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17. It shall be the duty of the Mayor-
FIRST .- To communicate to the Common Council, at least once a year, and oftener if he shall deem it expedient, a general statement of the situa- tion and condition of the City, in relation to its government, finances, and improvements.
SECOND .- To recommend to the adoption of the Com- mon Council all such measures connected with the police, security, health, cleanliness, and
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ornament of the City, and the improvement of its government, and finances, as he shall deem expedient.
THIRD .- To be vigilant and active in causing the laws and ordinances of the government of the City. to be duly executed and enforced.
FOURTH .- To exercise a constant supervision and control over the conduct and acts of all subor- dinate officers, and to receive and examine into all such complaints as may be preferred against any of them for violation or neglect of duty, and generally to perform all such duties as may be prescribed to him by the Charter and City ordinances, and the Laws of this State and the United States.
18. Annual and occasional appropriations shall be made by proper ordinances of the Common Council for every branch and object of City expenditure, nor shall any money be drawn from the City Treasury except the same shall have been previously appropriated to the purpose for which it was drawn.
19. The Common Council shall not have authority to borrow any sums of money whatever on the credit of the Corporation, except in anticipation of the revenue of the year in which'such loan shall be made, unless authorized by a special act of the legislature.
20. It shall be the duty of the Common Council to. publish, two months before the annual election of Charter Officers, in each year, for the general information of the citizens of New-York, a full and detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Corporation, during the year, ending on the first day of the month in which such publication is made; and in every such statement the different sources of City revenue, and the amount re- ceived from each; the several appropriations made by the Common Council, the objects for which the same were made, and the amount of moneys expended under each; the moneys borrowed on the credit of the Corpora- tion, the authority under which each loan was made, and the terms on which the same was obtained, shall be clearly and particularly specified.
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AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY.
21. The executive business of the Corporation of ew-York shall hereafter be performed by distinct de- rtments, which it shall be the duty of the Common uncil to organize and appoint for that purpose.
22. It shall be the duty of the Common Council to ovide for the accountability of all officers, and other rsons to whom the receipt or expenditure of the funds the City shall be intrusted, by requiring from them efficient security for the performance of their duties or ust, which security shall be annually renewed ; but the curity first taken shall remain in force until new se- rity shall be given.
23. The Clerk of the board of Aldermen, shall, by rtue of his office, be Clerk of the Common Council, ad shall perform all the duties heretofore performed by le Clerk of the Common Council, except such as shall e assigned to the Clerk of the Board of Assistant Alder- en; and it shall be his duty to keep open for inspec- on at all reasonable times, the records and minutes of he proceedings of the Common Council, except such as hall be specially ordered otherwise.
24. The division of the Common Council into two oards, shall not take effect until the officers to be elected under this law enter on the duties of their office. Each board shall hold its first meeting, for the purpose of organizing, on the second Tuesday of May in each year, it which time the Mayor or Clerk of the Common Coun- il shall attend, by whom the oath of office shall be ad- ministered to the members elected. In the absence of he Mayor and Clerk, such oath may be administered by he Recorder or First Judge of the City, or by any of the Justices of the Superior Court.
25. None of the provisions of this act, except the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-second sections, shall be construed as applying to the Common Council as now constituted.
26. Such parts of the Charter of the City of New- York, and of the several acts of the Legislature amend- ing the same as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this law, shall not be construed as repealed, modified,
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CHARTER OFFICERS.
or in any manner affected thereby; but shall contini and remain in full force.
CHARTER OFFICERS.
Gideon Lee, Mayor. Richard Riker, Recorder.
Common Council.
Wards. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. BOARD OF ASSISTANTS
1 John Y. Cebra,
John I. Labagh,
William Van Wyck,
John Augustine Smith,
Morgan L. Smith,
5 David Banks,
6 John R. Rhinelander,
7 Gilbert Hopkins,
8 James Burling,
9 Abraham Van Nest,
10 Mangle M. Quackenboss, Stephen Allen,
11 Henry P. Robertson,
12 Isaac L. Varian,
13 James Palmer,
14 Samuel Dunshee,
15 Judah Hammond,
Effingham H. Warner.
Wards.
Assessors.
