The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1870, Page 4

A OUE CITY SQUARES he Stifled Lungs of the Metropolis. nn er ant Wretched Condition of the Public Breath- ing Places, and Their Rapid Im- provement by the Depart- ment of Public Parks. The City Squares as Affecting Traffic, Re- tarding Architectural Advaneos, and Giving the Island’s Surface a Hideous Visage. Drnamentation, a Liberal Policy, Popula- tion, Hygiene, Water Works, Material (improvements, Official Poculati s aud Topographical Blunde:: all Considered. What Has Been, What Is Doing and What Should Bo Don7, Shall Now York City Remain Ugly Forever? ‘Tne pEvbiic parks and places of Yew York city m@tuated below Fifty-ninth street Lave been in a ‘wretohed condition for many years. They have been gignboards of the vorporation’s disgrace and glar- Ang evidences of its oMcial imbecility. Year after Year the HERALD has undertaken the task of point- Ang out the neglect into which these public breath- ing places have fallen, and has uttered many timely ‘warnings to (hose who are supposed to have been Jaentifed with their improvement, But the public has waited in vain tosee even a pretence of activity on the part of the city authorl- ies until the recent municipal reorganization, by which the new Department of Public Parks was tn- vested with their control and wanagement. Now, ‘tt scems, we are to have some radi- gal innovations, which -will place these a@quares and open places tmmeasurably ahead of ny mprovementsof the kind which have taken place On the island since public oMcials have gatned the’ fistinction earned by the higher grade of inmates ets the heavy granite structures of Sing Sing Auburn, It 1s proposed to render the city parks ‘sightly and beauticul. ‘It ig not hard to conjecture the original purpose of the BARLY FOUNDERS OF THE CITY, NEW YORK |HERALD; SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1870.—TRIPLE rude—ary goods, fancy ide wi change the sneer Gakorenene. oF | honet ry one “str bam ved ase, This } Ween Une firm!y anchor and those that travel up the } can he be |, The attention of the Departuent of Pablic Parks 4s respecifuily invited tO this subject; and, for in- stances, to Park piace. No one understands Lent than Jude lillton Ure great s\ayon gi property } ta the Panini Stores A “t fora a mete { for $10,000 a year the oWaers would be glad to let > ior $2,400, The cif¥ conld easily buy this and sur- | roundlug property, open A GRAND PUBLIC SQUARE DOWN DOWN, | In the very heart of the business centres, The City Hall has long stnee ceased to be a square, and wheo the new Post ONice and other builuings have taken | trom it all the attractions 1b ever possessed, which | were extremely few, a new park wull be needed, Less than a year ago the HERALD editorially pro- posed that THE STOCK EXCHANGE should be located on the present site of the Astor Houre, Kvents mast ere long make tus thé moneyed centre, ‘Tle newspaper oilices, the Post Office, the United States and State courts,ihe nuntcipal movera- mnent, the law offices, the conc car routes aud the grouping of the now scattered elements of metro, fitan down town iiie, witl all ae~ mand a new park in this vicinity. ‘The wealth of tho b nkers and brokers would possibly induce them to co-operate In some such improvement as that suggested. At any rate the bliudest, must foiesee the coming blockade, cc., and something must be done to avert it, ‘The shortsightedness of New York ofMiolals has always been New York's corse. Bat for this lament- able iendency there would be little reason to correct aud depiore. ‘The moneyed centre at the Astor House would per- ‘mit the erection of a structure not second to the graua Bourse tm Paris, Further ap Broadway the Same depreciation in property exists until the vicinity of Houston street 3 reached, aud there it ceases for the present, In ail these facts, and many others well under- stood in the public mind, there is food for the aimplest ana HUNORIKST REFLECTION. When the changesin the municipal government Were enacted by the last Legisiaiure promise was then made that the city would be relieved, de- veloped, beautified, and that THR UVCHING PALM would not seek for otlin the city Treasury. So far many of (hese promises. havo been tuldiled, but not in a large, iiberal and advanced poitey, Admunistra- on in this elty demands a totai change. It should constder the Wants of the future, the ornamentation of the city, care for eherrublis heaith and character, At wiil be remembered that when Lernando Wood came forward a8 @ sel{-nominated candidate for Major he sald his platform was the beautification of Now York, the annihilation of her cesspools and the elevation of her dignity. He promised that men should stop stealing aud go to work in the evenc of luis election, He pictured how he wouid erect col- umns, montments and grand bulidings; how he would attend to the streets, piers and wharves and ail imterual fiaprovements. Upon such an Issue, and without @ party, he polled 22,000 votes against ee Holman, showing thatthe taxpayers of jew York are iu iaver of embeilishapg the cliy and eliminating THE CITY'S UGLINESS. The question, then, is, wnat is démanded? The re- ply is that the city has neéd of more breaihing places to east and west of Broadway, frum the Batvery to Fifty-ninth sireet. ‘Thig can only be accomplisned by the purchase of Peres. Citizens Mm most any locaitty would be img to co-operate with the Corporation in buying lots for titly Barer pate such available territory exists and ‘Can "be ob! at a small figure, It will aiso be among the’ questions of the future whether 10 13 not-advisable to cneirole or imtersect the jower part of the fsland with broad boule- yards, comecting @ chain of pablic parks, thus givlag @ continuity of ornamentation to laces Wuere there are now fithy streets and nasi ments. Such arteries would connect the dif- ferent social centres: nd would increase the value of property Where it is steadily declining. In considering the " GREAT PROBLEMS Who, probably unaware of the future grandeur of | of yupic markets, the East river bridge, river front ew York as a vast centre of population, laid ont these purks—the Battery, Bowling Green, St. John’s @guare and others—for What they considered the aipple requirements of the istand’s maximum num- ber of inhabitants. Those men who were engaged jm laying out the city below St. Mark’s place, it wii be perceived by the irregularity Of the streets and buildings, had little conception of ‘the New York of 1870, . There 1s now no doubt that ‘@ar revered forefathers, whose foresight we are wont ‘upon all occasions to extol, iu this particular com- quitted a very serious blunder. 