, 1863-05-23
ANOTHER PRIZE FIEHT.
0rem and Geog1lcEan the Contestants
-N1netecn Rounds Fought in E.yrn.
ty.thrcc n1tnutcA-A Forced Decision II
tn Favor OF &seo.legan.
From the N. T. Ttmce, A}th,7

EioAi LII ~. l. 1AGE, ~1NR.
At an early hour Yesterday, a fight between
Geoghegan Of this City, took place at South
An!boy, In Middlesex Coun;y, n. J. 4 large
party left the city Monday night in the Key
purt boat to witness the encounter, also many
persons took private conveyauces for the
same object. The steam-tug John Tracy was
chal tered By certain number Of individuals,
and ut O'Clock yesterday morning, left Jer-
sey City, aud proceeded toward The fgh ing
ground, reaclIius it ut about O'clock a. IN
The boat. however, struck the bar, where she
was held fast, and in order to reach land, the
passengers were Obliged to take 10 email
several trips back and forth. The
people in the vicinity Of the spot
where the ring was pitched were greatly in
censed at the proceedings, and notified the
sheriff Of thu county. who cndeayured to pre-
vent the Anticipated fight, but filled in consc-
men TO aid him. Tue ring was pitched ut
about sunrise, aud was considered one Of the
tlrlnest that has been put up since the recent
| fighting season commenced. All the ayaila.
bic 1'cint6 for seeing what transpired
within b - the ring we're ,noH9p'
ting, rs general Thing was decidedly in that
Individuals favor The party assembled,
with somc few exceptions, secu,ed determined
that Orcm should not BE- the victor, no matter
how successful he might be in whipping his
antagonist. A. the appointed hour for the
and in'isterons, ard one rowdy even went 50
30 far as TO fire barn which contained 4 con-
siderable quantity Of bay.
Kit BUNS AMI ''P;ddy" acted rs seconds
for Orcm, Mr., Mulley being his umpire, aud
Holmes and Donnell. y for Ge"ghegan. Scam
| VI years If age. and has not much Of the pu.
| giiistic aepect ahuut him. Geogheggan weighs
I3S pounds, is ~ years Of age, und is unauall-
tiedIy plain looking. As lilv principals wer.
! about 10 PROCEED to "businc-s,' Shrriir Clark
stepped out, and notified thu crowd Of the
Illegal m,tusc cf their wnrk, reading thu
laws Of New Jerscy upon the subject. Oren,
t;id that lc wished to yi-la1c no law,
and would leave if the rest did so. Geoyhe-
| Ean replied that III: came there to fight, and
/ if Orem did not fight in the ring he would
| lick him or tie spot. Orcm replied that all
friends, but asked 1to fayurs. AL the while
| the crowd, nearly one thousand in number,
| shouted, Cut thu Id ours throat, - Lick
The smooth faced bAby,' &c At this tiule
the special b"at, with Harry Hill and some
otler friends, dozrn pr So in all, Of Orcm'
arrived, and tue fis ut was ordered to proceed
Several attempts were made to get news.
| paps, III Il to acF as referees, but without sue
| cess, and finally i man named Moore WI,
| cLosen. During Nil these preliminary pro
eecGinge, the crowd continued to jeer al
Orens, who acted with all citcumspection.
The fighting at last commenced, and con
| tinucd with the usual amount Of blows anG
knuckdowns up to nineteen rounds. Up tc
this time, hnwtyer, the result Was in favor of
Otc1u. On the last round, Orem struck out
and GcogIn gan wen: down to avoid the blow
the former striking him on the head Will.
falling. Loud cries Of "Fuul," Foul" wcrt
raised by HE seconds AMI partisaus vi Gtoy
hegan. They invaded the precincts of iht
rug and Il kcene of confusion ersncd which
beggars description. Knives, pistols ant
clubs wctc drawn and br.udisiled, and gen
cra1 free tight, and perhaps b1oodsAed, Seemed
inevitable. As the blow WIS not in rcalii.
foul, according to the rules Of F. r., the Re
fierce appeared undetermined to decide tn
fight in favor Of Geoghc,an, wheu one uf th1
lattcr's l'artisans walked across the ring AM
presented Il loaded revolver ut his head. De
iberatcly cockingit it he said, 'tAre you goiiIg tt
decide tlis blow fuui:" Under thu pressure
| 1hc referee had 10 alternative but to give tn
light to GeoyEcgan, or take the chance Of
bullet through lis head. Choosing the leas
oftAc two evils, lle decided in favor OF Gengt
cyan, amid the chetrs uf Ills friends and ba X
! crs. Geoghegan immediately jumped out q
Who were jubilant over his sue less. Orel
remained ln tie ring sonit minutes 10 drcs:
; and then lift in co.hfany with his friends, III
came on to New York unhnrmed. The tigh
hcing over, the crowd round tho ring scatter
} ed ali through the country, coming ur to th1
. city In various ways. The time occupied
fighting the rounds was % minutes. Will
retrn ming to the ci'y,:t number Of persons
anicne whom was Harry Hill, 0ttiynon, Ell
oft and Finch were arrested by tile po11c
and taken to thu First Precinct St:stion-hous
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