Wm. Oland Bourne Box 4 Folder 9 Left handed Penmanship Contest Series 1 261-270 1866 Feb 5 Series 261 E. Biessell The Help of Hindrances All our lives long we are looking forward to some possession just beyond us thinking if we only hold that our satisfaction would be complete yet no sooner is it obtained by dint of mutch effort and skill in planning then the desire is over and some new object of pursuit takes its place. Have we not all said to ourselves over and over if I only haid that possession I would ask for nothing else. But if we were at ones put into the possession of everything we wished it would give us little pleasure So if you have a chosen plan a wise course masked out which you feel is the right path for you to walk enter it boldly and tread the ground firmly no matter how many lions seem to be in the way. Only come up to them courageously and you will find them all chained. If you desire an education that shall fit you for a higher place than "a hewer of wood and drawer of water" the way will open up before you if you will only improve those opportunities now at hand you cannot at a bound leap overall the obstacles and find yourslf on the coveted platform but you must step by step patiently surmount each one as it rises before you. If there is anything in a young man this exertion will bring it out If he gives way to the opposition and sits down to idly whine over his ill fortune he may as well go back to his hewing, He has not the elements of success Youres with respect Edward B Bisseill Formerly a member of Co K 9th Regt Vt Volunteers a Private, I was in the engagement at Chapins Farm and also at Fair Oaks where I lost my Arm Oct 27th 1864 No 261 Feb 5/66 #262 february the 3d 18.66 Dear sir excuse my writing for I am trying to farm and have been gitting out railroad ties this winter on the 3 day of August 1862 I was enrolled or volunteered to serv as private in the 19th Battery of Indiana volunteers fore the tirm of three years or during the war on the 11th day of August I bid adieu to all my friends and Relatives at Camebridge City Indiana and with a sorrowfull but Patriotic Heart started for the field of Battle to shear with my felows soldiers the fortunes of war in sustaining the honor of the stars and stripes we started about two weeks at Indianapolis the Capital of the state from thence we wear moved in hast to Luisville Kentucky to meet the Rebbels under old Brag that was threating that 2 town we scouted round there near a month and followed Him to Perrysville there we first smelt powder mind I tell you we had quite a scrape there the Rebbles charged on us we drove them back they massed there force came on us again throwing a perfect sheet of fire and led we stood it sir like salamanders till the Infantry fell back and the Rebs was nearly on us we fell back and brought off all of all our guns but two next morning we got our guns and took through the Battle field after them hardly taken time to eat or sleep we run them over mountins and Hills scurmishing a long till they came to Palahomy there they made a small stand but we soon started them again and they made for the south oh you aught to have seen how the greybacks run then we took a real fox chase after morgon 3 and this racing through the states of Tenissee and Kentucky finally we gave them up and took the train for Nashville rested there some two or three days from thence to Murphresboro into winter quarters some sixteen or twenty of us took a couple of our Bull dogs and went a forageing on our return Morgon got after us and commenced fireing we fell back to a Hill near near Milten Tennessee there many a brave fellow fell to rise no more shells were bursting all around and over my Hedd a canon ball struck a lim and fell close by me an other went through an oak tree about three feet over on the other side of me and thousand of small bullets scremed all around then you ought to have herd our Bull dogs reacted I sprang to one of them and sighted to the smoke of ther guns which seemed to silence them at once 4 the most of the Rebs took to there heels but over three hundred wear left behind in dead wounded an prisoners next morning we returned to camp with corn, Potato and chickens without further molestation you had beter think we feasted then next we met the Enemy at Hoovers gap and tronced them soundly in mud and water nearly knee deep I never Herd such Canonnading roar with peal after peal that shuck the earth far and wide We chased to the Tennessee River we crossed the River and got in the rear of Chickamauga there is whare Chickamauga opened on us on the 19th of September 1863 this memoberable Battle commenced our Battery was ordered to the front and we took our position on a hill prepared and waited for the enemy they came on to us in a bout an hour and charged upon our Battery a perfect host of them the balls sang 5 zip zip in every direction we stood our ground as long as we could then we limbered up to start out our ammuniton being spent I mounted the wheel horse and called to lead driver to mount others told him to mount but still he failed by this time the Rebbels wear close enough to call to us to halt but no halt a fellow mounted the lead hors and a way we went through the woods over trees and logs we struck an old tree tore it down across the Casin with a perfect crash I thought half the Casin was shot off but the tree broke into and we made safe our retreat we got amunitian and returned to the front again and laid in line of battle all night next day at 8 oclock they appeard on us again we faught for hours and hours and many wear the widows and orthans made that day They charged upon our battery again 6 and again for many a long hour we foght in sight of each other till the support on our left first gave way and we was entirly surounded as in a bull pen many of our brave solders and officers fell this day some of the officers proposed to surrender but the Brigadiear commander swore he would take them out of that our Brigadiear commander king was shot dead which in that pen we tuck him on the cason and cut our way out and tuck servel of the johnneys with us and when we got to Chattanooga our guns was so disableed there was but one fit for use There we lay for month with the enemy all a round us nearly out of provision and but little else to feed our horses but pipe stems many of them starved to death they eate each others mane and tales off and the enemy keep shelling us near all the time they cut off one of our tirers while in the fort 7 The next Battle we had was on lookout mountain there we gave them gass again from thence to Ringgold here we comenced fighting from day to day driven the enemy before us at tunnel Hill they made a stand and we foght them a fuw hours and again at Buzard Roost but we forsted them on till they came to Resacea gea there we fought too days hard fighting in the morning on the 11th of May 1864 while I was a throwing up embankment a Rifle ball struck my right arm above the elbow I started to the rear a telling the boys it would hafto come off I walked a bout twenty five yards and srank down they put me on a blanket and took me whare the doctor war and he examined it he bound it up a little and put me in the ambulence and then I went to the field Hospital my side of my pants was stiff 8 with cloded Blood we soon got to the Hospital which was not more then a mile then I was taken out and I set down on an table I told them to save it if they could He said it must come off and after my Right Arm was ampitated I woak up and I cant tell my feeling I cant tell my feeling I can feelt my fingers and Hand they feel like they was sore but they are not Hear I took the chills and fever I had a long and serius time of it so that my life was dispered of but after several pieces of bones coming out I got well Ulysses Eaton Cambridge City Indiana 1866 Feb 7 series 1 263 L. A. Snider Lima Allen County Ohio Feby 7th/66 Wm Oland Bourne No 12 Centre New York Dear Sir Your Circular was received a few days ago. I take the pleasure of Contributing a few lines to you in order to show you a specimen of my penmanship. I write not with the Expectation of gaining Either of your premiums offered my practice has not been as Extensive as it should have been. I will However do the best I can I Enlisted as a private in the Army of the United States October the 13th one thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-one in Company "K" of the 33rd Regt of Ohio Volunteers Infantry. I participated in the Battle of Perryville Kentucky Stone River Tenn. and Chickamauga, Ga. I was wounded at the later place September the 19th one thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty three I received a Gun Shot wound while in action in the Elbow of the right arm which caused an Amputation which was performed the next day on the Battlefield It caused the Amputation to be performed in the right upper Arm. was also taken prisoner there and parolled by the Rebels and remained there in their possession twelve days. I was then taken inside of the Union lines at Chattanooga Tenn. I remained there only two days after taking a little refreshment viz. (Sowbelly and hard tack) which I relished very much. was then taken to Stevenson Ala. this being a very rough road my arm became Some- what Inflamed. being very painful, remained here nearly a month was then conveyed to the City of Nashville Tenn. here I was well nursed and fed. I now began to think about getting home again. I made application for a Discharge which was granted. I received it and left Nashville for home the 7th day of January 1864. Arrived at my native home in Allen Co, Ohio, on the 10th day of the Same month. I do not suppose that this Contribution will be received in time to be Entered for Competition. I did not receive the notice in time. I remain Yours with Respect, Leonard A Snider No 263 This is to come on one page of this size and shape--all on one page the letter part small say [Brevier?] - and the affidavit in Pica or small Pica - double leader - to allow of writing in the lines - If room will allow, open it all you can Office of the "Soldier's Friend," No. 12 Center St., New York, Feb 7, 1866. Dear Sir__ A large number of the Competitors for the Premiums for Left-Hand Penmanship having omitted to furnish the Committee with an attest of the genuineness of their productions, and the necessity of affording a guaranty of the good faith of the successful parties, for the satisfaction of the rest of the contributors, renders it requisite for Competitors to make an affidavit before a Justice or Commissioner to the facts. You will pleace have this affidavit properly executed, and return it to my address immediately. Pleace note whether your arm is disabled or amputated. If disabled you must declare that you do not and cannot use your arm for writing. Yours, Respectfully, Secretary to the Committee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ } } Personally appeared before me, _____________________________ Who being duly sworn, deposes and says that he enlisted in the service of the United States on the ______________ day of ________ 186 , and was a Member of Company ___, ________Regiment ; that he was wounded in the service of the United States on the ________ day of ______ _________________, 186 , at _______________, and that his right arm in consequence of said wound is ________. He further deposes and says that he has learned to write with his left hand since the date of said wound, and that he did not write with his left hand previous to that time, and that the specimen of writing subscribed and presented by him to the Committee of Award for the distribution of premiums to soldiers and sailors who had lost their right hand, or the use thereof, during the late war, was written by him with his left hand, and that the contents thereof are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. 1866 Jan 31 series 1 265 H Rockwood Parishville N.Y Jan 31 1866 Rev Wm O Bourne Dear Sir Your favor of Dec 24th 1865 containing a request that I would send you a specimen of my penmanship with a promised reward providing my specimen excelled others submitted in your judgment, has been received. But considering myself deficient, in this respect, I have deferred complying with your request until now and even at the present I am persuaded to do so by the reception of another request desiring me to furnish you a brief history of my military life which I do with much hesitancy lest I may be called a boaster. I am but one among many who have played an active part in securing our country from the hands of traitors, and although maimed for life I am not worthy of any more glory than my more fortunate comrades. I enlisted Aug 8, 1862 in Co "E" 106 N.Y. Vols. Aug 27 we were organized as a regiment and were immediately ordered to report to Gen Schenck then commanding the department of West Va. In accordance with his orders we proceeded to New Creek to guard the B. & O. R.R. We remained in this department until June 1863 when we suddenly were arroused from our peaceful slumbers by the approach of the rebel army on their way to Maryland and Pennsylvania. It was a time long to be remembered by the members of the 106th N.Y. Vols, for every available man was called upon to perform a duty which he had long anticipated and for which he had impatiently awaited. But a single duty was enough to satisfy our longings for costly was our initiation. In attempting to repel the rebel hosts we were driven hastily to Harper's Ferry and much to our expense as sore feet and empty stomachs were all we had to comfort us. From Harper's Ferry we were ordered to join the army of the Potomac which we succeeding in doing July 8th soon after the battle of Gettysburgh and were immediately joined to the 3rd Div 3 Army Corps with which we remained until the spring of 1864 when we were transfered to the 6th Army Corps with which we moved until the close of the war. I remained with my regiment until May 6, 1864 ever trying to perform the duties enjoined upon me as a private soldier. May 4th 1864 the army of the Potomac with Gen Grant at its head crossed the Rapidan river and began their march towards the city of Richmond. May 6th we met the enemy in their entrenchments, where we always found them and at the cost of many a life tried to force them from their strong holds but in vain as night found us holding the same ground as at noon, our numbers being thinned by the enemies missiles of death. Through the entire night a continuous roar of musketry sounded along our line. darkness seemingly increasing its fury. the shrieking shells performing their mission of death the groans of the wounded and the dying and the amputations of the coming morrow made the place anything but a desirable one. During the night the enemy brought his artillery into position and when light broke in upon us he sent into our midst shot and shell grape and cannister which killed and wounded many. 4 Well do I remember the death like sound of a single shell as it came howling through the air, striking a pine tree just in front of me. busting and scattering its fragments among our number, killing and wounding sixteen. Among the number was myself. A piece of shell entered my right shoulder fracturing the bone and mangling the flesh in a horrid manner. I was sent to Fredericksburg and from thence to Washington where I remained for three months and then returned to my regiment under Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. From place to place we were ordered often in great haste. frequently meeting the enemy with whom we would contend the points, sometimes being victorious and at others being compelled to yield. No battle of any great moment took place until September 19th which is known as the Winchester fight. We had been encamped some two weeks at Summit Point a distance of twelve miles from Winchester. At one o'clock on the morning of the fight we were called up to prepare for breakfast and ordered to be ready to march at moments notice. but before coffee could be prepared we were hastily commanded to sling knapsack and gun and in less time than I am relating this we were on the road to Winchester. Steadily we moved forward each breast being filled with mirth and sport little expecting that before night some would sleep their last, long sleep. To our surprise when but two miles from Winchester our advance guard was fired upon. Then came moments of haste. We double-quicked for one mile hastily formed our line of battle on the crest of a hill. where we lay down and waited for the signal to advance. We rested until nearly noon when the command was given to advance and drive the enemy from his position at the point of the bayonett. And here let me remark that this was a moment of deep interest in the countenance of every soldier could be seen the fear of death depicted accompanied with the spirit of earnestness. We moved forward under a heavy shower of shot and shell until within some fifty rods of the enemies entrenchments, where I was struck in the right arm by a bullet from the foe and forced to leave the field. With my crippled arm hanging at my side