New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-04

treat all hands which the refused d. whereup,n
generaiffscas ensued The timely Interference of Cap,
Raltlpit liz queled The disturbance The sllcrs "tre
dped safely on board their ship, aud before say arrests
ofhe opposiie party could be msde thew had escaped
A row took place about o'clock NJ IN Canald'
among fifteen or twenty men who had been drinking IN
rorsrborse near by After many hard blows hai been
! deaf. The dsurbance ves broken up BY the police
Abcu, O'Clock p NJ. eOlOred ;can 2l years OF age
v.s attacked at the corner of West una O~aa' y
gang OF young men armed with clubs am oher weapons
They comm, need striking him he shoalis' ana the
heed and finally drew blood. which exasperle- '"'
negro that he drew bow6niie from bis pocket and stab
bed Of Lis through the Thick part Of the srm
AT this moment the Police arrived and rescued the negro
from the hands Of his assailants and conveyed him on
shpbosid He belonged a steamboat lying on the East
River side of the City.
boy named John A. Hughes, residing at No. rs West
Thrtysecondst had his leg badly brok Monday while
riding dow the Eighthav. in one Of the railroad ssghs
He stsndng the outside of the sleigh when
in contact with another sleigh bound in opposite dDc
ton.
The Grondst ferry boat Cayuga while on her passage
on Monday from New Yoik Williamsburgh broke her
connection rod thereby disabling her from running during
the day This the third boat belonging this Company
now disabled
streets without being secured took fright from the snow
balls which were thrown in nearly every direction. and
dashed or 1T furious rate stopping in many only
after the sleighs which they attached dashed
to pieces
Peter Wilson was Knocked down in MadsOnst. between
Ceiharne and Market SITS, by runaway horse, and con
sid.rably cut about the head William McAdam while
walking through Cherry ST. fell on the ice irsciusng his
file leg and arm
IL
Monday night made mstep fell on the ice and fractured
three of his left ribs.
POLICE MATTERS
The New Year ushered into existence as usual with
"a ent deal of drunkenness ana rufhansm The Ut seat
A. n sorder however the eastern side Of the City
ub,l owing to the almost iDnumerable number Of run
.ho, and the low character of the population Of that
ion y. re reyCing and tumu naturally expected than
IN anv Their section of New York.
=, A Eleventh Ward on Sunday night the Police made
drsc,,, upon legor.beer shop where party of inc
brsed G.. rmsns making night hdeous with screams
settling & c. &c Five of the party giving their names
~ Chri,totA Ter Baker Francis Hudwiok, Harmon Freas
Pbip HeIt and Michael Keep arrested after sharp
,ou fict with The Ponce
The noliee the Seventeenth Patrol District kept
unusually BIZ, Sunday afternoon and evening they
,avio had occ lsOn TO sest forty drunken and very
sorary per-o who had been celebrating the old year
out and the ne, year ~
In one of their prisoners Patrick Larkin they caught
arsr He CT azy drank and having loaded pistol in
is possession TIN atened and attempted to it. upon
,arck King Twin. at No l73 Frstav whom be had pre-
ousv assaulted II his fellow also charged with threat
ming to shoot Henri Wlburs of No 100 Eleventh st.
considerable row the consequence OF his violence
nd before the pocee up Larkin either by accident
esign frsd the pistol which fortunately famed but
mseK The charge {, ok efecsin his right thigh, which.
Though not dangerous njurrr him. had the very desir
Tile effect Of SOLDERING hi considerably Hewes conducted
O tie Station House. where Or Judd was soon in
attendance and dressed n IS WOUNDS
In the Fourth Sevent b, Tent and Eighteenth Wards
much bad rum was sumed, and as natural eonse
luence drunkenness and ruian prevailed TO great
extent and hundreds instea of celebrating the New Year
by calling on their friends the expected do foand
shut up in prison with Schanee Of escape
they should get sober and sensible to what belonged
iecency and becoming conduct.
The First Ward was also the scene Of much disorder
Repeealy in Washington, West, "enwieh, Morris and
other STR cts On the west side Of IL sDstct nearly fifty
If those having the greatest bricks r their hats and
ney unqualified to take of hems Ives provided
with temporary quarters in the Station House for the night
md subse lueny transferred to the Tcmbs for disposal by
Justice Osborne.
According TO the returns Of Capt Han1egan Of the TWEEN
ietb Ward Police of Mondays dongc, there came near
renee which threatened be OF very serious nature took
Mace Yesterday afternoon at the Hud0n River Railroad
dfpSt at Thirty first st. About5O0 who had been en-
poyed in shoveling from the rail track up TO
The depot and demanded their money. The paymeser
mot being in the Office at the time they became impatient
and threatened to destroy the building and would have
carried their threat into execution had not Lieut. Dunn
VIII heard Of the affair with sections Of repaired to
the SPOT and took steps paciy them II was not how
ever ill the Railroad Company commenced paying the
men that they could be quoted The Officers renamed
On duty at the scene Of disturbance for i've hours and
finally succeeded in dispensing the crowd but not without
the greatest trouble Had there been fight it would
have been q bad one Is the workmen were all arne-s
with shovels and plenty of bad rum .
Cant Stevenson of tie Sixteenth Ward Police says on fH
etsrn 10 Chief Matse on Tuesday morning "New-feors
day passed over very quietly in this District have cot
been informed that any accident worth noting occur ca
durHp the day. nor anything beyond he usual arnour0I
mh and harity Some who had elitte more SAL t'ais
ballast either keeed over or thrown on their Lean
ends and received slight injuries, bit as said b'ore'
nothing occurred of character worth ting
NEw.yEAR's AT THE MAJOR OFFICE.
At o'clock the Mayors Office vas tn Jwn open or the
non Of calls WIEN general faSh was made ey the
anxious crowd who we're in waiting outside each 9agerto
zee and wish the Mayor Happy New-fear IN person
Among the Wis ors were the Fritz Guard from PHI depha
who were present by Col Thpas Farran OF the foroeS
Association
The Mayor received them cordially, making On appro
pirate address which responded to on hsha OIL 'n'
Fritz Guard bsCOl Faran c,,..-,o,,.
After this ceremony the Guard visited tIs t,at
Doom liz the Hall, and othr places OF interest a'ei
thew prceedsd IN body under escort Of the ConmooO'