New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-19
THE FREE.LOVE MEETING.
MENSE ENDAN c z.
INTERFERENCE AND ARRESTS.

The Club lssi evening, IN eonssqueae o. the
publicity OF is do gps given oy IHE TRIBrSE on
Tuesday last, was vs>ry iarge'5 attended. There
could not have been les. than five hundred persons
present Mo-t of the ladies Of the ellb, anticipating
| great crowd OF ell sorts OF people, said away
Not more than fifteen or eighteen we're preseot. NJ
Andrews Wa col fined TO his bed having hsd sevee
attack OF bemouhsge of the npgs. Those # his lady
friends who had csed 10 him. he had eIh1rted 70
att nj the club and to be firm aud brave. Whatever
MIGHT occur; he feared that This ght the crisis would
come. They must remember that they were strug-
cling now for the freedom Of their sex in ali time to
come
The crowd came In, and the room soon filed
smo ct to sufocation- Most people had to look be-
hind the crimson curtains at the mammoth stove
described in TIE TRIBUNE, and some of them c0rtem-
plated il a. though il was q tremendous engine 70
blow up society with. Your reporter was novice al
the Club, and was among this number Others, how
ever after careful and searching scrutiny into sl
faces and behind all curtains whispered TO their
frifpds that the whole effar humbug, and they
didn't believe in Free Love at al. After desperate
efforts on their part t. get their quarters worth ia
staring aud wondering when the performance was to
come On, Mr.. Henry Clspp mounted on platform at
OLE end Of the hall and msde speech. Your reporter
learned that this speech-naking was q device of Mr.
Andrews TO drive away the crowds of men whom it
was supposed the expose in The TRIBUNE would
bring. Whatever may be thought Of Mr. Andrew
practical man generally, no one can deny
hut this this vas most ingenious and ef-
fective eIpe6ient a. the speech was intended TO be
a BORE ard the smaller room was rendered endu able
By the withdrawal of people TO hear the speech your
reporter made hin self as comfortable as possible in
laco IN vyhO
be had been Introduced A few struggling words,
ubch reached his ear, enabled him to know Whist was
eoir COR. Mr. Cispp gave account of the origin
and gIowh Of the league and told how it WAS trans
formed into the club better history was given 10
issue Of Tuesday. Mr. Clapp told all outsiders they
had been fooled by the press, and YOU not end any
thing Of the kind which they had anicpsted in fact,
that they had been cheated by the newspapers out of
twenty five cents. Most Of those present cheered this
declaration of their own asinnity, evidently de-
te,mined TO cheer something. So closed the firt
speech.
Mr. ALBERT BRISBANE then took the platform aud
n sde few rema ks on the same subject, stating that
Dir. Anore~s object had been 10 organize amusement
for the people; to get up place for them where they
could come at small expense fad rational amuse-
ment irstead OF going to gregshops and gambling
HOUSES He proceeded to make some remarks
on the sovereignty of individuals, and exul.ed
considerably over the fact that the time had come
VIXEN the great psinopIes Of Free Love could be
discussed. He adveIted to the opposition which
Temperance and anti Slavery met with in their early
days and Ieoced that the doctrine Of Free Love ais,
bad passed its time OF persecution. lie mentioned In
cidentsy TO these who out Of morbid curiosity
that the free love which they desired they could find
in Mercer street.
The speeches, to considerable extent, had the de-
sired effect many people having left, aud the hall
began to be comfortable sgsio, when suddenly it was
noised about that the police were at the door aud
about to arrest this party en- masse. The effects pro-
duced by the announcement were various. Men
scattered like sheep, and very soon there was
an equilibrium between the sexes. Masculine
Free.lovers were among the missing, and moro
.h., ON. .r the ladies Obliged 10 accept the
arm Of reporter The lady of the chief OF the league
amaired until all had gone When asked to go, and
when threatened by the police with arrest she said,
"My Willie is here-he will have to stay uutil all are
gone; cannot 20 and leave him" The passage
down stairs wss tolerably well lined with policemen,
and the ladies found no great difficulty until they ar
rived at the sidewalk Here the entrance was beset
by several hundred rowdies among whom there was
no policeman as usual
The crowd yelled and hooted like demons but
readily made way so that there little difficulty In
passing through them II was long before the crowd
disappeared even after all had gone and the door was
locked.
sCEEE AT THE STATION HOUSE
A crowd of tSo or three hundred persons followed
Captain Tupbul and Officers Cunningham, Roach,
Mckinney, Van Buren, and Beach, with their prison
ers to the Eighth ward Station house. where the scene
was Of most exciting nature. The prisoners were
marshaled before the bench, and their names as
follows taken by Captain Turnbu, and entered, with
their offenses, upon bis register;
Albert Brisbane disorderly conduct.
Thomas Haland assault and battery, and keeping
disorderly house.
John Henderson, interfering with officers in dis
| charge of their duty
| Bepismin Henderson attempting to rescue prisoner
| The msjorty OF the persons in the Station house
we're personal friends Of those arrested, although there
we're several among the crowd who seemed to rehsn
the affair as great Joke, and acted in such manner
that the captain was obliged to call them 10 order
Among the property handed over to the captain was
the sum Of ole hundred and eight dollars and thirty
nine cents in geld, silver and bills, by Mr. aarland,
the receipts of the institution up the time of the ar
rests
The complaints having been made and entered upon
the register the prisoners were taken below and locked
up in separate cells; after which the Station house
Was cleared of those persons having business there
The following statement relative to the affair was
The captain says his attention Cast evening" was
atrscted to the place by large crowd 81 the front
door, smo1g whom be recognized several suspicious