, 1874-11-21
NEW YORK.
The Wild-Anima1 Hoax OF
the Herald.
Sunday Amuscments.--" Grand "a.
cred Entertainments"


Seventy Thousand People Out Of Work
u..En{far;nrs ef ths pnnr.
Special Correspondence ef Ave ch'fdaD 1TfbRne.
NEW sonh' NOV. II, 1sA.
Among tue many beobal'onai nrs1ctes "nsen
nRvo appeared And 10 appesf' ~ tne ppi"ons .!
tho Nav York Herald, nothing nas eser a"eRenea
hucu pubic mfofost' ana a'ousoo ~ o.co suco
poo!'o Indignation, a. the 1on2' 'nsnnne' ano
eoat'aaEfow1ng .. .....-..
49, oEs1hA1rrAhR wfhn"ha13AAs noA1.
aAas appeared ID one OF 1ts isaues 1a1s "eoA' %
vvla was tho description. and 80 Intense inc nor
tol anae IT eFoe:ed' shat very natufal r'ao..o''
~ y. alssu9S hau Inauguration tooK p!aca on seso!:
suo osuo. Rnu eo%ardlY tnates called tho :. Moral
"aote4o sao "no'o noalr was pfonohnceaa 1ohs'
As nay po nnaglhea' 1t was vorY heartless aoka
~ ps'y upon .no nervous 1ears OF Wonaon. anr
oHt.u''" "'A p"'oliAalti'as hlfnseh was 1ouna
~ % no 4ebs uos'ous' "nen. after roading a COT
s,' untu VI WV y, sne H'ckenlnB ootaua t%hefesn
nt'1o 4"nooent eniu'on "elo torn anu 1nanglca
~ wv Ns"e, '"'ot1Ato 1'eos oe lleness}, ns'
~. ~ H4''A.1h so'ea a'lu WIN "mte
a.ap7. 1,r1: so.' =. ba:. ~ ,.o nea.es'
o',,',o ~ 49,. ns sIn uAos nh own ntse
suuu,e.' !uns aotats,o 14oal suo e3oa21aasEsuN
~. e.sy - mnus inatanceh' oon
s s".a.,.sua ~ s ..Ts", Nv ioc,ana
Anu nuhoaue's A1sot!eaAs koleFrapaeo from eAeu
places OF business down torn. to wivoa aud ohb
dren at homo, not to tako their accustomed ride
and not to venture out Of doors at NIL lest t|,e,
a,,crld ho torn ,nto r;oc.a hv +ba r,p5,,o .r;,1
o. t.s y, nv AosAe "t'a
sa'n1"'s WHICH, liz" ehespau. tataes lFofn the
country, md strangers at tho hotels, intending
to visit the Park TINT day uoro mortified at road.
Inc tho sccouut. and at once eayo ND all idea Of
l
eAplot4as Wv ~uas1a4 tatA' ~ 10 etA.oo' on
gooo sasnonss. shas manS subscribers TO she
Herald Indignantly, and at once, stopped their
,roto 1atto-a bv t,,a .cora for tha 1o.f,ne t.;tv
$3.50 s,s.;.,r. aars,, .,.o sa,usr7,s s-,,s, s",.o
pApess s.Slrs ur"n ,uo sowo.e's, oluai tono. ~,
IA for tho other New Yosi papera, several OF the
| Herald for ,,a widespread, cruel hoax: and
| -o,rv ~ tho 1osaar 1,ohta .Ytor va;+;r1 .svor.l
ans VI Wv ,esse. .tsot "Msus ss7e.aA
offered foeb1o battle. .. ..
It Ia not supposed, Of courHe, that tho
! .ct,on of thu fau auhscribera xho have
.s;,tJ,o.1, froro .ho Uorok,-,no mn, vr,ni
"Nnt'ta"n t.ooA 'u' 1e' "".sue a4on "no
rcsuBo honcofor"ara to haVo 1T IN tholr lam
i1iea-wlll materially affect tho widespread cir
| culatiop Of that journal; but tho hoax has douo
incalculable injury to tue paper by shattng pub
lc confidence IN liz rages as reliable. truthful
honest eheet- II waa poor Joke, to nanglo,
and tesr, and rend asundes, almost halI-a~hun-
otea @ oae waen ,1 1na oaoat y re mt
only tho moet heartrcndiug particulars. but oven
! t},e names OF the yictims, otaouc whom were tho
Names Of several nroni,,ont citizens. Long will
facts arc nerhans moro sorrowfai and far.reaoll-
, ! Inn f],nn To in,agine
Iii Nav YORK.. or rather the stratum Of
society between tho richer md poorer
clnssn9, to which belong our loading
ocrrrneo. laymon. and ohurch.colng people,
arc ssgitatinc 4 ereat question Which las ariseu.
! and whicl, mrat at once bo met. I rofer to thp
opening Of
called "Sacred Concsrts;" bnt Which, hold in
theatrea and ,comhininr dramatic and ,nuyical
narformances anu eapnot rshtly be- SO callea IL
naraonia own conscence Guild easily draw lilo
: line between religion. morality, and amuse-
. Iuent; but nowadays thore ia apparently no
? limit TO religious tolerance. That the opening ot
incroase. Is arinced by tic aey.on dramatic aud
= operatic entertainments givon Inst Sunday eyea-
T ipg. All woro adYetti1od ae "Grand Sacred
Concerts" yet tho fno classical music given b.
y '.sacrnd !" nor wero tho aoeosious from opers
/, | ami dromn n1vays dnyont anil eolernn. Il
aeoms to ho . widespread fear among
our leading clergynon aud ohurcb-people,
sn; ow INV res II i5nits.e neW orIeana. o,
|, eyon paris : aud many other Europenn citios. ID
q ler Suuday-evoning anuneu1ents; and that, il
: tie the door is Tins thrown opon to Sacred Con.
certs," so called, host Of other evi1s--coneort
saionns. billiard and drinl,nc places. and otLe,
b I'm, t1nnnraI,zing entortnismentB-T creop il
! and nnr1 ttn;r r1sastIy nie.snroa M we'll Man,
y are NE TIC tho ietters Tritten, many tha sermons
L th;a nav 5a,;cor that tt,reatans Us. 1n English
En,scona1 diy;no- Iatolv aetfJed in hrookjyn. haa
y wEittaa and preaclod il favor Of these evening.
h concerts On sunday, as attracting tho masses,
And an1,,anr Hem In a right md sensible man.
nsr r Ha nfpues s that M If t,oy W viii not attend
@ aser,ncr ~ cnrcl ,bao c.n hc benositod and To.
freshet for the hard struggle of tue comiue week
l. hv nttendnv aomo n1acaB Of Innocent amusement