I followed in the train of wounded about two miles when I came where were the physicians and nurses administering to the wants of the wounded. Here they pitched their tents and at once established a field hospital. I was immediately cared for by the physician who relieved me of my ever remembered friend, the strong right-arm. I remained in the field hospital for two weeks, was then transferred to General Hospital Philadelphia where I remained until discharged. Herman Rockwood No 265 1866, Jan 25 series 1 266 J. A. Robinson Jan 25th 1866 Mr Wm Orland Bourne Dear Sir, I received your Circular requesting all left armed Soldiers to contribute a Specimen of thier Penmanship. I do not make this effort as a competittor for the premiums which you very kindly offer but Simply because I think you are engaged in a worthy undertaking. I never claimed to be a good penman even when I had a right arm; and, now that I must write with my left hand exclusively I find it more tedious and difficult. I enlisted in company F of the 96 Regt. of Ills Vol Infantry, when that regiment was organized I was appointed Corporal and also Served as company comissary and as one of the color guards of our regiment. my place in line was on the left of National Flag in the front rank. I was wounded on Sunday Sept. 20th 1863 at the battle of Chickamauga by a rebel ball which passed through my right arm and forearm while in the act of 2 Returning the rammer, as I was loading my piece. Our regiment was very closley engaged by a Superior force of rebel infantry which was Supported by Artillery. Our men were being mown down, as it were, when our regiment began to fall back, firing as fast as we could while we were doing so. It was at this time that I received my first and only wound. I suppose the man that deprived me of my right arm was within 65 paces of me at the time he fired. It happened at about 3 oclock in the afternoon. I then went six miles to the place where we had camped on thursday night previous to going in to battle. I Spent the night as best I could by a fire on the ground. On monday I was sent to Chattanoog where Orders came for all wounded soldiers that could walk to go across the Tennessee river that night and camp in the woods untill morning then we Should get conveyances to Bridgeport. I judge about two thousand of us went across. On tuesday morning my arm pained me So that I could not wride in the wagon. So I Started on foot across the mountain and traveld 17 miles. The next day I walked 21 miles 3. farther. And reached Bridgeport. On thursday I took the cars for Nashvile and Reached that on friday at noon. I was taken to Hospital No 16 I remained there two days before my arm received much attention. It was then eight days Since I had received the wound. Upon examination it was found that mortification had taken place. In less than half an hour my arm was amputated within about 1 1/2 inches of my Shoulder joint. I remained in hospital about three months. And was not musterd out of the Service untill the 16th of March 1864. I am 28 years old a farmer by ocupation and have remaind on and caried on my farming ever Since I received my discharge. By practice my left arm has become quite Strong. I chop my own fire-wood harness and drive my own team and do all the genral labour on my farm. All of which I do much moe efficiently than I can write. I used my pen in my right hand altogether before I was wounded. The "Memorial Volume," Should it be published would be received with many thanks. My Post office is Savanna Carroll Co Illinois Yours with Respect, John. A. Robison No 266 - Savanna Jan 29th 1866 Mr Wm Orland Bourne Dear Sir Personaly I wish to say to you that I am all most ashamed to Send you the manuscrip you find enclosed as it is so badly soiled and badly written but the fact is I have no more Paper of that sise nor time to prepare one as I should on a count of the Short notice and the amount of labour I am doing at presant I Have not written so much before in the last 4 monts if it is desired I will try and prepare a better one in the future Yours in haste J. A. Robison 1866 Feb 15 series 1 267 E. R. Wise Pittsburg Feb 15th 1866 Rev Dr Bellows President of Sanitary Commission Dear Sir Seeing an announcement in the daily paper of prizes being offered to the best left handed penmanship and awarded would most respectfully call your attention to the fact that I should have liked to have competed for one Am like many others who you no doubt are acquainted with have had the misfortune to lose one of the most useful members of my body my right arm in that memorable battle of Gettysburg where the gallant Reynolds fell I do not Sir regret it I might say am rather proud that I could lay on the altar of my Country such an offering for such a cause Though suffering from many inconveniences I would Dear Sir wish to have my name connected with that scheme If it be not too late. I might mention my position was not of any high grade in the Service. At the outbreak of the rebellion was in Memphis Tennessee with a keen and perceptive eye saw what would be the result Came to my native place and was joyfully surprised to see that they were aroused to the coming danger The loyal people of the North were forming themselves into companies and regiments to meet this monster rebellion. It was my good fortune to be in time to help maintain the honor of that old flag. I enlisted myself with the 7th Regt Co. A Penna Vols. for the period of 3 months time soon expired but still that dark cloud overhung us. Again anxious to render my Country service - enlisted in 11th Regt Penna Co. F. Served with it through the many battles and arduous marches till at the battle of Gettysburg met with the misfortune as I have stated. Frequently did the members of my company request of me to accept position which was tendered me but felt that in the capacity I was then serving (1st Seargeant) I could render more service than by accepting one higher. My friends since I have left the service have elected me alderman of the 6th ward of this city. They have not forgotten the soldier here placing many of them in good positions. My proposition was this infrequently occurs that medals are struck of where all prizes have been awarded and should the Gentlemen etc connected with that undertaking deem my penmanship worthy of their consideration would like to hear from either you or they and if a small sketch would interest you or add to the work I shall [ma] be most happy to give it my contributions, and use all my endeavors to progress the work. Allow me to remain your obedient Servant Elisha R. Wise 159 Wiley St. Pittsburg Pa. No 267 Referred to Mr. W. O. Bourne by H. W. B. Feb 20. /66 1866 Feb 26 series 1 268 W. H. H. Davis Doylestown Pa. April 2nd 1866. Dear Sir: On my return home today yours of the 30th ultimo was handed me. I owe you an apology. Sometime ago two "Soldier's Friends" came with my exchanges, but I did not know at the time why they were sent me, and they disappeared with the old papers the next morning. Please tell me what kind of a contribution you want from me and I will give it you. I dont know about getting a sketch of my life ready by next Saturday as I am very busy, but will try and send you a few pages, at least. I did not imagine there was so much haste for it; which is the reason I did not answer your polite letter. I am now writing a history of my regiment for publication which is considerable of a job with the left hand. Remain Yours Respectfully, W. W. H Davis Mr. Wm. Oland Bourne Sketch of the life of W. W. H. Davis, late Colonel of the 104th Pennsylvania Volunteer Colonel Davis was born in Bucker County, Pennsylvania. On his mother's side he is des= cended, in the paternal line, from John Hart, a distinguished Quaker preacher of Oxfordshire, England, who came to America with William Penn in 1682; and in the maternal line from the celebrated Dr. Isaac Watts. On the father's side he comes of Welsh ancestors who settled in Bucks County in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. The grandfather of Colonel Davis served five years, an soldier and officer, in the Revolutionary army. Among others he participated in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth Court House and the Cowpens. At one time he belonged to the Light Infantry Corps of General La Fayette, and was near him when wounded at Brandywine. He called a soldier to his aid and they carried him off the field to a place of safety. The father of Colonel D. was an officer in the war of 1812. He was formerly a member of congress from Pennsylvania, and held other important places of public trust. Colonel Davis was educated at the Military School at Norwich, Vermont, while conducted by the late captain Alden Partridge. On graduating he was appointed Professor of Mathematics and Military Instructor in the Military Academy at Portsmouth, Virginia. He remained there two years, when he returned home and studied law. He completed his legal studies at Cambridge Law School, but had been admitted to the bar before he entered their institution. The war between the United States and Mexico had broken out just before and he enlisted in the regiment of Volunteers trained in Massachusetts. He was elected a lieutenant, and was appointed Adjutant by Colonel Lemling. When this officer was promoted he was appointed aide-de-camp and acting-assistant adjutant general on his staff. He was afterward promoted to a captaincy, and Served to the end of the war. He was one of a small party that surprised and captured general Valencia, the second in command in the Mexican Army, on New Year night 1848 in a ride of seventy miles. On his return home from Mexico, Colonel Davis commenced the practice of the law, at Doylestown, Pennsylvania, which he continued until the fall of 1858. In September of that year President Pierce appointed him district attorney of the United States for the territory of New Mexico. He crossed the plains in November, in a mule wagon, and arrived out at the close of the month, and immediately entered upon the discharge of his duties. The season was late and cold, and several times when he arose from his bed in the morning it was covered with ice. The district attorney was obliged to make the circuit of the territory, a thousand miles in extent, twice a year. The only mode of travel was on horseback, and the party had to traverse a country roamed over by hostile Indians and encamp out at night. In the route was a desert region known as El jornado del muerto, or the "Journey of Death", where there was water, and that collected in a hole after a rain, at only one place in the distance of ninety miles. This region belonged tot he Mescalero Apache Indians, who were then hostile to the whites. This desert was generally crossed in the night. While district attorney he discharged the duties of attorney general for the territory. In the summer of 1854 he was appointed Secretary of territory by the President. He remained in New Mexico four years and in addition to the duties of Secretary, discharged those of acting- governor, and superintendent of Indian Affairs. He resigned and returned home in November 1857. He crossed the great plains four times. In the spring of 1856, when he came to the states, he had a lady and her family in his care. Before they reached the Arkansas river, they were captured by a party of Arrappaho Indians but afterwards released without injury. During two years of his residence in New Mexico he edited and published the Santa Fe Gazette, in Spanish and English. On his return home, Colonel Davis did not resume practice of the law, but purchased the office of the Doylestown Democrat, one of the most prosperous country journals in the country, in the spring of 1858, which business he still pursues. While he resided in Santa Fe he wrote a work on that country, entitled "El Gringo, or New Mexico and Other People." He also wrote the "Spanish Conquest of New Mexico," which has not yet been published. The former work was published by the Harpers in the summer of 1856. The Rebellion found Colonel Davis engaged in his ordinary business. When he heard that the flag had been fired upon, at Sumter, he raised a company of Volunteers under the Proclamation of the President. He called a meeting at the Court House, when he stated the object to be, to raise a company of volunteers to serve for three months. After making a little speech he placed his roll upon the table, and in less than two hours the names of sixty of the best young men of the neighborhood were entered upon it. In two days time the company was full, and soon afterward was ready to march. It passed through Baltimore to Washington city, and was the first body of troops that had passed through the former city since the riots of the 19th of April. From Wash= ington the regiment to which the company belong= ed was transferred to the Army of General Patter= son, on the upper Potomac where he served out the campaign which ended with the battle of Bull Run. He was discharged with his compa= ny, the latter part of July and returned home. In a few days thereafter the Secretary of War au= thorized him to raise a regiment of infantry and a battery of artillery, to serve for three years or during the war. He immediately set about the work, and in less than a month the regiment and battery were full. He remained in camp of instruction until the first of November, when they went to Washington city, and joined the Army of the Potomac. The regiment was numbered 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers. A few days after reaching there, General McClellan organized a brigade of which the 104th formed a portion, and placed Colonel Davis in command. In December he received permission to build barracks for his brigade, which he erected on Meridian Hill, in rear of Columbia college, where the troops passed a comfortable winter, while others were lying in the mud. These buildings were afterword used as an hospital, and one known as "Carver General Hospital". Colonel Davis conducted his brigade to the Peninsula in March 1862 and commanded it during part of the campaign. His regiment fired the first volley, after the pickets were driven in, at Fair Oaks, and opened the battles around Richmond. This was May 21st, 1862, he was wounded in the left elbow by a rifle ball, and received a contusion in the left breast from a musket ball, in this battle. On recovering from his wound he rejoined his regiment and served out the campaign on the Peninsula. He remained in the army of the Potomac until the close of December in that year when with his regiment the war sent down to North Carolina. In January 1863, General Foster organized an expedition to attack Charleston, when Colonel Davis was again placed in command of a brigade, which he commanded in the subsequent operation against that place until disabled by wounds. He was present and participated in the battle on James Island the 16th of July 1863, and the siege of Morris Island. He was in command on Morris Island four months, with a garrison of three brigades, and nearly an hundred guns in position. During this time the operations against Charleston were continued. He was twice in command of the important part of Beaufort, South Carolina, and afterward commanded the district of Hilton Head, which embraced the coast islands for the distance of fifty miles. In June 1864, general Foster, who then commanded the department of the South, organized a combined attack against Charleston, by several columns approaching it from different directions. Hatch's Division, in which Colonel Davis commanded the first brigade sailed from Hilton Head the 1st of July, and the next morning entered the North Edisto and landed on Seabrook Island. Thence they crossed to John's Island that afternoon, and marched up it to within a short distance of Charleston, where they met the enemy. The brigade of Colonel Davis led the advance the whole distance. While engaged with the enemy, on the morning of the 6th of July, the fingers of his right hand were carried away by a piece of shell fired from a six- pounder field piece. At the time he was standing on an embankment at the side of a road, examining with an opera glass the battery that was firing upon our force. The glass was held between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, and the pieces he was examining were about eight hundred yards in front. He was looking directly into the muzzle of the gun which fired the shell that hit him. He saw the gun loaded, but did not notice them in the act of firing. A soldier standing near called out "Cover", when he had just time to step aside before the gun was fired. The piece was aimed directly at him, and the shell flew with unerring certainty. It burst within three feet of him, a fragment tearing the hand to pieces and carrying away the fingers. If he had not stepped aside the shell would have passed through him. He held on to the opera glass, which was not injured. Colonel Davis was immediately carried to a place of safety until a stretcher could be brought. He was then taken to the Stono river and placed on board a steam transport in the stream. A surgeon of the Navy and the assistant surgeon of the New York Volunteer engineers, were sent for who made the amputation. A sufficient quantity of chloroform was administered to the patient to dead the sensibilities, but not enough to prevent him hearing the bones crack as the fingers were taken off. The same afternoon Admiral Dahlgren sent Colonel Davis to Beaufort, in a Revenue cutter, where he was placed in hospital until his wound had sufficiently recovered to enable him to be sent North. The wound is still painful. Doylestown, PA, April 3rd, 1866. Doylestown, Pennsylvania February 26th, 1866 William Cullen Bryant, Esq. New York City Dear Sir: Toward the close of the war I was unfortunate enough to have the fingers of my right hand torn off by the bursting of a shell, in battle. I have now been writing with my left-hand little over a year, and send you this as a specimen of my chirography "over the left." I am an editor by profession and do all the writing required for one of the largest country newspapers in the union. Until this morning I have not known who had charge of the "Left-Handed Literature" movement, and I send this to you because your name is mentioned among the committee. I was wounded in July 1864. This is my ordinary business hand. Yours Respectfully, W. W. H. Davis (Late Colo. 104th P. V.) May 27, 1882 993 BUREAU [?????????] REPORTED MORTALITY for the week [ending] May 13, 1882, together with the ACTUAL MORTALITY for the week ending May 6, 1882. W. DE F. DAY, M. D., Sanitary Superintendent and Register [???] SIR - There were 777 deaths reported to have occurred in this city during the week ending Saturday, May 13, 1882, which is a decrease of 26, as compared with the number reported the preceding week, and 45 less than were reported during the corresponding week of the year 188[?]