The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-05
Removal OF tho Dead from the Second Ave
nue. Burying Ground : Indignation Meeting

nue. Burying Ground : Indignation neeting'
meeting Of the friends Of those buded in the hetho-
dist church yard Of Second avenue and First
street. and opposed to the removal Of the dead from those
grounds Was held Last evening ct Hermitage HAn,
corner Of Houston and Allen streets The attendance
very large great proportion Of the meeting being
posed Of women The meeting being called to order BY
the Chairman, SMITH Hicks, ESQ.,
Mr. FHIH and said tina. it well known to al OF
them that the attempt made to remove the bones OF the
departed from he burying ground was, In OF
the wore religious Transaction, while again 1t
Nahomedan pece OF work the part Of those trustees
He hoped that xould be taken to fence
the grave yard around with iron railing for they did
mot do It the trustees would not he very He
concluded his remarks BY requesting somebody slo
quent than him to address the meeting.
d..vored BY stealth to remove the ashes OF his rsA
ations their relations, and the friends Of many thou
sands living IL the negnborhood. How would those
men feel when they females coming to them with
bones Of and st 'hs
peace and not throw them about the yard q ter hack
ing them With the mattoekf these trustees obtain pos
session OF this ground, in few months they will have
the opposite also and for filthy they will barter
our dearest rig hts Their hearts not right in
the sight OF God and he would to them apostle
Paul said TO Simeon, Go and repent"
DR. FISK then came forward and said this. he Was In
formed by their counsel Mr. Sandford who prepared
for the argument in the matter Of the ths
Supreme Court that morning. that the ouruea
IN that Court At the request Of the other eide C,nss
que nily he unable TO give them any information re-
gsrdpg the prospects OF making the present mi
perpetual cne Bat judging from the delay Of tao
tees on tne other siee Who he snPposs somewhat
frightened At the strenuous efforts made to preserve
sAncy q tie buryrg ground, he very certain that
with ordinary care and very little fuss p.rptual in
junction could be obtained 1t will be necessary OBJ
tain every relating the early history tni,
church and burial yrourd and there any Of
Of those tho :. 90s
without dehy. nr. SANFORD stated that it woad be
necessary 10 get all those documents that would
bearing the case, and that NJ you'd require
any cer,i6cstes Of burial that msy ia poss-son OF
the riendsof tncse inferred there; he sections viii be
brought forward PROV, the cs contained la the cs,
tfcAtes. 1t would be likewise necessary for tnoss
oondsmen who appeared q. ne last msetng
some forward - soon as possible, for in cass to-
bondsnen not forthcoming The injunction will
moved In regard 70 the expense, ,urred by the suit
he would inform them that he lawyers we're all paid
Every taken by the opposite party demands
further proof to cary on tho TIE counsel
trustees say, "0h, these poor mis- GUIDED peopen WELL
they may talk about IS much rs they like but TIL
alter all they are the most r guided Of the two parties
they are not disposed 70 40 >, any means Their not
coming forward totsy ia this after indicates weak
their part, and shows that they sturng
their plans have had pie Inc to prepare their
case 1t viii be very essential to prove that when this
bur, Ing ground bought in 1906, by the ave Msho
dist churches, 1t was then used csulstry aud
bought and used for that purpose after the sale He
wsA tuIe tSey could easily Prove that IT used
Was used for burial purposes since II bought 1t
only required efforts On th'lr pat to secure
cess. It Was not in the power Of the committee
TO hunt up evidence; 1t remained With those Who
came to their meetings every night t. give their
cooperatios in order 20 perfect success There
one great thing in their avor and that pus
opinion which entirely iided with them. In case tas
trustees call upon congr and say that thres
onrths OF taem are in favor Of removing ths bodies
am csrtaip fad the speaker that they cannot obtain
even fourth Of the cong to stand by them
their Ubiquitous transsctior, endeavorng to exhume
those remains that TO all Of dearer than they
TO the rect Of the wtrd-hoss aims that every
U riftan are priceless being the only remaining
toes q what our parents brothers and sisters and caI
dren were
Mr.. STAFFORD, the Junior counsel for the friends Of the
church. then made some remarks, say that he
confident the allegations made BY Mr. Hicks could BIS
by ne they could shkt
there WAS d. ubt Of heir 10 OBJ aiming per
reual Injunction. At all events he OF opinion that
tie present Injunction would Last until next Decem bc
which would DO comfort 1T least to those persons
composing the committee who had taken the matter In
charge.
Alter some few remarks from few other gentlemen,
the meeting Adjourned.