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and is sustained by all the principal corporations in the city. This association has purchased the mansion house of our late lamented mayor, and will soon carry into effect the benevolent objects for which the associ- ation was created.
During the last year, there have also been erected two large brick churches : one on Hurd street, by the First Methodist Episcopal Society, called " St. Paul's Church ;" the other, on John street, by the Third Con- gregational Society, called " John street Church." Lowell, Jan. 1, 1840.
WARD BOUNDARIES.
1st. The city of Lowell is hereby divided into wards, agreeable to the provisions and for the purpose expressed in the sixteenth section of the city charter.
2d. All parts of the city which is contained in the territory heremafter described, shall constitute one ward, and be called ward No. 1, namely :
Beginning at Merrimack river, at the notheasterly corner of the Merrimack Manufacturing company's Jand, thence running southerly and westerly, following the line between the land of the proprietors of the Boott Cotton Mills and land of said Merrimack Man- ufacturing company to the Merrimack canal. Thence southerly, along the middle of said canal to the bridge in Lowell street, thence westerly along the middle of Lowell street to the " Western canal," (so called) thence northerly along the middle of said Western canal to Moody street, thence easterly along the mid- dle of Moody street to 'Tilden street, thence northerly along the middle of Tilden street and by the Merri- mack Manufacturing company's land to Merrimack river, thence easterly on said river to the point of be- ginning.
All that part of the city which is contained in the territory hereinafter described, shall constitute one ward, and be called ward No. 2, viz :
Beginning at Merrimack river at the northeasterly corner of the city, thence running southerly following the boundary line between Tewksbury and Lowell to Concord river, thence northerly down the middle of Concord river to the junction of the Pawtucket canal with said Concord river, thence westerly up the mid- dle of said canal to the bridge in Central street, thence
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northerly by the middle of Central street to the inter- section of Central and Lowell streets, thence westerly by the middle of Lowell street, to the Merrimack ca- nal, thence a ong the middle of the Merrimack canal in a northerly direction to the Merrimack Manufactur- ing company's land, thence easterly by said Merri- mack Manufacturing company's land to the land of the proprietors of the Boott Cotton Mills, thence following the dividing line between the Merrimack Manufactur- ing company's land and the land of the proprietors of the Boott Cotton Mills in a northerly direction to Mer- rimack river, thence easterly down said river to the point of beginning.
All that part of the city which is contained in the territory hereinafter described, shall constitute one ward, and be called ward No. 3, viz:
Beginning in Central street at the bridge over Paw- tucket canal, thence running southerly along the mid- dle of said street to Gorhamn street, thence along the middle of Gorham street to Davis's corner, (so called) thence along the middle of the county highway from Lowell to Billerica to the boundary line to the city of Lowell, thence east following said boundary line to Concord river, thence down the middle of said river to the l'awtucket canal, thence up the middle of said ca- nal to the point of beginning.
All that part of the city which is contained in the territory hereinafter described, shall constitute one ward, and be called ward No 4, viz :
Beginning at the bridge in Central street over the Pawtucket canal, thence westerly following the middle of said canal to Merrimack river, thence up Merrimack river to the boundary line between Low eil and Chelins- ford, thence along said boundary line, southerly and easterly to the county road leading from Lowell to Billerica, thence northerly along said county road, Gorham street and Cer.tral street to the point of be- ginning.
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All that part of the city which is contained in the territory hereinafter described, shall constitute one ward, and be called ward No. 5, viz :
Beginning at the intersection of Lowell and Central streets, thence running northwesterly by the middle of Lowell street to a part of said street which turns in a southwesterly direction near the Stone House, (so call- ed) thence running parallel to the easterly end of the stable attached to the . Stone Hotel,' so called, and at the distance of ten feet from the easterly end of said stable to Merrimack river, thence up said river to Paw- tucket canal, thence down said canal to the bridge over the same in Central street, thence northerly by the middle of Central street to the point of beginning.
All that part of the city which is contained in the territory hereinafter described, shall constitute one ward, and be called ward No. 6, riz:
Beginning at the northwesterly corner of the prem- ises of the Merrimack Manufacturing company, thence following the west boundary line of said company's land through the middle of Tilden street to Moody street, thence westerly along the middle of Moody street to the " Western canal," thence southerly along the middle of said canal to Lowell street, thence wes- terly along the middle of Lowell street to a part of said street which turns in a southerly direction near the " Stone House," so called, thence running parallel to the easterly end of the stable attached to the Stone House, so called, and at the distance of ten feet from the easterly end of said stable to the Merrimack river, thence down the Merrimack river to the point of be- ginning.