1 Jeremiah Manning,
2 Samuel Gilford, jr.
3. Isaac Graham, 4 J. N. Lord,
5 Asher Martin,
6 Clarkson Crolius, jr.,
7 Caleb S. Fordham,
8 D. Vandervoort,
9 George Weed,
10 George Ricard,
11 William Lee,
12 David Molenaor,
John Simonson, Elam, Williams,
John Degrauw, Elijah W. Nichols,
James W. Westervelt,
Cornelius Schenck, Jacob M. Vreeland, John T. Banta, Jeremiah Pangburn,
Samuel Purdy, Samuel Andreas, Robert M. Cox,
2 Peter Sharpe,
3 James Monroe,
4 Charles G. Ferris,
John C. Tucker, Denis M'Carthy, David Halsey,
William Day,
George Sutton,
Francis Fickett,
Isaac Dyckman,
Isaac Halsey,
William C. Wales,
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
Obadiah Newcomb, jr., George W. Bowen, - John L. Ireland,
Alexander Stewart, Enoch Dean, John Stilwell.
ards.
Collectors.
Daniel I. Ebbets,
Brigham Howe,
Abraham King,
William Benjamin,
John Black,
Martin Waters, Morris Oakley, John H. Frederick,
9 Calvin Griswold,
10 Stephen Wheaton,
11 C. Van Benschoten,
12 Thomas J. Stevens,
13 Thomas Sandford,
14 Peter Coutant, 15 J. B. Lester.
ards.
Constables.
1 Robert Graham,
2 Thomas Woolcocks,
3 Silas Morehouse, 4 Frederick Seely, 5 J. H. Welsh, 6 J. W. Somerindyke, 7 Leonard Dunkley, 8 Samuel G. Reeder, 9 Joseph J. Blauvelt, 10 John Carpenter,
11 Benjamin Robinson,
12 Isaac W. Hadley,
13 Nehemiah Ludlam,
14 James King, 15 Thomas S. Mantle,
William Jessup, John Wintringham, Cornelius Allison, James G. Finn, H. R. Shanklin, William M'Donald, Ebenezer Sturges, Abraham Franklin, Henry T. Jollie,
Joseph Lockwood, William P. Slason, Arthur Guthrie, John F. Russell, Sands Lane, N. F. Randolph.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Jacob Westervelt, Sheriff. Gilbert Coutant, Register. Abraham Asten, Clerk. Andrew Warner, Deputy Clerk. John Colvill, Coroner.
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CITY OFFICERS.
OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Jacob Morton, Clerk of Common Council.
John Fleming, Chamberlain.
Tallman J. Waters, Comptroller.
William Thompson, Deputy Comptroller.
Abraham Miller, Collector of Arrears of Taxes.
Robert Emmet, Counsel.
Daniel B. Tallmadge, Attorney.
Silvanus Miller, Public Administrator.
John W. Richardson, Clerk Board of Assistants.
David T. Valentine, Sergeant at Arms do.
D. D. Williamson, Messenger of C. C.
John Ahern, Assistant Clerk Mayor's Office.
George B. Smith, Street Commissioner.
Edward Doughty, Assistant.
Samuel Fickett, Superintendent of Wharves. Jacob Lozier, Clerk.
Abraham D. Stephens, City Inspector. John Hillyer John Coffin, Obadiah Ayres, Assistants.
Jacob P. Roome, Superintendent of Building.
Thomas D. Howe, Commissioner of Fire Department. James Gulick, Chief Engineer.
John M. Bloodgood, Superintendent of Streets.
William S. Smith, Collector of City Revenue. Gideo Ostrander, Jobn Hanmer, Thomas Cotterell, Ebenezc Whiting, Collectors of Assessments.
STREET INSPECTORS.
Wards.
1 William Lawson,
2 Daniel S. White,
3 John B. Ebbetts,
4 Nicholas B. Lyon,
5 Isaac A. Isaacs,
6 Daniel M'Grath,
7 Francis Gantz,
8 Amos Gore,
Wards.
9 Henry Randell,
10 John Stilwell,
11 Abraham Hatfield,
12 John G. Kip,
13 Jonah Randell,
14 Peter Field,
15 Isaac C. Osborn.
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CITY OF NEW-YORK.
CITY HALL.
Abraham B. Martling, Keeper. George Skellorn, eputy. John Asten, David Higbie, Assistants.
Henry Storms, Inspector of Hackney Carriages. David I. Burger, Regulator of Public Clocks. Peter Van Pelt, Printer.
