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Free Academy, E. 23d c. Lexington Av .- Es- tablished in 1848 by the Board of Education of the city of New York, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of May 7, 1847, to provide a higher education for such pupils of the Common Schools as should avail themselves of its advantages. The compensation of Instructors last year amounted to $23,507 99. The entire expense appropriated by the Board of Education was, $30,900 34. The ex- penses are paid out of the publictreasury. An Ex- ecutive Committee, from the Board of Education, consisting of the President, E. C. Benedict, Esq., and five coadjutors, have the care and management of the Academy. The Library contains 3,500 vol- ames and 8,000 text Books and Books of reference for the Students. Principal, President of the Fac- ulty and Profession of Moral, Intellectual and Po- litical Philosophy, Horace Webster, L.L.D .: J. J. Owen, D. D., Professor of Latin and Greek Litera- ture : W. Gibbs, M. D., Chemistry and Physics : G. B. Docharty, L.L.D., Mathematics, and Secretary to the Faculty : J. A. Nichols, A. M., Natural Philo- sophy : J. T. Benedict, A. M., Civil Engineering : C. E. Anthon, A. M., History, and Belles Lettres : J. G. Barton, A. M., English Literature : P. P. Dug. gan, N. A., Drawing and Design : Jean Roemer, French : A. J. Morales, Spanish : T. Glanbensklee, German; R. O. Doremus, M. D., Physics : Herman J. A. Koerner, Descriptive Geometry and Indus- trial Drawing : Registrar, Wm. Oland Bourne: Janitor, Nicholas Leeber. Students are classified : Senior, Junior, Sophomore, Freshman, Introduc- sory, for 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years. The members in 1853 were : Senior, 25: Junior, 53; Sophomore, 52; Freshman, 9L : Introductory, 214. Total, 435. The Philosophical and Mathematical apparatus of ings. The Society has made some progress in the 8
department of Natural History there are about 3,000 specimens. The Laboratory is well provided with the necessary apparatus of glass and porce- lain, and with an extensive suite of chemical pre- parations to which additions are constantly made by the Professor having charge of the department. The Physical Cabinet is also large, and contains most of the best French and German instruments imported expressly for the Academy. This collec- tion contains almost all the apparatus necessary for the experimental illustration of the phenomena of Light, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism. The col- lection for the Fine Arts and Models, surpasses in selectness and in the suitability of its material for the study of Ornament and the general purposes of the student, any other perhaps in the country. It may be classified as follows : 1st. Casts of the Elgin Marbles. 2d. Casts for the study of the Antique, from Florence, the Vatican and the Louvre. 3d. Examples of M. Angelo and Cellini. 4th. Casts from nature. 5th, Extremities. 6th. Pompeiian Frescoes, models from paintings in the houses of Pompeii. There is a good collection for Architec- tural studies. The entire estimated value of the Academy lot and building, is $115,822 07. The entire number of Students examined since the opening of the Academy to the close of the last year, was 1,626 : of these 636 were rejected, and 990 admitted. 708 chose ancient languages, 282 tha modern. The average age was 14, and the aver- age of their period of attendance at the Common Schools had been 2 yeaas 9 months and 3 days.
General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States .- Chelsea Square, corner of Ninth Av. and 20th and 21st st. This is a Free Academy, founded by the Church. The Board of Trustees consists of all the Bishops of the Church ex officio, one Trus- tee from each diocese, and one additional for every eight clergymen in the same. The affairs of the seminary are managed by a standing committee, consisting of an equal number of clergymen and laymen Abel T. Anderson, Esq., Treasurer : Rev. Edward N. Mead, Secretary to the Faculty : Rev. Milo Mahan, B. D., Dean and Chaplain, (this office is held in rotation) : Chairman of the Faculty, Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk, D. D. : Rev. S. H. Tur- ner, D. D., Biblical and Scripture : Dr. Haight, Theology and Eloquence : Dr. S. R. Johnson, Sys- tematic Divinity : Rev. Milo Mahan, B. D., (Dean,) Ecclesiastical History : Dr. Bird Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Systematic Divinity : Dr. C. C. Moore, Oriental and Greek Literature : Rev. G. H. Hough- ton, Hebrew : Rev. C. F. Cruse, D. D., Librarian. There are fifty-seven students. The seminary is situated in Chelsea Square, Twentieth st. between the Ninth and Tenth Avs., two miles and a quarter from the City Hall, upon an open plot of ground, the gift of Professor Clement C. Moore, LL.D. The seminary buildings are of stone; each about 110 feet in length, and 52 feet in depth. The two wings of the east building are occupied by Profes- sors Haight and Johnson; the centre is appropri- ated to rooms for students, the library, and apart- ments for domestics. The east wing of the west building is occupied by Professor Turner ; the west wing is used for a chapel and recitation rooms, and the centre is appropriated to rooms for stu- dents.
