New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-21
ehr.,ion heina within the period Of the animal

Of which this Clty may ever De proud, and the
memory OF which Il cannot be other than teneh-
cial 10 recall that Dr. Coventry, The Mayor Of
Utca. and chairman oi the delegations from the
weston ralt Of the state, IN his letter OF thanks
IN beha OF these delegations Tor the hospital
ties of the CIV, uses THIS language " We have
witnessed land We confess WIN woudeFj That an
INN snse population may pass DAY IN rejoicing
and fes;lyIiy aud exhibit seli-FtSpect That for
babe even the appearance of vice and depravity.
v no IN former tImss ever witnessed scene
SINH ar 20 that OF the an inst. without observing
p single instance ofnt 0uaiIon orhearng sound
that would shock The chasies. ear
l. lies "a nv Nay 60 say that among The iestl-
walls and re-oiclrgs consequent upon shls event
wasa very maCnihct NJ military and civic bal az
the Lafayette ihcoter. % Nhlch' suppose lew
among nv hearers remember The exls,ence-a
hal-,htster. hall circus IN Laufens-St near Ca
nal IL has vanished away. as nave olher thea.
t.rs-oue which stood on the present site Of
Christ Church IN AnthOny-st IN which .he elder
Ktan tiISt appeared ln tmS country ana me o!f
Park. which, after being twice destroyed by IRE,
has now given place 20 lhe den ands OF Com
merce. which 3 tending 50 rapidly up Broadway.
Indeed, there are few more remarkable changes
than the change In the places OF business duflng .
the lasttsn or twelve years.
CHANGES IL PLACES oF BUSINESS.
The Bank of New YORK and he first Branch
Rapk OF the United States, built and entered
upon Their banking houses IN alIst, IN ls0O,
and that. together with the existence oi the
Toutne Concc-liouS' lower down, hxtd that
street as the Lombard 81 OF our London, and
so II continues, SO II viii ever endure all
private residences, OF which 10 was mostly made
up, within my memory. have yielded to sac ae-
mands Of MANN ON, ans been converted mo rs
temples Business therefore formed Itself D. on
that street as al estao.iSlc center
Pine St in Ike manner, which, until al.er
the peace with England In 1915, was tho an''e
OF distinguished merchants ant lawyers Wheie
Jno Wells and Ihos Adds Emmett ana - IS.
Ogden, and SAINT. Jones, and the ktdcius
among the lawyers. and Oliver Wolcou, and
Jonathan BUrlcl, ANA others 90 merchants and
hnanciers resided, has been entirely demolished
and rebuilt 10 some instances more than once
since that period. and DOW not private dwelling
remains in %, nor between Pearist ana Broad
way. no single building that stood there IA 1915.
Pearl-st, which up 90 thc time OF the dosolat-
lnc tire o. 1875, concentrated almost all the
great dry goods and lonoins cslan lshnentS, has
lost It's iayCr sud Broad So and Beaver 81 and
Broadway I0m the Battery 90 Canal -. have
become It's rivals and successors. The M TO.
duction of railroads terminating ON the North
River, the improvement Of the piers, the enor-
nous influx OF passengers by the North River
steamboats,. which AID land ON that side, have
renovated Greenwich S. and The streets be-
tween 70 and Broadway, 50 that m these, too, all
private residences have disappeared and ware
houses OF the most spacious dimensions and
costly constru ottn have cIected 10y golden appll.
auces tie old dwell 'Crs q the Eltst and Third
Wards. Even Columbia College, "ith rs pleas
ant grounds. sadly invaded ma later years by The
ercroachmenis Of Trade, and It's secular trees OF
ares. beneath which generation aiier genera.
ton has SportCd Us soIcly besot To pack up ana
be Oh up town, but 20 has deep roots, and may
yet stand its ground ion time.
THE OLD MARKETS.
But again let Us pause, and look back, to mark
some other and earlier changes. As to public
markets, We now have eleven, besides the gen.
era, authority % sell meats and vegetables IN
private stalls all over tie City.
or public markets IN 1902, and there were then
none other there were five: The Exchange
Market, across Broad st, between Pearl and
Water-sts the Fly Market, at the foot OF John-st;
the OswegO Market, &C the head OF Maiden lane;
with its front on Broadway, and Bear Market
now Washington Market-on the North River
THE PARK.
The Park, or that part of It occupied by the
CITY Hall, was gTaced with the Aims house.
The present Hall OF Records was the Debtors
Jail and, corresponding with II, on the Broad
way side. hut OF which no trace nov remains,
was the Brldeweil-a building of severe aspect,
but by no means destitute OF Just architectural
proportions 1t was taken down about twenty
five years ago Muuay-st IN lsO2 extended az
paved street across the Park
THE STATE PRISON AND AIMS HOUSE.
The State Prison was established IN this City
/ about the commencement of the century, and
secure and extensive edItce was erected on the
| shores of North River A high wall surrounded
! the edllice, upon which armed sentlnels paced
their constant round. part Of the building
with It's cupoa, still siands-idr inland now, tor
there are several streets between and the river;
but the state Prison was removed 10 Sing
sing, and two more, one az Auburn, In the CEN
ter. and one at Clinton, m the north part OF the
State have since been added For the Bride
well. IN the Park, the prison IN Centre st
commonly known As the ronbs--was finally
substituted. lt was commenced in 1894, IN
what IS styled Egyptian architecture. and was
finished IA 1896. 4 nore unslghtly, gloomy
stUctuTe-Pefhap therefore not inappropriate
~ rarely to be seen TIE Aims House and Hos
pItal az Bellevue superseded that IN the Park,
amer an intermediate pause AZ the building IN
the rear OF the City Hail. In which many OF the
Courts are now held, and the offices of various
civil officers. To the noble structures which OF
later years have sprungup on Blackwell's and on
Rantail's Island, for a Pcntentlary, Asylum for
the Insane Poor WoTkbOuse and Asy iums and
Schools for the thousands OF destitute children,
sna.ched from ignorance and vice, and educated
10 usefulness and honor, can only make apas-
ing reference, IS emucutly creditaole 10 the lib
crafty and humanity Of The City
MORGAN do more than hastily enumerate some
Of the pnvate Institutions which have been
tounced within our period, and still flourish, for
the alienation OF human suffering for the re-
formation Of youthful criminals or for the pro-
motion Of religion aud knowledge.
HOSPITALS AND AsYLUAs.
The NewYosA Hospital, Of ante.reyou,ion-
ay foundation caused 20 be built IN 1918, at
, Bloomingdale, the Asyium for The Insane, which
now affords TO this most afflicted class of human
beings all the sclaco that can be provided BY
science, humanity anu constant and active SUI
peryIs.on on the part Of the Trustees against
abuse 50 easy, alas and too often so natural In
such Institutions