. The actual mortality for the week ending May 6, 1882, was 792, which is 228.0 above the average for the corresponding week for the past five years, and represents an annual death-rate of 3[?]33 per 1,000 persons living, the population estimated at 1,273,874. Table showing the Reported Mortality for the week ending May 13, 1882, and the Actual Number of Deaths each day, from the Principal Causes, with the Ages of Decedents, for the week ending May 6, 1882. METEOROLOGY Mean temperature (Fahr.) for the week was: Week ending May 13: 53.5 Week ending May 6: 52.3 Mean reading of barometer for the week was: " 29.901 " 29.883 Mean humidity for the week was: Week ending May 13: 68 Week ending May 6: 51 Number of miles traveled by the wind was: " 1,729 " " 1,381 Total rain-fall, in inches, for the week: " " 1.18 " " 0.39 CAUSES OF DEATH. Total Deaths from all Causes Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 777 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 803 Total Zymotic Diseases Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 226 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 237 Total Constitutional Diseases Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 139 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 168 Total Local Diseases Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 347 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 341 Total Developmental Diseases Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 42 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 30 Deaths by Violence Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 23 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 27 Small-pox Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 4 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... †8 Measles Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 28 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 25 Scarlatina Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 54 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 55 Diphtheria Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 40 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 32 Membranous Croup Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 19 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 19 Whooping Cough Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 24 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 21 Erysipelas Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 4 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 … 4 Typhus Fever Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... — Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 4 Typhoid Fever Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 3 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 5 Cerebro-Spinal Fever Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 8 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 4 Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fevers Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 7 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 11 Puerperal Diseases Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 13 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 13 Diarrhœal Diseases Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 14 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 26 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 8 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 12 Alcoholism Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 8 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 3 Rheumatism and Gout Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... — Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 3 Cancer Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 8 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 14 Phthisis Pulmonalis Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 102 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 123 Bronchitis Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 33 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 46 Pneumonia Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 109 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 98 Heart Diseases Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 36 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 37 Aneurism Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 1 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 3 Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 15 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 11 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 12 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 15 Meningitis and Encephalitis Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 8 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 25 Convulsions Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 13 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 10 Direct Effect of Solar Heat Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... — Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... — Apoplexy Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 20 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 20 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 65 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 75 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 8 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 8 Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... [?] Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... [?] Bright's Disease and Nephritis Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... [?] Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... [?] Cyanosis and Atelectasis Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 3 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 2 Premature and Preternatural Births Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 11 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 8 Surgical Operations Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 … 1 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... — Deaths by Suicide Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 2 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 8 Deaths by Drowning Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 3 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 6 Total Deaths in Children. Under 1 year Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 174 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 151 Total Deaths in Children. Under 2 years Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ... 234 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 226 Total Deaths in Children. Under 5 years Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 13, 1882 ...329 Total Deaths reported during the week ending May 6, 1882 ... 315 ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEATHS EACH DAY DURING THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, May 6, 1882. DATE. Total Deaths from all Causes . . . . April 30 . . . 105 May 1 . . . 129 May 2 . . . 122 May 3 . . . 105 May 4 . . . 116 May 5 . . . 100 May 6 . . . 115 Total Zymotic Diseases April 30 . . . 23 May 1 . . . 40 May 2 . . . 39 May 3 . . . 37 May 4 . . . 27 May 5 . . . 27 May 6 . . . 32 Total Constitutional Diseases April 30 . . . 25 May 1 . . . 21 May 2 . . . 23 May 3 . . . 18 May 4 . . . 25 May 5 . . . 27 May 6 . . . 19 Total Local Diseases April 30 . . . 48 May 1 . . . 57 May 2 . . . 54 May 3 . . . 42 May 4 . . . 59 May 5 . . . 35 May 6 . . . 53 Total Developmental Diseases April 30 . . . 8 May 1 . . . 2 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . 3 May 4 . . . 4 May 5 . . . 8 May 6 . . . 6 Deaths by Violence April 30 . . . 1 May 1 . . . 9 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . 5 May 4 . . . 1 May 5 . . . 4 May 6 . . . 5 Small-pox April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 2 May 3 . . . May 4 . . .†1 May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . — Measles April 30 . . . 1 May 1 . . . 2 May 2 . . . 6 May 3 . . . 4 May 4 . . . 2 May 5 . . . 5 May 6 . . . 3 Scarlatina April 30 . . . 6 May 1 . . . 11 May 2 . . . 4 May 3 . . . 12 May 4 . . . 6 May 5 . . . 8 May 6 . . 8 Diphtheria April 30 . . . 5 May 1 . . . 7 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . 3 May 4 . . . 7 May 5 . . . 4 May 6 . . . 7 Membranous Croup April 30 . . . 2 May 1 . . . 2 May 2 . . . 6 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . 3 May 6 . . . 2 Whooping Cough April 30 . . . 3 May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 4 May 3 . . . 3 May 4 . . . 2 May 5 . . . 1 May 6 . . . 2 Erysipelas April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 1 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . 1 May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . 2 Typhus Fever April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . — May 2 . . . 1 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . 1 May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . — Typhoid Fever April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . — May 2 . . . 2 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 1 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . 1 Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fevers April 30 . . . 1 May 1 . . . 2 May 2 . . . 1 May 3 . . . 3 May 4 . . . 2 May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . 1 Puerperal Diseases April 30 . . . 2 May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 2 May 3 . . . 2 May 4 . . . 3 May 5 . . . 4 May 6 . . . 1 Diarrhœal Diseases April 30 . . . 3 May 1 . . . 5 May 2 . . . 4 May 3 . . . 4 May 4 . . . 4 May 5 . . . 2 May 6 . . . 1 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . 1 May 5 . . . 3 May 6 . . . — Alcoholism April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . — May 2 . . . 1 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . 1 May 6 . . . 4 Rheumatism and Gout April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . 2 May 2 . . . — May 3 . . . — May 4 . . . 1 May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . — Cancer April 30 . . . 3 May 1 . . . 4 May 2 . . . 2 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . 2 Phthisis Pulmonalis April 30 . . . 18 May 1 . . . 13 May 2 . . . 15 May 3 . . . 13 May 4 . . . 19 May 5 . . . 22 May 6 . . . 13 Bronchitis April 30 . . . 7 May 1 . . . 8 May 2 . . . 7 May 3 . . . 5 May 4 . . . 8 May 5 . . . 4 May 6 . . . 9 Pneumonia April 30 . . . 20 May 1 . . . 16 May 2 . . . 19 May 3 . . . 8 May 4 . . . 20 May 5 . . . 13 May 6 . . . 11 Heart Diseases April 30 . . . 5 May 1 . . . 5 May 2 . . . 2 May 3 . . . 6 May 4 . . . 8 May 5 . . . 3 May 6 . . . 5 Aneurism April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . — May 2 . . . — May 3 . . . — May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . 2 May 4 . . . 1 May 5 . . . 2 May 6 . . . 2 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis April 30 . . . 4 May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . 2 May 4 . . . 3 May 5 . . . 2 May 6 . . . 2 Meningitis and Encephalitis April 30 . . . 6 May 1 . . . 3 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . 3 May 4 . . . 6 May 5 . . . 1 May 6 . . . 1 Convulsions April 30 . . . 1 May 1 . . . 4 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . — May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . 1 May 6 . . . 2 Direct Effect of Solar Heat April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . — May 2 . . . — May 3 . . . — May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . — Apoplexy April 30 . . . 1 May 1 . . . 4 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . 2 May 4 . . . 1 May 5 . . . 1 May 6 . . . 3 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System April 30 . . . 12 May 1 . . . 14 May 2 . . . 13 May 3 . . . 6 May 4 . . . 7 May 5 . . . 7 May 6 . . . 11 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis April 30 . . . [?] May 1 . . . 2 May 2 . . . 3 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . 1 May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . — Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis April 30 . . . [?] May 1 . . . 5 May 2 . . . — May 3 . . . [?] May 4 . . . [?] May 5 . . . 2 May 6 . . . [?] Bright's Disease and Nephritis April 30 . . . [?] May 1 . . . [?] May 2 . . . [?] May 3 . . . [?] May 4 . . . [?] May 5 . . . [?] May 6 . . . [?] Cyanosis and Atelectasis April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . — May 2 . . . — May 3 . . . — May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . 1 May 6 . . . — Premature and Preternatural Births April 30 . . . 2 May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 1 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . 1 May 6 . . . — Surgical Operations April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . — May 2 . . . — May 3 . . . — May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . — Deaths by Suicide April 30 . . . 2 May 1 . . . 1 May 2 . . . 1 May 3 . . . 1 May 4 . . . — May 5 . . . 1 May 6 . . . — Deaths by Drowning April 30 . . . — May 1 . . . 3 May 2 . . . — May 3 . . . — May 4 . . . 1 May 5 . . . — May 6 . . . 1 Total Deaths in Children. Under 1 year April 30 . . . 22 May 1 . . . 29 May 2 . . . 25 May 3 . . . 16 May 4 . . . 20 May 5 . . . 18 May 6 . . . 24 Total Deaths in Children. Under 2 years April 30 . . . 32 May 1 . . . 43 May 2 . . . 35 May 3 . . . 25 May 4 . . . 28 May 5 . . . 28 May 6 . . . 29 Total Deaths in Children. Under 5 years April 30 . . . 39 May 1 . . . 53 May 2 . . . 50 May 3 . . . 39 May 4 . . . 42 May 5 . . . 41 May 6 . . . 41 Total Actual Mortality during the week ending February 12, 1881. Total Deaths from all Causes . . . . 792 Total Zymotic Diseases . . . . 225 Total Constitutional Diseases . . . . 157 Total Local Diseases . . . . 348 Total Developmental Diseases . . . . 34 Deaths by Violence . . . . 28 Small-pox . . . . 6 Measles . . . . 23 Scarlatina . . . . 55 Diphtheria . . . . 36 Membranous Croup . . . . 16 Whooping Cough . . . . 16 Erysipelas . . . . 7 Typhus Fever . . . . 3 Typhoid Fever . . . . 4 Cerebro-Spinal Fever . . . . 4 Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fevers . . . . 10 Puerperal Diseases . . . . 15 Diarrhœal Diseases . . . . 23 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. . . . . 9 Alcoholism . . . . 7 Rheumatism and Gout . . . . 3 Cancer . . . . 12 Phthisis Pulmonalis . . . . 113 Bronchitis . . . . 48 Pneumonia . . . . 107 Heart Diseases . . . . 34 Aneurism . . . . — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula . . . . 11 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis . . . . 17 Meningitis and Encephalitis . . . . 23 Convulsions . . . . 11 Direct Effect of Solar Heat . . . . — Apoplexy . . . . 15 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System . . . . 70 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis . . . . 7 Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis . . . . [?] Bright's Disease and Nephritis . . . . [?] Cyanosis and Atelectasis . . . . 1 Premature and Preternatural Births . . . . 6 Surgical Operation . . . . — Deaths by Suicide . . . . 7 Deaths by Drowning . . . . 5 Total Deaths in Children. Under 1 year . . . . 154 Total Deaths in Children. Under 2 years . . . . 