The New York herald., 1872-11-16
AID FOR MRS. WOODRUFF.
Her Friends in Council Last Evening at Mag
netic Medium's-Small Attendance, Plenty
of Bsncombe and Not Much Else.

Aborrt halfpAst eight O'Clock last evening
strange gathering might have been seen in the
rooms OF a magnetic healing medium in certain
part OF Sixth avenue. 1t had been drawn together
by an advertisement in yesterdays HERALD to the
yuect that the friends of Woodhull and Claim
would thus assemble to arrange some means OF
freeing them from durance vile. And doubtless
the general public VIII at once conclude that
II was company OF long-hared men and
shorthaifcd women, OF crazy-leoking Spirituahsts
and the uppertendom Of clairvoyants But II was
Oothing of the kind. OF the
TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS
present, only eight or nine, at the highest com.
putation were made up of such elements-oniy
lust about enough to organize the meeting. The
remainder consisted of wel-dressed, clear headed,
Clean-living men OF the world, who had expected,
grom the announcement, that there would be lots
Of fun going, and that the show would be well
worth the quarter which the advertisement said
II would cost to see it, And OF all the ''sold" and
'dOne for" forlorn, and sick, sorry and disgusted
creatures that ever looked into each others
taces and read confessions OF a common asinine
bunder, these were the worst. II was case OF
ahe most heartless and unmitigated deception
an evening utterly thrown away and sacrificed to
ahe
Mrs OF puLNEss
and enaui
At first there was a faint hope that, after ALL the
show might be seen for nothing for the quarter
was not collected at the door, and fat, redfaced,
small-eyed man. who was the sergeant-at-arms,
even refused it when 1t was offered. This expecta-
flon was however dsspated later in the evening,
when, under the guse OF a voluntary contribution
TO the cause OF "Woodhull, Reform and Purity"
the advertised quarter was successfully collected in
q hat by Mrs. Crocker.
Even the tout ensemble OF the meeting was not
passably interesting. For what is a gathering Of
this kind without the 'innuence OF lovely woman"
shining from beneath the
GRIN HORRORS
OF the Bloomer costume, or some later innovation
in the way of strong minded attre2 And "lovely
woman was only represented by trinity of
specimens, two OF which were remarkable only for
the appalling completeness ana sombre, funereal
grandeur OF their mourning robes. They were,
indeed, finished examples of what can be accom-
plished symbolically in the way of 'unmtigated
eans e e,ds es %ag sve4 0 fbose t
ragged children of freedom, Victoria and Tennc,
and, ike Rachel, refusing to be comlorted
They said nothing all the evening. They simply
held their places on their chairs and ''gOwered y
at the in @ an agony Of woe in ecstasy @
Crocker was her name,'' was
FAIR BIRD
OF an altogether different mental constitution
She was as merry as cricket, and sort ofeminine
Mark Taplay, absolutely revelled in this grand OPP
rortunity OF being Jolly under difficulties" She
wore an enormous blood-cOOred tie, probably in
honor OF the French Revolution, possibly as a
delicate alusion to certain passage in the last
number of the Veet9y. and, in despite OF spec
tacles and two rows Of dangerously large teeth,
which looked very false indeed, was so bright and
cheerful that she was tie life and spirit OF the occa
sion.
AS secretary there oficiated melancholy, thin
faced man, with huge growths OF
LUSTRELESS RAGGEDLOOKING
hair and beard and very shabby suit Of clothes,
and when he had called the meeting to order
was declared to be in order. And of speaking
thence!orth there streamed forth measureess
foods enough in volume to I'LL the entire HERALD,
but II was Of poor quality, even OF its kind and it
shall not therefore be handed down to pos
ternty in these columns: The only points
made OF any account were that the Bible
and the HERALD were both more obscene than
anything Mrs. woodruff had penned, that District
Attorney Davis was the meanest and most dam
Hably oppressive wretch that ever lived, and that
something ought to be at once done to help the
two poor, dcfenceless women who were langush-
Ing in gratuitous boarding house in Ludlow
street.
And now, what was done ? Well. first of all. an
OLD sTOyErIPE HAT,
with a very greasy lining, was taken round by
cheerful Mrs. Crocker ard was filed with quarters
and half dollars Then Mrs. Crocker was appointed
treasurer and on there being some little doubt
pressed as TO the proprety OF tine selection she
lnstigated by the red-faced sergeant-at-arms who
had meanwhile been actively distributing magnetic
medium cards among the audience to Indignantly
declare "that II any one doupted her solvency she
could give bonds for 500, 000.r 1t finally seen,
however, that she would require help to take care
OF the immense sums that might be raised on this
or future similar occasions and she therefore
provided with four associate treasurers. .'How
these relOrmers trust each Otherl' said soto
UOe one OF the sceptics who formed three -fourths
OF the audience.
gentleman now suggested that
MEN OF PROPERTY
and responsibility should be invited to come
forward and volunteer bail for the cap
tive women. "Only $4s.ooo was needed;r and
surely said he, If the merchants OF
Boston could, without help, rebuild seventy acres
Of desolated lots, the merchants OF New York could
raise so small sum that for the cause OF liberty
and progress. But the men did not come forward,
and SO another plan was hit upon This to
open an account at some well-known bank for the
reception OF subscriptions by all friends Of Victoria
and Iennie. THIS closed the meeting. Twenty dol
lars at least was promised TO head the list. and
hopes were freely expressed that before many days
the und would have swelled to 800, ,000-enough to
set the incarceraed editors at liberty and compen-
safe them for tine pecuniary losses they have sus-
fained by their imprisonment.