Geographical and Statistical Society of America .- University Building, Washington sq. Incorporated May 22, 1852. Pres. George Bancroft : Trea, Ridley Watts : Rec. Sec. M. Dudley Bean, 8 Coenties slip; Foreign Cor. Sec. S. DeWitt Bloodgood : Domestic do, Archibald Russell: Li- brarian, Joshua Leavitt. Object, collection and ditfusion of geographical and statistical informa- tion. The meetings of the society are held on the evenings of every second Tuesday in each month, in the Society's Rooms, in the University Building, between 7 and 8 o'clock. Several original papers and interesting communications on geographical and statistical science have been read at the meet-
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collection of a Library, and will publish their trans- | Reading Room is 60 feet in breadth and 90 feet in' actions in regular order.
Hamilton Literary Union .- Sixth street Church, one door east of Av. 2. Meets Thursday evenings. D. Crawford, President : B. W. Hitch- cock, Secretary : W. H. Barry, Treasurer.
Lyceum of Natural History, in the Medical College of the University, E. 14th n. Av. 3. Found- ed 1818. Its objects are the advancement of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Con- chology. The meetings are held on every Mon- day evening, at 8 o'clock, throughout the year. Officers : President, Joseph Delafield : Vice Presi- dents, Wm. Cooper, J. Carson Brevoort : Corres- ponding Secretary, J. H. Redfield : Recording Se- cretary, R. H. Brownne : Librarian, O. W. Morris : Treasurer, C. M. Wheatley. The society has pub- Jished six volumes of annals of its researches, and has made an extensive and valuable collection for their Museum.
Mechanics' Institute .- The rooms of this institute are at Bowery, corner of Division street. It was incorporated in 1833, and has for its object the instruction of mechanics and others in science and the arts. President, Jacob A. Westervelt ; First Vice President, Wm. D. Murphy ; Second Vice President, Thomas Little; Third Vice President, C. Godfrey Gunther; Recording Secretary, James McDonald; Treasurer, Henry J. Hooper; Actuary and Corresponding Secretary, James Henry. The institute comprises a well-selected library of 5,000 volumes, a spacious reading room, supplied with the leading journals and periodicals, open from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M., a lecture room, including a me- chanical museum, lectures free to members ; also, schools of drawing and modelling, mathematics, ;and a day and evening male and female school in Chambers street, under W. C. Tracy, Superintend- . ent. Annual subscriptions to the institute, $2 for . adults, $1 for minors, ladies' reading room $1 per year. There are classes in the Latin, French, and German languages, also in history and parliamen. tary law, and vocal and instrumental music. The lecture season of the institute begins on the 15th October, and continues every Thursday up to the 15th of April. Season tickets, $1. The receipts of the society from 13th April to 31st December, 1853, were $1,970 44, the expenditure $1,562 93.