220 Total Deaths in Children. Under 5 years . . . . 305 Actual number of Deaths for the corresponding week of 1881. Total Deaths from all Causes . . . . 759 Total Zymotic Diseases . . . . 250 Total Constitutional Diseases . . . . 156 Total Local Diseases . . . . 277 Total Developmental Diseases . . . . 40 Deaths by Violence . . . . 36 Small-pox . . . . 14 Measles . . . . 12 Scarlatina . . . . 53 Diphtheria . . . . 50 Membranous Croup . . . . 21 Whooping Cough . . . . 4 Erysipelas . . . . 6 Typhus Fever . . . . 8 Typhoid Fever . . . . 11 Cerebro-Spinal Fever . . . . 28 Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fevers . . . . 11 Puerperal Diseases . . . . 3 Diarrhœal Diseases . . . . 16 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. . . . . 6 Alcoholism . . . . 5 Rheumatism and Gout . . . . 9 Cancer . . . . 12 Phthisis Pulmonalis . . . . 101 Bronchitis . . . . 29 Pneumonia . . . . 83 Heart Diseases . . . . 33 Aneurism . . . . — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula . . . . 16 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis . . . . 17 Meningitis and Encephalitis . . . . 16 Convulsions . . . . 17 Direct Effect of Solar Heat . . . . — Apoplexy . . . . 14 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System . . . . 65 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis . . . . 5 Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis . . . . [?] Bright's Disease and Nephritis . . . . ?8 Cyanosis and Atelectasis . . . . 5 Premature and Preternatural Births . . . . 13 Surgical Operation . . . . 1 Deaths by Suicide . . . . 10 Deaths by Drowning . . . . 5 Total Deaths in Children. Under 1 year . . . . 130 Total Deaths in Children. Under 2 years . . . . 202 Total Deaths in Children. Under 5 years . . . . 311 Average number of Deaths in the corresponding week of the past five years. Total Deaths from all Causes . . . . 564.0 Total Zymotic Diseases . . . . 136.6 Total Constitutional Diseases . . . . 129.4 Total Local Diseases . . . . 233.8 Total Developmental Diseases . . . . 36.6 Deaths by Violence . . . . 27.6 Small-pox . . . . 2.8 Measles . . . . 9.4 Scarlatina . . . . 30.8 Diphtheria . . . . 23.8 Membranous Croup . . . . 11.4 Whooping Cough . . . . 7.4 Erysipelas . . . . 3.6 Typhus Fever . . . . 1.6 Typhoid Fever . . . . 4.0 Cerebro-Spinal Fever . . . . 7.2 Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fevers . . . . 6.2 Puerperal Diseases . . . . 7.0 Diarrhœal Diseases . . . . 14.2 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. . . . . 5.4 Alcoholism . . . . 3.4 Rheumatism and Gout . . . . 4.4 Cancer . . . . 11.0 Phthisis Pulmonalis . . . . 88.2 Bronchitis . . . . 27.0 Pneumonia . . . . 67.0 Heart Diseases . . . . 23.0 Aneurism . . . . .8 Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula . . . . 11.0 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis . . . . 13.4 Meningitis and Encephalitis . . . . 11.6 Convulsions . . . . 12.4 Direct Effect of Solar Heat . . . . — Apoplexy . . . . 10.? All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System . . . . 49.? Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis . . . . [?] Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis . . . . [?] Bright's Disease and Nephritis . . . . [?] Cyanosis and Atelectasis . . . . 5.0 Premature and Preternatural Births . . . . 12.0 Surgical Operation . . . . .8 Deaths by Suicide . . . . 4.6 Deaths by Drowning . . . . 6.6 Total Deaths in Children. Under 1 year . . . . 117.0 Total Deaths in Children. Under 2 years . . . . 166.8 Total Deaths in Children. Under 5 years . . . . 231.8 Annual Death-rate per 1,000, during week (population estimated at 1,273,874). Total Deaths from all Causes . . . . 32.33 Total Zymotic Diseases . . . . 9.18 Total Constitutional Diseases . . . . 6.41 Total Local Diseases . . . . 14.21 Total Developmental Diseases . . . . 1.39 Deaths by Violence . . . . 1.14 Small-pox . . . . .24 Measles . . . . .94 Scarlatina . . . . 2.25 Diphtheria . . . . 1.47 Membranous Croup . . . . .65 Whooping Cough . . . . .65 Erysipelas . . . . .24 Typhus Fever . . . . .12 Typhoid Fever . . . . .16 Cerebro-Spinal Fever . . . . .16 Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fevers . . . . .41 Puerperal Diseases . . . . .61 Diarrhœal Diseases . . . . .94 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. . . . . .37 Alcoholism . . . . .29 Rheumatism and Gout . . . . .12 Cancer . . . . .49 Phthisis Pulmonalis . . . . 4.61 Bronchitis . . . . 1.96 Pneumonia . . . . 4.37 Heart Diseases . . . . 1.39 Aneurism . . . . — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula . . . . .45 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis . . . . .69 Meningitis and Encephalitis . . . . .94 Convulsions . . . . [?] Direct Effect of Solar Heat . . . . [?] Apoplexy . . . . [?] All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System . . . . ?.?6 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis . . . . ?.29 Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis . . . . ?.41 Bright's Disease and Nephritis . . . . ?.31 Cyanosis and Atelectasis . . . . .04 Premature and Preternatural Births . . . . .24 Surgical Operation . . . . — Deaths by Suicide . . . . .29 Deaths by Drowning . . . . .20 Total Deaths in Children. Under 1 year . . . . 6.29 Total Deaths in Children. Under 2 years . . . . 8.98 Total Deaths in Children. Under 5 years . . . . 12.45 AGE BY YEARS. Total Deaths from All Causes. Under 1 year . . . . 154 1 to 2 . . . . 66 2 to 3 . . . . 46 3 to 4 . . . . 18 4 to 5 . . . . 21 Total under 5 years . . . . 305 5 to 10 . . . . 57 10 to 15 . . . . 17 15 to 20 . . . . 17 20 to 25 . . . . 38 25 to 30 . . . . 35 30 to 35 . . . . 35 35 to 40 . . . . 43 40 to 45 . . . . 40 45 to 50 . . . . 35 50 to 55 . . . . 46 55 to 60 . . . . 34 60 to 65 . . . . 26 65 to 70 . . . . 17 70 and over . . . . 47 Male . . . . 421 Female . . . . 371 Colored . . . . 16 Total Zymotic Diseases Under 1 year . . . . 52 1 to 2 . . . . 28 2 to 3 . . . . 11 3 to 4 . . . . 13 4 to 5 . . . . 13 Total under 5 years . . . . 141 5 to 10 . . . . 41 10 to 15 . . . . 8 15 to 20 . . . . 2 20 to 25 . . . . 4 25 to 30 . . . . 5 30 to 35 . . . . 3 35 to 40 . . . . 5 40 to 45 . . . . 2 45 to 50 . . . . 2 50 to 55 . . . . 3 55 to 60 . . . . 3 60 to 65 . . . . 3 65 to 70 . . . . 2 70 and over . . . . 1 Male . . . . 116 Female . . . . 109 Colored . . . . 2 Total Constitutional Diseases Under 1 year . . . . 15 1 to 2 . . . . 5 2 to 3 . . . . 7 3 to 4 . . . . 2 4 to 5 . . . . 2 Total under 5 years . . . 31 5 to 10 . . . . 5 10 to 15 . . . . 1 15 to 20 . . . . 7 20 to 25 . . . . 15 25 to 30 . . . . 15 30 to 35 . . . . 15 35 to 40 . . . . 13 40 to 45 . . . . 14 45 to 50 . . . . 10 50 to 55 . . . . 13 55 to 60 . . . . 8 60 to 65 . . . . 4 65 to 70 . . . . 1 70 and over . . . . 5 Male . . . . 83 Female . . . . 74 Colored . . . . 6 Total Local Diseases Under 1 year . . . . 76 1 to 2 . . . . 24 2 to 3 . . . . 11 3 to 4 . . . . 5 4 to 5 . . . . 6 Total under 5 years . . . . 122 5 to 10 . . . . 11 10 to 15 . . . . 7 15 to 20 . . . . 5 20 to 25 . . . . 15 25 to 30 . . . . 11 30 to 35 . . . . 12 35 to 40 . . . . 17 40 to 45 . . . . 22 45 to 50 . . . . 18 50 to 55 . . . . 25 55 to 60 . . . . 23 60 to 65 . . . . 18 65 to 70 . . . . 12 70 and over . . . . 30 Male . . . . 186 Female . . . . 162 Colored . . . . 6 Total Developmental Diseases Under 1 year . . . . 11 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 11 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . 3 25 to 30 . . . . 1 30 to 35 . . . . 5 35 to 40 . . . . 3 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . 1 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . 2 70 and over . . . . 8 Male . . . . 13 Female . . . . 21 Colored . . . . 1 Deaths by Violence Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . 1 15 to 20 . . . . 2 20 to 25 . . . . 1 25 to 30 . . . . 3 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . 5 40 to 45 . . . . 2 45 to 50 . . . . 5 50 to 55 . . . . 4 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . 1 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . 3 Male . . . . 23 Female . . . . 5 Colored . . . . 1 Small-pox Under 1 year . . . . 1 1 to 2 . . . . 2 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 3 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . 1 20 to 25 . . . . 1 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . 1 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 2 Female . . . . 4 Colored . . . . — Measles Under 1 year . . . . 6 1 to 2 . . . . 6 2 to 3 . . . . 4 3 to 4 . . . . 1 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 17 5 to 10 . . . . 6 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 8 Female . . . . 15 Colored . . . . — Scarlatina Under 1 year . . . . 3 1 to 2 . . . . 10 2 to 3 . . . . 7 3 to 4 . . . . 5 4 to 5 . . . . 5 Total under 5 years . . . . 30 5 to 10 . . . . 19 10 to 15 . . . . 3 15 to 20 . . . . 1 20 to 25 . . . . 1 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . 1 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 33 Female . . . . 22 Colored . . . . — Diphtheria Under 1 year . . . . 4 1 to 2 . . . . 8 2 to 3 . . . . 4 3 to 4 . . . . 3 4 to 5 . . . . 6 Total under 5 years . . . . 25 5 to 10 . . . . 11 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . 3 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 20 Female . . . . 16 Colored . . . . — Membranous Croup Under 1 year . . . . 1 1 to 2 . . . . 3 2 to 3 . . . . 5 3 to 4 . . . . 1 4 to 5 . . . . 1 Total under 5 years . . . . 11 5 to 10 . . . . 5 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 7 Female . . . . 9 Colored . . . . — Whooping Cough Under 1 year . . . . 10 1 to 2 . . . . 2 2 to 3 . . . . 2 3 to 4 . . . . 1 4 to 5 . . . . 1 Total under 5 years . . . . 16 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 9 Female . . . . 7 Colored . . . . 1 Erysipelas Under 1 year . . . . 1 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 1 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . 1 25 to 30 . . . . 3 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . 1 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 1 Female . . . . 5 Colored . . . . — Typhus Fever Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . 1 40 to 45 . . . . 1 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . 1 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 2 Female . . . . 1 Colored . . . . — Typhoid Fever Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . 1 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . 1 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . 1 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . 1 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 2 Female . . . . 2 Colored . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . 1 2 to 3 . . . . 1 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 2 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . 2 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . 2 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 2 Female . . . . 2 Colored . . . . — Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fevers Under 1 year . . . . 2 1 to 2 . . . . 1 2 to 3 . . . . 1 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 4 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . 2 15 to 20 . . . . 1 20 to 25 . . . . 2 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . 1 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 7 Female . . . . 3 Colored . . . . — Puerperal Diseases Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . 3 25 to 30 . . . . 2 30 to 35 . . . . 6 35 to 40 . . . . 4 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . — Female . . . . 15 Colored . . . . 1 Diarrhœal Diseases Under 1 year . . . . 12 1 to 2 . . . . 4 2 to 3 . . . . 3 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 19 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . 1 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . 1 65 to 70 . . . . 1 70 and over . . . . 1 Male . . . . 12 Female . . . . 11 Colored . . . . 1 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. Under 1 year . . . . 9 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 9 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 3 Female . . . . 6 Colored . . . . — Alcoholism Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . 1 35 to 40 . . . . 2 40 to 45 . . . . 1 45 to 50 . . . . 1 50 to 55 . . . . 2 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 5 Female . . . . 2 Colored . . . . — Rheumatism and Gout Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . 2 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . 1 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 2 Female . . . . 1 Colored . . . . — Cancer Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . 1 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . 4 45 to 50 . . . . 2 50 to 55 . . . . 1 55 to 60 . . . . 1 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . 1 70 and over . . . . 2 Male . . . . 2 Female . . . . 10 Colored . . . . — Phthisis Pulmonalis Under 1 year . . . . 1 1 to 2 . . . . 2 2 to 3 . . . . 3 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 6 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . 6 20 to 25 . . . . 15 25 to 30 . . . . 15 30 to 35 . . . . 15 35 to 40 . . . . 13 40 to 45 . . . . 10 45 to 50 . . . . 8 50 to 55 . . . . 11 55 to 60 . . . . 7 60 to 65 . . . . 4 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . 3 Male . . . . 65 Female . . . . 48 Colored . . . . 5 Bronchitis Under 1 year . . . . 20 1 to 2 . . . . 9 2 to 3 . . . . 3 3 to 4 . . . . 1 4 to 5 . . . . 2 Total under 5 years . . . . 35 5 to 10 . . . . 2 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . 1 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . 2 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . 1 65 to 70 . . . . 1 70 and over . . . . 6 Male . . . . 21 Female . . . . 27 Colored . . . . 2 Pneumonia Under 1 year . . . . 30 1 to 2 . . . . 9 2 to 3 . . . . 4 3 to 4 . . . . 3 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 46 5 to 10 . . . . 3 10 to 15 . . . . 2 15 to 20 . . . . 1 20 to 25 . . . . 6 25 to 30 . . . . 2 30 to 35 . . . . 7 35 to 40 . . . . 3 40 to 45 . . . . 6 45 to 50 . . . . 6 50 to 55 . . . . 6 55 to 60 . . . . 5 60 to 65 . . . . 6 65 to 70 . . . . 1 70 and over . . . . 7 Male . . . . 68 Female . . . . 39 Colored . . . . 1 Heart Diseases Under 1 year . . . . 1 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 1 5 to 10 . . . . 1 10 to 15 . . . . 1 15 to 20 . . . . 1 20 to 25 . . . . 2 30 to 35 . . . . 3 25 to 30 . . . . 2 35 to 40 . . . . 1 40 to 45 . . . . 2 45 to 50 . . . . 4 50 to 55 . . . . 3 55 to 60 . . . . 3 60 to 65 . . . . 3 65 to 70 . . . . 5 70 and over . . . . 2 Male . . . . 13 Female . . . . 21 Colored . . . . 1 Aneurism Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . — Female . . . . — Colored . . . . — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula Under 1 year . . . . 10 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . 1 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 11 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 3 Female . . . . 8 Colored . . . . — Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis Under 1 year . . . . 3 1 to 2 . . . . 3 2 to 3 . . . . 3 3 to 4 . . . . 2 4 to 5 . . . . 2 Total under 5 years . . . . 13 5 to 10 . . . . 3 10 to 15 . . . . 1 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 11 Female . . . . 6 Colored . . . . — Meningitis and Encephalitis Under 1 year . . . . 9 1 to 2 . . . . 2 2 to 3 . . . . 3 3 to 4 . . . . 1 4 to 5 . . . . 1 Total under 5 years . . . . 16 5 to 10 . . . . 2 10 to 15 . . . . 2 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . 1 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . 2 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 8 Female . . . . 15 Colored . . . . — Convulsions Under 1 year . . . . 9 1 to 2 . . . . 2 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 11 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 7 Female . . . . 4 Colored . . . . — Direct Effect of Solar Heat Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . — Female . . . . — Colored . . . . — Apoplexy Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . 1 25 to 30 . . . . 1 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . 2 45 to 50 . . . . 2 50 to 55 . . . . 3 55 to 60 . . . . 1 60 to 65 . . . . 1 65 to 70 . . . . 1 70 and over . . . . 3 Male . . . . 11 Female . . . . 4 Colored . . . . 1 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System Under 1 year . . . . 21 1 to 2 . . . . 5 2 to 3 . . . . 3 3 to 4 . . . . 1 4 to 5 . . . . 1 Total under 5 years . . . . 31 5 to 10 . . . . 3 10 to 15 . . . . 2 15 to 20 . . . . ? 20 to 25 . . . . 3 25 to 30 . . . . 2 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . 2 40 to 45 . . . . 5 45 to 50 . . . . 3 50 to 55 . . . . 6 55 to 60 . . . . 2 60 to 65 . . . . 5 65 to 70 . . . . 1 70 and over . . . . 5 Male . . . . 39 Female . . . . 31 Colored . . . . 1 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . ? 3 to 4 . . . . ? 4 to 5 . . . . ? Total under 5 years . . . . ? 5 to 10 . . . . ? 10 to 15 . . . . ? 15 to 20 . . . . ? 