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(1816 To 1860) By Chas. H. Haswell Originally published 1896 |
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1819. POLITICAL parties at this time were divided into Republicans (Democrats), Federalists, and Clintonians. At the spring election the average Republican majority in the city was 2301.
May 31. The balance in the City Treasury was $1850.34. The receipts from all sources for the year preceding were $682,829.51, and the total expenses, $671,319.83; equal to $5.60 per capita. In 1884 the expenses were $36.65, or full 6 1/2 times as much.
February 23 General Andrew Jackson visited New York, and was presented with the freedom of the city. At an entertainment given in honor of his presence by the Fourteenth Regiment, he responded to a call by giving a complimentary toast to De Witt Clinton, which, as he was then surrounded by political enemies of Clinton, was not only the cause of confusion but elicited comment.
In this year Harman Street (East Broadway) was extended from Chatham Square to Grand Street, Avenue D was opened, and the sewer in Canal Street was finished.
By an official return there were, on April 26, only twenty-two licensed butchers in the city, paying a license fee of one dollar each.
May 25. A party left Tompkinsville, S. I., in a post stage, at 3 A. M., for Philadelphia, and returned at 8 P. M. This was an endeavor to illustrate the great despatch of the route. Fare, eight dollars each way.
A stage to Bloomingdale from the lower part of the city was established.
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