Dec. 19. Erastus Corning was reelected mayor, 11 votes; Teunis Van Vechten received 7. Dec. 20. The common council passed an ordinance to prevent forestalling in the market. The following salaries were increased: Chamberlain,.. Supt. Almshouse,..... Clerk of the board,. do City marshal, salary fixed at 400 Alderman Bloodgood laid on the table a resolution in relation to the subscription by the board, to the stock of the Albany and West Stockbridge rail road; the object of it being to prevent the city from becoming involved beyond the amount of its subscription. Dec. 28. Henry Hoyt died. 1837. Jan. 3. Eliza, wife of Theodore Olcott, died, aged 25. Mrs. Hannah Gladding died, aged 63. Alexander Stevenson died, aged 31. The legislature met. Jan. 6. Abraham Van Vechten died. (See biographical sketch on a subsequent page). Jan. 7. Jan. 8. Jan. 9. Isabella, wife of Daniel P. Marshall, died, aged 41. Mrs. Martha Humphrey died, aged 88. Mary, widow of J. W. Rockwell, died, aged 64. Dr. March applied to the common council for the Lancaster school house to be used as a medical college in the event of a charter being granted by the legislature. Another application was made at the same time for its use as a piano forte manufactory. Jan. 11. Philo S. Webster died, aged 29. John S. Salter, formerly an Albany merchant, died at Elizabeth town, N. J. Jan. 23. Daniel Mott died, aged 74. Jan. 26. Ebenezer Baldwin died at New Haven, aged 46; he distinguished himself in the political and literary circles of Albany, in the time of Governor Clinton. Alexander Finlay died. Edward Elliott died at St. Croix, aged 23. Margaret, wife of Joseph Davis, died, aged 33. Feb. 14. Frederick Cuyler died in Romeo, Michigan, aged 33. Feb. 19. Robert Gray died, aged 35. He was the first librarian of the Young Men's Association. Feb. 21. Oscar F. Griffin died, aged 26. Feb. 22. Feb. 24. Feb. 28. Mrs. Elizabeth Locherty died, aged 77. Mrs. Margaret Boyd died, aged 30. Levinus Van Schaack died, aged 43. George Fiske died, aged 58; formerly of Claremont, N. H. March 10. Eliza Treat, wife of John W. Bay, died. Silas Booth died, aged 79; a soldier of the revolution. March 18. Daniel Hare, Jr., late a merchant in this city, died at Esperance, Schoharie county. March 22. Rachel, widow of James Bleecker, died, aged 79, and was buried from the house of her son, G. V. S. Bleecker. March 24. William Hinton died, aged 35. March 28. The ice moved out of the river before the city without doing any damage. March 29. Michael Strong died, aged 62. A fire in Orange street destroyed the two story dwelling of John Shell. March 31. George S. Knower died, aged 20. A sloop arrived from New Baltimore, the first craft of the season. April 1. The steam boat Emerald, the first of the season, arrived from New York. April 2. Abraham Mansfield, formerly of Albany, died at Italy, Yates county, N. Y. April 3. Rev. E. N. Kirk left the city to sail for Europe. April 5. Elizabeth, widow of John Lansing, died, aged 80. April 7. Louisa, wife of Henry Allan Grant, died, aged 25. April 8. James Beekman died, aged 79, April 14. April 16. aged 52. Mary, wife of Liberty Wait, died aged 24. April 18. Mary Haring Knapp died, aged 20. The Daily Advertiser was sold by Messrs. J. B. Van Schaick & Co., to Rensselaer Van Rensselaer. Taking advantage of the increased speed of the night boats, which arrived at two or three o'clock in the morning, they adopted a new arrangement by which the news of the New York evening papers was given the next morning in the Advertiser, making a difference of twenty-four hours over the old order of publishing. April 20. The corner stone of the Third Dutch church was laid, corner of Green and Ferry streets. The Rev. Drs. Ferris, Thos. E. Vermilyea, I. N. Wyckoff of the Dutch Reformed churches, and the Rev. Dr. Sprague of the Presbyterian church, assisted in the ceremonies. The ground on which the church was to be erected, was given by the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer. The corner stone was laid by the venerable Christian Miller, one of the fathers of the Dutch church in Albany. This church was organized 14th Dec. 1834, when it consisted of 19 members; it now numbered 79, and about 75 families. April 24. A fire in Washington street destroyed a range of buildings from 65 to 81, inclusive. April 28. Mahala Sanford died, aged 54. May 2. Charter election, in which the Democrats were, for the first time in many years, left in the minority. WHIG. First Ward. DEMOCRAT Aldermen. G. V. S. Bleecker,.. 595 O. R. Van Benthuysen,. 426 Chas. S. Olmstead,.. 578 Assistants. Albert VanVoast,. ... 568 Supervisor. C. W. Bender,. Second Ward. Lemuel Jenkins,.. 425 457 534 B. P. Staats, 463 Aldermen. Ichabod L. Judson,.. 466 Supervisor. Hazael Kane.. Third Ward. ....... Aldermen. John W. Bay,.. 269 Assistants. John Davis,.. .... ........ 275 ..... .... 127 John L. Wendell,. William Thorburn,.. 270 Supervisor. Friend Humphrey,.. 274 Fourth Ward. Aldermen. H. A. Williams,. 464 James Maher, 128 425 May 5. Alexander Fulton died of wounds received by falling from a house in Washington street, at the late fire. May 8. At a meeting of the common council Hon. Erastus Corning resigned the office of mayor, which he had discharged with zeal and ability, and with universal satisfaction. An experiment was made with the steam boat N. Cobb, having on board Bennett's Improved Steam Generator, to reach New York with 3 cords of wood. The boat was detained by an accident and fell short of her destination 50 miles when the 3 cords of wood were consumed. May 9. The new board of common council met; Wm. Parmelee was chosen attorney, and George W. Weed clerk. There was a complete discharge of all the city officials, and new ones appointed in their places. May 11. The banks stopped specie payments, the New York banks having stopped the day before. May 12. Edward Mitchell died, one of the permanent recruiting party of the United States at this station. May 14. Joseph Wilson died, aged 73. May 15. Mrs. Abby Steele died. Miss Cynthia R. Sherman died, aged 33. Teunis Van Vechten was elected mayor by 14 votes. May 16. The legislature adjourned after a session of days, having passed 478 laws. May 22. Richard S. Treat died, aged 68. Elisha B. Janes died, late principal of the Pearl street Academy, aged 36. Louis De Witt died. May 24. Ellen. wife of Dennis Cane, died. May 28. Robert McLachlan died, aged 28. May 29. At a meeting of the common council John Townsend and others petitioned the board to issue small bills, under five dollars, to supply the great scarcity of small change of all kinds. It was referred to the finance committee, who subsequently reported adversely to the petition. June 6. The grocers held a meeting at which they resolved that under the present system of selling bread they were nothing more than mere collectors for the bakers, and that they would take no more bread of them at present, but would exert themselves to bring about a reform. June 8. Jonathan Goldwait died, aged 42. Jesse Howe died, aged 37; of the firm of Howe & Watson. June 17. Adam Kittle died, aged 24. June 19. Miss Grace McNoah died, aged 21. |