20 to 25 . . . . ? 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . 2 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . 1 50 to 55 . . . . 1 55 to 60 . . . . 2 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . 1 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 4 Female . . . . 3 Colored . . . . — Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis Under 1 year . . . . 2 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . ? 3 to 4 . . . . ? 4 to 5 . . . . ? Total under 5 years . . . . ? 5 to 10 . . . . ? 10 to 15 . . . . ? 15 to 20 . . . . ? 20 to 25 . . . . ? 25 to 30 . . . . ? 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . 1 40 to 45 . . . . 1 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . 1 55 to 60 . . . . 1 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 9 Female . . . . ? Colored . . . . ? Bright's Disease and Nephritis Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . ? 3 to 4 . . . . ? 4 to 5 . . . . ? Total under 5 years . . . . ? 5 to 10 . . . . ? 10 to 15 . . . . ? 15 to 20 . . . . ? 20 to 25 . . . . ? 25 to 30 . . . . ? 30 to 35 . . . . 1 35 to 40 . . . . 6 40 to 45 . . . . 2 45 to 50 . . . . 3 50 to 55 . . . . 3 55 to 60 . . . . 6 60 to 65 . . . . 2 65 to 70 . . . . 2 70 and over . . . . 1 Male . . . . 15 Female . . . . ? Colored . . . . ? Cyanosis and Atelectasis Under 1 year . . . . 1 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 1 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . — Female . . . . 1 Colored . . . . — Premature and Preternatural Births Under 1 year . . . . 6 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . 6 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . 3 Female . . . . 3 Colored . . . . — Surgical Operations Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . — Male . . . . — Female . . . . — Colored . . . . — Deaths by Suicide Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . — 15 to 20 . . . . 1 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . — 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . 2 40 to 45 . . . . 2 45 to 50 . . . . 1 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . 1 Male . . . . 6 Female . . . . 1 Colored . . . . — Deaths by Drowning Under 1 year . . . . — 1 to 2 . . . . — 2 to 3 . . . . — 3 to 4 . . . . — 4 to 5 . . . . — Total under 5 years . . . . — 5 to 10 . . . . — 10 to 15 . . . . 1 15 to 20 . . . . — 20 to 25 . . . . — 25 to 30 . . . . 1 30 to 35 . . . . — 35 to 40 . . . . — 40 to 45 . . . . — 45 to 50 . . . . — 50 to 55 . . . . — 55 to 60 . . . . — 60 to 65 . . . . — 65 to 70 . . . . — 70 and over . . . . 1 Male . . . . 5 Female . . . . — Colored . . . . — *Refers to the number of death certificates received. †One case of small pox-arrived on schooner “Ella Blossom,” from Baltimore, died at Riverside Hospital, May 4. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES NEW YORK. — DEATHS FROM SMALL-POX, MEASLES, SCARLATINA, DIPHTHERIA, CROUP, WHOOPING COUGH, TYPHOID FEVER, TYPHUS FEVER, MALARIAL FEVERS, PUERPERAL FEVER, DIARRHOEAL MALADIES, CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER, AND OTHER ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Actual Mortality during the Week ending March 26, 1881. WARDS. ... First AREA IN ACRES. ... 154 Small-Pox. ... — Measles. ... — Scarlatina. ... 2 Diphtheria. ... — Croup. ... — Whooping Cough. ... — Typhus Fever. ... — Typhoid Fever. ... — Malarial Fever. ... — Puerperal Fever. ... — All Diarrhœal Diseases. ... — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. ... — Other Zymotic Diseases. ... — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. ... 2 Total Deaths from all Causes. ... 14 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. ... 11 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. ... 17,939 REMARKS. ... Castle Garden and Emigrant Depot, 3; U. S. Marine Hospital (Bedloe’s Island), —; First Precinct Station, — Total Institutions. ... 3 WARDS. . . . . Second AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 81 Small-Pox. ... — Measles. ... 1 Scarlatina. ... — Diphtheria. ... — Croup. ... — Whooping Cough. ... — Typhus Fever. ... — Typhoid Fever. ... — Malarial Fever. ... — Puerperal Fever. ... — All Diarrhœal Diseases. ... — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. ... — Other Zymotic Diseases. ... — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. ... 1 Total Deaths from all Causes. ... 2 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. ... 2 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875 . . . . .1,608 REMARKS. .. . — Total Institutions. . . . . — WARDS. . . . . . Third AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 95 Small-Pox. — Measles. — Scarlatina. — Diphtheria. — Croup. — Whooping Cough. — Typhus Fever. — Typhoid Fever. — Malarial Fever. — Puerperal Fever. — All Diarrhœal Diseases. — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . — Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . . 8 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . . 3 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . . 3,582 REMARKS . Twenty-seventh Precinct Station, —; House of Relief, 160 Chambers street, 5; Newsboys’ Lodgings, — Total Institutions. ... 5 WARDS. . . . . Fourth AREA IN ACRES. ... 83 Small-Pox. ... — Measles. ... 2 Scarlatina. ... — Diphtheria. ... — Croup. ... — Whooping Cough. ... — Typhus Fever. ... — Typhoid Fever. ... — Malarial Fever. ... — Puerperal Fever. ... — All Diarrhœal Diseases. ... 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. ... — Other Zymotic Diseases. ... 2 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. ... 5 Total Deaths from all Causes. ... 22 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. ... 22 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. ... 21,015 REMARKS. ... Fourth Precinct Station, . ; Mission Home, . ; St. James’ Home Total Institutions. ... — WARDS. . . . . Fifth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . . 168 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . — Diphtheria. . . . . — Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . — Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . — Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . . 3 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . . 3 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . . 16,134 REMARKS. Fifth Precinct Station, . ; Trinity Infirmary, 50 Varick street, . . . . . Total Institutions. . . . . — WARDS. . . . . . Sixth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . . 86 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . 1 Scarlatina. . . . . 1 Diphtheria. . . . . — Croup. . . . . 1 Whooping Cough. . . . . — Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 4 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 22 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 21 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 20,193 REMARKS. City Prison, . ; Home of Industry, . ; Centre Street Dispensary, . ; Park Street Mission Home, Total Institutions. . . . . — WARDS. . . . . . Seventh AREA IN ACRES. . . . . . 198 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . 2 Diphtheria. . . . . 3 Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . — Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . 6 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . . 23 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . . 23 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. ... 50,060 REMARKS. Seventh Precinct Station, . ; Deborah Day Nursery, —; Nursery and Child’s Protectory, East Broadway, — Total Institutions. . . . . — WARDS. . . . . Eighth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 183 Small-Pox. . . . . 1 Measles. . . . . 1 Scarlatina. . . . . 2 Diphtheria. . . . . — Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . — Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . 1 Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 5 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 14 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 14 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . . 35,880 REMARKS. . Eighth Precinct Station, .. . . . . . Total Institutions. . . . . — WARDS. Ninth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . . 322 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . 2 Diphtheria. . . . . — Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . 2 Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . 1 Malarial Fever. . . . . 1 Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 1 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 7 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 35 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 25 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 54,593 REMARKS. . St. Vincent’s Hospital, 10; Home for Old Men and Aged Couples, . ; St. Vincent’s Hopsital Ambulance, —, . . . . Total Institutions. . . . . 10 WARDS. . . . . Tenth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 110 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . 3 Diphtheria. . . . . 1 Croup. . . . . 1 Whooping Cough. . . . . — Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . 1 Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 2 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 9 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 32 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 32 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 47,553 REMARKS. Essex Street Prison, . ; Tenth Precinct Station, . ; Ludlow Street Jail, . . . . . Total Institutions. . . . . . — WARDS. . . . . Eleventh AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 196 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . 1 Scarlatina. . . . . 2 Diphtheria. . . . . 2 Croup. . . . . 1 Whooping Cough. . . . . 1 Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . 1 All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 1 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 9 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 39 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 32 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 68.779 REMARKS. St. Francis’ Hospital, 7; Eleventh Precinct Station Total Institutions. . . . . 7 WARDS. . . . . Twelfth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 5,504.13 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . 4 Scarlatina. . . . . 5 Diphtheria. . . . . 3 Croup. . . . . 1 Whooping Cough. . . . . 1 Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . 1 Malarial Fever. . . . . 1 Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . 4 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . 1 Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 9 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 30 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 95 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 41 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 81,802 REMARKS. {Reception Hospital, 99th street, 1; Infants’ Hospital, 14; Sheltering Arms, .; N.Y. City Asylum for the Insane, 7; Colored Orphan Asylum, 1; Ward’s Island, 20; Randall’s Island, 3; Bloomingdale Lunatic Asylum, . ; St. Joseph’s Asylum, . ; House of Refuse, . ; House of Mercy,.; Idiot Asylum, Randall’s Island, . ; Union Home and School, . ; House of Good Shepherd, . ; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, . ; Ladies’ Deborah Nursery, . ; Homœopathic Hospital, 8; Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews, . ; Leake and Watts Orphan Home, . ; Fort Washington Home for Children, .} Total Institutions. . . . . . 54 WARDS. . . . . Thirteenth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 107 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . — Diphtheria. . . . . — Croup. . . . . 1 Whooping Cough. Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . 1 Puerperal Fever. . . . . 1 All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 4 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 15 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 14 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 37,797 REMARKS. Thirteenth Precinct Station, 1 Total Institutions. . . . . . 1 WARDS. . . . . . Fourteenth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . . 96 Small-Pox. . . . . . — Measles. . . . . . 1 Scarlatina. . . . . . 4 Diphtheria. . . . . . 1 Croup. . . . . . 3 Whooping Cough. . . . . . — Typhus Fever. . . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . 1 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . 10 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . . 27 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . . 27 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . . 30,175 REMARKS. R. C. Orphan Asylum, . ; Lying-in Asylum, . ; Fourteenth Precinct Station,.; House of Mercy Total Institutions. . . . . . — WARDS. . . . . . Fifteenth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . . 198 Small-Pox. . . . . . — Measles. . . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . . — Diphtheria. . . . . . — Croup. . . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . . 2 Typhus Fever. . . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . 2 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . . 12 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . . 12 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . . 31,873 REMARKS. Midnight Mission, . ; N. Y. Infant Asylum, .; St. Joseph’s Home, .; Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, . Total Institutions. . . . . . — WARDS. . . . . Sixteenth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 348.77 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . 1 Scarlatina. . . . . 5 Diphtheria. . . . . 2 Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . — Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . 8 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . . 27 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . . 24 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . . 52,186 REMARKS. St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged, 2; Samaritan Home for the Aged, .; French Hospital, 1 Total Institutions. . . . . . 3 WARDS. . . . . Seventeenth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 331 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . 2 Scarlatina. . . . . 5 Diphtheria. . . . . 2 Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . 2 Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . 3 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . 2 Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 2 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 18 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 48 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 48 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 104,895 REMARKS. Association for Befriending Young Girls, . ; Eye and Ear Infirmary, . ; House of the Holy Family, .. Total Institutions. . . . . — WARDS. . . . . . Eighteenth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 449.89 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . 1 Scarlatina. . . . . 4 Diphtheria. . . . . 3 Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . 2 Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 1 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 10 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 32 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 28 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 66,610 REMARKS. {Home for Respectable Aged and Indigent Females, . ; New York Hospital, 3; New York Infirmary for Women and Children, 1; N.Y. Ophthalmic Hospital, . ; St. Stephen’s Home, .} Total Institutions. . . . . 4 WARDS. . . . . Nineteenth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 1,480.60 Small-Pox. . . . . 5 Measles. . . . . 6 Scarlatina. . . . . 5 Diphtheria. . . . . 4 Croup. . . . . 4 Whooping Cough. . . . . 1 Typhus Fever. . . . . 3 Typhoid Fever. . . . . 1 Malarial Fever. . . . . 2 Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . 5 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 5 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 41 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 134 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 72 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 158,108 REMARKS. {Presbyterian Home, . ; Presbyterian Hospital, 1; German Hospital, 3; Mt. Sinai Hospital, 1; Foundling Hospital, 7; Women’s Hospital, . ; City Lunatic Asylum,2; Almshouse, 5; Penitentiary, 1; Small-pox Hospital, 7; Charity Hospital, 17; Epileptic and Paralytic Hospital, . ; Colored Home Hospital, 3; Nursery and Child’s Hospital, 1; St. Luke’s Hospital, 3; Workhouse, .; Fever Hospital, . ; Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, . ; Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled, . ; Home for the Aged (Little Sisters of the Poor), . ; Chapin Home for the Aged, . ; Hahnemann’s Hospital, 2; Orphans’ Home and Asylum (Protestant Episcopal), 49th street and Lexington avenue, . ; Hebrew Orphan Asylum, . ; Maternity Hospital, . ; Infirmary, sisters of Mercy, . ; St. Joseph’s Infirmary Home, 1; Dominican Convent,1} Total Institutions. . . . . 