The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-05


women va: fen on hi, subject sSe snsM!ss Of temp
suggestion that wish to make, Is, bops not, out
place There are number Of In this assembly VII
Soss "a assn saa IN pray REGULARLY
this matter subject Of prayer Tell the Lord that you
to help you. Is there here who does not feel IL
i would be mockery 70 ASK God to sustain the lquo,
hopefulness lnse confidence IN the power Of te peo
pie to appreciate tn right side of the question and
hope that the resulM Of merit Tuesdays election viii b
to the honor Of our State, to the satisfsctior
Of the friends Of oar cause, and win carry con
fusion into the rarks Of our foes. (Applause
favor Of prohibition Ycvwfn rsuienber that most q
the arguments of the opponents Of the are ar
gunents in favor Of censsd centiousness and hostis
to al good government and authority There IL abroad
here spirit Of agrarianisnr' This hah most impor
Portsnt bearing on the subject, and wteu the we'll
for Your confederation Is that ne rum pary i making
desperats effort to buy up all the votes Of this State.
Any man who wants to sell hiS vote caw thus receive
this can be done. You mar buy up men at
the Eve rsnts g you would buy up. sheep
when you go into the country among the green hills
tAppiause) There they know nothing about this cor
option, for they have not been o,staminatsd. Th
question comes home TO every or common sense
How many interested in the liquor trafc sre with
u.s. They say that prohibition will multiply drinkers
So Why do they not give i their help fcritwou then
TsssB the st0fy - knowing old fox Who rot X,
nesI nc n!s sa1sns s ~ trap and in his effort
m'ng the other foxes and told them that tail
wle 70 use-that they would look much
rot cay how many foxes entered into the arrangement
but when you see a company Of foxes coming down
their tails cut off, them but not TIM them snT wifi o ps
grog sellers in favor Of liquor law (Great laughter
NO to man you must all be up in arms and be pre-
pared to resist 70 the last extremity. II is strange tif
Bridget or Patrick 0Flahagan and those who think he
law Is strange that they will NOT al
cam by trying its eonstnsionaty before the tribunals
OF the country wondcrif going to cease our
ertons because they think unconstitutional stand
up for this measure and SHAH stand up for it,
say, God prosper thefight and send good deliver
ance:" And even IL defeat come we shall be able to
no such thing as going back Those States Who have
adopted Prohibitory law have grown ten times
law may be considered dead and buried-he cannot be
galvanized into life againhe be brought back
into political existence has just been suggested me-
that Canada has recently passed law very similar the
Maine law, and that BY unanimous vote. should like
to see my own country first in every reform movement
but s am glad that this part Of the Queen Of Engiands
there is no going back In this work. Dsheartenng cir
cumstances may and must but God who greater
than all is over all believe in nN that his hand will
help u.s. have confidence, faith, and in this work
know his eye is looking down upon and feel cona
and teaching this subject durinPhe Last twentyyears
The result of this seed has already burst through the
SOIL and there is the promise Of snabundant, golden
harvest The hna contamination Of the great work Is
in carrying II out by legal enactmens and way is
through the ballot boxes thas been said this platform
that the question is whether you win have good liquor
bad liquor or no liquor l accept this ssue-whether
you will have the unlicensed sale OF liquor or no grog
shops at all beg leave to ask what difference Il Is
whether men are sent to drunken grave from licensed
or - unlicensed grog shops Are not the results
produced in the one case as in the others Is the devil
not ~ work the same in inths otherY Have
they not both the power Destroy We care not
for the distinction, whatever il may be- that lies be-
tween them. The same stream flows out-the
wretchedness and misery tend to the sams inevitable
result Prepare then 10 actyour parts Tuesday
and do it in the expectation Of succeeling. What
contrast would there be in the success OF the two
parties. What shouts would there bs from the grog
shops, from the novels, from hell ITSELF ir tr
nmphant But vi h us Il onr cause succeeds there i
not man but will feel himself enyiched The class OF
men who are employed in this business not how
much human misery they provided they
thrive and grow rich They build thctr affairs this
Moloch at the corners Of every street, w the whole
will remain long The traffic exists thrust that on
Tuesday next you win have to celebrate triumpla
triumph which, once for oil, will settle the question
whether the Empire Sfnfe j. for againsErum Great
chccring)
Cries Of Inskip heard wbsn the Chairman
announced that the meeting adjourned. After the
adjournment. number Of excitab individuals scd
themselves by giving cheers for ullau shsuncey sha
fer and Barker and groans for Clark and Raymond As
they confined themselves vocal strations there
was no harm done and the meeting dissolved peaceaby
Police Intelligence.
