, from Pier 51, N. B- j?im, Forwood & Co., Agents, 56 Wall st. POEEIGN STEAMSHIP LINES. 121 Panama— (Pacific Mail Steamship Co.) Steamers sailing from Pier 42, N. E. H. J. Bulky, Superintendent, on Pier 42, N. E. Para— (United States and Brazil Steamship Co.) Sailing on the 23a of each month, from Pier 43, N. E. W. E. Garri- son, Agent, 5 Bowling green. Pernambuco- (United States and Brazil Steamship Co.) Sailing on the 23d of each month, from Pier 43, N. E. W. E. Garrison, Agent, 5 Bowling Green. Port au Priiice— A steamer about occasionally, from Brooklyn. New York and West Indies Steamship Co., Agents 6 William st. Port au Prince— Steamers from Pier 51, N. E., bi-montb ^ ly. Pirn, Porwood & Co., 56 Wall st. Porto Rico — A steamer about monthly, from Pier 51, N. E. Pirn, Porwood & Co., 56 Wall st. Progresso — (New York and Mexico Steamship Co.) Every twenty days, from Pier 3, N. E. P. Alexandre & Sons, Agents 33 Broadway. Queenstown — All Liverpool steamers stop here. Se© Liverpool. Rio Janerio — (United States and Brazil Steamship Com- ^ny.) Sails about 23d of each mouth, from Pier 43, N. E. W. E. Garrison, Agent, 5 Bowling Green. Rotterdam— Monthly. Punch, Edye & Co., Agents, 27 South William st. , or 50 Broadway. Santa Martha— A steamer about monthly, from Pier 51, N. E. Pim, Porwood & Co., Agents, 56 Wall st. SavanUla — A steamer bi-monthly, from Pier 51, N. R. Pim, Porwood & Co., Agents, 56 Wall st. Stettin, via Copenhagen. — (The Baltic Lloyd Mail Steam- ship Company.) Eammelsberg & Co., Agents, 40 B'way. St. Thomas— (United States and Brazil Mail S. S. Co.) Sailing about the 23d of every month, from Pier 43, N. E. W. E. Garrison, Agent, 5 Bowling Green. St. Domingo City— Steamer, from Pier 3, N. E. Spof- ford Bros. & Co. , 29 Broadway. St Domingo— L. Delmonts, Agent, 50 Exchange pi, Turks Island — Steamer about once a moath, from Pier 5i, N. E. Pim, Porwood & Co., 56 Wall st. 122 NEW TOEK GUIDE. Turks Island — Steamer occasionally. New York and W. Indies Steamship Co. , Agents, S William st. Venezuela — Steamer bi-monthly, from Pier 51, N. E. Pim. Forwood & Co. , Agents, 56 Wall st. Venezuela— (American Line.) Charles H. Neill & Co.' ii[o. 14 Broadway. Vera Cruz— Steamers sailing about every twenty days, from Pier 3, N. B. S. Alexandra & Sons, Agents, 33 B'waj CflAfTEE XXM. THE SUBURBS. BROOKLYN. i?rooklyn, the city of cliurohes, the third city in point o( pomilation, the principal suburb of New Yorls:, contains more tnan 500,000 inhabitants ; and Brooltlyn people believe, that eve many decades elapse, their city will be more populous than New York. The following table shows its growth: Years Population 1802 86 1814 3,805 1816 4,492 1820 7,475 1825 10,795 1830 15,295 1835 24,310 Years. Fopulation. 1840 36,233 1845 59,574 1850 96,838 1855 205,250 1860 266,714 1865 296,112 1870 406,097 Brooklyn is almost wholly a city of dwelling houses, oeciipied by people who do business in the city of New York. It is more readiJy accessible to the lower portion of the city than the upper part of the Island is, and house- rent is cheaper. It counts among its attractions a large num- ber of churches, with some very distinguished clergymen, and a large number of very sensational ones. It has a very fine opera house, several theatres and an art