Wm. Oland Bourne Box 5 Folder 3 Left Handed Penmanship Contest Series II 31-40 #31 Sycamore V. April 22nd, 1867 Mr Wm Oland Bourne Sir, I received the circular addressed to me requesting me to compete for the prizes offered for the best specimen of penmanship by left handed soldiers. I will make an effort In the spring of 1861 the South was greatly excited, and everywhere was heard the notes of war our people in Ohio were interested in the events of the day as much so as any of her sister States. on the nineteenth of April 1861 I with others went to Upper Sandus- ky in response to the call of Abraham Lincoln for seventy five thousand men to suppress the rebellion in the southern states. When we arrived at Upper Sandusky, we found the town full of men, very much excited with news from the south. lists were prepared and it was not long before the men began to sign their names. I went up and put my name to the paper. I being the first man to enlist from of our township in the war for the union. before night it became evident that two companies could be organized. Captain P. A Tyler took charge of one and Captain Kirby of the other. I decided to go with Capt. Tyler. The day we enlisted was Saturday we went home that evening. and next day returned to Upper Sandusky On Monday took the train and started for Columbus by way of the Crestline. we arrived at dark and marched 2 to Goodale Park then called Camp Jackson. then to the city hall over the market house we passed the night here and returned Camp Jackson next morning. for several days we were lodged in the open air without tents in a short time we were put into barracks. our regiment the fifteenth was organized. Andrews as colonel and A. Spaulding as adjutant. The other field officers I do not recollect. our company was the ninth Co. G. We were sent to Camp Goddard at Zanesville in the county fair grounds. we drilled here for about two weeks. received our arms and received orders to go to the front. we took the train on the Central O. R. R. and crossed the river at Bellaire. we passed the night at Bellaire. here we drew knapsacks and other equipments. and part of a uniform. a cap and pantaloons and a small loaf of bread. We crossed the Ohio river to Benwood on the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. and proceeded to Burton a station on the road. in two days started for Grafton Va. but was stopped at Buffalo Creek to do guard duty. the rebels had burnt two Rail Road bridges here. but when we got there our advance had rebuilt them temporarily we guarded those bridges. after a day or so a part of our regiment proceeded to Grafton and from there to Phillipi where our men defeated a small force of rebels. taking some prisoners. our company remained at the bridges. in a few days we left this place and went to Grafton, where our regiment came together. the rebels 3 in meantime were encamped at Rich Mountain part of our regiment with a detachments from the sixteenth Ohio and first Virginia regiments dislodged them from their works pursuing to Carrick Ford here General Garnett was killed. Whilst this was transpiring our company with some others. and part of the sixteenth and twentieth Ohio regiments moved to Rolesburg [Rowlesburg] on Cheat river from here we marched to Cheat river gap. where it was supposed the rebels would come through on their retreat from the St. George. We were here a few days only when Major Gordon of the regulars with a small escort passed through our camp with the dead body of the rebel Gen. Garnett killed at Carracks Ford. in the meantime the rebels under Wise were trying to escape across the mountains to Eastern Va, and our troops were trying to cut off their retreat near a place called the "red house" the rebels made their point and got away. our men took a few prisoners. After this we returned to Grafton, and proceeded to Parkerburg on our way home to be mustered out of service. having enlisted for three months. we arrived at Columbus on the 25th of July and went to Camp Chase here we turned over our arms and equipments and as they had no funds to pay us off, we were sent home with out discharges. On the 28th day of August our Company were summoned to Upper Sandusky for our pay. we were paid in gold and silver. I served as a corporal through this campain. I was in no battles consequently was not wounded John W. Reynolds 4 Second Enlistment In August 1861 Wm. H. Gibson recieved a commission from Governor Dennison to organize a regiment of Infantry at Liffin, Seneca Co. V. I enlisted in this regiment on the 6th day of September 1861 was assigned to Co. G. 49th V. I. I. I was appointed corporal. we pro- ceeded to Camp Dennison preparatory to moving to the front. this was about the 20th of Sept. orders came for the regt to move. we got on the cars and were about to start under orders for Va but they were countermanded, and we moved to Cincinnati. next morning went aboard of a boat for Louisville, we arrived at Louisville all right. from there to Muldrough Hill. this was the front at that time. as we advanced on Elisabethtown, the rebels in confusion got aboard of a train and started down the road. We staid but a short time here, and moved to Camp Nein on Nolin Creek near Nolinsville. while we lay at this camp our army was organized, our regiment was put in the sixth Brigade, second Division. this army had no particular name at that time, but was after- wards called the army of the Cumberland. our Brigade commander was R. W. Johnson, our division comma- der was A. Mc.D. McCook during the time we lay here. we lost a great many men by the camp fever. I had it myself, and at one time thought that I would go over the river, but I recovered fortunately. So 5 that in December when our army moved to Mumfordsville I was able to march the whole distance, though without a load. we formed a camp here and called it Camp Wood in honor of the father of Gen. Thomas J. Wood on whose farm we were encamped. we remained here until February when Grant invested Fort Donelson where we were ordered to join him. we moved out one days march, when the orders were countermanded and we returned to Green river and crossed on the R.R. Bridge. We marched one day to Bells tavern 20 miles. staid here two days. then marched to Bowling green. Gen Mitchell went in before us. stopped two days here. then moved for Nashville. Marched light, went through in two days and a half. crossed the river at night. the river was very high. camped three miles out on the Franklin Pike. was paid off here, then marched to Columbia on Duck river, from here to Savannah on the Tennessee river where we arrived on the Sixth of April 1862 during the battle of Shiloh. we heard the guns all day the day we got there. on the Morning of the seventh our whole brigade consisting of four regiments and a field battery of six guns embarked on the John J. Noe, and proceeded up the river twelve miles to Pittsburg Landing, when we got off the boat we were surprised to see a crowd of two or three thousand men without arms who begged us 6 to not go up to where the battle was raging for we would all be killed. we did not stop but ascended the hill and advanced on the double quick. after getting half a mile from the landing we left our blankets with a guard and advanced in line of battle. we here began to see the effects of the mornings fighting our army had reinforced Grant the night before and this morning old Nelson had opened the ball himself and forced the rebels back about three miles we went into the battle in good style and there was some hot work. I came out unhurt although a ball struck my belt, doing no damage however. After the rebels had retreated we could pick up any quantity of Bowie knives on the field. they had an idea that they could come to close quarters and then tickle our ribs with them, but that played out. the regiment stacked arms close by where Gen. Sherman had his head quarters, before the battle, his tents was riddled with balls. some of our wounded men had crept into them to keep out of the rain and shelter them from our balls, for they were right between [???] fires for sometime our boys went into Shermans tents and helped them- selves to his sugar, our adjutant told the General he said "roll it out to them" well also went for his molasses. it was all right with old "Billy" as the boys called him. I picked up a very nice sabre and 7 as the General came riding along I showed it to him. he said it belonged to some officer he knew but I have forgotten his name. the General had his his hand tied up. he was wounded. I had seen him in Kentucky and knew him as soon as I saw him We marched back to our blankets and camped in the woods in the rain. in the morning had orders to draw our charges when it was found that not one gun in ten was dry. this day we marched out on to the middle of the field. here we saw sights I have been in many fields but this was the most horrible. two days fighting over the same ground had strewn the ground with dead and wounded. horse cannon, caissons and arms of all descriptions. we took a week to bury the dead and to collect arms. then moved out before the lines at Corinth Miss. this was near the last of May when went to Levitts Hill near Beauregards lines. the enemy disputed our advance when we had a brisk fight. the Johnnies backed. On the 29th of May we advanced on their works and charged over them but Johnny had gone. we took possession of the town. in two or three days we marched for Tuscumbia on the Tennessee river. We lay at Jacksons landing for several days. then crossed the river and took possession of the town of Florence next morning we commenced our long march 8 to Stevenson Alabama. we spent the fourth of July six miles from Huntsville. We passed through Bellepointe on to Stevenson, and passed on to Battle Creek. we encamped on the Tennessee. We on one side and the enemy on the other. no firing was allowed we could talk to them over the river. we staid here untill the 20th day of August when we began our retreat toward the north. we marched through Jasper in the Sequatche valley after passing about five miles above Jasper our advance came upon Braggs advance and as he was stronger than we were went back to Battle creek. and marched up that several miles then took a mountain road and crossed the Cumberland range through Atlamont. here our advance captured one of Braggs staff officers. preparations were made here of Battle but Bragg not advancing our army drew off and descended the mountains going down the mountain we captured a rebel ambulance belonging to the rebel cavalry. we were now in a nice valley with plenty of corn for bread. the rebel cavalry had cut the railroad and stopped our supplies before we left Battle creek. every other man carried a grater made by melting open a canteen and punching each half full of holes with the point of a bayonet. we would grate down the corn on the ear and make pancakes and mush. the next day after going down the mountain we marched into Manchaster in two day after that we made Murfreesboro, and right glad I was too for my shoes were worn out, and 9 besides the weather was so very hot. the rebel cavalry were about us watching for a chance at our trains. at Murfresboro our regiment mounted the wagons and rode to Mill Creek six miles from Nashville. Next day marched to Nashville and crossed the Cumberland and camped at Tyree Springs. next day marched to Mitchellville. we could hear of the evenings cavalry every day but did not see it. when we got within nine miles of Munfordsville we met a large number of our men coming to meet us. Bragg had got ahead of us and come into the road ahead of us and and captured the garrison of Fort Craig at Woodsonville . paroled them and sent them south to meet us. but when we came to Woodsonville, he had gone. we marched to Elisabethtown where Bragg took the road to Bardtown. we continued to West Point on the Ohio river and from there to Louisville. here we rested and drew clothing and pay. our division was ordered to Frankfort. the balance of the army went to Perryville and engaged Bragg. during the Battle of Perryville we lay at Frankfort. we left there at twelve, at midnight and got to Lawrenceburg at noon. here the rebel cavalry met us and we had severe fight. Col. Jacobs of the Ky. cavalry being severely wounded we drove them off towards Harrisburg, and then we took a road at right angles 10 with the one we come in on. we marched about eight miles from Lawrenceburg and encamped for the night. We hard marched thirty two miles this day, next morning skirmishing was heard in the rear and soon about four thousand troops were engaged on our side. the rebels drew off after a while and we continued our march to rejoin the main army at Perryville. it was old Kirby Smith that we had been fighting. had endeavoured to head us off at Lawrenceburg but failed. although he captured a baggage train in our rear we continued on through after Bragg through Danville, and Stamford to Crab Orchard here our pursuit ended. Bragg having passed into East Tennessee, the army returned by easy marches to Bowling Green. Here Gen. Buell was relieved and Rosecrans took command. we then marched to Nashville and camped on the north side of the river, fitted up and had a general review, then crossed the river and marched seven miles to the Lunatic Asylum driving the rebel cavalry before us. in the meantime Bragg had crossed from East Tennessee and had taken position at Murfreesboro, with outposts at Lavergne and Snow Hill. we lay in camp until the last week in December when we advanced on Trainn, then cut across the country to the west of Murfreesboro. our regiment was posted on the 11 right of the whole army. on the morning of the 31st of December 1862 at daylight, the enemy attacked us in overwhelming force driving us back with loss in killed, wounded and prisoners. we fell back to Nashville Pike. here our General had planted his artillery, and not untill they met the fire from these guns did they stop. our regiment was sent to the rear to guard the road. for the enemy cavalry was endeavoring to capture our baggage we skirmished along the west side of the road for two days on the evening of the first day we were ordered to Rosencrans headquarters. as we passed by the General and his staff he spoke to us and said "Never mind boys well fire them yet" Some of our boys who heard him, not knowing who he was said "there is another damned officer drunk again" our second sergeant asked us if we knew who that was that spoke I told him it was Rosencrans. On Friday the second of January our brigade was kept in reserve close to the front within easy range of the rebel batteries. in the afternoon we were ordered into line by McCook and Rosencrans personally we formed and moved to the east across the railroad, and as we were raising the last hill between us and the river I recieved a ball in my left breast ranging diagonally under my left shoulder joint. I fell out of ranks and went to the rear. the blood flowed freely and I felt something hard in my sleeve. I shook it out and the ball rolled into my hand. As I passed on I became very weak and thirsty. I lay down at the foot of a tree and thought I would faint 12 as I lay here a little boy came along with several canteens slung of his shoulder. he gave me one and I thought had never tasted water half so good. after awhile a cavalryman came by with a horse. he helped me to mount and then led the horse to the ambulance. they then took me to a house six miles from Murfresboro to- wards Nashville. I staid there on Saturday. On Sunday morning I started on foot and alone to Nashville. I staid over night in a log house formerly used as negro quarters. on Monday went into Nashville and went to where our baggage was and put on some clean clothes. I then was admitted to the convalescent camp of our division. I staid there untill the eleventh day of Aprill when I returned to the regiment. our army was then at Murfreesboro and remained there untill the 24th of June when we moved on Liberty gap. It rained this day and was heavy marching we reached the gap the same day and succeeded in capturing a few prisoners. they were cutting wheat in a field near by their picket line. after making a feint here we marched to Manchester. from there to Tullahoma. we lay here until the 20th of July when I was promoted to sergeant. On the 25th I received orders to proceed to Ohio to recruit for for the regiment I staid at home until the regiment came home on veteran furlough. I reinlisted on the 22nd of February went to Columbus and was mustered in on the 29th of the same month. On the 14th of March 1864 we 13 left Tiffin Seneca Co. Ohio for the front. we stopped a few days at Camp Dennison then took the train Cincin- nati. this was on the 25th same day took a steamboat to Louisville. arrived on 26th. went into camp at Taylor Barracks. Left on the train for Nashville on the 28th arrived the 29th. here we marched through to Stevenson Alabama. took the train for Chattanooga and arrived the same day. the 10th of April staid two days. then marched to Cleveland Tenn. arrived in two days more after four days marched to McDonalds Station to join the brigade. here we drew new Springfield Rifles. new clothing and accoutrements. Marched on the third of May reocupied Tunnell Hill on the seventh. we were now in the vicinity of the enemy. the enemy was fortified on Buzzard Roost on Rocky face ridge. we had heavy work until the 13th when the enemy having retreated in con- sequence of McPherson having threatened his rear at Resaca through snake creek gap we pursued him to Resaca where he made a stand. On the 15th he fell back again. we followed up and overtook him at Capville. here we had a skirmish on the 19th we staid here until Monday 23d. marched to the right flank, on the 25th we encountered the enemy on the Alla- toona Mountains. and at Dallas on the 27th our division moved to the left and engaged the enemy. we charged the works and were repulsed. our comping losing six 14 killed and thirteen wounded. I was wounded in the joint of the middle finger of my right hand the ball having passed through Joseph Whiteman. he lived one day. my finger became very sore and as they would not send me back to the hospital I kept with the regiment doing no duty except drawing rations for the Company until in August when we took positions before Atlanta. we staid here untill the 23d or 24th of August when Sherman began his flank movement on the West Point R. R. we marched to the R.R. and tore it up. then slowly and carefully to the Macon road. then south on that to Jonesboro here we encountered the enemy in force. while here we heard to reports of his exploding trains at Atlanta he made a strong effort to hold his works but in vain he moved down the R. R. to Leave Joys Station and made another stand. we confronted his lines, and part of our line charged the enemy but were repulsed with loss after dark in heavy rain our army withdrew from his front and fell back to Jonesboro. and then to Atlanta our Brigade encamped between Atlanta and Decatur. after some time Hood moved to our rear and we then had to go after him. we marched to Marietta. then to Kingston, Calhoun, Rome, Resaca and from there west to summerville into Galeville in Alabama. Hood was at Florence and Tuscumbia Sherman now divided his army taking with him 15 south the 23d, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 20th corps and sending north the 4th and 23rd corps under Pat Thomas. from Galeville we marched to Chattanooga and took the train and to Athens Tennessee. we then marched to Pulaski and built winter quarters but did not enjoy them very long on the 23rd of November the rebels advanced on us. and our army fell back to Columbia I was detailed to guard our baggage and was not ordered back to Co. untill we got to Nashville on the 15th of December. Thomas charged Hoods works we charged on the enemys works in front of our position we went over the line of works and captured a good many prisoners. our Co. lost one man killed none wounded at dark our brigade captured a battery of brass pieces turned them on the enemy and gave a few doses of their own medicine. next morning moved out to find the enemy found him about three miles off entrenched. in the afternoon we were ordered to charge a battery. we went to within fifteen feet of his works but could go no further on account of the abbatis placed in front of the works. the black troops had charged first and been repulsed. their dead strewed the ground at the abbatis where they had tried to get through. our men as soon as it was evident that they could not get through laid down behind whatever cover they could find still firing on the enemy. the fire from the works was all this time very severe. I stood firing as fast as I could where a ball 16 struck me on the outside of the left leg at the knee I thought my leg was broke for minute, but on examination found no damage done more than a little skin knocked off. I stepped behind a tree and kept firing. I had only shot three or four times when I was shot through the elbow of my right arm. I through down my gun and went to the rear and was taken to the field hospital. my arm was amputated above the elbow and I was moved to Hospital No. 2 Nashville. I staid here untill the 4th of January when I was put aboard of a boat and started for Jeffersonville Indiana. arrived on the ninth. I staid here untill the 27th when by a special transfer I went to Columbus O. I was sent [?Jupiter?] Gen Hospital on the seventh of March I got a furlough and went home for a month, on the seventh of April returned to hospital. On the 29th of May 1865 I received my discharge from the United States service after having served from the 19th day of April 1861 to the 29th day of May 1865. I am now at home. I am Postmaster in the town of Sycamore O. also Justice of the peace, my fellow citizens thinking me worthy of their confidence. I forgot to mention that after the battle of Chamauga the army was reorganized. our regiment was placed in the first brigade third division, army of the Cumberland. I have endeavored to comply with your rules. as for a Photograph of 17 will have to get some taken, perhaps I may not send it with the mss. I have been in the following battles Shiloh Apr 7th 1862. Lerrits Hill May 28th 1862 Laurenceburg Ky. Oct 7th 1862. Dogwalk Ky 8th 1862 [Stone River Jan. 2nd] Stone River Dec. 31st Jan 1st 2d wounded Jan 2nd Liberty Gap June 24th & 25th 1863 Rocky Face Ridge, May 8th to 13th 1864 Resaca May 14 1864 & 15th Cassville May 19th 1864 Picketts Mills, May 26th & 27th 1864 wounded on the 27th Atlanta until the 24th August 1864 Jonesboro Sept. 1st 1864. Love Joys Station Sept. 3d & 4th 1864 Nashville Tenn. Dec. 15th & 16th 1864 wounded on the 16th arm amputated, wound in leg John W. Reynolds Late Sergt. Co. G, 49th Ohio, Vet. Vol. Infty State of Ohio Seneca County s. s: Before me N. L. Brewer a notary public in and for the County of Seneca personally appeared John W. Reynolds and made solemn oath that the facts set forth in the above mss. are true to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that he has learnt to write with his left hand since the 16th of December 1864, the time he lost his right arm. John W. Reynolds Sworn and subscribed before me, this 13th day of June 1867 N. L. Brewer Notary Public Seneca Co. Ohio #32 Soldiers Left Hand Penmanship Written By Caleb Brewster of Waverly, Tioga. Co. New York Formerly a Private in Co H of the 69th Reg N.Y. Vols. who Enlisted at New York on the 29th of March 1864 and was wounded in right hand on the 12th of May following at Spottsylvania, C. H. Va. Was engaged in the Battles of the Wilderness & Spottsylvania. Discharged on Surgeons Certificate of Disability at Carver Hospital, Washington, D.C. March 2nd 1865 1st Unknown These lines were suggested by visiting the Soldier's National Cemetery at Washington, D.C. No Sculptured marble tells the name of him Who sleeps beneath this little mound We only know a private soldier fell. And comrades laid him her beneath the ground. No loved ones bow above his narrow bed To pay the tribute of a falling tear. No bright flowers trained by loving hands, shall shed Their fragrance o'er the lone one sleeping here. Unknown? Unknown? and yet his memory shall live By the sad hearthstone of a lonely home. Are there not true hearts watching through their tears For the loved footsteps which nevermore shall come. 2nd Unknown! And yet his memory shall live With the new glory of his country blest [blent] Unknown! and yet a ransomed nation's love Forevermore shall be his monument C. B. live last and blent State of New York Tioga County [{?}] Caleb Brewster of Barton Tioga NY being duly sworn deposed says that the sample of writing shown to me and to which this affidavit is attached was written by himself and with his left hand That he cannot now use his right hand for the purpose of writing and that he never had used his left hand for the purpose of writing until after he was wounded while in service of the United States in the last war Subscribed & sworn before me this 18th day of June 1867 L.W. Mulock Justice of the Peace Caleb Brewster #33 No. 1 Prison life in the South At the commencement of the late Rebellion I volunteered my services, in the Ellsworth N.Y. Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Vols.) We left New York City the 29th day of April 1861 and were mustered in the United States service the 5th day of My \-61 at Washington D.C. by Genl. McDowell. At the first battle of Bull Run July 21st \-61 I was taken prisoner between the hours of 7 & 8 oclock P.M. several of my comrades and myself were marched to Mannassas Junction and remained under a wood shed all that night. on the following morning we took the Cars for Richmond Va. and arrived there on the 23rd day of July. we were than taken by the guards to the Tobacco Warehouse which is situated in the lower portion of the city, on the southwest corner of Twenty Fifth and Maine Streets, and was occupied, previous to being used as a Military prison by Messrs Liggon and Co, for manufacturing and storing Tobacco. On arriving there we were welcomed by a number of our Comrades in "Arms", who were taken previous to us. The only article or luxurey in the shape of No 2. a Bed was the bare floor and a Block used for pressing Tobacco was appropriated as a pillow which was not very agreeable to our sensitive feelings. we were kept in close confinement and not allowed to come with in two (2) feet of a window or the guard's would fire on us with deadly effect. a friend of mine, Mr. J. Glesson, while hanging his shirt out of one of the window's to dry was shot through the head by one of the rebels guard's and killing him instantly. this kind of treatment did not suit any of the boy's when in confinement. A number of officers and privates were removed to Charleston Jail Sept 10th and held as hostages for the Privateers of the Savannah, Col. Woodruff, Col. O.B Wilcox, Col. Michael Corcoran, and others to numerous to mention in this brief sketch of my imprisonment. I shall cur-tail as much as possible in order to give the reader the full facts of the prison life at Richmond, Va. Charleston S.C. Castle Pinckney, and Columbia S.C. The treatment at Charleston S.C. was, in a manner superior to that of Richmond Va. we were treated with kindness by the rebel No 3. officers and privates. we were not in Charleston jail long when a fire broke out in the Arsenal which spread with great rapidity over the lower part of the City consuming in its firey elements about five hundred (500) houses, including Commissary stores, Quartermasters stores and Army supplies in general, which was a great loss to the rebels. shortly after the fire, we were removed to Castle Pinckney which is situated at the mouth of the Cooper river a small fort at that time mounting but one gun. The commanding officer at Castle Pinckney wanted some of our boy's to mount their guns on the rampart's of the Castle the news however found its way to Col. O.B. Wilcox who was at that time confined in the Castle. Col. O.B. Wilcox told the rebel officer that he would not allow any of Uncle Sam's boy's to aid or assist them in any manner whatever. However we did not stay long at this fort. when we were again removed to Columbia Jail S.C. the Capitol of the State is about one hundred miles north west from Charleston City the jail is situated on Broad st. near a market No. 4. and the Captain who was then in command of the prison treated us with all due respect as prisoners of War. We would pass away our time by making finger rings, Bandkins, Shields, and other things to numerous to mention. the articles thus manufactured were sold to the rebels. The money this realized was appropriated for food and other necessaries of life. from this place a number of our boy's made their escape but did not get very far when they were recaptured and brought back to Columbia Jail. We were not long in Columbia when we received the good news of going home, which was hailed with delight and great was the spirit manifested on the occasion. We were sent from Columbia, back to Richmond, Va, and confined in the Tobacco Warehouse for three months which caused our spirits to fall, thinking we would never get home until the War was over. But at last the Clerk told us we were going home and it was not long after, he told us when we got the word to get ready we signed the parole papers and marched out of the Building, then took the Boat for Newport News, and arrived there the next morning. and welcomed by the No. 5. brave boy's in blue. The two boat's were tied together. The Confederate or rebel officer handed the the Federal officer a list of names of those boys released, and as each name was called the owner passed with a skip and a jump upon the National steamer, where he soon appeared on the upper deck with an immense chunk of bread and ham, holding it tantalizingly up to his companions remaining on board the Rebel boat, oftimes with the remark, No salt horse about this boys. At last all were aboard and we dashed down the river. We arrived at Washington D.C. the 13th day of May 1862 and put up at the "Soldiers Rest." on the 20th day of May we received all our back pay and were mustered out of the United States Service as prisoners of War, "on parole," by order of the Secretary of War having been confined by the rebels for the period of eleven months. Tho. M. Geehan (late) Sergt. Co. L, 155the Regt NY Vols. 2d Brigade 2d Div. and 2d Army Corps, Army of Potomac. #34 LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE XIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, Office of the WESTERN RESERVE CHRONICLE William Ritezel, Editor and Publisher Warren, O June 19, 1867 Personally appeared before me Elisha Alvis, a citizen of Warren Trumbull Co Ohio who upon