The New York herald., 1866-08-07
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

MORE IHHUxAMry or PoIIcEAEx.-A case Of inhuman-
y the part Of officer occurred in Greenwich street.
Barclay, yesterday afternoon. A apparently
from the country, accompanied by his little son. was
driving wagon through the crowded shorouhfare and
having stopped the crossing ordered TO move ON
by policeman No. 100, which he did rather grumbngy.
The crowd Of citizens present did not hear words
used but they shocked and astonished to see tho
officer drag the from his seat to the ground and
strike HIM violently the head with his
club SO brutay that the unfortunate wretch staggered
about as h Wholly un;Sascoas The M s'or, out locust was
Shame rosa from the bystanders, among whom were
several respectable citizens To add to the sensation tho
cries Of conf "Oi ~ and ..shame' appeared 40
TO enrage the officer that he seized q club from
an indiscriminate onslaught on the crowd, striking
several right and left, and selecting
especially, who ned and took shelter in Q basement
where q shoemaker was at work. Officer 100 followed,
and almost tumbIed iuto the basement head foremost
alter hts victim. whom ho beat bruaily that the
when brought out by the police who came up TO reinforce
the beilgerent officer looked faint and half dead He
hurried off TO the station house, claspng his hands
and begging for mercy from tho club bearing that
held him. The spectators meantime being filled with hor-
ror and Indignation, but not daring 70 express It
Tm METHODIST CAN'T MEETING AT NoRrnPoRr.
camp meeting Of Mcthodiss At Northport. l. l., com
mencedso far the erection Of the tents and the ar
val Of some af the company are
ground Of about eight extent has been chosen
as the size Of the reunion OF 1885, and II II s found
will DO bought for the camp meetings !.
FoUn SOLID MEn OF GorHAx.-Yesterday . quartetts
OF "heavy weghts' met the of Nassau and
Fulton streets Their porty proportions attracted tho
attention OF all who them Their names and weights
were as foIows:-Mr John L Brown 27s pounds; Mr..
John @ Nafew, 264 pounds Mr. Jared W. Bell, 24e
M q i Bs posn. s'S RSs n.sas ans e..
purely accidental, and when they came 70 cor
slider their extreme 6onhomNaie the comic part
Of human kesh was the consequence. Had old Jack
Faista been in the vicinity he would have called for
heavy n aesh these gentlemen acknowledge that they
represented IN the aggregate nearly mill on OF doliarA
II s nos always thss 'heavy weights" have heavy
purses.
TaK TAuoRs' P1ruc.-Yesrerday the fourth annual
picnic OF tho Jousymen Talors Protective Union
held At Bellevue Garden, At the foot Of Eightieth
street. East river. whore some i've thousand
persons wore congresatsd and enjoyed them-
selves du ring the day, in an excellent styis
by dancing aud other social pastimss and festivities
Early yesterday morning about thousand members
Seaaauarsers lou " IN stanton street. and under the a.
rccction Of the Marshal Mr. Warner IN -four divisions
each headed BY music corps passed through s,ansco
Bowery and Grand street. TO broadway, and up Broad
way TO Eighth street. at the foot Of which the excursion
lists embarked upon steamer, which brought
ten O'Clock rho procession made q ine appear
ance and about eleven flags, including the trade
'',ns .so.sos about Sss
thousand memosrs composed Of English, Ger.
n,.;d, man and French ournsymsn who are employee
two years ago tho association was engaged In
strike, in which they were only partly successful;
support and advance the interests Of the trade
In general The socety H. In nourshina
which oonsiderably Increased By the proceeds of
yesterdays festivieA The festival was continued until
seven O'Clock IN the cvening and nothing serious occur
rod 70 disturb the festivities
Strike or BRickrAyxRs AND PLAsrnsss' LASoans-
A body Of workmsn known - "The LAborsn' Union''
have pub,shed notice, addressed to boss and
bQss plestere stating that on and after yesterday they
would demxnd - 80 per day-tl5 per week-soe thets
n. %
s attended with considerable danger. and during the aas
no. sy r. = terribly ssS s% re
issued
AccDzr 70 Bos.-As hslfpsss Eve r. N. yesterday
boy samed James McLoushan residing a No. 90 Spring
street. whis riding cart, ths Of Grssawoh
and vesey Streets fell on and the wheel psssed hs
body, njurlng him ssroasy He was taken 70 shs Esw
York Hospital sa1 reMNs
FzL or Txuu-A man named Joseph Leodsn-
hauss1 who works q s. Ann street, whilss driving
truck :. che corner of Brosdwy end Ana ssrsss y.
is the railway track ssd hus On bis had was severely
injured. he was taken % me CRY Hospital
MAE FoUxD IxmxnMx An ofncer brought On un-
known maa 70 the Third precinct station house who
was fousd insensible st the corner Of Chambers ana
west streets Nothing further could BE- ascsrsainsA
about him any reanen given for his con1isIcnL He
was taken 70 The CITY Hospital e4 I'D
Fms on DAvD's IsLAxD- Passengers BY the Steamboat
Stamford from Northpos, L L, 70 New York ass
Ing At o'clock, report large nrs Davds Island,
near ne shore Several buain appeared 10 be burn-
ing and The SMOKE from the nre vas very dense for
some distancs IN the neiFhborhood.