building, which, for architectural beauty, will compare favorably with any build- ing in the country. Prospect I?ark, about two-thirds the size of Central Park, has a location which commands far more ex- tensive and picturesque views than are to be had at the latter Park ; and Washington Park, the late Fort Greene, is a beau- tifvil little breathing place. Greenwood cemetery, elsewhere described, is one of Brooklyn's chief attractions. Its Mercan- tile Library, on iVIontagne street, and the Long Island Histor- ical Library, corner of (Jourt and Jerolamen streets, are thriv« ing institutions, have a large number of members and readers, and offer all the attractions common to first-class libraries. Another of Brooklyn's attractions is 124 NEW SOEK GUIDE. THE NAVY YARD. ■ This is a place of interest to many travelers, and the Brook* lyn yard is one of the best appointed in the country. It is lo- cated on Wallabout bay, about a mile from Fulton ferry. Cars from this ferry pass the Yard, which is open to visitors daily, from 10 a. m. to 3. 30 p. m. On Tuesdays and Fridays visitors may be admitted on board the Beceivmg Ship. Brooklyn now embraces what used to be known as Williams- burg. The Brooklyn City Eailroad Company operate 270 cars on their 11 routes, on 42 miles of double-track horse railroad, diverging in all directions, carrying nearly 100,000 passengers per day, 30,000,000 per annum, over 2,050 round trips per day, and several hours of the day dispatch a car every 21 sec- onds of time. Travelers approaching Kew York by any of the principal lines will find that the Baggage Expressmen will take their baggage to any part of Brooklyn, and by reference to p. 10, they will learn the rates. Access. — Passengers arriving or departing by steamboat, will find the Belt Eailroad convenient. From the Forty- second street depot, the Fourth avenue omnibus line runs to South Ferry ; the Madison avenue line to Wall street ferry ; the Fifth avenue line to Fulton ferry. STATEN ISLAND Is, at its nearest point, about five miles south of the city. It is about fifteen miles long, from two to six wide and is divided into several townships. The surface is undulating, and from some parts the views to be obtained are magnificent. There are a large number of elegant residences on the island, and several villages. Like all the suburbs of the city, the popu" lation is rapidly increasing. Access. —By ferries. The North Share ferry from Pier No. 19, N. E. , goes to New Brighton, West New Brighton, Port Eichmond, and Elm Park. The other ferry is from foot of Whitehall street, and goes to the East Side, to Quarantine Landing, to Stapletou, and Vanderbilt's Landing, and con- nects with the Staten Island railroad. JERSEY CITY, Jersey City is an important suburb, supplying, as" it does, depot and car-house, and other railroad facilities so essential to the extens ve overland traffic between New York and the South, and South-West. Jersey City has several manufacturing ME SttBOEfiS. 