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April 18 .- Simeon Abbey died of apoplexy, aged 50.
April 18 .- Harriet, wife of Dr. Romeyn Beck, and daughter of James Caldwell, died.
April 19 .- Ellen, wife of James King, and daughter of William James, died, aged 23.
April 25 .- Jane, wife of Tobias Van Schaick died, aged 40.
April 25 .- The legislature adjourned, having passed 269 laws.
May I .- The firm of Pruyn & Gardner was dissolved. Samuel Pruyn continued the dry goods business No. 418 North Market street, 2d door above the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank.
May 15 .- It was announced that the state engineers had located the lock which was to connect the Erie canal with the Hudson river, and that the pier had been staked out to form a harbor. At the same time it was hinted that a removal of the sand bars in the river for about ten miles would admit of merchantmen from the ocean to sail up to the docks.
May 15 .- William S. Fowler, son of William Fowler, died, aged 22.
The steam boats that plied the river this season were the Fire Fly, Capt. T. Wiswall; the Richmond, Capt. Centre; and the Chancellor Livingston. It was an- nounced in May that the latter arrived at her dock in New York with 300 passengers, 160 of whom were from Albany, to attend the New York races.
June 11 .- Levi Solomons, tobacconist, died in New York.
June 17 .- John Cook, librarian, gave notice that at the request of several respectable gentlemen, the State Library in the Capitol would be kept open for the accom- modation of ladies and gentlemen who might wish to consult it, until the 1st November.
June 26 .- Schuyler Wetmore gave notice that he had
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succeeded his father, Izrahiah Wetmore, in the large and commodious tavern, No. 106 State street.
July 4 .- Mrs. Sarah Wilson, mother of Benjamin and Joseph Wilson, died, aged 89.
July 21 .- Mrs. Elizabeth Bloodgood, died, aged 78; widow of Abraham Bloodgood.
July 24 .- The friends and acquaintances of Dirck Van Schelluyne were invited to attend his funeral this afternoon at his house in Pearl street.
A clump of rye raised near the city, the product of a single grain, was exhibited, consisting of eighty-seven full grown stalks, on each of which was a full grown ear of grain.
July 24 .- Mrs. Elsie Fonda, died, aged 92, and was buried from 320 North Market street.
July 26 .- Doctor Beriah Douglas gave notice that he intended to reside in Albany, and would attend faithfully to medical and dental practice, if his services were re- quired.
July 26 .- The first class of the new series of the Literature Lottery was drawn in this city under the di- rection of Ebenezer Baldwin, William Gould, and C. A. Ten Eyck.
July 27 .- Between the hours of three and four o'clock in the afternoon, it being Sunday, the city was visited by one of the most severe gales that had ever been known, accompanied by rain and hail. It was of the nature of a tornado, passing over in less than eight minutes. In its fury it tore off the "arms and wings " of the wind- mill which stood west of the Capitol, and otherwise damaged the building. Several small buildings were unroofed, the tops of chimneys blown down, and almost every garden suffered the loss of fruit trees.
July 29 .- Mrs. Rachel, wife of Herman Knickerbacker of Schaghticoke, and daughter of John H. Wendell of this city, died, aged 37.
July 29 .- A meeting of the members of the Albany bar was held for the purpose of testifying their respect for the Hon. James Kent, on his retirement from the
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office of chancellor. Estes Howe presided, and Gideon Hawley officiated as secretary.
Aug. 1 .- Mrs. Gertrude, wife of John Robison, died, aged 76.
Aug. 2 .- Jared Lockwood, died, aged 63. Also Wil- liam Capron, aged 60, and Jacob Wilkinson, aged 37.
Aug. 5 .- One of the prisoners confined in the jail, having possessed himself of the key of the prison door, liberated himself and four others, who were confined for various crimes.
Aug. 7 .- The funeral of Albert Bradt took place from his residence near the Capitol.
Aug. 16 .- Mary, wife of Dr. Samuel Humphries, died, aged 25, and was buried from No. 12 South Pearl street. Aug. 18 .- James Brown, died, aged 45.