INCORPORATED COMPANIES.
Locks and Canals Company, incorporated in 1792- capital, $600,000. Patrick 'T. Jackson, Agent.
George Brownell, Superintendent of Machine Shop.
Merrimack Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1822-capital, $2,000,000.
Eben. Chadwick, Agent. John Clark, Superintendent. John D. Prince, Superintendent of Print Works.
Hamilton Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1825-capital, $1,000,000.
Thomas G. Cary, Agent. John Avery, Superintendent.
William Spencer, Superintendent of Print Works.
Appleton Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1828-capital, $500,000.
George W. Lyman, Agent.
George Motley, Superintendent.
Lowell Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1828 -capital, $500,000.
George W. Lyman, Agent. Alexander Wright, Superintendent.
Lowell Brewery,incorporated in 1828-capital,$50,000.
Middlesex Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1828-capital, $500,000. James Cook, Agent.
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Massaick Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1828-capital, $200,000.
Suffolk Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1830 -capital, $600,000.
Robert Means, Agent.
Tremont Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1830 -capital, $600,000.
Charles L. Tilden, Agent.
Lawrence Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1830-capital, $1,500,000.
John Aiken, Agent.
Lowell Bleachery, incorporated in 1832-capital, $50,- 000.
Charles T. Appleton, Agent.
Boott Cotton Mills, incorporated in 1835-capital, $1,- 200,000. Benjamin F. French, Agent.
Massachusetts Cotton Mills, incorporated in 1839- capital, $1,200,000.
Homer Bartlett, Agent.
BANKS IN LOWELL. Lowell Bank, Exchange building, Merrimack street, incorporated in 1828-capital, $250,000. Nathaniel Wright, President. James G. Carney, Cashier.
Directors-John O. Green, Joshua Bennett, Geo. H. Carleton, Cyril French, Thomas Nesmith, Harlin Pillsbury, Amos Whitney, Nathaniel Wright, Benja - min F. Varnum.
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Lowell Institution for Savings, incorporated in 1829 - Office, at Lowell Bank.
Theodore Edson, President.
Vice Presidents-John O. Green, John Clark, Eli- sha Huntington.
Trustees-Elisha Bartlett, Cyril French, Thomas Ordway, George Brownell, Lemuel Porter, Amos Blan- chard, John Avery, Benjamin Walker.
James G. Carney, Treasurer.
Railroad Bank, Merrimack st, incorporated in March, 1831-capital, $800,000.
Pelham W. Warren, President.
Samuel W. Stickney, Cashier.
Directors-John Aiken, Seth Ames, Homer Bartlett, George Brownell, John Clark, David Dana, Benjamin F. French, Robert Means.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
President, Martin Van Buren, of New York-salary, $25,000.
Vice President. Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky- -salary, $5,000.
Secretary of State, John Forsyth, of Georgia-salary, $6,000.
Secretary of Treasury, Levi Woodbury, of N. Hamp- shire-salary, $6,000.
Secretary of War, Lewis R. Poinsett, of South Caro- lina-salary, $6,000.
Secretary of Navy, J. K. Paulding, of New York- salary, $6,000.
Post Master General, Amos Kendall, of Kentucky- salary, $6,000.
Attorney General, Benjamin F. Butler, of New York- salary, $3,500.
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OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTHI. His Excellency Marcus Morton, Governor. His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State, John P. Bigelow. State Treasurer and Receiver General, David Wilder. Adjutant General, Henry A. S. Dearborn. Attorney General, James T. Austin.
JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND COURTS, FOR THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. Judge of Probate, Sam'l P. P. Fay, of Cambridge. Register of Probate, Isaac Fiske, of Weston. Register of Deeds, Wm. F. Stone, of Cambridge. County Treasurer, Stedman Buttrick, of Concord. District Attorney, Asahel Huntington, of Salem. Clerk of the Courts, Elias Phinney, of Lexington.
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SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. Law Term, at Cambridge, on the 3d Tuesday next after the 4th Tuesday in September. Nisi Prius 'Term, at Lowell, on the 2d Tuesday in April.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
At Concord, 2d Monday in March and June. At Cambridge, 2d Monday in December. At Lowell, 2d Monday in September.
PROBATE COURTS.