125 interests. Here are located the celebrated "Dixon" Black Lead and Crucible Works, (said to be the most extensive in the world.) At these works it is said the ordinary lead pencil attained its first perfection. Population about 100.000, which, like that of Brooklyn, consists almost wholly of New Yorkers. Jersey City is connected with New York by a half-dozen fer- ries. HOBOKEN, Which a few years ago was merely a little hamlet, and was frequented only as a romantic place for a Sunday afternoon walk, has lallen into line with all the other suburbs of New York, and has sprung into the proportions of a city. Two important railways have their depots here, and the Ham- burgh and Bremen lines of steamers sail from their docks. Population in 1870, 20,297. GOVERNOR'S ISLAND Is a military station of some importance, and may be reached by ferry from foot of Whitehall street every hour from 8 a. m. to 6 p. M. Pare 15 cents. The last boat leaves the Island »fter evening psarade. CHAFTEB XXIlI. EMSTANCES by water from new YORK TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WOKLD. Prom Neui Yorlc To Miles. Alexandria, Fgypt 6,075 Archangel, Midi 4,320 Aspinwall, 0. A. (via Havre). 2,338 Amsterdam, Holland 8,610 Azores, Western Islands — 2,240 Belfast. Ireland 2,89S Balize, Honduras 1,V90 Baltimore, Md. (Olies. Bay) . 460 Boston, Mass., (Cape Ood). . . 390 Bremen, Germany 3,676 Bordeaux, France 3,310 . Bristol, England 3,010 Brnssels. Belgium 3,420 Buenos Ayres, S. A 6,120 Botany Bay, Australia 18,294 Batavia, Java 18,066 Bombay, India 11,674 Bermudas, W. 1 660 Copenhagen, Denmark 8,640 Calcutta, India (Panama). ..13,400 Oallao, J eru 3,600 Canton, China 10,600 Cape of Good Hope, Africa.. 6,838 Ohagres, New Grenada 2,328 Charlestown, Mass 688 Clierbourg, France 3,125 Columbia River 15,966 Constantinople, Turkey 6,140 Coatzacoaloos River, Mex,.. 2,046 Dublin, Ireland 8,226 53dinbiirgli, Sco land 2,960 Galway, Ireland 3,000 Gibraltar, Spain 8,800 (iiasg w, Scotland 2,926 Guiiyaqull, Ecuador (Pan.).. 2,8oO Halifax, Nova Scotia 655 Havana, Cuba 1,280 Hamburg, Germany 3,776 Havre, France 3,148 Hong Kong, Clihia 6,488 Kingston, Jamaica 1,636 Lima, Pein-^ 11,310 Lisbon, Portugal 3,175 Liverpool, Ensrland 3,023 From IVeii) Torh To Miles. London, England 3,225 Manila, Phlllpine Is;ouds...lo,760 Mazatan, Mexico 4,00C Melbourne, Australia 11,166 Mobile, Ala 1,780 Monrovia, Africa 8,860 Madras, India 11,860 Malta 4,325 Nagasaki, Japan 9.860 New Orleans, j a 1.786 Norfolk, Va 80O Naples, Italy 4,830 Pekin, China 15,825 Panama, N. G. (vlalstli.).... 2.877 Paii.i. France 3,700 Pensacola. Fla 1,750 Pernanibuco, Brazil 4,780 Philadelphia, Pa 265 Quebec, Canada 1,400 Rio Janeiro, Brazil 6,920 St. I^eter.sburg. Russia 4,420 Singaiiore, China 12,710 Smyrna, Turkey 5,000 Stockiiolm. Sweden 4.050 St. John's. N. B '800 San Bias, N. G. (via Pan).. . . 3,800 San Diego, Mexico 4,500 Sandwich Islands, S. 1 7,167 San Francisco, Oal 6,249 San l''rancisco,Oal. (0. H.). .18,850 San Jnan, 0. A... 2,270 Sayani'ah, Ga 716 Shanghai, China (Pan) 10,400 Shanghai, (Pacific R. i,.) 8,556 Southampton, Englann 3,1M Tahiti, S. I. (via Panama)... 7,866 Tenerifle, C. 1 2,940 Trlest, Au.strla 6,130 V' Jparaiso, Chili 4,800 Vera Cruz, Mexico 2,200 Victoria, Australia 12,826 Vienna, Austria 4.100 Wasliington, D. C 400 Tokohama, Japan 7,630 STEEET AND AVENUE DIRECTOHY, Showing the commencement, direction and termination of eaob Street and Avenue from the Battery to Union Square. Above this point point all the streets are numbered thus : 14th, IStli 16th, and so on up to Harlem River, and run from the Hudson Civer to the Eas« River, dividing at Filth Avenue into East and West, and all running at right angles witli Broadway and the Avenues. Abingdon PI., Troy, from 28 to 54 Abingdon sq.', fm 387 Bleecker to 8th av., and fm 6S6 to 59.5 Hud- son Adams pi., SSthav. bet. Prince and Spring Albany fm i22 Greenwich W to to N. R. Albion . 