New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-03-22

i seize moment 10 MORN YOU OF 4
rpa nee which occurred in this place Yesterday
An agent st the American .Anti-Slavsry Society, b.
,i,e no,e o.. Johnson came here hold i ,.cctin :
;,r the discussion OF slavery. an ;ntol.sed thai
m, ,ors,u, 81 FIVE OUT of six Trustees OF TIE Bap-
-, Societv had been Obtained. that the meeting
might be held in their house and no;ice mad been
siyer accordingly Before the arrtTal OF TIE lee
co,,,nanv e ,sen assembled. styling sher:-
selves citizens o: the place, and passed. .
.a,..s ,s resolutions of which TIE following was
one
:" Resolrsd 1ha: while we diSaPprove OF riot
and disturbance in any public assembly, We cannot.
consistently with our views Of right, continuance
said lecturer: and that the Convention about to
b, be! here staul.i be cnttrsiy6roFer "
Iris was ike resolving in the first place ;hat
they has! a holy horros q theft. and then deoeT
a,siy proceeding 70 pick MAJ: pocket, rs an II
lrstraiion OF their sincerity The proceedings
were sig-s,l by D. f. Luce. Chai1nan. and W.
Scott Secretary. and presented to me bapt.st
minister. with reGueS, that ne would rec;lllt3 ap
poiatu.cut This he had no authority TO GO On
the arrival OF the lecturer nc also was waited upon
bv committee with the same request cut ne
positively refused 10 accede their wishes. OF the
ground ,ha, a postiono; the people desired 10 hear
him speak and that their right TO hold an anti
slavery meeting unQuesti"nat!e nc trustees
having reti,sc, TO withdraw their consent tina; the
Westinghouse ShoHld De opened. no way was ieit
10 break up the meeting, except by an appllca-
ton of Lynch law; and this carried into effect
The lecturer, going TO the neetins-hou>e touud
i; occupied By the aforesaid = citizens. who mad
organized themselves into colrt 10 tr, whether
the trustees OF the Baptist Society ha. not exceed
!. .t,-. u
should be used for an anti-slayery meeting. Ot
course. il they had exceeded their powers, they
were alnenaJle alone 10 the body that appointed
them.
The lecturer attempted 10 speak. bu, his voice
was drowned bv the cla:sors of those who had as
seu,bled as they declared to preserve order
Finding il impossible to proceed, he withdrew with
his friends 20 q ncishboring door yard, wherr,
mounted on wagon, he spoke an hour to the
crowd though frequently interrupted by the shouts
and wells of diSorderv persons.
have not a word to offer in defence. either OF
the principles or measures OF the Abolltoni>tS:
bat the question whether they shall enjoy nn!no-
Tested the right of Free Discussion, is one whch
deeply conccrn, every good citizen had >uppos-
Cd that the day OF mobs on this question had g~ne
BY. Least Of all was | prepared to expect siic
disturbance in Western New \ ork. Adozen peace
able lectures could not have effected so nueh tor
Abolition as these di>gracetul proceedings | he
man who biz his own nose OF wise in cotpa-
risen witt. those who undertake TO prevent the
spread of unpopular opinions BY violence.
Yours. truly. Ak EYEWITNESS.
ZFlRz.-A new store owned by Page and Day,
and occupied b. Benjamin f Smith, at Water
vile, ~ Y, was burned on the lst Smith has
beer arrested on suspicion Of having set It on FIRE
1t seems that in January ne procured two policies
Of insurance on his goods, to the amount Of
$4,000, While his goods were worth not over
81 400. Learning that these were void, he PRO-
cured another for $1,000, which arrived ; few
days before The fire. 1t was also shown that ne
had secured some of his most valuable goods
~ Capt CLAcK is On trial before the Court
Martial at Baltimore on charges of drunkenness
and of ill-treating his crew in yarieus ways
Among the charges is of forcing them TO ca,
potatoes at one time and goldfish at another 1t
il q part of Yankee filth, believe, from disre-
gard Of which there no abs olutio-to mix them.
TRIAL FOR MrRDER.-The Poughkecpsie Eagle
contains full report of the trial OF James Fi,z-
gerald, for the murder of Michael Quigg, before
the Over and Terrniner and Circuit Court, Judge
Ken; presiding The verdict Of Manslaughtcr
I in the first degree according TO the Eagle, has
surprised every body. The murder was a savase
one, and clearly proved upon the prisoner. Judge
! Kent pronounced the severest penalty the law
would permit-imprisonmen in the State Prison
! for life
New EXTENSION TAELEs.-Of all the mod.r,
improvements, there none destined TO produce
so great arcvolu,ion in the domestic arrangements
az the Extension Tables invented by f. Richards
$50 Broadway. They equal any in strength and
elegance and for simplicity, convenience. drra-
bility, AID price, they surpass all others in use.
L. r. wil! remove to i43 Broadway on the Is,
of May.
u Sweet breath and brilliant te.,. are certainly very
desirable by all then let all Dr. S!ernas Orri Tooth
Paste, the best article that pose and hardening
the DR. Castle. 2GT Broadway, III. best
tts in thu city uses it in his family and practice IN prefer
ence to all other preparations Dr. sherman r6i onl
celebrated Tor his Tooth Paste but he ranks tie head
Met.icaed Lozcn- makers in tn, or any other country
His Cough, Worm and CaInphor Lozenges without
cepon the greatest medicines OF the dav they Cod
or Cough in a few hours Headache and Papi,a0n IN
few uinues-"i.t other medicines require week, nE days
To DO the and generally repugnant 10 ;i taste
that many had raer suffer from disease than be ,o with
nai!seoCs rnrcine 20 pleasant ar. sherman oien@
,tat 'ci.lireG Tor tiIcu saying
is them once, a! you will discard them any
other medicine Warehouse leo Nassau.,t Siar.trr-t,
Boston, 3 Ledger Buildings Philadelphia and Maiden
Lam. Albany. Don't forge. that Shermah's LozenSs are
what IS menhed
Az ISTELLIcESr= DoG.-Nanv may have seen large
Newfoundland dog carving basket through our streets
happened days since this Sagac!ou, animal wa;
going up Broadway, lad who passing him. with s-v''
raj small packages his arms. dropped and without
Observing il, disappeared among The ihrong The dog
seed the prize and in defiance OF threats or en;rcas
gentleman was surprised seeing his ,hu oade;
when. examination The .nrc. M found tsa .!ake.