The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-04
uNTEMpERANCE.
Gotham and the City Of Churches
In the WhiSkey War.
Powerful Demonstrations Across
the River.
THE WORK ELSEWHERE.
Massachusetts, Tennessee, Ohio, kentucky,
Indiana and Pennsylvania.

Massachusetts, Tennessee, Ohio, kentucky,
Indiana and Pennsylvania.
The Ladies Of the Ninth Ward Starting
Out In the & God Cause.
Some forty odd ladies assembled yesterday after
noon, az one O'CLOCK at the residence OF Mrs. Abby
Seedlings, on Greenwich street, In the Ninth
ward. to take into consideration the organizing
Of a temperance association, to be known as the
Ninth Ward LADIES' Visiting Society, whose duty
il shall be to ferret out every saloon violating the
Sunday law and to ascertain the names of all the
families in the ward who are surer,
ing through intemperance on the part Of
selling married men liquor after having been duly
notified not SO to do shall be prosecuted at the
license revoked. They CONTEND that II they can
get ali the ladies in the ward to Join IN the
cause that they can undergo the expense OF Keep,
hunting up those who violated the law. They iur-
ther claim that II they successfully carry out their
plans it will be adopted IN every ward IN
the city. They expect to perfect their arrange
ments in the course Of week.
The Movement In the Eighteenth Ward.
Between one hundred and nlty and two hun
dred persons assembled yesterday morning In the
Hedden M. E. Church on East Seventeenth street
to further the interest of temperance and to dis
cuss the best mode ior the prevention OF the sale
OF liquor. The Rev. J. K. Insiip presided, and
opened the meeting with q fervent wish that the
cause OF temperance could be made the great fea-
ture of the times that the people would rise as IN
one body throughout the whole Of Manhattan Is
land. and put down not only the retail liquor sell
lers, but wholesale dealers. There was no use, he
claimed, OF any great outside show; all is wanted
was prayer.
An old gray-headed gentleman stated that he
had been a drinker for forty years, and ne now
wanted to join IN the good work of closing up the
MRS. Clark stated that she with others were
moving Ia the good cause, and that they had &C
complained much good along Thompson street and
The Rev. Mr.. Boole remarked that the only true
way TO do good was to commence at the bottom OF
the tree 1t was the duty OF the Christians to look
70 home nrst, see what member OF the Church took
their little whiskey on the sly, how many members
houses the sale & the
70 start with, and when they had brought about
time 10 talk about going outside and among the
saloon keepers he stated that he knew one mem.
other than for as pr
II he could. as he got nearly double the rent from
Whlskey vendors.
The Sons OF Temperance.
meeting OF about forty delegates, representing
various divisions in the order OF the Sons OF Tenn.
perance met last evening at Carmel Chapel, at No.
1 BOwery, to take steps to hasten on the progress
Of Temperance in the State and city of New York.
The chair was filed by Mr.. E. L, Parsons, Grand
Worth Patriarch for the Eastern district Of New
York, while Mr.. Hopkins Grand Scribe oflciated as
Secretary. The President, in opening the meeting,
said that the hour had arrived when the good
cause must be pushed forward with redoubed
o hoped that the dysons yhroe aRs
sne city would work with heart and Will IN doing
all they could. He said ne admired the energetic y
q
In the West. and hoped that New York might
speedily witness a revival He said public meet.
tngs were necessary to stir the people up to their
duty OF crushing the tyrant rum and saving count
less souls from perdition. The Grand Scribe sug
dist church near Fourteenth street and Seventh
avenue for grand mass meeting, and would fix
four each were appointed to stimulate the eastern
and western divisions OF this city to renewed
energy. The meeting was attended by several
ladies'.
temperance Meeting in Brooklyn
What the Ladies' Forces Over the
River Are Doing and Intend To Do
Speeches OF Rev. DR.. Cuyler, DIR.
Duryca, Rev. MIR. Haynes and Miss |
sarah r. Sunley.
The women's crusade against whiskey in Brook
lyn was inaugurated last evening by grand mass
meeting at Rev. DR.. Cuyler's Presbyteria church,
Lafayette avenue. The meeting was held under
the auspices OF the Women's Temperance Society,
OF which Mrs. ]. P. Ewell is President. Although
the meeting was announced Tor halfpast seven
O'Clock, the church was densely CROWDED by seven.
fully two-thirds of those present beng ladies'.
At haif-past seven O'Clock Mrs. Ellwell, who
was wedged IN crowd near the pulpit was
heard to nominate Dr. Cuyier for Chairman
The nomination was announced and confirmed.
In calling the assemblage to order DR.. Cuyler
said that this was religious temperance meet
and they would open the exercises by singing
the hymn, commencing GAN hail the power
OF jesus name" After the singing prayer was
offered by Rev. Mr.. Meserve, of the state street
Congregational church.
DIR. CUYLER's ADDRESS,
DR.. Cuyler said that he was authorized by the
Committee OF the Women's Temperance Society to
state that the rules OF the House Of Representa-
tives would be observed In this meeting, and that
no speech would be longer than fifteen minutes.
He then proceeded to welcome all those present,
and launched forth In address against the evils
OF intemperance In their midst. He said that there
were 500 dramsllops. which, ii they were placed
on Fulton avenue, would ill up that street from
the ferry five miles from the water.
FIVE MILES OF DRAM sHoPsl
Think OF that There were twelve times as many
drinking places as churches, and SEQ Ooo 900 were
spent In the city tor liquor each year. He alluded
TO the desirability OF legislative action to check
the liquor business, and advocated local option
bill, which was q thoroughly democratic enact
ment In order that the people should elect whether
they would have dram shops or not If q local
option bill were passed by the Legislature GOD
grant that they mighty and it was signed by the
Governor, months would elapse before 1t could 60
into operation. Meanwhile
PUBLIC SENTIMENT DEMANDED ACTION
in some practicable direction. The movement
which had been lnaugurated by the women ala not