The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-16

nut, where the superior performance Of young Van
denhcfl and Charlotte Cushman, IN "Catharine and
Petrucho," was treat of ordinary description
| Then the Arch, where Booth and Graham, in
| clown and Country" were astonishing the ma
tives Anon, the National, with its melo-drama of
the "Ruby Ring;" ard, finally, The Chestnut, with
all these places was pretty far, much to my sur
prise II occurred to me, while seated at the opera,
| that Messrs. Purdy and Welch might supply their
menagere, without any difficulty, from the variety
OF bipeds there assembled-some OF them, outraglng
humanity, by instructive approaches TO the brute
creation; in iact there are great many better be-
haved balloons than these same mongrel creatures,
who are so often TO be found at public places
Our election passed off very peaceaby, and. re-
suited pretty much as | predicted, IN victory Tor
the wings. That racy little sheet, the Esprit OF the
| Times" had its cannon reversed yesterday, and
very pleasant editorial from the witty Du Sole, who
spoke OF their defeat in the most good natured man.
| ner Imaginable. like such course OF conduct
| il is candid and manly, and worthy OF cOmmenda-
| ton.
On the evening of the election visited the Com.
missioners' Hall, in the district of Moyamensrg,
and after witnessed the revolving spectacle OF
man shot, by some mlscreant, who thus lar has
eluded detection, but whom it is desired may speed
| lily be discovered and brought to merted Justice
The face OF the injured individual was very much
| swollen, and peppered completely with the shot,
some OF them entering the eyes and destroying the
On the arrival of physician, he was ordered to the
hospital, where he now lies In very precarous sit.
| uaiion. have understood that he is a member OF
the Moyamensing Hose Company, and the foul act
is supposed to have been perperated by one be-
longing TO the Marion Hose Company, with whom
there is considerable pickering. Our fire compa-
MES are great nulsances In many instances, and de-
mand loudly the interference OF the legislature in
the prevention of the disgracetu riots which fire.
quently occur IN ''the CITY OF bro.herly love-"
Yours, truly, u.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IA, 1843.
Brother Mufifs Assault upon the Ne,v York Herald,
and its Correspomdemt-His Reply.
DEAR BENNETT
had not intended to have enlightened your rea-
ders with any further sketches of the protracted
meeting now being held at the Wharton street
church, Southwark. have, however, been COM
PEELED to alter this determination and to appear
more before your readers in vindcation of myself
from an assault made upon me, as likewise upon
the New York Herald and its Editor, by the pious,
learned and eloquent conductor of the aforesaid
meeting, Brother Maffitt.
was not present on the occasion referred to- but
have been told that Mr.. M, having INDUCED for
than an hour in the indiscrminate abuse of the
congregation of the Wharton street church particu
larly, and of the people of Southwark generally
whom he described as resisting the messengers of
Heaven, and rejecting, with hearts harder than
neither milstone the offers OF gospel mercy, went
on to denounce, in the most vulgar, disgusting and
impious language, the correspondent and editor OF
the New York Herald, in something like the follow
"Wo! wo" said the amiable pastor, "and
the everlasting curse of indignant Heaven shall
crush with every degree and kind OF calamity the
miserable sinners who have heard unmoved the
words have uttered the last two weeks and treat
cd with disrepard the ut | have
made; but more especially, wo and misfortune and
anguish and utter desolalion shall fall on the mise
rable loaier, who having assumed the venerated
name of our salnted founder, Wesley-has filled
with the filth of calumny the columns of the New
York Herald, the vile channel of every SANDER that
the corrupt imaginations OF ungodly men can in
vent. Oh brethren, pray for the unholy man who
conducts that work OF inqulty, James Gordon Ben
nett, poor Scotch adventurer and renegade papist;
pray ,pray for him. brethren; for the Scriptures tell
that by prayingtor our enemies, we shall heap Goals
of fire on their heads-(" Lord, bless him-amen.
Lord, burn him to clnder," was here screamed
out by hundred oices.)-pray Tor him that the
Lord may shower upon him the hail-sones OF affllc
tion-that He may grind him down with the mill
stones of calamity, and break him up with the tor
lures OF a writing conscience, that so he may
snatch him from the fangs OF the devil, which
clutch him with the security of everlasting posses
sion. And for the lying loafer, who has scorned
our efforts Tor his conversion, who has laughed
at our exhortatlons Tor his repentance, who has
| thrown contumely, &c mud, upon the messenger
OF the gospel and as were, spit in the very eye of
| the ambassador Of Heaven, who has vllifed and
slandered an angel OF the Lord; Ceres of " Ha
oh the wretch!o for the Hebrew word tor angel
means messenger and are not we messengers
and has not this pltltu lOafer raised his sacregous
hand to strike at us, the angels of the Lord Oh,
| may the thunderbots OF Heavens vengeance strike
the heart OF that man, IT he be In this house to-
night, TILL II force him TO cry out with terror and 10
other night, and sending for me from the other end
of the church, suppllcate my pardon, saying
Brother Maffit, can youforgive me, tor have re.
viled you, not knowing your goodness and sane
THY y And did forgive him; and do forgive this
lying, slanderng, ILLUMINATING, backbitng wretch,
who has proianed the venerable name OF Wesley,
and prosecuted and reviled the servants OF the
Lord Let him go on, infatuated sinner; let him
go and prosecute U.S. for love to be persecued
and made little OF let him go on until he be over
| taken by the hour Of retrbution, and be made 10
scream, and wall, and cry out with anguish
and remorse Tor having retarded the good work
here going Brethren, pray for this hour to come
Dow-pray, pray, pray now ("Lord crush him, crush
him now, was responded by the benevolent brethren
to this humane appeal) and having thus prayed for
him, let dismiss him with the single remark that
never yet has that man woman who lnstru-
mental IN OBTAINING sinner from conversion,
escaped the wrath of Heaven, and the damned dun.
geons OF despair"
The manner in which this amiable philippe was
delivered Is said to have been savage and fiendsh,
and great was the rage Of the holy professor, that
his power of articulation was almost suspende for
dItlme, and throughout was quite Imperfect.
Yet sometime Herald pronounced plain,
But through his teeth, as If the name he tore"
AS to the illusions so delicatey made by the dear
brother the private character OF your correspond
ent, shall only remark that. it loafer, he is at
least, not one Of the stamp that retail other mems
thoughts, inerarded with spice of original impie.
| ty, grimmace and buffoonery, in nightly lectures,
price one shilling each, and not cheap at that. Nor
| s he loafer of the public stamp that, by such
means need not now be descrbed, contrive to
get hold of one OF the teas OF our national mother
and thus, like an overgrown and helpless babe, suck
out from the fruits of other mems abors that sub