New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-06-08
CITY ITEMS.

of,hs sres, Di.tHlery in Fifteenth s; between sntn
and Tenth avenues Two men fought on De- Oh H'o
dollar. Our informant VINO lives In the Viciniiy s@
depss rins Of two or three hundred people In Fsc
lot and suspeciing the cause Of Il fastened 70 iH'e
with some difficulty be made bis way inio the center
and found two men stripped 10 the waist yins 0N ue
ground cutching and bestins each otnef ~ u'e
dreadful manner. Their faces were Aresoy eo'ele1
with ciottsd gore and their features 'careey oi'un
oui,bsble They bad evidently been engaged lot ''uio
time hing % EXHAUSTED that they raised their bloody
ss,s With difficulty 70 deal feeble and random
Their ewes zere closed with blood and dirt 80 tnAt iAey
could see nothing Yet they fought on IKE demons
and The degraded brutal wre;ehes % whom they were
surrounded enjoyed the scene aud eheered tneu WIN
.vsys shouts By the aid Of one or two persons our IN
ornsnt separated them and they were born or oy 'ne
respective friends He then repaired 10 the Pohee VI
fee In TEentieih q Snd the Captain refused 70 send
officers for the arrest Of the parties on the pea tns ne
hsd no right 70 arrest viOs;ors Of the pubic Pesee IN
less they were caught il the act lie hsened 70 me
recital with the greatest Indifference but declined 81
.secisl interference Two officers who were present
than volunteered their services and with them the Gu
zen hurried 10 the place where the nsht had occurred
but the parties had left the hed altogether and not one
oftbe crowd who Sill hung round taking over the s1a
could tell their names or residences
The peishborbood where this outrage occurred -
about the fttest in our whole City for such scenes An
im~snse Dislery surrounded By scores OF sroggene'
with sheds accommodating between two and three
thousand cows serves the ioou' OF spopuiahon as
brutal and debased it il possible 10 conceive Inc
Distflery consumes 1000 bushels OF grain daily and
f1ruis hes at the same time rln, beef and Ls 70 any
extent Two or three times year !, sends Al It's cows
70 the slaughter houses and rene~s its stock All this
,,o enrich one man who s already rich beyond human
requirements. -,
n, nj be alarmed good citzens,-the beef q well
tted and dressed and the milk carts with their honest
eouptrylookingdrivers come from Westchester Coun-
~ % "a Green Hill" and other beautiful pisces
That same pistlery works all dag and all night week
In and week out breathing little softer on Sundays st
midday but stesming up toward evening again with
renewed activity
/ ODp.FELLows FFsrWAL.-Castle Garden vas
made vocal snd respendentlsst night by from four to
ak thousand persons adies ncluded) of this fraternity
/ The Auesbsnisns rave their best music-llon. K. w
Seymour Of South Carolina made heart stirring speech
which though imperfecty heard owing TO the almost
pecesary noise in so large assemblage, was respond
ed to by frequent Interruptions Of enthusiastic applause
and everything the Ball particularly passed on Wild
the utmost euoymentsnd satisfaction TO the beauty and
manhood OF the fraternity present TWAS an epoch long
10 be remembered and not TO be duplicated The
ateness ofthe hour preclsde5 extended notice OF the
/ festivities.
/ HARD CAsE.-There is now in the Eldridgest
Prison Of this City man Who has been confined there
for four months and upward because be is unable to
nav the lawyers fees on suit brought TO recover on
note lent by him 20 the late Native American Corpora
ton Attorney for the purpose OF sustaining the Native
nowsusper. then published in New.Y York. 1t appears
,ba, after Judgment was obtained, nuncton In Chan.
Gerry followed and that ne unocently and gnorsnily
| Maid a widow woman some borrowed money which he
| owed her and for this contempt he is thrown into
Prison and must remain there it s said until dooms
day unless he pay the lawyers fees and this he is
entirely unable 10 do.
Tar WasHrvGrov are glad 10 hear that
this noble steamer vas not the which anchored on
Nantucket ShOal. Wednesday night. The washington
was spoken the same day, some seventy mics distant,
going finely and the steamer seen from Nantucket oeScn
L now supposed 10 be tho British steamer Arb from
/ CbarlesfoB 10 Haifax Gazette and Times.
The Ara5 did not sail from Charleston tl Wednesday
od could not well have got Nantucket By the evening
of the same day This still leaves Il doubtful whether
the Washington wss not the steamer in question. We
hope however that the first movement OF the new line
| has not suffered any such accident. We shall know
when the Washington gets back but probably not be-
fore.
The second steamer Of the line the Lafayette s
going on rapidly Inward completion. she viii sail by
| The fret of November at the f.rthest Five persons
have already engaged passage In her This speaking
/ in tne.
AWNINGS We are glad to see that those more
Immediately Interested are not likely to let Broadway
remain in its present naked and uncomfortable condi-
ton without an attempt remedy II. writer in yes
! terdsys Coiri,r g. Enquirer after dwelling upon the
evils consequent on the removal Of the awnings says
/ that
~ The comfort Of the citizens the Interests OF the
/ store keepers the value Of property-eyen the ap
/ pearance Of Broadway one and all have been sacH'
/ heed
He accordingly calls upon the
/ Common Council 20 allow the traders to shade the
streets which can be done In such a manner a. 10
obyate entirely the objections urged against the former
| We have also received communication in behalf OF
Chatham 81. setting forth the reasons for retaining the
awnings, and suggesting that instead Of removing the
posts altogether the Corporation would do great ser
vice 10 the public by simply making them Uniform ana
regular We trust something Of this sor, may yet be
accomplished. Iron posts set In straight INES ana I"
equal distances from each other would occasion no IN
| convenience 90 anyone, while they "ouiu eHaDiS Ho
side. walk 70 be shaded as heretofore. Let US have
them
BowLING GREES FOUNTAIN.-A winter IN the
Journal Of Commerce says that though this fountain
when not in operation hideous deiormiiy yet when
in plsy an object Of unparalleled beauty II h'ie
water sornkled on convert ieiorrny into beauty
/, shows the proprey of covering the rocks with some
| i've or SIX feet of water Throw them into some dock
and then no word. Will be able TO express their lowell
| ness We trustit will be done.
| DEATHS IS TIE CRY By reference 10 the ad-
vertsement of the Inspector it will be seen that the
deaths for the past week were 2s9 Of men w. women
~ boys % Girls 50 q were children under I'VE and
| l27 were natives OF Ireland.
! - Some OF the morning lines OF steamboats, Tor
Albany have refused to take emigrsnis. The Pal River
line also refused 70 take them to the Eastward having
| been cautioned By the authorities.
r. Hon HESRY WHEATON, has arrived IN town
and has taken lod gngs At the New.fork Hotel.
/ POLIcE-George Gregory was yesterday ar
rested BY ofs.er kelyea Of the Lower Police Court,
charged with swindng Henry Phillips oJ CecGst OUT
sl60l worth OF goods after which ne he'd 70 hu.ope'
He subse luenty reformed this City ~ way Of MOI
went % NOBLE