6 H BELOW EIGHTH ‘STREET the city has no symmetry; the outlet of one thorough- fare discharges at the clogged entrance of ‘another; the pavements are too narrows the sewerage in bad nd defective; the water supply ts, in numerous inadequate, and the whole construction upon 6 Surface of the territory looks as if the names ‘and dimensions of ‘a lot of streets were turowe Into a@ revolving wheel and the positions chosen by lot, ‘There is | has NO GENERAL GRAND UNITY OF PLAN on the face of the city, and below the point named NewY ork resembles a cast-off and patched pair of Pantaloons, with Broadway separating the two legs. ‘There is no fit. The public squares are the patches. Taking a glance at the topography of Paris, what @ ditterent view we obtain! Tuis ancient elty, dating ‘back hundreds of years, and over three times as old | as New York, was built at a time when ideas of symmetry were totdijy unknown. Yet at this hour Paris is the most. gorgeous city in the world, by far the most dazzling capital in Europe, and Most of the attractions making it such have been introduced by the present Empéror, Napoleon UI. The old part of the city one can see at the present day, with its cramped and Narrow streets and close, ugly tenements, ‘This de- formity was trausformea by intersecting the capital piers and wharves, city travel, sewerage and future Water supply, certainly the public demands that Parks shall be among the most tant of all these suojects, With this view, it must'be a source ¢ isan ouiet ne know that Sore a rd tne responsible position whose voice Ww! aay ‘e large influence in the disposition of these matte! One of the most important considerations ts the determination of Population sqwards any imi ,, locality. Now the centre of population ls at corner of Fourth avenue and Tenth street. Parks or places must exist for five purposes:— Fursi—For relief to streets. second—To display architectural effects. ird—To give air to depressed and badly venti- ated portions of the city, Four(h—For concentration of trade. " Fisth—For resort, and as pabitc ornaments by properly appreciated should be neat and is Spots; now they are dirty aud ugly. ith one or two exceptions any ohe of @ refined taste woula avoid them as shey-exist in this city, Oentral Park alone a us B hiyely gontrast induces, us to seek its be wil ith acres sigh over the rovienness | of the resorte. is BoSTON, } always among New Yorkers the subject of derision, ublic gardens mn the very heart of cit Whi on to make any ¢itizea Of the metropolis blush with ghame. Her grand old Oymnion 18 as néat, Inviting, clour iu surface and poetoal Hi 1d and towermy trees ad can be obtained by éf it care; and ail this in the mtdst ofa densely p nad and business portion of the city. She has tata lakes, gondolas, flowers, plants, shrubbery,’ nicel graveiled waiks, statuary, columns, bronzes, land- scape gardeaing, &0.j in her public gardens com- paring javorably with the choice plots of London, Paris aud Vienna, It 48 poxstble that-this ts the result of good govern- ment, which New York has not enjoyed for many long years. ¢ Undoubtedly the best means to render our pub- lic ornamentation of any vaiue whatever is in the choice #@ oifictals, in defining the: functions, in holding them toa strict responsiblity for their anort- comings, and in still providing them with the means to Compass their law-appoinved euds. It seems bat the new Park Commission, or DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, is in every way qualified to take up this subject and do justice to its merits ff its members properly under- | stand the pablic wants, and they should remember ‘With grand boulevards, lining them with gorgeous | that the ‘people Will not be satisfied with a few mere Sbrobbery, and rendering all the surroundings Marvels of beauty and thste. IMMENSE SQUARES ‘Were placed at convenient distances, and these Squares are to-day the centres of different Kinds of bosiness. Architecture has. been made a feature of g]I public decoration, and no embellishment has pro- ceeded without consultation with the most eminent designers and workmen iif the world. Money, it may ‘be said, has not been spared; and yet t has not been Spent.in corrupt bargains: or wasted in loathsome bs. ‘The only mau connected witit the embellish- ment of Paria who has ever becucharged with pecu- lation is Baron Haussmann, and even he must have: stolen very small margins. | From all this wonderful: beauty the visitor turns to consider the nasty and forbidding so-called em- bellighments of New :York, and we sre reminded that there is but one great work in which this city bears off the palm— THE CENTRAL PARK, By integrity in administration, and a tireless, ener- ! getic and intelligent discharge of duties, with a Qareful consideration for the demands of the future, a) late Park Comrniss represented.by the able fearless Andrew H. Gréen, nas in ten years suc- td Cy giving us one redeemlug Work of art on a grand scale, z.. IN LONDON thefe are the same features which characterize Pars in parks and Eppes places, Though by lo Means as ornamental a city as the ¥rench metropo- 18, yet London could give New York as much terri- ory a8 we DOW possess for public squares and still not fee) the loss, Her gooiogical gardens, driving 4 terraces, Monument squares aud grand open laces give to London most of the beauty it pos- | sse3. Without them none of her architectural eauties could be enjoyed. The houses of Parlia- ‘Ment, Westminster Abbey, the Post Oitice, St. Mar- uns Le Grand and St. Paul’s would be hiaden from observation save only as they could be viewed from their lofty heights. This lack of unoccupied space | alone in New York 1s. constantly retarding any ad- yyance in architecture. Though hundreds desire at ie present moment to érect handsome and impos- edifices there are no availabic situations where uliding can display anything oesides a marbie fropt and @ French roof, jad those same forefathers dcvised and purchased wig tracts of land fifty yeers ago we might now ve no public parks to complain of ; but in an orna- mental sense ONE OF THE FINEST CITIES IN THE worLD. ‘There is no reason why this guould not be so— | none whatever. We have tine marbles, splendid slate, tron forins, new ideas and good arcl 1s aoe apt jow scem that it ts too late to repair of primitive errors, tho of course measures must be ‘attended by large | ‘Agreed on all stdes that the streets below St. lqrk's Place are oe fany Moastires nave been pro) lopted by the authorities, by w! ispow golng on, extended, @8d work of this nature ver pe cartage and truck busi- nese de a tn a how, od by year, it is fepidiy increasing. J¢ must th re be seen that reek eenungs \d extensions have but jast began. Now, inst of annihilating splendid “ tructures gad cutting through valuable pro) , Why cannot sed and some ich streets have Tepairs and a restoration of the parks to their ori- ginal hometness, What is desired 1s a thorough change in treatment, a radicat innovation tn orna- nientation and a constant and thorough supervision. ‘The gentlemen composing Ube department must be aware of this necessity; for they all possess cul- ture aud refinement to the largest degrea, Mr. Greeu 18 a master of landscape gardening, ‘horticul- ture, familiar with all species of trees and plants and isan admirable judge of effects and eptsodes. In engmeering, as shown by the conduits’ and via- ducts at the Central Pari, ius judgment also stands untinpeachabie. Mr. Sweeny, now in Burope, ts a gentleman of the happiest culture, and J Hilton ls now cugaged in assisting to beautify Hempstead Plains. ‘ne other members of the departinent were upon the old commission, and understand the duties and pur- poses of tie news Mr. Van.Nord, who has charge of the, parks below. Pifty-ninth street, including Mount Morris Square and the Central Park, {8 ‘thoroughly familiar, from his long connection with the Centrat Park, with all of the minutest details of improvements, and brings to his oilice an intelligent Soprece ten of the public demands. It-ts not behteved that sucha depart. ment, well organized aud with ample ‘fund, Will overlook a duty DOW,. ~ ocr ji Cin talal a NEGLECTED ‘ for years, h arimens doen ft id aa doodtaable ie 3h at eget v8 whole“ome than a po ute Yevulsion, and. the pre- sent commission béging on a large pital. 