New-York tribune., 1867-06-14
THE PRIZE RING.
.,ur co,lYrR- AARON INSTRUMENTATION TIE
WINNER.

u,,,>,c,r,< lime 13-The defeat of s Amuel Coll |
- ,odav 81 Acoua Creek decides the question for q
fme at least as who is entitled 10 o"A himself le
Cbamp,cn of Light Weights in the United states 10
I'll, This oueon some 500 persons Sitnessed scene
this morning whCh for brutality has never been eqo
sn this country Ever since the fight betweeh'oiNeI "
1IcGladc. at Godsboro, Penn. in January las" 'NS
match between Collycr and Aaron has been loo"eu i
ward Ia with Interest by certain CLASS oi Po'" ~ "
,arts Of tbe country Both men were so hNey
.,otcbed both in hight, weight, and general phy-
.i,uc th21 any at all acquainted "i'h
,ucistic SIairs would expect nothing but eoSeH CON
tested fight and these people were not elsapF>m.e"
tolav E.robabe in no match witnessed in THIS ~unly
has therv, been better display OF both scehce anu eh
Iranca This vas the third appearance IN the ring OF
p,rney Aaron and the fourth Of Samuel Colyer. Inc
former is a sou Of once famous English hshfer OF te
same name arl made his first appearance IN the ring III
1856 at NewSOrleans, where he woTsted Hih haheu
Evans subsequently he fought with MonOgan IN Canada
and then with his opponent of today In inc IHs' to
fights AA1m victorious but Vohye was ~o
much for him IN June, 1861 near Pohck Church
Since thcu he has been chahng 10 DeiV 'ohSci'
and The first opportunity he h"d nc ch"llens'u
him. and me result OF this challenge IS mere recoideu
samue Cpyer is Brooklyn man. but now lives III Bal
timore where he proprietor of concert saloon IL Is
said he isof good family and that he served CALAMITY
durnc the war as an officer OF a New-Iork regiment
Iocc1a1y not indicate by ls features that he was
Put oat for work he was engaged IN To-Day te
Is said to be strictly temperate and does not use pro
fame lanqage He has beaten Mike Car Horato Bolster
John McOade aud Barney Aaron. For this fight Aaron
has been training for long time in the vicinity OF Batl
more and COnyer at Fortress Monroe. Both men
reached this city last evening and as soon as pos
sible won't on board Of The steamer Livingston at
scventhst. wharf This boat had been chartered by
persons cklng the pugsts and TO get on it required
the payment of S. which entitled the bearer TO moon
light excursion and seat at the side show Although
the regular mail-boat for AcQua Creek. which leaves
here at g. o'clock and small steamer called the virginia.
rared large Of persons to the Creek the Lv
ingston's passengers numbereffuy LOCO, among "hom
werepucsts gamblers burglars, pickpockcts, Depart
,nent clerks Government officers, attaches OF Foreign
Legations newspaper men, and respectable citizens WHO
were anxious TO crafty mere curiosity FROM
early evening until midnight crowds OF these
persons made their way to this boat between mes
of Metropolitan policemen, who assisted the parties 10
embark with the greatest alacrty few minutes after
u O'Clock the boat started and it can be said without
fear of contradiction that such mass Of devils OF all
kinds never before sailed upon the Potomac River The
Forward part boat barroOm. the ladies cabin
"A smoking apartment, and the staterooms were like SO
many residences which the thieves could plunder at their
will Those who secured stateroOms in the morning
.found She doors broken open and the beds occu-
Jed Wben they visited them in the evening"
while those fortunate enough to keep posses
snon OF their awakened every few
minutes bv thieves going through" them. This kind Of
amusement was not enough however, settled prize
fight between Bush of NewYOrk, and Dave McCarty OF
Washington, got up, in which each pummeed the
other until they withdrawn by their friends Riley,
however declared the winner but he carried black
eve for twelve hours afterward little later another
fight wzs arranged but it did not amount TO much The
Glanking Of the machinery the blazing light Of the fire
places and fe cursnss and jeerngs OF those on board
made the boat like the internal regions. In fact to
uuoe the words OF a rough, "H this boat should sink,
she would carry larger mass OF sin down with her than
my wrecked boat ever did" 1t nearly o'clock be
reached cqua Creek and here were found
two which had come ron Baltimore, one from
Philadelphia, and one from Washington: The Livingston
could go mp the creek those boefd had 10 ee
transferred in rOw-bOats to the fighting ssoupds.
