Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-06-28
strset Prsaching in Now Y0rl. and

Street Pre- aching IN New ok and
BrOOlsty n
Sunday passed of in New York CITY
without any disturbance. The Angel
EGabriel preached in The Park to an au-
dience of about three thousand persons.
The Courier say
There did not appearto be fifty Irish
mesnS in, the Park, and no attempt was
mad SO incite a riot except by Gabriel
himself, whose languag was any thing but
THAT which should be used by minister
Eof the gospel.
( Mrs. Bishop, an elderly woman, also
held forth on the Hall steps aud was lis
tened to attentively. Her discourse was
mild and scriptura. Another preaS her,
a man whose name we. did not learn, also
preached on the City Hall. steps, and was
not molested. Gabriel, after leaving the
Park was followed by. over a thousand
persons, and it was said that he and his
followers went to Brooklyn. Gabriel had
Ibis trumpet with him as usual. and sound
ed it 10 the amusement of the boys. Tins
eccentric being is a Scotchman. MT.
Parker preached in the square. head OF
East Broadway, and no disturbance oc-
CURED in this vicinity.
In Br oklyn, too. the day passed off
without any serious disturbance. The
Courier says:
The preparations for preserving the
peace were on such an extensive scale
that it would have been almoStimpossible
to create anything like a riot. had there
been any disposition manifested. 1nde-
pendent of the regular police force, up
wards oftwo hundred special policemen
were appointed, making force OF about
three hundred strong, in addition to
about one hundred sheriff s deputies, and
several regiments of the military
The public speaking took place as usu-
al, by MIR. Orr. better known as the e An
gel GabrieI'' and after he departed. by
the Rev. John Booth, of the Bridge street
Me thodist church.
The procession, which crossed the
South ferry. passed along quietly until
they reached the ferry gates. when a
rush was made upon them, which was
soon checked by a portion of the Second
Division of the police, who were hemmed
in by tie mob and attacked with stones.
They Immediately fired in upon them
and drove them back. The remainder
of the division soon arrived. and the mob
was put to flight. Vim. t. Skidmore,
special police, had his Jaw fractured with
stone. A man residing in Twenty-hrst
street, New York, was shotsin the head,
the ball grazing the back part of the
skull. His wound is not dangerous
Another man had part of his jaw shot of.
Neither of their names could be ascer-
tanned. II is probable that more were
wounded. This is the only disturbance
ofconSequence, that occurred. The pun
cipal streets were crowded during the at
ternoou, and until about o'clock in the
evening, when the crowd began to dis
perse, and at O'clock the city resumed
its usual q.iel About twenty-five ar
rests were made.
1t is proper here to add that the Ro-
man Catholic Bishop. on Sunday, went
round 10 the several chut ches and warn
ed all Catholics to keep away from the
street preachers stands if they could not
listen without disturbing the congrega.
ton. The street preachers. he said, had
right to reach if they choose, and
could get anybody to listen to them. And.
he added that they had been pres ching
in the same style for many years without
having hal much effect upon the number
Of Roman Catholics, consequently be
saw no necessity for disturbing them.
E. Pepper, reporter fer the New
York Times, was knocked down and Sc
verely beaten on the Battery on Sunday,
his offence being. it is said. the wearing
of "Know- Nothing" hat.