The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-10
City Intelligence.

sEScE POLICE OFrIcERs.-We have received the fol.
lowing communication, and details with sufficient
cearness disgracefu scene which recently occurred
in this city, give it in the language OF its writer
SIR :Of the revolving scenes hourly enacted in vari.
parts this city the great body OF oar citizens are
neatly altogether ignorant. | witnessed OF those
brutal ARRAYS last evening, Saturday which would dis
grace the savsges the forest and which would
scarcely be tolerated in the meridian OF Barbary.
About o'clock M in the lower part Oliver street,
Cherry the barbarous drama commenced while the
rain was pouring down as if through a sieve. man,
named Sullivan rushed out OF porter.house, with the
ferocity Of bysna, and in moment bulldog struggle
Here they yelled and pulled and dragged snd struck
one another for about halt an hour. They rolled and
'umbled and tossed in the dirt and filth of the street, and
the ruan crowd that quickly enveloped this brace of
biped bull dogs encouraged the demon struggle. After
they had, the language ofrowdysn taken their" fl"
of each other Williamson was taken away by his friends
Sullivan remaining the ground hailsong and
ing like bedlamite for an hour, ana knocking down
any man he met who was not stronger than himself But
IS this isolated case, in this location
from it. Within the last three less than FIVE of
those hendish riots occurred within The diggns"-
some in the evening-some at midnight, aud about
the break OF day. They play cards all night for
money, and beers cheat each other then break
up in fight Thus, a perpetual round of fighting,
gambling and intoxica.ion, aud blasphemy and riot
Kept up The knife and the hludgeon familiar the
hoy OF sixteen and he uses tn without fear his clan
OF brother owdies or some OF them are always in re-
QUESTION to back him. This city, in my Judgment is be-
lence and rufiansm; and by and by there will be but
little security Tor person property unless the torrents
OF vice that sweep through streets emmed in
SOM and OF this have not the faRtest hope, from the
general character OF the political herd tina. yearly
selected to guide destnies OF fine but mgovern-
ed city In the street that constantly disgrace this
city and jeopardise the lives OF its inhabitants you might
well look out for black swan white crow as Tor
the presence OF police officer, watchman.-
The latter do not blame they force enough
to beard such danger When in the name of the honor of
habitats when shall we have police sy en- strong In
purity and force, built up upon basis at broad lib
erel ndabove ALL beyond the corrupting range OF pot
cal influence to suppress riot and and protect the
citizen in the enjoyment OF his rights
The people must 60 work themselves. It is useless
longer TO hope Tor any thing permanently good from
an unprincpled body OF demagogues whose heads are
filed with nothing else but plans and schemes by which
they can walk over our necks into power place and
SION JUNIUS.
New York, Oct I, Is4s
Pssullivan has of his eyes entirely closed and
much cut and msDged The other eyebrow is cut open,
and his face bruised AMI battered teariully Williamson
received but little damage, not being as drunk as the
other.
N. B-Another fight in full blow while write.
Cur HIS THRoAr.-A young man, named William
Williams, aged about 81 years known of the for
mer boods Of hetown but who had squandered his pa.
rmony in dissipation committed suicide yesterday
ming at the knIckerbocker Hotel Park Row, by cutting
his throat with his penkniie in his bed He had
been laborng for several days past with partial attacks
of delrium tremens and had been watched by Mr. D. D.
Morley, who slept in the with him. Yester-
day morning about o'clock, Mr.. Morley awaken
ed by Williams, who had risen from his bed, and was
walking backwards and forwards the room. Hear
ing gurgng sound he from his bed, and, to his
astonshmen he found that williams had cut his throat
Measures were Immediately taken 10 remove him to the
City Hospital, but he died before reaching there.
PIcKPocKTI IN PETTrcoATs-A round-feced, chubby
little Irish girl named Catherine Copan, arrested
by Fanny ONeil, of So Mott street. while in the act OF
picking her pocket OF twelve shillings while the parties
were attending an suction in Chatham square Cattle
CrOckcry, commit ed FRIDAY morning M
the Special Sessions The money was recovered
PAssiNo LoUNrERFErr MosEy.-An elderly woman,
named Elizabeth Saunders alias Miller, was committed
yesterday on charge OF passing counterfeit money.
appeared that she attempted pass 81 note of the Cen
trevile ank, Of Warren, r. George Street. of "a
Broome street. in pay men, for loaf bread The note
being suspec,e d. was sent out for examination when
was pronounced counterfeit. and at which time 1t
also ssceIained that she had passed similar note
John Sheridan OF SO Broome street. for groceries. The
scener being thus shown she locked up for trial.
VELVET THEvrs-Yesterdav morning, private watch
Peter Cole, whose industrious attention 10 business
we have often been called upon to notice. arrested two
boys at the corner OF Broadway and Pear street with
tive Cases Of silk velvet, valued at $s7l2 The Toys
were taken to the watch house where they gave the
names of George Penway and John Anderson. The for
mer says is stone cutter Is years OF ege and lives
in BrooElyn-the latter about H. and sets up nine pins
The velvet has been identified stolen from the store Of
smith Henderson, l76 Pearl street, the 9th Of October
PrcKPooKET IN WALL STREEr.-This is no uncommon
circumstance. and therefore, yesterday, James w
Tucker, of ia Water street. while passing down Wall
street, was run against by man passing with rather
more than necessary force and suspecng that II meant
more than was seen felt his pockets end found that
valuable silk purse containing some small chsnge and
- bill, had been ilched from his pockets He gave
chase, and arrested the that had against him.
who gave the purse and said his name was Charles
Roper. under which cognonen he was fully committed
ESCAPED CoSucr TAKES.-Deputy Keeper Creighton
OF BsckwelPs Island last evening arrested young man
named John Anderson, who escaped from Biackwels
Island In July last having two months TO He will
back this morning and compelled to suffer some
for his misdeeds.