The New York herald., 1845-04-20
Meeting for the Relief or the PittsburB

mectinB hor the nelIeh "a sn0
Yesterday evening a number OF our most lnfiu'
entail merchants met at the Mayors Once, foi
the purpose oi taking into consideration me Dest
means to be adopted Tor the relief OF the Pittsburg
sufferers. His Honor Mayor HARPER, was called
20 the Chair, and MIR. HAvEMEyER, (Mayor eiect,)
was appointed Secretary
committee preliminary to meeting 70 be held in some
ceatrsl part Of the city, adopt measures for the relief OF
their fellow citizens in Psburg. Other cities had done
So and collected CON ribuions and he did not why
the citizens of New York should not do the same
The sEcRErAnr read letters Of apology from Msssrs j.
B Murrsy and John Jay, ION the part Of Mr Field)
His HoNoR asked, would it not be well 10 commence
by making collection from ths persons present. He
INTO once but he sti had little left out Of which he
could contribute tr,fs (Laughter)
Mr. s. ALLEN thas would ne Dsr y 70 III Ia ,s
papers, and that that would be the best method oiigs'
itng subscriptions
getting subsc iposs but one and that was personal ap
plcaton, to be made by commiuec TO be appointed for
that purpose to call on the citizens in the dfers wards
public Meeting at the Tabensce to appoint persons to
each district to 20 round aud get subscriptions.
as iusessted by Mr.. Andrews Il was diaicut at this
season OF the year, to ef5rd tine necessary time.
Mp HorE raid that committee should bs sent TO Al
bany the Legislature with memorial pray ing Of them
to afford means for p,ry relieving the sufferers by the
lste FIRE. and in they failed to come back to New
York to the Common Council here His experience, and
had not been trihng convinced him that personal APP
plication to the would not result in obtaining
any thing like respectable representation, ii he could
20 call il, OF the benevolence OF New York.
MAYOR HARrER-The Leg slaturc ought to sendtwerty.
FIVE thousand dollars
Mr.. COOPER said he thought that the best means Of
getting money would be to send round to all the churches
in the city, aud have collection in that way He was
sure the various institutions of the city would md q
hand allo, which wouli reflect great credit en- them
they did.
Mr. HoNs was of opinion that there would not be two
thousand dslars got that way, and that would have
very bad effanf. nasmuch any man would not We
much in tho Gay az by having his name written in
black and white, ,Jnd the sum placed after it.
MrtLAwRENcE was opinion that the Tabernacle wa
the most appropriate place for q meeting and that II
would be well to commence at once, and appoint
taTy to receive the money, who would acknowledge the
same in the newspapers.
After further discussion proposed to appoint
q committee Of ive who should be empowered to make
the necessary arrange gements for public meeting in
suitable place on Monday ening next. This motion
was sdopted, and the following gentlemen chosen
His Hon. the Mayor; Mr. Havemeyer. Mayor elect; Mr.
Hone, MIR Grswold and Mr.. Allen. It wss then moved
by MIR. Brown, that the number be increased to
when Mr.. sPRAouE, mayor of Brooklyn.) and Mr. Law
renee, appointed. then suggested that the
number should still be increased to eleven when Messrs
Havens, Newbold, Philips, and James Brown, were ad
ded.
MAYOR HARrrR As il will be necessary to have lite
rary gentleman the committee would move that my
friend Mr. Cooper, be added. augher) Mr. Peter Coop
er's name accordingly added to the list Of
beIs otthe committee, and the meeting then sdjournsd