62 WARDS. . . . . Twentieth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 444 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . 6 Diphtheria. . . . . 4 Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . — Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . 1 Puerperal Fever. . . . . 1 All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 13 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 52 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 51 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 86,023 REMARKS. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 1; St. Mary’s Hospital, . ; Institution for the Blind, . ; Twentieth Precinct Station, . . . Total Institutions. . . . . 1 WARDS. . . . . Twenty-first AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 411 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . 3 Diphtheria. . . . . 2 Croup. . . . . 2 Whooping Cough. . . . . 1 Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . 2 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . 1 Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 3 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 14 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 62 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 33 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 66,538 REMARKS. {Bellevue Hospital, 29; in Ambulances, . ; Ophthalmic Hospital, .; Peabody Home for the Aged, . ; St. Stephen’s Home, . ; Twenty-first Precinct Station, . ; Home of the Friendless, 1; Emergency Hospital, .} Total Institutions. . . . . 29 WARDS. . . . . Twenty-second AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 1,529.42 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . 2 Scarlatina. . . . . 4 Diphtheria. . . . . 6 Croup. . . . . 2 Whooping Cough. . . . . 3 Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . 1 Malarial Fever. . . . . 1 Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . 3 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 22 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 56 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 54 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 111,605 REMARKS. {Roosevelt Hospital, 1; Old Ladies; Home, . ; New York Infant Asylum, 1; Hahnemann’s Hospital, . ; New York Orphan Asylum, . ; N. Y. Medical College and Hospital for women, .; Childrens’ Fold, . . . . . } Total Institutions. . . . . . 2 WARDS. . . . . Twenty-third AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 4,267.023 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . — Diphtheria. . . . . 3 Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . 1 Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . — Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 4 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 13 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 11 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 28,338 REMARKS. Thirty-third Precinct Station, . ; Old Gentlemen’s Unsectarian Home, 2 . . . . . Total Institutions. . . . . 2 WARDS. . . . . Twenty-fourth AREA IN ACRES. . . . . 8,050.323 Small-Pox. . . . . — Measles. . . . . — Scarlatina. . . . . — Diphtheria. . . . . — Croup. . . . . — Whooping Cough. . . . . — Typhus Fever. . . . . — Typhoid Fever. . . . . — Malarial Fever. . . . . 1 Puerperal Fever. . . . . — All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . — Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . — Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . 1 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . 6 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . 5 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . 13,288 REMARKS. {House of Rest for Consumptives, 1; Home for Incurables, .; Thirty-fourth Precinct Station, . ; Thirty-fifth Precinct Station, . ; Peabody Home, .; St. Stephen’s Home, .; St. Joseph’s Institute for Deaf and Dumb, . ; . . . . } Total Institutions. . . . . 1 _________________ Totals . . . . . Area in Acres. . . . . . 24,893.156 Small-Pox. . . . . . 6 Measles. . . . . . 23 Scarlatina. . . . . . 55 Diphtheria. . . . . . 36 Croup. . . . . . 16 Whooping Cough. . . . . . 16 Typhus Fever. . . . . . . . Typhoid Fever. . . . . . 4 Malarial Fever. . . . . . 10 Puerperal Fever. . . . . . . 3 All Diarrhœal Diseases. . . . . . 23 Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . . . . . 4 Other Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . 26 Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. . . . . . 225 Total Deaths from all Causes. . . . . . 792 Total Death, exclusive of those in Public Institutions. . . . . . 607 Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875. . . . . . 1,206,577 Total Mortality in Public Institutions. . . . . . 185 ____________ Very respectfully submitted, JOHN T. NAGLE, M.D., Deputy Register of Records. 994 [????????] MAY 27, 1882. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Abstract of Transactions of the Finance Department for the week ending May 20, 1882: Deposits in the Treasury. To the credit of the Sinking Fund - $97,210.59 To the credit of the City Treasury - 587,329.09 Total ... $684,539.68 Bonds and Stocks Issued. Three per cent. Bonds: $360,000.00 Four per cent. Bonds: $55,000.00 Four per cent. Stock: $55,000.00 Total ... $470,000.00 Warrants Registered and Ready for Payment. Advertising ... $30.15 Aqueduct - Repairs, Maintenance, and Strengthening ... 307.57 Assessment Commission - Awards ... 15,654.95 Assessment Fund, after June 9, 1880 ... 4,409.00 Boulevards, Roads and Avenues, Maintenance of ... 11,358.39 Cleaning Streets - Department of Street Cleaning ... 13,738.23 Contingencies - Comptroller's Office ... 38.60 Contingencies - Department Public Works ... 100.00 Contingencies - Mayor's Office ... 137.01 College of the City of New York ... 107.77 Commissioners of Excise Fund ... 45.00 Croton Water Fund ... 718.90 Dock Fund ... 22,463.27 Excise Licenses ... 97,911.24 Fire Department Fund ... 8,345.54 Fulton Market - Alterations and Repairs ... 3,111.32 Health Fund ... 747.00 Hospital Fund ... 57.00 Hospital for Care of Contagious Diseases ... 2,013.78 Interest on the City Debt ... 12,145.00 Judgments ... 275.51 Laying Croton Pipes ... 506.88 Maintenance and Government of Parks and Places ... 125.00 New York Infant Asylum ... 4,589.00 Public Buildings - Construction and Repairs ... 113.00 Public Charities and Correction ... 35,375.32 Public Instruction ... 7,860.51 Printing, Stationery, and Blank Books ... 3,328.92 Repairing and Renewal of Pavements and Regrading ... 1,534.38 Repairing and Renewal of Pipes, Stop-cocks, etc ... 2,553.71 Repairing Streets and Avenues, chapter 476, Laws 1875 ... 841.58 Rents - Department of Public Works ... 625.00 Roads, Streets, and Avenues Unpaved, etc ... 883.04 Salaries - Department of Public Works ... 208.00 Salaries - Judiciary ... 40.00 Sewers - Repairing and Cleaning ... $1,072.34 Street Improvements above Fifty-ninth street - June 9, 1880 ... 5,274.30 Street Improvement Fund - June 9, 1880 ... 759.20 Tenement-House Fund ... 186.00 Total ... $259,691.[??] SUITS, ORDERS OF COURT, JUDGMENTS COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Terence Smith against The Mayor, etc., and Philip Quinlan against the Mayor, etc - $106.00 - To show cause on May 17, 1882, at Chambers, why the Mayor, etc., should not be directed to pay to Sigmund Wise amount with interest out of moneys heretofore directed to be paid to Philip Quinlan, and staying payment until hearing and decision of motion. - A. C. Thomas. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Superior - Patrick McDermott against the Mayor, etc., Edward Gustaveson and others - 1,575.00 - For lien for balance due on account of plumbing and gas-fitting work furnished between July 19, 1881, and January 23, 1882, for Primary Department of Grammar School No. 49, on East Thirty-eighty street - C. P. Miller. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Superior - Gustave Leonhardt - 500.00 - for amount of an award made for opening Avenue b, from Seventy-ninth to Eighty-fifth street, and two parks between Eighty-fourth and Eighty-sixth streets, Ward No. 4 1/2, Nineteenth Ward - A. B. Johnson. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - James Brooks - ... - For repayment of amount paid as assessment on Ward Nos. 23 to 30, for paving eleventh avenue from fifty-second to Fifty-ninth street, being in excess of proper amount. - C. C. Higgins COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Fred. A. Post - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - The Scotch Presbyterian Church - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Mary Post - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Edwin A. Jackson - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - William H. Beadleson and another, Trustees - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Jaques & Mooney - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - N. L. McCready - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - P. A. H. Jackson - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Wright E. Post - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Joel B. Post - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Fanny Mayer and another - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Margaret C. Smyth - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Jordan L. Mott and another, Ex'rs, etc. - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Mary Post et al - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Joel B. Post et al - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Miles Beach - ... - Orders vacating assessment for regulating, etc., One Hundred and Twenty-second street from Tenth avenue to Riverside Drive. - J. C. Shaw. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - John Paine - ... - Order filing remittitur in matter to vacate assessment for Eleventh avenue sewer, between Sixtieth and Sixty-fourth streets and between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Samuel T. Rogers - ... - For payment of an award, Map No. 183, in matter of opening One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street. - E. R. Root. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Superior, Com. Pleas - John [????????] - $200.27 - Transcript of judgment. - A. B. Johnson. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Superior, Com. Pleas - John Blake - 1,550.00 - For balance due on contract made by the Fire Department with Joseph Ross on April 16, 1881, for alterations, etc., to house of Engine Co. No. 13, located at No. 99 Wooster street. - L. L. Kellogg. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - Samuel P. Bell - ... - Order vacating assessment for regulating, etc, One Hundred and Twenty-second street, between Tenth avenue and Riverside Drive. - J. A. Deering. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Superior - John gray against the Mayor, etc., and Michael Noonan - 91.17 - Transcript of judgment - J. F. Miller. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Appeals - Jno. Grey, Resp'd't, against the Mayor, etc., and Michael Noonan - 82.33 - Bill of Costs - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Supreme - R. N. Hazard - ... - Order amending order of May 31, 1881, in Sixty-sixth street, with branches. - P. A. Hargous. COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Erastus Brainerd - 59.78 - Four sewer in Sixth avenue, between One Hundred and Twenty-ninth and One Hundred and forty-seventh streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Emanuel Walter - 476.11 - For sewers in Sixth, Seventh and St. Nicholas avenues, between One Hundred and Tenth and One Hundred and Sixteenth streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Sarah E. Cornish, Ex'x - 1,389.86 - For sewers in Sixth, Seventh and St. Nicholas avenues, between One Hundred and Tenth and One Hundred and Sixteenth streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Leonard Scott - 17.75 - For sewers in Sixth, Seventh and St. Nicholas avenues, between One Hundred and Tenth and One Hundred and Sixteenth streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Henrietta Holzerber - 11.01 - For sewers in sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - D. Sackett Moore - 58.71 - For sewers in sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Leonard Scott - 37.93 - For sewers in sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - J. E. L. Hinman - 23.28 - For sewers in sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Jno. Corbett - 74.67 - - For sewers in sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Jno. Balmore - 42.25 - For sewers in Sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Twenty-first and One Hundred Thirty-seventh streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Sarah E. Cornish, Ex'x - 29.25 - For sewers in Sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Twenty-first and One Hundred Thirty-seventh streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Frederick Beck - 87.75 - For sewers in Sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Twenty-first and One Hundred Thirty-seventh streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Leonard Scott - 37.05 - For sewers in Sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Twenty-first and One Hundred Thirty-seventh streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Adeline Raynor - 14.30 - For sewers in Sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Twenty-first and One Hundred Thirty-seventh streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Dennis and Margaret Horgan - 51.74 - For sewers in Sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Twenty-first and One Hundred Thirty-seventh streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Caroline Mayne - 28.76 - For sewers in Sixth and Seventh avenues, between One Hundred and Twenty-first and One Hundred Thirty-seventh streets. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Henry Wengrich - 906.55 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Wm. Phelps - 6.19 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Wm. MacKellar - 24.79 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Edw'd Morrison - 15.66 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Annie Walton - 16.52 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Philip Teets - 3,593.69 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Maria L. Benson - 16.52 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Catherine L. Hanscom - 56.56 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Rensselaer Jewitt - 604.96 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Chas. B. Fosdick - 297.39 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Jane Vanderbilt - 8.26 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - D. sackett Moore - 20.66 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - John Keyes - 41.31 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Henrietta Holzderber, Ex's - 7.43 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Annie Howell - 8.26 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Joseph Corbet - 24.79 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Margaret Byrnes - 48.97 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Thomas Keenan - 319.60 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Thomas Keenan - 898.41 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Geo. F. Betts - 905.69 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Wm. A. Bigelow - 1,294.82 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Jno. Saxton - 299.47 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - David Dinkelspeil and Edward Oppenheimer - 297.84 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Erastus Brainerd - 8.26 - For Sixth avenue macadamizing, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Edw'd Oppenheimer, et al - 28.81 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Wm. A. Bigelow - 929.43 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Dennis Horgan - 5.76 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Nicholas cantor - 18.01 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Gabriel Kent - 14.41 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - David H. Gould - 57.82 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Adeline Raynor - 5.76 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - J. E. L. Hinman - 7.20 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Robert and Jane Stewart - 11.10 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Erastus Brainerd - 14.41 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Jno. Balmore - 28.81 - For macadamizing Seventh avenue, from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem River. - ... COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Wm. A. Bigelow - 1,689.82 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Nicholas Cantor - 35.25 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Geo. W. Ford - 27.98 