Mercantile Library. - Clinton Hall, As- tor Place, late Clinton Hall, Beekman st. Founded 1820. Officers : President, D. R. Budd; Vice President, Geo. C. Wood; Corresponding Secre- tary, D. Letfingwell ; Recording Secretary, Geo. C. Wood; Treasurer, Wm. H. Taylor; Direc- tors : Geoorge M. Simonson, Frank W. Ballard, Charles D. Sturges, Charles Sherry, Jr., John Cre- rar, Joseph M. Price, Jos. C. Morton, D. R. Budd ; S. Hastings Grant; Assistant Librarian, Aug. D. White. The number of members on the 1st Janu- ary was 4,483, honorary members 102, life mein- bers 9. The income of the library for 1853, was $9,165 18 ; its expenditure was $9,093 99, of which $3,125 45 was for books, $791 09 for periodicals, New York Literary Union. - Nicholas Quackenbos, 9 Nassau st., President; A. B. Smith, Secretary : W. Forrest, Treasurer. $418 96 for binding, and $368 14 for printing. The Library Association was organized in November, 1820, by a few commercial clerks, " to facilitate New York Society Library .- Bible House, Astor Place, formerly 348 B'dway. The Society Library originated in the Public Library Society of N. Y., in the year 1700. It was chartered in 1772. The Library 18 open on every week day, with a few exceptions, from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M., and con- tains nearly 45,000 volumes, on history, general literature and science. Shares, or rights of mem- bership, $25; annual dues, $6, or $100 for a free right. There are about 1,100 members. The so- ciety has purchased a site for a library building, on the Fourth Avenue; it is to be erected during the ensuing year. Officers, Wm. Inglis, Secre- tary ; A. R. Rodgers, Treasurer ; Philip J. Forbes, Librarian. mutual intercourse, and extend their information upon mercantile and other subjects of general utility." The Library was first located at 47 Clitt street. It was transferred, in 1826, to more spa- cious rooms in the same street. In 1830 the mer- chants of the city, under the designation of the " Clinton Hall Association," subscribed $33,500 to- wards the erection of a suitable building for the Library, and located it in the "Clinton Hall," in Beekman street, where it was kept up to the pre- sent year. In the last year the Clinton Hall Asso. ciation, in order to further accommodate the In- stitution, and to meet the requirements of its in- creasing growth, purchased the present building, formerly the "Astor Place Opera House," and re- New York Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation .- Rooms, Stuyvesant Institute, 659 Broad- way. Chartered in 1832. Officers : President, How- ard Crosby, New York University ; Vice Presidents, modelled it to suit the purposes of the Library. The entire expense of the purchase and alterations amounted to about $140,000. It is now the most elegant building, of its class, in the city. The Frank W. Ballard, Baptist, 43 Broadway ; George
length It occupies the second story west of the central hall. It is lighted by 10 large windows. The ceiling is richly pannelled, and is supported. by 20 elegant columns in fluted Corinthian. The Library, of the same dimensions as the Reading. Room, occupies the third and fourth stories west of the main hall. Its centre is an eliptical room, encircled by sixteen Corinthian columns, sup- porting a richly ornamented entablature, sur- mounted by a pannelled dome. The basement of the building is fitted up as a spacious lecture hall .- There are several private chambers for class rooms and meetings of the members of the board. The whole building is well heated by hot air apparatus, and ample provision is made for necessary venti- lation. The Library contains upwards of 40,000 volumes, and the Reading Room is supplied with nearly 200 periodicals, including American, Eng- lish, French, German and Spanish newspapers. There are classes, in connection with the Library, for instruction in the French, German, Spanish and Italian languages, also elocution, music, phono- graphy and gymnastics. The annual subscription for mercantile clerks is $2, other persons $5.
New York Historical Society .- Library in the New York University Buildings, Wooster street, corner Waverley Place. The society was incorporated in 1809, for the purpose of discover- ing, procuring, and preserving whatever might re- late to the natural, civil, literary and ecclesiastical history of the country. Library hours : October Ist to April 1st, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M., and from 7 to 9 P. M .; April 1st to October 1st, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M., and from 4 P. M. to 6 P. M. Officers : Luther Bradish, President; Thomas De Witt, Fred- erick De Peyster, Vice Presidents ; Edward Robin- son, Foreign Correspondence Secretary ; James W. Beekman, Domestic Correspondence Secreta- ry ; William Chauncey, Treasurer ; Andrew War- ner, Recording Secretary ; Geo. H. Moore, Libra- rian. The library contains about 20,000 volumes. The society has recently purchased a site for a new building on the corner of 2d Av. and Eleventh st., upon which a new fire proof building is to be erected during the ensuing year.
