The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-02
NEW YORK.
Meeting I'm TOmpkins' Square.

/ New YORK, September IA meeting
was held in Tomkins' square last evening.
again to protest against the breaking up
OF the workingrnens meeting in that
square last January, and the arrest and
irnprisonment of Christian Myer, on the
charge of assaulting a police sergeant.
The meeting was orderly and a compare
lively insignificant affair. John Swim
ton was the chief speaker. The resolu-
tionsT adopted hold Mayor Havemyer
personally responsible for the outrage on
the. thirteenth ofJanuary; demand the
immediate removal of Matsett and Du-
ryee from the police commissioners, and
say the rottennesS Ofour financial system,
the corruption and neglect of our govern
| ing classes. threaten to renew this COM
in% winter the heart-rending scenes of
/ misery and starvation still fresh in the
memory of toilers; therefore personal
! vigilance has become the duty Of the
people,
The Christian Union. Mr.. Beecher 5
, paper, has All article on the Brooklyn
Scandal. in the course of (which 1t says:
/ Mr.. Tilton. Mr.. Moulton and Mrs. Til
1 ton have lost on their own admission,
! or on ample and inCOntrOvertlble proof,
, have told two Who'll " different stories
of the whole matter. Mr.. Becchcr alone
has said always the same thing the burst
/ Of self rrproach i'll which he carelesSly
set his hand to Il paper which ne had
neither written nor read, and which gross
" perverted his expressions; the tenn
pcstu,us self rrproach and sorrow which
/ he has inherited and in which 1t seems he
| committed himself to II mistaken course
J. in the whole matter, is surely easy to com
/ prehrnd. Mr. Becchcr'S well known, old
! and long affection for Tilton, strength
cned. as he has graphically told, by great
/ service, which Tilton had done him;
: his profr>$cd desire, sprnging from the
sentiment which i deepest in his life, t"
reclaim and save one who had erred; the
! stern reckoning to which he held HIM
self for errors that had aggravated the
trouble: the utter forgiveness which he
gavc to OtfenScs against himself;
The Dread of Disaster.
not to himself only, but to Mr.. and Mrs.
, Tiltun. and to public morality and de
ccncv. in the storm of vile scandal which
has mt last been let loose; the utter wear
iness of life at times under the burden;
the exalted and heroic minStcring to
others. never once interrupted by his own
troubles; all these things though they
! may be forgotten or misunderstood in the
tumult of the present, will one day shine
out clear and cnnoblc in the eyes of the
world man who made many mistakes,
| but never erred ignobly; who held HIM
self through all pure and upright, the
| friend of man and the servant of God.
Ina note to II friend, just after Wood
hulrS attack. Mr.. Bccchcr wrote: "Liv
ing or dying, ] am the Lords. He
knows it and | know it, After that it
matters little what to him; indeed, it
matters little. His noble work will 90
on and his Master will care for him and
for it. and sooner or later the world will
know the truth. But each of lis il con-
Germs deeply, that We do not wrong our
selves by misjudging in this issue be-
tween Il true man and II liar.
suit Against the city Of brooklyn.
The suit of cx-City Treasurer, Cort-
| land I. \. Spraguc, against the City OF
BROOKLYN to recover S150,000, the value
of collateral, given the Comptroller as
security to the city at the time of tn"
defalcation in the City..Trcasurer's office
was begun in the Supreme Court at
BROOKLYN this morning.
The President and Party.
President Grant and party arrived i'll
, this city this morning from n trip East
! and drove Immediately to the Long
Branch boat, whence the party proceeded
to the Presidents summer residence.
Arrived.
/ Arthur Clayden intimately associated
with Joseph Arch. in efforts to raiSc the
condition of the agricultural classes in
! England. has arrived here. and will make
personal inspection of tn" most prom
iSing sections of the country for immi-
grants. His examination of Canada last
wear. aS It field for immigration was not
favorable. Claydcn sails for Norfolk
to-day.
General Benjamin F. Tracy was to-day
retained rs counsel for Bcccher in the suit
of Tiltun.
The following delegates have been ap-
: pointed To represent the Produce EX-
change at the National Pork Packers
Convention ut Louisville on the 9TH
inst: james W. McCulloh, chairman; !;
\. :. Roe. IIorutio Reed, VIM. {. Mar
shall. Edward Flash, VIM. W. Ro>siter
John l.. Brewster, ThsS. II. Stevens.
John \. Armstrong, and VIM. II. Fox.
! The committee of the National Cotton
Exchange To- establish II standard ClaSSiti-
cation for the United States, were in Sc
crrt session to-day.
A large frame building, belonging to
: the Clark Thread Company, ut Newark,
! y. j.. WAS burned t"-day. The building
/ WAS used ~ the dyring bleaching and
, driving department of the works. Loss,
. zj75,00O; fully Insured
. Memorial Meeting.
b \ memorial meeting in honor Of III"
late Mark Smith WAS held this afternoon
at Booths theatre. AT which We're present
many members of the theatrical, legal,
| literary and other professions. Lester
! Walack presided, and opened the meet
: ing by stating that lis object WAS 10 rem
der tribute to good and honest man.
Resolutions eulogi>tic of the deceased.
and of sympathy with his family, were
adopted. and addresses delivered by cx-
Mayor Hall, Charles W. Brooks. Judge
/ Garter. Of Cincinnati. and others.