The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . r to the great gen-eral. He made one of his characteristic speeches atthe ovation in Cooper Institute. It was simply, Ithank you for j-our kindness. After endm*ing sev-eral hours of fatiguing exercises, he returned tothe Astor House and retired; but was called out toreceive a salute from a Massachusetts regiment on itsway home from the war. Not less than ten thou-sand people were there at that hour, all rejoicing inthe presence of the man who had rendered signalservice in the pr
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . r to the great gen-eral. He made one of his characteristic speeches atthe ovation in Cooper Institute. It was simply, Ithank you for j-our kindness. After endm*ing sev-eral hours of fatiguing exercises, he returned tothe Astor House and retired; but was called out toreceive a salute from a Massachusetts regiment on itsway home from the war. Not less than ten thou-sand people were there at that hour, all rejoicing inthe presence of the man who had rendered signalservice in the preservation of the Union. 214 XKW V<^PvK riTY LIFK One of the (kM characters of th< hotel wasJones the baggage master, who received no salary,but saved ^Tojjoo out of tips; made friends withVan Buren, Taylor, Buchanan, Pierce, Webster,Linclon, Grant, Farra^ut, and many other eminentmen; lived in a stylish l)n)\vnstone house, and diedat the au:e of seventy years, respected and honoredby the many who knew him. The peculiar pri\-ilege of housing the great poHt-ical leaders when they visit New York, long since. Site of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, l)assed from the Astor House to the Fifth AvonueHotel; but still the Astor House is well supported,and feeds a multitude of the best and brainiest menof New York every day. It \W11 remain a monu-ment of Astor and of the period of our Citys de-velopment in which it rushed into the front rank ofmunicipalities. Looking down Barclay Street we see St. PetersChurch, the first Roman Catholic church in NewYork. This building was erected in 1836, but the 215 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS original building on the same yite was built in cornerstone was laid by the Spanish embassador,and Charles III. contributed to the cost of the edi-fice. The City Hospital was on the west side ofBroadway and faced south, overlooking the negrograveyard in the neighborhood of Chambers Streetand the public graveyard below it. The first reg-
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