Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-06-16
street Preaching in Now york & Brooklyn.

t9ttecL 4'reachln8tn Now = oflr x Brooklyn
Sunday passed OF in New York city without any
disturbance. The Angel Gabriel'' preached in
the Park to an sudienceof about three thousand
persons. The Courier says:
There did not appear 10 be fifty Ifishmen in the
Park, and no attempt was made TO incite riot,
except by Gabriel himself whose langunge was
anything blt that which should be used By al
preacher os the gospel. Mrs. Bishop. ali elderly
woman, also held forth on be NIL steps an;l was
listened 10 aientiyely. Her discourse was q lid
and scrptnral, Anotie preacher, man, Whose
name we did not learn, also preached Oh the City
HILL steps, ind was moi molested. Gabnel, alter
leaving the Park. was iollo~'ed 10y over thou
sand persons, and Il WAS said That lie md his io-s
lowers went 70 Brooklyn. aqbtel had his rum
pet with him as usual, and sounded IT 10 the al
amusement OF the boys. This eecentrlc eFentnrtis
Scotchmnn. Dir. Rarker feaehel IN lie square.
head of East BroBlwnys md 10 disturbance &C.
cuTgeIi In this vicinity.
In Brooklyn, loo, the day passed caswithoui
any serious disturbance. The Courier says:
The preparations for preserving the peace were
on snch an extensive scale that Il would have been
almost impossible TO create anything Ikea riot,
had there been disposition manifested. Inde-s
lpendent OF the feglAur police force, upwards OF
two hundred special foiieeplen were appointed,
making a force Of aLout three hundted strong. IN
addition to ofabout one hundred sheriff. deputies
and several regiments o. the military. -
The public speaking took place as usual BY Mr..
Otts better known as The ~ NIGEL u Tlel, md
after be departed, BY the Rey. john Booth, or the
Bridge street NJ eth0dist chufch.
The pr0cession which crossed the South ferry,
passed along Quietly Until they reached lie ferry
gates, when rush Was made upon them, wi Inch,
was SOON checked by a norton OF the SECOND III :
VISION OF the police, whu were eInnied IN by The
mob and attnc ked with stones. They iinmediaie-
" hled IN upon them aud dove them back, 'fhe
REMAINDER Of the division soon Arrived. and fhe
mob was put TO nsghL WIN. Il . Skidmofe, spec
cidl police, had his jaw itdctuted with stone a
man residing IN Twenty rst N. $, WIS shot
IA the head, The ball glazing The back part OF the
skull. His wound Is not dangerous Another
man had paft Of his Jaw sl6L or Neither Of
their names could be ascertaihed. II is probabIe
that more were wounded. TiIs IS the ONLY distur-
bance,of consequence uiat occurred. TIe priii.
! clpal Streets weie crowded during the afternoon,
and until about o clock in the evening, W henthe
crowd began 70 dispe.ss and al u clock the city
Ireslned us usual qniet. About twsnty,nge ar
Tests were made.
II IS proper 70 add here, thst The Roman CatIo-
\ liza Bishop, Sunday, went round TO the several
Churches aud warned all Catholics 70 keep away
from the ieetprsaclsrs stands If they could not
listen without disturbing the congregai M The
street prrac beTs, he said bad tigt to preach II
they choose, aud could get aiy BODY 10 listen 10
them. And lie added, that they had been preach-
ing IN the same lyle for many years without hav-
\ ing had much ELECT upon the number OF Roman
Catholics. CONSEQUENTLY be saw no necessity foI
disturbHg them. ri & ~
E. Pepper, reporter for the New York Times,
WAS knocked down.snd segeteiy beaten on the
Battery Sunday his offence beng, it said, the
wearing ola Know Nothings hat.