3 iF money, the Legistature lea very liberal provision, and there is a general act i wajch the department can expend Certain moneys when the Members of the Board suuall decide ‘any provision to he necessary, So every auxiliary is at hand aud the lepartment labors under no embarrassment what- ever, Its powers are definite and take a wide range; and the truth is, it can do about as it pleases, work they must be aware that no improvements can be more showy than those made to the smaller parks. Passed by hunureds of thousands a day, they Jess discussion, and the slightest expenditure Ln beau- tying them CHANGES THE WHOLE SURFACE OF THE CITY. One hundred thousand doliars laid out on the equares and public places tells more than $1,000,000 ig eee upon Central Park. hus premising, let us come to the actual condi- tion of the parks to-day and to the proposed im- provements, The parks of New York, with their superficial con- tents, are as follows:— Battery, ten acres. Bowling Green, two roods. Clty Hall Park, ten acres. Duane Park, twenty-one perches. Five Points, twenty-four perches. Washington square, nine acres. Tompkins square, ten acres, Abingdon square, thirty-three perches. Union square, three acres, one rood. Stuyvesant es three acres, one rood. Madison qt ) SLX acres. Mount Morris square, twenty acres, Fourth avenue parks (tunnel), tive acres. Central Park, 868 acres, places ad follows:— jooper Institute Park. fect " pauare, aif fourth street and Sixth avenue, Franklin square, Reservoir Park. Thus, outside of Central Park, there are less than ninety acres of Parke fm tpg places in this clty— avout one-tent! Central area of the Park. not this a burning shamé to the city? Gramarcy Park Is omitted, bécause it is owned by private parties, ‘@ have & public square, that will cost no more than ‘the ex! ny inaprovewments, and which wor yet the outlet for twelve or sixteen thoroughfares? mise would destroy business cen- 1288 CENTRES ‘ are constantly mavfng; they are copenanty ing up town; they ore never setticd. me ol business, of conrse, can never mig from iver fronts. ‘T'his kecps those localities fi ‘Wall ag the heavier kinds of usportipg housop, ‘But IMPROVEMENTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 'ORKS, Under the section of the new charter passed at the Jast session of the Legislature, all the Rarke, includ- ing the new boulevs were given to the control of the Commissioners, and they have now begua to renovate them ang piace them fn order. oir PARE hen omproyed oy tue Seman nor, and before the men clase of (he avmmor 1 Will be io a wlerably One - | Broadway; If the members are alive to the importance of their | are constantly a popular theme and a subject ior enu- | Besides these squares there are parks and public | # Arbor condition, The Walks; to open It lan 13 to construct rectangular 4 of travel from Gent plazas, carr beds, MAKE those INhovaNS permanont aud sightly, é new Court Mouse and city sia wil be con. with « broad walk, tifteon feet in width; the opensDlace ia front of tue City Hall will remain for review aud of tue City Hall widtit of thirty feet wil be extenied to To the southward of the plaza will siand the trees remaining there 80 many years, and the area saadowed by these | trees Will be grassed over and planted with shrub- bery and flowers. ‘Yo southward of this ornamental otreteh will be a broad carriageway or drive, coa- nectlug Barclay and Beckman streeis, thus opening @ new line of travel and relieving the immense trailio about Printing House square. It is also proposed to have @ hack stand under careful regulations along this line. Urinals of an approved patvorn will be put up at various potnts, and they will be screened and protected by slrubbery from pablo gaze. ‘On Broadway tie sidewalks are to be removed for @ Width ot twelve feet, thus giving more breadih to these two thoroughiares, aud where the sidewaiks are now the space will be occupied by paving. There wide, On Centre street the whole flaggin, turued into a carriageway. Broad waiks will run north aud south, to eastward aud westward of the Clty Hall, conuectin tne new Court House with the old Ctty fall. There will also be a diagonal walk from Centre the ity Hall, Giteen eat. in width, carefully laid down in asphalt and abundantly em- beltished. There will be a main entrance from Broadway to the City Haildoor, The men are also engaged in m: a carriageway between the City Hali and new Court House, by which trattic will in be relieved by opening a second passage. rinking fountains are to be connected with the Croton main. The old Rotunda and e house formerly occupied by the Croton Board will be re- moved; the trees will be carefully trimmed, the gotl enriched where necessary, ~ aud, enerally speaking, the improvements, wt be very important to the several localities surrounding this great centrat an Gaugs of workmen are now engaged with the pickaxe, shovel and cari, and experts are luying down the impervious Trinidad aspualt, ‘These im brief are the alierauons In pro- ress. COMER IMPROVEMENTS WHICH MIGUT BE MADE. ‘The entire absence of any oraament of a sightly character about the City Hail, save iu the buildings, should influence the Departmeut of Pubitc Parks to provide sometiiug that wail dignify and embellish. the hideous stone called @ statue of Washington should be preserved alone for its antignity: and bronzes, large watorspouts from the mouths of ea- graved beasts and artistic effect, produced by fouu- Vains and unique water jels, should be introduced, It Would not be didenit to render the City Hall Park @ most beautiful aud attractive resort; but to aitaln this result the work must not close while but just begun. The admirable situation of this area for monuments aud obelisks suggests that some of our great men, celebrated In the local history, should ve commemorated by thé city’s muniticeace. sural percentage deducted from anaual “per- quisites” would accomplish this end, It ts not an insaue idea to propose that the early colonial history of aft nt, and the Indian life on this once wilderness of Manhattan, should be appro- priately Ulustrated by stone or metal in some con- spicuoas way. The pucegee tf the imperisiuabie lerbilt bronzes, whatever thetr rsthetlc