Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-23
From Friday New York sun
FREE LOVERS DISPERSED-rNLOVI

| N'Sbttl DF foI.lJE.
The Free Lowe Sn"iety, which ha- been n prun,i
neut topic al conversation in tins city during the pas
few week.. was las: night broken up AM. Ji> ,crse.
BY III" police In consequence of The grcnt Io,nrgf,
Recently gwen I" the club, and expecting srnIc Kin,
"E demonstration, W" despatched rri."rlcr "a III,
larr ui !mrcriu, last nj! III, wlo relates . io!!uw;n.
| facts;
| went to the place of meeting, No. jjj B.oaiwav
about : "'c"c and Obtained admission by The n..l,
password ~! twenty-five cen; piece. On cn:,rln.
III" loom, which was about 100 feet long by - See.
wide, first saw an innci-c crowd Of men, mud Up"
ciosc scrutiny could discover spriEkimg -: rather
notwithstanding ladies, nnnunt.ny N the hi,h-; cal
Citation, lv tao number az twenty five. lnCrc We're
Eot seals cnuu-h ioc ia!t ihr visitors. aud so they
wcr" rIthcr pr",n-uadng Gad c0nvcr-:ng or gain.
wh close scrTiiny around ilrin Us their knowledge
OF the club would dictate.
The first a;;cup, 1t organization was by Mr.. Hem
rs CHpp Who mounted the rnstrun Hud delivered u
humorous, yc; peculiar speech; he -al the doors o
the club hl.: been thrown open To let the public
in ami what il was, and If men though il 4 nous"
OF PROSTITUTION aud were disappointed, they could 20
away He vchcncntly denounced the press of the
c,ty which he declared had totally mi>reprcsrTtrd
and abuocd Them III" club WAS ur.nnlAci merely for
the purpose of aurdlEg cheap and social amusement
hy ,la:c.ng, singing, card chess aud draug playing
in.si., educational features. Yet, said hr the
vi. press ui the city has pccpcd INTO our chimney
ton, and windows inlrul-, into dwelling and
mi,r.,r presented III. but it is characteristic of the
prr.. ..i N,w York To- =" down upon its fac. and lick
no the. slime aud firth of public scandal and publish
il Ia the wurL! for gold; he continued for time
in this strain, and concluded by Introducing Albert
Brisbane.
Mlr brisbane took tn" stand amid great confusion.
After stating the object for which the Club purp"rcd
I, Inrc, he sail that Free Love not new thn..
Il was well known 10 every man in the room that II
\ y,yp nat t0r free i0r, NI" York T0wd not BE- surG
.y,aL city, Said hc, II this was mere collection of
merchants II wr hart no Mercer street aRd no Ca"rch
street ,s tore rihbS, NTr YORK. m"ad not be sTrh -
rDr,Ic c,!g. Where il the who has not enjoyed
This thing, Ii there il one really moral man III the
room should like 10 see HIM
The expression of these and other similar indecent
sentiments created considerable excitement, and MIR.
Brisbane soon ceased speaking.
Hearing some confusion toward tho entrance to the
rn,,u I went there, aIl saw the Police engaged in Il
br.,l with the do"rkerprr, and subsequently M add
tinnnl force entered" headed by Capt Iurnbn ct the
wari. and Capt kssncr. al the lith ward wh" warn
.I all nrscnt 10 leave under penalty OF arrest. They
,h.n urr..rca Mr.. Brisbane under charge OF dIsor-
derly conduct, also the doorkeeper, named Thomas
UnrIund, on charge vi assault md battery on Mr.
Cnrknrfnir, said tn be one ~ the deputy cor0ncrs,
yo tried 10 force his way i'll under precnCe that he
had ,aid the admission fee; also Benjamin aud John
Henderson an charge of endcavOrng To rescue llnr-
Land The parties were all taken to the 9Th ward sta
tinu house and looked up: the doorkeepcr being
ohIir.d 10 place in TN" custody of the captain some
SON said Ia he the proceeds Of admission fees. AZ
the time left, their friends were i'll search OF Police
Justice To- release tho capiivcs.
After The arrest of the above parties the police Ill
the room commenced putting out the lights and clear
ing the room. a large crowd collected around the
ioor end greeted those who made their exit with hu"'s
md Wells crying There 90 the free LOVERS" MAKE
way for the ladies'" &c, &c. And thus ended the
Free Love Society, whose members had determined
to STAY and brave il, of them expressed it.
Capt. Turnbul STATES that the for his action
were complaints of ncghbors that the house was dis
orderly and M interruption IL business, and h. HIM
self thought that Mr.. Brisbanes speech which vchc-
mcn;ly denounced the proprcty OF the marriage rcla-
tiun- he gross violation OF the dictates OF law and
ORDER The parties arrested will be brought up at the
jefferson Market Police Court, nj seven o'clock this
morning, to have hearing the charges against
them.