oath by me delivered says that he never wrote with his left hand until after the battle of Gettysburg and that the Memoirs of one of the left Hand Corps was by him written. That said Elisha Alvis did lose his right in said battle. With my hand and seal this 19th day of June 1867. Albert Yeomans Probate Judge Trumbull Co Ohio 1 Memoirs of one of the left Arm Corps It will be necessary for me before giving any details to state that my business called me frequently to visit the southern cities. It was at this time in company with others we proceeded down the Mississippi river. All nature was beginning to break forth in its beauty, the farther we proceeded on our journey. From indications we concluded to go no farther than Memphis. The air was becoming rife with rebellious sentiments; and loud were anathemas heaped upon those who dared vindicate their rights. Northerners were fleeing to their homes and Southerners returning to their soil; all to take part in the great rebellion that followed. We turned our course homeward, but not to find peace and friendship hand in hand as when we left it. All was commotion when we landed in Pittsburg 2. "There was mounting in hot haste the steed, The mustering squadron and the clattering car went pouring forth with impetous speed. And swiftly forming in the ranks of war." Sumpter had been fired upon. The ardor of loyal men was aroused, regiments were forming and moving to the tented field. I bade farewell to my companions; and on the twentieth of April 1861, enlisted in company A Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers for the period of three months. On the following morning we took our departure for Harrisburg, and were placed under command of Colonel William H. Irving. We were immediately ordered to Chambersburg. At this point we donned our first "Suit of blue." Then began the duties of the Soldier. From here we moved to Greencastle and remained about a week and received orders to report at Williamsport, on the Potomac, which was accomplished after several days marching. After performing the 3 ordinary camp duties, we were ordered to have three days rations in our haversacks, and be ready to move at any moment. On the 2nd of July we broke camp, and were in line, and crossed the Potomac and took up positions on the South Side. It was a bright and beautiful morning, all of the soldiers being in the best of spirits, and were reviewed by General Patterson as they passed by. A force of rebels were on the range of hills on the Virginia side under General Jackson, who upon the approach of our troops fell back and took up position near Hainesville, where the were dislodged by our advance, throwing away in their flight knapsacks , canteens, etc. etc., which our men gathered as trophies. A short distance from here we went into camp for the night, moving on the following morning to Martinsburg. At this place great destruction was done the Baltimore and Ohio R.R. 4 The inhabitants seemed quite loyal, presenting a stand of colors to the Eleventh Penna Vols. We remained here quite a while, being often aroused by the long voll. Here we spent our first fourth of July in the service of the United States. An oration was delivered and the articles of war read to us. The rebels were now in the vicinity of Big Springs. We again were on the move and went into camp at Bunker Hill. The next morning resumed our march, and encamped near Charlestown. Our term of enlistment was fast expiring and with some it had expired. Requests were made of the men to give their Services but a short time longer, but with no avail. From here we were sent to Hagerstown and thence to Harrisburg and from the latter place to Pittsburg, where we were mustered out 5 On the 13" of October, 1861, again enlisted at Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in Company F eleventh regiment Penna. Vols., for the period of three years. The regiment was then in camp Curtin, near Harrisburg. On my arrival was appointed Sergeant. Here we had to perform considerable drilling and soon after was ordered to Annapolis, Maryland, and quartered in St. John's College, and old institution founded in 1784, but had lately undergone repairs. Here is the Naval Academy. The grounds connected with this establishment, contains buildings for recitations, officers quarters, mess rooms, dormitories, a philosophical hall, and an astronomical observatory. Here it was where General Washington in the capitol, tendered his resignation, December 23rd 1783, as commander-in-chief of the American army. While we were here, General Burnsides was fitting out an expedition, and details were made heavily upon us for fatigue duty. After the departure 6 of the expedition, we were placed on duty on the Annapolis Junction R. R. but were soon ordered to report at Washington. While there marched to the President's mansion, and listened to a few encouraging remarks from him. An advance of the main army having been made, we received orders to move, and took cars from Alexandria for Manassas Junction, and at the latter place went into camp. At this place the Alexandria R. R. unites with the Manassas Gap R. R. Here there are a succession of hills equidistant from each other, that the rebels had strongly fortified. We were then detailed to guard the Manassas Gap R. R. our company quarters being at Gainsville. Our next move was to White Plains where like duty was performed. From the active operations then going on under General McClellan, we moved to Falmouth on the Rappahanock At this time we were under General McDowell. 7 In the Shenandoah Valley the rebel Jackson was maneuvering with his forces. We received orders to proceed to the valley moving by way of Acquia Creek and there embarking on transports that were in readiness, proceeding to Alexandria, there taking cars for Manassas Junction, arriving in the evening and going into camp for the night. Moving as far as Rectortown the following day, we halted and here went into camp taking up our line of march the net day, arriving at Front Royal in the evening at about 10 O'clock. Next morning crossed the Shenandoah. During our march it rained almost constantly which prevented our supply trains keeping up with us. Our rations were exausted, and we were ordered to recross the river and go into camp above Front Royal. Here we remained quite a while untill we received orders to move to Watterloo: by this time General Pope had taken 8 command of the forces and reorganized them. From Watterloo we moved to Warrenton Springs and from thence to Culpepper. As the cavalry under Gen's Buford and Bayard, who had been guarding the fords of the Robertson and Rapidan, were pressed back by the rebels. Gen's Banks and Sigel were ordered to their support. The enemy soon developed a strong force and on the 9th of August, 1862 took up position on Cedar Mountain. General Banks advanced to the attack, but the engagement did not fairly open until near 6 O clock P. M. Our division pushed forward and ocupied the right of Gen. Banks, taking the place of his right wing which he had massed on his centre; but before this could be effected it became quite dark and the musketry firing had ceased. We rested on our arms for the night in line of battle. During the night a constant 9 commanding was kept up between the enemies batteries and ours. On the next morning the enemy had fallen back and soon our whole force pushed forward as far as the Rapidan. From the movements of the enemy we moved to the rear of the North Fork which we effected on the 18th taking position at Rappahanock Station. At this point was an old rebel fortification that we turned against them. On the 23d the bridge was burned by order of General Rickets. After considerable marching and countermarching we fell back to Warrenton Junction, as it was evident from the demonstrations made by the rebels, they were about performing some gigantic movement. At this time some forces under the rebel Jackson had succeeded in getting between us and Washington in the neighborhood of Gainsville. We were ordered to Gainsville but it 10 was countermarched by an order to proceed to Thoroughfare Gap and hold it to prevent any reinforcements from reaching Jackson At about 2 O clock we reached the Gap and pressed back Longstreet's advanced and compelled him to desist, he after finding he could effect no passage here moved to Hopewell Gap, and succeeded in coming to the support of Jackson. We then received orders to retire. In this engagement we lost heavily. That night we rested on our arms near Gainsville and before daylight moved to Bristoe Station where after a few hours rest marched to Manassas Junction. On the next morning we were in line and all was in readiness for battle. The enemy had been strongly reinforced and already had an engagement with some of our forces. On the morning of the 29" of August the second battle of Bull Run commenced. Our men hotly 11 contested the field. At this time we were placed on the right and after several attempts to take a battery that we had unmasked fell back in disorder. While lending a hand to a wounded man, I did not get along as rapidly as some of the rest; thus I became a prisoner in the enemy's hands and was taken to their rear near Gainsville, and from my knowledge of the country concluded to make my escape which I accomplished that night striking for the Potomac, and after some days reached Leesburg where I found an old negro woman, who furnished me with something to eat having subsisted on green corn and apples Since I made my escape. Her husband that night piloted me towards the river, and placed me in the hands of another negro who ferried me across the river before daylight, and directed me on my way to Washington, and at Rocksville, met some of our troops who were moving to meet a force of rebels who already had crossed the river. 12 I was then sent to my regiment where I obtained a furlough being in a condition not fit to keep up them. At the expiration of my furlough I rejoined my regiment near Stafford Court House. Here we remained until about the 10th of December when we proceeded to Fredericksburg and on the 12th crossed the river. On the 13th were in line of battle. We then were in Gen Franklins left grand division. Quite early in the firing commenced on the right until it became general. The 16" Maine relieved us and here let me say never did a regiment going on a field keep up a front as they not a waver when their comrades would fall but closed up in their places. This was the battle of Fredericksburg. On being relieved by the 16th Maine we fell to the rear and in the evening moved to the left of the line going on our post duty for the night. On the next day sunday the 14" both armies remained comparitively quiet. On monday night the 13 15th our forces recrossed the river and moved to our old camp where we remained for the winter. Indications of some movement however were manifest about the 16th of January 1863. An order to march had been twice issued and as often countermanded. On the 17th it was issued again requiring each soldier to have sixty rounds of amunition and thee days rations in haversacks. On the 20th we moved to Hartwood Church. A heavy rain having set in made the roads become almost impassible. An effort was made to take some position, but through some cause or other was not effected. On the 24" the storm abated and the army returned tot their former quarters. On the 26" General Burnsides surrendered the command of the army to General Hooker. Near the latter part of April 1863 the whole army was on the move. The first Corps under General Reynolds to Which we were attached moved 14 and took up position two miles below Fredericksburg. One division of our Corps crossed the river about a mile below, while the 6" Corps crossed at the Burnsides crossing. Some sharp skirmishing here took place between the enemy and those of our men who already had crossed That night the remaining portion of our corps lay to the side of the road that runs parallel with the river During the evening our bands commenced playing and as the sound wafted across the river the rebel bands took it up playing alternately their favorite pieces and both concluding at the same with Home Sweet Home The sounds of home sweet home still rang in our ears when our weary eyes refused longer to keep open The next morning we early on the move to the right where hooker was then engaged at Chancellorsville. It was late when we arrived crossing at United States ford and took position on the right 15 when we set to work vigorously entrenching ourselves, using tin plates bayonetts and jack knives and in the morning had quite strong breastworks The contest raged fiercely on our left It had already commenced to rain quite heavily At about 3 O clock A M. the next morning we were called; in having been on picket and the recrossing commenced It is difficult to say what our fate would have been as the river then was running bank high We again encamped near our old quarters but not long to remain as the enemy were again on the move and some of their forces were in Pennsylvania On sunday June the 14th again were on the move. Our march was rapid and sometimes disorderly The men choked with dust straggled into the fields in search of watter All night of sunday we marched and on monday about noon went into camp 16 in the neighborhood of Centreville when we remained for a few days: taking up our line of march and crossing the Potomac and moving to Frederick, Maryland, where we arrived on Saturday evening The next morning again took up our line of march and encamped near Emettsburg, where we were waiting our forces to come up. While we were here the rebels were concentrating their force in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Early on the morning of the 1st day of July we moved to Gettysburg to open that memorable battle. When at the line between the two states, our colonel made a few remarks, and the men their approval of it by loud cheers and a determination to drive the rebels from their native state. We had proceeded but a few miles when our ears caught the sounds of [?] guns. The battle of Gettysburg had commenced. General Meade had taken 17 command. General Reynolds while reconnoitreing in force was wounded and shortly after died compelling his advance cavalry to fall back At this time our corps appeared; the first division under General Wadsworth was in the advance; the division of Gen Doubleday formed on the left while that of Gen Robinsons (ours) on the right I at this time being Orderly Sergeant was ordered to call the roll and of all reported for duty there was not one absent The position ocupied was a ridge north- west of town which sloped to the west into an open valley of ploughed fields and meadows Across thi[e]se fields we advanced and here it was I received a wound in my right arm and was compelled to go to the rear and was sent to one of the churches where I received attention Our men did not long hold their position and fell back and took positions on Cemetery Hill 18 the rebels taking possession of the town Our knapsacks that we were ordered to leave on the outside of the building were sacked of their contents and my diary that I highly prized fell into their hands which I hope may account for my absence of dates Suffering from the pain of my wound I had an examination made on the 3rd by the surgeons of the brigade they making incissions in my arm to see the nature of it, and after consultation concluded that amputation was necessary to preserve life The amputation was performed by Drs Chambers of 97th New York Chase of 13th Massachusetts and Anawalt of our regiment It was a gun shot fracture through the elbow joint requiring amputation above leaving about five inches of the stump During the afternoon I succeeded in getting up into the bellfry of the church and witnessed some of the desperate charges of the rebels but 19 each time were hurled back with great slaughter On the 4th we were ordered to the rear of Cemetery Hill and there was placed in a barn The enemy had commenced to fall back and many were the sufferes they left behind How long we remained here cannot say We were well taken care of by the members of that noble organization the Christian and Sanitary commissions. God bless them one and all. In the latter part of August was furloughed and at its expiration ordered to report to U. S. General Hospital at Pittsburg and here remained during the winter of 1863 In the Spring of 1864 were formed into a detachment of the Veteran Reserve Corps and sent to Washington. After remaining here awhile a detail was made of an hundred men including myself and placed on board the transport Connecticut in charge of Dr Wood who assigned to 20 the men their duties such as ward masters, attendants, cooks etc. and to myself the general superintendance over all. General Grant had taken command of the army and was fast affecting his purpose. Our duties was for transporting the sick and wounded of his army to Hospitals through out the north. Suffice it to say the duties were not of the most agreeable kind but all our energies were exerted to alleviate the sufferings of these brave boys we could sympathise with them Here permit were some of the workers of that noble organization the Sanitary Commission whose kindness can never be forgotten To Mrs Hill Miss Hattie Reifschneider and Miss Sharpless do many of our brave boys owe much for the devotion they took in them From the beginning of Grants campagne in Virginia till I left which was about the 1st of September 21 we carried about fifty six thousand sick and wounded The Connecticut was one of about a ten transports At my request I was discharged the Service of the United States the 5th of September 1864 Yours etc Elisha R Wise Allegheny May 19 1867 Henry G. Hale Service of Merchandise Shipped by Allison & Chew per Steamer Oregon and consigned to R A Stone St Louis for Sale on act of Shipper In account with Harmon & Bro's __________ 1867 " Jan 3rd [?u] 4 yds Silk Velvet @ $ 4.00 1 16 00 " March 12 " 5 " Blue Cloth " " 5.00 25.00 " " 18 " 20 " Binding " " 40 8.00 " " 23 " 2 doz Gilt Buttons " 1.25 2 50 35 50 51 50 R A S 500 Kegs of Nails @ $ 3.00 1500 00 Charges Shipping Expenses 30.00 Insurance @ 2 1/2 of and policy $1,100 90 00 120.00 1620 00 E. S. Allison & Chew Pittsburg Jan 9" 1867 See Day Book Entry Jan 9 Set IV. Warren Sept 12th 1864 Mr G. W Fanning Bought of E R Wise 2 1/2 yds of Blue Broad Cloth @ $ 2.50 6.25 5 " " Blue Casimere " " 1.75 8 75 50 " " Bleached Muslin " " 45 22 50 $ 37 50 Received Payment E. R Wise Written by E. R. Wise. of Warren Trumbull County Ohio #35 Washington, DC. Left hand penmanship. William Oland Bourn Editor of the Soldiers Friend. Dear Sir I have the honor to respectfully submit the following brief statement as a specimen of my left hand penmanship. I enlisted as a private in Company A. Fifty third Regiment Indiana volunteers. Colonel Grisham commanding. on the four- teenth day of February 1862, to serve three years unless sooner discharged Served with that regiment during its various fortunes and vicissitudes until the battle of Hatchie, Mississippi faught October fifth, 1862. at which place I lost my right arm and had to quit the field. I was thus rendered unfit for my former occupation. I was honorbly discharged on the tenth day of November 1862. Since that time I have been trying to learn to write with my left hand and have succeeded beyond my expectations; and learning that you was offering a premium for left hand penmanship; I have been induced to write. Not that I expect a prize but merely to let you know that I belong to the left armed Corps. Yours Respectfully Eli Hurin My P.O. address is Quartermaster Genl. Office Washington D.C. [UNDATED] Series 2 36 F. Elliot Shortly after the call of three hundred thousand was made in July 1861, I in company with some of my boy-hood associates enlisted in the service of our Country for three years or during the war. We were sworn in at the city of wabash under the care of Joseph M. Thompson who was then enlisting men for a company of which he hoped to be captain. It was on the 18th day of August that we enlisted and on the 20th our company being full we started for Indianapolis where our regiment was to be organized. Having spent several days in camp drilling and waiting the arrival of other companies until our number was full on the 25th day of August we were mustered as a complete regiment with W. P. Benton as our colonel. 2 He held his position for nine months with credit to himself and honor to the regiment, after which he was promoted and exchanged his silver eagle for the golden star. We received the honored title of the 8th Regt. Ind. Vol. Inft. I say honored because one of the first in the field in the three month call and engaged in the Rich Mountain battle of Virginia, the first victory now in favor of the old Stars and Stripes. The companies of the Regt. were arranged alphabetically, and, ours received the letter "J" which placed us on the left flank and the last company but one. Thus organized we spent some little time 3 in further drill until fully armed and equipped. On the 11th day of September (61) we took the train for St Louis and the dreary wilderness of Missouri and Arkansas. We wer here placed under the command of Gen. Pope as maj. Gen. and J. C. Freemont commander of the department. But fortunately or unfortunately as the case may be, he was soon removed and Gen. Hunter was his sucessor. After spending over six months in pursuit of the Rebel forces under Gen. Price we succeded in bringing them to an engagement at what is known as the Pea Ridge battle field. The engagement was brought on by the enemy, and for the first day 4 - 6th March - was directed against Gen. Siegel's forces. On the morning of the 7th opened the general engagement of our entire forces, then about thirteen thousand effective men. The battle raged furiously throughout the entire day and without the appearance of success to either army, they having lost their heroic Mc Colloug, and we having been compelled to give way before the overwhelming numbers brought to bear against us. On the morning of the 8th as the sun rose on our view the artillery opened the conflict that was to decide the victory. Soon the engagement was extended along the entire line. The battle grew in intensity and interest until near the middle of the day when the enemy a short time before so hopeful of 5 success began to give way before our incessant fire and in an hour the entire field was left to our quiet possession, and the enemy was making a "masterly retreat" to the pine clad tops of Boston Mountains. Thus March 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1862 was bought our first battle and though almost overwhelmed by numbers were enabled to carry off the palm in glorious triumph. Having spent a twelve months more in those regions of our hardships, about the tenth of march 1863 we were ordered to join the army then collecting in the vicinity of Vicksburgh. And soon after were engaged in those hard-fought battles in its rear. Having passed below the city we crossed the river 6. and on the first day of May (63) were arrested in our march by a strong detachment of the enemy at what is called Magnolia Hill and during the entire day the conflict raged furiously: and as the sun was sinking behind the dense forest. the last of the opposing enemy fled and gave us a night of quiet rest. The following day we pursued the enemy but in vain. Thus closing in our lines until we came up with them at Champion Hills. On the 16th of May was fought the bloody battle that has rendered the name immortal. Again at the close of day the enemy fled leaving many of their dead and dying on the field. On the following morning (17th) we were in close 7 pursuit of them and engaged them at the R.R. Bridge across Black River, where they had fortified themselves and prepared for a strong resistance as it was their last and only hope out side the powerful works we were so rapidly approaching and which was destined finally to fall beneath the powerful arm that pressed them. From an hour by sun until noon they stood the fire and gallantly returned the compliment when on a sudden they fled like a sheep without a shepherd. And after firing the bridge they pressed onward to their works for shelter. The following day (18th) we followed in pursuit and on the forenoon of the 19th was fired the first gun upon the works of Vicksburg. 8 The entire army was soon in position and the thirteenth corps, the one to which our brigade was assigned, was stationed near the center of that long line, on the R. R. running from Jackson to Vicksburgh. Changing ofur position each day in succession and each time advancing a little, by the 21st we were in close communion with their arms. And on the 22nd was made the notorious assault upon their works which resulted in naught but the slaughter of thousands of our brave boys. It was after the hard fighting of the day was over that I, unfortunately received a ball. shot from a fort near by, in to my fore arme of the right. On the morning of the 27th May it was decided by the medical board that in order to save life I would 9 be compelled to submit to an amputation, which I did. And on the morning of the 31st May started for the more congenial climes of the north. Thus for the first time I was compelled, by disability, to leave the company in which I had served as a private for 21 months. After several days of extreme suffering from loss of blood, I was permitted to reach the shores of Indiana and was placed under the kind treatment of an able surgeon and an excellent nurse in one of the hospitals of the city of Evansville, where I remained for over two months. After which I came home and after a year's endurance of pain and suffering with my wound I was permitted to start college and if no opposing obstacles intervene 10 I will have the honor of grauating with the class of "68" of the Indiana Asbury University. Thus hav I presented a brief sketch of my experience during the war together with the Regt. of which I was a member. Verry respectfully James F. Elliott Upon oath I do hereby affirm that the herewith enclosed manuscript contains a true sketch of my life while in the army; that it also is a specimen of my penmanship with the left hand; that the right arm was amputated from the effects of a wound received in battle and that I have learned to write with my left hand since the amputation of my right hand Signed. James F. Elliott. State of Indiana Putnam[?]ct. — Personally the above named James F. Elliott, and subscribed and swore to the above and foregoing statement the 15th day of June 1867. Witness my hand and Notaral seal. W. Adolph Brown Noty Public [*2*] [*36*] [*J Elliot*] [*Vicksburgh &c*] 304 THE CITY RECORD. February 17, 1881. (column 1 of 4) New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect that if the contract be awarded to the person or persons, making the estimate, they will, upon its being so awarded, become bound as his or their sureties for its faithful performance: and that if said person or persons shall omit or refuse to execute the contract, they will pay to the Corporation any difference between the sum to which said person or persons would be entitled on its completion, and that which the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person to who the contract may be awarded at any subsequent letting; the amount in each case to be calculated upon the estimated amount of the work by which the bids are tested; the consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of the contract, over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabilities as bail, surety, and otherwise; and that he has offered himself as surety in good faith, and with the intention to execute the bond required by law. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered is to be approved by the Comptroller of the City of New York, after the award is made and prior to the signing of the contract. Bidders are informed that no deviation from the specifications will be allowed, unless under the written instructions of the Engineer-in-Chief. No estimate will be accepted from, or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation, upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or other- wise, upon any obligation to the Corporation. The right to decline all the estimates is reserved, if deemed for the interest of the Corporation. The form of the agreement, including specifications, and showing the manner of payment for the material, is annexed. Bidders are requested, in making their bids or estimates, to use the blank prepared for that purpose by the Department, a copy of which, together with the form of the agreement, including specifications, and showing the manner of payment for the material, can be obtained upon application therefor at the office of the Department. HENRY F. DIMOCK, JACOB VANDERPOEL, WILLIAM LAIMBEER, Commissioners of the Department of Docks. ____________ DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS, } Nos. 117 and 119 Duane Street, } New York, February 4, 1881. } ________ TO CONTRACTORS. (No. 127.) PROPOSALS FOR ESTIMATES FOR REMOVING THE OLD PIER AT THE FOOT OF WEST TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, N.R., AND PREPARING FOR AND BUILDING A NEW WOODEN PIER NEAR THE FOOT OF WEST TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, TO BE KNOWN AS PIER, NEW 56, N.R. _________ ESTIMATES FOR REMOVING ALL OF THE old pier at the foot of West Twenty-sixth street, North river, and building a new wooden pier near the foot of West Twenty-sixth street, will be received by the Board of Commissioners at the head of the Department of Docks, at the office of said Department, Nos 117 and 119 Duane street, in the City of New York, until 12 o'clock M., of WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1881, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened by the head of said Department and read. The award of the contract, if awarded, will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids. Any person making an estimate for the work shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope to said Board, at said office, on or before the day and hour above named, which envelope shall be indorsed with the name or names of the person or persons presenting the same, the date of its presentation, and a statement of the work to which it relates. The bidder to whom the award is made shall give security for the faithful performance of the contract, in the manner prescribed and required by ordinance, in the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars. The Engineer's estimate of the nature, quantities, and extent of the work is as follows: I. Yellow Pine Timber - 3" plank . . . . 17,136 feet, B. M., measured in the work. 4" x 10" . . . . 