The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-16
TIE CASE OF FARRELL, THE WITNESS.

b,shly probable thxt will considered secure 10
keep him IN Is present quarters; and we'll thss the
public should know that he has family solely dependent
upop HE daily exeTt,oas for support. His wife has
vouns child OF eighteen months old n the breast, and
Two other children OF the ages OF ve and eight years
oply 10 take Of In addition. slnoe NJ Farrell hes
been under surveillance tos young family mas eeen 90
nsnds M on the humanity Of the Fifteenth ward police
o6}cers and Saturday . small amount was oolieceec
for them amongst the reporters and lev Outsider
seY ssd We strongly mend their case TO
the Com Council Of city, a. one that does nos
qure great amount Of funds nor any loss OF time IN ds
Yesterday afternoon gentleman employed In one OF
the public stores called upon Farrell ana they both re-
tbs, Farrell was formerly In the same department %
himself yests, and that during tbs eusve time
Ds,.cv VS. unau ssonsbic he rformsd him thai be
under bis evidence would be call In quesnon And
advised bin TO cite numoe' OF gentlemen whose names
he pave VIII are or have been In The Custom House
TO testify TO BIZ character
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Nav YORK. Feb Is, 1857.
Amer the tury's verdict the Bards case, Satur
day evening, u was suggested 70 me while taking up
collection for the bepef. Of the witness Fsrres family
con,rinuupr 10 their relief Wbstsver may be thought
Of The testimony of Mr. Farrell certain that hu 1Ami
ysfe deprived q Ill their support bv 81. detention an
nat bey are In great distress Would you be KIDD
enough 10 aiste that contributions viii be received and
oaIesuly appropriated BY Captain Dlks 1t the Mnsessh
Wan Sweet or boz TAI Post Ohee snt VII! hand them
to Mrs. Farrell. COW ROBINSON, JR.
ps,. which m:y not come Of for some months Mean
while hia family are entirely destitute.
THE SCENE AT THE HERALD OFFICE ON
SUNDAY MORNING.
Al soon as the Jury in the Blrde case had finished
their abou At 81 Bond street, and the result OF their do
alterations was partially made known the scene Of the
Vdiuavv NJ
removed 10 The herald establishment, and before one
O'Clock yesterday morning immense ooncourse Of peo
pe the entire lower part Of the building, full
eseeYness excitement TO obtain the morning paper
~bich would contain the particulars m detail Of the last
days proceedings OF the Coroner's inquest and finale Of
The all absorbing event Of the day Men, women and
children, 10 the number OF i've thousand souls, found
their way into the saesroom Of the HERAID Office ycser
day morning land Departed WITH bundles Of Sundays ed
lion, amounting In the aggregate to $3.50 copies
Atlk O'Clock, all approach 70 the establishment was
Of. Fulton Nassau and Ann streets, In the vicinity
Of the building, mas Of human beings. In fact
there grand mass meeting Of the news dealing fra
,srnny which as,onsaed the newsboys Themselves
Never there such gathering Of the fraternity be
ere and never did each vender OF newspapers imagine
he had 10 many rivals In the business.
At2 O'Clock, when the superintendent OF the sales
room open the door Ann street the pressure
tho crowd against great that II was not with
great deal Of excion and the free Of hickory
that he could induce the camorous multitude to fail
back Two efficient policemen were stationed ss this
door for the purpose Of maintaining Order but when the
lock was turned and the barrier few oper al their
Ions TO stop the human TIDE from pouring into every noos
and corner Of the basement for several moments
upavaiing, and Ut time feared that sercu.
loss of life might epsue great the crushing weight
way into the room below.
The police however, succeeded in restoring partial or
der, and the delivery Of the HnnAID commenced From
The time Of the giving out Of the paper up 70 O'Clock all
their sxeYtions needed 10 allow OF Q proper delive
~ OF the paper being made. For seven oght hours
be scene In the sAesroom Of the widest ey''e
nnent Persons who usually n the habit o.
buyipg twenty Ave thirty copies eagerly press.
forward and demanded hundreds ias.esa
Hour After hour was spent In delivering pack
yes Of two hundred copies each. Those who wore
lucky enough 10 obtain adrnitapce to the room at
Miy hour made their appearance tho opposite side
wak and there had ready sale for their stock at tho
ftwo and half and throe cents per copy They would
then manage to squeeze themselves into the sAcsroop
again and there purchase anew.
Policeman Gillen, whose younger days were spent b
vending newspapers and who has been associated with
newspaper dealers ali his life, really dumbfouodei
and during the miis Of the exciting scene he exclaimed
.swel, swear. nevtr knew anything about the nexs
paper busness before This Is new 70 me-" The oon.
duct Of the newsboys anything but pleasant the
eyes Of . religions person TO look upon. They had no
regard whatever for the sancty Of the sabbath and
poured forth osths and curses that would make even
Jack blush 10 the very Various the
used 10 attract the attention Of the sacsmen In the dell
very OF the papers, aud all sorts Of expressions and
NJ In op1sr tn An
carly tSrn ct the counter. "Doar take his mo.
uey, ms bad" "Herc, take mine, all In specie I"
Don't you do u, his 10 fddier's change" M
turn next" curry up your cakes, Hope" Goa,
get of my Toes, viii you 20 coming from tn lips Of ,
housand peon made the entire neighborhood resound
with camor and excitement. Such Of The news dealers
~bo lacked enterprise and that pushing resolution 30
secesssry the carrying of their vocson, were kept
fixtures for hours hours, without being able 70 effect
ythirs more than unpleasant noise which served,
however, keep up the excitement until The presses had
ceased 70 work.
For ten hours mammoth presses continued W throw
OF the edition OF Sunday. n order that The ncreased de-
mand for The paper might be supplied $3.50 copies
The HERALD were printed and sold for l,27S cash. II
We could have printed 100 QUO copies yesterdays cd
ton ct Q reasonable hour, have doubt whAievof
but every number would have been sold, n two
cents piece. may be well 10 remark here that there
no scarcity change in this city present. for out Of
the 81 275 received es,erdsy for Sundays BsaAD
$500 Of the sum consisted Of SPECIE all In American
renoy.
We hare consumed during ne past ,oee Of int
and ,yty one tons or one ouand and mo hadrcd red
Of paper in ne production Of ne HERALD.
! whipping a Slave 10 Death In Savannah.
TFfUn, TIE savannah News, Feb. 7
W. rfs At irna
hp had been arrested for the murder OF negro the
| slave or tie former, rsmed sepnty An examination
held yesterday before Justices RI ssell bsr an,
p.ca wuvd Carl and