Cornelius Myers, Keeper of Potter's Field.
John Baker, Ballast Master.
Benjamin Watson, Register of Dogs.
CITY SURVEYORS.
Joseph F. Bridges, E. W. Bridges, Edward Doughty, illiam B. Doughty, John Ewen, Daniel Ewen, A. M. offman, Isaac T. Ludlam, Thomas R. Ludlam, Silas idlam, George B. Smith, Edwin Smith, Reuben Spen- r, F. P. Vidall.
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SCHOOL FUND.
ards.
Wards.
1 Cornelius Heeny,
2 Samuel Gilford, jr.,
3 William A. Seely,
4 Samuel L. Dodge,
5 Lebbens Chapman,
6 John Gray,
7 Joseph Piggot,
8 Cornelius Harsen,
9 Henry Meigs,
10 John Lane,
11 William Thompson,
12 Isaac L. Varian,
13 E. D. Comstock,
14 Charles Dusenbury,
15 George S. Doughty.
DEPUTY CLERKS OF MARKETS. Leonard Baum, Washington Market. John Bremner, Catharine Market. George Durvea, Fulton Market. Thomas Cooper, Centre Market. James Gilbert, Clinton Market. Matthew Vogal, Gouverneur Market. James Seaman, Manhattan Market. Jacob Manolt, Franklin Market. John Martine, Tompkins Market. John Davenport, Greenwich Market.
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CITY OFFICERS.
OFFICERS ASSIGNED BY THE MAYOR TO ATTEND AT THE POLICE OFFICE, AND EXECUTE THE ORDERS OF THE MAGISTRATES, VIZ :-
Jacob Hays, High Constable.
Benjamin I. Hays, William F. Stevenson, James Dewey, Joseph M. Thomas, Dennis Brink, Chester Huntington, William H. Sparks, Henry W. Merritt, Thomas Cornell, Francis Tillou, Joseph L. Hays, Zebulon Homan, Azel Conklin, Thomas L. Collins.
MARSHALS. John Sidell, First Marshal.
Criminal Process.
William H. Sparks, Daniel Lyon, Azel Conklin, John M'Gowan, Thomas Cornell, Henry Sickels, Wil- liam Schureman, John Peck, George M. Serlye, Benja- min F. Tompkins, Isaac M. Hadley, Dennis Brink, Jo- seph M. Thomas, Leonard Baum, Stephen W. Dusen- berry, Francis Tillou, Benjamin I. Hays, William Law- rence, Zebulon Homan, Joseph L. Hays, William King, Chester Huntington, Cornelius Stagg, Percival Place, Thomas M. Collins, James Dewey, Henry W. Merritt.
Civil Process.
James Eunis. Samuel Stevenson, David T. Valentine. Charles Denike, James I. Van Dine, John M. Devoy Ezra Frost, John Nixon, Asa T. Bayley, John S. Har. denbrook, Thomas M'Cready, Nathan Dusenberry, Ben- jamin Ferris, William A. Hardenbrook, James Burgess James M'Mullen, John Risley, Stephen M'Cormick William Primrose, Elisha Norcross, Thomas J. Darling John F. Russell, Joseph S. Simpson, Isaac Labagh, jr. James M. Oakley, Samuel Tyler, William K. Newton Lyman Cummings, David W. Ostrander.
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COURTS.
COURTS.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT COURTS, FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.
Smith Thompson, Circuit Judge, .. Office, City Hall .*
Samuel R. Betts, District Judge,. .do ... .. do. Frederic J. Betts, Clerk,. .do ...... do.
William C. H. Waddell, Marshal,. .. do ...... do. James A. Hamilton, District Attorney, .. do ...... do.
The Courts are held at the City Hall, in the City of New-York, as follows-
Circuit Court .- Judges Thompson, (of the United States Supreme Court,) and Betts. Equity and Crimi- nal Terms .- Last Monday in February and Julv. Ge- neral Terms .- First Monday in April and last Monday in October.
District Court .- Judge Betts. First Monday in every month.
13 United States Commissioner's Office to take affi- davits, bail, &c.,. .New City Hall.
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.
THE COURT OF ERRORS,
Composed of the Senate, the Chancellor, and Judges of the Supreme Court of the State, is held, generally, at Albany, but sometimes, by adjournment, at the City Hall, in this City.