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Dennis Horgan - 11.19 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Gabriel Kent - 27.98 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Adeline Raynor - 11.19 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - J. E. L. Hinman - 13.99 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Robert and Jane Stewart - 16.97 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - Erastus Brainerd - 27.98 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - John Balmore - 55.95 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river COURT - NAME OF PLAINTIFF - AMOUNT - NATURE OF ACTION - ATTORNEY Ass't Com - David H. Gould - 111.90 - For Seventh avenue grading, etc., from One Hundred and Tenth street to Harlem river No. 268 1. Doylstown, Pennsylvania February 26th, 1866. - William Cullen Bryant, Esq. New York City Dear Sir: Toward the close of the war I was unfortunate enough to have the fingers of my right hand torn off by the bursting of a shell in battle. I have now been writing with my left-hand little over a year, and send you this as a specimen of my chirography "over the left." I am a editor by profession and do all the writing required for one of the largest country newspaper in the Union. Until this morning I have not known who had charge of the "Left-Handed Literature" movement; and I send this to you because your name is mentioned among the committee. I was wounded in July 1864; - This is my ordinary business hand. - Yours Respectfully W. W. H. Davis (Late Col. 104th Regt. Penna. Vols.) No 268 2. Sketch of the life of W. W. H. Davis, late Colonel of the 104th Regt. Pa, Vols. Colonel Davis was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. On his mother's side he is descended, in the paternal line from John Hart, a distinguished Quaker preacher of Oxfordshire, England, who came to America with William Penn, in 1682; — and in the maternal line from the celebrated Dr. Isaac Wath. On the father's side he comes of Welsh ancestors who settled in Bucks County in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. — The grandfather of Colonel Davis served five years, as soldier and Officer, in the Revolutionary army. Among others he participated in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth Court House and the Cowpens. At one time he belonged to the Light Infantry Corps of General La Fayette, and was near him when wounded at Brandywine. He called a soldier to his aid and they him off the field to a place of safety. The father of Col. Davis was an Officer in the war of 1812. — He was formerly a member of congress from Pennsylvania, and held other important places of public trust. — No. 268 3. Colonel Davis was educated at the Military School at Norwich, Vermont, while conducted by the late Captain Alden Partridge. On graduating he was appointed Professor of Mathematics and Military Instructor in the Military Academy at Portsmouth, Virginia. — He remained there two years when he returned home and studied law. He completed his legal studies at Cambridge Law School but had been admitted to the bar before he entered this institution. The war between the United States and Mexico had broken out just before, and he enlisted in the regiment of Volunteers raised in Massachusetts. He was elected a Lieutenant, and was appointed Adjutant by Colonel Conbing. When this officer was promoted he was appointed aide-de-camp, and acting assistant adjutant general on his staff. He was afterward promoted to a captaincy, and served to the end of the war. He was one of a small party that surprised and captured General Valencia, the second in command in the Mexican Army, on New Year's night 1848, in a ride of seventy miles. On his return home from Mexico, Colonel Davis commenced the practice of the law at No. 268. 4 Doylestown, Pennsylvania, which he continued until the fall of 1858. — In September of that year, President Pierce appointed him District Attorney of the United States for the territory of New Mexico. He crossed the plains in November, in a mule wagon, [and] arrived there at the close of the month, and immediately entered upon the discharge of his duties. The season was late and cold, and several times when he arose from his bed in the morning it was covered with ice. The district attorney was obliged to make the circuit of the territory, a thousand miles in extent, twice a year. The only mode of travel was on horseback, and the party had to traverse a country roamed over by hostile Indians, and encamp out at night. — In the route was a desert region, known as El Jornado del Meurto, or the "journey of Death", where there was water, and that collected in a hole after a rain, at only one place in the distance of ninety miles. This region belonged to the Apache Indians, who were then hostile to the whites. This desert was generally crossed in the night. While district attorney he discharged the duties of attorney general for the territory. In the summer of 1854 he was appointed No. 268 5. Secretary of territory by the President. — He remained in New Mexico four years, and in addition to the duties of Secretary, discharged those of acting governor, and superintendent of Indian Affairs. He resigned and returned home in November 1857. He crossed the great plains four times. In the spring of 1856, when he came to the states, he had a lady and her family in his care. Before they reached the Arkansas river, they were captured by a party of Arrappaho Indians, but afterwards released without injury. — During two years of his residence in New Mexico he edited and published the "Santa Fe Gazette," in Spanish and English. — On his return home Colonel Davis did not resume the practice of the law; but purchased the Office of the "Doylestown Democrat", one of the most prosperous country journals in the country, in the spring of 1858, which business he still pursues. While he resided in Santa Fe, he wrote a work on that country, entitled "El Gringo, or "New Mexico and her people". He also wrote the "Spanish Conquest of New Mexico," which has not yet been published. The former work was published by the Harpers in the summer of 1856. — No. 268 6. The Rebellion found Colonel Davis engaged in his ordinary business. When he heard that the flag had been fired upon at Sumpter, he raised a Company of Volunteers under the Proclamation of the President. He called a meeting at the Court House, when he stated the object to be, to raise a company of volunteers to serve for three months. After making a little speech he placed his roll upon the table, and in less than two hours, the names of sixty of the best young men of the neighborhood were entered upon it. In two days time, the company was full, and soon afterward was ready to march. It passed through Baltimore to Washington City, and was the first body of troops that had passed through the former city since the riot of the 19th of April. From Washington the Regiment to which the company belonged was transferred to the Army of General Patterson, on the upper Potomac where he served out the campaign which ended with the battle of Bull Run. — He was discharged with his Company, the latter part of July, and returned home. In a few days, thereafter, the secretary of War authorized him to raise a Regiment of infantry and a battery of artillery to serve No. 268 7. for three years or during the war. He immediately set about to work, and in less than a month the regiment and battery were full. He remained in camp of instruction until the 1st of November, when they went to Washington City and joined the Army of the Potomac. The regiment was numbered 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers. A few days after reaching there, General McClellan organized a brigade, of which the 104th formed a portion, and placed Colonel Davis is command. — In December he received permission to build barracks for his brigade, which he erected on Meridian Hill in rear of Columbia College, where the troops passed a comfortable winter, while others were lying in the mud. — These buildings were afterward used as an hospital and are known as "Carver General Hospital." — Colonel Davis conducted his brigade to the Peninsula in March 1862, and commanded it during part of the campaign. His regiment fired the first volley, after the pickets were driven in, at Fair Oaks, and opened the battles around Richmond. This was May, 31st, 1862. He was wounded in the left elbow by a rifle ball, and received a contusion No. 268 8. in the left breast from a musket ball; in this battle. On recovering from his wound he rejoined his regiment and served out the campaign on the Peninsula. He remained in the Army of the Potomac until the close of December in that year, when with his regiment he was sent down to North Carolina. In January, 1863, General Foster organized an expedition to attack Charleston, when Colonel Davis was again placed in command of a brigade, which he commanded in the subsequent operation against that place, until disabled by wounds. He was present and participated in the battle on James Island, the 16th of July 1863, and the siege of Morris Island, four months, with a garrison of three brigades and nearly one hundred guns in position. During this time the operation against Charleston were continued. He was twice in command of the important port of Beaufort, South Carolina, and afterward commanded the district of Hilton Head, which embraced the coast islands for the distance of 50 miles. In June 1864, General Foster, who then commanded the department of the South, organized a combined attack against Charleston, No 268. 9. by several columns approaching it from different directions. Hatch's division, in which Colonel Davis commanded the first Brigade, sailed from Hilton Head, the 1st of July, and the next morning entered the North Edisto, and landed on Seabrook Island. Thence they crossed to John's Island that afternoon, and marched up to it within a short distance of Charleston where they met the enemy. The brigade of Colonel Davis led the advance the whole distance. While engaged with the enemy, on the morning of the 6th of July, the fingers of his right hand were carried away by a piece of shell, fired from a six pounder field piece. At the time he was standing on an embankment at the side of the road, examining with an opera glass the battery that was firing upon our forces. The glass was held between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, and the pieces he was examining were about eight hundred yards in front. He was directly looking into the muzzle of the gun which fired the shell that hit him. He saw the gun loaded, but did not notice them in the act of firing. A soldier standing near No 268. 10. called out "cover", when he had just time to step aside before the gun was fired. The piece was directly aimed at him and the shell flew with unerring certainty. It burst within three feet of him, a fragment tearing the hand to pieces and carrying away the fingers. If he had not stepped aside the shell would have passed through him. He held on to the opera glass which was not injured. Colonel Davis was immediately carried to a place of safety until a stretcher could be brought. He was then taken to the Stono River and placed on board a steam transport in the stream. A surgeon of the Navy and the surgeon of the New York Volunteer Engineers, were sent for who made the amputation. A sufficient quantity of chloroform was administered to the patient to deaden the sensibilities, but not enough to prevent him hearing the bones crack as the fingers were taken off. The same afternoon Admiral Dahlgreen sent Colonel Davis to Beaufort in a Revenue Cutter, where he was placed in hospital until his wound had sufficiently recovered to enable him to be sent North. The wound is still painful. Doylestown, Penna, April 3d, 1866. [Board of Education] 21 #269 Stevens Point March 6th 1866 Mr. Bourne Dear Sir Your favor of Jan 10th came to hand the 23rd I was very glad to receive it But sorry that I did not get it in time to send in my contribution for I would like to enter the list of competitors not that I think I would get the premium for I think there is better specimen of left hand penmanship than mine But I feel quite an interest in this and if there is a memorial volume published, a copy would be very acceptable Your letter laid in the office four or five weeks as I have my letters come to Stevens Point I was not looking for a letter at Plover I am laboring nowadays and my mind is somewhat flustrated, and my hand trembles, and my grammatical phrases are not very good, and I am not very good composition writer, so I hope you will excuse me if it is not done quite so well but I will try and do the best I can. Respectfully yours Alvin Blood Stevens Point Wis. Stevens Point March 6th 1866 I enlisted at Plover Portage Co Wis the 12th day of August 1862 in Co. E. 32. Regt, Wis. Vol. Inft and went into camp at Oshkosh Wis the September following and remained there untill the last of October and left there amid cheers and applauses (but with many a down cast look among the soldiers) for Memphis Tenn and pitched our tents and remained in camp untill November 25th and struck camp and marched for Vicksburg Miss but we did not go there the rebels cut off our supplies. so we had to return to Memphis after a long and fatiguing march we arrived at Memphis the 8th of Feb 1863 and remained there untill Nov 25th doing Provost duty, then we struck camp again and took transportation down the Mississippi river to Vicksburg Miss from thence we marched to Meridian Miss with occasioned skirmishes with the rebs, then we returned to Memphis again after destroying a great many dollars worth of property and rations There we embarked on board the transport and went up the Ohio and Tennessee rivers. We went on shore at Paduca Ky and had a little skirmish with the rebs Then we went on again and landed at Waterloo Allabamma and marched through to Dicatur Al we arrived there the 8th of April 1864 we remained there untill the 5th of Aug and took the cars for Atlanta Ga We participated in the siege and capture of Atlanta. We went down to Jonesboro and had a little time with the rebs which resulted in the surrender of Atlanta Ga the 2d of Sept 1864. The 15th of Nov we took up our line of march for Savannah Ga with occasional skirmishes along the road, we got to Savannah and captured the same the 20th of Dec 1864 The 3d of Jan 1865 we embarked on board the transport for Beaufort SC and marched from there with occasional skirmishes to the Salkehatchie river where I lost my right hand the 3 of Feb 1865 while on the skirmish line, by a gun shot wound through the hand which caused amputation at the mid third of my fore arm There I went into the hospital at Hilton Head SC and remained there three weeks, then I went to the hospital at Davids Island NY Harbor and remained there two weeks and went to Central Park hospital NY City where I got my artificial arm, and became acquainted with Mr. Bourne who went through the hospital in supplying the wants of the wounded soldiers and pointing them to the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world From there I was transferred to Madison Wis where I got my discharge the 17th of July 1865. Respectfully your obedient servant Alvin Blood Stevens Point Portage Co. Wis. Late of Co. E. 32nd Regt. Wis, Vol. Inft. 1866, April 16 Series 1 270 Matthias Smith Point Pleasant [?] Jan 6/93 Mr. Bourne: You must accept the enclosed as a specimen of my writing I left N. York rather unexpectedly the other day to be absent a week or two yet and could get no paper here of the size you wanted specimens to be written on and so I have just made a copy of a poem I will write you out a full history of military my experience for your collection when I get back to N York, Yours Respectfully Matthias Smith Melancholy "You ask me why this cold reserve, This cloud upon my life; You think its shade but frowns to serve Some fostered inward strife. Ah! well you may - but then the cause Is buried in my soul, Nor can indeed the world's applause This secret woe console. You ask me why this sable cloak, Thus mantles mirth and joy; And if its gloom does not provoke The impulse to destroy. Blest freedom of the hearts desire Must freeze beneath its chill; Love to indulge, or muse inspire, Must cater to his will. You ask me why this mirror paints Each troubled thought within, As if its passionless complaints Would peace of conscience win. You say dejection is a worm That rankles us with care, And that resistance for a term But ends in blank despair. You ask me why? Is not my lot The common one of man? And if not that, then what, oh! what, Can save me from this ban? Why I have sowed the seeds in youth, The just result this fruit; Tis here to verify the truth - The tree springs from the root Matthias Smith Formerly of Co. G. 1st, Regt. Penna Reserve Corps 189 & 190 West Wash. Market New York City New York April 16th 1866 In obedience to the call of the President for three hundred thousand volunteers in the summer of 1861 I left my home situated at Point Pleasant Pa, on the banks of the Delaware, to enlist as a