PROBABLE MURDER OF A POLICEMAN sY AN ALDER.
MANIC CANDIDATE-ARREsT OF THE PERPETRATOR.
Yesterday morning, about half past i2 O'Clock, po-
hceman, officer David Gurley, Of the First ward,
stabbed, fatally il is thought by named John b.
Holiness alias Tippary Jack one OF the democratic
didates for Alderman Of that ward 1t appears that
some persons had created disturbances few minutes
previously resulting from politics. which brought officer
Gurley to the Of the difficulty in Greenwich street.
near Morris On coming up to the bellgerent party
<aJ u,
the officer Of the law who thereupon oceeded to make
prisoner Of Of the party. This effected with
out much trouble, however, and the officer started to
convey his prisoner to the station haase. On his way
he was met by Holmes and party Of his friends who
recognising of their political frrends attempted to
effect The officer warned Them not to break
the laws but not needing his words Holmes cried in
loud voice that the officer should est friend his
The officer thinking that 1t wouldbe much better to
have Holmes in custody than the prisoner he had in
charge, made grasp to catch the latter but he euded
it, and Immediately drew dirk lsnfc aud struck at the
officer with it, the weapon taking effect in officer Gurleys
check producing deep flesh wound Not at all intin
dated by the assault Of Holmes the policeman persisted
in doing his duty and accordingly made another attempt
to take his assaant Holmes, however, determined that
he wboud be arrested only at the risk OF the capturer
Stabbed him in the III SIDE between the third ana fourth
ribs By this time another Of the First ward police (o-
sheehan came up and attempting to arrest Holiness
dirk already stained with human blood at him. but Shse
ham parpyng the blow with his club eed his assailano
the groaad by well directed blow the forehead
As socs practicable TIE wounded ocer conyeye
TO the New York Hospftsl, whore his wound wxs ex-
mnad by Dr. Derby the house surgeon who propornccd
IL ono OF such dangerous nature that recovery al
mos. next to Impossible. Holmes who was Conveyed to
tbs,Tombs yesterday, on being taken before !stice Os
bopne was committed TO prison 70 await tbaresult OF
sJs wounded man 3 injuries
Large Haul Of Unlicensed liquor Deciers.-Omcer
Cornell and sqnad Of the Eleventh ward police secured
their ward yesterday in search Of unlicensed liquor
Dealers and succeeded In arrestng thirteen propretors
oil pplng houses and lsgcr bier celsss, for violating
the excise hws by selling their quos without the me-
cessary permit They gave their naRes as Ebc booer,
Nichoias RUSSELL Claus Clandt, Heny Earust, Husman
Groie Jacob schlingserger, John Backer Jacob Blan
pass John Eckhart John. Norton, Frederick Jaun and
MARTA Grubbleman and being taken before Justice
weSh at Essex market Police Court were each held Il
ba In the Of $780, to answer for the offence before
tie Cou II of Goneral Sessions.
Hiehmay RabSery.-Two rsen, named John Hoxey ~.
Joseph McCuran arrested by the svsnth ward 70
lice ON the complaint Of Frederick Nieman and job,
Wrist, who charge them with having knocked then