New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-11
TINES NEW MANUAL.
INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES

"By David T Vsltniiae - the well-kno xn ADD long
tried Clers of the CoUmon Council. The Maouil
now raIks among tie standard publioa ions Of the
day. and by reason of tie frea, iunt OF curious
interesting matter aide from its official dire ct Try,
pos-tses POI m 1nsnt interest Of no or binary value.
No her in the City lie wei qualified to pre-
pae tuch volume; and ss SIR Valentine takes
lively persoBsl interest and pride in it, We may bo
that he leaves nothing upcOne TO make it bob
p,eteDtly and permanently valuable. 1t has been
i-tued Low some n or TIVE year, and each VIOLA
has been an improvement upon the precediog one,
until the series embraces much more Of the impJI-
ant historical fscie Of the City than be found in
am Othe- publication.
We have before alluded to the fact tba. Mr.. Valen-
tie Sas p'epsri the continuation of his iiitory
"of New YoIk, and hope soon to announce iis pub
Bcs'ion. In The meantime the " Maouai" furnishes,
from year to year, much historical that other
whe would soon pass altogether into oblivion
In the present volume se find, carefully arranged,
ali I at Legislative patching and tnkeriDg has left US
OF City Ch4rter-a poor wreck at the best aud quite
INV orly Of the Metropolis OF America, bat s,ill bet
ter than the Albany poli'icisnJ think deserve
q complete list OF City Officers and Clerks, With
their locations; the Police la ss aud regulations,
with aud stations of the f,rcs; The Flre
Depsr mebt with of Off 3ers, com n'tees,
foIemep, and condition, tize and force of each
machine a list Of ali regular employees Of the
city and couoty, With mode OF appointment and
amount Of sasry VERY important TO ofiiceseekers)
Gear exhibit Of the financial condition of the City,
the value Of zeal and personal property in the several
Wares, with tax thereon the operations OF the Gro
Son Department complete school directory, col
leges. high schocls, asylums oispens,ries and all
charitable institutions Of public nature; names Of
commissioners Of ceeds, Do,sries, pssnbrOkers, se3
oDd.baOd dealers, junk shoPs, Intelligence Offices;
l1es, and routes Of omnibuses; tue city rsil
roads table of dist al css laws regulating the charges
Of carmen bsckmen and pOriers; the postofiice aud
roies of postage Federal and State Officers from the
Revolutions Official canvass OF the la.t and pre-
,ous elections; boundaries OF the Wards; Ulcers Of
the Cry Government from 1858; aud many minor
items Of value.
Nearly two hundred pages are taken up with his
torcsl mater, including An elaborate history of The
Park and its vicinity notices of the old Bride veil
the Islands In the Eat River and the Harbor; origin
ard changes in the names Of streets; notable women
of The oldtn time ancient value Of property cur
renew Of New IAN sterdsm the will of Major Andre;
hstory Of the Tea water Pump; ferries in old umes;
private residences sixty years ago, with their value
wealthy citizens of that era; history Of travel hence
TO Phi adt phia, date Of the erection Of public build
ipes; history Of the Society Library, and of the
Bunker MaDsie H. House, with letter from Gen.
Washington concerning it; various memoranda,
paae by David Grim OF facts bundred and htty
ysms sso rules Of the celebrated I" Mutual Assist
g nce Bag Company" for saving property at hits
of 1903, wi h their names. among which ara Cad " al
2sdtr D. Golden, Elias Hicks Peter Irving, Peter
3 G. Stuyvosant, and other well known men, notices
of many old edfces; a Know No'hing petition 10
! King William the Third against The conduct Of Earl
Be,lomopt; ar d some other interesting facts.
Beside the usual modern maps aud cuts, the priocl-
o.. Illustrations of a historical character are, the
Park In 1877 Park place 1884; foot of Courtlanit
It, 1891 the Five Points in 1897 most spirited and
characteristic scene; the Merchants Ex ,aange 1881;
New York Garden, $780, PAX Tbeater, 1891; the
old n snhauan Reservoir in CnsDbers-st the Tryon-
row Free Sehool, 1906; Masonic Hall, 1890; map OF
tie City in 1917; view Of Wolst,, 1925; North Bat
tery, Hubert-st 1872; the Apthorpe msnsisn,
BLOOMING ale north end of the Park in 1925; topo-
ersphcsl plan Of the City in l775 surveyed for Gen.
Gage, very interesting; view of Brdesel In l7s9;
very early chart Of the bay and rivers fac-s nile
Of Gen. Cerle,sbs return of refugees, embarked at
this City for Nova Scotia in June, l7s369s men, 42l
women, col children, and aS2 servants; Bunkets
Mansion House; plans of the WslLst. City Hall in
lTfa; The od hou'e 10 tntIIy 81, eiVNtou "'oi i"V
years since.
We cop, from the Historica portion the following
iuhcretiipg facts:
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
f-pvens house and west sis Of present
fsa4ls Patton St4O -, .,
1e4S- Lo ,outb SIDE Il Bal, between "hehal ana
lG7-Twe huser,s se. Of and at Harlem sod at saes a
Tor ESQ
issl-Hoo.- s1d lot W.a.d. Of BrO.d ssy. Morris
ESQ
7ss'vsS q and Fnn.n 'qus'e sod 81 suction
i'Hss.s .s,s "a orchard On sro.i ct and .'nr ~
rg-house ~ 10, ercsa.sv nsti north u Tfnty
Ctufet fsd loi feet heut po f.ss seep els
~'-houie 80 lei 70 es't 'ds 81 Bfo.d~sf teio~ "a
Er -utass I'D sioat ors acre =. Fr.s,ns ,aosrs 80
Ni-hfusF raissf thsfd go srs tstiaIa sn Pssf
Nsarn .sns 60
t..- le, 90 e's's-ss 80 H.se . 30 - Ace 81 io
sisss .s ~li,'h.i %. BE- 80 solder .s.,s,' o.
strol 'HN
rs sss, - ,s's. . s.l..i go e. s.'''af -..is-
s.nrf.n 80 80 'alii s.f,s SOS see .l 80
.. =. !" Nftft rel safe .aa it'fHf
90 hat' .a af.stssf s''' SO -
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