14,007 " " " 4" plank . . . . 129,280 " " " 5" x 10" . . . . 30,993 " " " 5" plank . . . . 48,310 " " " 6" x 12" . . . . 9,840 " " " 8" x 8" . . . . 5,266 " " " 8" x 12" . . . . 560 " " " 10" x 10" . . . . 91,317 " " " 10" x 12" . . . . 101,520 " " " 12" x 12" . . . . 201,200 " " " Total . . . . 649,429 " " " ___________ 2. White Oak Timber - 6" x 12" . . . . 300 feet, B. M., measure in the work. 7" x 12" . . . . 140 feet " " " 12" x 12" . . . . 912 " " " Total . . . . 1,352 3. White Oak Timer (creosoted)- 8" x 12" . . . . 11,872 feet, B. M., measured in the work. 4. North Carolina Yellow Pine Timber- 3" plank . . . . 105,570 feet, B. M., measured in the work. 5. White or Yellow Pine Boards- 1" x 4" . . . . 2,205 feet, B. M., measured in the work. 6. Locust Treenails- About ..................................................... 3,240 Note. - The above quantities of timber are exclusive of extra lengths required for scarfs, laps, etc., and of waste. 7. 15" Yellow Pine, White Pine, or Cypress Piles . . 775 (These piles will be from 75 to 85 feet in length, to average about 80 feet in length.) 8. 2", 1 1/2", 1 1/4", 1", 7/8", and 3/4" wrought- iron screw-bolts and wrought-iron washers, about ................... . . . . 21,812 pounds. 7/8" x 26", 7/8" x 22", 3/4" x 22", 3/4" x 20", 3/4" x 18", 3/4" x 16", 3/4" x 12", 3/4" x 9", 5/8" x 10", 1/2" x 10", 1/2" x 8", 1/2" x 6", and 7-16" x 8" square, and 3/4" x 12", 5/8" x 6", 5/8" x 5", and 3/8" x 4" round wrought-iron spike-pointed bolts, and 8d. nails, about ...................................... 42,964 " 10. Boiler-plate armatures, wrought-iron corner bands and column pile shoes, about ................................ 8,432 " 11. Cast-iron mooring posts, about...... 3,600 " 12. Cast-iron washers for 1 1/4", 1", 7/8", and 3/4" screw-bolts, about................ 11, 362 " 13. Labor of framing and carpentry, including all moving of timber, jointing, planking, bolting, spiking, painting, oiling or tarring, and furnishing the materials for painting, oiling or tarring, and the wedges for the treenails, etc., and labor of every description; for that part of the pier where the bays are 12'6" span, 5,200 square feet; and for the remainder of the pier, 35,960 square feet. 14. Labor of removing all of the pier at the foot of West Twenty-sixth street, N. R., an area of about 12,410 square feet; and of removing all the old material from the premises. N.B. - As the above mentioned quantities, though stated with as much accuracy as is possible, in advance, are approximate only, bidders are required to submit (column 2 of 4) their estimates upon the following express conditions, which shall apply to and become part of every estimate received: 1st. Bidders must satisfy themselves, by personal examination of the location of the proposed work, and by such other means as they may prefer, as to the accuracy of the foregoing Engineer's estimate, and shall not, at any time after the submission of an estimate, dispute or complain of the above statement of quantities, nor assert that there was any misunderstanding in regard to the nature or amount of the work to be done. 2d. Bidders will be required to complete the entire work to the satisfaction of the Department of Docks and in substantial accordance with the specifications of the contract and the plans therein referred to. No extra compensation beyond the amount payable for the work before mentioned, which shall be actually performed, at the price therefor to be specified by the lowest bidder, shall be due or payable for the entire work. The work on all but about 100 feet of the shore end of the new pier is to be commenced within five days after the date of a notification to be given by the Board of Docks that the dredging for the site of this outer portion of the new pier has been completed; but the removal of the old pier shall not be commenced until the driving of the bracing piles on the southerly side of the new pier renders it necessary, and the whole of the work (except about 100 feet of the shore end of the pier, which will not be constructed until the bulkhead wall in the rear is built) is to be fully completed on or before the 1st day of July, 1881, or within as many days thereafter as the site of the new pier may have been occupied, after the day of the execution of the contract, by the Department of Docks, in dredging for the said outer portion of the new pier. And the said about 100 feet is to be completed within thirty days after notice shall be given by said Department of Docks that work on the said about 100 feet may be begun; and the damages to be paid by the contractor for each day that the work or any part thereof may be uncompleted after the time fixed for completing has expired, Sundays and holidays not to be excepted, are, by a clause in the contract, fixed and liquidated at Fifty Dollars per day. All the material taken from said old pier at the foot of West Twenty-sixth street, North river, to be removed under this contract will be relinquished to the contractor, and bidders must estimate the value of such material when considering the price for which they will do the work under the contract. Bidders will state in their estimates the price for the whole of the work. By that price the bids will be tested. The price is to cover the expenses of furnishing all the necessary materials and labor, and the performance of all the work set forth in the approved form of contract and the specifications therein contained. Bidders will distinctly write out their bids, both in figures and in words, the amount of their estimates for doing this work. Should the lowest bidder or bidders neglect or refuse to accept to contract within forty-eight (48) hours after written notice that the same has been awarded to his or their bid or estimate, or if, after acceptance, he or they shall refuse or neglect to execute the contract and give the proper security for forty-eight (48) hours after notice that the same is ready for execution, he or they will be considered as having abandoned it, and as in default to the Corporation; and the contract will be readvertised and relet, and so on until it be accepted and executed. Bidders are required to state in their estimates their names and places of residence; the names of all persons interested with them therein; and if no other person be so interested, the estimate shall distinctly state the fact; also that the estimate is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair, and without collusion or fraud; and also that no member of the Common Council, head of a Department, Chief of a Bureau, Deputy thereof, or Clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof; which estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party making the estimate, that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. Where more than one person is interested, it is requisite that the verification be made and subscribed by all the parties interested. Each estimate shall be accompanied by the consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in the City of New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect that if a contract be awarded to the person or persons making the estimate, they will, on its being so awarded, become bound as his or their sureties for its faithful performance; and that if said person or persons shall omit or refuse to execute the contract, they will pay to the Corporation any difference between the sum to which said person or persons would be entitled on its completion, and that which the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person to whom the contract shall be awarded at any subsequent letting; the amount in each case to be calculated upon the estimated amount of the material by which the bids are tested; the consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of the contract, over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabilities as bail, surety, and otherwise; and that he has offered himself as surety in good faith, and with the intention to execute the bond required by law. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered is to be approved by the Comptroller of the City of New York, after the award is made and prior to the signing of the contract. Bidders are informed that no deviation from the specifications will be allowed, unless under the written instructions of the Engineer-in-Chief. No estimate will be accepted from, or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation, upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation. The right to decline all the estimates is reserved, if deemed for the interest of the Corporation. Bidders are requested, in making their bids or estimates, to use the blank prepared for that purpose by the Department, a copy of which, together with the form of the agreement, including specifications, and showing the manner of payment for the work, can be obtained upon application therefor at the office of the Department. HENRY F. DIMOCK, JACOB VANDERPOLL, WILLIAM LAIMBERT, Commissioners of the Department of Docks. ________________________________ HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, } NO. 301 MOTT STREET, } NEW YORK, February 12, 1881. } AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH of the Health Department of the City of New York, held at its office on the 8th day of February, 1881, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That under the power conferred by law upon the Health Department, the following amendment of the Sanitary Code for the security of life and health be and the same is hereby adopted, and declared to form a portion of the Sanitary Code: Resolved, That section 85 of the Sanitary Code by and is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 85. That no petroleum oil, kerosene oil (or other liquid having like composition or qualities as a burning fluid as said oil) shall be kept or exposed or offered for sale as a burning fluid for lamps or any receptacle for the purpose of illumination, nor shall such oil or fluid or any description thereof be sold or kept or exposed or offered for sale or given away for use, or be kept for such use, unless such oil or fluid shall be of such quality and ingredients that it shall stand and be equal to the following test and conditions, to wit: It shall not evolve an inflammable vapor at a temperature below one hundred (100) degrees of the Fahrenheit thermometer. [L. S.] CHARLES F. CHANDLER, President. EMMONS CLARK, Secretary. (column 3 of 4) HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, } NO. 301 MOTT STREET, } NEW YORK, January 25, 1881. } AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH of the Health Department of the City of New York, held at its office on the 25th day of January, 1881, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, that under the power conferred by law upon the Health Department, the following amendments of the Sanitary Code for the security of life and health be and the same are hereby adopted, and declared to form a portion of the Sanitary Code: Resolved, That Section 34 of the Sanitary Code by and is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 34* That no decayed or unwholesome fruit or vegetables, no impure or unhealthy or unwholesome meat, fish, birds, or fowl shall be brought into said city to be consumed or offered for sale for human food, not shall an articles be kept or stored therein. Resolved, that Section 77 of the Sanitary Code be and is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 77. That no person or company being a manufacturer of gas, or engaged about the manufacture thereof, shall throw or deposit, or allow to run, or having the right or power to prevent the same, shall permit to be thrown or deposited into any public waters, river, or stream, or public place, any gas tar or any refuse matter of or from any gas-house, works, manufactory, mains or service pipes; or permit the escape of any offensive odors, or gas from their works, mains or pipes; nor shall any such person or company permit to escape from any of their works, mains, or pipes, any gas dangerous or prejudicial to life or health; or manufacture illuminating gas of such ingredients and quality that, in the process of burning, it or any substance which may escape therefrom, shall be dangerous or prejudicial to life or health; or fail to use the most approved or all reasonable means for preventing the escape of odors. Resolved, That Section 85, of the Sanitary Code be and is hereby amended to read as follows; Sec. 85. That no petroleum oil, kerosene oil (or other liquid having like composition or qualities as a burning fluid as said oil) shall be kept or exposed or offered for sale as a burning fluid for lamps or any receptacle for the purpose of illumination, nor shall such oil or fluid or any description thereof be sold or kept or exposed or offered for sale or given away for use, or be kept for such use, unless such oil or fluid shall be of such quality and ingredients that it shall stand and be equal to the following test and conditions, to wit: It shall not evolve an inflammable vapor at a temperature below one hundred (100) degrees of the Fahrenheit thermometer. Resolved, that section 136 of the Sanitary Code be and is hereby amended to read as follows; Sec. 136. That is shall be the duty of every person, knowing of any individual in said city sick of any contagious disease, and the duty of every physician hearing of any such sick person, who he shall have reason to think requires the attention of this Department, to at once report the facts to the Sanitary Bureau in regard to the disease, condition, and dwelling-place or condition of such sick person; and no person shall interfere with or obstruct the entrance, inspection and examination of any building or house by the inspectors and officers of this Department when there has been reported the case of a person sick with contagious disease therein. Resolved, That section 191 of the Sanitary Code be and is hereby amended to read as follows; Sec. 191.‡ All privy vaults in the yard of any house in the City of New York, within twenty feet of any dwelling, shall be ventilated by means of an eight-inch pipe, laid at least six inches below the surface of the yard, from the said vault to the nearest wall of the building of the greatest altitude at or upon said premises, and there connected with a vertical metallic shaft of like diameter, extending not less two feet above the roof of such building. And every privy vault in the City of New York shall be ventilated in this way, unless a permit in writing specially excepting such vault from the requirements of this ordinance be granted, and it be other wise ordered by the Board of Health. Resolved, That section 59 and section [??} of the Sanitary Code be and are hereby annulled. (L. S.) CHARLES F. CHANDLER, President. EMMONS CLARK, Secretary. ______________________ FIRE DEPARTMENT. HEADQUARTERS } FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK, } 155 AND 157 MERCER STREET, } NEW YORK, November 7, 1878. } NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Board of Commissioners of this Department will meet daily at 10 o'clock A. M., for the transaction of business. By order of the Board. VINCENT C. KING, President JOHN J. GORMAN, Treasurer, CORNELIUS VAN COTT, Commissioners. CARL JUSSEN, Secretary ______________________ FINANCE DEPARTMENT. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, } BUREAU FOR COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, } AND OF ARREARS OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, AND OF WATER RENTS, } NEW COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, CITY HALL PARK, } NEW YORK, February, 1, 1881. } ________ NOTICE TO PROPERTY-HOLDERS. ________ PROPERTY-HOLDERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the following assessment list was received by the Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears, January 29, 1881, for collection: CONFIRMED JANUARY 25, 1881, AND ENTERED JANUARY 29, 1881, NAMELY: 153d St., opening, from the easterly line of the New Avenue lying between 8th and 9th avenues, to the Harlem river. All payments made on the above assessment on or before March 30, 1881, will be exempt (according to law) from interest. After that date interest will be charged at the rate of seven (7) per cent. from the date of entry. The above assessments are payable at the "Bureau for the Collection of Assessments, and of Arrears of Taxes and Assessments, and of Water Rents," from 9 A. M. until 2 P. M. A. S. CADY, Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears. _____________ DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, } BUREAU FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES, } NO. 32 CHAMBERS STREET, } NEW YORK, November 1, 1880. } ________ NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL PERSONS who have omitted to pay their taxes for the year 1880, to the Receiver of Taxes, that unless the same shall be paid to him at his office before the first day of December next, one per cent. will be collected on all taxes remaining unpaid on that day, and one percent. in addition thereto on all taxes remaining unpaid on the 15th day of December next. No money will be received after 2 o’clock P.M. Office hours from 8 A.M. to 2 P.M. MARTIN T. McMAHON, Receiver of Taxes. (column 4 of 4) ARREARS OF TAXES. ____________ NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW York hereby give notice to owners or Real Estate in said city, that, as provided by chapter 123 of the Laws of 1880, they may now pay any arrears of taxes for the years 1877, 1878, and 1879, with interest thereon at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, until the first day of April, 1881, and if not paid before that date, interest for the payable at the rate of twelve per cent. per annum. The act, chapter 123, Laws of 1880, containing this provision of law, is published below. ALLAN CAMPBELL, Comptroller. CITY OF NEW YORK — DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. } COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE, January 26, 1881. } ______ CHAPTER 123. AN ACT in relation to arrears of taxes in the City of New York and to provide for the reissuing of revenue bonds in anticipation of such taxes. Passed April 15, 1880; three-fifths being present. The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. At any time after the passage of this act, and before the first day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty, any person may pay to the Comptroller of the City of New York the amount of any tax up on real property belonging to such person, heretofore laid or imposed and now remaining unpaid, together with interest thereon at the rate of seven per centum per annum, to be calculated from the time that such taxes imposed to the time of such payment, provided, also, that the time when such payment may be made on the amount of any such tax laid or imposed in the years eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine shall extend to the first day of April eighteen hundred and eighty-one. The comptroller shall make and deliver to the person making any such payment a receipt therefor, and shell forthwith cancel record of any such tax on the books of the finance department; and upon such payment being made such tax shall cease to be a lien upon the property and shall be deemed fully paid, satisfied and discharged, and there shall be no right to any further interest or penalty by reason of such tax not having been paid within the time heretofore required by law, or by reason of any statute past requiring the payment heretofore of any penalty or interest over seven per centum per annum upon any unpaid tax. Section 2. Any revenue bond heretofore issued in anticipation of the taxes in the first section specified which may fall due and become payable before said taxes are collected, maybe reissued by the comptroller of said city, in whole or in part, for such period as he may determine, not exceeding one year. Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. ___________ ORDER OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN BUREAUX IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 521 OF THE LAWS of 1880, requires that heads of departments shall reduce the aggregate expenses of their respective departments by a reduction of salaries, and confers upon them authority to consolidate bureaux and offices for that purpose, as follows, to wit: “ In making the reduction here in required, every head “ of department may abolish and consolidate offices and “ bureaux, and discharge subordinates in the same “ department.“ The Comptroller of the city of New York, in pursuance of the duty imposed and the authority thus conferred upon him, hereby orders and directs that the following Bureaux in the Finance Department shall be consolidated, the consolidation there of to take affect on the first day of January, 1881, viz.: First - “The Bureau of the Collection of Assessments.” and “The Bureau for the Collection of Arrears of Taxes and Assessments and Water Rents,” shall be consolidated as one bureau, and on and after January 1, 1881, shall be known as “The Bureau for the Collection of Assessments and Arrears of Taxes and Assessments and of Water Rents,” and possess all the power conferred and perform all the duties imposed by law and ordinance upon both of said bureaux, and the officers thereof, the chief officer of which consolidated bureau shall be called “Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears.“ Second - The Bureau for the Collection of the Revenue accruing from rents, and interest on bonds and mortgages, revenue arising from the use or sale of property belonging to or managed by the city,” and “the Bureau of Markets,” shall be consolidated as one Bureau, and on and after January 1, 1881, shall be known as “the Bureau for the Collection of City Revenue and of Markets,“ and possess all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed by law and ordinance upon both said Bureaux, and the officers thereof: the chief officer of which said consolidated Bureau shall be called “Collector of City Revenue and Superintendent of Markets.“ CITY OF NEW YORK, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, } COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE, Dec. 31, 1880 } ALLAN CAMPBELL, Comptroller. __________ FINANCE DEPARTMENT - COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE, } NEW YORK, January 22, 1880. } NOTICE TO OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE IN THE TWENTY-THIRD AND TWENTY-FOURTH WARDS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW York hereby give notice to owners of real estate in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards, that pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, entitled “An act to provide for the adjustment and payment of unpaid taxes due the county of Westchester by the towns of West Farms, Morrisania, and Kingsbridge, lately annexed to the city and county of New York,” and passed May 22, 1878, the unpaid taxes of said town have been adjusted and the amount determined as provided in said act, and that the accounts, including sales for taxes levied prior to the year 1874, by the Treasurer of the County of Westchester, and bid in on account of said towns, and also the unpaid taxes of the year 1873, known as Rejected Taxes, have been filed for collection in the Bureau of Arrears in the Finance Department of the City of New York. Payments for the redemption of land so sold for taxes by the Treasurer of the County of Westchester, and bid in on account of said towns, and payments also of said Rejected Taxes of the year 1873, must be made hereafter to the Clerk of Arrears of the City of New York. N. B. - Interest at the rate of twelve per cent. per annum is due and payable on the amount of said sales for taxes and said rejected taxes. ALLAN CAMPBELL, Comptroller ___________ REAL ESTATE RECORDS. THE ATTENTION OF LAWYERS, REAL Estate Owners, Monetary Institutions engaged in making loans upon real estate, and all who are interested in providing themselves with facilities for reducing the cost of examinations and searches, is invited to these Official Indices of Records, containing all recorded transfers of real estate in the City of New York from 1653 to 1857, prepared under the direction of the Commissioners of Records. Grantors, grantees, suits in equity, insolvents’ and Sheriffs’ sales, and 61 volumes full bound, price. $100 00 The same, And 25 volumes, half bound . . . . . . . . . 50 00 Complete sets, folded, ready for binding . . . . . . . . . 15 00 Records of Judgments, 25 volumes, bound . . . . . . . . . 10 00 Orders should be addressed to “Mr. Stephen Angell, Comptroller’s Office, New County Court-house.” ALLAN CAMPBELL. Comptroller. February 17, 1881. THE CITY RECORD 303 [Column 1 of 4] POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NW YORK PROPERTY CLERK'S OFFICE ROOM NO. 39, NO. 300 MULBERRY STREET NEW YORK, February 5, 1881. OWNERS WANTED BY THE PROPERTY Clerk of the Police Department of the City of New York, Room No. 39, 300 Mulberry street, for the following property now in his custody without claimants: Boats, rope, harness, trunks and contents, bags, straw hats, coffee, blankets, boots, shoes, tea, revolvers, gold and silver watches, accordeons, etc; also small amount of money found and taken from prisoners by Patrolmen of this Department. C. A. ST. JOHN Property Clerk. ____________________________________ POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK PROPERTY CLERK'S OFFICE NO. 300 MULBERRY STREET, ROOM NO. 39, NEW YORK, January 7, 1881. OWNERS WANTED BY THE PROPERTY Clerk, Police Department, City of New YOrk, 300 Mulberry street, Room No. 39, for the following property now in his custody without claimants: Boats, rope, iron, cloth, male and female clothing, gold and silver watches, coffee, trunks, bags and contents, placks, shoes, revolvers, blankets, robes, bracelets, etc., also small amount of money taken from prisoners and found by patrolmen of this Department. C. A. ST. JOHN, Property Clerk. CORPORATION NOTICE. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE owner or owners, occupant or occupants of all houses and lots, improved or unimproved lands affected thereby, that the following assessments have been completed and are lodged in the Office of the Board of Assessors for examination by all persons interested, viz: No. 1. Regulating, grading, setting curb and gutter stones, and flagging in the One Hundred and Fifty-second street, from the Boulevard to the Hudson river. No. 2. Regulating, grading, setting curb stones and flagging full width, and paving Broadway from Manhattan street to One Hundred and Thirty-third street, with granite- block pavement. No. 3. Paving intersection of Fourth avenue with Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, and Eighty-sixth streets, with Belgian pavement. No. 4. Paving One Hundred and Fourth street, between Second and Third avenues, with Belgian or trap-block pavement. No. 5. Sewer in One Hundred and Fourth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. No. 6. Fencing vacant lots on the southeast and southwest corners of Madison avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street. No. 7. Constructing sewer in One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. No. 8. Constructing sewer in One Hundred and Fourth street, from 650 feet east of Tenth avenue to 75 feet west of Ninth avenue. No. 9. Sewer in Sixty-eighth street, between Fourth and Madison avenues, from end of present sewer to near Fourth avenue. No. 10. Sewer in Seventy-second street, between First and Second avenues, from end of present sewer to near Second avenue. No. 11. Sewer in Lexington avenue, between One Hundred and Third and One Hundred and Fourth streets. No. 12. Sewer in Laight street, between Washington and West streets. No. 13. Fencing vacant lots on block bounded by Eightieth and Eighty-first streets, Madison and Fifth avenues. No. 14. Sewer in Second avenue, between Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth. No. 15. Receiving-basin on northeast corner of Sixtieth street and Fifth avenue. No. 16. Sewer in One Hundred and Thirtieth street, between Sixth avenue and summit west of Sixth avenue. No. 17. Regulating, grading, setting curb and gutter stones and flagging in Ninety-third street, from Second avenue to the East river. No. 18. Receiving-basin on the southwest corner of Eleventh and Dry Dock streets. No. 19. Fending vacant lots on the south side of Seventy-ninth street, between Fourth and Lexington avenues. No. 20. Sewer in Eleventh avenue, west side, between Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth streets. No. 21. Sewer in One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. No. 22. Sewer in One Hundred and Thirteenth street, Between Madison and Fifth avenues, and in Madison avenue, between One Hundred and Thirteenth and One Hundred and Fifteenth streets. No. 23. Receiving-basin on west side of Fifth avenue, between Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets. No. 24. Sewer in One Hundred and Thirteenth street, between Tenth avenue and summit east of Tenth avenue. 