New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-16
JOHN c. KEENAN, CONE BACK.

The Prime Of Walers Is come Inc Doy
So. also is Jack, clever and accomplished,
well as distinguished person, constituting inc r'
II ia a sober fact about heroism OF even hn'' -
than that of the ring, that its worship continues
but brief season. The affairs where 'neon'' Du
brifkly to the Champion not hall year aso .Sa,
now. The Bird that screamed LOUD a''o, '"o '.p
NV NV 49,. ra.ron him and all his muscle, emitted
oonsdenal sbriek late Saturday night, when his
ia, s,e caupbt sight of the steamer Vanderoi'
-, IN The echoes Of the fame that grasped on
=. rsrrhoro 6eh resounded thrillnely through |
~. uorld die on the wires Of public sympathy,
.ooros,v reaching beyond the contracted circle o.
tho nersopal friends Of lite possessor There are
,o,na sunn]es of food for reflection In tne quiet
coming Of the great fighter, but Of this indisesoie
s,,g ye shall take mere morsel of thought. we
h;nl tho ieremads of civilization written when tne
nrosc pulse beat in full heat, will lose something OF
their melancholy force If read in the light OF to-day
of ,he anv people who were excited when the news
If the battle came justifyDg the utmost confidence In
The strength and daring of the American warrior, only
ahout fftv retained enough enthusiasm in him or his
cause 70 carry them down in the boat John L. Lock-
wood to meet the conqueror.
These with the exception Of few stragglsrs,
| afterward picked up) embarked from North
| River pier punctnally an hour behind the
appointed time, on Friday morning last. IL
f! was almost a Damoniac test of friendship to call
| them away from the entertainment on Bedloes
Island for what was q distant view Of the delectable
drama being enacted there te men who are critical in
their taste for the horriblef 1t was unseldsh mo-
tive that prompted them to give precedence Of pier to
two other steamers ladn with cheerful seekers Of the
| blood of Hicks. TIE Lockwood, small end plain
craft, was engaged by the job by Messrs McCsbe and
| Campbell, who keep q drinking saloon called The
Malta" at the corner Of Broadway and another street.
It was not ved up for long, hard cruise. The pro-
visions were not those that take with them do wn
to the eca IN ships They were provided by McC.
and C., who keep a saloon. The names OF
the persons provided utose the provisions are
not generally known, and when We have said
that Mr.. Ned. Price one Of them, we have
| Indicated the tone of the company with sufficient
clearness without violating the confidence OF less no
| torious characters. When the steamer swung OIL, a
cannon that subsequently proved to be the true hero
of the ocoasion) was fred and number OF whariish
persons responded with eeIs. They knew not the M.
ture of the mission, the FIRST step IN which was thus
proclaimed or, if they did, were apathetic as 70
HeeHan, Oh account Of Hicks. The run to Beoioe
; was lively, through the boats with their haga and
their gala crowds sparkling with the animation OF
desire soon be graeed sparkling like the waves IN
the sun and was with no other than collision
with another boat that wanted front float for the
spectacle. We trust that the reader will be
, spared many ssch bitter moments as that
during which the full view of the gallows
and ts man wac interrupted for the Lockwood men
by s another boat that also wanted to get near the
stages and that personally may never be his fortune
to be sauted with such remarks applied to the
bark in question. For moment Heenan was occulted
by the swinging carcase Of Hicks and, aloof on the
wheelhouse and other high objects, supporting one the
other the company regarded the scene. We heard but
one evidently earnest reflection upon it. II was shared
by all and the mdest form of speech it took was this
BY Cd i kind O. think its easy death to be
hung Perhaps that was the useful lesson large
number of those spectators got. Society enjoys the
| fruits of such education.
| When the co1pse ceased to please, and those who
bad gone Ashore TO gee the minute death struggles had
returned the reception vessel got off, salute Of two
guns announcing all parties concerned the complete
satisfaction of all aboard with the performance. 1t
was discovered that one whose place in the excurson
none other could have filled-a demijohn Of brandy,
superior artele-had been left behind aud with great
alacrity the Barge-H House was made, and men put
ashore to 20 after the missing while the steamer went
over to Atlantic Dock, and received Goals, thence
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powderous discharges at brief intervals, reached
Staten leland 1t should be mentioned land, indeed
shall bel that lunch was divided while the Lockwood
was taking her provender. There had also been
gayety. Just after the hanging, it was gay One Of
, | the Deputy-8Iarshas for that mirthfal ceremony
who had trsnibpped himself in company with
several fellow officials, was very gay, and almost
Immediately after leaving the fatal island,
, expressed the solemn sense Of what he had been
doing by a shuttle on deck And lying at Quaran-
tine Dock, the charm of woman was invoked in aid
Of the festivty female Irqh selling apples and such
cheap treasure, was induced upon the boat and made
to shake her aged limbs to a tune of her country
amid the merry explosions of the crowd. The cannon
spoke again. without any change of sentiment and the
voyage of discovery was fairly begun. The material
resources of the Lockwood found to be very
limited. The reflective promenade was cut exceed
ingly short. The luxurious lounge was hindered by
the hardness OF the benches. There was no open BAR
and no barber aboard Intellect generally tells, how
ever and wit of the most delicate and subtle sort, aud
sentiment the ;st human and high, and wisdom pro.
found and varied, all communicated through the me-
dunn of cbaste language, lent wingst the hour The
band enlyened the way. 1t consisted Of two instru-
meLts, a fiddle and banjo They might differ on GER
tain themes, but as TO "Dixies Land" they were
unanimous. This popular chant was accordingly
played, and also sung, shouted, stamped jumped.
! whisted, with every conceivable variation,
during great part of the round trip. Its wild strains
saued the passing craft. They rose TO the stars
lower. while the boat was rocking at Sandy Hook.
Their burden was borne ashore when it reached its
| native dock on Saturday night. The spirits Of the
party were raised well by dinner as by Dixey, and