At Cambridge, 2d Tuesday in January, and the 3d Tuesdays in March, May and November, and Ist Tues- day in September, At Concord, on the 2d Tuesdays in February, April, August and November. At Charles- town, on the 3d Tuesdays in February and August .- At Framingham, on the last Tuesdays in June and Oc- tober. At Groton, on the 1st Tuesdays in May and November. At Lowell, on the Ist Tuesdays in June and December. At Woburn, on the 4th Tuesday in April.
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POLICE COURT, Over City Market, every Tuesday, at 10 o'clock A. M. Joseph Locke, Chief Justice. Nathaniel Wright, Justice.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Caleb Butler, Groton, Chairman,- "Fletcher, Charlestown, Abner Wheeler, Framingham.
Meetings-Cambridge, on the Ist Tuesday in Janu- ary, and at Concord on the 2d Tuesday in May, and on the 3d Tuesday in September
SHERIFFS AND DEPUTIES FOR MIDDLE- SEX COUNTY.
Sheriff, Benjamin F. Varnum, Lowell.
Deputies-Billerica, Thomas Sumner ; Cambridge- port, Nathan Fiske ; Cambridge-point, Levi Parker ; Charlestown, D. J. Coburn ; Concord, Moses Pritchard ; Framingham, Eliphalet Wheeler ; Groton, William C. Lewis; Hopkinton, William A. Phipps ; Lowell, Jef- ferson Bancroft, Joseph Butterfield ; Marlboro', Adol- phus Parmenter ; Medford, John Sparrell ; Newton, Adolphus Smith ; Reading, Abie! Holden ; Townsend, Quincy Sylvester.
County Jailors-Cambridge, Nathaniel Watson ; Concord, Abel Moore ; Lowell, James Fisher.
Overseers of House of Correction-B. F. Varnum, Lowell, and William Parmenter and Jonathan Wheel- er, Cambridge. Master, Nathaniel Watson.
RELIGIOUS & BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. First Episcopal Church, organized 1824. Theodore Edson, Rector.
Female Auxiliary Society ; Mission Association ; Sabbath School ; Education Society.
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First Baptist Church, organized Feb. 8, 1826. Rev. Joseph Ballard installed December 25, 1837.
Female Foreign Missionary Society ; Female Char- itable Society ; Sabbath School Society ; Monthly Con- cert Association ; Female Education Society ; Singing Society ; Education Society.
First Congregational Church, organized June 6, 1826. Rev. Amos Blanchard ordained Dec. 25, 1829.
Ladies' Education Society ; Ladies' Missionary As- sociation ; Ladies' Charitable Society ; Sabbath Schoo Association ; Auxiliary 'Tract Society ; Female Benev- olent Circle ; Monthly Concert of Prayer, and con- tributions for Foreign and Domestic Missions ; Ladies' Sabbath School Society.
First Methodist Episcopal Church, organized 1827 .- Present minister, Rev. O. Scott-stationed July, 1839. Female Education Society; Sabbath School ; Wes- leyan Benevolent Education Society.
First Universalist Church. organized in 1826. Rev. Thomas B. Thayer, Pastor.
Female Samaritan Society, organized in May, 1835 ; Sabbath School and Bible Class ; Library Association.
Second Congregational Church, organized Nov. 26, 1830 Rev. Uzziah C. Burnap installed July, 1837.
Female Education Society ; Female Moral Reform Society ; Young Ladies' Benevolent Association ; Ma- ternal Association ; Female Charitable Society ; Ro- man Catholic Society ; Sabbath School Association ; Monthly Concert for Prayer and Contributions for For- eign and Dinnestic Missions.
Second Methodist Episcopal Church, Lowell street .- Rev. Jotham Horton, Pastor, stationed July, 1839.
Female Benevolent Society ; Female Missionary Society : Sabbath School.
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South Church, (Unitarian,) organized Nov. 7, 1830. Society formed Sept. 26, 1830. Rev. Henry A. Miles ordained December, 1836.
Worthen Street Baptist Church, organized Sept. 1830.
Rev. Lemuel Porter installed pastor, October, 1835. Female Missionary Society, Male and Female Educa- tion Societies. Senior and Junior Sabbath Schools, Fe- male Benevolent Society, Young Ladies' Beneficent Society, Sabbath School Teachers' Society, Monthly Concerts of Prayer for Foreign Missions and Sabbath schools, held on the evenings of the 1st and 2d Sab- baths of each month.
