The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-05
The News.
STREET PREACHING AND RIoTINa.


STREET PREACHING AND RIoTING.
Again has the Sabbath day been desecrated by
street preaching and rioting. Yesterday a crowd
assembled in the Park, where a would-be ma rtyr
held forth, having unfurled above him the national
ensign. Fortunately, his audience was more dis
posed to froic than fight, and disturbance occur
I'D. But in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon fear
full riot took place, during which several persons
were shot and between thirty and forty others Sc
vcrely injured by being beat with clubs stones and
other missiles. It is a miracle no one was killed.
The riot proceeded hours, in spite of the eff
forts of the police who however succeeded in arrest
ing about fifty of the most active participants To-
wards night the Mayor, with commendable promp-
thude, ordered out the military, and in a
short time after six uniformed companies
obeyed the summons. Upon their appearance at
the scene of disorder the mob quickly dispersed.
These disgraceful outrages have at last reached
climax, and there cannot now be any difference of
opinion as to the propriety and absolute necessity
Of an effective interference the part of the auho-
rites to remove the cause Of them. IT, "a in the
ordinary routine of ifn the law tells man that he
rnst not Language to his neghbor calculated
to provoke to breach of the public peace we can
not see why the principle should not be applied to
The suppression Of the growing evils arising from
the religious warfare carried on through the medium
N street preaching. The power to do so is vested
in the hands of those who have the granting OF IL
censes and should be exercised with more srictness
and discrimination. Privileges of this sort ought
not to be granted to persons who have distinguish
ed themselves by the violence and inlammatory
character of their polemical harangues, ana whose
track is always marked by rioting and public dis
quietude. If this rule had governed the authoriti
We should not now have to place ON record the IL
mentable events Of yesterday.
A fight occurred in this city yesterday between
two fire companies, during which pistol shots were
fired, woundng man in the leg; another received
severe blow on the head No arrests were made
30 far as we could ascertain.
THE LONG ISLAND TRAGEDY.
Our special reporter yesterday visited Cutchogue,
the scene of the horrd tragedy and his account of
the facts and circumstances Of the affair il given
on the first page The human mind, in contemplat-
ing deed so appalling, becomes shocked, and is
utterly ct loss to discover motive for the commits
sion of crime so horrible. Three hapless beings
nm elderly man and his wife, and negro lad-whe
wrapped in profound sleep, were set upon by an
assassin. The two first died in few hours and when
our reporter left the others were in the last
agonies Of DEATH This much the wretch sue
ceeded in accomplishing, and there is no
doubt but that he intended to murder the
whole family, and then fire the dwelling.
Providentally the servant girls awoke and effected
their escape from the premises thus saving their
own hives, and to some extent frustrating the de-
aigns of the villain. The excitement ia the neigh
borhood of the catastrophe Is intense It Is some
thirty years since murder was committed there
and the people very naturally are in great alarm
The whole region is up in arms aud vigorous
measures have been adoped to capture the murderer
who had up to yesterday, succeeded in eladiag his
pursuers though known to be lurking in the vicini.
ty. reward of one thousand dollars has been
offered for his apprehension.
THE PRESIDENTS WAR MESSAGE.
We understand telegraIhie dispatches were re-
ceived yesterday from Was fhgton stating that the
President had determined to send message to Con
gress during the week, recommending extreme mea
sures towards Spain. This is but repetition of the
absurd rumors circulated In the administration pa
pers for week past. We have ample authority FOR
stating that no such message win be sent III
"peace commission suits the valor Of our admins
tration much better than any manly stand against
the outTages committed by the Captain. General Of
Cuba upon our citizens.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The latest nine days wonder-the Boston abolition
mob-experienced slight relapse on Saturday. A
black fellow went among the sympathizcrs repre-.
senting himself to be fugitive slave that liz mas
ter was in search Of him, and that he wanted funds
in order TO escape into Canada. lie succeeded in
raising considerable sum Of money, but was at
last recognized and taken into custody.
ID is stated that Mr.. c. B. Weller brother to the
Senator from California will be appointed Postmas.
Ter Of San Francisco, in place Of Mr.. 7. j. Henley
who succeeds Lieut. Beale as Superintendent of In
dian Affairs in that State.
We publish elsewhere extracts from journals in
various parts Of the country relative to the grain
crops II is estimated that ia the Western States the
yield viii be twenty to twenty-five per cent greater
than last year. IN New England generally the crops
ere very promising, and in New York, Maryland
Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina, there L
Ivery prospect Of an abundant harvest.
A Geographic despatch received by Mr.. Elwood
1glier, Secretary OF the Board OF Underwriters,
iates that the bark Vernon Of this port with twelve
tladred and seyentgax bales Of cotton on board,