Aug. 19 .- The new steam boat James Kent, made her first appearance at the dock, having made the passage up from New York in twenty hours.
Aug. 20 .- The degree of LL. D. was conferred on John V. Henry by Middlebury College.
Aug. 20 .- Rev. John Ludlow was installed pastor of the North Dutch Church at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Aug. 21 .- John Cook, state librarian and proprietor of the Albany Reading Room, died, aged 59.
Also, Henry Spencer, aged 75, formerly a bookseller.
Mr. Cook was a native of England, but had resided here about 30 years. His wife undertook to continue the reading room. Calvin Pepper succeeded him as state librarian.
Aug. 29 .- Graham Klink, publisher of the Directory, died, aged 30.
Aug. 30 .- Mordecai Lester, died, aged 53.
Sept. 2 .- Alfred Conkling and Jabez D. Hammond, gave notice that they had formed a copartnership in law business, at 65 State street.
Sept. 3 .- John Williamson, Jr., died, aged 32.
Sept. 10 .- The lock and dam in the river above Troy was completed, and a celebration was made for the occasion by the people of Waterford and Lansingburgh.
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The Fire Fly was advertised to take up passengers from Albany, and pass through the lock, at a fare of $1. Boats and sloops ascended the Hudson to Waterford, which had been unnavigable water before. The dam was 1100 feet long, 58 feet wide and 48 feet high from its foundation. It was estimated that ten thousand per- sons were assembled to celebrate the occasion, and were addressed by DeWitt Clinton.
Sept. 15 .- Beck's Medical Jurisprudence published.
Sept. 16 .- William Vickars, residing corner of North Pearl and Van Schaick streets, was buried.
Sept. 25 .- The first water was passed through the lock at the head of the Albany basin, from the Erie canal. An eel three feet in length came through the gate and was hailed as the first passenger. It was caught, and the skin preserved in the museum of the Lyceum of Natural History.
Sept. 29 .- Dr. John Mitchell died, aged 93, and was buried from the house of Thos. L. Pemberton, corner of State and South Pearl streets.
Sept. 29 .- Col. Daniel Worthington died; formerly of Colchester, Conn.
Sept. 30 .- At the annual charter election the following aldermen were elected:
First Ward.
Aldermen. John Townsend, Friend Humphrey.
Assistants.
William Gould,
Herman Jenkins.
Second Ward.
John Cassidy,
Jeremiah Waterman.
William Seymour,
Jacob J. Lansing.
Third Ward.
James Van Ingen,
Coenradt A. Ten Eyck,
Robert Davis.
Ebenezer Baldwin.
Fourth Ward.
Philip Phelps,
James Maher,
O. R. Van Benthuysen.
Hawthorn McCulloch.
Fifth Ward.
James Gibbons, Benjamin Wilson.
Francis Costigan,
Francis I. Bradt.
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Oct. 2 .- Jacob Cuyler died at Coxsackie, aged 77.
Oct. 8 .- The opening of the canal was celebrated with great and imposing ceremony.
Oct. 25 .- The city was visited by a severe snow storm, which continued all day, and 12 inches of snow fell. It thundered at short intervals during the after- noon.
Oct. 27 .- John Randall died, aged 69. .
Oct. 29 .- Elisha Jenkins advertised for proposals for constructing the Pier, 1700 feet in length, 80 feet broad and 18 feet high.
Oct. 29 .- The Presbytery of Albany convened, and ordained the Rev. Joseph Hulburt to the work of the ministery, and installed him pastor of the Third Presby- terian Church.
Nov. 3 .- The election for members of assembly result- ed in the success of the People's ticket, as it was called. The vote was as follows in the five city wards :
Democratic.
Republican.
Baldwin,
716 Stillwell, 768
Lay,.
656 Stevens,
936
Hillhouse, . 779 Wood,. 952
The returns from all the country towns were not re- ceived in six days.
The mean temperature of the month of October was 47 deg. 15 min .; highest temperature 74 deg., lowest 30 deg. The prevailing wind was south-east, and there was snow on two days.
Nov. 19 .- Henry Hempsted, son of Isaac Hempsted, died, aged 30.