Baptism .- The ordinance of believers baptism is usually administered in the afternoon of the last Sab- bath of each month, in the baptistry erected for that purpose in the meeting house.
Teachers' Meeting .- The Teachers of the Sabbath School and the pastor's class, meet the pastor on Mon- day evenings at the North Committee Room.
This church unites with other churches in this city, in a regular system of tract distribution, and in other religious and benevolent enterprises.
John Street (Congregational) Church, organized 1839.
Free-Will Baptist Society, organized in 1834. Rev. Nathaniel 'I hurston, Pastor.
Home and Foreign Missionary Society, Moral Re- form Society, Anti-Slavery Society.
Second Universalist Society, organized in 183a. Rev. Abel C. Thomas installed in 1839.
Female Charitable Institute, Sabbath School and Bible Class.
First Christian Church, organized Nov. 7, 1837. Rev. Timothy Cole, Pastor. Sabbath Schools, Bible Class, &c.
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CHURCHES AND MINISTERS.
St. Anne's Church, Merrimack street, Rev. Theodore Edson.
First Baptist Church, Church st, Rev. Joseph Ballard. First Congregational Church, Merrimack street, Rev. Amos Blanchard .
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hurd street, Rev. Orange Scott.
First Universalist Church, Central street, Rev. Thom- as B. Thayer.
Unitarian (South) Church, Merrimack street, Rev. Henry A. Miles.
Second Congregational Church, Appleton street, Rev. Uzziah C. Burnap
Roman Catholic Church, Fenwick street, Rev. James McDermot.
Second Methodist Episcopal Church, Lowell street, Rev. Jotham Horton.
Second Universalist Church, Lowell street, Rev. Abel C. Thomas.
Worthen street Babtist Church, Rev. Lemuel Porter. Freewill Baptist Church, Merrimack street, Rev. Na- thaniel Thurston.
Christian Society, Lowell street, Rev. Timothy Cole. John street Church, (3d Congregational.)
INSURANCE COMPANY.
At a meeting of the Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the following gentlemen were unanimously chosen Directors for the ensuing year, viz :-
Jonathan Tyler, John Nesmith, Royal Southwick, Jokn W. Graves, David Dana, Horace Howard, Tap- pan Wentworth, Elisha Bartlett, Stephen Goodhue.
Subsequently at a meeting of the Directors, Jona- than Tyler, Esq. was unanimously re-elected President, and Joseph W. Mansur, Esq. Secretary and Treasurer.
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MIDDLESEX MECHANIC ASSOCIATION. Instituted in 1825.
This Association consists of mechanics and manu- facturers, in the county of Middlesex. Its object is to provide means for relieving the distresses of unfortunate mechanics and their families; for pro- moting inventions and improvements by granting pre- miums for the same, and for establishing a suitable Li- brary for information and instruction of mechanics in their respective arts.
They have erected a building composed of brick and stone, 63 by 88 feet, three stories high. The basement is rented for stores, the upper part consists of a lecture room, library room, reading room, rooms for philosoph- ical apparatus, cabinet of minerals, &c .; also a large and commodious hall, called Mechanics' Hall.
The library contains from one to two thousand vol- umes. In the Cabinet are about 4000 specimens.
OFFICERS,
Benjamin F. French, President. Joseph M. Dodge, Vice President. James May, Secretary.
Charles L. Tilden, Treasurer .
William Fiske, Joseph M. Bullens, Eli Cooper, Jo- siah G. Peabody, Amos Green, Robert W. Morville, Joseph Bedlow, Trustees.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The number of schools in Lowell is 26-1 High- 5 Grammar-and 20 Primary Schools.
The number of teachers is 43.
High School, Hamilton school house, Middlesex st, Moody Currier, Principal, Abner H. Brown and Seth Pooler, Assistants.
First Grammar School, Joshua Merrill, principal, Jonathan Kimball, assistant, Martha B. Dow and Nan- ' cy G. Sawyer, female assistants.
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Second Grammar School, Jacob Graves, principal, Charles Morrill, assistant, Martha E. Wilkins and Su- san Dennison, female assistants.
Third Grammar School, John Butterfield, principal, Sanford King, assistant, Edith Z. Patch and S. Augusta Butterfield, female assistants.
Fourth Grammar School, Daniel Mcilroy, principal, Peter McDermot, assistant, Arvilla Woodward, female assistant.