failings, is a good reminder to keep constantly tn view. Perhaps it is not bad to suggest that the bones of the 11,000 prison ship martyrs now lying in dis. graceful negiect in Brookiyn, might be transfersed to New York, where they rightiuily belong, aud be entombed in the City Hall Park by private munifl- cenee, in a grand mausoleum becoming the dignity of & grateful posterity. Mayor fiall, if he cares jor the honor of the Corporation, should at least make an attempt to secure them from the violators of tho dead, Then, with the'grasspiats thickly strewn with roses, dahitas, fusclias, aud all the oral varicites, bordered aud fringed with arbor vite and ever- freon and soft shrubbery and creeping vines, the ity Hall Park, w.th its solid and elegant marble Gourt “House, ita venerable municipal hulls, tho. stately’ Dduihiings of the surrounding streets, including the new Post Ortice, would be & credit to the Western World, but not until an en- larged policy 1s manifested can ay much be said, Here 1s the place to expend tue largest amount of money and gingerbread workmanship should be universally cut. The time 1s ripe for a grand effort. pd to be hoped that the occasion will be appre- ved. BOWLING GREEN, about which there are many clustering memo- ries, 14 also being rejuvevated and thoroughly cleansed. The fouutein has been repatred, the water connection faultlessly re-established, the eld trees trimmed aud tho railil being put in good ‘condition, As be Teelved the above table the area of this delight little spot is small, but its history iseventful. The Broadway shambles, existing in the early colonial times, were mm this vicinity, and the old Knicker- | bockers considered 1t their chosen resort. ‘Would it be Jnapyropsiake to ornament Bowling Green with devices in stone or imperishable bronze, aud present to the foreign shipping offices in the vicinity the rimitive days of young republic in all their utch simplicity ?- It seems useless to preserve such @ small isolated territory when 1 ht be used as broad, open plaza, if (ere 1s not! ag connectes Ish it elvher interesting or anggesuve. If the de- % (has no intention of the kind named Bow- lng Greea, as a park, ed be destroyed, IVE POINTS + is to huve a park. Hore Jorasrly thrived and ntul- ipiied the vilest Kinds of iniquity in afew weeks re will be a sodded green, surrounded by a pretty ing, much resembling the area enclosed at Bowl- ing Greeti,” Phe confluence of strects at this pn has long rendéfad such au improvement necessary, and it is a curious fact that beneatn the downy ver- dure soon t» ripen at Five Points will be buried one of the most frightful regyrts of crime knowa in the world, person hy examination will find that on open square elevates the surrounding. population, draws it out from @ criminal seclusion aad gives tone to an entire mneighboriood. And here again it is suggesi that in iow quarters of the city, = where roperty is litte im- proved and cheap, territory might easily be acquired to the city’s litie for public parks. This would be a double stroke—anuililating nasty sinks of vice and providing at the same tune an exalting resort. | ie cities where there are few squares there is much sin, CANAL STREET AND NORTH RIVER is the situation of anotier tract which the depart. ment is improving. Here there fs to ve an eucios- ure, surrounded by au iron railing, grassed aud beautified as at Five Points, At many of the slips, piers and along the two rivers there are vacent places susceptibie of alike treatment. The appearauce of any wate proach to an Cd is very shocking, aud any orbafhant isa godsend, BEACH STREET AND WEST BROADWAY is still another open place to be fenced in und beau- tifled, About th poingare many old residents, who, untroubled by the march of aay eee up town, have clung to their old homesteads, As the depart. ment 18 xing here there 18 every reason to be- Heve that something handsome will be produced, i, ‘THD BATIBRY, one ol the most tmportant squares In $ne city, and old heirloom, has by como’ gousent been allowed togo to the dogs. Splendid oa pow peg — - or ttened will be Pantie) a : art- ment, wiic! ow engaged ir uverhal ing it. hanaied workmen ae “caspioyed “dally, and f vue territory tp large grass plols beautifully orpaméyted and tastefully betty - paEtoad clroulvons Walks are to intersect the” sur- fare, and slong the ea Walk 1s to be » wide dnd ex- faboee rome coe gore COA faced the carriage way wi e pushed to ar with walks on eftnes side, Here the attention of the authorities is directed to the ret at d emigrant structure. Its very sight alone 1s enough to discourage the poor emigrant a8 he makes his landing from an exlausting dud un- leasant passage, and to New York itis frightiul lemish, It 18 fupgerted that the surplus on the per capita tax, levied on Lh ae by the State of New wey wonld alone provide funds for an attractive e ce, In addition to the other tmprovements contem- plated there will be a roadway from Castle Garden connecting with the foot of West street, The soil is now betng prepared, and before the close of the | Seasou It is eXpected that the Battery will be com- | pleted, THR FOURTH AVENUE PARKS, | peginuing at Thirty-fourth street, are being some: | What transformed. Chief among the alterations is the cutting through of large ventilators to the tun- nel below; but, of course, these changes do not add tothe beauty of the parks. A ride through the tunnel demonstrated that it 1s still in an unhealthy condition. The air is foul, rotten and stagnant, and 1s a good producer of chills and fever, The guiters on both sides of the track are being filled in with broken brick, ashes and débris, but it is believed that the natural dampuess of the place can never be entirely neutralized. The principal want of the park overhead is shade, ‘There is & barren and hard cast to the entire chain. If they aro to remain substantially as they are at present itis better by far to muke them nothing bat flower gardens. About the apertures shrubbery is to be ted, and there will remaia no evidence of perpendicular cuts. AT THIBTY-POURTH STREET AND SIXTH AVENUE the two gles have been piaced under the charge of, mg be properly railed in, t nuisance of trucks, carts, signboards and apple staidd has peen outlawed by the Depart. meni re hereafter at 4 ‘publle park will this pest be pt ted. Good! af vitw trees have been planted at these two u ‘ied, and they are looking nicely, having grown to a boight of frome at to tem feet,” — ABINGDON SQUARE 1s. among the list Of those that are being polished by expert workmen. It is being cleaned and repaired where necessary. The trees have been trimmed and the verdure Kept io good condiuon by patent | mowers, WASHINGTON SQUARE, when finished, will disclose the most important im- provennsite of any now projected on the parks, It pro} to cut Sullivan street through one block to northward and have it joln te park to westward of ee great central fountain; and Laurens street to eastward, and separated b; jompson street, will discharge into the park 1@ ay. ro curved roadways will st the termini of