Joseph Alexander, G. W. Stanton, Alexander David- son and David E. Gregory, gave notice of application to the legislature for the incorporation of the Commercial Bank of Albany, with a capital of $500,000.
Nov. 27 .- Samuel Vanderheyden, one of the proprie- tors of the city of Troy, died.
Nov. 27 .- Christiana, wife of Moses I. Cantine, died at Kinderhook, aged 42.
The Apprentices' Library was removed to the building
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occupied by the Bank of Albany, at the foot of State street, and Paul Hochstrasser was appointed librarian.
Nov. 30 .- The Rev. Mr. Ludlow preached a sermon in the Second Dutch Church, at the conclusion of which a collection was taken up for the benefit of Sabbath schools, which amounted to $151.75. There were ten schools in operation, namely, 2 Presbyterian, 2 Reformed Dutch, 1 Episcopal, 1 Baptist, 1 Lutheran, 1 Methodist, and 2 Independent. These consisted of 10 principals, 9 super- intendents, 5 secretaries, 112 teachers, 91 of whom were professors, and about 1127 scholars. The Methodist school had been opened as recently as August of the pre- sent year, and the First African and the Baptist African schools had been discontinued.
Dec. 1 .- The river was closed.
Dec. 2 .- The common council resolved that they would no longer be responsible for accidents happening at the Greenbush ferry between sunrise and sunset.
The mean temperature of the month of November, was 34 deg. 17 min. The highest range of the thermometer was 48 deg .; the lowest 16 deg. Snow fell on two days. The rain guage indicated 1.13 inches.
Collections were taken up in the churches for the re- lief of sufferers by fire in the towns of Alna and Wiscas- sett, Maine, and the following sums obtained:
Lutheran Church,. $60.25 Meth. Episcopal ..... .. $21.34
North Dutch, 87.10 United Fresbyterian, .... 15.68
South Dutch, 54.60 Rev. Mr. Christy's . .. 11.50
Episcopal, 70.63 Third Presbyterian, ..... 60.00 Total $381.10
Dec. 4 .- George W. Mancius died, aged 56; formerly postmaster.
Dec. 12 .- A meeting of young men was held at the Capitol for the purpose of adopting measures in aid of the emancipation of the Greeks; James Edwards chair- man, C. V. S. Kane, secretary.
A very enthusiastic meeting was held a year earlier, for the same purpose, but nothing seems to have resulted from it.
Dec. 13 .- Peter Townsend died, aged 34.
Dec. 15 .- The malt house of Robert Dunlop was de-
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stroyed by fire, with five thousand bushels of barley and malt.
Dec. 16 .- Thomas Ennis died, aged 58. He was a native of Ireland, had resided in Albany since 1798, and was a very successful teacher.
Dec. 19 .- Mrs. Sarah Maria, wife of Gaylor Sheldon, and daughter of Douw B. Slingerland, died, aged 20.
Dec. 25 -- The rain and mild weather conspired to break up the ice in the river, and considerable damage was done. The Pier, which was nearly completed, was exposed for the first time to the action of such a freshet.
Dec. 26 .- Ann Hilton died, aged 27.
The mean temperature of the month was 29.84 deg.
1824.
Jan. 1 .- A meeting of the common council was held for the purpose of declaring the office of mayor vacant, and appointing a new incumbent. Charles E. Dudley was mayor, and the members were so divided that the casting vote of the mayor prevented the removal intended. It was explained that Mr. Dudley voted for himself, by which the division stood 11 to 11.
Jan. 4 .- Capt. Isaac Keeler died, aged 49.
Jan. 6 .- The weather was so mild as to have nearly the appearance of April. The snow was gone, and the ice on the river had become so much weakened as to make crossing extremely dangerous, and the boats were brought into requisition.
Jan. 6 .- The legislature convened at the Capitol, and was called to order by Edward Livingston, clerk of as- sembly; and the oaths of office were administered by John V. N. Yates, secretary of state.
Jan. 6 .- Mrs. Elizabeth Webb died, aged 26.
