The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-29

orator enofts were nos IKE those of Clcer0 mo 0o'
SNd. Gov. Bell is pretty generally agreed upon Nn
tlS members u his party to be the next whig carNl
date tor the presidency with Hon. Joseph r. Chandler
for vsee president and i was necessary for him 10
! define Ais position before sAe pubic. Az an nde-
gendens droncler of evcnts past and soreshadowed,
hasten 30 record the act.
Nh. BeEntts land distribution scheme has been
pOrtponed sor four wcg<s. ThSvss shrcvSs' move
| men as, in the present temper Of the House, no
sucE nonster scheme croid possibly prevail. 1t is,
however, under all circumstances. defeated mea-
sure, as the rrssident w,lt never sgn such q bid.
The omnibus lind bill viii certainly 3reak down, AZ
VIII scme of eprivate coaches whcht Il is Intended
to hitCAsto it.
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| BEeakDg Down OF tkA H0b0Arn Ferry
Bridge
terssy being beantiiul daE ~ Of personb
repaired - Hoboken 20 enjoy TIE day in tie Elysian
Fields and sths- placer Of resort liz risc vicinity.
at o'cJek In the erning, wher ho sards Of them
nt fearful sccdent occarrei at thsFferry
house. Tie 5ridge, in ne slip used for the Bsrcay
street ferry t5at became being not
les $50 psssons upon S-and the .aiA broks by
which means stsrds tandred persons precip-
tatcd into The Stsr The 4rcay street fcrv boat
in the spat Il ene appro shing tho trdse. and with
in few feet OF it.. Women md children among
those in the wsst II great corsasscn snsued.
There cries for help from those in te wnter
and shrieks Of nfsgh.ed N who witnesaing
the Mean lre the employed upon the ferry,
occurrence eaartng themselves to the utmost in
rescuing those in the water j, believed t.sat al
safely got out Some of them he q sat wster
and were in considerable distress Carriages were OBJ
tanned for these by those in Charge at thsferry, and
they were sent to thsir homes in New York
number were reported as missing immediately after
the occurrences bu they had oriy beoome separated.
and at late hour there for positively be-
lievng that any one had been drowed any are lost.
they vim probably be missed to day. ss,rch was made
1t was high tide at the time OF the occurrence
just before the accident occurred of the ferry
ing the bridge but without effect and they afterwards
crowded upon thu bridges in the other slips In tho
manner, and despite the warnings repeated to them.
Street Preaching.
PREACHING IN THE PARK-ANOTIiaR DISTURBANCE.
The usual Sunday afternoon amusement was mani
ested again yesterday in front Of the City Hall Fighting
appeared to be the order Of the day Between three md
-four O'Clock preacher made his appearance. and .
crowd Of persons collected. At about the Same
time Mr. West another Sunday preacher hold forth at
the junction of East Broadway and Grand street. oppo
site the residence of the Mayor During the discourse
sie hit disturbance took place, but not OF any serious
character. body of men, numbering some three
four hundred marched from East Broadway to tho City
Hall and aft er their arrival fighting conuaenced-
Amy foreign looking individual did not appear to meet
with much favor Several Of this class assaulted
and pursued of the Park One man, who bore the
looks of Irshman, chased into Chatham street,
and there beaten, but luckily escaped with bis Life By
running into Fsench's Hotel. Two other ren very
savsgely handled s said to have been very seriously
assalants, who gave their names James W. Hyatt
and James Taylor The former General Hall witnessed
assault and heat without any provocation. Tho
latter assaulted officer Wade The prison taken
to the Tomh but the magistrate being absent they were
detained in the Sixth ward station honse Hyatt and
they natives Of this country, and carpen
tcrs by trade.
PREACHING IN BROOKLYN, AND DIsGnAcEFUL
PROCEEDINGS.
large concourse, numbering about six thousand
more assembled at tbs Of Saith and Atlantic
streets yesterday afternoon where piece Of
| ground, the Rev. John Beach took his position and
preached to the multitude. He took for his the 18th
of the 4h chapter of Amos Prepare 10 meet your
God.' His discourse anti secaran and void Of any
Of those Sentiments which calculated to give offence
to large portion Of our foreign population. 1t
listened to with the utmost attention. and disposition
manifested from quarter to disturb the proceed
ngs. Before the close Of the sermon, delegation Of
New Workers. arrived headed by mn with an ACCORDION
They numbered three hundred, and had over
Of them remarked to help their Brooklyn frends
whether 70 pray 6ght he did not state probably he
meant the latter from what occurred subseq uenty At
the end Of the exercises the announcement was made
that another meeting would be held at the place
at o'clock next Sunday evening" and some little boys
family cheered. The New York delegation then formed
tnenteiNes, tWU anu tWO, anu prOce6u0Q OoWn Smtn
street, the they came. They had hardly left the
preaching ground when there was great commotion.
An lrishman, it appears, had said the preacher He'd;
whereupon many could get at him did So psted
him until the fellow saved from further violence by
policeman Rushes we're now made in various direc-
tons, and good many Irishmen beaten; on0,
however a. lar could be observed, touched
less he volunteered offensive remark One irish
man, having female on his arm, (who said If there
she wanted to be in n, and what 10 was ke)
was handled rather roughly for ndulgng in insulting
him lie was draggcs up towards corner Atlantic
and Smith streets where he was not having
sight and he being ailed with more liquor than
discretion insisted upon fighting somebody, because,
they " s ss n VAN W. ns %
sti but that only made him the valiant and officer
Bowers took him into custody r. and marched him along
nothings they followed the ofcer and struck the
man often as they could get sight The female
about this time and threw her arms crpund the
mans neck and dragged along with him, the blows
on the falling thick ani fast all the while. His
face all pummelled and hers quito bloody She
anay taken away, and he placed il the lookup
At the City Hall After this demonstration the New
Workers. again formed in line and marched Cheers
were given for Brookiyn for New York. for Manhattan
Island and fellow haloed out three groans Tor tha
soxa wss % sSm. Who was
on the OF Water street, was Knocked down ~
crowd. Who had collected there pursued the knox-no
ttines and D. them TO the ferry house, when the
set NO between those outside and hose within, and
number on both sides beaten. They finally crossed,
and peace regned In Brooklyn II they he'd stayed
away altogether there would have been dsturbAnce,
the would not have bo~r desecatei and peace
abe and order loving citizens would not have bsn
no,ed Our police force is abuudanty able to take
Of all distU~bers OF the peace At such gatherings this
yesterday without any ganized aid from over the
river The Of Of those arrested are: Ihos.
Feeley Michael English jones Purser John CuDsu,ings
and James Linden. They, with Others, are all under
lock and key.
IN JERSEY CIT-.
One Of the preachers from the Pask in New York wsnt
to Jersey City the afternoon, and held forth for awhile
in Greene street. Montgomery street % audApcA
/ of about $50 persons. There dist 1rbance
Political Intcflgenco
Samuel Medary has been requested by nunSoer oI d.
mocratic citizens Of Columbus and New Albany Ohio to
all In he