Fifth Grammar School, Otis H. Morrill, principal, George O. Fairbanks, assistant, Mary S. Green and Lucy W. Ray, female assistants.
Ephraim B. Patch and William A. Van Derlip, wri- ting masters.
The Primary Schools are at the following places.
PLACES.
TEACHERS.
Merrimack street, No. 1 Laura Houston,
Pawtucket Falls,
2
Phebe 'T. Holt,
Boott Corporation,
3 Abba A. Goddard,
Chapel Hill,
4 Fidelia O. Brown,
Hamilton Corporation, 5
E. D. Durgin,
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6 M. B. F. Brown,
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H. Amanda Fox,
Swamp Locks,
8 Miranda Sherman,
Church street,
9 Margaret Wade,
Suffolk square,
10 Juliet Little,
Fenwick street,
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Catharine Hogan,
Lawrence Corporation, Belvidere, do
12
E. Merriam,
13
Louisa Sargent,
14
Ruth E. Stewart,
Fenwick street,
15
Mrs. M. A. Woodbury.
Suffolk Corporation,
16 Maria Haskell,
Middlesex street,
17
Nancy L. Heywood,
Whipple's Mills,
18
Church street,
19
Richard Walch,
Fenwick street,
20
B. M. J. Woodbury.
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The Lowell Temperance Society-organized in 1836.
At the annual meeting of the society, the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : John Clark, President ; John Aiken, John W. Graves, Elisha Huntington, Vice Presidents ; George W. Holbrook, Secretary ; William Davidson, 'Treasurer ; Stephen Goodhue, Elisha Bartlett, Eliphalet Case, John O. Green, Curtis Morse, Cyrus Latham, Direct's.
LOWELL DISPENSARY-Chartered in Jan. 1836.
This is a charitable institution for the relief of the poor, by affording medicine & attendance gratuitously. MANAGERS. James G. Carney, Chairman, John Aiken, John Clark, James Cook, Thomas Hopkinson, Joseph Tapley, John Mead, William North, N. W. Ryan, Edmund Cummings, Norman Mason, Leonard Huntress ; Joseph F. Trott, Secretary & Treasurer.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
John O. Green. Mer st, near Stone house.
William Graves, 7 Hurd street.
Harlin Pillsbury, bank block, Mer st, west Mer house. Elisha Huntington, 10 Hurd street.
Elisha Bartlett, Union B. corner Cen. and Middx sts. Robert Darrah, surgeon dentist, 13 Central street. Gilman Kimball, cor Mer and Wor sts, west Mer H. John W. Graves, 9 Hurd street.
Daniel Mowe, 11 Cen st, n. Wyman's Exchange. Jolin C. Dalton, cor Dution and Lowell streets. John D. Pillsbury, Mer st, west Mer house.
Jeremiah P. Jewett, Mer st, n. F. & M. House. Hiram Parker, 78 Mer st, east F. W. B. Church. George Mansfield M. D. surgeon dentist, 15 Mer st W. N. Duesbury, Merrimack street.
Isaac W. Scribner, John street.
Patrick Campbell, near Market house, Lowell st.
George W. Ward, surgeon dentist, cor Cen & Mid sts .
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John Baker, Lowell st, north of Methodist Church. Benjamin Skelton, Tyler st, n. Law st. A. Andrew, Liberty st, near Blood's bakehouse. Simeon D. York, Mer st. near F. W. B. Church. Otis Perham, Middx st. near App blocks. William Grey, 78 Mer st, near F. W. B. Church. A. D. Dearborn, Central st, near Mer st. Samuel Abbott, surgeon dentist, 14 Cen st. A. Lawrence, surgeon dentist, 78 Mer st Dr. Wells, 17 Mer st.
COUNSELLORS & ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Nathaniel Wright, Wyman's Ex cor Cen and Mer sts John R. Adams, cor Ads and Low sis John P. Robinson, cen st opp Am House John A. Knowles, cen st opp Am House Luke Eastman, cen st opp Am House Elisha Fuller, cen st opp Am House Seth Ames, Mansnr's building, cen st Thomas Hopkinson, R R B B cor Cen and Hurd sts Joseph Locke, over market house. Low st Horatio C. Merriam, opp Am House Samuel Parker, Union Building, Cen st Tappan Wentworth, Mansur's building, Cen st H G. F. Corliss, Cen st opp Am House William Smith, Wyman's Ex Mer st Joseph W. Mansur, Mansur's building Cen st John Wade, jr. cor Cen and Hurd sts Josiah G. Abbott, Cen st Crosby's building Albert Locke, Cen st opp Am House Grenville Parker, cor Mer and John sts Joel Adams, Low st near market house Richard G. Colby, Mansur's building, Cen st Lemuel & L. S. Williams, cor Cen and Gorham sts Daniel S Richardson, Mansur's building, Ce: st. Alpheus R. Brown, Mansur's building, Cen st
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HOUSES OF ENTERTAINMENT.
