The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-23
THE CITY'S EARLIER DAYS.
JuU RfuBLTVG RECoLLECTT0Ns OF
OLD MN or GOTHAM.
II, cny HALL and its ~urroenaina. in the

~. Citv Hall and its SURROUNDINGS In the
Ftr.t Years ~ tee Century When F"-hl"n
cod nj The battery - An Interesting
collection OF Almost Forgotten Facts
+ II was during the prevalence Of the vel
law fever, ON the GOTH day ~ Scptemner l'V'
,,a, the corner stonc ~ the present City Han
~. laid with arpropjihtc ceremonies bN MS
Honor Edward Livingston, then Mayor vi the
ei,v. The epidemic had begun In july some
fatal cases occurring In the vicinity OF inc Oouco
House slip and the alarm immediately ocoanno
general According to custom, an oiuo' We"
as,ucd advising the evacuation OF Tue wy ~
The cxceution If niotdway' Mhl'' ",S iVN',uN
Na,,,,y Elsewhere than In the immediate
oo,ohh,rhood oftbe churchyards' many "I "nion
-, fenced In and declared 10 be p'slleh''i'
-. -. partirnlarly the case with the grave
.srI,f the Ifuguenpt Church, at the corner OF
Ha.ssu and Pine streets. opposite to the present
Tre.surv building. Tho cemetery helonringto
thc French congregation contained the ashes Of
many valued citlens, and II was IN estabHshcd
baltt with the cller attendants ~ loter after
service IN the graveyard and there to comment
upon the manifold virtues 81 the stanch ola
Pro,estants who hal settled staten Island ana
mia of wc.tche-tcr. and whose descendants
had become rccolui2'd ns among the leading
director. of the newly formed commonwealth.
Almost ~ the present day services at rEslise du
Saint T-prit were held on sunday forenOOns
only. /, icing the hhLit Of m my u the cougre-
cation fncsIc into town on saturday nights and
20 return home by the : .bbith evening.
TIE church ii4e'f stood at the rear Of the en-
el.ssd ground. vs. approached by Il paved
avenue. and WIS % very modest stri 'ture, erect
ed Immediately uton the landing Of the furitivos
from Il .thcllc. at tiuo when labor was
scarce that 1t L. stated that while the men en-
q. 81.
rled tlc mortar in their aprons. The very name
OF the church was source Of pride to the hon
est lugucuofs. a. the order OF kniehthood bear
Ing m tde.icnaiion WAS inse parably connected
with the glory "a Henry Quatre for next to the
Pnncc q Orange the memory ~ no Individual
was held ~ ii.lcr rev rem than was thai Of
the whi.c-plum,G King OF Nav"Ire.
the OLD HuGurSoT cHuRcu.
Cnon toe sic and demolition " the old
French Church, the congre- atiou, which had
Become atticned 10 the Protestant Episcopal
communion. or, ct,d a more pretentio US euince
At the cnfner " Church aud Tr,nKlin streets.
next door to the National he ire. winch had
been constructed originally foe an 1t 'lian opera
house. Inc architect tud sceie inter OF this
Assi-i1nt Moliui. ave sun In our land ofthe iy-
Ing, survivor, OF the M"ntre-sor tompany In
trudurcd into this country at the instigation
II Inrcu1p T.. u tpoute. author OF the uuretto Of
Mo- rts NJ ri gc Of Figaro The son - the
latcr ecutem u, VITO autcdnied Ferdinand
1almo IN a fruitless CT deaNur TO II nsriant
opera TO tins suil. WAS himself a poet OF some
ttlcbr s., ana st tie time e his de th prOfes-
sor la The Cnvertity Of the clN. Niss DA POnte,
noted fur beauty and accomplishments. married
the eccentric Pro-. Horny Auueisnn, recently
deceased IN India, well remembered by the
undergraduates 81 Columbia C. .le.e Ia the Cod
Old times wh,n tue Nener. tile Uniidi = -tood in
wbsn the pompous " 4iiam Alexander Duer
was President. and the oastqious Duean his
Iactotum aud itui or OF the Min-tyau temple.
At thut tine the tteurh ON.t'n Was under the
ministry Of the Rev. Or. -Aut liue Ncrfen, for
whose Accommodation a mansion had neen
erected adjoining the church ~ Franklin street.
much ID the di--ati- non 81 the Olurr heads
ofthc cNnErc.atiou. who ncsltated at counte-
raucfn- the cX rAvAg l.ce 40 ALLOWING tueif pas
SON Whole house ~ three stories nd garrett,
Hsrtic,llrIy when IN, d Il tn.p ,risd IN ORG m
IL and were obliged to pay Inn 500 a year.
1his oryAni-t CHANGED to hc "A G,r1| an. and
very leaned man. who had was ed life time In
nIcueIicdl researches. while the nc.Or was
Smls-. hot speaking with a iaii-ian accent. or
Iather not lacking an tccent. IS - the case
with the sturdy ilueueuuts OF Iuvrune TINS
covenant WITH the humble orrans'. 1neod ore
Marcia s-en by name. a tuner uf panoiortes on
week Jazz. was yer, lie 81, the caire II split in
the church, ana rapture would iyehtaoiy nave
pruciiyi!lcs have been found capable VI declai IN
lag ia the Gallo Nernacul {.