-rhese were IN the o. stone mansion, 81
lhe east bank Of Acquia Creek. On what was
formerly the garden of the mansion the ordi-
mary 2ifeet square ring pitched before s.6inS
capable of holding 1850 people. In very lte while the
inmates of the boats be- ,rru ossescn of these
or three fellows entered the ring and wanted TO night
NTH each SA9 & gS ey nPP PSy ESk kdeSSG % @ Of Bro9
yn was particularly sGNGas " sy v up Up PfS ,a pro 8t
him ON Aaron he walked around the circle displaying
"Bly Kelley" whom he said ne would back 10 ngIt
tsFe him IN The betting this time ia favor Of Coll
yer although the friends Of Aaron werenot Shy accept
About 81 O'Clock Barney Aaron entered the ineosure
and threw his hat @ INTO s e pac rS anne f t1S
gOnSSG and yH; msS2iyIF HS 6I cST r who co
menced te prepare their principal lo{ the nsui S.
aftcrward COlyer came in with his tccoAe1 johnny |
Roach and Patsey Mealy Both men lQgkeo well Coll |
ihan Aaron whose age is 32 The first nautd weighed
neaPopte Of the rough and Wien Is smiles he has
sOuntenance which 10 call j malicious would be
ike "a fisherman. stocally indifferent, he
vet showed that he had great deal OF de-
Termination, while Aaron 1ppeared TO nave an unnSHai
amount OF confidence. Nike Henry was chosen umpire
Tor Coyer and Johnny Lazarus for Aaron and both OF
ned
cipals TO one OF the stakes Coye!s cC.gs were "hc
with red border, and AarOns White with puip4e bOr-
William McMun Of Philadelphia Chairman Of the Dem
Dcratic City Executive Committee or tLat elty, was
BgreeduPOn. Entering the nDg he spoke substantially
Bows. did not come here to be referee but TO
fight like this which like to see. have no paTtally
for nary man. and will endeayOr TO discharge my duty
without fear II airy strikes FOUL VIII cant N ln
and il any does IL agaln Will declQc against MIN
Then turungtO the reporters nc tssa ,iein no5 VI 10 10
he had been appointed IeIe{ec ana threleneu Iat
Il any did he would crop his cars il He ever got MN
At $50 O'Clock Aaron who had the choice Of cor
ners and had taken with his back % the walked
over 10 Coyer and bet 500 the result after which
both principals and seconds walked TO the center OF the
ring aud aectOnately shook hands with each other
action which the crowd seemed 10 appreciate as ap-
plauded loudly second or two aiterwaId time was
work. Their physical appearance was splendid. Inc
muscles Of each stood prominently forth and their skin
sparring done, but finally Aaron struck Coyer on
the face, dragng the " irst blood they ootn cosedl
his trick Of dropping when he was IA tight Place
and this being kept up al through tne nSnt; oS
It. From Aaron found himself the best boxer
6oyer wanted 20 win he must do IL by pegeing away.
With this intention he aimed very seldom AT AarOnS
head and when he did he was nearly always stopped.
But he got In some blows his opponents rbs which
were perfectly fearful Aaron the contrary seemed
CoIyer could not stand this and would rush in
90 grapple, and being the strongest Of the
two, nearly every time he did this he threw
Aaron Tile latter. however, Ofener went down his