25. Regulating, grading, curb, gutter, and flagging Eleventh avenue, from Fifty-ninth to Seventy-second street. The limits embraced by such assessments include a the several houses and lots of ground, pieces and parcels of land, situated on-- No. 1. Both sides One Hundred and Fifty-second street, between Boulevard and Hudson river. No. 2. Both sides of Broadway, from Manhattan to One Hundred and Thirty-third street, and to the extent of half of the block at the intersections of Second and Third avenues. No. 3. Both sides of Fourth avenue, between eighty-second and Eighty-seventh streets, and to the extent of half of the block at the intersections of Eighty-third Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, and Eighty-sixth streets. No. 4. both sides of One Hundred and Fourth street, between Second and Third avenues, and to the extent of half of the block at the intersections of Second and Third avenues. No. 5. Both sides of One Hundred and Fourth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. No. 6. Both sides of Madison avenue, between One Hundred and Twenty-sixth and One Hundred and Twenty-seventh streets, and south side of One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street, extending 110 feet east of Madison avenue and 85 feet west of Madison avenue. No. 7. Both sides of One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. No. 8. Both sides of One Hundred and Fourth street between Ninth and Tenth avenues. No. 9. Both sides of Sixty-eighth street, extending 100 feet west of Fourth avenue. No. 10. Both sides of Seventy-second street, extending 100 feet east of Second avenue. No. 11. Both sides of Lexington avenue, between One Hundred and Third and One Hundred and Fourth streets. No. 12. Both sides of Laight street, between Washington and West streets. No. 13. Block bounded by Eightieth and Eighty-first streets, Madison and Fifth avenues. No. 14. Both sides of Second avenue, between Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth streets. No. 15. East side of fifth avenue, between Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets. No. 16. Both sides of One Hundred and Thirtieth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. No. 17. Both sides of Ninety-third street, between Second avenue and East river. No. 18. West side of Dry Dock street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets. No. 19. South side of Seventy-ninth street, between Lexington and Fourth avenues. No. 20. West side of Eleventh avenue, between Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth streets. No. 21. Both sides of One Hundred and Twenty-seventy street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. No. 22. Both sides of One Hundred and Thirteenth street, between Madison and fifth avenues, and both sides of Madison avenue, between One Hundred and thirteenth and One Hundred and Fifteenth streets. [column 2 of 4] No. 23. Central Park. No. 24. Both sides of One Hundred and thirteenth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. No. 25. both sides of Eleventh avenue, between Fifty-ninth and seventy-second streets, and to the extent of half of the block at the intersecting streets. All persons whose interests are affected by the above-named assessments, and who are opposed to the same or either of them, are requested to present their objections in writing to the Board of Assessors, at their office, No. 11 1/2 City Hall, within thirty days from the date of this notice. The above described lists will be transmitted as provided by law to the Board of Revision and Correction of Assessments for confirmation, on the 14th day of March ensuing. JOHN R. LYDECKER, EDWARD NORTH, DANIEL STANBURY, SAMUEL CONOVER, Board of Assessors OFFICE BOARD OF ASSESSORS, No. 11 1/2 City Hall, New York, February 12, 1881. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, No. 66 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, February 10, 1881. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE OF the Common Council, "In relation to the burial of strangers or unknown persons who may die in any of the public institutions of the City of New York," the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction report as follows: At Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island - Ann McKelligott; aged 40 years; 5 feet 2 inches high; black hair and eyes. Had on when admitted brown calico wrapper, broche shawl, black straw hat. At Workhouse, Blackwell's Island - John Kelly; aged 40 years. Committed November 17, 1881. Nothing known of his friends or relatives. At Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island - Mary Ann Brown; aged 60 years; 5 feet 2 inches high; gray hair; brown eyes. Nothing known of her friends or relatives. Maria Fleming; aged 35 years; 5 feet 5 inches high, brown hair; gray eyes. Noting known of her friends or relatives. At Homeopathic Hospital, Ward's Island - William Shea; aged 33 years; 5 feet 8 inches high; blue eyes; brown hair. Had on when admitted blue overalls, dark woolen shirt, black felt hat. nothing known of his friends or relatives. John Trainor; aged 26 years; 5 feet 6 inches high; gray eyes; black hair. had on when admitted black coat and pants, blue vest. Nothing known of his friends or relatives. By order. G. F. BRITTON, Secretary DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, NO. 66 THIRD AVENUE. TO CONTRACTORS. PROPOSALS FOR FLOUR, GROCERIES, LUMBER, IRON, ETC. SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES FOR FURNISHINGS FLOUR. 1,500 barrels Flour, as per sample No. 1. 1,500 barrels Flour, as per sample No. 2. GROCERIES, ETC. 36 dozen canned Peas. 36 dozen canned Peaches. 36 dozen canned String Beans. 36 dozen canned Pears. 1,000 pounds Laundry Starch. 100 Boxes Candles, 6's. 1 barrel pure Mustard. 150 barrels Carrots. 150 barrels Turnips. LUMBER 15,000 feet Box Boards (board measure) SHEET IRON. 20 bundles common Sheet Iron, No. 22 gauge, 24 x 84 inches. KNITTING COTTON. 1,000 pounds 3-thread Knitting Cotton, - or any part thereof, will be received at the office of the Deparment of Public Charities and Correction, in the City of New York, until 9:30 o'clock A.M., of Friday, the 18th day of February, 1881. the person or persons making any bid or estimate shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope, indorsed "Bid or Estimate for Flour, Groceries, iron, etc," and with his or their name or names, and the date of presentation, to the head of said department, at the said office, on or before the day and hour above named at which time and place the bids or estimates received will be publicly opened by the head of said Department and read. The Department of Public Charities and Correction reserves the right to decline any and all bid or estimates if deemed to be for the public interest, and to accept any bid or estimate as a whole, or for any one or more articles included therein. No bid or estimate will be accepted from, or a contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation. The award of the contract will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids. Delivery will be required to be made from time to time as such times and in such quantities as may be directed by the said department; but the entire quantity will be required to be delivered on or before thirty (30) days after the date of the contract. Any bidder for this contract must be known to be engaged in and well prepared for the business, and must have satisfactory testimonials to that effect; and the person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded will b required to give security for the performance of the contract by his or their bond, with two sufficient sureties, in the penal amount of fifty (50) per cent of the estimated amount of the contract. Each bid or estimate shall contain and state the name and place of residence of each of the persons making the same; the names of all persons interested with him or them therein; and if no other person be so interested, it shall distinctly state that fact; that it is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same purpose and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud; and that no member of the Common Council, Head of a Department, Chief of a Bureau, Deputy thereof or Clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof. the bid or estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, of the part or parties making the estimate, that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. Where more than one person is interested, it is requisite that the verification be made and subscribed by all the parties interested. Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in the City of New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect, that if the contract be awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, on its being so awarded, become bound as his sureties for its faithful performance; and that if he shall omit or refuse to execute the same, they shall pay to the Corporation any difference between the sum to which he would be entitled on it's completion, and that which the corporation may be obliged to pay to the person or person to whom the contract [column 3 of 4] may be awarded at any subsequent letting; the amount in each case to be calculated upon the estimated amount of the work by which the bids are tested. The consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of this contract, over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabilities, as bail, surety or otherwise; and that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the intention to execute the bond required by section 27 of chapter 8 of the revised Ordinances of the City of New York, if the contract shall be awarded to the person or persons for whom he consents to become surety. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered to be approved by the Comptroller of the City of New York. Should the person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded neglect or refuse to accept to contract within forty-eight (48) hours after written notice that the same has been awarded to his or their bid or proposal or if he or they accept but do not execute the contract and give the proper security, he or they shall be considered as having abandoned it and as in default to the Corporation, and the contract will be readvertised and relet as provided by law. The quality of the articles, supplies, goods, wares, and merchandise must conform in every respect to the samples of the same respectively at the office of the said Department. Bidders are cautioned to examine the specifications for particulars of the articles, etc., required, before making their estimates. Bidders will state the price for each article, by which the bids will be tested. Bidders will write out the amount of their estimate in addition to inserting the same in figures. Payment will be made by a requisition on the Comptroller, issued on the completion o the contract, or from time to time as the Commissioners may determine. Bidders are informed that no deviation from the specifications will be allowed, unless under the written instruction of the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction. The Department of Public Charities and Correction reserves the right to decline any and all bids or estimates if deemed to be for the public interest, and to accept any bid or estimate as a whole, or for any one or more articles included therein. No bid or estimate will be accepted from, or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation. The form of the agreement, including specifications, and showing the manner of payment, can be obtained at the office of the Department. Dated New York, February 4, 1881. JACOB HESS, TOWNSEND COX, THOMAS S. BRENNAN, Commissioners of the Department of Public Charities and Correction. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, No. 66 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, February 4, 1881. PROPOSALS FOR 1,000 TONS OF FRESH MINED WHITE ASH STOVE COAL FOR THE OUT-DOOR POOR. PROPOSALS, SEALED AND INDORSED AS above, will be received by the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction, at their office, until 9.30 o'clock A.M., of Friday, the 18th day of February, 1881, at which time they will be publicly opened and read by the head of said Department, for 1,000 tons Fresh Mined White Ash Stove Coal, of the best quality; each ton to consist of two thousand pounds, to be well screened, and delivered in such quantities and in such parts of the city as may be required in specifications, and ordered from time to time, south of Eighty-sixth street, after the 18th day of February, 1881, to be subject to such inspection as the Commissioners may direct, and to meet their approval as to the quality, quantity, time, and manner of delivery in every respect. The award of the contract will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids. No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by the consent, in writing of two householders or freeholders of the city of New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect that, if the contract be awarded under that proposal, they will, on its being so awarded, become bound as sureties in the estimated amount of ten thousand dollars for it's faithful performance, which consent must be verified by the justification of each of the persons signing the same for double the amount of surety required. the sufficiency of such security to be approved by the Comptroller. The Department of Public Charities and Correction reserves the right to decline any and all proposals if deemed to be for the public interest, and to accept an offer for the whole bid or for any single article included in the proposal, and no proposal will be accepted from, or a contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation upon debt or contract, or who is defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation. Blank forms of proposals and specifications, which are to be strictly complied with, can be obtained on application at the office of the Department, and all information furnished. TOWNSEND COX, THOMAS S. BRENNAN, JACOB HESS, Commissioners. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, NO. 66 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, February 2, 1881. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE OF the Common Council, "In relation to the burial of strangers or unknown persons who may die in any of the public institutions of the City of New York," the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction report as follows: At Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island - Margaret McDermott; aged 29 years; 5 feet 2 inches high; dark brown hair; gray eyes. Had on when admitted purple calico dress, blue striped shawl, drab hat. Nothing known of her friends or relatives. At workhouse, Blackwell's Island - Mary Kennedy, aged 51 years. Nothing known of her friends or relatives. At Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island - Lizzie alias Laura Staeflin; aged 60 years; 4 feet 11 1/2 inches high; dark brown hair; blue eyes. had on when admitted black straw hat, brown plaid shawl, black dress, slippers. Nothing known of her friends or relatives. At Hart's Island Hospital - Johanna Fitzgerald; aged 60 years; 4 feet 8 inches high; brown eyes; gray hair. Had on when admitted brown calico dress, black woolen shawl, white stockings, gaiters. Nothing known of her friends or relatives. By order, G. F. BRITTON, Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, NO. 32 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK, January 10, 1881. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOOKS of Annual Record of the assessed valuation of Real and Personal Estate of the City and County of New York for the year 1881, will be opened for inspection and revision, on and after Monday, January 10, 1881, and will remain open until the 30th day of April, 1881, inclusive, for the correction of errors and the equalization of the assessments of the aforesaid real and personal estate. All persons believing themselves aggrieved must make application to the Commissioners during the period above mentioned, in order to obtain the relief provided by law. By order of the Board. ALBERT STORER, Secretary [column 4 of 4] JURORS. NOTICE IN RELATION TO JURORS FOR STATE COURTS OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS, NEW COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, NEW YORK, July 1, 1880. APPLICATIONS FOR EXEMPTIONS WILL BE heard here, from 9 to 4 daily, from all persons hitherto liable or recently serving who have become exempt, and all needed information will be given. Those who have no answered as to their liability, or proved permanent exemption, will receive a "jury enrollment notice," requiring them to appear before me this year. Whether liable or not, such notices must be answered (in person, if possible, and at this office only) under severe penalties. If exempt, the party must bring proof of exemption; if liable, he must also answer in person, giving full and correct name, residence, etc., etc. No attention paid to letters. Persons "enrolled" as liable must serve when called or pay their fines. No mere excuse will be allowed or interference permitted. The fines, received from those who, for business or other reasons, are unable to serve at the time selected, pay the expenses of this office, and if unpaid will be entered as judgments upon the property of the delinquents. All good citizens will aid the course of justice, and secure reliable and respectable juries, and equalize their duty by serving promptly when summoned, allowing their clerks or subordinates to serve, reporting to me any attempt at bribery or evasion, and suggesting names for enrollment. Persons between sixty and seventy years of age, summer absentees, persons temporarily ill, and United States and District Court jurors are not exempt. Every man must attend to his own notice. It is a misdemeanor to give any jury paper to another to answer. It is also punishable by fine or imprisonment to give or receive any present or bribe, directly or indirectly, in relation to a jury service, or to withhold any paper or make any false statement, and every case will be fully prosecuted. THOMAS DUNLAP, Commissioner, County Court-house (Chambers street entrance.) THE CITY RECORD. OFFICE OF THE CITY RECORD NO. 2 CITY HALL PUBLIC NOTICE. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE BUSINESS OF the City Record office will be transacted at Room No. 4, City Hall, northeast corner. THOMAS COSTIGAN, Supervisor. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS, 117 AND 119 DUANE STREET, NEW YORK, February 16, 1881. TO CONTRACTORS. (No. 128.) PROPOSALS FOR ESTIMATES FOR FURNISHING ABOUT 4,000 BARRELS OF "PORTLAND" CEMENT. ESTIMATES FOR FURNISHING THIS MATERIAL will be received by the Board of Commissioners at the head of the Department of Docks, at the office of said Department, Nos. 117 and 119 Duane street, in the City of New York, until 12 o'clock M. of WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1881, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened by the head of said Department and read. The award of the contract, if awarded, will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids. Any person making an estimate for the work shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope to said Board, at said office, on or the day and hour above named, which envelop shall be indorsed with the name or names of the person or persons presenting the same, the date of its presentation, and a statement of the work to which it relates. The bidder to whom the award is made shall give security for the faithful performance of the contract, in the manner prescribed and required by ordinance, in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars. The cement required under the contract must be "Portland" cement, fully up to the standard of the best brands imported, and average at least 400 pounds gross weight to the barrel. The quantity to be delivered under the contract is 4,000 barrels, and the delivery is to be made in such a manner as shall be necessary to furnish at least 500 barrels on or before the 10th day of April, 1881, and at least 500 barrels within every ten days thereafter, until the whole quantity shall have been delivered. The contract is to be fully completed and to terminate on the 1st day of July, 1881. The damages to be paid by the Contractor for each day that the contract, or any part thereof, may be unfulfilled, after the respective times specified for the fulfillment thereof may have expired, Sundays and holidays not to be excepted, are, by a clause in the contract, fixed and liquidated at fifty dollars per day. The empty barrels will be relinquished to the Contractor, as provided for in the specifications, and bidders must estimate the value of the empty barrels, when considering the price for which they will furnish the Cement under the contract. Bidders will state in their estimates the price for each barrel of Cement to be furnished in conformity with the annexed specifications. By this price the bids will be tested. This price is to cover all expenses of every kind involved in or incidental to the delivery, including any claim that may arise through delay, from any cause, in the receiving of the material by the Department. Bidders will distinctly write out, both in figures and in words, the amount of their estimates for furnishing this material. Should the lowest bidder or bidders neglect or refuse to accept to contract within forty-eight (48) hours after written notice that the same has been awarded to his or their bid or estimate, or if, after acceptance, he or they should refuse or neglect to execute the contract and give the proper security for forty-eight (48) hours after notice that the contract is ready for execution, he or they will be considered as having abandoned it, and as in default to the Corporation; and the contract will be re-advertised and re-let, and so on until it be accepted and executed. Bidders are required to state in their estimates their names and places of residence; the names of all persons interested with them therein; and if no other person be so interested, the estimate shall distinctly state that fact; also that the estimate is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same purpose, and that it is in all respects fair, and without collusion or fraud; and also that no member of the Common Council, Head of a department, Chief of a Bureau, Deputy thereof, or Clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof; which estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing,, of the party making the estimate, that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. Where more than one person is interested, it is requisite that the verification be made and subscribed by all the parties interested. Each estimate shall be accompanied by the consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders of the City of II. No 36.— 1. Shortly after the call of three hundred thousand was made in July 1861, I in company with some of my boy-hood associates enlisted in the service of our country for three years or during the war. We were soon at the City of Wabash under the care of Joseph M. Thompson who was then enlisting men for a company of which he hoped to be Captain. It was on the 18. day of August, that we enlisted, and on the 20th our Company being full, we started for Indianapolis where our Regt. was to be organized. Having spent several days in camp drilling and waiting the arrival of other companies until our number was full, on the 25th day of August we were mustered as a complete regiment with W. P. Benton, as our Colonel. He held his position for nine months with credit to himself and honor to the regiment; after which [his silver eagle] he was promoted and exchanged his silver eagle for the golden star. — We received the honored title of the 8th Regiment Ind. Volunteers Infantry. I say honored because one of the first in the field in the three months call, and engaged in the Rich Mountain battle of Virginia, the first victory won in favor of the old Stars and Stripes. The companies of the regiment were arranged alpha- betically and ours received the letter "I" which placed us on the left flank and the last Company but one. — #. No. 36 2. Thus arranged we spent some little time in further drill until fully armed and equipped. On the 11th day of September 1861, we took the train for St. Louis, and the dreary wilderness of Missouri and Arkansas. We were here placed under command of General Pope as Maj. General, and J.C. Fremont, Commander of the department. But fortunately or unfortunately as the case may be, he was soon removed, and General Hunter was his successor. After spending over six months in pursuit of the rebel forces under General Price we succeeded in bringing them to an engagement and what is known as the Pea Ridge battle field. The engagement was brought on by the enemy, and for the first day, the 6th March was directed against General Siegel's forces. On the morning of the 7th opened the general engagement of our entire forces, then about 13,000 effective men. The battle raged furiously throughout the entire day, and without the appearance of success to either [party] army, they having lost their heroic McCulloug, and we having been compelled to give way to overwhelming numbers brought to bear against us. On the morning of the 8th, as the sun rose on our view the Artillery opened the conflict that was to decide the victory. Soon the engagement was extended along the entire line. The battle grew in intensity II. No 36.- 3. and interest until the middle of the day, when the enemy a short time before so hopeful of success began to give way before our incessant fire, and in an hour the entire field was left to our quiet possession, and the enemy was making a "masterly retreat" to the pine clad tops of Boston Mountains. Thus March 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1862 was bought our first battle and so almost overwhelmed by numbers were enabled to carry off the palm in glorious triumph. Having spent a twelve months more in those regions of our hardships, about the 10th of March, 1863, we were ordered to join the army, then collecting in the vicinity of Vicksburg, and soon after were engaged in those hard fought battles in its rear. Having passed below the city, we crossed the river, and on the 1st day of May, 1863, were arrested in our march by a strong detachment of the enemy at what is called Magnolia Hill; and during the entire day the conflict raged furiously; and as the sun was sinking behind the dense forest, the last of the opposing enemy fled and gave us a night of quiet rest. The following day we pursued the enemy, but in vain. Thus closing in our lines, until we came up with them at Champion Hills. On the 16th day of May was fought the bloody battle, that has rendered the name immortal. Again at #, No 36. - 4. the close of day the enemy fled, leaving many of their dead and dying on the field. On the following morning, the 17th, we were in close pursuit of them and engaged them at the Railroad Bridge across Black River, where they had fortified themselves and prepared for a strong resistance, as it was their last and only hope outside the powerful works, we were so rapidly approaching and which was destined finally to fall beneath the powerful arm that pressed them. From an hour by sun until noon they stood the fire and gallantly returned the compliment , when on a sudden they fled like sheep without a shepherd. And after firing the bridge they pressed onward to their works of shelter. The following day, 18th, we followed in pursuit, and on the forenoon of the 19th was fired the first gun upon the works of Vicksburgh. - The entire army was soon in position and the 13th Corps, the one to which our brigade was assigned, was stationed near the center of that long line, on the Railroad, running from Jackson to Vicksburg. Changing out position each day in succession, and each time advancing a little; by the 21st we were in close communion with their arms; and on the 22nd was made the notorious assault upon their works, which resulted #. No 36. - 5. in naught but the slaughter of thousands of our brave boys. It was after the hard fighting of the day was over that I, unfortunately received a ball, shot from a fort near by into my forearm of the right. On the morning of the 27th of May, it was decided by the medical board that in order to save life, I would be compelled to submit to an amputation, which I did. And on the morning of the 31st May started for the more congenial climes of the North. Thus for the first time I was compelled, by disability, to leave the company in which I had served as a private for 21 months. After several days of extreme suffering from loss of blood, I was permitted to reach the shores of Indiana and was placed under the kind treatment of an able surgeon and an excellent nurse in one of the hospitals of the City of Evansville, where I remained for over two months. After which I came home and after a year's endurance of pain and suffering with my wound, I was permitted to start to college, and if no opposing obstacles intervene, I will have the honor of graduating with the class of "68" of the Indiana Ashbury University. Thus have I presented a brief sketch of my experience during the war together with the Regiment of which I was a member. - Very Respectfully James F. Elliott. #37 1 Wm. Oland Bourne - My Dear Sir: It is very kind of you to make another liberal offer of Premiums to the Left-Armed Corps, for the best specimens of Penmanship by Soldiers and Sailors, who lost their right arm in the late war for the Union. Truly, it is a most laudable, and generous undertaking on your part, to hold out inducements to the unfortunate; and it is hoped, that it will stimulate many of us to action and energy, and that we may by unceasing efforts arrive at that degree of perfection, in this beautiful Art, which will add fame, and renown, not only to the contributors, but also to you, who have caused this competition. I most cheerfully send in my specimen to your collection; although I have not the least expectation of "winning the prize," but I think it is the duty of every one, belonging to our band, to contribute to your catalogue. They who win the prize will surely have something of which to boast, both as having an autograph of one of our distinguished army officers, and as a memorial of the donor of the prizes. They may also 2 with propriety, cherish it as a remuneration for their diligence, and for the exertions made to acquire that excellency of a plain handwriting, which will prove beneficial to them in after life. On the 17th of January, 1862, I enlisted as a Private in Co. H, 13th Regt. U. S. Infantry, at Dubuque, Iowa, soon after which, we were ordered to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., where we remained untill April. Our next four months were spent at Alton, Illinois, guarding Rebel Prisoners. Being relieved, at this place, by an Ill. Regt., we started for New Port, Ky. On, or about, the last of September, we embarked for Memphis Tenn where we spent some two months, in the mean time we accompanied General Sherman, while on his Tallahatchee expedition. After our return to Memphis, a fleet was soon in readiness for Vicksburg. Our Regt. (being Genl. Sherman's old Regt.) was selected as his body guard. After having landed on the banks of the Yazoo, about ten miles above Vicksburg, it was determined to make an attack in the rear of the city, where our troops met with a severe repulse: the enemy having every possible advantage, being strongly fortified at all points, which was wholly unknown to us. The loss in our Company, killed and wounded was eight - that of the Regt. nineteen. As this was the first engagement for most 3 of us, matters seemed rather discouraging, and the stern realities of war, with its effects, and the bloody field of strife forced themselves upon our mind; but we were not disheartened: "For right is right, since God is God, And right the day must win; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin." After several days severe struggle, our gallant Leader resolved to abandon the siege. It was now determined to strike a blow at Arkansas Post. We were accordingly embarked, and on the 9th day of January we landed about four miles below the Fort. Here we won a complete victory; on the 11th the place was captured with 5000 prisoners. In this engagement I lost my right arm, being struck by a fragment of shell, above the elbow, it was amputated close at the shoulder. The next day a new company of us started for Memphis, at which place I was an inmate of Adams' Hospital till April 6th, when I was honorably discharged from the service of the United States. As I started for my home in Iowa, with what different feelings were my steps retraced! But fourteen months before, I had started with a host of others, to 4 defend our beloved Country, from those who wished to destroy our glorious Union. Life was full of pleasures, and the heart beat high, as we saw, or imagined to see, in the not-far-off future, our Country saved, and, we marching home with gallant tread. But how different to me! In a few, short months, sent to the Hospital, deprived of my almost best friend - my right arm - and now I was to go back alone. Life appeared dark and gloomy to me; but few rays of light penetrated the thick clouds of the future, and these seemed only to make the rest more chilling and forbidding. One peasant gleam was that I was going home, that place of all others most dear to me, to meet once more the welcome of a dear mother and an honored father, whose deepest sympathies were mine, and whose hearts were filled with a deeper tenderness than before for their son; - to receive once more the warm greetings of brothers and sisters; _ and, one more to visit the old haunts, known to me from my childhood. Oh, what a treasure is friendship! and we can more fully appreciate our friends, after the "deep waters" have gone over us: for then we know who are our real friends. 