ยท Jan. 8 .- Twelve of the Niskayuna Shakers were brought to this city under a warrant for refusing to per- form military duty, and committed to close confinement in the jail. The colonel of the regiment, on learning of the case, remitted their fines, and they were liberated.
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Jan. 11 .- The ice moved down the river at night, and left it open for navigation to New York. It had rained during the night.
Jan. 15 .- Mrs. Eliza, widow of Hamilton Boyd died, aged 48.
Jan. 16 .- The senate confirmed the appointment of John S. Van Rensselaer as judge of the county court.
Jan. 20 .- The dwelling house of Leonard Gansevoort Jr., took fire and was much damaged.
The store and dwelling house of Horace Durrie, was burnt also. On the 4th February following he published a card, setting forth that he was left destitute by the fire, but that through the generous liberality of his fellow citizens he found himself again in a situation to pursue his business. On the fifth was published the dissolu- tion of the partnership of Horace Durrie and Lemuel Steele, and Mr. Durrie informed his friends that he had taken the store 470 Broadway.
Feb. 5 .- Chauncy Johnson advertised lottery tickets in the New York State Literature Lottery, at his store No. 393 South Market street.
Feb. 5 .- Chauncy Webster issued proposals for the Religious Monitor, which he continued to publish a number of years.
Feb. 9 .- The Common Council met, and made ten ballots for mayor, each time eleven voting for John N. Quackenbush and eleven for Ambrose Spencer.
At the same meeting a law was passed for pitching and paving Liberty street from Lydius to Hamilton.
Business being finished the motion to adjourn stood 11 to 11. The mayor observed that as there was no business before the board he should exercise his privilege of giving a casting vote, and he declared the board adjourned. The eleven members remaining after the others retired organized again, and passed the following:
Resolved, That the conduct of Charles E. Dudley Esq., acting as mayor defacto, against the protest of a majority of the common council, in asserting and exer-
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cising the right of giving a casting vote as presiding officer, after having once voted as a member of the common council, on the question of adjournment, and thereby preventing an election of mayor of this city, is an unwarrantable usurpation of power, unknown to our laws, and incompatible with the spirit of our charter, and the genius of our institutions.
They then balloted for mayor, when Ambrose Spencer received 11 votes, and was declared mayor.
Feb. 10 .- William Cuttin died of small pox, aged 60. Feb. 11 .- The ice broke up and left the river free to navigation for the third time since December. The breaking up was so sudden as to carry away sloops, and other vessels moored for the season.
Feb. 16 .- Lydia A. wife of George Kane died, aged 23. February 20 .- A meeting was held in the session room of the First Presbyterian Church, in Beaver street, with a view to the establishment of a State Tract Society.
Feb. 21 .- The copartnership of C. Miller & Co., con- sisting of Christian Miller and his son Wm. C. Miller, was dissolved, the latter continuing the business at No. 56 State street, third house above Green.
Feb. 23. The birthday of Washington was celebrated with much ceremony. An address was delivered by Salem Dutcher in the Baptist Church in Green street.
Feb. 24 .- John Stilwell died, aged 33.
Feb. 25 .- Dr. Robert Kerr died, aged 69; a physician in the British army in Canada, noted for his kindness and hospitality to the officers of the American army in the war of 1812; he was buried with Masonic honors, from Cruttenden's Hotel.
Items for the Political History of Governor Yates, or as he calls himself, the Executive.
[From the Ballston Spa Gazette.]
1. In 1792, he was in favor of George Clinton for governor, against John Jay, and was instrumental in the affidavits which disparaged 'the purity of the votes of
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Otsego county, that were set aside by Thomas Tillotson and the other canvassers.
2. In 1795, he was for Robert Yates for governor, against John Jay.
3. On the 26th of March, 1798, Schenectady was incorporated as a city, and on the 31st of the same month, he was appointed by John Jay, and a Federal council, mayor of Schenectady.
4. In the general election in April following, when the late Chancellor Livingston was held up by the Republi- can party for governor, he supported Gov. Jay the Federal candidate.
5. He continued a Federalist during the reign of terror, and in 1801, after the Republican triumph, he was neutral, when George Clinton was re-elected governor.