these two streets, Laurens jullivan, and conve! P ountaid, tnd ‘ubehatee ty northward of the common outlet into Fifth bh atl street wil be the middie roadway, gives a confuggoe of tiree thoreuahfares, Which Cap dla parajes; the sidewalk i fromt will thea be an additional walk inside twenty feeb | is to be | | | | | Waterworks or doral decorations. chargo into Fifth avenue without destroying the symmetry of the square or at all affecting its beauty, ‘It will be a great rolief to trafic, aud more important than the reader will readtly imagine, josides these alterations Washington square is to have @ music stand aud her remaining walks are to bo lait out with symmetry aud care. One of tle largest squares in the clty, tis plot deserves auy amount of embelltshment, whether in stone, lawns, UNION SQUARE {a near tae contre of population. It 19 at this | moment the most tmportant public park tn New York, Susceptible of the very highest embellish. Ment @nd possessing most every requisite for a central museum of the choicest floral beauties and odors, it 18 Still more like a waste and back yard of &@ pigsty than an ornamental plot of ground. Union square could be made a beautiful garden spot, le entire area sliould be covered by fowers of all the varying species, and by close attention and a fine employment of a high degree of landscape gardeu- ing it could be made as @ falry scene to the 100,000 daily passers, imagine pretty rustic pleces of framework archl- tecture covered by & multitude of summer olimbers and creepers; the presence of chrysanthe- mums, roses, carnations, violets, everiastings, fuchaias, violets, tube roses, tearoses, choice mosses, boxwood hedges, verbenas, dahlias, ferns, balsams, asters, heliotropes, “geranium, colenses, — ivi phioxes, all carefully bedded in a@ richly prepare sol, aud well protected and cared for according to the nature of each spectes, and planted go that odors might blend and colors harmonize, Conjecture bronze fountains, marble figures, and periaps a lofty column in the centro, and allow for water works, accommodations for observers, aud what could not Union square be made? People will this 1s Visonary and expensive. ‘This veilef would be absurd. Asif beauty were ever Vistonary or esthetic taste @ common outlaw! Until an ugly, comical spirit is banished from the public | mind New York wiil remain as unsightiy as it ts to- | day. “tie commisstoners can rest assured that any im. | provements tuey may make and any amount of | money they may expend will not be begrudged, | Honest ouviays are ali that can be asked, ‘There are | hundreds of thousands of people who would like to | see improvements in our bag atee even atthe ex. | pense of delay at Central rk, Union square is wetting vo be much the same as the Battery was in the olden time—an aristocratte promenade. It 1s sadly tn need of some alterations like those described. At the jate session at Albany THIREY THOUSAND DOLLARS WEBB APPROPRIATED FOR A SOLDIERS AND SAILORS’ MONUMENT, to be expended by the Departinent of Public Parks, the members of that department to decide upon the ores ay location, As yet ao decision hus been reached, There can be no better place for this monument | than Union square. It is the centre of poputation early, aud there was held the great opening war meeting of the Union in 1361, a8 well as the most im- portant gatherings in our local history touching upon the revelion. Ag already suggested let us make a history of this city in bronze and sione—at the Bae tery, the eafly colonial history; at Bowling Green, our local celebrities and revolutionary deeds; at City Hall, the primitive Indians; at St. John’s are the Vanderblit bronzes; at Washington square we can commend our naval exploits of 1812 and our triumphant struggle with Mexico; at Union square the late war; at Madison the ev@ Of peace, and so on, until Central Park can epitomize the nation’s pros- perity, resources and nationat grandeur, until wo come to the Riverside and Morpingside Parks, when wo cau ilustrate the great its of the future—a naval dock at the Palisades; # caual from the Hud- son to the Harlem river; the great mansions and private parks upon Washington Heights, and be- neath its deep shadow to eastward. une Uniform — of this nature should be kept in mind. At Union square there js now & profusion of spar- rows and martins, well atveuded to aud protected. its fountain is @ poor contrivance; so are tne benches, roadways (uot used) aud sidewalks, Give us some improvements, MADISON SQUARE hag been somewhat improved. pretty Swiss pavillou—tias been erected; but other- whe there are few ‘advances. This square bas Ways been in 2 to'erable condition, and as it stan is an attraction to the city, Like the others it could be gréatly beautifed, Its sitiation ts admlr- able for scenic effect. TOMPKINS SQUARE fs a waste and a very fine Ceanpie of the invidious | 18, distinctions made in this city. The poor ned ne ard lawns and glowing verdure more than rich; yet the 120,000 people, working classes of the Seven- Yeonth ward, aro qiven & sandy desert. heating tho surrounding territory by the parched air, almost molten under the. fierce rays of @ sum- mera In winter Tompkins sguare: 1s nothing but mush and snow heaps. No just mind can but condemn this patent partiality, “Hat we want a parade ground!” Well, ten, if you es why take the only large square in tne mi © poor + ° Let any one examine the death rates, the disease misery in ‘the Seventeenth Ward, and | but he bee! and physical then decide if municipal fathers have any 5 The Seventeenth is a strong democratic W; but it et remnins to be recorded that it obtams democratic justice. ‘Tompkins square ts to have a music stand; nothing else can be said in its favor. JACKSON AND FRANKLIN SQUARES Are public places. The chief nuisances with them have been trucks, signboards and so on. partment 1s making @ successful war upon them. hey are now about “po more.’? COOPER INSTITUTE. SQUARE ia to be baprosee tike the rest. It 1a too emall for service, and is one of the parks which are naught bat an .obstraction. With no lofty trees, ana con- rony under lock and Key, it had better be dem ished. an saater STOYVESANT SQUARE, cut in twain by Second avenue, from tts isolated osition has never been ina sad plight. It 13 used yy nurses aud children; but it tg doubtful if it real- iZo3 tue intentions of its generous donor. It is a pay 1808, ant here a all. a is somewhat neat ut not atiful, one of those squares that could be richly embellished, g: ESBRVOIR SQUARE is the back yard to the Croton basin at Forty-second street, A huge stone wall for one boundary, it resembles a-prison romping ground or the recrea- tion area of & lunatic asylum. The face "some of without having @ picturesque surface. Some oj the walks need repairing. The trees an shade are young, tlie ornamentation zero, the ugliness immense. It couldonever bo made a first class pak it could be improved, however. Tt 18 best sulted fora Crystal Palace und a structure like unto that destroyed by fire years ago. Another 18 promised, A Teepoals lon has