1., fm 404 to 428 4th st. Allen, fm 122 Division N to Hous- ton Amity, fm 631 Eway W to 6th av. Amity alley, rear 216 Wooster Amity pi., from 197 to 221 S 6th av. Amos, fm 131 6th av. W to N. R. Ann, 222 Uroadway, E to Gold Ashland pL, Perry St., bet Green- wich av., & Waverly pi. Astor pi., fm 744 Bway W to 3d av. Attorney, fm 260K Uivisiou, to Houston Av. A, fm 313 Houston N to B. R. Av. B, fm 239 Houston N to E. K. Av. C, fm 177 Houston N to E. B. A-v. D, fm 113 Houstou X to 20th Banfe, fm . 5 Greenwich av., W to N. E. Barclay, fm 227 Bway W to N. K. Barrow, fm 4th W to X. It. Batavia, im 78 Roosevelt, E to James Battery pi., irom 1 Bway to S. R. Baxter, fm 160 Chatham X to Graiia Bayard, fm 88 Division W to Beach, fm 154 W Bway W to N. E. Beaver, fm 8 Bway E to Pearl Bedford, fm 17 Hamersley N to Christopher Beekman, fm 84 Park Row E to B. R. Beekman pi., E 49th to E 57th Benson, fm 109 Leonard N to Franklin Bethune, from 776 Greenwich W to N. R. Birmingham, fm 84 Henry S to Madison Bishops Lane, fm Chamber to Warren Bleecker, fm 818 Bowery, W & N to 8th av. Bloomingdid '. Road, continuation of Bway N fm 42d Lo Harlem Rd Bond, fm 666 Bway E to Bowery Boulevard, fm 59th st. &, Sth av., to looth St. & 11th av. Boulevard pi., ISoth St., bet 5th & 6th av. Bowery, fm 210 Chatham N to 4th av. Bowery pi., rear of 49 ChrL^tie Bowling Green, fm WhiteluUl W to State Brevoort pi., loth, fm 134 to 96 Bridge, fm 15 State E to Broad Broad, Im 21 Wall E to E. E. Broadway, fm 1 Battery pi., N to 69tU St. 128 NEW YOEK GUIDE Broome, fm U Tompkins W. to Hudson Burling Slip, fm 234 Pearl E to E. 'i. Camden pi., E i.ltli tra 221 to 236 Canal, fni B I3way to N. K. Cam.on, Im 640 Grand N to Hous- ton Carlisle, Im 112 Greenwich St. to N. R. Carmine, f m 1 6th ay. W to Varick Caroline, fm 211 Duane N to Ja.v Carroll pL, Bleeclcer, fm 134 to 160 Catharine, fm Chatham Sq., S to Cherry Catlwrine Lane, fm 344 Bway E to 56 Elm Catharine Slip, fm 116 Cherry S to E. R. Cediir, fm 181 Pearl W to N. R. Centre, from 34 Chatham H to Broome Centre Market pi., fm 163 Grand N to Broome Chambers, fm 60 Cliatiiam W to N. B. Charles, fm 36 Greenwich av. W toN. a. Charles Al., fm 692 Washington W to West Charlton, fm 29 McDougal W to N. R. Ohatliam, fm 166 Nassau E to Chatham Sq. Chatham Sq., fm 2 Catharine to East Broadway Chelsea Cottages, W 24th, bet 9tli & 10th avenue Cherry, fm 340 Pearl B to E. R. Chestnut, fm 6 Oak N to Madison Christopher, fm 6 Greenwich av. W to N. R. Chrystie, fm 54 Division N to Hou-ston Church, fm 187 Fulton N to Canal City Hall pi., fm 17 Chambers N B to Pearl City Hall Sq., E of Park Clarke, fm 640 Broome B to Spring Clarkson, fm 226 Varick W to N. K. Cliff, fm 101 Jolin N E to Hague Clinton, fm 244 Houston S to E. & Clinton Al., fm 97 Clinton to Suf- folk Clinton PI., 8th, fm Bway to 6tli av Coenties Slip, fm 66 Pearl S to E. R. College pi., fm 63 Barclay N to Chambers Coliister, fm 61 Beach