New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-14

lprhament OF the first social circle IN Amorca anu
tho wit Of the day; Sir John Temple, ConsulGeneral
OF Great Britain 10 the United States, and his wife,
the daughter of Governor Bowdon Of Massachusetts,;
hynheer Peter Van Berckel Minister from Holland,
and his rosy-cheeked daughter; Louis William Otto,
Count de Mosloy, the French dplomatist who after
ward negotiated the marriage Napoleon 10 the Arch
duchess Of Austria; Hector St. John Grove Occur, tho
French Consul whose daughter the second wife
| OF Count de Mcsloy, and who was by nature and
education phianthropist, and John Armstrong, the
| soldier and writer, who had married sister Of
Chancellor Livingston. Tho mother Of Chancellor
| Livingston was living with her family at No. 81
Queen-st Rufus King, tho brilliant orator and states
man, with HIS young bride, was living at his father
In.law's, near the corner Of Maiden Lane and wl-
| lam.st John Alsop,, tho opulent merchant, who
the occupation Of Now-York by the British had with
drawn to Middetown, Conn.,, his birthplace had
turned after the peace. Colonel william Duer, who
| had married daughter OF Lord Sterling, lived In
Broadway, nearly opposite St Pauls Chapel Other
residents were John Cloves Symmes the turst, and
his wife, the daughter Of Governor William Livings
ton; and General Matthew Clarkson, whose wife was
tho daughter OF Walter Rutherford: Colonel Richard
Varick the revser with Samuel Jones, Of the Stats
laws, and the son-lnaw of Roosevelt and Chief
justice Samuel Jones, styled the father OF the New
York Bar" The Beekmans had returned TO their homo
on The East River. There were the Bayards, the
Ludlows, the De Peysters the Van Corandts, the Van
iNciSsCldcIn, all ONHlHS Olu uOunos AhO AiO9l
| dents home No. Cherry-st.; Vlce-Presldent
Adams lived on the Greenwich Road; John Langdon
lived at No 81 Broadst. President William Samuel
Johnson lived at the College, oliver Ellsworth, at No.
| 1913 Water-st; william Patterson, at No 81 Dock
ST. Robert Morris the fnancler who founded the Bank
| Of North America, at No. 80 Great Dock-st; Paine
wngate, whose wife was daughter Of Timothy Pick
| crng, at No. AZ Broadst. Tristan Dalton, remark
able for HIS fine person. gentle and elegant manners ana
scholarly accomplishments, boarded In Broad-st
Richard Bassett whose daughter, Anna, married
James A.. Bayard, boarded at No. 10 Wall-st- With
George Read author Of the first Constitution OF Dela-
ware Colonel Lambert Cadwallader, Benjamin Contee,
the clergyman militant Joshua Seney, Michael u
Stone Richard Bland Lee. and General Andrew Moore
tho soldier and statesman. At No. SO Smlth-st
boarded Charles Carroll, tho sgner and his cousin
Daniel whose farm formed the present site oil the CITY
Of Washington George Gale and William smith aiter-
ward Auditor Of tho Treasury. william Grayson' Dr.
Theodore Bland Virginia. the fourth in descent rom
Pocahontas and Isaac Coles boarded at No 81 Maiden
Lane John Henry, OF Maryland, and william iioyu'
tho slgncr OF the Decoration Of independence
uere living at No. 81 Queen-st senator
Richard Henry Lee. who had been President
OF Congress in 17a4, lived at Greenwich Feroe But
Ter and his wife, daughter OF Coohei hiuuo'oh, VI
South Carolina, lived at No. 81 Great Dochs1 NnPu
Irari lived I'm broadway, opposite the French Alhis
tsrs His grandfather was ono Of the FOUNDERS OF
soutb Carolina. and he had married daughter oil
Peter do Lapcey Colonel william Fer, the dis
tlngushed Revolutionary officer, was to be found at
40 30 Wllllam-st Fisher Ames lived In Great DOOR
ST. aud Elbridgc Gerry the corner OF Broad"ay anu
Thames-st Judge George Thatcher, the famous W.T.
bearded In the same house with PANE NmSa~'
Benjamin Huntington aud Roger sherman were To-
gcther at No 30 water-st Jonathan sturges was in
Broad-st, Jonathan Trnmbull, the son Of Brother
Jonathan boarded In Water-st, with Jeremiah "ads-
worth the Revolutionary COmmissary General OF Con-
neccut; Egbcr Benson. the first Attorney General OF
New-York, had a home on tho corner OF KING ana
Nassau SITS. ; jeremiah Van Rensselaer, brother ob
the Faron, bOaried at Sirongs, near tho Albany
pier; John Lawrence, the son-in-law OF General BIC
Dcugall and the Judge-Adyocao al The trial of Major
Andre lived at No. II war-st.; Elias BoUdlnot, the
philaatLropst, whose wife the sister Of Richard
kton the sgner, was at No. L. Wall-s;; Thomas
Frrslmmcns the president OF the Philadelphia Cham
OF Commerce. boarded at Mr.. AndersOns In Pearl
81. Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Speaker of the first
Congress- and his brother, MajorGeneral j. Peter w.
Muhenberg both Lutheran clerEymen and sons Of
Henry 81 Aluhenberg, the patriarch Of the Lutheran
Chunh IN America, boarded with the Row Mr. kunzo'
lanes Madison, Ir.. at Nc. 10 Maiden Lane with
John Page aferWard Governor Of Virginia, and Aiexan
der White The eccentric Judge Burke, who jealousy
opposed the establishment Of the Society Of the Gin
cinnau, writing a famous pamphlet against It's aUs-
tocraue features, had his headquarters at Mr. Huckss
In walLsL Mayor Duane and his wife, Mary Llv-
nGston entertained delightfully."-. Sir John Temple
called on each arrival. General Stcuben the
Prusslan Baron and American patriot was In his
prime. Governor and Mrs Clinton kept open house
the eminent Jurists, and Admiral AelancthOn smith
were welcome guests everywhere; II Is needles 70
or - the matchless charms OF Mrs Oliver WolcOtt,
and the courty bearing OF her aIls9cratc husband,
wkase ancestry was more blue-blooded than almost
any other man Of his day.