The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-16


DESPERATE FIGHT BETWEEN THE PoIICR AND CuRgNs -on
last Sunday afternoon desperate fgbt took place
Of the Metropolitan police OF the Fifth precinct al,
Irish families residing In Washington street between
Watts and Canal In this locality there are quite mum
Der Of tenement houses occupied BY poor ames male
portion Of Whom in the habit they choose to
make IL convenient Of getting spree During Of
these Affairs on Sunday drunken perao balatng
,al,ty, creating breach OF the peace, when Do
'crD-n s,tcnpt 20 arrest him, bas
Dr. oticer procured the ASSISTANCE Of tao his brother
bceFs and mSoe secont aiemot TO arrest the man,
when general mckee ensued, D0to SIDES 6got
* with desperation In q lew minutes there
quite coocourse of people, including a great
ounoer OF Vigaos, who mado com noD satto the off,
succeeded fescuing prisoner an bore i'm
amios. The widest exuahons OF triumph. On an ex
minsibn o 'ae scene Of soc alias, IL vas easBy
RAJ the pou:enen mad done great excelsior
cubs, several men mai tlec heads badly cut,
and The blood couIsr down their faces pretty freely
he women assaiispts bad :e oosnes torn from their
ood,es and less Toured. IL fow minutes
after The Grst asy cody 81 tSelve OF the FIN
precinct police the ground and entered the dwell
ing Of the drunken uasa who origin aSd the row. They
succeeoed IN srr.sns h,m ed hia the
siaon bouee, followed by large crowd Of people. II
wlth determination, ana tnan match for
police The affair Witnessed oy st least thousand
people,
NEW York Is the weather yesterday was delight
tu aud the thoroushiares end steamboat landings pre-
sented quite busy scene, evidently showing that the
travelling and watering place begira had not materially
oeereaied population TIE hotel registers pressn
quite IN array Of names, and they all doing very
good business Among the visters 10 city present
are many Sou.bernera. who through the city IL
traneu for the watering and other places OF pleasure
rne consequence their fances lead them pronize
aizsrs, roo are at present gfated a. the berasy
their patrons In sh0rt time the influx OF tourists Will
wend their why 70 this city from Abroad pleased,
come sck ana others tisguHeted At what termed
fashionable watering places
The Richmond military visitors are creating quite fu
bedked yesterday with Tags and streamers in their no
nor To day they viii be reviewed IN tho Park by the
ssypr and Common Council and at night they viii be
barquettcd at the Metropolitan Hotel
FIRST WARD GERMAN GUARD,-This company, under
the command Of Captain Jacob Defenbacher will proceed
this morning their target excursion to Eas,
New York, where they Will contend for forty prizes Be
fore they leave the city pr esenson Of new flag and
beautiful sword and sash win be made TO Captain Dieen
oseher by the company. After this the company will
proceed TO the metropolitan in Hester street, where
sppleBdd hsg Will be presented 10 the company by
coumee OF ladies' consisting Of Mesdames D,eenb
ZesIer, Weinberger, HienbYand and AlteDbrand. The
company leave for their destination nine O'Clock A.
Tor 'he South Terry.
CRIMRAN SOLDIER DRowNED-Yesterday evening, be-
tween the hours Of four and Eve O'Clock. young
named Frederick johnson, residing in Greenwich street.
ew York. who, appears, served as private soldier in
the Connaught Rangers throughout the Crmean war;
drowned in the hudson rver little above the Eysian
fields, Hoboken whilst engaged In swimming. johnson
WA but nine months in this country and an rshman by
birth. He received bullet wound in the left at the
battle Of lnserman, som which he has since suffered oc
catonsl weakness deprivDg bin Of all streneth Ia that
part OF bis system is probable that whilst laborins
under this affection yesterday evening" when In swim
n!pg he came 10 bis carly DEATH The body has not yet
oeen found although diligently gcarchcd for by some OF
his friends durirg the evening.
THREE MEN DRowsED Captain Rowland, Of the steam
tug r. L. Aabey, reports that when coming up the bay
with the brig Brothers in tow, small boat with three
men In undertaking TO alongside the brig, up
set and the men all drowned before the ssoamboa,
or her small bouts could reach them. The names Of the
men were not ascertained