Nto Laight Columbia, fm 620 Grand N to Houston Columbia pi., 8th, fm 368 to 386 Commerce, fm 272>a BleeckerW to Barrow Congress, fm 14 Hamersley to King Congress pi., rear of 4 Congress Corlears, fm 587 Grand S to E. R, Cornelia.lm 179 4th W to Bleecker Cortlandt, fm 171 Bway lo N. R. Cortlandt Al., fm 39 Canal S to Franklin Cottage PI., Hancock N to Hous- ton Cottage PL, 188 to 218 sa Crosby, fto 28 Howard N to Bleecker Cuyler's Al., fm 28 Soutlt W to Water Decatur pi., 7th, fm 78 to 96 Delancy, fm 181 Bowery E to B.R. Depau Row, fm 160 Bleecker to 168 Depeyster, fm 139 Water S to E. R. Desbrosses, fm 196 Hudson W to N. R. Dey, fm 191 Bway W to If. R. Division, fm 210 Chatham E to Grand Dominick, fm 19 Clark W to Hud- son Donovan Lane, 474 Pearl Dover, fm 840 Pearl S to E. R. Downing, fm 219 Bleecker W to Varick Doyer, fm 2 Bowery N to Pell Dry Dock, fm 423 10th N to 12t& Duane, fm 40 Rose W to U. R. Dutch, fm 49 John N to Fulton East, fm 760 Water E to Bivingtou East Broadway, fm 199 Chatliam B to Grand East Clinton pl., rear 60 Clinton ■ I East Houston, rm 608 Bway E M I E. R. STREET AND AVENUJi DIEECTOK* 129 East Fourtli, iin 694 liway E to E. K. East Ninth, Im 21 5th av E to E. K. East Tenth, fm 33 5th av E to E. R. East Eleventh, 91 4tli av E to E. R. East Twelfth, fm 51 5th av E to B. R. East Thirteenth, fm 61 5tli av E to E. R. Edgar, fm 69 Greenwich B to New Church Eighth, fm 94 6th av. to B. R. Eighth av., fm 5 Abingdon Sq. N to Harlem River Eleventh av., fm W 14th N to W 59th tldrldge, fm 100 Division N to Houston Elizabeth, fm 68 Bayard N to Bleeclier Elm, fm 16 Eeade N to Spring Essex, fm 184 Division N to Hous- ton Essex Market pi., fm 121 Ludlow to Kssex Exchange pi., fm Hanover W to o liroadway ExclLinge al., Im 65 Bway W to Trinity pi. Extra, rear of 10 1st street Factory, fm 151 Waverly pi. N to Bank Ferry, fm 86 Gold S E to Pearl Eerry pi.. Jackson, fm 64 cor Water to South First, fm 303 Bowery B to Av. A. First av., continuation of Allen, .4 fm Houston N to Harlem River Fif U. fm 379 Bowery E to E. R. Filth av., fm 13 Washington sq., Wavei ly pi., N to Harlem River Fletcher, fm 208 Pearl S to E R. Forsyth, fm ■■ 2 Division N to Houston Fourth, fm junction of W. 13th and Ganzevoort E to E R. Fourt'i av.. continuation of Bow- erv fm 408 N to Harlem River Frankfort, fm 166 Sassau E to Pearl Franklin sq., fm 10 Cherry to fettri Franklin SI., Im Baxter to N. R. Front, fm 49 Will ehall E to Roosevelt, and fm Suu'h, cor. Montgomery B to E. K. Fulton, fm 93 South W to X. K. Ganzevoort, fmW. 1 ili Wto N.l!. Gay. liu 141 Waverly pi., N to Christopher Glover pi., Tliompson, fm 106 to lis Goerlck, fm 674 Grand N to E. R. Gold, fm 87 Maiden Lane N to Fraukljrt Gouverneur, fm 300 Division S to Water Gouverneur Lane, fm 48 South to 93 Water Gouverneur Slip, fm 613 Water S to E. li. Gramercy PI., bet. E. 20th and E. 21SLaud4th av. and Irving Grand, fm 78 Varick B to B. R. Great Jones, fm 682 Bway E to Bowery Greene, fm : 31 Canal N to 8th Greenwich fm 6 Battery PI. , N to Ganzevoort Greenwich av.. fm 105 6th av., N to 8th avenue Grove, fm 4SS Hudson B to Wav- erly PI. Hague. Im 367 Pearl N to Cliff Hall PI., rear of Tompkins IViar- ket fm 6th to 7th, bet. 2d and 3d avenues Haniersley, fm 728 Houston W to N. R. Hamersley PI., Hamersley. fm 