5 But earthly friends were not sufficient. I was discontented and unhappy, and it was not until I learned to lean on Him, whose grace is sufficient for us, and whose love is so great, that I could say, "Thy will be done." And yet, despite these, I was not satisfied, nor at rest. I repelled the thought of being a burden to my friends, and resolved to procure an education, which would fit me to fill some situations in this busy, bustling world. For this purpose I attended school several years, and took a course through the Northwestern Business College. It is said, that every one has a particular niche, or station in this world, and I should be extremely happy to find mine. But fearing that I should be too lengthy I shall close, by subscribing myself as Your obedient servant, Henry S. Korahl, Geneva, Ills. June 18th. 1867 Dear Brother Bourne: ___ I have done the best I could under the present circumstances; we are just prepare for the closing exercises of my school. You will notice some mistakes, but it would mar the writing to correct them now. Hoping that you may always be successful in your pure motives, and that Heaven may reward you for the good you have already done, I am, Yours respectfully Henry S. Krahl. P.S. This is not intended for exhibition, please, H. S. Krahl [*1867 June 18*] [*2*] [*37*] [*H L Krahl*] [*Su 1st Jun*] [*120*] [*Vicksburg Arkansas P??t*] 325 THE CITY RECORD. FEBRUARY 23, 1881. (column 1 of 4) half of the block at the intersections of Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, and Eighty-sixth streets. No. 4. Both sides of One Hundred and Fourth street, between Second and Third avenues, and to the extent of half of the block at the intersections of Second and Third avenues. No. 5. Both sides of One Hundred and Fourth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. No. 6. Both sides of Madison avenue, between One Hundred and Twenty-sixth and One Hundred and Twenty-seventh streets, and south side of One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street, extending 110 feet east of Madison avenue and 85 feet west of Madison avenue. No. 7. Both sides of One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. No. 8. Both sides of One Hundred and Fourth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. No. 9. Both sides of Sixty-eighth street, extending 100 feet west of Fourth avenue. No. 10. Both sides of Seventy-second street, extending 100 feet east of Second avenue. No. 11. Both sides of Lexington avenue, between One Hundred and Third and One Hundred and Fourth streets. No. 12. Both sides of Laight street, between Washington and West streets. No. 13. Block bounded by Eightieth and Eighty-first streets, madison and Fifth avenues. No. 14. Both sides of Second avenue, between Seventy- fifth and Seventy-sixth streets. No. 15. East side of Fifth avenue, between Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets. No. 16. Both sides of One Hundred and Thirtieth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. No. 17. Both sides of Ninety-third street, between Second avenue and East river. No. 18. West side of Dry Dock street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets. No. 19. South side of Seventy-ninth street, between Lexington and Fourth avenues. No. 20. West side of Eleventh avenue, between Fifth- ninth and Sixtieth streets. No. 21. Both sides of One Hundred and Twenty- seventh street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. No. 22. Both sides of One Hundred and Thirteenth street, between Madison and Fifth avenues, and both sides of Madison avenue, between One Hundred and Thirteenth and One Hundred and Fifteenth streets. No. 23. Central Park. No. 24. Both sides of One Hundred and Thirteenth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. No. 25. Both sides of Eleventh avenue, between Fifty- ninth and Seventy-second streets, and to the extent of half of the block at the intersecting streets. All persons whose interests are affected by the above- named assessments, and who are opposed to the same, or either of them, are requested to present their objections in writing to the Board of Assessors, at their office, No. 11 1/2 City Hall, within thirty days from the date of this notice. The above described lists will be transmitted as provided by law to the Board of Revision and Correction of Assessments for confirmation, on the 20th day of June, ensuing. JOHN R. LYDECKER, EDWARD NORTH, DANIEL STANBURY, SAMUEL CONOVER, Board of Assessors. OFFICE BOARD OF ASSESSORS, } NO. 11 1/2 CITY HALL, } NEW YORK, February 5, 1881. } ____________ POLICE DEPARTMENT. POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, } PROPERTY CLERK’S OFFICE, } ROOM NO. 39, NO. 300 MULBERRY STREET, } NEW YORK, February 5, 1881. } OWNERS WANTED BY PROPERTY CLERK of the Police Department, City of New York, Room 39, 300 Mulberry street, for the following property now in his custody without claimants: Boats, rope, harness, trunks and contents, bags, straw hats, coffee, blankets, boots, shoes, tea, revolvers, gold and silver watches, accordeons, etc.; also small amount of money found and taken from prisoners by patrolmen of this Department. C. A. ST. JOHN, Property Clerk. _________________ ASSESSMENT COMMISSION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A MEETING of the Commissioners under the Act, chapter 550 of the Laws of 1880, entitled “An Act relating to certain assessments for local improvements in the City of New York,” passed June 9, 1880, will be held at their office, No. 27 Chambers street, on Wednesday, February 23, 1881, at 2 o’clock P. M. EDWARD COOPER, JOHN KELLY, ALLAN CAMPBELL, GEORGE H. ANDREWS, DANIEL LORD, JR., Commissioners under the Act. JAMES J. MARTIN, Clerk. ______________ THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY CHAPTER 550 of the Laws of 1880, to revise, modify, or vacate assessments for local improvements in the City of New York, give notice to all persons affected thereby that the notices required by said act must be filed with the Comptroller of said city and a duplicate thereof with the Counsel to the Corporation, as follows: First. As to all assessments confirmed prior to June 9, 1880, on or before November 1, 1880. Second. As to all assessments confirmed subsequent to June 9, 1880, for local improvements theretofore completed, and as to any assessment for local improvements known as Morningside avenues, within two months after the date upon which such assessments may be respectively confirmed. The notice must specify the particular assessment complained of, the date of confirmation of the same, the property affected thereby, and in a brief and concise manner the objections thereto, showing that the assessment was unfair or unjust in respect to said real estate. Dated NEW YORK, July 13, 1880 EDWARD COOPER, JOHN KELLY, ALLAN CAMPBELL, GEORGE H. ANDREWS, DANIEL LORD, JR., Commissioners under the act. ______________ DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, } No. 32 CHAMBERS STREET, } NEW YORK, JANUARY 10, 1881 } NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOOKS of Annual Record of the assessed valuation of Real and Personal Estate of the City and County of New York for the year 1881, will be opened for inspection and revision, on and after Monday, January 10, 1881, and will remain open until the 30th day of April, 1881, inclusive, for the correction of errors and the equalization of the assessments of the aforesaid real and personal estate. All persons believing themselves aggrieved must make application to the Commissioners during the period above mentioned, in order to obtain the relief provided by law. By order of the Board. ALBERT STORER, Secretary (column 2 OF 3) JURORS. _________ NOTICE IN RELATION TO JURORS FOR STATE COURTS OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS, } NEW COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, } NEW YORK, July 1, 1880 } APPLICATIONS FOR EXEMPTIONS WILL BE heard here, from 9 to 4 daily, from all persons hitherto liable or recently serving who have become exempt, and all needed information will be given. Those who have not answered as to their liability, or proved permanent exemption, will receive a “jury enrollment notice,” requiring them to appear before me this year. Whether liable or not, such notices must be answered (in person, if possible, and at this office only) under severe penalties. If exempt, the party must bring proof of exemption; if liable, he must also answer in person, giving full and correct name, residence, etc., etc. No attention paid to letters. Persons “enrolled” as liable must serve when called or pay their fines. No mere excuse will be allowed or interference permitted. The fines, received from those who, for business or other reasons, are unable to serve at the time selected, pay the expenses of this office, and if unpaid will be entered as judgments upon the property of the delinquents. All good citizens will aid the course of justice, and secure reliable and respectable juries, and equalize their duty by serving promptly when summoned, allowing their clerks or subordinates to serve, reporting to me any attempt at bribery or evasion, and suggesting names for enrollment. Persons between sixty and seventy years of age, summer absentees, persons temporarily ill, and United States and District Court jurors are not exempt. Every man must attend to his own notice. It is a misdemeanor to give any jury paper to another to answer. It is also punishable by fine or imprisonment to give or receive any present or bribe, directly or indirectly, in relation to a jury service, or to withhold any paper or make any false statement, and every case will be fully prosecuted. THOMAS DUNLAP, Commissioner, County Court-house (Chambers street entrance. ______________ THE CITY RECORD. OFFICE OF THE CITY RECORD, } NO. 2 CITY HALL. } _______ PUBLIC NOTICE. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE BUSINESS OF The CITY RECORD office will be transacted at Room No. 4, City Hall, northeast corner. THOMAS COSTIGAN, Supervisor. ___________ DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS, } 117 AND 119 DUANE STREET, } NEW YORK, March 3,1881. } __________ TO CONTRACTORS. (No. 128.) PROPOSALS FOR ESTIMATES FOR FURNISHING ABOUT 4,000 BARRELS OF “PORTLAND” CEMENT. ESTIMATES FOR FURNISHING THIS MATERIAL, will be received be the Board of Commissioners at the head of the Department of Docks, at the office of said Department, Nos. 117 and 119 Duane street, in the City of New York, until 12 o'clock M. of WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1881. at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened by the head of said Department and read. The award of the contract or contracts, if awarded, will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids. Any person making an estimate for the work shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope to said Board, at said office, on or before the day and hour above named, which envelope shall be indorsed with the name or names of the person or persons presenting the same, the date of its presentation, and a statement of the work to which it relates. The bidder to whom an award is made shall give security for the faithful performance of the contract, in the manner prescribed and required by ordinance, in the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. The cement required under the contract must be “Portland” cement, fully up to the standard of the best brands imported, and average at least 400 pounds gross weight to the barrel. The quantity to be delivered under the contract is 4,000 barrels, and the delivery is to be made in such a manner as shall be necessary to furnish at least 500 barrels on or before the 10th day of April, 1881, and at least 500 barrels within every ten days thereafter, until the whole quantity shall have been delivered. The contract is to be fully completed and to terminate on the 1st day of July, 1881. The damages to be paid by the Contractor for each day that the contract or any part thereof may be unfulfilled, after the respective times specified for the fulfillment thereof may have expired, Sundays and holidays not to be excepted, are, by a clause in the contract, fixed and liquidated at Fifty dollars per day. The empty barrels will be relinquished to the Contractor, as provided for in the specifications, and bidders must estimate the value of the empty barrels, when considering the price for which they will furnish the Cement under the contract. Bidders will state in their estimates the price for each barrel of Cement to be furnished in conformity with the annexed specifications. By this price the bids will be tested. This price is to cover all expenses of every kind involved in or incidental to the delivery, including any claim that may arise through delay, from any cause, in the receiving of the material by the Department. Bidders will distinctly write out, both in figures and in words, the amount of their estimates for furnishing this material. Should the lowest bidder or bidders neglect or refuse to accept to contract within forty-eight (48) hours after written notice that the same has been awarded to his or their bid or estimate, or if, after acceptance, he or they shall refuse or neglect to execute the contract and give the proper security for forty-eight (48) hours after notice that the contract is ready for execution, he or they will be considered as having abandoned it, and as in default to the Corporation; and the contract will be readvertised and relet, and so on until it be accepted and executed. Bidders are required to state in their estimates their names and places of residence, the names of all persons interested with them therein; and if no other person be so interested, the estimate shall distinctly state the fact; also that the estimate is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair, and without collusion or fraud; and also that no member of the Common Council, Head of a Department, Chief of a Bureau, Deputy thereof, or Clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof; which estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party making the estimate, that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. Where more than one person is interested, it is requisite that the verification be made and subscribed by all the parties interested. Each estimate shall be accompanied by the consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in the City of (column 3 OF 4) New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect that if a contract be awarded to the person or persons making the estimate, they will, on its being so awarded, become bound as his or their sureties for its faithful performance; and that if said person or persons shall omit or refuse to execute the contract, they will pay to the Corporation any difference between the sum to which said person or persons would be entitled on its completion, and that which the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person to whom the contract shall be awarded at any subsequent letting; the amount in each case to be calculated upon the estimated amount of the material by which the bids are tested; the consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of the contract, over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabilities as bail, surety, and otherwise; and that he has offered himself as surety in good faith, and with the intention to execute the bond required by law. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered is to be approved by the Comptroller of the City of New York, after the award is made and prior to the signing of the contract. Bidders are informed that no deviation from the specifications will be allowed, unless under the written instructions of the Engineer-in-Chief. No estimate will be accepted from, or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation, upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation. The right to decline all the estimates is reserved, if deemed for the interest of the Corporation. The form of the agreement, including specifications, and showing the manner of payment for the material, is annexed. Bidders are requested, in making their bids or estimates, to use the blank prepared for that purpose by the Department, a copy of which, together with the form of the agreement, including specifications, and showing the manner of payment for the material, can be obtained upon application therefor at the office of the Department. HENRY F. DIMOCK, JACOB VANDERPOLL, WILLIAM LAIMBERT, Commissioners of the Department of Docks. _____________ FIRE DEPARTMENT. HEADQUARTERS } FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK, } 155 AND 157 MERCER STREET, } NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 19, 1881. } SEALED PROPOSALS FOR DOING THE WORK and furnishing the materials required in the proposed alteration, rebuilding, and repairing of the house No. 99 Wooster street, used as quarters of Engine Co. No. 13 —will be received as above, until 10 o’clock A.M. on Saturday, March 5, 1881,. when they will be publicly opened and read. No proposal will be received or considered after the hour named. Plans and specifications and the form of contract to be entered into by the successful bidder may be seen, and blank proposals will be furnished on application at these Headquarters. The work must correspond in all respects to the requirements of the specifications, and bidders are particularly cautioned to closely examine the same. Two responsible sureties will be required with each proposal, who must each justify thereon, prior to its presentation, in not less than one-half the amount thereof. Proposals must be addressed on the envelope, “To the Board of Commissioners,” with the endorsement “Proposal for alterations, etc., to quarters of Engine Company No. 13,” and the name of the bidder. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all of the proposals submitted, if deemed to be for the interests of the city. VINCENT C. KING, JOHN J. GORMAN, CORNELIUS VAN COTT, Commissioners. ______________ HEADQUARTERS } FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK, } 155 AND 157 MERCER STREET, } NEW YORK, November 7, 1878. } NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Board of Commissioners of this Department will meet daily at 10 o’clock A. M., for the transaction of business. By order of the Board. VINCENT C. KING, JOHN J. GORMAN, CORNELIUS VAN COTT, Commissioners. CARL JUSSEN, Secretary. _______________ FINANCE DEPARTMENT. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, } BUREAU FOR COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, } AND OF ARREARS OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, AND OF WATER RENTS, } NEW COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, CITY HALL PARK, } NEW YORK, February, 1, 1881. } __________ NOTICE TO PROPERTY-HOLDERS. PROPERTY-HOLDERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the following assessment list was received by the Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears, January 29, 1881, for collection: CONFIRMED JANUARY 25, 1881, AND ENTERED JANUARY 29, 1881, NAMELY: 153d street, opening, from the easterly line of the New Avenue lying between 8th and 9th avenues, to the Harlem river. All payments made on the above assessment on or before March 30, 1881, will be exempt (according to law) from interest. After that date interest will be charged at the rate of seven (7) per cent. from the date of entry. The above assessments are payable at the “Bureau for the Collection of Assessments, and of Arrears of Taxes and Assessments, and of Water Rents,” from 9 A. M. until 2 P. M. A. S. CADY, Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears. ___________ DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, } BUREAU FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES, } NO. 32 CHAMBERS STREET, } NEW YORK, November 1, 1880. } NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL PERSONS who have omitted to pay their taxes for the year 1880, to the Receiver of Taxes, that unless the same shall be paid to him at his office before the first day of December next, one per cent. will be collected on all taxes remaining unpaid on that day, and one percent. in addition thereto on all taxes remaining unpaid on the 15th day of December next. No money will be received after 2 o’clock P.M. Office hours from 8 A.M. to 2 P.M. MARTIN T. McMAHON, Receiver of Taxes. (column 4 of 4) ARREARS OF TAXES. _________ NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW York hereby give NOTICE to owners or Real Estate in said city, that, as provided by chapter 123 of the Laws of 1880, they may now pay any arrears of taxes for the years 1877, 1878, and 1879, with interest thereon at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, until the first day of April, 1881, and if not paid before that date, interest for the payable at the rate of twelve per cent. per annum. The act, chapter 123, Laws of 1880, containing this provision of law, is published below. ALLAN CAMPBELL, Comptroller. CITY OF NEW YORK — DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. } COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE, January 26, 1881. } ____________ CHAPTER 123. AN ACT in relation to arrears of taxes in the City of New York and to provide for the reissuing of revenue bonds in anticipation of such taxes. Passed April 15, 1880; three-fifths being present. The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. At any time after the passage of this act, and before the first day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty, any person may pay to the Comptroller of the City of New York the amount of any tax up on real property belonging to such person, heretofore laid or imposed and now remaining unpaid, together with interest thereon at the rate of seven per centum per annum, to be calculated from the time that such taxes imposed to the time of such payment, provided, also, that the time when such payment may be made on the amount of any such tax laid or imposed in the years eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine shall extend to the first day of April eighteen hundred and eighty-one. The comptroller shall make and deliver to the person making any such payment a receipt therefor, and shell forthwith cancel record of any such tax on the books of the finance department; and upon such payment being made such tax shall cease to be a lien upon the property and shall be deemed fully paid, satisfied and discharged, and there shall be no right to any further interest or penalty by reason of such tax not having been paid within the time heretofore required by law, or by reason of any statute past requiring the payment heretofore of any penalty or interest over seven per centum per annum upon any unpaid tax. Section 2. Any revenue bond heretofore issued in anticipation of the taxes in the first section specified which may fall due and become payable before said taxes are collected, maybe reissued by the comptroller of said city, in whole or in part, for such period as he may determine, not exceeding one year. Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. __________ ORDER OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN BUREAUX IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. _______ SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 521 OF THE LAWS of 1880, requires that heads of departments shall reduce the aggregate expenses of their respective departments by a reduction of salaries, and confirms upon them authority to consolidate bureaux and offices for that purpose, as follows, to wit: “In making the reduction here in required, every head “of department may abolish and consolidate offices and “bureaux, and discharge subordinates in the same “department.“ The Comptroller of the city of New York, in pursuance of the duty imposed and the authority thus conferred upon him, hereby orders and directs that the following Bureaux in the Finance Department shall be consolidated, the consolidation there of to take affect on the first day of January, 1881, viz.: First - “The Bureau of the Collection of Assessments.” and “The Bureau for the Collection of Arrears of Taxes and Assessments and Water Rents,” shall be consolidated as one bureau, and on and after January 1, 1881, shall be known as “The Bureau for the Collection of Assessments and Arrears of Taxes and Assessments and of Water Rents,” and possess all the power conferred and perform all the duties imposed by law and ordinance upon both of said bureaux, and the officers thereof, the chief officer of which consolidated bureau shall be called “Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears.“ Second - The Bureau for the Collection of the Revenue accruing from rents, and interest on bonds and mortgages, revenue arising from the use or sale of property belonging to or managed by the city,” and “the Bureau of Markets,” shall be consolidated as one Bureau, and on and after January 1, 1881, shall be known as “the Bureau for the Collection of City Revenue and of Markets,“and possess all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed by law and ordinance upon both said Bureaux, and the officers thereof: the chief officer of which said consolidated Bureau shall be called “Collector of City Revenue and Superintendent of Markets.“ CITY OF NEW YORK, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, } COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE, Dec. 31, 1880 } ALLAN CAMPBELL, Comptroller. ______________ FINANCE DEPARTMENT - COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE, } NEW YORK, January 22, 1880. } NOTICE OT OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE IN THE TWENTY-THIRD AND TWENTY-FOURTH WARDS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW York hereby give notice to owners of real estate in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards, that pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, entitled “An act to provide for the adjustment and payment of unpaid taxes due the county of Westchester by the towns of West Farms, Morrisania, and Kingsbridge, lately annexed to the city and county of New York,” passed May 22, 1878, the unpaid taxes of said town have been adjusted and the amount determined as provided in said act, and that the accounts, including sales for taxes levied prior to the year 1874, by the Treasurer of the County of Westchester, and bid in on account of said towns, and also the unpaid taxes of the year 1873, known as Rejected Taxes, have been filed for collection in the Bureau of Arrears in the Finance Department of the City of New York. Payments for the redemption of land so sold for taxes by the Treasurer of the County of Westchester, and bid in on account of said towns, and payments also of said Rejected Taxes of the year 1873, must be made hereafter to the Clerk of Arrears of the City of New York. N. B. - Interest at the rate of twelve per cent. per annum is due and payable on the amount of said sales for taxes and said rejected taxes. ALLAN CAMPBELL, Comptroller __________ REAL ESTATE RECORDS. THE ATTENTION OF LAWYERS, REAL Estate Owners, Monetary Institutions engaged in making loans upon real estate, and all who are interested in providing themselves with facilities for reducing the cost of examinations and searches, is invited to these Official Indices of Records, containing all recorded transfers of real estate in the City of New York from 1653 to 1857, prepared under the direction of the Commissioners of Records. Grantors, grantees, suits in equity, insolvents’ and Sheriffs’ sales, and 61 volumes full bound, price. $100 00 The same, in 25 volumes, half bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 00 Complete sets, folded, ready for binding . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 00 Records of Judgments, 25 volumes, bound . . . . . . . . . . 10 00 Orders should be addressed to “Mr. Stephen Angell, Comptroller’s Office, New County Court-house.” ALLAN CAMPBELL. Comptroller. FEBRUARY 23, 1881. THE CITY RECORD. 325 [column 1 of 4] OFFICIAL DIRECTORY ________________ STATEMENT OF THE HOURS DURING WHICH all the Public Offices in the City are open for business, and at which each Court regularly opens and adjourns, as well as of the places where such offices are kept and such Courts are held; together with the heads of Departments and Courts. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Mayor's Office. No. 6 City Hall, 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. WILLIAM R. GRACE, Mayor; John Tracey, Chief Clerk; William M. Ivins, Secretary. Mayor's Marshal's Office. No. 7 City Hall, 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. CHARLES REILLY, First Marshal. Permit and License Bureau Office. No. 1 City Hall, 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. HENRY WOLTMAN, Registrar. Sealers and Inspectors of Weights and Measures. No. 7 City Hall, 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. WILLIAM EYLERS, Sealer First District; THOMAS BRADY, Sealer Second District; JOHN MURRAY, Inspector First District; JOSEPH SHANNON, Inspector Second District. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Office of Clerk of Common Council. No. 8 City Hall, 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. President Board of Aldermen. FRANCIS J. TWOMEY, Clerk Common Council. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. Commissioner's Office. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. HUBERT O. THOMPSON, Commissioner; FREDERICK H. HAMLIN, Deputy Commissioner. Bureau of Water Register. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. JOHN H. CHAMBERS, Register. Bureau of Incumbrances. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. JOSEPH BLUMENTHAL, Superintendent. Bureau of Lamps and Gas. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. STEPHEN MCCORMICK, Superintendent. Bureau of Streets. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. JAMES J. MOONEY, Superintendent. Bureau of Sewers. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. STEVENSON TOWLE, Engineer-in-Charge. Bureau of Chief Engineer. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. JOHN C. CAMPBELL, Chief Engineer. Bureau of Street Improvements. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. ORGE A. JEREMIAH, Superintendent. Bureau of Repairs and Supplies. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. THOMAS KEECH, Superintendent. Bureau of Water Purveyor. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. DANIEL O'REILLY, Water Purveyor. Keeper of Buildings in City Hall Park. JOHN F. SLOPER, City Hall. FINANCE DEPARTMENT. Comptroller's Office. Nos. 19 and 20 New County Court-house, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. ALLAN CAMPBELL, Comptroller; RICHARD A. STORRS, Deputy Comptroller. Auditing Bureau. No. 19 New County Court-house, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. DANIEL JACKSON, Auditor of Accounts. Bureau for the Collection of Assessments and of Arrears of Taxes and Assessments and of Water Rents. No. 5 New County Court-house, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. ARTEMAS CADY, Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears. Bureau for the Collection of City Revenues and of Markets No. 6 New County Court-house, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. THOMAS F. DEVOE, Collector of City Revenue and Superintendent of Markets. Bureau for the Collection of Taxes. First floor Brown-stone Building, City Hall Park. MARTIN T. MCMAHON, Receiver of Taxes; ALFRED VREDENBURG, Deputy Receiver of Taxes. Bureau of the City Chamberlain. No. 18 New County Court-house, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. J. NELSON TAPPAN, City Chamberlain. LAW DEPARTMENT Office of the Counsel to the Corporation. Staats Zeitung Building, third floor, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Saturday, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, Counsel to the Corporation. ANDREW T. CAMPBELL, Chief Clerk. Office of the Public Administrator. No. 49 Beekman street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Office of the Corporation Attorney. No. 49 Beekman street, 9 A.M.to 4 P.M. WILLIAM A. BOYD Corporation Attorney. POLICE DEPARTMENT. Central Office. No. 300 Mulberry street, 9 A.M.to 4 P.M. STEPHEN B. FRENCH, President; SETH C. HAWLEY Chief Clerk DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. Central Office. No. 66 Third avenue, corner Eleventh street, 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. JACOB HESS, President; GEORGE F. BRITTON, Secretary FIRE DEPARTMENT. Headquarters. Nos. 155 and 157 Mercer street. VINCENT C. KING, President; CARL JUSSEN, Secretary. Bureau of Chief of Department. ELI BATES, Chief of Department. Bureau of Inspector of Combustibles. PETER SEERY, Inspector of Combustibles. [column 2 of 4] Bureau of Fire Marshal. GEORGE H. SHELDON, Fire Marshal. Bureau of Inspection of Buildings. WM. P. ESTERBROOK, Inspector of Buildings. Office hours, Headquarters and Bureaus, from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. (Saturdays to 3 P.M.) Fire Alarm Telegraph. J. ELLIOT SMITH, Superintendent of Telegraph. Repair Shops. Nos. 128 and 130 West Third street. JOHN MCCABE, Captain-in-Charge, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Hospital Stables. No. 199 Christie street. DEDERICK G. GALE, Superintendent of Horses. HEALTH DEPARTMENT. No. 301 Mott street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. CHARLES F. CHANDLER, President; EMMONS CLARK, Secretary DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS No. 36 Union square, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. EDWARD P. BARKER, Secretary. Civil and Topographical Office. Arsenal, 64th street and 5th avenue, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Office of Superintendent of 23d and 24th Wards. Fordham 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. Nos. 117 and 119 Duane street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. EUGENE T. LYNCH, Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS Brown-stone Building, City Hall Park, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. THOMAS B. ASTEN, President; ALBERT STORER, Secretary. BOARD OF ASSESSORS. Office, City Hall, Room No. 11 1/2, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. JOHN R. LYDECKER, Chairman; WM. H. JASPER, Secretary. BOARD OF EXCISE. Corner Mulberry and Houston streets, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, President; J. B. ADAMSON, Chief Clerk. SHERIFF'S OFFICE. Nos. 3 and 4 New County Court-house, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. PETER BOWE, Sheriff; JOEL O. STEVENS, Under Sheriff. REGISTER'S OFFICE. East side City Hall Park, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. AUGUSTUS T. DOCHARTY, Register; J. FAIRFAX MCLAUGHLIN, Deputy Register. COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS. No. 27 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. WM. PITT SHEARMAN, JOHN W. BARROW. COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. No. 17 New County Court-house, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. THOMAS DUNLAP, Commissioner; ALFRED J. KEEGAN, Deputy Commissioner COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. Nos. 7 and 8 New County Court-house, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. WILLIAM A. BUTLER, County Clerk; J. HENRY FORD Deputy County Clerk. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. Second floor, Brown-stone Building, City Hall Park 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. DANIEL G. ROLLINS, District Attorney; B. B. FOSTER, Chief Clerk. THE CITY RECORD OFFICE. And Bureau of Printing, Stationery, and Blank Books No. 2 City Hall, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. THOMAS COSTIGAN, Supervisor; R. P. H. ABELL, Bookkeeper. CORONERS' OFFICE. No. 40 East Houston street. MORITZ ELLINGER, GERSON N. HERRMAN, THOMAS C. KNOX, and JOHN H. BRADY, Coroners SUPREME COURT. In the matter of the application of the Department of Public Parks, for and on behalf of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, relative to the opening of a certain road, etc., known as Spuyten Duyvil Parkway, and streets connecting the same with Broadway, from the Spuyten Duyvil & Port Morris Railroad to Broadway, in the City of New York. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BILL of costs, charges, and expenses incurred by reason of the proceedings in the above-entitled matter will be presented for taxation to one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, at the Chambers of said Court, in the New Court-house at the City Hall, in the City of New York, on the 5th day of March, 1881, at 10 1/2 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard thereon. The said bill of costs has been filed in the Department of Public Works, as required by law. RUFUS F. ANDREWS, CHARLES H. HASWELL, ALLEN J. CUMING, Commissioners. Dated New York, February 19, 1881. [column 3 of 4] HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NO. 301 MOTT STREET, NEW YORK, February 12, 1881. AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH of the Health Department of the City of New York, held at its office on the 8th day of February, 1881, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That under the power conferred by law upon the Health Department, the following amendment to the Sanitary Code for the security of life and health be and the same is hereby adopted, and declared to form a portion of the Sanitary Code: Resolved, That section 85 of the Sanitary Code be and is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 85. That no petroleum oil, kerosene oil (or other liquid having like composition or qualities as a burning fluid as said oil) shall be kept or exposed or offered for sale as a burning fluid for lamps or any receptacle for the purpose of illumination, nor shall such oil or fluid or any description thereof be sold or kept or exposed or offered for sale or given away for use, or be used as a burning fluid for any such lamp or receptacle, or be kept for such use, unless such oil or fluid shall be of such quality and ingredients that it shall stand and be equal to the following test and conditions, to wit: It shall not evolve an inflammable vapor at a temperature below one hundred (100) degrees of the Fahrenheit thermometer. [L.S.] CHARLES F. CHANDLER, Emmons Clark, Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION Department of Public Charities and Correction No. 66 Third Avenue TO CONTRACTORS PROPOSALS FOR GROCERIES, TIN AND MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE. SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES FOR FURNISHING Groceries, etc. 12,000 pounds Dairy Butter (sample on exhibition March 5, 1881) 20,000 fresh Eggs (all to be candled). 50 barrels Oatmeal. 100 prime quality City Cured Hams. 100 " " Tongues 20 barrels Pickles (40 gallon barrels, 2,000 to the barrel). 20 kits No. 1 Mackerel (20 pounds net each). 1,000 barrels good sound Irish Potatoes (to weight 168 pounds net per barrel). 250 bales best quality Timothy Hay. 100 barrels best quality Carrots (145 pounds per barrel net). 100 barrels best quality Russia Turnips (145 pounds per barrel net). TIN 25 boxes 14x20 XX best Charcoal Tin. 1,000 pounds L. and F. Block Tin. 10 bundles 1-inch Hoop Iron. MISCELLANEOUS. 20 kegs 10d. Cut Nails. 5 kegs Tinned Roofing Nails. 5 barrels best quality Raw Linseed Oil 50 barrels Charcoal. 1,000 U.S. Infantry Caps. 35 barrels Rockland Lime, for new Pavilion, Hart's Island. 1 coil best quality 6-inch Manila Rope 1 " 3-inch " 1 " 2-inch " --or any part thereof. will be received at the office of the Department of Public Charities and Correction, in the City of New York, until 9 o'clock A.M., of Monday, the 7th day of March, 1881. The person or persons making any bid or estimate shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope, indorsed "Bid or Estimate for Groceries, Tin, and Miscellaneous Merchandise," and with his or their name or names, and the date of presentation, to the head of said Department, at the said office, on or before the day and hour above named, at which time and place the bids, or estimates received will be publicly opened by the head of said Department and read. The Department of Public Charities and Correction reserves the right to decline any and all bids or estimates if deemed to be for the public interest, and to accept any bid or estimate as a whole, or for any one or more articles included therein. No bid or estimate will be accepted from, or a contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation. The award of the contract will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids. Delivery will be required to be made from time to time, at such times and in such quantities as may be directed by the said Department; but the entire quantity will be required to be delivered on or before thirty (30) days after the date of the contract. Any bidder for this contract must be known to be engaged in and well prepared for the business, and must have satisfactory testimonials to that effect; and the person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded will be required to give security for the performance of the contract by his or their bond, with two sufficient sureties, in the penal amount of fifty (50) per cent. of the estimated amount of the contract. Each bid or estimate shall contain and state the name and place of residence of each of the persons making the same; the names of all persons interested with him or them therein; and if no other person be so interested, it shall distinctly state that fact; that it is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud; and that no member of the Common Council, Head of a Department, Chief of a Bureau, Deputy thereof or Clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof. The bid or estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties making the estimate, that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. Where more than one person is interested, it is requisite that the verification be made and subscribed by all the parties interested. Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders, in the City of New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect, that if the contract be awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, on its being so awarded, become bound as his sureties for its faithful performance; and that if he shall omit or refuse to execute the same, they shall pay to the Corporation any difference between the sum to which he would be entitled on its completion, and that which the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded at any subsequent letting; the amount in each case to be calculated upon the estimated amount of the work by which the bids are tested. The consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of this contract, over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabilities, as bail, surety or otherwise; and that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the intention to execute the bond required by section 27 of chapter 8 of the Revised Ordinance of the City of New York, if the contract shall be awarded to the person or persons for whom he consents to become surety. The [Column 4of 4] adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered to be approved by the Comptroller of the City of New York. Should the person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded neglect or refuse to accept to contract within forty-eight (48) hours after written notice that the same has been awarded to his or their bid or proposal, or if he or they accept but do not execute the contract and give the proper security, he or they shall be considered as having abandoned it and as in default to the Corporation, and the contract will be readvertised and relet as provided by law. The quality of the articles, supplies, goods, wares, and merchandise must conform in every respect to the samples of the same respectively at the office of said Department. Bidders are cautioned to examine the specifications for particulars of the articles, etc., required, before making their estimates. Bidders will state the price for each article, by which the bids will be tested. Bidders will write out the amount of their estimate in addition to inserting the same in figures. Payment will be made by a requisition on the Comptroller, issued on the completion of the contract, or from time to time as the Commissioners may determine. Bidders are informed that no deviation from the specifications will be allowed, unless under the written instruction of the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction. The Department of Public Charities and Correction reserves the right to decline any and all bids or estimates if deemed to be for the public interest, and to accept any bid or estimate as a whole, or for any one or more articles included therein. No bid or estimate will be accepted from, or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation. The form of the agreement, including specifications, and showing the manner of payment, can be obtained at the office of the Department. Dated New York, February 19, 1881 JACOB HESS, TOWNSEND COX, THOMAS S. BRENNAN, Commissioners of the Department of Public Charities and Correction. ___________________________________ Department of Public Charities and Correction No. 66 Third Avenue, New York, February 10, 1881 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE OF the Common Council, " In relation to the burial of strangers or unknown persons who may die in any of the public institutions of the City of New York," the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction report as follows: At Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island--Ann McKelligott; aged 40 years; 5 feet 2 inches high; black hair and eyes. Had on when admitted brown calico wrapper, broche shawl, black straw hat. At Workhouse, Blackwell's Island--John Kelly; aged 40 years. Committed November 17, 1881. Nothing known of his friends or relatives. At Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island--Mary Ann Brown; aged 60 years; 5 feet 2 inches high; gray hair; brown eyes. Nothing known of her friends or relatives. Maria Fleming; aged 35 years; 5 feet 5 inches high; brown hair; gray eyes. Nothing known of her friends or relatives. At Homeopathic Hospital, Ward's Island--William Shea; aged 33 years; 5 feet 8 inches high; blue eyes; brown hair. Had on when admitted blue overalls, dark woolen shirt, black felt hat. Nothing known of his friends or relatives. John Trainor; aged 26 years; 5 feet 6 inches high; gray eyes; black hair. Had on when admitted black coat and pants, blue vest. Nothing known of his friends or relatives. By order, G. F. BRITTON, Secretary. _______________________________________ CORPORATION NOTICE. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE owner or owners, occupant or occupants of all houses and lots, improved or unimproved lands affected thereby, that the following assessments have been completed and are lodged in the Office of the Board of Assessors for examination by all persons interested, viz: No. 1. Regulating, grading, setting curb and gutter stones, and flagging in One Hundred and Fifty-second street, from the Boulevard to the Hudson river. No. 2. Regulating, grading, setting curb stones and flagging full width, and paving Broadway from Manhattan street to One Hundred and Thirty-third street, with granite- block pavement. No. 3. Paving intersection of Fourth avenue with Eight-third, Eight-fourth, Eight-fifth, and Eighty- sixth streets, with Belgium pavement. No. 4. Paving One Hundred and Fourth street, between Second and Third avenues, with Belgian or trap-block pavement. No. 5. Sewer in One Hundred and Fourth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. No. 6. Fencing vacant lots on the southeast and southwest corners of Madison avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street. No. 7. Constructing sewer in One Hundred and Twenty- ninth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. No. 8. Construction sewer in One Hundred and Forth street, from 650 feet east of Tenth avenue to 75 feet west of Ninth avenue. No. 9. Sewer in Sixty-eighth street, between Fourth and Madison avenues, from end of present sewer to near Fourth avenue. No. 10. Sewer in Seventy-second street, between First and Second avenues, from end of present sewer to near Second avenue. No. 11. Sewer in Lexington avenue, between One Hundred and Third and One Hundred and Fourth streets. No. 12. Sewer in Laight street, between Washington and West streets. No. 13. Fencing vacant lots on block bounded by Eightieth and Eight-first streets, Madison and Fifth avenues. No. 14. Sewer in Second avenue, between Seventy- fifth and Seventy-sixth streets. No. 15. Receiving-basin on northeast corner of Sixtieth street and Fifth avenue. No. 16. Sewer in One Hundred and Thirtieth street, between Sixth avenue and summit west of Sixth avenue. No. 17. Regulating, grading, setting curb and gutter stones and flagging in Ninety-third street, from Second avenue to the East river. No. 18. Receiving-basin on the southwest corner of Eleventh and Dry Dock streets. No. 19. Fencing vacant lots on the south side of Seventy- ninth street, between Fourth and Lexington avenues. No. 20. Sewer in Eleventh avenue, west side, between Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth streets. No. 21. Sewer in One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. No. 22. Sewer in One Hundred and Thirteenth street, between Madison and Fifth avenues, and in Madison avenue, between One Hundred and Thirteenth and One Hundred and Fifteenth streets. No. 23. Receiving-basin on west side of Fifth avenue, between Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets. No. 24. Sewer in One Hundred and Thirteenth street, between Tenth avenue and summit east of Tenth avenue. No. 25. Regulating, grading, curb, gutter and flagging Eleventh avenue, from Fifty-ninth to Seventy-second street. The limits embraced by such assessments include a the several houses and lots of ground, vacant lots, piece and parcels of land, situated on-- No. 1. Both sides One Hundred and Fifty-second street, between Boulevard and Hudson river. No. 2. Both sides of Broadway, from Manhattan to One Hundred and Thirty-third street, and to the extent of half of the block at the intersecting streets. No. 3. Both sides of Fourth avenue, between Eighty- second and Eighty-seventh streets, and to the extent of II. No 37. - 1. June 18, 1867 Wm. Oland Bourne, My dear Sir: It is very kind of you to make another liberal offer of Premiums to the Left-Armed [Coprs] Corps, for the best specimens of Penmanship by soldiers and sailors, who lost their right arm in the late war for the Union. Truly it is a most laudable, and generous undertaking on your part, to hold out inducements to the unfortunates; and it is hoped, that it will stimulate many of us to action and energy, and that we may by unceasing efforts arrive at that degree of perfection in this beautiful art, which will add fame and renown, not only to the contributors, but also to you, dear Sir, who have caused the competition. I most cheerfully send in my specimen to your collection; although I have not the least expectation of "winning the prize"; but I think, it is the duty of every one, belonging to our band, to contribute to your catalogue. They who win the prize will surely have something of which to boast, both as having an autograph of one of our distinguished army officers, and as a memorial of the donor of the II. No 37. - 2. prizes. They may also with propriety, cherish it as a renumeration for their diligence, and for the exertions made to acquire that excellency of a plain hand-writing which will prove beneficial to them in after life. On the 17th of January, 1862, I enlisted as a Private in Company "H", 13th Regiment U. S. Infantry at Dubuque, Iowa, soon after which we were ordered to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., where we remained until April. Our next four months were spent in Alton, Illinois, guarding Rebel prisoners. Being relieved at this place, by an Ills. Regiment, we started for New Port, Kentucky. On or about the last of September, we embarked for Memphis, Tenn. where we spent some two months; in the mean time we accompanied General Sherman, while on his Tallahatchee expedition.- After our return to Memphis, a fleet was soon in readiness for Vicksburg. Our Regiment, (being General Sherman's old Regt.) was selected as his body guard. After having landed on the banks of the Yazoo, about 10 miles above Vicksburg, it was determined to make an attack in the rear of the city, where our troops met with a severe repulse; the enemy having every possible advantage, being strongly fortified at all points, II. No 37. - 3. which was wholly unknown to us. The loss in our Company, killed and wounded was eight, that of the Regiment nineteen. As this was the first engagement for most of us, matters seemed rather discouraging, and the stern realities of war, with its effects, and the bloody field of strife forced themselves upon our mind; but we were not disheartened: "For right is right, since God is God, And right the day must win; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin." After several days severe struggle, our gallant leader resolved to abandon the siege. It was now determined to strike a blow at Arkansas Post. We were accordingly embarked, and on the 9th of January landed about four miles below the Fort. Here we won a complete victory; on the 11th the place was captured with 5000 prisoners. In this engagement I lost my right arm, being struck by a fragment of a shell above the elbow, it was amputated close at the shoulder. The next day a new Company of us started for Memphis, at which place I was an inmate of Adam's Hospital till April, the 6th, when I was honorably discharged from the service of the United States. II. No 37. - 4. As I started for my home in Iowa, with what different feelings [I] were my steps retraced! But fourteen months before I had started with a host of others, to defend our beloved country, from those who wished to destroy the Union, our glorious Country. Life was full of pleasures, and the heart beat high, as we saw, or imagined to see, in the not far-off future, our Country saved, and we marching home with gallant tread. But, how different to me! In a few, short months, sent to the hospital, deprived of my almost best friend - my right arm - and now I was to go back alone. - Life appeared dark and gloomy to me; but few rays of light penetrated the thick clouds of the future, and these seemed only to make the rest more chilling and forbidding. One pleasant gleam was, that I was going home, that place of all others most dear to me, to meet once more the welcome of a dear mother and an honored father, whose deepest sympathies were mine, and whose hearts were filled with a deeper tenderness than before for their son; - to receive once more the warm greetings of brothers and sisters; - and, once more to visit the old haunts, known to me from my childhood. Oh, what a treasure is friendship! and we can more fully appreciate our friends, after the II. No 37.- 5. "deep waters" have gone over us; for then we know who are our real friends. But earthly friends were not sufficient. I was discontented and unhappy; and it was until I learned to lean on Him, whose grace is sufficient for us, and whose love is so great, that I could say "Thy will be done". And yet, despite this, I was not satisfied, nor at rest. I repelled the thought of being a burden to my friends, and resolved to procure an education, which would fit me to fill some situation in this busy, bustling world. For this purpose I attended school several years, and took a course through the Northwestern Business College. It is said, that everyone has a particular niche, or station in this world, and I should be extremely happy, to find mine! But fearing that I should be too lengthly I shall close, by subscribing myself as Your obedient servant, Henry S. Krahl. Geneva, Ills. June, 18th 1867.