New York Law Institute Library .- 55 Chambers street. This institute was founded on the 12th of April, 1830. The library con- tains 5,000 volumes procured at an expense of $100.000. The members number 400. Life sub- scribers, $100, yearly $10. President, John Anthon; First Vice President, James W. Gerard; Second Vice President, Henry S. Dodge; Third Vice Pre- sident, James T. Brady ; Treasurer, Chas. O'Conor; Recording Secretary, Robert Emmet; Correspond- ing Secretary, B. D. Silliman ; Librarian, William Curtis Noyes ; Library Committee, Ogden Hoff- man, Wm. Inglis, Lucius Robinson, C. Bainbridge Smith. This library is free to all persons, unless lawyers practising in New York city who are not members.
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H. Williams, Congregational, 62 Cedar st. ; Wm. | This library contains nearly 4,000 volumes. The B. Hayward, Dutch Reformed, 161 Broadway; Geo. reading rooms are comfortabiy arranged, and sup- plied with the daily newspapers. also English papers, and a good selection of the current periodi- cals. The library has been made up principally from donations of the members and the publishers in the city. One dollar a year is charged for the privilege of taking home books for reading. S. Rainsford, Episcopal, 58 Wall st .; Abel Stevens, Methodist, 200 Mulberry st .; Francis E. Butler, Presbyterian, 61 John st .; Corresponding Secre- tary, Charles A. Davison, 3 Nassau st .; Recording Secretary, Richard C. McCormick, Jr., 62 Wall st. ; Treasurer, Benjamin F. Manierre, 220 Broadway ; Librarian, Varnum D. Collins, 659 Broadway. The Union Theological Seminary .- 9 Univer- sity Place. Founded 1836. Pres. Richard T. Haines, Esq .; Vice Pres., Charles Butler, Esq. ; Recorder, Rev. Jas. W. McLane, D.D .; Treas., Arthur P. Halsey, Esq. ; Rev. Joseph S. Gallagher, General Agent; Nathaniel Coffin, Esq., Assistant Treas. This Seminary is open for the admission of Students from every denomination of Christians. The Academic year extends from first Wednesday in September to the second Thursday in May. The regular course is 3 years. The Library con- tains about 21 000 vols. There is a Chapel, Library, 4 Lecture Rooms, and Private rooms for 80 Stu- dents. The Students maintain a Boarding Associ- ation in the Seminary, costing only about $2 per week each. Free aid is given, when necessary, to extent of half Board. $10 a year is paid by each Student for general expenses of Seminary. In 1853 the number of Students was 101. object of this association is the improvement of the spiritual, mental, and social condition of young men. The first anniversary meeting was held in the Dutch Reformed Church, Lafayette Place, on Monday evening, May 16, 1853. The receipts from June, 1852, to 13th May, 1853, amounted to $2,509 90. The expenditure left a balance of $91 77 of that amount. The library numbered, in 1853, 1,009 distinct works, or 1,200 volumes, containing 802,368 pages of reading matter ; of these 383 were moral and religious works, 258 biographical, 143 histori- cal, 20 poetical, 69 scientific, 110 miscellaneous, 31 travels. The members of this association consist of four kinds, viz : Active, associate, life, and hono- rary members. Any man under forty years of age, who is a member, in good standing, of an Evangelical Church, may become an active mem- ber, by payment in advance of one dollar annually. Active members only have the right to vote, and be eligible to office ; and it shall be their particular duty to carry out the objects of this association. Any man of good moral character may become an associate member, by the payment in advance of one dollar annually, and shall be entitled to all the privileges of the association, except that of voting and being eligible to office. Life members may be constituted by the payment of $20 at any one time, subject to certain qualifications and restrictions. The number of members at last report were about 1,000, 54 life, and 7 honorary. There are a course of lectures delivered in connection with the.asso- ciation. There are regular monthly meetings of the association, also devotional meetings are held in the managers' room, every Wednesday evening, at 7 o'clock. The library is open daily from 4 to 10 P. M.
