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(1816 To 1860) By Chas. H. Haswell Originally published 1896 |
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Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches differed from the usual services only in the introduction of an anthem ; flowers were not displayed either in churches or private dwellings ; in fact, the contribution of all the florists, possibly two in number, would not have been equal to the usual display in any one church at this time. " Easter bonnets " and cards were unknown, and colored eggs were limited to schoolboys, who, with the aid of the cooks in their families, were enabled to produce some. For a few weeks during the periods of Easter and Paas, the cracking of eggs by boys supplanted marbles, kite-flying, and base-ball.
December 21. At the corner of Broadway and Cortlandt Street, a personal encounter occurred between James Stoughton, the Spanish Vice-consul, and Robert M. Goodwin, a brother of Captain Charles G. Ridgeley, U. S. N. ; the latter having had his name changed, to become the recipient of a legacy left upon that consideration. Goodwin had been captain of a privateer during the Spanish war, and Stoughton had had him arrested and sent to Ludlow Street jail on the charge of piracy. Meeting as above, and after personal charges and invectives, Stoughton struck Goodwin and a struggle ensued. Goodwin having a sword cane, the blade of which became exposed, he struck Stoughton, who fell and soon after expired. Goodwin was tried and in the early part of the following year acquitted. In 1836 Captain (then Commodore) Ridgeley gave me a recital of the affair, and of his summary action upon a negro who waited upon him at the City Hotel in bed, and offered to give testimony in vindication of his brother, if he was paid for it. Public opinion was very much divided upon the guilt of Goodwin.
Joseph Rodman Drake published his "Culprit Fay" in this year.
George W. Browne, who failed as a grocer in the Bowery, opened the Auction Hotel at 239 Water Street,
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