soldier in the Union. I bid adieu to friends and kindred on the 21st of July the day on which was fought the memorable battle of Bull Run and with several others proceeded the day following to Philadelphia where we found all excitement on account of the news of the previous day's battle. We went to West Chester Pa the same day where we expected to join the first Regt. of the 2 Penna. Reserve Corps which had been organized there, but found on arriving there that the Regt. had been ordered to Harrisburg; we followed them and arrived at the latter place in the evening The next morning we found Camp Curtin and were again disappointed by learning that the object of our search had gone to Baltimore. Two of our members here left us and the remainder of us in company with numerous other recruits Started the following night for Baltimore, when we arrived about noon the next day and found the Regt. encamped at Mount Carl about a mile south of the town. In a day or two we were 3 regularly mustered into Co. G. of the first Regt. of the Penna. Reserve Corps and the thirtieth Regt. Penna. Volunteers We lay at Camp Carl a few days when we were ordered to Annapolis Md. to do garrison duty. We here occupied buildings formerly used by the students of the United States Naval Academy; had a right good time while here, and I was placed on guard for the first time About two weeks after arriving here our co. with another was ordered to Annnapolis Junction on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to guard it from the attack of the rebels and sympathyzers that then infested that neighborhood. We remained here until about the 4 middle of September when we again joined the Regt. and went by Rail to Washington to become a part of the grand army then being organized. The first night of our arrival we slept in the Rail Road depot and the next morning had an opportunity to see the Capitol and public buildings We formed in line towards noon and marched through Washington and Georgetown to Tenallytown about four miles north of the Chain Bridge where we pitched camp and named it Camp Tenally We were assigned to duty in the first brigade of the division commanded by Genl. Reynolds. The division was fully organized by the 1st of October and on the [?]th we broke camp and crossed 5 the Potomac to take our position on the extreme right of the army then in front of Washington. We bivouacked the first night on the "Sacred [?]" of "Old Virginia" and the next day encamped near the Georgetown and Leesburg turnpike about four miles from the Chain Bridge and named our Camp Pierpont All were soon busy in preparing winter quarters and I in company with three others went to work to build a log cabin which when finished looked almost like a palace amongst the others We passed the winter in wading mud, drilling, foraging, &c and when spring arrived we considered ourselves equal to any emergency that might arise. Under the general order 6 for the advance of all the troops in front of Washington in the spring of '62 we broke camp on the 10th of March and reached Hunters' Mills near the Leesburg and Alexandria Rail Road the same day where we bivouacked for the night in an open field. The next morning we crossed the Rail-Road and encamped on an eminence about a mile beyond. On the evening of the 13th when on dress parade we rec'd orders to "Prepare to move by water immediately and in a short time took up the line of march for Alexandria; we struck the Leesburg and Alexandria turnpike and marched about five miles when we halted for the night in a wood and passed a rather uncomfortable night in the rain 7 We resumed our march the next morning but instead of taking a direct route for Alexandria we filed to the left and continued so through mud and in a drizzling rain till we again reached the Leesburg and Georgetown road when we took a direct course for our old camp; we were all elated with the idea of getting back to our old camp again, but we were doomed to disappointment for when within a mile of it we were filed to the right and marched through rain, mud, and general desolation, to the turnpike we left in the morning and within about six miles of our starting point. Why we were marched 8 all day through a drenching rain with mud ankle deep part of the way, for the sake of getting six miles from where we started is more than I could ever ascertain. We passed the night as uncomfortably as the day for our bivouack ground was nearly all flooded with water and it was difficult to keep a fire burning The next morning we again started for Alexandria, and as we had solid road to travel and a pleasant sky overhead it was not so bad as the day previous. We arrived at Fort Ellsworth towards night and choose our camping ground on an eminence to the north of the fort and overllooking the Capitol and other public 9 buildings at Washington I heard a comrade remark that he gazed on the Capitol for an hour in order to regain the patriotism lost on the last march. While here we were permitted to go to Alexandria when we pleased and the boys generally availed themselves of to to take a spree. I had also an opportunity of visiting a cousin belonging to a regt. encamped on Arlington Hights, being the only acquaintance I had met since joining the army save an uncle belonging in our division In about a week after we arrived at Alexandria and during a fearful storm of rain and snow the regt. rec'd orders to leave and as I with some others had 10 taken up quarters in a deserted building out of sight of camp, we were left behind, we soon learned however that they had left and followed them but found that contrary to former orders instead of moving by water we were to move by Rail-Road in the direction of Manassas. We found the Regt. on board the cars and I was obliged to take an open car and be exposed to the almost freezing rain which was falling rapidly. By the time we reached Burks Station near Fairfax, I was benumbed with the cold rain and as the train halted I jumped off and took up quarters in a barn. I made a cup of hot coffee by a fire in the station and "turned in" with many others in barn amongst the hay and 11 passed a comfortable night. next morning I started up the Rail Road for Fairfax and there found several comrades in the same predicament as myself, so we sent out a scout to see if all was right and to find a lodging place for the night. He soon returned and reported that he had discovered an empty building not far off, so thither we all repaired and went to work to make things comfortable, we soon found that a Negro living close by was the possessor of some corn meal and was sadly in want of salt but as we were out of that article we were in a dilemma: salt was plenty with a sutler at the station but as we had not a cent we were as bad off as if none were in the country. I however started on a 12 raid to the sutlers tent for salt and as I stated to him the circumstances frankly he condescended to give me about a pint of the coveted article and I returned to the place of our abode as much pleased as if I had found a fortune. We now soon had some "johnny cake" smoking over some old stone plates on the fire and never did corncake taste better than did these Next morning we started for Manassas and found the Brigade there [and] all uproar and confusion. When they first arrived there they were cold and wet and as there was numerous barrels of whiskey discovered in the commissary, they made a raid on it and [?] the entire lot, whiskey soon disappeared and men got drunk and had a grand "blow out" of it. 13 According to our informant, three-fourths of the whole Brigade had been drunk. This is what I would call a wholesale spree. We were severely censored for being behindhand and were put on extra duty for two days, one of which I stood guard at the quarters of Genl. Reynolds. Before we left this place I took a trip to see the old Bull Run battleground. It was a melancholy sight to behold the graves of many a brave lad and think that soon some of us must share their fate. We left the field with a "flea in our ears" and did not just then feel so sanguine to meet the foe. About the 15th of April we commenced our march from Manassas to Fredericksburg and after halting a few days at Carters Station 14 We reached Falmouth on the opposite bank of the Rappahannock from Fredicksburg and about a mile above it. We encamped on a hill a short distance north of Falmouth and named it Washington We lay here for about four weeks when our Brigade crossed the river to guard the town, and pitched camp in the rear of it on the ground afterwards made historic by the fearful battle fought there between Lee and Burnside. We recrossed again in a week and on the 10th of June we broke camp and marched about ten miles down the river to embark on transports for the Peninsula to join McClellans army; we went aboard the next morning and after a tedious voyage of three days arrived a the White House landing on the Painunky river 15 The day following we marched up the Rail-Road towards Richmond to Dispatch station thirteen miles from the latter place. Soon after the famous raid was made in McClellans rear to sever his communications and we were ordered back to Tunstalls' station to intercept them but arrived just in time to be too late as the rebels had left half an hour before we arrived They left us a mark, however, to show us that they had been there in the shape of a burning train of cars and wagons and two or three dead bodies of citizens. Next day we returned to our old camp at Dispatch After laying idle here for a few days we took up our line of march for Mechanicsville to take the extreme right of the Grand Army then menacing 16 Richmond. We did nothing except picketing and throwing up a small breastwork for a battery until the 26th of June when we were attacked by the rebels, - the first of series of battles which followed Our Co. was not actually engaged in the fight, being deployed as skirmishers to support a battery, and under artillery fire all all the afternoon. There was fearful slaughter made by our men among the rebels farther to our right: our men had earthworks to protect them while the rebels advanced upon them unprotected and were repeatedly repelled until night ended the contest We lost but few men in our Regt. but the gallant Bucklares, the first Regt. of the Brigade suffered severely The artillery did fearful execution and there was a continual roar of 17 cannon from the time the fight opened until long after nightfall Not the least advantage was gained by the enemy in the contest so far as it was concerned, but it answered the purpose of the enemy to keep us engaged while Jackson's forces worked around to our rear and compelled us to retreat, this we did the next morning and took up a new line at Glenn's farm to await the onslaught of the enemy. They came down on us in full force about the middle of the afternoon and the contest raged furiously till nearly night when our forces were almost totally routed and had we been hard pushed at that stage of the engagement, must have suffered severely. The enemy however did not avail themselves of the advantage until the gallant Irish Brigade came up which enabled us 18 to again form and show a bold front. Very little fighting was done after this and we rested on our arms till late in the night, when we crossed the Chicahominy. We lost our Brigadier - Reynolds, as prisoner, together with the eleventh Regt of our Brigade almost entire and Many of the Regiments suffered severely Few were lost in our Rgt. from the fact that we were protected by the nature of the ground during most of the fight. We rested on the south bank of the Chickhominy till after nightfall when we again resumed our retrogade movement and passed Savage station to behold an immense quantity of Commissary stores assigned to the flames to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy. We reached the vicinity of Charles 19 City Cross Roads towards night and were sent out to picket for the night. The next forenoon we were mustered for pay, it being the 30th of June, but many a poor fellow who answered to his name then was in his last sleep before night again spread his mantle o'er the earth. About noon we were called to arms and sent to the right of the position to ascertain the movement of the enemy; we were soon reminded that they were about by hearing some stray shots whistle over our heads. We were soon recalled and took up position in the rear of the artillery to await the onslaught of the enemy. Soon the artillery opened and the shell and shot flew over our heads in profusion but none harming us. 20 This was continued for about an hour when an order was given for us to advance. We started on a charge across the open fields in front of the cannon but as the order to advance had been a mistake of some drunken officer, there was only part of our Regt. advanced and we became scattered but reached the wood beyond. The enemy had endeavored to penetrate our lines by advancing through a ravine to our left but had been repulsed and many scattering ones were coming up through the wood in front of us. Some of these we gobbled up and I had the honor of capturing three of them myself. The woods were full of thick bushes underneath and we could see but a short distance so I started through them on my own hook. I soon espied a 'johnny' making tracks 21 but a "halt" together with the threatening aspect of my musket brought him to and he delivered up his arms I took him back to an officer in charge of several others and went again in search of others. I soon hailed two who thought they were among their own men and I came very nearly paying for my audacity with my life but as I was all ready for them and the least resistance on their part would have cost one of them his life, they yielded. I handed them over the same as I had done the other and as a body of the enemy could be seen coming down on our right I concluded it prudent to skedaddle, so retreated back to near our position at the commencement of the fight. I here fell in with part of a company in charge of of an officer but did not like his style of fighting so I left them and 22 went to work on my own hook again from behind a tree. I fired several shots at the advancing foe but they soon got around to my left so that shots came in two directions. I then retreated back through the woods as I could find no traces of my regt. and finally fell in with a Michigan Regt. and went with them again into the fight. We became engaged to the right of where I had been in the earlier part of the fight and after I had fired about a dozen shots my musket missed fire. I endeavored to discharge it but without avail and while looking about for another I received a shot in my right arm about midway between the elbow and shoulder severing the bone completely and leaving my arm dangling by my side. I started at once for the rear amid a terrific shower of lead and iron but reached a place of safety without further injury. 23 I reached a hospital after nightfall and had my wound dressed. Was left with the wounded by our men that night, had my arm amputated at the shoulder joint on the 2nd of July by surgeons from our own army left with us. On the saturday week following I was taken to the Sibby prison in Richmond, remained for one week. and was paroled and sent by rail-road via. Petersburg to City Point, where I with many others were taken on board our own hospital boats Never was mortal man more pleased than I was when I was placed in a clean bunk with soft bed under me. Almost famished with hunger and being very weak from the effect of my wound, it had almost ended my career to be carried in a rough freight car for the distance I had been We lay at City Point until next morning when we steamed down 24 the river and bid farewell to Rebel rule. At Harrisons Landing we halted for a short time, and oh! how I longed to see the boys I had fought with who were encamped there. We arrived at new York on the 24th of July and part of the patients were left at the Bellvue Hospital but I was taken to Davids Island in Long Island Sound about twenty miles above the city. There were many patients here but were all well cared for and I owe many thanks to the kind ladies of New Rochelle, Yonkers, and others who ministered unto me. About the middle of September I procured leave of absence from hospital for one week to visit my home. I came to New York and took the Camden and Amboy ferry boat 25 on my way to Phila. but only to be wounded again. There were a lot of recruits aboard on their way to Washington and as the boat moved into the stream And they parted from their friends they commenced hurrahing and firing revolvers one of which was discharged accidentally by an officer and passed direct through the middle joint of the large finger on my left hand, so that it now is with but two joints. I went home and saw my parents, returned to David's Island, was finally discharged on the 14th day of October 1862. Such is a faithful record of my military career as a member of Co. G 1st. Regt. Penna Reserve Corps Matthias Smith Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.