THE COURT OF CHANCERY
Is held by the Chancellor, (Hon. R. H. Walworth, who resides at Albany,) as appointed by him, two stated terms in each year, at Albany, and the same on the
* In the building commonly known as the new City Hall, formerly the Alms House. All the buildings in the Park used for the purpose of Courts are, in law, designated "City Hall."
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COURTS.
fourth Monday in May and fourth Monday in October, in this City, at the City Hall.
John Walworth, Assistant Register, (in Chancery,) Office, No. 28 City Hall.
Hiram Walworth, Deputy .. do ... do ..... do ..... do.
William T. M'Coun, Vice Chancellor for the First Circuit.
John Walworth, Clerk.
Stated Terms .- First Mondays in January, April, July, and October, at the City Hall.
SUPREME COURT.
John Savage, Chief Justice, .. . Residence, Albany. Jacob Sutherland, Justice,. do ....... do.
Samuel Nelson, ...... do. do ..... Cooperstown. Wm. P. Hallett, Clerk for New-York, Office, City Hall. This Court sits alternately at Albany, New-York, and Utica. The May term is held at the City Hall, in New- York.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Ogden Edwards, Judge of the First Circuit.
Terms .- First Monday in March, first Monday in May, second Monday in September, third Monday in November, at the City IIall.
COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER,
In the City and County of New-York, is held by one or more Justices of the Supreme Court, or of the Circuit Judges, or by the First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County, together with the Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen, or any two of them.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Samuel Jones, Chief Justice. Josiah O. Hoffman, Justice. Thomas J. Oakley, .. do. David P. Hall, Reporter. Charles A. Clinton, Clerk. William B. Chittenden, Deputy Clerk. W. C. Baldwin, Clerk at Chambers.
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COURTS.
The regular terms of this Court are the first Monday of each month. January, March, May, July, September, and November, are terms for the trial of causes by Jury. February, April, June, August, October, and December, are law terms.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK.
John T. Irving, First Judge.
Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen of the City, Ex officiis Judges.
Abraham Asten, Clerk.
Andrew Warner, Deputy Clerk.
The Court sits for the trial of issues, on the third Monday in every month, (except August, when no Jury is summoned.) Terms continue a fortnight.
COURTS OF GENERAL SESSIONS
Meet on the first Thursday in every month, and con- tinue until Saturday of the third week thereafter. Held by the Recorder and two Aldermen.
THE SPECIAL SESSIONS
Are held the first Friday after the adjournment of the General Sessions, and the Tuesdays and Fridays there- after, until the next meeting of the General Sessions, by the Recorder and two Aldermen.
Richard Hatfield, Clerk of the General and Special Sessions.
IF The Court of Sessions is held in the new City Hall.
MARINE COURT.
This Court is held daily, (except Sundays,) in the Rotunda, for the trial of causes under $100, and for con- troversies between Shipmasters, Shipowners, and Sea- men.
Robert Swanton, John B. Scott, and Effingham Schief- felin, Justices.
John Barberie, Clerk.
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WATCH.
JUSTICES', OR WARD COURTS.
First District, for Ist, 2d, and 3d Wards. Office, rear 144 Fulton-street .- Eber Wheaton, Justice.
Second District, for 4th and 6th Wards. Office, 9 Duane, near William-street .- Elisha Morrill, Justice.
Third District, for 5th, 8th, and 14th Wards. Office, 47 Howard-street, near Broadway .- William W. Cowan, Justice.
Fourth District, for 7th and 10th Wards. Office, Di- vision, opposite Norfolk-street .- Charles M'Ewen, Jus- tice.
Fifth District, for 9th, 11th, and 15th Wards. Office, corner Bowery and Third-street .- Anthony Woodworth, Justice.
12th Ward. Office, corner Nineteenth-street and Third Avenue .- James Flanagan, Justice.
Office, at Harlæm .- John Doughty, Justice.
POLICE OFFICES.
In the new City Hall.
John W. Wyman,
James Hopson, Special Justices.
Oliver M. Lownds,
Resolvert Stevens, Clerk. Elias Hicks, Assistant Clerk.
Corner of Bowery and Third-street. John M. M'Donald, Special Justice. Joshua L. Pell, Clerk.
WATCH.
The present number of Watchmen is five hundred and fifty; one half of whom are on duty each night, com- mencing at 7 o'clock, P. M. in winter, and at 9, P. M. in summer. The annual expense to the City for wages, &c., of the Watch, is about $100,000.
