Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-28
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for a long while past.-N. T. Independsnt.
LOCAL NE w6.
The MAuLNa AT THE CRY OF BRorHERLr
LovE.-The delegation who went from this city
70 witness the hstic tournament" between John
Turner, Of Boston, and James Turner, OF Phila-
delphia, for al 900 side, report that the affair
was conducted In q manner calculated to disgust
ths patrons Ofthe 2. R The Philadslphisns only
tween two pugilists without definite results.
The parties from this city who witnessed II state
that after the hrst four rounds the Boston Turner
had II all his own way, and when Il became evi-
dent he must win the ring was broken into by
the partisans Of the Philadelphia pugilist, and
that the referee, whose Office Is simply to listen
to and decide upon points raised by the umpres
Of the respective parties, and finally to decide the
issue Of the contest, while the seconds were
sponging of, jim Turner asked the umpire Of
that unfortunate person why he did mt come for
and which is without precedent In the annals Of
the prize ring, was acted on, and the referee i'm
mediately said he would decide the battle In
favor OF jim Turner. protest was entered, Of
day.
fhe light Is described as follows:
On the first round, several passes were made
with but little effect, and Jack Turner went
On the second round Jack led of and, feinting
with his left, got in upon the nose Of Philadel-
phla turner quite stinger, and soon after ended
the round by going down.
On the third round Boston countered on tho
chin OF Philadelphia, sharply, drawing nrst
On the fourth round Boston,s friends called
upon him to go in and do something after his old
fashion, and the result was a slogging round, n
regular give and .taker, ~ Boston getting do
cidedly the best Of 1t.
On the nfth round Boston fought Philadeiphia
all over the ring, hitting him hard and often.
By the end Of this round Jim's eyes showed
marks Of severe punishment, going rapidly int
eclipse.
The sixth round was a slasher, Jim receiving q
bad cut In his lip; and II kept up until the
sixteenth round, when Jack Turner fought his
antagonist ont Of his corner round to his own
corner, where he got jim on the ropes and hbbed
him severely on the face and ribs. The PhilRdel-
phians seeing that their fayOrite was going up
very fast, broke into the ring with outcries saw
ave and miscellaneous, and many thinking that
the police had "come down like wolf on the
fOld'' scattered, and the fight over, the ref
cree meanwhile prompting the beaten man to
claim the fight. Thus ended one of the most
disgraceful hstcuHs ever enacted In this country.
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The CHICAGO DELEGATION OF CITY CoUN-
CILMRS. The delegation from the Chicago City
Council are expected to arrive In this city to-
night or tomorrow morning. Arrangements
have been made to meet them and provide apart |
ments for them The following are the names Of
the most prominent Of our Chicago visitors
Alderman Peter shimp, chairman Of the delega-
Kann, Hatch, Frisby. Clarke, with D. d. Drs-
coll, City Attorney; L. Brentano, editor Of the
Illinois Stddts- zeitung, who represents the Chi
cago Board Of Education DR.. wesner, Of the |
Associated German Press; Mr.. Bartlett, Of Bart
lett Brothers. mercantile establishment, and
other citizens Of Chicago, and Alderman Vance,
Of Toronto, c. w. 1t is also expected thst they
will be accompanied by a delegation from the
Baltimore Councils, The delegations will be in |
charge Of delegation of our City Councils, and |
will be conducted to the various places Of in
terest In Washington aud Its vicinity.
GooDs RECOVERED AND THE THIEF CAUGHT.
Yesterday detectives Bigley and Kelley ar
rested Charles Blue and Elias Robinson on the |
charge Of robbing the store Of Mr.. Evan Hughes,
corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth |
street, on the night Of the 10Th inst The case
was heard this afternoon at Police Headquarters
by Sup't Richards, when they were both com
mitted to Jail in default Of ~, 900 ball. Sarah .
Robinson, the wife OF Elias Robinson, was also
committed as accessory to the larceny. Seven
pieces of the cloth was recovered, and the de-
tectives are confident they will recover the other
hye which were stolen.
GRAND LARCESY CAsEs.-Jamos Vanne-
man was arrested yesterday by oHioer Harper, of
Georgetown, on the complaint Of Henry w. Nc
Meach, charged with grand larceny, and was
committed to Jail for court by Justice Buckley.
John Smith, on the same charge, was arrested
by Officer Anderson, of the First precinct, on tho
complaint Of Henrietta Green, but the parties
settled the difficulty without going to trial.
. John Johnson was arrested on the same charge
by 0fhcer McColgan, of the Fourth ward, sn me
complaint Of Henry Wilmington, and was COM
mitted to jail for court by Justice Walter.
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CoRoNER's INoUEsT-An inquest was held
yesterday by Coroner Woodward over the dead
body Of an infant found by the scayenger in
privy at the house Of A. T. G. Dodge, 394 North
Capitol street. The jury rendered a verdict that
the infant came to its proper time, and was ma
liciously placed in the priyy by some person or
persons unknown, and they believe that some
cruelty was used before depositing the infant in
the priyy, thereby causing Its death.
REcAPTURED.-0ut Of the six prisoners
who escaped from Jail on Monday morning,
three have been recaptured: VIM. Berry, Jno.
Hern, and George Davis. Davis was captured on
Monday morning. Berry and Hern yesterday.
They were taken back to the Jail and secured.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS UNION LEAGUE
This association will meet in Union League Hall,
on Ninth street, Friday evening, 10Th, when It Is
expected that the Address will be ready. largd
attendance is desirable.
BhLIARDs.-Messrs. Deery and Foster
will play game Of Ave hundred points at the
National Hotel billiard saloon, on Thursday
evening, September 2S, commencing at O'Clock
SPECIAL NOTICES..
AB- Attention IA Special Meeting OF
the Soldiers and Sailors National Union League