The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-20

foul SANDER as this against whole church, is an
offence worthy OF condign punishment We have
known the Catholic Church from infancy, and
have been initiated into its mysteries but we pro-
nounce these statements to be lIbels beyond any
thing we have ever seen or heard Of However
wicked the church may have been, in ambition
and spiritual tyranny, it is within our own know
ledgelto declare that this book is foul and abom-
Unable libel
10 show that we are not alone in our judgment of
this mass of moral pestilence, whose author has
the audacity, the unparalleled eflrontery to come
into our midst and advertise for polite audiences,
before whose male members he can scatter his
gross obscenty, his filthy RIGHTEOUSNESS and this
identical book, we cut out the following article
from last Saturdays Qsth nst.) Pottsville (Pa. }
Emporium
Rev. CHARLES SPaRRy-OBscENE BooKs-We feel il a
solemn duty to call upon every good citizen in this
munity to aid in supprcssing foul disgusting and OBJ
scene book which has been widely circulated in this
place during the past week by the Rev. Charles Sparry
OF New York put in circulation too, under the garb Of
religious teacher and from the very pulpit of of
most respectable churches The facts are briefly these
Mr. sparry made his appearance here Sunday morning
last and expressed desire TO lecture in Of
churches against the evils Of Popery This being sub
ject on which considerable feeling exists without much
reflection he was permitted to occupy the Methodist
Church on Sunday evening; and although there was
VEN WnlCn dlsgusted
he succeeded in obtaining the Of the church for
another lecture Monday afternoon This second lee
ture passed of without giving any very serious offence
TO the auditorybt at Its close the speaker
that he intended TO set the town frcnot by any
lecture" he added " but have ammunition under the
pulpit that W i'll do it," This ammunition, he said
a small book made up Of extracts from the Theology Of
the Rev Peter Dcns, Romish Prest--tha il too OBJ
to b placed in the hands of females young lads
and he would therefore sell il only TO men, who must by
suffer II TO be read by either girls boys
This Of course excited the curiosity Of ALL and rush
made 10 obtain the Book In the course Of very
few minutes about 100 copies, which probably cost the
retailer about five cents each, sold of twenty-five
cents each thus making very handsome speculation. Al
though number Of gentlemen who were present, felt
that il was gross insult to all particularly the ladies,
and an outrage upon every thing like decency YET the
cool and confident tone Of the speaker was such added to
the fact that the real character Of tho work was not
known to deter all from stepping forth and iorbddng
the disgraceiul traffic.
On Tuesday morning it having been ascertancd that
the book which aboinds with notes and explanations,
written in the most disgustngy obscene and filthy Ian
g,age, in its character than the vendor
had represented to be, warrant was obtained and Mr.
Spmry was arrested Just rs he was stepping into the
Mauch Chunk stage having heard that proceedings had
been instituted against him He was taken before Justice
Heislcr where he desire OF the prosecutor being only 10
suppress the vile and no8thsome book after giving So
lcn promise that he would dispose of another con,
to man. woman or child and farther that he would do aft