Printers' Free Library .- At the rooms of the Typographical Society, No. 3 Chambers street.
University of the City of New York .- On Washington Square, between Washington Place and Waverley Place. Incorporated in April, 1831. Opened at Clinton Hall, in October, 1832 : opened in present building in 1836. John C. Green, Presi- dent : John T. Johnston, Vice President : W. B. Maclay, Secretary : Paul Spotlord, Treasurer : Jo_ seph E. Smith, Janitor : Professors, Rev. leaac Ferris, Chancellor and Professor of Moral Philoso- phy : E. A. Johnson, Latin : J. W. Draper, Che- mistry and Natural History : Elias Loomis, Mathe- matics, Natural Philosophy, and Astronomy : Rev. Benjamin N. Martin, Intellectual Philosophy, Rhe- toric and Belles-Lettres : Howard Crosby, Greek : S. F. B. Morse, LL.D., Literature and Arts of De- sign : Richard H. Bull, Assistant Professor of Ma- thematics. &c .: M. Giraud, French : F. J. Vingut, Spanish : Felix Foresti, Italian : G. J. Adler, Ger- man : Professor Crosby, Secretary of the Faculty.
SUMMARY OF LIBRARIES .- Exclusive of the Libraries of Columbia College and the University, and Mr. Valentine's Collection iu the City Hall Library, of none of which there is any published Report, the aggregate amount of the several Libraries above enumerated shews a public collection of 269, 197 vols. in the city of New York.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
American Baptist Home Mission Society., Committee, viz : Anson G. Phelps, Frederick T. 354 Broome. Founded 1832. Incorporated 1843. Officers : Pres. Hon. Isaac Davis, LL.D .; Vice Pres. Wm. Colgate, Esq., and John P. Crozier, Esq. ; Treas. Charles J. Martin, Esq .; Cor. Sec. Rev. Benjn. M. Hill; Asst. Sec. Rev. J. R. Stone ; Rec. Sec. Rev. Thos. Armitage ; Clerk and Record- ing Secy. of the Board James M. Whitehead. The object of this Society "is to promote the preach- ing of the Gospel in North America." Total No. of Directors, 392. Members, 2,810. Cash receipts of 1852 to 1833 were $45,354 93. Average expen. diture is $60,000 per annum. Number of Mission- aries and Agents, 179; Scholars, 10,685; Stations and out Stations, 500; No. of vols. in Libraries 01 Society, 28,400. The legacies to the Society from 1834 to 1853 amounted to $23,677 31. (See " Ameri- can Bible Union.")
American Bible Society .- New Bible House, Astor Place. Founded 1816. Officers : Pres. Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, LL.D., 33 Vice Presi dents. Secs. Rev. John C. Brigham, D.D., Joseph Holdich, D. D., and James H. Meheill. Treasurer, (vacant.) Assist. Treas., Henry Fisher. General Agent, Joseph Hyde. The Managers are divided into 4 classes of 9 persons each. There are also 8 Standing Committees of 7 each, and an Auditing vols, issued since the organization of the Society,
Peet, and Charles Starr. The sole object of this Society, under its Constitution, is " to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment." Annual subscription of mem- bers, $3. Lite member, $30. Life Director, $150 The annual meetings are held in New York or Philadelphia on the 2nd Thursday in May. The corner store of the Society's New Building was laid on the 29th of June, 1:52. The building occu- pies a commanding position. " It is bounded by the 4th Av., Astor Place, Third Av., and 9th st., and is 6 stories high, with cellars and vaults. The front on 4th Av. is 198 feet 8 in., on Astor Place, 202 feet 10 in., in 3d Av. 76 teet 11 in., and on 9th st. 232 feet 6 in., and 50 feet in depth, having a large area in the centre. The expense of raising this editice, including the purchase of the ground, amounted to $250,000, which sum is independent of the funds contributed for Bible distribution. The entire re- ceipts of the Society for the year ending 27th April, 1853, amounted to $346,542 42. The amount re- ceived from legacies through the year, was $34,522 24. The number of volumes of Bibles issued in that year, was 260,381. Testaments, 538,999, making a total of 799,380. The aggregate number of
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nine millions eighty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty-two. The gross receipts of the Society for the 37 years of its existence amounted to $3,645,811 12. The largest individual donation in 1852 and 1853 was $10,000, from Geo. Douglass, of New York. There were 145 vols. of the Bible for the Blind is- sued last year, 1512 of the Bible in the Choctaw, and 4 Testaments in the Chinese. The Society keeps no invested permanent funds. It has pro- cured the translation of the Scriptures into 25 new languages."