been bruited to move the Reservoir back to Sixth avenue, anda great many favor its entire removal from the vicinity. Experience has never proved tie actual need of this basin at11s preseut situation. If it were torn down the area would leave a fine surface for 4 park,, plenty of stone to build magnificent water works, and the existing influent and atiiuent con- duits could be reconstrupted with lttle trouble, Pray give us some of the Versailles of Lous XIV! ‘Tuere has never been in this city any grand system of water works, discharging clouds of spray and jets of dancing water, aud this park is the Dest situation for such an enterprise. Water could be obtained from the North river by @ pumping engine. MOUNT MORRIS SQUARE, to northward of the Park, comes under the supervi- jon of Mr. Van Nord. It is fn a fine condition, ‘he grand old elms, the tufted ‘the are, al mn, the len ots and tho | to) phy itsel vale to tp the purpose to ‘witch ce are devoted. It is the A music atand—o | quiet; vinally I gces ‘The de | came right up and ab y looming orname: lot owned By the Corpora- tik outside of Control Park, paler RONGHURION. 5 ae neral condition if harks has thus been ment. 2 vol if dis Wativs With eaternnee, at in its farther woved es - rs syould know that any cheap or mere) y os tous innovations oan ‘recetvé'no com atto} Ayglenio considerations, the subjects of popular dl- yersion, travel and ornamentation must enter sate: the plans of the future. tg Tremovin, ts a apple stands the department deserves raise; tor the boat stairway at the sea Wall of the Battery, and for an energy never before exhibited in dealing the city squares, and for the spirit of its improve- ments {f will be endorsed, It only needs to pursue the same course arid attain the same results with the city parks that the old commission did with the Central Park, and then it will leave,no deplorable Tec . COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORE. Decennial Dinner of the Class of 1560—An Agreeable and Pleasant Reunion. On Monday evening last about twenty members of*| A. the Class of 1860, College of the City of New York, sat down to a sumptuous dinner at Geyer’s New York restaurant to celebrate the tenth anulversary of their graduation. After thoroughly discussing the good things set before them they were catied to order by the President, Mr. Thomas Allison, who proceeded to read a number of interesting letters from absent members, expressing regret for inability to be pre- sent and hoping for better luck next time. He then, in a few appropriate remarks, stated that “the class of 1860’ contained at graduation forty-six members, of whom thirty-nine are now Itving; four gave their liyes to their country and three died in civil ILfe. ‘ie regular toasts of the evening were then read and responded to as follows:—‘‘Our Alma Mater; may her children take pride in preserving her es- cutcheon unblemished,” Responded to by Mr. Robert T. B. Easton, ‘The Dead of Our Class—May their Memory ever be énshrined in our hearts.” Respond- ed to by General H. EK. Tremain, who alluded ver; fee! to re many good qualities of the departed, 8) of Lieutenant F. 8. Orosby, Fourth United States artillery; Major Edward F. Young, Lieutenant Oharles ©. T. Keith, Lieutenant W. U. Bryant Gray, who all died in service. “Our Olergy—! thelr sermons never be cut short by ‘time’s up.’ Re- | sponded to by Rev. Alexander Nesbitt, who gavea | 1g accoul very interes! and flatte: int of the suc- cess of the clerical membets of “Our Mechanics—When their work is may no critic exclaim, in the lan sange MS » D., ‘Vat igh dat? Dat ish horribie.’” led to by ‘Wiliam 0. ee at i ait d many he stay s, e bar jong and the! ‘ation Bagar’ eee tOur. Free 8 Edgar Ketohum, Jr, Ag ystem— May its pre-eminence ever be maint toby Hen , O'Nel, who, in an eas many advantages ant pal We 6 ie raptay # |. Arcsumé ‘shows that the ae eH ioe ee is hes eee a pea acne | of seat Ae ener Oy | re Resonded vo bY Wins Sharma, Me sour Absent Members—May ther be with as next time.” Responded to by Freeman Hiscox, Jr. “The Ulagsa of 'u0—May they live to enjoy may such reunions a8 this, and following the example of Adams raise up those worthy to be thelr successors.” Responded to by S, Burdett Hyatt, who, as the close of his remarks presented, on beualf of the class, to Mr. 8S. G, Adams, the firs’ member of the class who becuine the father of a boy, an elegant silver cup. This cup elicited universal | praise by the beauty of its design and the BuperioHh of its fntah. On tho front was the following inscripth ““vercy Demarest Adams, red 18, 1870, Our boy— from the class of 1860, of the College of the City of New York.” During his remarks Mr, Hyatt siated that “the class of 60” claims to be the ‘first in the Colic tD samuguene the custom of giving a cup to the first boy. Mr. nin was completely surprised as he had 00 idea whatwas to take place till the presentation was made, Ho responded rik feelingly in @ few words, a3 “his heart was too full of joy.” Tho proceedings wore enlivened by music, aud after the toasts the class spent some time in recounting experiences, singing songs, &c., and afver providing fora dinner ten years trom this, separated at an early hour, with mauy regrets at having to part $0 svon. LAGER-HEADS IN HARLEM. Tho Sorrows of a Dutchman-—Violating the Excise at Harlem—Arrosted By a Dutch Policeman and Imprisoned—Attempting te Tie the Latter Up—Tried Betore the Police Commissioners. Martin Braun 13 a venerable Dutchman from the banks of the Rhine, who many years ago sought a home on Manhattan Island, where many of his countrymen had preceded him, Martin has pros- pered in the business of dispensing lager, welss beer, Rhine wines and pretzels, and has amassed quite a little property, located in Harlem. Unfortu- nately for Martin, in Captain Byrnes’ (Twelfth pre- einet) command 13 a tall, wiry German, named Yacob Stramm, who prides himself upon obeying orders, When the Superintendent ordered the Excise law enforced, Yacob decided to be no respecter of persons and go for his countrymen as well as the Irish, Ono morning he found Martin’s place lighted up; peered inand founda party playing cards; Yacob softly made his way to the pide door, and @ moment later stood before Martin as a spectator of the game. What transpired will better be understood from the following report of the trial of Yacob for improper conduct before Police Commissioner Manterre:— Martin Braun, 2,255 Third avenue, sworn. Manierre—What is your complaint against the officer? i Mine gomblaint? It is zat on der dwelfth of der month I glose mine blace up before dwelve o’giock. Dis officer gomes in ter side door of mine blace apout five minutes bast von o’glook, un he ask me in very aprubt manner, I told him I dinks my place pe zhut tight as ter domb, pecause all de front was shust zhut, and ter lights out, except vat vas purning. in der pack room, He shust crab me py der shoulter and say if no go midt him he.plow mine prains out midt der bistol; 1 not know vat do to aud make of it; [ ken Tno likes do see him traw ter bistol; he raise