6. In 1804, he supported Aaron Burr for governor against Morgan Lewis, the Republican candidate.
7. In April, 1805, he ran against Judge Quackenboss, the regularly nominated Republican candidate for sena- tor for the Eastern district, and prevailed by Federal aid.
8. In 1807, he supported Daniel D. Tompkins for governor.
9. In 1808, he was appointed by a council, composed of the friends of De Witt Clinton, a judge of the supreme court.
10. In 1812, he was at the head of the Republican electoral ticket of New York, that voted for De Witt Clinton for president against James Madison.
11. In 1816, he endeavored to obtain a nomination for governor, against Tompkins, but failed.
12. After this, he electioneered for De Witt Clinton for governor, on the assumption that Tompkins, being elected vice-president, would decline; but on the first offer, he became a candidate himself, and did not with- draw until his chance was desperate.
13. On Gov. Clinton's election, he commenced a sys- tem of masked hostility, and was finally, on Clinton's declining a second re-election, chosen governor.
[This political sketch is no doubt highly colored; but
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its rancor loses all force with the lapse of time, and the article furnishes some facts of personal history.]
February 24 .- At the annual meeting of the Bible and Prayer Book Society of Albany and its vicinity, held at Trinity Church, Lansingburgh, the following were elect- ed officers for the ensuing year :
Philip S. Van Rensselaer, president.
Wm. A. Duer, vice-president.
Henry Trowbridge, treasurer.
S. De Witt Bloodgood, recording secretary.
H. B. Davis, corresponding secretary.
Managers .- Jas. Gibbons, Jas. Stevenson, John Taylor Cooper, Barent Staats, James Dexter, Salem Dutcher.
The Universalists held their meetings at the Morning Star Lodge Room, over Jeremiah Smith's store, in Washington street.
March 7 .- Gilbert Van Zandt died, aged 91, and was buried from the residence of Mr. Yates, 40 Hudson street.
March 8 .- The common council met, and after all other business was concluded, balloted for mayor with the usual result of 11 to 11. Finally, on counting the result of the second balloting, it was found that Ambrose Spencer had 11, John Lansing, Jr., 10, blank 1; where- upon' Ambrose Spencer was resolved to be duly elected, and he was sworn into office on the 10th.
March 10 .- The steam boat James Kent, Capt. Wis- wall, arrived from New York, the navigation being per- fectly free.
March 12 .- The legislature adjourned; almost the last act of which was the removal of De Witt Clinton presi- dent of the board of canal commissioners, which he had held fourteen years without any compensation.
March 23 .- Josiah Field died, aged 44; a respectable member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
March 24 .- John S. Jones died, aged 36, and was buried from No. 4 Van Tromp street.
March 30 .- The south ferry was leased to Mr. Wen- dell for one year at $5,890.
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April 4 .- Mrs. Sarah Buel died, aged 86, wife of Elias Buel, and mother of Jesse Buel.
April 6 .- Wendell & Jenkins, dealers in dry goods, 52 State street, admitted John V. S. Hazard into partnership.
April 7 .- William McDougal announced that he had discontinued the publication of the National Democrat, edited by Solomon Southwick.
April 10 .- Mr. Southwick ad- vertised that he would at an early day revive the publication of the National Democrat in his own name, at the old Albany Register printing office, opposite the Fly Market. April 20 .- It was revived.
The Merchants' Insurance Com- pany of the city of Albany was incorporated. At a meeting of the stockholders on the 12th of April, the following were elected officers of the company for the ensuing year: Thomas Herring, president ; Elisha Jenkins, secretary ; Benja- - Southwick's Printing Office. min F. Butler, attorney; John Boardman, surveyor; Moses Kenyon, naval surveyor; Thos. Herring, Allen Brown, Jas. G. Mather, Jas. B.Douglas, Ralph Pratt, S. P. Jermain, Asa H. Center, Peter Bain, Spencer Stafford, John Stilwell, John Willard, Wm. McHarg, Willard Walker, William Durant, Joshua Tufts, Ephraim Wilder, Jr., Alexander Marvin, Jellis Winne, Jr., Erastus Corn- ing, James Mabbett, Thos. W. Olcott, Benj. F. Butler, William Fowler, John T. Norton, Friend Humphrey, Ni- cholas Devereaux, Ephraim Hart, Richard M. Bailey, David E. Evans, Thaddeus Joy. Eleazer Hills, directors.