American Congregational Union .~ Incor- porated 11th June, 1853, under the General Law of April, 1848, for Incorporation of Benevolent Cleri- cal Societies. Office, 348 Broadway. Officers : Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., of New York, Pres .: Israel Minor, Esq., Treas .: Rev. T. Atkinson, Sec.
American and Foreign Bible Society .- No. 16 Park Place, (temporary office,) will move to 115 Nassau street, when the new building is com- pleted. Founded 1849. Officers : B. T. Welch, Chairman; R. Babcock, Corresponding Secretary ; J. J. Woolsey, General Agent and Financial Secre- tary ; Warren Carter, Recording Secretary ; N. C. Platt, Treasurer ; Samuel Raynor and J. M. Bruce, jr., Auditors. The object of this society is to " aid in the wider circulation of the holy scriptures in all lands." Annual subscription, $3; life member, $30; life director $150. This society has pur- chased the premises at 115 Nassau street, formerly occupied by the American Bible Society, and have erected a very splendid building on that site, at an expense of $55,000. The total receipts of the year ending 30th April, 1853, were $44,845 11. The dis bursements during the same period amounted to $45,230 35. The number of volumes of bibles and testaments received into the depository were 32,521, issued 29,729. The annual meeting for 1854 to beheld at Philadelphia on the 15th of May.
American and Foreign Christian Union. -156 Chambers. Established 1849. Rev. Thos. De Witt, D. D., President; Rev. Robt. Baird, D. D. and Rev. E. R. Fairchild, Corresponding Secreta- ries ; John W. Corson, M. D., Recording Secretary ; Treasurer, Anson G. Phelps; General Agent and Assistant Treasurer, Edward Vernon. Annual meeting, Tuesday, 9th May. Objects, as described in the constitution, " by missions, colportage, the press, and other appropriate agencies, to diffuse and promote the principles of religious liberty and a pure and evangelical Christianity both at home and abroad, wherever a corrupted Christi- anity exists." Subscription for life members $30; director for life $100. The gross receipts of the society for the year ending 21st March, 1853, were $57,597 11, the expenditure, $55,742 11. This so- ciety has taken the place of " the Christian Alli- ance," " the Foreign Evangelical," and " the Amer- ican Protestant" Societies.
American Bible Union .- (Baptist.)-No. 350 Broome, Founded 1849. Officers : President, Rev. H. Cone, D. D .; Corresponding Secretary, W. H. Wyckoff ; Recording Secretary, E. S. Whitney ; Treasurer, Wm. Colgate; Assistant Treasurer, C. A. Buckbee. The object of this society is to pro- mote the revision of the scriptures ; and a number of eminent scholars are employed for that pur- pose. The annual mecting is held in the meeting- house of the First Baptist Church, Broome street, on the 7th October.
Americau Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions .- New Bible House, Astor Place, second floor. Founded 1810. Officers :- President, Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, LL. D .; Thos. S. Williams, LL. D., Vice President; Revs. Rufus Anderson, D. D., Selah B. Treat, and Swan L. Pomroy, D. D., Directors; Rev. George W. Wood, Corresponding Secretary; Rev. Samuel M. Worcester, D. D., Recording Secretary ; Henry Hill, Treasurer ; A. Merwin, Financial Agent for New York. Atthe last meeting the Board num. bered twenty-eight missions, one hundred and eleven stations, and thirty-eight out stations Num- ber of missionaries, male and female assistants, laborers and helpers connected with the missions,
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