his glub and shware he knocks mine Dutch head oif; iad ped know vat J shall make midt tér whole of its 1 do talk tt into him do geep goo); he raise ter whole neighborhood, pine vaiily all. gome down and had in di Peoples talked Wo Inn ; 1 subose der sershunt nO not vat to. make ov it; he sent do der gabtain’s room, aud der boliceman stand side of Vhen he just gone und Bay, “Now i got you; now gombiatut pefore Sers! can show you I can ik ygu up; dey calls you Mr. Braun, but I you fare; you are noding put a got tam tirty loafer; dis ur. Manterre, de most imbordant botnt, datt makes gomblaint against dis man; I have peen through der vorld a great teal; Inever have pecn called any such tirty name.” George Steinert sworn—Q. Was yon prosent? A. ‘Yes, i heer there? A. This gentleman (Mr. ‘0. F PTAny one else? A. No, air. What time was it the officer came in? A. I do not know until he came in and'said it was after dat of | one, and to shut uP; tcta noe Jook .at the clock or Watch; the officer t bis watoh; by it it was after one; it must have been about ten minutes past, n in some time, Q What did he ao? A. He came in at the side doer and said the place ough to be closed. Q, That is the way the public get in somo times? A. I do not know, Dia you ever gojn that way? A. Yes, sir. myn ied A. Yes, sir. hat did he do when ho got inside? A. He used, [eth Poe said, “1 fou, LOW, au am got you." nay Bei he draw a pistolt. Ac No, sity Dat te indo an attempt to; Ido not think he had one—he only made a@ sho" a Wat ‘Mia he do with his club? A. Said he wi ock his brains out. tiv D ‘napfor? A, I don’t know . ¢ He a not say What he wanted to brain him air. “? for oaeoxnmined by Btramm—Q, What did Mr. Hisue pay after be 10oKOR, Me Mer blacer A. Tock «enlace 7 ae ‘aig 2s Broun tock me in der blace? A, (Cautiously+ Yes, sir. . Ni AbG : Did he but der keys in his bocket? A. Yes, sir. Vat you pes doing in der blaceat der dimer A. We were playing cards. By Manierre—Did he lock the door before the om. cer threatened to blow lis. braims out? A, Ido not know whether he did or not. C (By the officer)—Did not Braun refuse to go mid me at der dime | came tu? A, Yes; he said you were either fooling or drunk, This wine ig an_educated German and spok, exceilent English, He was followed by Mr. Kle; pert, whose evidénce sustained his ali through, and showed that Braun threatened to tie the officer and locked the door for that purpose, ‘The officer was then sworn:—On der morning of der 18th, at fourteen minutes bast one, I goes py der biace; I sees der lights purning 1u der front room I sthops and hear noise inside; he had der yindows losed an der pliud: up’ alitéie; Iooks'in an sees fem blaying gards; zen I goes, in midt der siae on E say, “Mr. Brat you ought to have der. pl glosed;” he say, “If you no get out mine blaco yuts you out;” I say, ‘1 no goes out, but you gomes long Bi a be say, ‘Vat dime is: it?” 1 eay, “It pes h minutes bast one, dime 0 lobe up;? he goes do der toor, locks it, dakes der key ‘out and Bay, “Come, let us die him up no’ oT won't” allow’ zat pefore > phe Lany, prains ou” I vent do der toor an’ bux down der polt; he “if: you ao. gal I have 70 poke shure;”’. when I der toor open ‘he say he goes along; 1 sald, ‘ode alt ‘Wants; ne said he wants his -hat an goat; got it an We vent do der station house. The policeman further-testified that Braun was locked up. range committed by the mugistrate 10 mn . . Braun—Mr. Manierre., dis voliceman is speak- ot der druth; first of Le my bigce vee lit hts Vas at ee ception one najj one in der Y 3 der might vas pt 088 night ent J ahs shust to glose upand oe oll. gas; Le Be saw dé baying. ards from der. outside; zat cond not pe; he stood o1 ° gT Jo n. er, nly gees yon half of me; he ity nd after he delis me he vroula gitb mine ry bi gat pes not 20; frst he enter der toor ome In a got mo on mine shoulter an said he wor mine: | prains out if Ino gomes along midt him; I with | never likes do see any bistols or revolvers an@ 10 likes do gee any on him. : Q. Did you lock the door? A. Yaw, after all der bac iC} locking the hat did pose . rT ny @ door what did you pro} dojng with tn of ? A, T dig vant Toud tes oer @ Di fot prope #0 te him up? A. Xo; ho ray ; how. could 1 die him ? I have noding do ao him mide; not zuch a vord spoken, Q. You was as Feepeotul to, the oMcer as now? A. If you ask that doctor (Steinert) he delis. you our Pelief vas der man vas trunk. Q. Did you think he had drinking lager beer? » NO, sir; he always triaks Pourpon viskey, As a matter of course the Board at a subseqhent meeting acquitted Yacob, who remaing in the ‘Twelfth precinct to watch Martin, who don’t want to be known as a “Got tam tirty loafer.!” THE COURSE OF EMPIRE. The total arrivals of passqngers vy steamships and emigrant packet vessels at this port from foreign ports for the week ending Saturday, July 23, were as follows;— Annie Seymour. ©, H. Macamber.ys.5y5+4ps00p+sPQPBus Total number of passengers, stat slg heda ED Babes : } saddest part of i bi ‘or ANOTHER “BULLY” KILLED. The Shooting of Patrick Farrell by an Engi- neor—Investigation in the Case—Criticising ‘a Jury—Verdict of Justifiable Homi- cide—The Way to Rule or Ruin @ Gang of ‘Roughs.” ‘The death of Patrick Farrell, late of 192 First avenue, from the effects of a pistol shot wound re- celved on the 18th uit, at the hands of Wiliam Hamilton, engineer of Metropolitan Fire Engine No. 5, located at Fourteenth street and First avenue, las heretofore been published m the Huraup. Yeater- day morning Coroner Flynn held an tnvestigation into the circumstances, Which resuited in the fatal occurrence. As the frat witness was avout. to be sworn ® man in the rear of the court room exclaimed, “I object to two Irish. men on that jury,”’ and was requested to keep quiet or leave the room, Ina few moments afterwards the same man cried out, ‘Court, there 1s a counter- felter on that jury.” ‘The disorderty individual was then forcibly ejected and quietwas restored, TESTIMONY OF EDWARD TYNAN. Edward Tynan, @ sergeant attached to the Twelfth precinct, deposed that on the 19th ult, he was om duty in the Seventeenth precinct; Hamilton surren- dered himself and was placed in charge oi the wit ness; Hamilton appeared to have been badly beaten. : ‘TESTIMONY -O¥ JOHN KELLY, John Kelly, an officer attached to the Seventeenth | aga testifled that on the night of the 18th ult. 8 was standing in Fourteenth street, near First avenue, when he heard three pistol shots fired in quick succession; ran in the direction or the sound and found about a dozen persons corner of Four- teenth street and First avenue; five or six meg were around Hamiiton, some having hold of him by the coat, some by the ‘collar; some cried out hold on to him, some cried out to arrest him; the witn arrested Hamilton and saw @ pistol on the street about six feet distant; picked it up and took the prisoner to the station house; some parties followed, cry out, fescue him,’? “kil the son of a b—h,!