April 19 .- At a meeting of the common council, the chamberlain made his semi-annual report, by which it ap- peared that the receipts were $30,386.743, and the ex- penditures $13,005'72}. The chamberlain was directed to purchase 1000 gallons of oil of T. & J. Russell at 36
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cents a gallon. Herman Jenkins resigned, being about to remove from the city. A petition was presented, re- questing that a lot between South Pearl and Frelinghuy- sen streets, on Ferry, which was a collection of stagnant water, might be filled up. A petition of John B. Swan and others for another team boat at the ferry. A com- munication was received recommending the erection of a weigh house in State street, between Green and Market streets, for the purpose of weighing hay, and also to serve as a shelter for farmers who bring produce to market.
April 20 .- Mathew Gill of Albany, and James Camp- bell, Jr., of Johnstown, Mont. county, formed a connection in the dry goods business, under the name of James Campbell, Jr. & Co., at No. 375 North Market street, directly opposite to the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank.
The mean temperature of the weather for the year 1823, was 47.31 deg. ; greatest height of the thermometer, 94 deg. ; lowest do, 6 deg. below zero; rain fell during 67 days; snow, 35. Quantity of rain during 8 months, 20.21 inches.
The mean temperature of the month of January, 1824, was 27.23 deg. Greatest height 41 deg .; lowest 7 deg. be- low zero. Rain on five days, and snow on five.
. The mean temperature of February was 26.55 deg. Greatest height, 57 deg. ; lowest, 3 deg. Rain on 3 days; snow on 6. Prevailing wind, southeast.
The mean temperature of March, was 46-76 deg. Greatest height, 75 deg .; lowest, 27. Rain 8 days; 3.16 inches rain fell during the month.
The mean temperature for the month of May was 54.90 deg. Greatest height, 80 deg .; lowest, 33 deg. Rain on 9 days; nearly 2 inches fell.
The mean temperature of the month of June, was 65 67 deg. Greatest height, 89 deg .; lowest, 48 deg. Rain on 13 days; nearly 4 inches fell.
April 21 .- The firm of Spencer Stafford & Co., having been dissolved on the 1st of April (consisting of Spencer Stafford, Lewis Benedict, Hallenbake Stafford, and Spen- cer Stafford, Jr.), Spencer Stafford and Lewis Benedict
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took in Joab Stafford, and did business under the title of Stafford, Benedict & Co.
April 25 .- Alexander Davidson, died, aged 42, mer- chant, and was buried from No. 20 Union street, on the 27th. He was of the firm of Root & Davidson, which was dissolved by his death, and the business continued alone by Lyman Root.
April 27 .- Lewis Aspenwall gave notice that he was establishing a bell foundry at No. 18 Beaver street.
April 23 .- Volkert Veeder, died, aged 50.
May 3 .- The Circus, corner Green and Division streets, was sold by auction.
May 3 .- Notice was given, agreeably to the articles of union between the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts and the Albany Lyceum of Natural History, that a meeting of those societies would be held on the 5th of May under the name of the Albany Institute, when a third department would be formed under the title of History and General Literature.
May 4 .- Election for town officers, which resulted as follows:
SUPERVISORS.
Republican.
Democratic.
1st Ward-James McKown, ..... 225
Friend Humphrey, ..... 133
2d do -Isaac Hamilton, ...... 288
John F. Bacon, . ... 104
3d do -Teunis Van Vechten.
4th do -William Mayell.
5th do -John N. Quackenbush.
ASSESSORS.
1st Ward-Green Hall,. .
2d do -Jeremiah Waterman, .. 277
.. .... 347 William Seymour, ..... 116
3d do -James Van Ingen.
4th do -Phillip Hooker.
5th do -Benj. Wilson.
An election for assistant alderman took place in the first ward, to fill vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Harman Jenkins, when Willard Walker received 217 votes; John O. Cole, 138.
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