Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-13
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

NEWS OF THE MORNING.
We have received by the Pacific our files of
English papers, from which we Gull, for this
afternoons issue, the most important items of
intelligence. It will be seen that after all the
talk to the contrary. the Russian Admiral has
not been able to steal a march on Commodore
Perry. The honor of opening the Japanese
ports to the commerce of the whole world is the
exclusive work of Yankee energy, Yankee en-
terprise, and, may be, little Yankee impu-
dence. God save the great republic
The New York papers are filled to over
flowing full with accounts of the riots in that
city and Brooklyn growing out of the street
preaching mania. The GA ngel Gabriel' fig
urss largely in all the reports. After holding
forth in Washington Square in the morning,
he appeared on the steps of the City Hall in
the afternoon of Sunday, trumpet in hand
The vagabond impostor wore on the occasion
tarpaulin hat, around which was o band
bearing the following inscription
RRle Britannia-Haii Columbta-
bit
Doom ruth the Mother of denominations,
A loud blast from his trumpet, drew an i'm
mense crowd in q few minutes. Tie reporter
Of the Herald says:
Every one appeared to be in the best DOS
sible Aumor, and his fings at the mother of
Nominations and denunci atoms of the Pope
were received with cheers and laughter. The
lrlsh-and there were good many present
joined In the merriment, and seemed to relish
1t all as an excellent joke. While such spirit
prevails, no apprehensions need be entertain
ed TOR the peace of the city; and, in a few
weeks more, when the novelty Of these exhibi-
lions shall have worn of, and the excitement
died out, all the street preachers will fall back
Into thsir former obscurity. The Angel ap-
peared TO be inflicted with one of those ills
which flesh is heir to'-a bad cold-and did
not seem to be in very good speaking order 80
lar as his spiritual lungs were concerned.
But wnen ne found bis voice failing, he like q
good tactician had recourse to his trumpet
aud he generally succeeded in arousing the
attention OF his audience. At one time, how.
ever, the crowd was somewhat divided and
daorlel found it impossible to bring them to
order The Lafayette Fusileers were march
Ing up Broadway with an excellent band Just
IN the midst of one of the Angels terrible
phullpics against the Pope, when the majority
OF his audience left him, and did not return
I'LL the music hal died away in the distance.
The Angel performed in his best style upon his
trumpet, but it was of no avail-the crowd
would not come back till it pleased themselves.
Ills speech was, Is usual, a mass of IL coherent
sentences and attacks upon the Church of
Rome, Catholics and Irishmen''
We give the following as q sample of the
Insane, blasphemous trash which the Angel
vomits forth for the spiritual welfare of those
who go in for the largest liberty Of the larSes.
kind Of street preaching;
Priests guilty of the most damn able crime
the monks and nuns of the Church Of Rome
were an abomination in the sight of heaven
Popery;" 'they said nat a piece of bread va,
me tody, soul and divinity of Christi "to
nell with The Pope" three cheers were given
Tor TIL. point;) II am q British subject. and I
say the Yankees could be led by jackass. ~
ask you to protect me-" Cheers and other
demonstrations Of ASSENT
In Brooklyn, the military were under arms
during the whole Of Sunday. There were q
number Of fights, but no lives lost
The progress ofthe mammoth excursion partv
from New York to the Fails of st. ANTHONY i,
faithfully ehronicled in the northern and
western papers. A correspondent. of the New
York Commercial Adrertiser writes:
We arrived at Galena this morning about 9
CLOCK, with one fleet of six large Mississippi
steamboats,, and were welcomed by the dis
ch arge Of cannon and the shouts of the null.
titude who thronged the shores, the housetops
and hills Of the city and vicinity. Upon land.
ing, We found long line of carriages. fur
nlshed by the citizens to take US to the lead
dlggings, two or three miles distant After ex
amining the mines and seeing the mineral in
Its position in the rock, the visitors partook
OF a cold collation.. Speeches were made by
Nj Fillmore, by the marshal of the day, MI.
Greer, and by Professor Silliman. The party
then returned TO the city, and embarked on
BOARD the boats. AT o'clock our fleet came
a low, me Galens river, to its junction with the
buque.