* “We will give him gt some threatened to rescue Hamilton and kill him; the prisoner asked for protection, and at the station house three brothers of the Callahans refused to make any com- plaint, and some one present said “We will settle the matter when they get up the avenue,” remarking at the same Ume that there was nobody shot, and!that they would get square with the sou of a b—h when they got him out ; Hauallton’s eyes were discolored, and his face cut ; no one Would make a charge against Hamilton: hewas discharged by Sergeant Polhaimus and escorted to the engino house for protection; when the witness theu saw Hamilton he was in full uoilormof a fire- man; he was.a horse patrol; in ue engine house he ‘was sober, TESTIMONY OF MORRIS SHANNON. Morns Shannon, of 426 East Thirteenth street,’ de- posed that on the night of the 18th ult. he was with lamilton at the engine house door at haif-past eleven o'clock P. M., when Mr. Cail came up and said he could whip any of the Humilton family, and threatened to “lick” Hamilton; the lacter was in full uniform; Pat Qallahan then Up, and abused Hamilton, and picking up a y stone sald, ‘Hamilton, you big headed son of a@ bD—h, t wil kil ‘ou; the other Callahan, with other persons, commenced an at- tack on, rua eaeear caught Hamuton by the neck, and sald he could lick him; Hamilton was thrown down and beaten by ten or twelve men; the and Hamilton cried “Murder! ol , pit hh eee ro , On lear! Hamilton gave hiihsett cy the men Leupaged in the, glad he kicked the hei (ONY OF DETEOTLYB YOUNG. Asron F, key 3 @ detective oMcer of the High- teenth pi it, deposed 1 Faas on the night of the shoot aW Farrell asked him what was; the , tO which he said le “ihouzht he was shot; wont yon take care of me; I was v. Ft toh fone of we” west frtencis be one I 8 G jon had been arrested, but that he would not make a cheree against him,as he id not blame him; he the means of gotta him appointed to,a positionzn the oat Ofiice; the character of the laganus is bad; and have been in several the Eighteenth ward. On the 4th of July the.wit in the hospital; he said he was get- &@ good lesson to Keep nati Gate oy en age okay 10. at the days 10" i he visited the hospital,,and had @, with de- ceased, who said that he was wrong, be was in bad company, and osked if the Witness was xoxed with mim; deceased said he was sure he was: acoldentally shot, or.he was sure Hamliton did not mean to shoot bim; Hamilton wag always a quiet and peaceable man; since the difficulty i ton has peep. promotes engineer on tho neer’s st t STATEMENT OF THE DEFENDANT. Mr, Han ‘on, the defendant, made a long state. met, In'which he repeated what had been testified to by several witnesses in regard to the assault made upon him, Be said that while down and bell heaven, >Y Members of the ng he drew his and discliargea ("ee shots Dut ay no pee i iF at the time use “it Ufo was to tm. peril. Mr. Hamilton” also stavea ‘hat ad been repeatedly intercepted while gotri to and from bis meals by the Callagan fang ond threatened with personal violence; he Wi compelled to appeal to the Fire Co) lollcrs as the best mode of protecting himself, PHYSICIANS’ TESTIMONY, Wm. T. Nealis, phssiclan to the Gity Prison, testi: fled that the prisoner was brought to the Tomm& on the 19th ultimo, examined and found suffering trom two severe black eyes, @ lacerated wound over the left eye and his face was much swollen. A report of tlie post mortem exammation made on the body of deceased was read to the jury, which showed that the pistol shot wound of the abdomea was the cause of death. The case was then sub mitted to the Jury, who, after a brief deliberation, rendered the following VERDIOT:— That Patrick Farrell, in their opinion from the ev dence shown, died from a pisto! shot at the hans ¢ William Hamilton, fired on the 18th day of June, 1979, in front of the engine house in Fourteenth sireet, near First ayenue, and that be their of? ion sacl shooting was justifiable and done in self-defence. The verdict boing recorded, Hamilton was dis charged, and renslned tie hearty congratulations of many friends who were present. Mr. William F. Kintzing appeared before the Coro- counsel for Hamilton. / o urlug the examination many of the midst noted roughs of ntgenth ward, ir! ceased, were ea ating mucl i aieorden, wes eral police ontcers, however, Managed event breach of the peace, De saan - ¢ MARTHA’ WASHLNCTONS, waren, An Old and Interesting, Relic at Newburg A ; Bit of History. r ‘The «Father of His Country” nad a gouple o4 “Jove affairs. ‘Tho first was with Miss Mary Phillipse, o daughter of tho.owner of the Phillipge estate Westchester and Pytnam counties. . With the : of this lady be, was ‘almost incurably' suxitten, and tradition avers that ‘George H.1!~gs he is profanely. called—“sat up” with his ‘girl’ all, night occasion ally, But, in the modern, phrase, Mary ‘could gee it,”” and gave George the mitten a vf in dig ear 1756. In 1768 he inet the widow ii aag ing favored at that time with the advice elder Mr. Sa:.uel- Weller, he neglected to “ , Of shat dangerous variety gf tne sex, fol, over ust and ears love wi icoessfull; if ‘ked’-her, and in dtie course of time was ‘mar iss Phillipse, became to her. His old flame, the wile of Roger Morris, George's wedding oc- curred by aso ES the betrothal of George and his: Jady-love with a handsome ¢ Martha he presen £5 Watch, which was manufactured to orderin London. This watch is now in Newburg, and an effort is being made by the eceens pronaed the interesting old relic. and deposit it Was ing-" ton’s headquarters in that city, ikea for 10 ie only $1,000, ‘ashing- on to Mrs, mother of Judge James D. Halyburton, of V! Tho ry is that it is now wh on the market sale, as one of the results to ite: ownera, the family of Judge Haly burton, of the £or- tunes of our late war, which stfipped so many of our fhe! ee a ~y mm wal ears © pame Oo! London, "No. 743.) ir 1s of the slisontione “bull's eye” pattern, reduced in thickness to n lady’s style. The gold case is inlaid with white enamel around the edge of back and face. The Watch is in its original case and accompanied by i orginal key, The letters of the nam¢ ‘Martl Custis” are marked on the dial plate, one letter just Guistde of each of the Agures, tad aking the : ‘The watch is now 112 years’ old. A day or twg) ago it was “wound up,” and ticked as of “ye old time,’ but it marked the hours slowly, redtn q one of a brave old heart beating om beyond it three score and ten. SAD ACCIDENT ON A HORSE CAR, About five o'clock last evening Mr. John Detcke mann, the conductor of car No. 21, of the Hoboken and Five Corners line, was standing on the rear platfornt of his car when @ horribie accident befel him. ite Rock Tavern, at the foot of the and ej round the curve, when one of the wi entangied the guard raul lying on the | este end of the rail was therefore torn up suddenly mnetrating from beneath the iatform of the car, ‘ame imbedded in the conductor's leg. The Huasies and neo were severed. a the ne ete a shoc! appearance. Ual-was extric; Pind conve ww the Hudson county Hospit it attendance Was procured inane rh ath re el irty-two years a Union Hu, ls reco vor ta doubtfl. pOrunk;??,« been. |