New-York tribune., 1870-08-30
LOCAL WAR NEWS.
FRENCH IRISH MASS MEETING IN UNIONS -soUAI
AND FOURTEENTH-ST.

| FRENCH Irish MASS MEETING IN UNIoN-SQUARp
AND FOURTEENTII-sT
A few days ago it was announced that q
meeting OF Iishmen and Frenchmen who hope for
the triumph Of the French arms in the present war
would take place last evening O'Clock AT that hour
20 Frenchmen congregated under Washington's statue
and from this little group loud cries Of" yye Ia France
"Nve Bazaine," and Yiye MacMahon" we're heard. No
definite place Of meeting specified however and the
group was about to dsperse, when from Fourteenthst
large proce sson headed by the French tcO0T arrived
ana swelled the assemblagc 10 nearly persons The
Rev Father Weary Of Missouri WHO has taken great
10 days ago To enlist the Irish sympathy for the nation
which he thinks In the right, stepped in tic middle
FRENcHMEN The Editor OF the Courier des Etas This
announced, few days ago. that meeting Of IRISH
He was mistaken The Irish societies OF NewYork have
meeting OF delegates this evening at the house Of Mr..
ments for large FrenchIrsh picnic, to be held
Joness Jon & Wood The proprietor Of the place has given
gagged for every day up TO that tme and will have
to defer until then the public expression Of sympa.
thy. II you viii march 10 Fourteenhst maybe We vii
near some resolutions passed by the Committee there IN
Loud cheers greeted this address and after
OF "Vive la France" Yive PIrande," "Viye rAme-
ingon, the crowd marched in good order no. IVES.
rourteenth-st, singing loudly the "harsellaise' and
BY the time the house reached the procession had
been sweed TO about 500 and they received
by Mt Thebaud who announced the result Of the meet
ing OF delegates TO be follows On the 18th OF sepem
ber the French and Irish population Of New-York will
nOd picnic at Joness Wood the proceeds TO go to the
Sanitary Committee Of France and TO be used for the
benefit OF the widows and orphans of French soldiers
fallen during the present The officers elected
President the Rev Dr. 0Leary; veePresidents, Desai
Burke H. Hernet, Sheriff o'Brien, Mayor Hall G. Ma
than Judge Connolly, N. Gerdy, ST. Guerdan, j; Rich
ard d. Delnarlel and NJ Berthacey; Secretary, NJ The
baud; Treasurer NJ; 0Grady,
Father oLeary then spoke Of the present mar and
the French, that they belonged to the race the
Celtic, and that they had always mutually helped each
belonged to the Western part OF the United states that
on the west side Of the Missouri 5000 men, hardened by
shed ther hearts blood in the That France had
always been the head Of the civilized world and that
whom he had confidence but the noble French people,
who would not be conquered DIR. O'Leary was FOL
the vein, and who all received with loud a
pause and often interrupted by loud yyas for France,
AT p. m. the crowd, which by this time numbered
nearly 2,OoO took their way down sixthave, through
shouting the Marseilai:e
The French Patriotic Aid Society met last
evening at No Il West HOustOn-st and collected $500
5000 in gold is to be sent TO France by the steamer To-
morrow.
meeting was held last evening by tho
Germans OF the Seventh Ward and a Patriotic Aid
Society formed A. Bergstein chosen president
and Charles schwedler secretary. Ii resolved To
issue circular TO the generous OF the Ward inviting
them TO aid the SOC ty and to attend mass meeting 10
be held on Friday evening.
ty first Ward met at No 6cs Second ave-, aud resolved
themselves into association under the OF the
" "Twenty-frst Wart German Patriotic Aid Society,"
They also elected DR.. Rosenberg, President; MIR. =
Britsche, Secretary and Mr.. A. G. Dunn, Treasurer IT,
resolved to pl8ce themselye, In communication with
the principal ASSOCIATION. Tn Of the association
is to collect money IN aid OF the fund. and with that
view four collectors were apph ted TO receive eoDtbu-
tions
A German Aid Society me. la-' ening at Washington
Hall, Eighth-aye Frederic hrpf, President, aud y
was announced that during eek SLIGO col
lected, and placed in the hos u e Treasurer. When
the business vas over. the pio' Mannerchor Society
sang several patriotic song { yr. Ernest Vogel made
speech.
The YOrkville Patriotic Al .c,tg met last evening
The receipts for snbserptia1. '- evening $3.50,
making total OF $50.
The German Patriotic Aid s' :, which meets at M.
30 Orchard-st will forward additional slOO to the
General Committee Saturday. At the meeting last
night, s2j were returned by the collectors.