2 to 14 Hamilton , fm 87 Cathaiine E to LViOi.roe Hammond, fm 77 Greenwich av. W to N. R. Hancock, fm 739 Houston If to Bleecker Hanover, fm 57 Wall S to Pearl Hanover Sq., on Pearl, fm 105 to Stone HatrUon, fm iil Hudson W to N. R. Henry, fm 14 Oliver E to Grand Hei rmauu pi., rear 5 4, i 58 and 660 4th Hester, M 193 Clinton W to Coa« W'9 130 NEW YOBK GUIDE. Hoboken, fm 476 Washington W to N. E. Horatio, fm 137 Greenwich av. W to N. R. Houston, fm E. B. W to Ham- ersley Howard, fni 201 Centre W t) Mercer Hubert, fm 149 Hudson W to N- R. Hudson, fm 137 Cliambers N to 9th avenue Irving pi., fmll7 Kast 14tli K to K. aotli Jackson PI., rear of 16 Downing Jackson Sq., foot of Jackson, fm 60, cor. of Water, to E. 11. Jackson, fm Grand S to E. R. Jacob, fm 19 Ferry N to Frankfort James, fm 167 Chatham to to James Slip James Slip, fm 78 Cherry S to IS. K. Jane, fm 117 Greeuwicli av. W to N. E. Jay fm 611 Hudson W to N. R. Jauney Coun, 37, 39 an,l 41 \Vall Jefferson, fm ai7 Uivisiou S to E. i{. Jersey, fm 139 Crosby E to Mul- berry John, fm ISij nw;iy 1' lu Pearl Jone.-:, ull iuo4iU '.v 10 Bleecker Jones Court, rear of t.2 Wall Jones' Lane, fm 101 Front s to E. R. King, fm 67 MoDougal W to N. R. Knapp's pi., rear 412 10th Lafayette pi., fm 8 Great JonesN to 8th Lalght, fm 133 Canal W to N K. Lamartlne pi.. W 29th, bet 8tli & 9th avenues Leanderpl., rear 147 7th Lenox pi. W 2-2II, fm 191 to 236 Leonard, fm 92 Hudson E to Uaxier Leroy fm 238 Bleecker W to N. R. Leroy pi., fm 88 to 104 Bleecker Lewis, fm 666 Grand N to 10th Lexington av., fm 84 East 21st N Little 12th, fm Gawsevoort, W to N, K. Liberty, fm 78 MsWM taiJS W to Liberty pi., fm 57 Liberty N to Maiden Lane Liberty Court, 4 and 6 Liberty pi., Lispenard, fm 151 W Bway E to Broadway Mission pi., fm 58 Park to Baxter Livingston pL, bet E 16th ajul K lith. and 1st and 2d av's London Terrace, W 23d fm 212 to 262 Ludlow, fm 144 Division N to Houston Ludlow pi., Houston fmJOO to 720 McDougal, fm 219 Spring N to 8th Madison, fm 420 Pearl E to Grand Madison av., fm E 23d N to Hai- lem River Madison Sq., 26th street, bet. Madison & 5th av. Madison Court, rear of 219 Madi- son Maiden Lane, fm 172 B'way S E to E. R. Maugin, fm 590 Grand N to E. R. Manhattan, fm E Houston N to 8d Manhattan pi., rear 63, 65, 67, 09 and 71 Mangin Manhattan pi., fm 10 Elm WAS to Reade Marion, fm 404 Broome N Market, fm 83 Division S to South Mechanics' Ah, fm 82 Monroe to Cherry Marketfield, fm 1 Whitehall E to Brond Mechanics' PI., rear of 28 Av. A Mechanics' PI., rear of 369 P.iv- iiigton .Mercer, fm 66 Canal N to 8th Mlnetta, fm 206 Bleecker N to Minetta Lane Mlnetta La e, fm 129 McDougal W to 6th avenue Jlonroe, fm 73 Catharine E to Grand Monroe PI., Monroe, fm 201 to 229 Montgomery, fm 277 Division S to E. E. Moore, fm 30 Pearl S to B. K. Morris, fm 27 Bway W to N. R. Morton, fm 266 Bleecker W to N. B. Mott, Ji'om 1T6 Chatliaiu H BTEBET AND AVEftlE CIKEOIOltT. 