The sun., 1865-06-21
LOCAL NEWS.
SEw YORK AND THE VICINITY.

FEARFUL RIOT At FLUSHING, L.. Err
t1H svD BLDopsHEp. Yesterday ". set apart BY
%" fireman Of As'oriA Jamaica Flushing and Col.
oee Point, for trial Of FIRE sppsrsp, at Finishing.
attentive preparations vets made for grand dis
sy, and rngine Cos. I and I, oi the Ev.erp Dis
.r,ct of the Western District Bfoohlyn, and II Of
Ne- forh, -ero invited to be present Consequently
"Nly in the dsy an immense number Of hremsn and
'Lair friends a-smeod In the town. In oobss,ueuoe
90 soms delay, tie t-isl did TAX. place until .bou,
y. ", and scarcely had the machines been put In
'oftins order vhen tumult nrose 10 Main street
near Wooly Hotel, which became so formidable IN
it, pr'Portions that all idea Of further trial vas
abandoned II sppears tbs, an engineer from the
tNtefn District offered 9 bet Of SO TO msmber Of
'he Astoria Company, each having besn discussing
ne mens of the Smith and Jeber, engine, -ten
'ley quuieled tho term, Of the bet the Astoria
IN, A. slogoi, first striking the Eastern
strict man. Their psrtisans then took up
quarrel and IN . few inmates the hfhI
ircane general between the J.ier men and
10 Smith men. AZ soon as 'hs report
- firearms vas heard, the hu.luess mon of the town
'lo,ed up their stores and in fo- minutes after.
sMd, the widest Disorder prevailed. The reports Of
,i,toi, the cSh,ns ofb,wle hnive, the scream, and
'ur,e, Of the tsmbstants the terrified ,hrietins Of
.omon and children among whom fell showers Of
". The houss-tops we're crowded -th mon, -hils
he women and children sought refuge II cellars.
Ih, state Of thing, lasted for some hour. whom
he rain commenced 10 fall In torrents and seemed 10
oo the passions Of the inluratsd rioters, aud thoy
trsdualy qu.eted down and collected their wounded
md disabled friends II Ia impossible TO state tho
number ofthose injured, but II 10 estimated Al hy
nIty. A lady, whose name was not asceraned,
ecolved bulle, ound In the ait several citizens
and children we're wounded by stray shot. but the
bhter, themselves suffered the most sever. inurie.
The ~osnded tshen to wlllismsbureh include sever
a severe The scene Of tho fight presented evi.
ionees ofs terrific conflict, bricks and stones. tnivs
and broken pistols, Wing around n pro'usion.
SoLDIERs WIVES AND Gu LDREs.-Tt Ap-
years In the Comptroller, .cco, IL, Of dshuremsn,.
ior the past fortnight that IL T53 families embracing
i9,0sl children, have been relieved from tho City
Volunteer Fund, the amount paid them heins
tSi,933. There remain, Of the fund only ss9,2i2
and . the var 10 over and tho city ihuA seemingly
released from IL. obligations to volunteers faiuilie,
becomes serious mstter 10 many Of these familic.
- TO what shall be done as soon a. this isnd 10 ez-
isusted, Two or three weeks will zee tnis result
cached, and a. there Is large proportion Of tho de-
ondant families Who without any other means Of
upport, having Lost their male relatives by the war
he prospect Of this new field o. disre. in the city n
cot pleasant one to contemplate
RlBEL PRISONERS -Four hundred and
aipsty two Of these unfortunate, arrived ye,.
srdsy from Harts Island. There ore nov alout
sbOo at the Battery. Many Of them are Nakins
.boui the streets but creep, for the misersbe state
" their clothing, attract little attention The
'fiesrs are somewhs, better clad hut they also psss
through the streets without much notice. Many Of
,hem appear TO be determined TO remain at the North.
they think they can do better here than in their
section oi country There are still ono thousand
pisonsr At llarrs Island. singular sight va pre-
en,ed yesterday morning a, the Battery Tho
Twenty -nut Connecticut volunteer regiment had
been drawn up In line, ready 20 march through
Broadway, when the four FIVE hundred rebels from
hst's Island entered the gate, and filing In front Of
them, went into the barracks In the rear Of the reg
msnt. The rebels we're treated respe -tfully; no, an
,nruii or an epithet passed between tho men Who
hAd 90 recently been deadly enemies
COMMODORE GoLDsBoRoUGu, commander
Of the Mediterranean squ.,rsn Is expected to call
DOR the Mediterranean Sea, this morning, In tho
u. 8. steam frsAte Colorado iss,hp OF that squad
eon par, Of the squadron /. nov stationed across
the Atlantic, and other vessels expected TO follow
the Colorado soon Che will be accompanied also by
one or two vessels, including the Frolic-ormery the
bookAde-runner A. d. Nanee-a light-iTsn vesscl,
-hich cruise In wateu unsafe for the heavier
Colorado.
ARRIVAL OF SoLDIERs.--Ths Fourth Mass.
aehusetts Heavy ARTILLERY, numbering l7Oo men,
andsr command Of Col w. 4. King, arrived yester.
day afternoon a. the Battery barracks They are
one yearr' mon, vho have been doing garrison duty
10 Mnhinston. Ihey we're entertained at the New
Epgand Rooms, and len for loston under a salyo OF
artillery from thst institution at 7 o'coek r. n A,
hsy marched uP brosdw.y and down Barclay street
rad Aaa a A.
heavytsin which then le hundreds ot people TUNED
cat 20 wines. their departure. They embarked at
out until they reach Boston. The 2.st COnnecticnt
rssiment LET, for New Haven yer rS,dsy at noon
mtIeh up broad~Ay. one bundled aud hity men
rom rom the hofpita' Al foit Schuyler arrived Al tho
ems paid ou. Cols. Move and Alne,, ihs sta,s
hteln o. hssachu etr, distributed one thouf md
,Le 2l.t snd Ath Massachusetts 1t ihc Ra,Iery bar
dJuors, ~ ''o
ANNlNtRsARI. Yesterday was the twenty
tshth snni'ersAp Of the death OF William N. OF
f"slahd' aud tho accession to tho th,oue of he,
h'lcSV queen Victoria Tho English 81 ipplag In
tat hAIbor was dTsINd sccorlusiy
STREET CLEANING.- Tlo street cleaning
coat SCI no at. ed la,L aud the contraction, arc
"'phine to cA'r 10 same int gpeluou % the
n's oIJuL. It's Understood TIA le, have 70,
VI '""s' W '"eH '"ih's t' 10 "l''het N IN par
" carmen ana lAboiers BY the ia, or by 100 ~ d
IL hop'd that they viii be veTy hb,rA 20 these
.He'. lu the ne milne the alter, ULo d ,s.,
80 loF't the he Nuule Of teve al fhuu,aul e,e
Na unf a rec Nae effect OF .ha .es o.'ei Of thin A.
aud thev VIII no u meetr ioT tho NuIpose "a con,
'otllns the nat previous - he .sy GA Nh.rl n.
contract IL expected 10 10 ili9 edect The AQvue =
trtlr fr'siJent and officers geloislv ip cod .nd II
s'lod on, wlil p.Cyent much trouble brt ihr IA =.
u''e already suhe ed so n.ueh tn ou.h the Hackisy
Ali oln'I 'pnIictr N l. viii 'aLe considerable
laf' 90 u owe 10 thtin tlht N
n'I ihr cohlln't rhtn, ani the coutIHcLors uIult
oN theh that they 40 not intrnd 10 make their
!'cloI 300 e. IN consequence OF the cont act, has
"'" ,nhpelIei 20 cut down the number OF Gle ks