Washington Hotel, Washington sq cor Cen and Ch sts-Benjamin Thurston.
American House, Cen st-Rodney Parker.
Merrimac House, cor Duît and Mer sts-George W. Larrabee.
Farmers and Mechanics House, Mer st-E. Austin.
Exchange Coffee House, Low st-J. J. Clark. Thorndike st Hotel-James Dugdale.
Eagle House, Middlesex st-G. Gale.
Lafayette Hotel, Middlesex st-John L. Folsom.
JUSTICES OF THE QUORUM.
Joseph Locke, Lemuel Williams, Joel Adams, Eli- sha Bartlett, Elisha Huntington, John Locke.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
John R. Adams, Nathaniel Wright, Elisha Fuller, John P. Robinson, Pelham W. Warren, Elisha Ford, William Smith, Seth Ames, John Wade, jr., John A. Knowles, Tappan Wentworth, John W. Graves, Al- bert Locke, 'I'homas Hopkinson, Joseph W. Mansur Horatio C. Merriam, John Clark, John Avery, Oliver M. Whipple, Robert Means, John Aiken, Benjamin F. French, Samuel L. Dana, William Davidson, Luke Eastman, Eliphalet Case, Joseph Butterfield, H. G. F. Corliss, E. B. Patch.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engineers-Joseph Butterfield, Chief, Charles L. Tilden, Caleb M. Marvel, Thomas P. Goodhue, Wil- jam Fiske, Stephen Cushing, Horace Howard, Joel Stone, jr, George Motley, Aaron H. Sherman, Arte- mas L. Brooks, Samuel Horn, John Smith.
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LOWELL LYCEUM.
Rev. Amos Blanchard, President.
Rev. 'Theodore Edson, Vice President.
George H. Carleton, Treasurer.
Charles Hovey, Auditor. John Butterfield, Secretary.
Directors -- John Aiken, Esq., Dr. E. Bartlett, Rev. Lemuel Porter, John Clark, Esq., Jacob Robbins.
A course of about twenty-five lectures is delivered before this institution every winter, upon a great var ety of subjects. Lectures at City Hall every Wed- nesday evening, from October to April. Admission by tickets-$1 for gentlemen, and $0,50 for ladies.
POST OFFICE MAILS.
CLOSES.
ARRIVALS.
Southern 8 1-2 A. M.
Southern 8 1-2 A. M.
5 A. M.
4 1-2 P. M.
Eastern 7 1-2 A. M.
Eastern 6 1-2 P. M.
Northern 7 1-2 A. M.
Northern 5 1-2 A. M.
Western 7 1-2 *A. M.
Western 61-2 +A. M. * 'Three times a week, viz: Mondays, Wedesdays and Fridays.
+ Three times a week, viz: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Letter Postage under 30 miles, 6 cents.
Over 80 and not exceeding 80 miles, 10 cents. Over 80 and not exceeding 150 miles, 12 1-2 cents. Over 150 and not exceeding 400 miles, 18 3-4 cents. Over 400 miles, 25 cents.
Periodicals, 1 1-2 per sheet under 100 miles ; over 100 miles, 2 1-2 cents.
Those that are not periodicals, are 4 cents per sheet under 100 miles ; over 100 miles, 6 cents per sheet.
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REPRESENTATIVES.
Nathaniel Wright, Alvah Mansur, Jefferson Ban- croft, Isaac Scripture, Royal Southwick, Jesse Phelps.
CONSTABLES IN LOWELL. Zacheus Shed, Joseph Parker, Charles J. Adams.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, OFFICES, &c.
City Hall, Merrimack street, opposite Stone Church. City Market House, Lowell street.
Mechanics' Hall, Dutton street.
Railroad Depot and office for passengers, corner Dut- ton and Merrimack streets.
Railraad Depot for Merchandize, Thorndike street. Court House, over city Market House.
Police Court, room over city Market.
Fire Insurance office, Mansur's building, Central st. Mayor's Office, City Hall.
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