131 Mulberry, from 148 Cliatliam N to Murray, Im 247 Bway W to N. B. Nassau, fm 20 Wall Jf to Chatliara New, fm 1 Wall S to Beaver New Bowery, fm 396 Pearl N to Chatliam Nrw Cliamlier, fm 67 Chatham E to Cherry New Chnrcli, fm 182 Fulton S to Morris Ninth, fmll2 6th av., E to E. R. Ninth av., fm Qanzevoort N to Harlem Kiver Norfolk, fm 204 Division N to Houston North Moore, fm 122 West Bway W to N. K. North William, fm 18 rranSfort N to Chatham Nyack pi., rear of 31 Bethune Oak, fm 390 Pearl E to Catharine Old Slip, fm 100 Pearl S to E. K Oliver, fm 187 Ctatliam S to B. R. Orchard, fm 146 Division N to Houston Park, fm nuane to Mott Park av., fm B 34tli to E 42d Park pi., fm 237 Bway W to N. R. Park Row, fm 1 Ann B to spruce Pearl, Im 14 State E and N to Bway Pearl St. Al., fm 73 Pearl N to 40 Stone Peck Slip, f«i 812 Pearl E to South Pelham, fm 114 Monroe E to Cherry Pell, fm 20 Bowery W to Mott Periy, fm 55 Greenwich av. \V to X. B. Vike, im 1S9 Division S to E. K. i'ine, Im 106 Bway E to E. K. Pii t, Im 298 Division N to Houston Piatt, fm 221 Pearl W to Wllliiim Prince, fm 232 Bovrery W lo McDougal Pandallpl. 9th, fm 132 to 90 Ecade. Im 28 Centre W to N. R. liictor, Im 73 Bway W to N. li. KeTiwicli, from 603 Canal N to Spring EiUge. fm 254 Division N to Hous- ton Blvingtou, fm 313 Bowery E to £. B. Rivlngton pl„ rea,r of 816 Ely ington Robinson, fm 4 College pi. W to N. B. Roosevelt, fm 136 Chatham S to E. B. Rose, fm 34 Frankfort N E to Pearl Rutgers, fm 191 Division S to E.K. Rutgers PI., Mouroe, fm Jefferson to Clinton Russell pi., Greenwich av., fm 37 10 00 Rutherford PL. bet E 16th and E 17th, and 2d ai d Sd av's Byder's Al., fm 68 Fulton to Gold Scammcl, tm 299 E Bway S to Water Scott's Al., fm 68 Franklin N to Walker Second, fm 323 Bowery E to Av D Second av., tm 118 Houston N to Harlem River Seventh, fm 17 4th av. B to E. E. Seventh av., fm 80 Greenwich av N to Harlem River Sheriff, fm 502 Grand N to 2d Sixth, I'm 375 Bowery E to E. R. Sixth av., fm Carmine N to Har- lem Biver South, im 65 Whitehall E to E. B. South 5th av., fm 79 W 4th Bt. to Ciinal South William, fm 7 William W to Broad Spinglcr pi., E 16th, bet 6th av. & Broadwav Spring, liu 188 Bowery W to N.B. Spruce, from 152 Nassau S E to Gold St. Nicholas Av., fm 110th N to 14otl! .t 9 h Ave,, thence to W 166th & Kings Bridge Road Stanton, tm 245 Bowery E to E. R. Stanton PL, rear ol 6 Stanton Staple, fm 169 Duane N to Har- rison State, fm 48 Whitehall ..o Bway St. Clement's PL, McDougal, fm 173 to 193 St. John's Lane, fm 9 Beach N to Laight St. Mark's PL, 8th, fm 17 3d av. B to Av. A. St. Peter's PL, Cbarch,fm l|to37e 132 New yoeS 0tilDfi. Stujrvesant, ftn 25 3 o])j"iiig k Seal Presses, etc. Use Francis' Iiuiiroved Manifold Letter- Writer, by which Letters and Copies are written at the same time. Patent Copyable Printing: Ink & Safety Tint for Checks, liiili(fpensnlile for Hankm, Mereliants, Hnilr(,ad tnmiiiinits, and others. CHECKS TINTED WITH THIS INK CANNOT BE AL i ERED WITHOUT DETECTION. 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Are attached to all Day Express Trains, W.-\GNER and PULLMAN PALACE CARS on Night Trains running between New York, Chicago, and all other points, without change, and in charge of Through Conductors. The easy grades ftr which ihis lino is noted, insure a higher rate of speed, wiih almost absolute safety, than could reaso' ably be expected in other routes. Travelers by this line are afforded a panoramic view, unsurpassed for beauty and grandeur. Nearly 150 miles of the Splendid Scenery along the Hudson River and (he picturesque scenes of the Mohawk Valley, together with an