The Watch Houses are located as follows- First .- In the basement of the new City Hall. Second .- No. 22 Eldridge, near Walker-street. Third .- Wooster, corner of Prince-street.
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PRISONS.
PRISONS.
PENITENTIARY.
One building, situated at Bellevue, two and a half miles north-east of the City Hall; another at Black- well's Island, in the East River, four miles from the City Hall, in the same direction. The female prisoners, after conviction, (amounting, in January, 1833, to one hundred and twenty-seven, and thirty-six female state pri- soners,) are confined at the prison at Bellevue. Male prisoners, after conviction, (amounting, in January, 1833, to one hundred and seventy-three,) are confined at the prison on Blackwell's Island.
John O. Woodruff, Keeper of Penitentiary.
Jacob Hardenbrook, Assistant .. do .. do.
Joseph Tyson, .do ...... do .. do.
BRIDEWELL,
Situated at Bellevue, is a part of the building now used as the Female Penitentiary. Criminals convicted of petit larceny, &c., are confined here ; also, prisoners before trial, amounting in all, January 1st, 1833, to eighty-one.
CITY PRISON,
Situated in the Park, near the City Hall, (formerly the Bridewell,) is now used as a temporary place of con- finement, for prisoners of different grades, before convic- tion, and such debtors as are liable to confinement under the existing laws.
George B. Thorp, Keeper.
Dr. William Rockwell, Physician.
HOUSE OF REFUGE,
Situated about two and a half miles north of the City Hall, contained, January, 1st, 1833, one hundred and ninety-five inmates; viz-one hundred and fifty-nine boys, and thirty-six girls.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
This establishment is under the control of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, incorporated in 1825, and has been attended with very salutary effects. [See Benevolent Institutions.]
Nathaniel C. Hart, Superintendent. W. Sampson, Assistant Superintendent. Rebecca Oram, Matron. Clarissa Nichols, Assistant Matron. Monmouth B. Hart, Teacher.
ALMS HOUSE.
Situated at Bellevue, contained, January 1st, 1833, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven inmates; viz-ten hundred and ninety-two white men and women, and six hundred and thirty-four white boys and girls. Fifty-nine black men and women, and thirty-eight black boys and girls. Jameson Cox, Superintendent.
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, (Connected with the Alms House.)
The number in this establishment, on the 1st January, 1833, was as follows-
Men patients seventy-seven, women sixty-two. Ma- niacs-Men forty-three, women forty-four.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
There are in the City fifty Fire Engines, most of which are in complete order; and attached to them are upwards of twelve thousand feet of hose, and about thir- teen hundred Firemen, twenty-six men being considered a complement to each Engine. There are also six Hook and Ladder Companies, with a complement of one hun- dred and thirty-six men, making in all, when the vacan- cies are filled, upwards of fourteen hundred Firemen.
ENGINEERS.
James Gulick, Chief. Philip W. Engs, Thomas D. Howe, Drake B. Palmer,
John Riker, jr.,
Jacob A. Roome, Edward Hoffmire,
David T. Williams.
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MILITARY.
BROOKLYN.
There are in this village, eight Fire Engines, together with a Hook and Ladder Company, all ably manned.
ENGINEERS.
Jeremiah Wells, Chief. Joshua Sutton, John Smith,
Isaac Moser,
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health consists of the Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen of the City, any five of whom constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The officers are, Hon. Gideon Lee, (Mayor,) President. Jacob Morton, Secretary.
HEALTH COMMISSIONERS. (Office, No. 5 City Hall.)
Dr. John S. Westervelt, Health Officer. Dr. James R. Manley, Resident Physician. Dr. Smith Cutter, Health Commissioner. James H. Ward, Agent.
MILITARY.
THE FIRST DIVISION OF NEW-YORK STATE ARTILLERY,
Composed of uniform troops, is commanded by Major Gen. Jacob Morton, and consists of-
The First Brigade, doing, duty with muskets, under the command of Brig. Gen. Moore, amounting to about sixteen hundred men.
The Sixth Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Spicer, of about one thousand men.
A regiment doing duty with muskets, and two compa- nies of lancers, under the command of Col. Sandford, of about six hundred men.
A regiment of horse artillery, commanded by Brig. Gen. Arcularius, of one hundred and fifty men.