- #38 I Herman Baumhager late a Private in Company "E" Fifth Regt. Minnesota voll. Inftry was born on the 6th Day of December 1842 in the City of Liesborn Prussia of respectable parentage and am therefore 24 years of age I emigrated to the United States to Indiana in 1861 till in October of that same year from there to Shakopee Minnesota to my present Home. On the second Day of April 1862 I enlisted in the Service of the United States Regt & Co. aforesaid in which Organization I remained until discharged on account of my Disability. After enlisting as I have stated I proceeded with the Regment & Company from Fort Snelling Minnesota to Hamburg Landing we marched towards Corinth Miss. within two miles of it were we Camped and remained about twelve Days. On the morning of the 28th day of May we received orders to march from our last Camp and proceeded to within one mile of Corinth were we halted in line las battle and remained until the afternoon when we were attacked by the Rebells who after fighting us for one hour and one half were repulsed and back. In the evening of that day we threw up intrenchments a short distance in advance of were we fought the Rebels as I have stated. On the following we were not engaged the fighting on that day being altogether with Artillery. On the 30th day of May the rebells blew up their magazines and abandoned their position. This battle was the only one in which I participated. After the battle of Corinth we marched to different points until we arrived at Booneville Miss in June. On the fifteenth day of June 1862 we made a severe march from Booneville to Clear Creek a distance of 36 miles, which we traveled on that day and all of the following night. The Roads were very bad as our line of march lay through many bad swamps, and the weather was rainy, upon coming in to camp (the following morning at four O'clock.) I felt quite unwell and was sent to the regimental Hospital were I remained until the 20 Day of that month when I was attached with Paralysis Partialis of my right side in consequence of which I lost the use of my right arm and leg. This happened on Clear Creek Miss From Clear Creek I was sent to the Hospital at St. Louis Mo. where I remained until the 10 Day of October 1862 when I [remained]. received a honorable discharge and returned to my present home. Respectfully Submitted Herman Baumhager Shakopee Scott County Minnesota May 28th 1867 Wm Oland Bourne Esqr. Editor of Soldiers Friend No 12 Centre Street New York. Dear Sir: Enclosed please find a Specimen of left hand Penmanship written by myself. As I drew a premium in the other competition I shall not expect to compete now for a prize but as you have desire it I will endevor to send you a Specimen to add one more to your Collection of Manuscript Very Respectfully Yours. Herman Baumhager State of Minnesota District Court Clerk office County of Scott. I Mathias Mayer Clerk of said District Court do hereby certify that I know Herman Baumhager to be the Identical person who has learned to write with his left hand since the late war and that he has written this enclosed Manuscript In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and [S] affixed the Seal of said Court at Shakopee in said County this 8th Day of June A. D. 1867. M. Mayer Clerk Dist Court #39 5th Avenue Hotel Oct 3rd, 1867 To Morgan Baumgardner It is very gratefying to me to inform you that the manuscript papared by you has been Selected for the "Sheridan Premium" offered by Mr Oland Bourne editor of "the Soldiers Friend" New York I am happy thus to recognize the success of a Soldier who has given his right arm for his country. In the battle of life before you, remember that the true hero may sometimes suffer disaster and disappointment but he will never surrender his virtue or his honor. Cordially wishing You Success & Reward in life, I am Yours &c P. H. Sheridan Maj Genl State of Iowa } Cedar County } S.S. Be it remembered that, on the 19th day of June A.D. 1867, personally appeared before T. C M Clellanse a Notary Public in and for said County, Morgan Baumgardner, of Rome Township, Jones County, Iowa, who is personally known to me and after being duly sworn according to law say that the specimens hereunto affixed was executed by him with his left hand, and that previous to losing his right arm he could not write with his left, that his penmanship has been acquired since losing his arm in battle M Baumgardner Sworn and subscribed by the said Morgan Baumgarder, before me, and I do hereby certify that the above named Morgan Bumgardner is a person of good moral character and that full faith and credit is due his statement In witness whereof I have placed my signature affixed my seal notarial the day and year last above written T. C. M Clellanse Notary Public 1st Specimen of Penmanship written with the let hand by Morgan Baumgardner who lost his right arm from a wound received in the assault on Vicksburg, May the 22nd, 1863. Military History. I left the harvest field in 1861, and joined Company "B" of the Ninth Iowa Infantry of which I was a member two years and three months. I was in five engagements; Sugar Creek, Pea Ridge, and Arkansas Post in Arkansas, and the first and second attacks upon Vicksburg. Was wounded twice. I received my first wound at Pea Ridge, March 7th, 1862. Late in the evening, after about two hundred and fifty men of our regiment had been lost and the enemy making another charge upon our broken ranks, I saw a comrad near me trying to pick up a dear friend of his that had just fallen. I turned to his assistance, but as we raised the unfortunate man from the ground, the balls flying thick around and our men retreating, I told the unfortunate man that is was impossible for us to carry him from the field, and that instant we left him to his fate. (And it was a hard fate. they came up, and shot him through again, but the enemy leaving him for dead he wrought his way back to us, half a mile, and lived about two months to suffer and die in the hospital.) I caught my gun and turning to fire, a large ball of some kind struck me across the left groin, but I made my escape. My wound kept me from duty until June when I rejoined my regiment at Batesville Arkansas, and remained with them until the night of the 22nd of May 1863 at 2nd Vicksburg I succeeded in getting through the storm that day to the enemy's works, but seeing that our ranks were broken and the day to us was lost, I dropped down down, while the comrad at my right, apparently without fear, took aim an fired at the enemy, then about ten feet distant but they fired at the same time, and I think that it was with his last breath he said as he fell "I am killed." I then commenced firing and seeing a Rebel two or three rods to the right of me taking aim at some one in front of him, I raised my gun and thought to chastise, but he turned his gun at me, and we both fired at the same instant, his ball passing through my right arm about an inch above the elbow and severing the bone. I crawled away in the night and remained in the field hospital until the thirteenth of July, at which time I was removed to Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis Mo where I was well cared for, but my arm had to be amputated on the second day of October. Rank. I was a private until the fall of '62 when the position of corporal was assigned me and on the twenty third of May at Vicksburg that of first sergeant which rank I held until the date of my discharge November 30th 1863. Morgan Baumgardner Mechanicsville Cedar Co. Iowa June 13th A.D. 1867. Specimen of Runninghand. Mechanicsville Iowa Aug. 17./68. Mr. Wm Oland Bourne, Dear Friend, Your kind letter of July 17, containing the Fifty Dollars and General Sheridan's letter was received. Many thanks to you Dear Editor, and to the General. Long may he live with his comrads and friends to enjoy his bright fame. May God speed you in your noble work and may you be repaid a thousand times. Your precious paper stimulates the loyal heart. I believe it is doing great good and I want to do all I can to circulate it. Your Friend. M. Baumgardner. Editor Soldiers Friend. [*39*] [*Sheridan*] 432 THE CITY RECORD. March 15, 1881 (column 1 of 3) ASSESSMENT COMMISSION NO. 27 CHAMBERS STREET, } TUESDAY, March 8, 1881, 2 o'clock P.M. } The Commission created by chapter 550 of the Laws of 1880 to revise, vacate, or modify assessments for local improvements in the City of New York, met pursuant to adjournment. Present - All the members, viz. : Commissioners Edward Cooper (Chairman), John Kelly, Allan Campbell, George H. Andrews, and Daniel Lord, Jr. The Clerk presented copies of the CITY RECORD and "Daily Register" of March 7 and 8, 1881, showing due publication of notices of the present meeting. The minutes of the meeting held February 23, 1881, were read and approved. The Calendar was then called by the Clerk, and action taken on each case as follows: No. 26-Petition of Hiram A. Crane, for relief in the matter of the assessment for building underground drains on both sides of the lines of Inwood and Dyckman streets, between Harlem and Hudson rivers, confirmed December 23, 1875. Mr. H. L. Sprague, attorney for the petitioner, stated that he had no further evidence to present, and no evidence being offered by the Counsel to the Corporation on behalf of the city, the case was closed, decision in the matter being reserved by the Commissioners. No. 47 - Petition of Harriet A. Walter, Executrix, for relief in the matter of the assessment for regulating, etc., Manhattan street, from Twelfth to St. Nicholas avenue; confirmed May 17, 1876. No. 49 - Petition of Harriet A. Walter, Executrix, for relief in the matter of the assessment for paving Manhattan street, from St. Nicholas avenue to One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street; confirmed February 14, 1877. Mr. Edmund Coffin, Jr., attorney for the petitioner, stated that he had no further evidence to present, and after hearing evidence presented by the Counsel to the Corporation on behalf of the city, the cases were closed, the decision being reserved by the Commissioners. No. 644 - Petition of Latimer Bailey, for relief in the matter of the assessment for paving Fourteenth street, from Eighth to Ninth avenue; confirmed March 25, 1870. In the absence of Mr. W.J.A. McGrath, attorney for the petitioner, and at the request of the Counsel to the Corporation, on behalf of the city, the hearing of this case was postponed for two weeks. No. 77 - Petition of Robert Bogardus, for relief in the matter of the assessment for building underground drains between One Hundred and Seventy-third and One Hundred and Eighty-third streets, and between Kingsbridge Road and Harlem River, confirmed December 1, 1876. After hearing the evidence presented by Mr. John C. Shaw, attorney, on behalf of the petitioner, and no evidence being offered by the Counsel to the Corporation on behalf of the city, the case was closed, decision in the matter being reserved by the Commissioners. No. 78 - Petition of Elizabeth M. Conkling, for relief in the matter of the assessment for building underground drains between Ninety-sixth and One Hundred and Eleventh streets, and between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, confirmed September 3, 1874. After hearing the evidence presented by Mr. John C. Shaw, attorney, on behalf of the petitioner, and no evidence being offered by the Counsel to the Corporation on behalf of the city, the case was closed, decision in the matter being reserved by the Commissioners. No. 114 - Petition of Cyrus Scofield et al., for relief in the matter of the assessment for building underground drains between One Hundred and Tenth and One Hundred and Twenty-fourth streets, and between Fifth and Eighth avenues, confirmed October 2, 1875. After hearing evidence presented by Mr. John C. Shaw, attorney, on behalf of the petitioner, and no evidence being offered by the Counsel to the Corporation, on behalf of the city, the case was closed, decision in the matter being reserved by the Commissioners. On motion of the Commissioner Lord, it was Resolved, That when the Commission adjourns, it do so to meet on Tuesday, March 15, 1881, at 2 o'clock P.M. On motion of Commissioner Andrews the Commission then adjourned. JAMES J. MARTIN, Clerk. _____________ OFFICIAL DIRECTORY STATEMENT OF THE HOURS DURING WHICH all the Public Offices in the City are open for business, and at which each Court regularly opens and adjourns, as well as of the places where such offices are kept and such Courts are held; together with the heads of the Departments and Courts. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Mayor's Office. No. 6 City Hall, 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. WILLIAM R. GRACE, Mayor; JOHN TRACEY, Chief Clerk; WILLIAM M. IVINS, Secretary. Mayor's Marshal's Office. No. 1 City Hall, 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. CHARLES REILLY, First Marshal. Permit Bureau Office. No. 13 1/2 City Hall, 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. HENRY WOLTMAN, Registrar. Sealers and Inspectors of Weights and Measures. No. 7 City Hall, 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. WILLIAM EYLERS, Sealer First District; THOMAS BRADY, Sealer Second District; JOHN MURRAY, Inspector First District; JOSEPH SHANNON, Inspector Second District. ______ LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Office of Clerk of Common Council. No. 8 City Hall, 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. PATRICK KEENAN, President Board of Aldermen. FRANCIS J. TWOMEY, Clerk Common Council. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Commissioner's Office. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. HUBERT O. THOMPSON, Commissioner; FREDERICK H. HAMLIN, Deputy Commissioner. Bureau of Water Register. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. JOHN H. CHAMBERS, Register. Bureau of Incumbrances. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. JOSEPH BLUMENTHAL, Superintendent. Bureau of Lamps and Gas. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. STEPHEN MCCORMICK, Superintendent. Bureau of Streets. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. JAMES J. MOONEY, Superintendent. Bureau of Sewers. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. STEVENSON TOWLE, Engineer-in-Charge Bureau of Chief Engineer. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. JOHN C. CAMPBELL, Chief Engineer. Bureau of Street Improvements No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. ORGE A. JEREMIAH, Superintendent. Bureau of Repairs and Supplies. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. THOMAS KEECH, Superintendent. Bureau of Water Purveyor. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. DANIEL O'REILLY, Water Purveyor. Keeper of Buildings in the City Hall Park. JOHN F. SLOPER, City Hall. _____________ FINANCE DEPARTMENT. Comptroller's Office. Nos. 19 and 20 New County Court-house, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. ALLAN CAMPBELL, Comptroller; RICHARD A. STORRS, Deputy Comptroller. Auditing Bureau. No. 19 New County Court-house, 9 A. M. to 4 P.M. DANIEL JACKSON, Auditor of Accounts. Bureau for the Collection of Assessments and of Arrears of Taxes and Assessments and of Water Rents. No. 5 New County Court-house, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. ARTEMAS CADY, Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears. Bureau for the Collection of City Revenues and of Markets No. 6 New County Court-house, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. THOMAS F. DEVOE, Collector of City Revenue and Superintendent of Markets. Bureau for the Collection of Taxes. First floor Brown-stone Building, City Hall Park. MARTIN T. McMAHON, Receiver of Taxes; ALFRED VREDENBURG, Deputy Receiver of Taxes. Bureau of the City Chamberlain. No. 18 New County Court-house, 9 A. M. to 4 P.M. J. NELSON TAPPAN, City Chamberlain. ______________ LAW DEPARTMENT Office of the Counsel to the Corporation. Staats Zeitung Building, third floor, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Saturday, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, Counsel to the Corporation. ANDREW T. CAMPBELL, Chief Clerk. Office of the Public Administrator No. 49 Beekman street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. ALGERNON S. SULLIVAN, Public Administrator. Office of the Corporation Attorney. No. 49 Beekman street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. WILLIAM A. BOYD, Corporation Attorney. ___________ POLICE DEPARTMENT. Central Office. No. 300 Mulberry street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. STEPHEN B. FRENCH, President; SETH C. HAWLEY, Chief Clerk ___________ DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. Central Office. No. 66 Third avenue, corner Eleventh street, 8:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. JACOB HESS, President; GEORGE F. BRITTON, Secretary. __________ FIRE DEPARTMENT. Headquarters. Nos. 155 and 157 Mercer street. VINCENT C. KING, President; CARL JUSSEN, Secretary. Bureau of Chief of Department. ELI BATES, Chief of Department. Bureau of Inspector of Cumbustibles. PETER SEERY, Inspector of Combustibles. Bureau of Fire Marshal. GEORGE H. SHELDON, Fire Marshal. Bureau of Inspection of Buildings. WM. P. ESTERBROOK, Inspector of Buildings. Office hours, Headquarters and Bureaus, from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. (Saturdays to 3 P.M.) Fire Alarm Telegraph. J. ELLIOT SMITH, Superintendent of Telegraph. Repair Shops. Nos. 128 and 130 West Third street. JOHN McCABE, Captain-in-Charge, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Hospital Stables. No. 199 Christie street. DEDERICK G. GALE, Superintendent of Horses. _________ HEALTH DEPARTMENT. No. 301 Mott street, 9 A.M. to 4 P. M. CHARLES F. CHANDLER, President; EMMONS CLARK, Secretary. (column 2 of 3) DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS No. 36 Union square, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. EDWARD P. BARKER, Secretary. Civil and Topographical Office. Arsenal, 64th street a d 5th avenue, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Office of Superintendent of 23rd and 24th Wards. Fordham 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. _____ DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. Nos. 117 and 119 Duane street, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. EUGENE T. LYNCH, Secretary. ____ DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS Brown-stone Building, City Hall Park, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. THOMAS B. ASTEN, President; ALBERT STORER, Secretary. _____ BOARD OF ASSESSORS. Office City Hall, Room No. 11 1/2, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. JOHN R. LYDECKER, Chairman; WM. H. JASPER, Secretary. ____ BOARD OF EXCISE. Corner Mulberry and Houston streets, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, President; ANTHONY HARTMAN, Chief Clerk. ______ SHERIFF'S OFFICE. Nos. 3 and 4 New Country Court-house, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. PETER BOWE, Sheriff, JOEL O. STEVENS, Under Sheriff. _______ REGISTER'S OFFICE. East side City Hall Park, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. AUGUST T. DOCHARTY, Register; J. FAIRFAX McLAUGHLIN, Deputy Register. _________________ THE CITY RECORD. OFFICE OF THE CITY RECORD, } NO. 2 CITY HALL. } ______ PUBLIC NOTICE. ____ UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE BUSINESS OF the City Record office will be transacted at Room No. 4, City Hall, northeast corner. THOMAS COSTIGAN, Supervisor. ____________________ DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, } NO. 32 CHAMBERS STREET, } NEW YORK, January 10, 1881. } NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOOKS of Annual Record of the assessed valuation of Real and Personal Estate of the City and County of New York for the year 1881, will be opened for inspection and revision, on and after Monday, January 10, 1881, and will remain open until the 30th day of April, 1881, inclusive, for the correction of errors and the equalization of the assessments of the aforesaid real and personal estate. All persons believing themselves aggrieved must make application to the Commissioners during the period above mentioned, in order to obtain the relief provided by law. By order of the Board. ALBERT STORER, Secretary. _____________ FIRE DEPARTMENT. HEADQUARTERS } FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK, } (155 & 157 MERCER STREET) } NEW YORK, March 7, 1881. } SEALED PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING TO this Department seven steam fire engines, will be received at these Headquarters until 10 A.M., on Tuesday, the 22d instant, when they will be publicly opened and read. The engines are to be what is known as fourth size single pump and cylinder "Crane Neck" vertical steam fire engines, and each engine is to be fully supplied with all necessary tools. The boilers to be vertical, each 32 inches diameter and 62 inches high, to be made of best steel boiler plate, having copper smoke-flues, and hanging tubes of lap-welded iron, each hanging tube having circulating strips. To be of sufficient strength to bear twice the pressure ever required in doing fire duty, and to have ample steaming capacity to keep up a full head of steam while doing the heaviest work. To be covered with Russia iron, properly banded with brass bands, nickel-plated. To have safety valves made of composition, nickel-plated, and to be surmounted with domes of brass, bottom mouldings nickel- plated. They are to be hung on half elliptic springs, similar to those on engines numbers 7 and 33 of this Department, and are to be in all respects, as to form and construction, exactly similar to the boilers now on those engines, being M. R. Clapp's Circulating Tubular Boiler, patent of 1878. Each engine is to have a steam cylinder, 9 1/4 inches in diameter, and 6 inches stroke, to be fitted to a bed-plate containing the steam passages. The steam cylinders, steam-chests, and bed-plates of each engine are to be cased in brass, nickel-plated. All stuffing-boxes are to be so constructed as to take up while engine is running. The main pump of each engine is to be double acting, made entirely of composition, with cylinder 5 1/2 inches in diameter and 6 inches stroke, and to have two (2) discharge gates. The air-chamber of each engine is to be made of copper, nickel-plated. Each engine is to have sixteen (16) feet (in two lengths) of smooth-bore suction hose; each length to have suitable couplings, with thread, the same as on suctions and hydrants in use by this Department. Also, to have a freshwater tank to connect with feed-pumps, with suitable fresh-water connections. The hydrant connection of each engine is to have two (2) female couplings, one 4 1/2 inches diameter, and one 2 1/2 inches diameter, and to have same thread as suctions on large coupling, and regulation thread on the 2 1/2-inch. The engines are to be drawn by horses, and are to be fitted up with poles and whiffletrees, with suitable seats, for drivers, on forward parts, and fitted with cushions and whip-sockets. The wheels are to be made of selected timber, prepared in the best manner, and are to be painted with English vermillion and striped with gold leaf; the tires to be 2 3/4 inches wide. The brakes are to be so arranged as to bear upon the rear wheels, and so constructed as to be controlled by the driver. The coal-bunkers are to be made of strong iron, and to have a step and are to be painted same as the wheels. The axles, frames, braces, etc., are to be of Bessemer steel. The safety-valves, throttle-valves, feed-pumps, eccentric-straps, connection-rod bearings and pipe-holders are to be of composition. All parts of the engines are to be painted with English vermillion and striped with gold leaf, except air-chambers, boilers, domes, steam-cylinders, bed-plates, and working parts of machinery. Each engine to be supplied with- One nickel-plated steam-gauge. One nickel-plated water pressure gauge. One glass-water gauge. (column 3 of 3) One nickel-plated foam pip. Four gauge-cocks. One surface blow-cock and attachment for thaw-hose. Two heater connection pipes. One nickel-plated signal whistle. One variable exhaust nozzle and steam-jet. Two number plates. One suction basket. Two brass hose pipes, to have regulation thread. Five nozzles. One pipe holder stick. One length thaw hose, 18 feet, and nozzle. One fresh water connection of composition. One bell. Four lanterns. One automatic controlling valve. The first engine is to be delivered at the Repair Shops of the Fire Department within sixty days after the execution of the contract, and one in each month thereafter, in complete working order, with a guarantee that the material and workmanship are of the best character, and to replace, at the expense of the contractor, such parts, if any, as may fail, if such failure is properly attributable to defective material or inferior workmanship. Said engines shall have a full and complete trial of their working powers at New York, under the superintendence of a competent engineer. No proposals will be received after the hour named, or considered if not made in strict compliance with the terms of this advertisement. Two responsible sureties will be required upon each proposal, who must each justify in one-half the amount thereof, upon the proposal prior to its presentation. Proposals must be indorsed "Proposals for Furnishing Seven Engines," with the name of the bidder, and be addressed to the Board of Commissioners of this Department. Blank forms of proposals, together with such further information as may be required, may be obtained upon application at these Headquarters, where the prescribed form of contract may also be seen. The Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received, or any part of such proposals, if deemed to be for the interest of the city. VINCENT C. KING. JOHN J. GORMAN. CORNELIUS VAN COTT. Commissioners. ______________ HEADQUARTERS } FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK, } 155 & 157 MERCER STREET, } NEW YORK, March 7, 1881. } SEALED PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING THIS Department with the following articles, to wit: 1,800 tons Egg Coal. 900 tons Stove Coal. - to be of the best quality of Pittston, Scranton, or Lackawanna Valley, weight 2,000 pounds to the ton, and be well screened and free from slate, will be received at these Headquarters until 10 o'clock A.M. on Tuesday, the 22d instant, when they will be publicly opened and read. No proposals will be received or considered after the hour named. Proposals may be made for one or more of the items, specifying the price per ton. All of the coal is to be delivered and weighed upon scales furnished by the Department (which are to be transported from place to place by the contractor), in the presence of an Inspector to be designated by the Department for that purpose, at the various houses, etc., of the Department, in such quantities and at such times as may be from time to time directed. Two responsible sureties will be required upon each proposal, who must each justify in one-half the amount thereof upon the same, prior to its presentation. Proposals must be indorsed "Proposals for Furnishing Coal," with the name of the bidder, and be addressed to the Board of Commissioners of this Department. Blank forms of proposals, together with such information as may be required, may be obtained upon application at these Headquarters, where the prescribed form of contract may also be seen. The Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received, or any part of such proposals, if deemed to be for the interest of the city. VINCENT C. KING. JOHN J. GORMAN. CORNELIUS VAN COTT. Commissioners. ____________ HEADQUARTERS } FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK, } 155 & 157 MERCER STREET, } NEW YORK, November 7, 1878. } NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Board of Commissioners of this Department will meet daily at 10 o'clock A.M., for the transaction of business. By order of the Board. VINCENT C. KING, President JOHN J. GORMAN, Treasurer, CORNELIUS VAN COTT. Commissioners. CARL JUSSEN, Secretary ___________ DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, } NO. 66 THIRD AVENUE. } TO CONTRACTORS. PROPOSALS FOR DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, TIN, ETC. SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES FOR FURNISHING DRY GOODS. 50,000 yards Brown Muslin. 5,000 " Bleached Muslin. 2,000 " Linen Drills. 3,000 " Bro. Denims. 10,000 " Calico. 1,000 " Linen Diaper. 20 great gross Metal Suspender Buttons. 20 " Bone " 20 " Porcelain " 100 pounds Black Machine Thread (16 ozs. per lb.). 500 pounds W. B. Linen Thread, No. 40 (16 ozs. to pound). 100 Blue Flannel Blouses. GROCERIES, ETC. 22,000 fresh Eggs (all to be candled). 3,000 pounds Dried Apples. 50 dozen Canned Corn. 12 " " Plums. 5,000 pounds Chicory. 50 barrels Hominy. 600 pounds Maccaroni (12 lb. boxes). 2,000 bushels Oats. 500 bales long, bright Rye Straw. TIN, ETC. 100 boxes IX, 14 x 20 best quality charcoal Terne Roofing Tin. 1 drum best quality Zinc. S RAW HATS. 250 dozen Men's Straw Hats. 100 " Women's Straw Hats. - or any part thereof, will be received at the office of the Department of Public Charities and Correction, in the City of New York, until 9:30 o'clock A. M., of Friday, the 18th day of March, 1881. The person or persons making any bid or estimate shall furnish the March 15, 1881. The City Record. 431 Bureau of Vital Statistics REPORTED MORTALITY* for the week ending March 5, 1881, together with the ACTUAL MORTALITY for the week of February 26, 1881. W. DE F. Day, M. D., Sanitary Superintendent and Register: Sir-There were 717 deaths reported to have occurred in this city during the week ending Saturday, March 5, 1881, which is an increase of 23, as compared to the number reported the preceding week, and 176 more than were reported during the corresponding week of the year 1880. The actual mortality for the week ending February 26, 1881, was 695, which is 130.4 above the average for the corresponding week for the past five years, and represents an annual death-rate of 29.95 per 1,000 persons living, the population estimated at 1,206,577. Table showing the Reported Mortality for the week ending Mar. 5, 1881, and the Actual Number of Deaths each day, from the Principal Causes, with the Ages of Decedents, for the week ending Feb. 26, 1881. METEOROLOGY ….. Week ending Mar. 5 ….. Week ending Feb. 26. Mean temperature (Fahr.) for the week was ….. 34.7 ….. 27.2 “ reading of barometer “ ….. 29,516 ….. 30,056 “ humidity for the week was ….. 86 ….. 83 Number of miles traveled by the wind was ….. 1,767 ….. 1, 491 total rain-fall, in inches, for the week ….. 2.30 ….. 0.57 CAUSES OF DEATH ….. Total Deaths reported during the week ending Mar. 5, 1881 ….. Total Deaths reported during the week ending Feb. 26, 1881 Total Deaths from all Causes ….. 717 ….. 694 Total Zymotic Diseases ….. 153 167 Total Constitutional Diseases ….. 162 ….. 143 Total Local Diseases ….. 331 ….. 309 Total Developmental Diseases ….. 47 ….. 54 Deaths by Violence ….. 24 ….. 21 Small-pox ….. 2 ….. 7 Measles ….. 6 ….. 6 Scarlatina ….. 32 ….. 43 Diphtheria ….. 31 ….. 36 Membranous Croup ….. 21 ….. 25 Whooping Cough ….. 6 ….. 4 Erysipelas ….. 2 ….. 6 Yellow Fever ….. — ….. — Typhus Fever ….. — …… — Typhoid Fever ….. 1 ….. 3 Cerebro-Spinal Fever ….. 9 ….. 7 Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fever ….. 12 ….. 11 Puerperal Diseases ….. 14 ….. 20 Diarrhœal Diseases ….. 9 …… 7 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. ….. 9 ….. 3 Alcoholism ….. 8 ….. 3 Rheumatism and Gout ….. 4 ….. 9 Cancer ….. 10 ….. 17 Phthisis Pulmonalis ….. 116 ….. 96 Bronchitis ….. 34 ….. 44 Pneumonia ….. 92 ….. 96 Heart Diseases ….. 24 ….. 26 Aneurism ….. — ….. — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula ….. 12 ….. 9 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis ….. 16 ….. 11 Meningitis and Encephalitis ….. 17 ….. 15 Convulsions ….. 19 ….. 19 Direct Effect of Solar Heat ….. — ….. — Apoplexy ….. 19 ….. 16 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System ….. 75 ….. 61 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis ….. 9 ….. 2 Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis ….. 10 ….. 18 Bright’s Disease and Nephritis ….. 44 ….. 39 Cyanosis and Atelectasis ….. 3 ….. 4 Premature and Preternatural Births ….. 13 ….. 15 Surgical Operations ….. 1 ….. 2 Deaths by Suicide ….. 1 ….. 4 Deaths by Drowning ….. — ….. 2 Total Deaths in Children Under 1 year ….. 134 ….. 135 “ 2 years ….. 204 ….. 198 “ 5 years ….. 286 ….. 284 CAUSES OF DEATH ….. DATE. ….. Feb. 20. ….. Feb. 21. ….. Feb. 22. ….. Feb. 23. ….. Feb. 24. ….. Feb. 25. ….. Feb. 26. Total Deaths from all Causes ….. 95 ….. 90 ….. 92 ….. 95 ….. 116 ….. 101 ….. 106 Total Zymotic Diseases ….. 22 ….. 19 ….. 21 ….. 27 ….. 24 …..23 ….. 24 Total Constitutional Diseases ….. 19 ….. 14 …..19 ….. 20 ….. 22 ….. 20 ….. 20 Total Local Diseases ….. 38 ….. 49 ….. 41 ….. 39 …… 57 ….. 41 …… 47 Total Developmental Diseases ….. 11 ….. 5 ….. 7 …… 8 …… 9 …… 6 …… 10 Deaths by Violence ….. 5 …… 3 ….. 4 ….. 1 ….. 4 ….. 5 …… 5 Small-pox ….. — …… — …… 1 …… — …… 1 ….. — …… — Measles ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 …… 3 …… 1 Scarlatina ….. 6 ….. 4 …… 5 ….. 8 ….. 10 ….. 6 ….. 5 Diphtheria ….. 3 ….. 7 ….. 5 ….. 8 ….. 5 ….. 3 ….. 4 Membranous Croup ….. 3 ….. 1 ….. 3 ….. 7 ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 3 Whooping Cough ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. — …… — …… 1 ….. — …… — Erysipelas ….. 2 …… — …… — …… 1 …… — ….. — ….. 1 Yellow Fever ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — …… — …… — ….. — Typhus Fever ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Typhoid Fever ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — …… 1 ….. — …… — Cerebro-Spinal Fever ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 2 Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fever ….. 1 …… 2 ….. — …… 1 …… 2 …… 4 …… 1 Puerperal Diseases ….. 2 ….. 3 …… 4 ….. 3 ….. 3 …… 2 …… 5 Diarrhœal Diseases ….. — …… — …… 2 …… 1 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 2 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. ….. 