unobstruited view of the Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge, are presented m all their superb majesty. LUXURIOUS BATHS. THE TUHKO-RUSSIAH BiTES, Loratcdiu the Gibson Building, corner 13th Street & Broadway, N. Y. are the ne bZhs idlra of perieotion. The arrangements are most complete. What could be more refreshius to the Tour.st arriving in this city from a hot, dusty, and fatiguing journey, than a visit lo tliis, the largest, most luxurious, and complete bathing establishment on 'the American couiiiient. Ftw persons who have not visited these Ba.hs have any conception of the magn tnde, variety] and perfection of the arrangements for health and luxury. The rurnaee room, with the steam generator, the \apor bath, the plunge batb, with several shower, spray, and douche baths are all on a grand scale. ' These famous Oriental Baths are not only largely patronized by visitors to New York, but have become the great " Mecca " of the better classes, who can afford the luxury, who reside in or near the city. Their constant use retains the youthful bloom, purifies the blood, by thoroughly cleansing the 'Jdu, and imparts a health and vigor to the whole .system and pro- longed life /ar beyond the usual "sere and yellow leaf." Economy as well as health and luxury suggest these bath.s being the cheapest in the United States. Bathers received every day troui 7 A. M. to 9 P. M. ; Sundays and holidays to 1 P M and on Saturdays to 10 P. U. Days lor I^adies, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, from y A. M. to 1 p. Ji. Iffei'cantile Library, Astor Place, SOx Streeet, near BVay. Cooper Institute, Astor Place, 3d & 4tU Avenues. Jirectea and presented to tUe public by Peter Cooper. MUSICAL BOXES OF EVFRY DESCRIPTION, The largest display, and therefore the best place in the world to select a Musical l5ox, either large er small, with or withoni accompaiiimeuts. The new style called •'SUBLIME H A RMONIE," patented by ns March 23d, 1875, is admirrd by all. T le most ap]iropriate Keepsake of the Great Ceiiteiiiiial Year SPMlailelBliia ExMMtioii, Will be a nice Music Bos as it will please youug and old. In tbe SWISS DEPARTMENT OF TIIK PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION, Will be fonnd Musical Boxes manufactured by PaiLLAED & Co. No stranger should leave New York Citj' without pay iug a visit t') our eslablishnient. Musical Boxes Carefully Repaired by Skillful Swiss Workmen. M J. PAILLARD & CO., MAXUFACTrnERS A IM P()j;TEKi;. (iSO Bvoadway, Y, City, JAMES CONNER'S SONS Type Foun ders & Ele ctrotypers. 'I'ho Type Foundvy of Messrs. .fames Conner's Sous, conipr of itoiule ana Centre Streeis, is one of tiie largest in this city anil of lUis contitry. It is an old-esialiiislied and well-known Iioupp. atid is so very popular that almost the entire press of tins t'oiiiif ry are constiintly ordering from them niateriaUur ••Tin* Art Pre- servativirof all Arls." Messrs. .lames (lonncr's Sons always keep on hand a lieavy stock of Book, Newspaper, Letter and Jobbing-Types, and are coittimially adding new siyies of LeMm-s, lionlers, eu-. None but tlie bestmatenal is used III ihis fuiindry. All ar- ticles used l)y printers are furnisliPd at I lie shot'U'st'notice. Messrs. JAMES CONNER'S SONS, Corner Ceutn & Reade Streets.