The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-20
THE OLD PoST OFFICE.
Interesting Inforrsetion as 20 what 10 70 y,
Done with IL.

Done with IL.
The old Post Offioe IL to he torn down
wlthint the next few weoks. since the change &c
tho new and more imposing structure IN Broad
wav. the old building has been upoccupidd unit
lWely, except by the army Of rats tha have baer
tbore from the days ot the Knickerbotders The
numerous cats that belonged TO the place left
viu their keepers. Jboy cost the Government
50 month for meet
The hiatorlc Landmark Ia centary and a hall
Old. On that long period 1t has been usod "a
church. theatrc, riding school tor Ddtish dra
aoons. prison Tor revolutionary patriots, then a.
n churcr apnin, and nn1liy NJ "a Post O1ice.
The hterior " the huildiog be0rs witness 10
its rtedf aye. Tho woodwork and ceiling arc
black wtth art, and the pillars that support the
galleries are rotten.
The raia and pillars In the galleries remain the
came as wAen the building was remodelcd hy
tho Middle Dutch Church congregation tn IThj
Tho rooms where the assistant postmasfci,
letter CLERKS ANA searOhers bad their Offices are
car ctlcss and bere ~ futnltilrc. Tue Post
masters aud Anditor's old oness are octu-
ried by Gen. Stcinmetz, Superintendent OF
iiepairs and Supplies nf the treasury De-
uHrtment, and by a small corps OF drsnghts-
men aud deslaners under him. Under
tie church on tho Liberty street aide are
several family buryinR vaults, that Che post
Once authorities changed into coal blps when
thoy came into Dosses sion ~ the pfopprtv,
Alter toe removal of the Post ONCE, sens a.
tiona starry that u gen9 Of counierf.itctg had
Its way intJ PRINT There 10 no Truth In tho
story.
Postmaster James has recently received n lat
ter Informing lin hut g !. Sebastian B uninn.
the frs PustnGAJer OF New York under tNe
Federal uOverntnout, l. buticd under the souih
wall OF the church. one Of Ills grandchild en-
asks that ehc may reel i'm the BODY when the
building Ia pulled down. She saws tnat II could
lot be removed at the time hat the other bodies
were tai Gu out Of tue Chu Oh vaults como Years
ago Hs IL was feared that tho opening Ul tue
tomb would weaken the wall Of tile building
The records of the Collegiate Reformed Dllf CHI
Church ave 1850 49, tue date OF Postmaster Is u
mans burial. The tecfetIry OF tho consistorv
tanks that the body was taken up, with some
two hundred Others that were removed In 1859
and reinforced IN Greenwood Cemetery and
utncr places. The bodies Of RutSers, Koose-
Vclts, AMI HeckuHUs were among them. Obi
some ~ the cOtilus wete inscription plates with
the Brlueh cOas Of arms stamped on them.
Among the relies OF tho nd church that are
preserved " the Deu presented by Col. Ahrah ham
DE pcyst, r m 1879. Tubs has been removed t.
the new CIIieg ate Reformed Church at FIFTH
avenue and fuuy-sNtn street The bell was
cast In Amsterdam, and has a very clear, pleas
ant tOnc that IL attributed to the large ufnntitr
Of silver ovin thrown Into the no. metal by tho
burgonaster and citizens VI Amsterdam al the
time lie hell was Gust.
The Chamtcr OF Comuerce will petition Con-
gress next month o. self them tho Old Post Once
Tor TIE SUN that II WA bought f,Jr Dy the
tIuVernment In 1916 from tho Middle Dntch So
e,"ts- lhe pr,ce was $f0.do ihe OnnmOer
gave 5000 Il ,hs amonnt, and tie uovctnment
naid the rpniai der The Church Sot.ioty say
Sky thousand dollars were OOt.irtou Ted Nv tnd
merchants, but S.0,UOJ II the sum was spent nv
tho CHAMBER among the legislators In Albany
ana " shin.tOn Ia get thor consent to the aae
received what WA lett, ana the Chamber Is still
SlJ.uOl IN it's debt.