1 ….. — ….. — …… — …… 1 …… 1 ….. 2 Alcoholism ….. — ….. — …… 1 …… 1 ….. — …… 2 …… 1 Rheumatism and Gout ….. — …… — …… 2 …… — …… 1 …… 4 …… 1 Cancer ….. 3 …… 2 …… 1 …… 1 …… 3 ….. 4 …… 2 Phthisis Pulmonalis ….. 12 ….. 11 ……13 …… 15 …… 15 ….. 15 ….. 13 Bronchitis ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 5 ….. 6 ….. 7 ….. 7 ….. 4 Pneumonia ….. 12 ….. 15 ….. 10 ….. 13 …… 23 ….. 10 …… 17 Heart Diseases ….. 5 …… 4 …… 4 ….. 3 ….. 6 ….. 3 ….. 4 Aneurism ….. — ….. — ….. — …… — ….. — ….. — …… — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula ….. 1 ….. — ….. 2 …… 3 ….. 2 …… 1 ….. 2 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis ….. 3 ….. 1 …… 1 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 2 Meningitis and Encephalitis ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 3 ….. 3 …… 2 ….. 3 ….. 4 Convulsions …..3 …..2 ……3 ……3 …… 2 ……3 …… 4 Direct Effect of Solar Heat ….. — ….. — …… — …… — …… — …… — …… — Apoplexy ….. 3 …. 1 …. 3 ….. 5 …… 3 ….. 2 ….. 1 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System ….. 9 ….. 8 …… 10 …… 12 …… 7 …… 8 …… 11 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis ….. 1 ….. — …… 1 ….. — …… 1 …… — …… — Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis ….. 2 ….. 4 ….. 6 ….. — …… 1 ….. 4 …… 2 Bright’s Disease and Nephritis ….. 4 ….. 7 ….. 1 …… 5 ….. 4 …… 5 ….. 4 Cyanosis and Atelectasis ….. 2 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — …… 1 …… — …… — ….. 4 Premature and Preternatural Births ….. 3 ….. 1 …… 2 …… 1 …… 1 …… 2 …… 2 Surgical Operations ….. 1 ….. — …… — …… — …… — …… — …… 1 Deaths by Suicide ….. — …… 2 …… 1 …… — …… — …… — ….. 4 Deaths by Drowning ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Total Deaths in Children Under 1 year ….. 19 ….. 16 ….. 22 ….. 24 …… 23 ….. 16 ….. 15 “ 2 years ….. 25 ….. 22 ….. 26 ….. 36 ….. 35 ….. 24 ….. 23 “ 5 years ….. 39 …… 37 ….. 39 ….. 47 ….. 47 ….. 40 …… 35 CAUSES OF DEATH … Total Actual Mortality during the week ending February 26, 1881 ….. Actual number of Deaths for the corresponding week of 1880. ….. Average number of Deaths in the corresponding week of the past five years. ….. Annual Death-rate per 1,000 during week (population estimated at 1,206,577). Total Deaths from all Causes ….. 695 ….. 564 …… 564.6 ….. 29.95 Total Zymotic Diseases ….. 160 ….. 120 ….. 132.4 ….. 6.90 Total Constitutional Diseases ….. 140 ….. 129 ….. 130.2 ….. 6.03 Total Local Diseases ….. 312 ….. 262 ….. 244.2 ….. 13.45 Total Developmental Diseases ….. 56 ….. 35 ….. 40.4 ….. 2.41 Deaths by Violence ….. 27 ….. 18 ….. 17.4 ….. 1.16 Small-pox ….. 2 ….. — …… 3.8 …… .09 Measles ….. 7 ….. 21 …… 9.8 …… .30 Scarlatina ….. 44 ….. 5 ….. 22.2 …… 1.90 Diphtheria ….. 35 ….. 23 ….. 30.2 …… 1.51 Membranous Croup ….. 20 …… 16 …… 15.2 …… .86 Whooping Cough ….. 4 …… 8 …… 11.4 …… .17 Erysipelas ….. 4 …… 8 …… 5.4 …… .17 Yellow Fever ….. — …… — …… — …… — Typhus Fever ….. 1 ….. — ….. .2 ….. .04 Typhoid Fever ….. 3 …… 5 …… 4.0 …… .13 Cerebro-Spinal Fever ….. 7 ….. 3 …… 2.6 …… .30 Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fever ….. 11 ….. 1 ….. 3.6 ….. .47 Puerperal Diseases ….. 22 …… 12 ….. 7.4 ….. .95 Diarrhœal Diseases ….. 7 ….. 12 ….. 9.0 ….. .30 Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. ….. 5 ….. 5 ….. 5.6 ….. .22 Alcoholism ….. 5 ….. 3 ….. 2.6 ….. .22 Rheumatism and Gout ….. 8 ….. 5 …… 4.6 ….. .34 Cancer ….. 16 …… 10 ….. 9.8 ….. .69 Phthisis Pulmonalis ….. 94 ….. 95 …… 83.6 ….. 4.05 Bronchitis ….. 40 …..32 ….. 30.4 ….. 1.72 Pneumonia ….. 100 ….. 66 …… 68.0 …… 4.31 Heart Diseases ….. 29 ….. 21 …… 21.6 …… 1.25 Aneurism ….. — ….. 2 …… 1.4 ….. — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula ….. 11 ….. 8 ….. 6.6 ….. .47 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis ….. 11 ….. 8 ….. 13.4 ….. .47 Meningitis and Encephalitis ….. 14 ….. 20 ….. 17.2 ….. .60 Convulsions ….. 20 ….. 14 ….. 12.6 ….. .86 Direct Effect of Solar Heat ….. — …… — …… — …… — Apoplexy ….. 18 ….. 14 ….. 9.8 ….. .78 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System ….. 65 ….. 31 ….. 51.6 ….. 2.80 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis ….. 3 …… 5 …… 4.4 …… .13 Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis ….. 19 ….. 14 ….. 10.6 …… .82 Bright’s Disease and Nephritis ….. 30 ….. 33 …… 25.2 ….. 1.29 Cyanosis and Atelectasis ….. 4 …… 4 …… 6.8 ….. .17 Premature and Preternatural Births ….. 12 ….. 15 ….. 14.8 ….. .52 Surgical Operations ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 2.2 ….. .04 Deaths by Suicide ….. 4 ….. — …… 1.2 ….. .17 Deaths by Drowning ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 1.2 ….. .09 Total Deaths in Children Under 1 year ….. 135 ….. 116 ….. 124.2 ….. 5.82 “ 2 years ….. 191 ….. 167 ….. 176.8 ….. 8.23 “ 5 years ….. 284 ….. 218 …… 243.6 ….. 12.24 AGE BY YEARS CAUSES OF DEATH ….. Under 1 year ….. 1 to 2 ….. 2 to 3 ….. 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 Total Deaths from all Causes ….. 135 ….. 56 ….. 48 ….. 30 ….. 15 ….. 284….. 42 ….. 13 ….. 15 ….. 33 ….. 29 ….. 32 ….. 43 ….. 37 ….. 27 ….. 21 ….. 20 ….. 24 ….. 24 ….. 40 Total Zymotic Diseases ….. 27 ….. 28 ….. 25 ….. 19 …… 12 ….. 111….. 21 ….. 5 ….. — ….. 5 ….. 3 ….. — ….. 4 ….. 2 ….. 4 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 3 Total Constitutional Diseases ….. 11 ….. 5 ….. 4 ….. 2 ….. — ….. 22….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 6 ….. 9 ….. 10 ….. 13 ….. 16 ….. 16 ….. 13 ….. 7 ….. 7 ….. 9 ….. 6 ….. 2 Total Local Diseases ….. 76 ….. 23 ….. 17 ….. 9 ….. 3 ….. 128….. 16 ….. 6 ….. 6 ….. 10 ….. 6 ….. 17 ….. 17 ….. 17 ….. 15 ….. 20 ….. 11 ….. 10 ….. 16 ….. 17 Total Developmental Diseases ….. 21 …… — ….. — ….. — …… — …… 21….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 7 ….. 7 ….. 1 ….. 4 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 14 Deaths by Violence ….. — …… — …… 2 …… — ….. — ….. 2….. 3 ….. — ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 3 ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 3 ….. — ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. — ….. 4 Small-pox ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Measles ….. 1 …… 6 …… — …… — ….. — ….. 7….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Scarlatina ….. 3 …… 4 …… 13 …… 6 ….. 5 ….. 21….. 10 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Diphtheria ….. 2 …… 11 …… 8 …… 4 ….. 4 ….. 29….. 5 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Membranous Croup ….. 3 …… 3 …… 4 …… 6 ….. 2 ….. 18….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Whooping Cough ….. 2 …… 1 …… — …… 1 ….. — ….. 4….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Erysipelas ….. 2 …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. 2….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Yellow Fever ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Typhus Fever ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Typhoid Fever ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Cerebro-Spinal Fever ….. 2 …… 1 …… — …… — ….. 1 ….. 4….. 1 ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fever ….. 1 …… 1 …… — …… 2 ….. — ….. 4….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — Puerperal Diseases ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 8 ….. 7 ….. 1 ….. 5 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Diarrhœal Diseases ….. 5 …… 1 …… — …… — ….. — ….. 6….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. ….. 5 …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. 5….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Alcoholism ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Rheumatism and Gout ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. — Cancer ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 4 ….. 4 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. — ….. — Phthisis Pulmonalis ….. 1 …… — …… 1 …… — ….. — ….. 2….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 5 ….. 9 ….. 7 ….. 10 ….. 15 ….. 12 ….. 8 ….. 7 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 5 ….. 2 Bronchitis ….. 25 ….. 2 ….. 4 …… 2 ….. — …… 33….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 Pneumonia ….. 19 …… 15 ….. 10 …… 4 …… 2 …… 50….. 8 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 3 ….. 1 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 5 ….. 4 ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 6 Heart Diseases ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 3 ….. 5 ….. 2 ….. 4 ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 2 Aneurism ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula ….. 9 …… 2 …… — …… — ….. — ….. 11….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis ….. 1 …… 3 …… 3 …… 2 ….. — ….. 9….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Meningitis and Encephalitis …..2 ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 6….. 2 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Convulsions ….. 17 …… 3 …… — …… — ….. — ….. 20….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Direct Effect of Solar Heat ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Apoplexy ….. 1 …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. 1….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 6 ….. — ….. 2 ….. 3 ….. 1 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System ….. 21 …… 5 …… 2 …… — …… 1 …… 29….. 2 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. 3 ….. 3 ….. 7 ….. — ….. 3 ….. 7 ….. 3 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis ….. 5 …… 1 …… — …… 2 …… — …… 8….. — ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — Bright’s Disease and Nephritis ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 5 ….. 4 ….. 4 ….. 3 ….. — ….. 2 ….. 3 ….. 1 ….. 3 Cyanosis and Atelectasis ….. 4 …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. 4….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Premature and Preternatural Births ….. 12 …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. 12….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Surgical Operations ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Deaths by Suicide ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Deaths by Drowning ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — Total Deaths in Children Under 1 year ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — “ 2 years ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — “ 5 years ….. — …… — …… — …… — ….. — ….. —….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — SEX ….. — CAUSES OF DEATH ….. Male ….. Female ….. Colored. Total Deaths from all Causes ….. 362 ….. 333 ….. 23 Total Zymotic Diseases ….. 81 ….. 79 ….. 1 Total Constitutional Diseases ….. 78 ….. 62 ….. 6 Total Local Diseases ….. 168 ….. 144 ….. 14 Total Developmental Diseases ….. 19 ….. 37 ….. 2 Deaths by Violence ….. 16 ….. 11 ….. — Small-pox ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — Measles ….. 3 ….. 4 ….. — Scarlatina ….. 21 ….. 23 ….. — Diphtheria ….. 20 ….. 15 …… — Membranous Croup ….. 10 ….. 10 ….. — Whooping Cough ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. — Erysipelas ….. — ….. 4 ….. — Yellow Fever ….. — ….. — ….. — Typhus Fever ….. — ….. 1 …… — Typhoid Fever ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. — Cerebro-Spinal Fever ….. 4 …. 3 ….. — Remittent, Intermittent, Typho-Malarial, Congestive, and Simple Continued Fever ….. 8 ….. 3 ….. — Puerperal Diseases ….. — ….. 22 ….. 2 Diarrhœal Diseases ….. 2 ….. 5 ….. — Inanition, Want of Breast Milk, etc. ….. 3 ….. 2 ….. — Alcoholism ….. 3 ….. 2 ….. — Rheumatism and Gout ….. 5 ….. 3 ….. — Cancer ….. 7 ….. 9 ….. 1 Phthisis Pulmonalis ….. 52 ….. 42 ….. 3 Bronchitis ….. 19 ….. 21 ….. 3 Pneumonia ….. 59 ….. 41 ….. 4 Heart Diseases ….. 17 ….. 12 ….. 1 Aneurism ….. — ….. — ….. — Marasmus-Tabes Mesenterica and Scrofula ….. 7 ….. 4 ….. 1 Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis ….. 7 ….. 4 ….. 1 Meningitis and Encephalitis ….. 7 ….. 7 ….. 1 Convulsions ….. 11 ….. 9 ….. — Direct Effect of Solar Heat ….. — …… — ….. — Apoplexy ….. 8 ….. 10 ….. 1 All Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System ….. 33 ….. 32 ….. 2 Cirrhosis of Liver and Hepatitis ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. — Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Peritonitis, and Gastritis ….. 9 ….. 10 ….. — Bright’s Disease and Nephritis ….. 18 ….. 12 ….. 3 Cyanosis and Atelectasis ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. 1 Premature and Preternatural Births ….. 7 ….. 5 ….. — Surgical Operations ….. — ….. 1 ….. — Deaths by Suicide ….. 4 ….. — ….. — Deaths by Drowning ….. 2 ….. — ….. — Total Deaths in Children Under 1 year ….. — …… — ….. — “ 2 years ….. — …… — ….. — “ 5 years ….. — …… — ….. — *Refers to the number of death certificates received. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES. NEW YORK — DEATHS FROM SMALL-POX, MEASLES, SCARLATINA, DIPHTHERIA, CROUP, WHOOPING COUGH, TYPHOID FEVER, TYPHUS FEVER, MALARIAL FEVERS, PEUPERAL FEVER, DIARRHŒAL MALADIES, CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER, AND OTHER ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Actual mortality during the Week ending February 26, 1881 WARD ….. AREA IN ACRES ….. Small-pox ….. Measles ….. Scarlatina ….. Diphtheria ….. Croup ….. Whooping cough ….. Typhus Fever ….. Typhoid Fever ….. Malarial Fevers ….. Puerperal Fever ….. All Diarrhœal Diseases ….. Cerebro-Spinal Fever ….. Other Zymotic Diseases ….. Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases ….. total Deaths from all Causes ….. Total Deaths, exclusive of those in Public Institutions ….. Total Population (in Wards), Census of 1875 First ….. 154 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 2 ….. 11 ….. 9 ….. 17,039 Second ….. 81 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1,608 Third ….. 95 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 1 ….. 3,582 Fourth ….. 83 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 12 ….. 12 ….. 21,015 Fifth ….. 168 ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 10 ..… 10 ….. 16,134 Sixth ….. 86 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 16 ….. 16 ….. 20,193 Seventh ….. 198 ….. — ….. — ….. 8 ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 13 ….. 42 ….. 42 ….. 50,066 Eighth ….. 183 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 5 ….. 32 ….. 32 ….. 35,880 Ninth ….. 322 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 2 ….. 24 ….. 22 ….. 54,593 Tenth ….. 110 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 4 ….. 3 ….. 3 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 12 ….. 37 ….. 37 ….. 47,553 Eleventh ….. 196 ….. — ….. — ….. 4 ….. 4 ….. 5 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 15 ….. 49 ….. 46 ….. 68,779 Twelfth ….. 5,504.13 ….. — ….. 2 ….. 3 ….. 3 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 14 ….. 47 ….. 27 ….. 81,802 Thirteenth ….. 107 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 14 ….. 14 ….. 37,797 Fourteenth ….. 96 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 6 ….. 17 ….. 17 ….. 30,172 Fifteenth ….. 198 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 14 ….. 13 ….. 31,873 Sixteenth ….. 348.77 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 30 ….. 29 ….. 52,186 Seventeenth ….. 331 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 6 ….. 2 ….. 3 ….. 1 ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 16 ….. 53 ….. 52 ….. 104,895 Eighteenth ….. 449.89 ….. — ….. — ….. 2 ….. 3 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 3 ….. 9 ….. 29 ….. 27 ….. 66,610 Nineteenth ….. 1480.60 ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. 3 ….. — ….. 2 ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. 13 ….. 90 ….. 45 ….. 158,108 Twentieth ….. 444 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 3 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 2 ….. — ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 4 ….. 14 ….. 46 ….. 46 ….. 86,023 Twenty-first ….. 411 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 6 ….. 49 ….. 26 ….. 66,538 Twenty-second ….. 1,529.42 ….. — ….. — ….. 4 ….. 4 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. 11 ….. 42 ….. 40 ….. 111,605 Twenty-third ….. 4,267.023 ….. — ….. — ….. 2 ….. 1 ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 4 ….. 15 ….. 15 ….. 28,338 Twenty-fourth ….. 8,050.323 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. — ….. 1 ….. 2 ….. 13 ….. 10 ….. 13,288 Totals ….. 24,893.156 ….. 2 ….. 7 ….. 44 ….. 35 ….. 20 ….. 4 ….. 1 ….. 3 ….. 11 ….. 2 ….. 7 ….. 7 ….. 17 ….. 160 ….. 695 ….. 588 ….. 1,206,577 WARD …… REMARKS …… Total in institutions First ….. Castle Garden and Emigrant Depot,. : U. S. Marine Hospital (Bedloe’s Island), 2: Trinity Mission ….. 2 Second ….. — ….. — Third ….. Twenty-seventh Precinst Station.,; House of Relief, 160 Chambers street, 2; Newsboys’ Lodgings, ….. 2 Fourth ….. Fourth Precinct Station,.; MissionHoem,.; St. James’ Home, ….. — Fifth ….. Fifth Precinct Station,.; Trinity Infirmary, 50 Varick street, ….. — Sixth ….. City Prison,.; Home of Industry,.; Centre Street Dispensary,.; Park Street Mission Home, ….. — Seventh ….. Seventh Precinct Station,.; Sailors’ Home,.; Park Street Mission Home, ….. — Eighth ….. Eighth Precinct Station, ….. — Ninth ….. St. Vincent’s Hospital, 2; Home for Old Men and Aged Couples,.; Northern Dispensary ….. 2 Tenth ….. Essex Street Prison,.; Tenth Precinct Station,.; Ludlow Street Jail, ….. — Eleventh ….. St. Francis’ Hospital, 3; Eleventh Precinct Station, ….. 3 Twelfth ….. Reception Hospital, 99th street, 1; Infants’ Hospital, 6; Sheltering Arms,.; N. Y. City Asylum for the Insane, 1; Colored Orphan Asylum,.; Ward’s Island, 5; Randall’s Island, 2; Bloomingdale Lunatic Asylum,l; St. Joseph’s Asylum,.; House of Refuge,l; House of Mercy,l; Idiot Asylum, Randall’s Island,.; Union Home and School,.; House of Good Shepherd, 1; Deaf and Dumb Asylum,l; Deborah Nursery,l; Homœopathic Hospital, 4; Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews.,; Leake and Watts Orphan Home,.; Unsectarian Home,.; Convent of Sacred Heart,l; Sheltering Arms ….. 20 Thirteenth ….. Thirteenth Precinct Station ….. — Fourteenth ….. R. C. Orphan Asylum,.; Lying-in Asylum,.; Fourteenth Precinct Station,l; House of Mercy ….. — Fifteenth ….. Fifteenth Precinct Station,.; Midnight Mission,.; society for the Care of Infants and Young Children, 1 ….. 1 Sixteenth ….. St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged, 1; Home of the Church of the Holy Communion.; House of Holy Comforter ….. 1 Seventeenth ….. Association for Befriending Young Girls,.; Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1; House of the Holy Family ….. 1 Eighteenth ….. Home for Respectable Aged and Indigent Females,.; New York Hospital, 2; New York Infirmary for Women and Children,l; N. Y. Ophthalmic Hospital,.; Reception Hospital ….. 2 Nineteenth ….. Presbyterian Home, 3; Presbyterian Hospital,.; German Hospital, 1; Mt. Sinai Hospital, 2; Foundling Hospital, 6; women’s Hospital, 2; City Lunatic Asylum, 1; Almshouse, 4; Penitentiary,.; Samll-pox Hospital, 2; Charity Hospital, 9; Epileptic and Paralytic Hospital,.; Colored Home Hospital, 5; Nursery and Child’s Hospital, 4; St. Luke’s Hospital, 4; Workhouse, 1; Fever Hospital,.; Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum,l; Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled,.; Home for the Aged (Little Sisters of the Poor), 1; Chapin Home for the Aged,; Hahnemann’s Hospital,; Orphans’ Home and Asylum (Protestant Episcopal), 49th street and Lexington avenue,l; Hebrew Orphan Asylum,.; Maternity Hospital,l; Infirmary, Sisters of Mercy,.; St. Joseph’s Industrial Home,.; Baptist Home, ….. 45 Twentieth ….. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital,.; St. Mary’s Hospital,.; Institution for the Blind,.; Twenty-ninth Precinct Station ….. — Twenty-first ….. Bellevue Hospital, 22; in Ambulances,.; Morgue,.; Peabody Home for the Aged,.; St. Stephen’s Home, 1; Twenty-first Precinct Station,.; Home of the Friendless,.; Emergency Hospital ….. 23 Twenty-second ….. Roosevelt Hospital, 2; Old Ladies’ Home,.; New York Infant Asylum,.; Hahnemann’s Hospital,.; New York Orphan Asylum,.; Twenty-second Precinct Station,.; Childrens’ Fold ….. 2 Twenty-third ….. Thirty-third Precinct Station,.; Old Gentlemen’s Unsectarian Home ….. — Twenty-fourth ….. House of Rest for Consumptives, 2; Home for Incurables, 1; Thirty-fourth Precinct Station,.; Thirty-fifth Precinct Station,.; St. Joseph’s Institute for Deaf and Dumb,.; St. Stephen’s Home ….. 3 Totals ….. Total mortality in Public Institutions ….. 107 Very respectfully submitted, JOHN T. NAGLE, M. D., Deputy Register of Records. No 39. 1. 5th Avenue Hotel, October 3rd 1867 To Morgan Baumgardner, It is very gratifying to me to inform you that the manuscript prepared by you has been selected for the "Sheridan Premium" offered by Mr Oland Bourne, Editor of "the Soldiers Friend", New York. I am happy thus to recognize the success of a soldier who has given his right arm for his country. In the battle of life before you, remember that the true hero may sometimes suffer disaster and disappointments, but he will never surrender his virtue or his honor. Cordially wishing you success and reward in life I am Yours &c&c P. H. Sheridan, Maj. Genl. No 39. 2. Specimen of Penmanship written with the left hand by Morgan Baumgardner who lost his right arm from a wound received in the assault on Vicksburg, May the 22nd, 1863 Military History. I left the harvest field in 1861, and joined Company "B" of the Ninth Iowa Infantry of which I was a member two years and three months. I was in five engagements: "Sugar Creek", "Pea Ridge, and "Arkansas Post, and the "first and "second attacks upon Vicksburg. Was wounded twice. I received my first wound at Pea Ridge, March 7th, 1862. Late in the evening after about two hundred and fifty men of our regiment had been lost and the enemy making another charge upon our broken ranks, I saw a comrade near me trying to pick up a dear friend of his that had just fallen. I turned to his assistance, but as we raised the unfortunate man from the ground, the balls flying thick around us and our men retreating, I told the unfortunate man that is was impossible for us to carry him from the field, and that instance we left him to his fate. And it was a hard fate; they came up, and shot him through again; but the enemy leaving him for dead, he wrought his was back to us half a mile, and lived about two months to suffer and die in the hospital. I caught my gun and turning to fire, No 39 3. a large ball of some kind struck me across the left groin, but I made my escape. My wound kept me from duty until June when I rejoined my regiment at Batesville, Arkansas, and remained with them until the night of the 22nd of May 1863, at Vicksburg. I succeeded in getting through the storm that day to the enemy's works, but seeing that our ranks were broken and the day to us was lost, I dropped down, while the comrade at my right, apparently without fear, took aim and fired at the enemy, then about ten feet distant, but they fired at the same time, and I think it was with his last breath he said as he fell "I am Killed." I then commenced firing and seeing a rebel two or three rods to the right of me taking aim at some one in front of him, I raised my gun, and thought to chastise, but he turned his gun at me, and we both fired at the same instant; his ball passing through my right arm about an inch above the elbow and severing the bone. I crawled away in the night and remained in the field hospital until the 13th of July, at which time I was removed to Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, MO. where I was well cared for, but my arm had to be amputated on the second day of October. I was a private until the fall of 1862, when the position as corporal was assigned to me, and on the 23rd of May at Vicksburg, that of first sergeant which rank I held until the date of my discharge, November 30th, 1863. Morgan Baumgardner Mechanicsville, Cedar Co, Iowa June 13th, A.D. 1867. (Specimen of Running hand) 1867 - June 17 series 2 40 Charles Moenninger Floraville Illinois June 17th 1867 Wm Oland Bourne Esqr. Dear Sir! In order to do Justice to a brave Soldier by the name of Charles V. Moeninger, who has this day prepared a manuscript competing for your Prize for left handed Soldiers, Would say, that when he wrote the Manuscript he was a little nervous, caused by hard work and exposed to the heat of the sun for a few days in painting a house I therefore send you [2] one Schedule[s] on file in my office, which were prepared in his Schoo rooms, and at a glance shows his superior gift at left hand writing. You will please return this Schedules to me by mail after examination. And would further say that the Affidavids were prepared by me and sworn to before me. Should a County Clerk Certificate be requisite, you will please return to me, and I will have the same attached. You will excuse for this omission as we are 12 miles from the County seat. Your truely Fred E Horn 1. Floraville, St. Clair County, Illinois June 17. 1867. Wm. Oland Bourne Editor of the "Soldier's Friend". Dear Sir! Your Premium Circular has just been received and will comply with the Directions. I beg leave to state my brief military history. When the rebellion broke out in the South I was teaching school in District No. two Town two Y.N.G.W. St. Clair County, Illinois. On the first Monday of August 1861 an Election was held for School Officers of the District and as it was, I did not feel satisfied with the result of the Election I proceeded at once to Centreville and when there the drum and fife aroused me out of my lethargy and I enlisted for the service of my country. I enlisted at Centreville on the 10th day of August, 1861, was transfered to Cairo, sworn into service on the 15th of August, and assigned to Company L. of "the Ninth Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers". Shortly afterwards I was promoted Corporal 2. in Company D. of the same Regiment. This was commanded by Colonel E. A. Paine, but on the 3d day of September, 1861 Colonel Augustus Mersey took the command. At Cairo we were stationed for two months, then ordered to take Paducah, Kentucky. We guarded and fortified that place for five months under the command of Gen. Charles G. Smith. During that period our force was ordered to Belmont, but this renowned battle was fought before we reached the battle-field; therefore we returned to Paducah. We also took possession of a Rebel Cavalry Camp near Saratoga capturing all the horses and men. Afterwards we were to take Fort Henry, but on account of muddy roads and continual rain we did not succeed. We again went back to Paducah. All these expeditions were commanded by General Smith. Fort Henry was afterwards taken by Admiral Porter and the whole Army under Command of General Grant moved forwards to Fort Donalson, and besieged that place for three days. On the 16th of February, 1862 the memorable and glorious battle was fought, the rebels driven back into the Fort and the next morning General Buckner surrendered unconditionally to General Grant. The Army was then ordered to Pittsburgh Landing. In the morning of the 6th of April, 1862 our pickets were driven in on the right wing under command of General W.T. Sherman; the 9th Regiment was stationed next to 3 the river command of General Smith, but this General being sick at Savannah the gallant and brave Officer Wallace took command. Without a signal being given each Regiment formed into line of battle by 9 o'clock A.M. At 11 0'clock the Rebel General Breckenridge made a furious onset to breach our wing, and to drive it back in confusion, but our wing, without relief, suffering and bleeding, kept the ground at all hazards to save the Army from ruin. The Rebels opened a cross-fire. At this time I received a wound by a musket-ball passing right through the middle of the bone of the right arm about six inches below the shoulder-bone. Disabled and Deprived of the most useful member of the body, I had to leave my comrades struggling, fighting, bleeding, dying, dead and withdraw from the field of action. On board a steamer a Surgeon from a Michigan Regiment amputated my arm on the 11th day of April and found the bone entirely slivered . Brought to the Central Hospital (Court-house) at Paducah, I was with 31 Union and 14 Rebel Soldiers in one room; 3 of the whole number had lost their right arms. I was under medical care for two months and by permission of the Head Surgeon 4. I went home to some kind friends at Floraville, Illinois. After a time of five weeks I again joined my Company and Regiment stationed at Rienzi Mississippi, under command of Gen. Gordon Granger. After the battle at Puka against Pierce our Army was concentrated at Corinth; the disabled and wounded were placed in hospitals, a great number discharged; the Rebels were about to attack that place and those who had not received discharges were ordered to back to hospitals at Columbus, Fort Holt, Cairo, Paducah or to Jefferson Barracks. I was send to the place mentioned last and discharged September 27. 1862. by Order of General Davidson. Now, Gentlemen, I have come to the end of my military history. By receiving but Eight Dollars monthly pension I had to take up my old profession: Teaching. As Penmanship is an essential part of instruction in our schools; I first had to learn to write with the left hand, beginning with the Alphabet like a child and by practice and constant application I succeeded to find employment. There being no school during summer and in order to make a living I have to set my left hand to such small jobs as I can find. I am, Sir, with the greatest respect, Your Obedient Servant Charles V. Moenninger State of Illinois } County of S. Clair } SS Be it Remembered that on this day personally appeared Charles V. Moeninger who being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that the statement made in regard to his military history are true and Correct and further the deponent says not. Sworn to and subscribed Charles V. Moeninger Before me this 7th day of June AD. 1867 Fred C Horn J.P. And also personally appeared Herman Wiegand and John Georg residents of Floraville, Illinois persons whom I Certify to be respectable and entitled to Credit, and whom being first duly sworn according to law say, that they have been acquainted with the said Charles V. Moeninger, for the period of the years and personally know, that he lost his right arm in action at Pitsburg Landing Tenn. and never before said time, used his left hand in writing, but know him to have Commenced to learn to write with his left hand since he was honorable discharged from the military service of the United States Sworn to & subscribed John George, Before me this 7th day of June 1867 Herman Wiegane Fred C. Horn J.P. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.