CGRcus MUSIC ~ CuvrcH.
The Younger members Of the congregation de-
sired tlc iniroduc lon 81 uo~ern melodies Into
executing hymns ancient In the Time OF Condo
aud Of the Flonde. lue intestine struggle be-
tween the lartisans Of the old and new schools
Of reh-iuus minstr,lsy was haptlll l. rnlnAted
by an amusing Incident, which lett the oli-lash-
IOned members III IA kiCrN OF tut neld. Al EN-
inent piauist, Monsieur E'iehne, recently ar
rived from i rope, had been engaged upon triaI
by the . rsun. VITO favored all mpcern prove
ments. nd dulS made his appearance before All
unusual audience. AT that period In time al
acrobat calling bins Il II Antonio Diav9lo was
perturmihg at Nj los u +Tden, tue gre Il feature
OF his open al exhlo ton being dlficull feat
al an all ude. on The coidt tOidnis. during the
course Of which he twiried himself around and
around amid "a dslllv u fireworks, accOulpa-
nied oy mu-i the military band. The music
eWploYed wa. singui. rly enough, the hymn of
reJuicing az the iass. re OF the hed sea from
ho'-ini. TIN novel oratQnq 81 Moses
Ci~p az Ma s,pcrior nhnitlrs In performing a
voluntary, while he CLERGYMAN was robiug pre-
,lous 60 ascending INTO tue puiDit. tue KEYS OF
the ot-lu. ucue tn mis- dcXterous toucu. gave
eKpl,--ion 10 THIS .Ieutic and popular air. not
much ulted, - All ugei by uupractised ears
FRS. AID cnur, music. lbe eject, as might be
inaTled. was electrical. II AntoLio Diayolo
'ai'd 100 mii ar tciole the minds Of tie cOn-
nff. thal fUt a tine to come up music was ale
lowed iD peNade me sacred .dilce unless ois-
e1tfsld b. the ~ tuodlcal March usstn upon
ALL, N7 tArcNtcl III bl-one dN'. u s.t the
VII ~ teme.t Naroi, B.neventure des Pc,
tue 70 au.hurcss uf The llcptamerOn.
4 SEW YORK or 6l.OOO INHABIrASTs
Tho OH French Church WIS In 1873 located
unon tile confines Of the West End, OF fashiona
tlr gutier - The tHwn, then containing about
G0o in'Anitants. distributed ~ fur wards, sew
eruis Designated bl the 'ints Of the compass
-"' W. NJ .I"lle req. Nas vi course 10
cAri - Wal street, ana thence down broad
wy and Pc ri street To the Battery, for. as We
ale i.ll 10 the >diW1gWldi, no person II cOuse-
1iefNr fuull be fudNr % 10 cX ~ at any great
at nee tom The u WING Green or Battery.
The w. hhnisunest residences then eXistiDg
were the dDWl,lle Of the Nerplanck., the brick
OF Whl bad been truugnt from Holland, d
m rfrl ~ cl,r1nce On the site If the present
"a . New York and the mansion Of Gen
John lImb, universally conceded to he the
grand % house whle b ever could be Quilt after
Nafd tUr location 81 The Cufed states Bank
"a iIrNpi ste SIDE - Inc where stood the
Ntrrulli- Exchange, destroyed m the great
pf" 30 l7 D. we're TIE rcsidcIces Of Thomas
bi''4 .i. Mis-. W nite aud the Lem XIV ell-,
NAtie .,4i,rtuw rI Broad rect Wa, situated
Tie ul.u-4In ul ST j uuCey, ia Euglishmau
Mo iff.I 10 grand at".
liz r.arl 100. stable Ms attached TO the site OF
his uuN-r. winch, "a tud year lSH, was remain
u. 900 ,Dntrft,d INTO an cXrh uge for the
nfd " Brokers, Nhp actual disposed OF
NM 'ns n stO, X IA ths idtnucai room, where
zorro 'ais before, awvalthi trader mad slowed
Aw t} Dos. bias.
lvtN ruert, although not rcgar ed as quite as
arl-i1 .tl' ~ " all street or BroadwaV, was
hunHto with the residences Of numerous en-.
zehi 10 distinction, such as GOyS. Broome and
Heor-e Olnton. kicnard Narck, john Glen
GeHnta-. konert Lcnux, aud others Of lnca
te ""N. Among the Pearl streetefs WIS Mr.
fanH'l nton, no, after a long re idence In
iehl'a-f~, returned 10 the city Of his birth u
a." linatli ala absolute stranger, without a SIN
sc i'tu- .Dqlulntan e, aud 81 loss to identity
tht l"'.ii' les winch lac IA q known and admired
~ lnt daNs ' his early youth. Pine street Wal