The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-11


and cutting up all kinds of capers, as if the little
common sense which they were gifted with had
departed from them. This terrible commotion, it
appears, owes its origin to the crying Of newspa-
papers for sale in the streets on Sundays, to the
great annoyance of "those who wish to enjoy the
sacred stiffness of the Sabbath" by arousing them
from their dreamy repose while Longing on their
aforementioned seats in the fashionable churches
in the upper part Of the city. quartette of these
very moral people, whose religious sensibilties are
SO easily shocked, dating from the Dutch Church
on Washington Square, were appointed commit
tee to call meeting on Wednesday evening last,
to devise the best means of suppressing the "ery-
ing of papers through our streets" The names Of
this august committee are Hudson Kinsley. H. P.
| Allen, Sidney Wetmore, and Henry Brewster; and,
strange and wonderful as it may appear, two of
these gentlemen are lawyers.
| Well, the meeting was held at the Hope Chapel,
| on Wednesday evening, and various means were
proposed TO put stop to the newsboys earning
their living, and supporting themselves, their mo-
theirs, fathers, brothers, and sisters, by pursuing
their honest calling In selling newspapers. Not
wthstanding that the circulars calling the meeting
were very neatly got up and prepaid, three churches
only, of the twelve who were invited, sent delegates
|
sixty. After prayer, the business of the evening
was entered upon, and the upshot of the matter was
the appointment of two committees, from whose
labors these extremely moral, pious, sensitive,
christian, philanthropc and charitable persons cal
culate the end they have In view will be accom-
plished. Zone of these committees are to wait
upon the editors of the Sunday press, and request
them, in a very charitable and pious way to aban-
don thptr ht,oin and ,phl ,ohtn fhaIy
journals OF course, this reasonable request will be
Imme diatey complied with. The duty of the other
committee is to address the pastor of each church
in this city, and request HIM to preach sermon
denouncipg the sale of newspapers on the Sabbath
After this was done, the business Of the evening
was brought to close, and the meeting adjourned,
to meet again for the purpose OF receiving the
reports of the two committees Before adjourning,
however, 1t was proposed that collection should
be made for the purpose Of defraying the expenses
of the room, which was stated at eleven dollars
This was certainly a reasonable sum- and one
would have thought there would have been diff
ficulty in collecting it, After the hat was emptied,
however, it was found that the aggregate contri6u-
tons of this collection of saints, whose religious
sensibilities shockngly offended by the cries
of TIE newsboys on Sundays, fell short by five
dollars Of the amount required
Now, we can tell the onginators of this crusade
against the poor newsboys, that If they have the
slightest idea of succeeding in the project which
they have undertaken in this age Of the world,
they are deuding themselves, and they have done
so already by commencing it and we could clearly
demonstrate that the very press which denounced
by those extremely pious and moral people, Is pro-
ducive of more practical good than was ever
dreamt of in their philosophy. These poor boys
have themselves, and in many cases their aged and
decrepld parents TO support-and If il is necessary
for them to do such good work on Sundays, we
do not see why the rich occupants Of fashionable
churches should take offence at it. On the score
of morality, we have no doubt that the poor news
boys will rank as high as some deacons, parsons,
elders, and COMMITMENTS, that wot Of. We
hear every day Of crimes against morality and
equity being performed In Wall street and else
where, by members OF the church, that no news
boy would be guilty OF.
Now, we shall give some evidence Of tho good
which the news vendors perform The persons
named in the following list support their families
by selling the Herald In the street,
Mrs Jones. four children; Mrs MeIlvan, two chill.
dren; Mrs. Sullivan three children; Mr.. John Con-
way; MIR. Daniel White, mother and three children;
three children; Edward Esgan wife and I've children;
John Farren brother and sister; Robert Day fsur in
family Daniel Kepihck; Matthew Corchin; NJ. Han
lin, four in family ,. Warren, mother and two chill.
dren; NJ. farren mother, brother and sister James
Conway mother and sister Thona, Conway, do do;
Ggin mother and six childreni Barney Kelly mother
and brother; John Day mother and sister Jane:
Ave ehildren A. Blare, Elk In family; Patrick Null
lint, two in family james whslsn, wife ana three
Thomas Neary, brother and lister; james Gearing;
Mrs. Judge two children; James House wife and three
brother ,nS sister Timothy MURPHY mother and s
ter James Glass, do, do Edward Meade, do. do;
tcrhsr oCopnor do. do ; John Fresissd, mother,
Richard Meachss; William Shipman; John MoCor.
mick wife and two children Dennis Mulloway,
mother and sister Philip Molonsy mother aud three
sisters; Michael Divani bartholomew Ward, brother
and sitter William Davis. mother and brother; John
Sullivan, wife and three children; william Meade
mother and brother; James Doughsrty, mother and
two sisters; Martin Gimsitln, mother aud brother;
James Flsnnery, do do; Philip Mcclure, mother and
three sisters James feeney mother aud two sisters;
wife and eve children; Peter Fitzpatrick, mother ava
sister; John Mooney, mother and two sisters; James
Lynsr, mother and brother; Frederick Hazard mother
and tso sisters Samuel Rooney, mother aud sister;
John DAILY, mother and two sisters Jshu Johnston;
John O Conner, mother and father; Thomas o Conner
James Williams, mother, two brothers and sisters;
James Fciry. mother and sister; John Andrews bro.
Michael Welsh mother and sister; Richard Gfie.pi.
wife and child; Matthew Lynch, mother and sisters;
neither and tao Sro.S aa fa"s,s rs,.r S
mother and sister; John Finley three In family; fetsr
Csllsgban. two In family; 3. o Rourke mother and
brother Timothy Sweeney, neither aud two sisters;
John Clancy; George Fitzimmons; Thomas water
mother aud two brothers. Total css.
The aggregate number ofPeope, Of all ages, and
Of both sexes that obtain the means Of living by
the sale OF the Herald, il will be seen. is two hun.
dred and eighty-eieht. Nov. we would like TO in
euir one seventh par; Of their living is to BE- taken
away from them, because, forsoo,h the frequeniers
Of some Of the fashionable churches affect to thrk
that the crying Of newspapers on Sundays s sinful
and immoral We should like to know, too,
whether the extremely pIous people, who are thus
annoyed, would make up the loss which the news !
boys would sustain, IN case they were precluded /
from following their humble bu, useful occupation
on the Sabbath. We might find an answer IN the
hatful of coppcrs that was contributed by them on