Total Artillery, 3,350 men.
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COLLEGES, ACADEMIES, AND SCHOOLS.
THE SECOND DIVISION OF INFANTRY,
Commanded by Major Gen. B. M. Van Buren, con- sists of-
The Third Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Mount, of about twenty-five hundred men, including the uniformed regiment of Washington Guards. The re- mainder of this division extends through the counties of Kings and Richmond, embracing Staten Island and a part of Long Island.
THE THIRD DIVISION OF INFANTRY,
Commanded by Major Gen. Augustus Fleming, con- sists of-
The Tenth Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Doughty, of about two thousand men, including the uni- formed battalion of Presidents' Guards.
The Fifty-ninth Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Jones, of about twenty-five hundred men.
Total, 4500 men.
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DIVISION OF INFANTRY,
Commanded by Major Gen. William Paulding, con- sists of-
The Forty-fifth Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Irving, of about fifteen hundred men.
The Fifty-eighth Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Striker, of about twelve hundred men.
Total, 2,700 men. Making 9,700 Infantry.
Grand Total, thirteen thousand and fifty; which is the probable amount of effective men that might be raised in the city; (the whole number enrolled is about twenty thousand men.)
COLLEGES, ACADEMIES, & SCHOOLS.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, (Formerly King's College,)
Is situated on a beautiful square, between Murray, Barclay, Church, and Chapel streets, in the city of New-
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ork. It was established under a royal charter, in the ear 1754, which has been confirmed by various acts of ne Legislature since the revolution, the principal of hich is that of 13th April, 1787. Its Faculty of Arts onsists of-
William A. Duer, LL. D., President.
Rev. John M'Vickar, S. T. D., Professor of Moral and ntellectual Philosophy, Rhetoric, Belles Lettres, and Political Economy.
Nathaniel F. Moore, LL. D., Professor of the Greek nd Latin Languages.
Charles Anthon, LL. D., Jay Professor of the Greek and atin Languages, and Rector of the Grammar School.
James Renwick, LL. D., Professor of Natural and Ex- erimental Philosophy and Chemistry.
William H. Elliott, M. D., Professor of Elementary Chemistry.
Henry James Anderson, M. D., Professor of Mathe- hatics, Analytical Mechanics, and Physical Astronomy. James Kent, LL. D., Professor of Law.
Lorenzo Da Ponte, Professor of the Italian Language nd Literature.
Rev. Antoine Verren, Professor of the French Lan- uage and Literature.
The number of Graduates since the establishment of he College, to and including the year 1832, is about 1,150. There are now in College about 100.
The Trustees are 24, (when vacancies are filled.) The names of the present are-
Peter A. Jay, Chairman.
Clement C. Moore, Clerk. Nicholas Fish,
Rt. Rev. Benjamin T. On- derdonk, D. D., David B. Ogden, William Johnson, Edward W. Laight, John R. Murray, Beverly Robinson, Thomas L. Ogden, John T. Irving,
Lavid S. Jones,
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William Creighton, D. D.,
Edward R. Jones, Lynde Catlin,
Philip Hone,
Charles King, Samuel Boyd, Rev. Gardiner Spring, D. D., Rev. William Berrian, D.D.,
John Lawrence,
Ogden Hoffman.
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Commencement, first Tuesday in August. Vacation from Commencement to the first Monday in October.
There are two literary societies connected with the College, composed of students and graduates, viz-the Peithologian and the Philolexian Societies.
There is also connected with the College a Grammar School, subject to the control of the Trustees, and under the direction of Professor Anthon, as Rector. The school is composed of upwards of two hundred scholars. and instruction is given in all branches necessary for ad- inission into any College, or for the Counting House.
Eight instructors are constantly employed, besides one teacher in French, one in Spanish, and one in Ger- man and Italian. There is also a primary school at- tached to this institution, in which boys from 5 to 10 years are prepared for the more advanced classes.
UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK.
(Chartered in April, 1831, and opened October, 1832.)
Formed by an association of gentlemen, who have subscribed the sum of $115,000 towards the object. The capital is divided into transferable shares of $25 each and subscriptions are now making so as to increase the capital very considerably. Itis the intent of this institu- tion to advance science, literature, and the liberal arts ; tc increase the means and diminish the expense of acquiring them, amongst the people at large. It is a fundamental principle, that no one religious sect shall ever have a inajority in its government.
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