, 1864-09-16

From The New York World, Sept, 1a1
The vicinity ot Houston street aud Btaad-
wsy, on Sunday night aud Monday uo.ni Z
lssi wnB iu a state OF CO. sEderab!- excite
mtLt, md larct crowd Of up toWo sports
tlis d the various har.roams Of tho peighb,r-
Lood. Tbs occasion >wAs that Of rhe eve Ut
p1ize fight, sudaeoly arislbg from a 4o.rret
Kfete spd james McCabe, both ut tho Ei ,as-
eensh y ard. At that tine, 1t IL alleged, Ke.fe
overturned a ltyht Wagnu jointly ;wnpd bY
MrCabe aud a 1rl.:. 4 McCabe at ouce resen-
ted the aggressive act. and In the turn 0 bad
tie best ct IT. Kee'e, 3 few niyh:s a'toe-
wards, o1lcrsd to uake tac ma:ch FIR 4 stake,
aod tGt same ~as Instantly accepted,.$lO i
Eide posted, and Monday morning., Sept. Il,
app<lntec tor the tfsht.
McCabe IA Joupg nun about nineteen or
twenty Ytars OF aye, Ut muscular though
eyms, stricai build, Md eveas motion gives
token Of streng'h md uctiEity. Mac b u had
two pitched tights-winp,ug oaa, tho other
being draw, On xcc0unr Of polfoa intes-
ftEtlce. -
Patrick Keefe is natfya of the Greea Isle,
but ha. been III the States for numbee Of
ytnrs. He Ii tvrepty-tbrte or twtaty four
years Of rge, about an inch taller than Bis oo-
pon.Dt, and seven or eight pounds heavier,
he balls from, aud h2a the reputation Of be.
Ing brave aud deterlatncd maa, with grssf
listing powers
Arout u o'clock On Sunday night 1t began
to be understood nmopg th- Sc who were 70
be made acquainted with the location Of the
lnperdiug natt1e, thss; 1t would nu In the
ntighbofhood OF Weeha~ ken, and daylight
would be the hour for the eacoun&er.
Our party got hack about ? q. H., a1d at
once made tracks down Broadway to Barclay
street, ut which place We crossed tho river to
Hoboken.
At The break Of day, oae hack WAS freight
ed with hcCxbe and fow more. who started
Tor tho t'lrtBa lagerbler Saloon" and We as.
ctpded multitude Of steps, Rs long Us ia.
cob's ladder, to she esp|auade Ut the paek,
and theIc CO to tho Teutonie beverage dis pens
ing Donahoe's. a further move was speedily
uadc trunl therce to Gutteaberg.- Here
were Patrick keefe aud bls friends, but the
coach with McCAbe uud not arrived, and the
part18ans of Ketfe were louU Ia their dtnun-
clation Of Ills delas. After sumo tfma tho
couch appeared coming down 7 be road toward
us. On arriving, AlcCuhe refused to 20 un
until the urf,yAl OF Ills -cSeF, Eho shortly
arrived, aid As time Was lost in getting
tb,nga in ordes. Tue referee, Mt. C9nners,
AID Rocky bloore, time.keeper, vera speedl-
II chosen. md tue NTH We're soon In tue
ritg McCaha wis attended by Juhany Gra-
dy md YoutE Bennett; Keefe. was esquired
I. b; Pat Clark aud Billy McMullea.
On stripping, theirs was a marked dif.r-
Bented i youthful aud A4otl0-1ikc form, wish
good arns, splendid shoulders and good un-
Oerpiuriug- Kcefa showed marks Ut wear
Rnd teal, aud looked ten or twelve yeara tho
older; although ho has good, broad s',onl-
dtrs, in Every otuer IOtnt Of nlauII confor-
nation his opponent had tha uaturA aUvau-
tAee. After sinking hanus, the men at once
advanced for
Round T. McCabe put up his h1u7s in GOOD form
ano etood Rr9cea1y o. his legs, apparently nrepsr+
stopped con~iurrabiy, ,uokina shorter thar McCabc,
When be reall. IN 1oco taller, his right hand
advanced and Ills left close to his bseas with both
down by rgnt hsEder on the jaw, Fiat kno:k
2. keete showed the dushcs OF Macs visitatioas,
while the latter WAS untouched; eone sparrInz,
Ehen keefs MED his fieht, 9ut wa5 nowhefe; and
1t lett and right, while keeie made futile attempts
w1fAcut effect s piuutes)
3. The same sps.tlng a. ,lssancc-keefe at
3ac rot away, pleak, aud gctt1us tog: :1lier. Mac
struggle.
once got On the side Of the head with his let, aud
made his right twice on the body. kcets putting
in his right once without effect, uod after Btru.-
and McCaoe covering hun with his fulI wa'sat.
s. stcCahe did uot ratt lonE at dstauce, but
went III, lett and right, and Kes1a was tongns
down.
u. More long squa.ing OF, end cries to 90 in;
kttfe tried his right at vacancy; ut length Mac
lsoc bis left the face, and rtsbt the hreass;
w.s ouah,for@ht, and slipped down.
Long time wasted, aud cries to 30 In and
nfht, but to no avail TventT1qye minutes bsd
fighting Tor two minutes NeCabs al length put
in 10 lett On rhe .ehin, and went In with bosf-
hands, Keefe maktn, Intellectual bews With his
ff1h rpA5 5Af HAN r;rrU pf and a1t rSu.r htu
right hand DOWN Keete'a left thigh close to tue
knee, tb1e~.him heavily. 4 claim Of foul WAS at
once made, and speedily allowed bJ the referee;
McCabe losing ths fight By his own cazeltssnees IN
eexsn rQupIsa Al fWerty-s1I m1nutes.