Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-29
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The New York Clipper this week contain.


The New York Clipper this week contains
tn following iiems:
PRtzF FtGHTING IN NEW JEEsFY.-At the
JaBu8ry urrm OF the Hudson county. " J.
coutss. which commenced on the 10Th instant
Judge B.dr. IN has chsref "a the grand iury.
directed especial attention - the frequency OF
prize fght~, which arr stated u have of late
taken place on Jer -ey soil, especially In Bsr-
gcn anu Hudson counties. generally Nv part,.s
A om NV York, and sud ~ Was Notorious
iact That sur parties mentioned a. bang en-
fsged IN IN m escaped appreheus on and pm
lshIn'nt. Whether this D. tine fault Of th..
local authorities II was Tor the jury 10 IN
qOh'. II Vas ALSO for The Jury 10 LAY " neither
Thy Nill b. able 20 indict thOse who engage
IA pm hShtinc, whether resid'nts 81 anOther
state o. rot and leave n 10 tae officers 20
procuie their arrest n arrested there - hui
little doubt that thev Will be- couVtctrd and
punishea 80 seventy that this class of charu,-
ters Niit hereafter SEX some other arena flr
Their operations. Persons convicted OF prtsa
hchnng arr liable 10 two wears IN the Sta...
prison, or 10 a fine not q NcseGing :. 0pA OF ho.h
v hlle those who att, nd a. spectato-S ar. Iiahl.
10 one year m the Site prison. or a fine OF
S5ttF. The Court expressed wish thai m.
grand Jury could fiud bulls of indictment aeaiust
some of these partle~. anG even AZ Ihrir arr,,-l
could NOT he procured, the Indictments coald
be held over them. and nv this means thev
could be Kept cut OF the STATE
Draw FIGHT BETWEEN FTTzGERaLD AND
BURkE-A CORES pundeut InfOms In brse
of pas age OF arms ior S25v side which took
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between fltzgerald Ned. probably. who b.,at
Hughes. Tom Smith. sailor Burke and jimmy
Rancll and fought Leon and Burke. tperhaps
Salor.) Hardy aud a friend waited upon III.
latter. while Mike Conners and Daly seconded
Fitzgerald. Ned took tine lead NJ ON ~: forcing
the pace from the ssnd-oH, and gaining the frs
knock down an the fifth round, Burke adopt
ina the drop game and prosecuting ii through
cut much TO the Dissatisfaction OF those
AT tit ung side. who eNing-d
the same by frequent expressions of
Fnne HHNnWnW. H. - ct.
fghtiag ap ~ tbt ca round. t.T- h-rr Rursra
tu-nto the tables ON has autagOnist. aud maas.
hay during tie succeeding doDsn rounds. after
which, n being thought that tho r.f,r- wa
either incompetent 20 iii the position or pr.iu-
diced in favor of Burke. through not ailoNInv
ciaims ON palpsble fouls they concluded u
hnish a. pretty much m the rough aud tumble
stNle- and regular dog light eu-ued upon III
l2~th round. " hen the men. being unable ~ un-
ish, agreed TO draw.
THE WHITTAKER AND DALEY NJ MArcH-Thr
met for posting the second deposit of So sid,,
and draw M up articles of agreement an tn.
Sstu match between James Whitaker and DicE
Morgan, alias Dick DALEY. was held az th.
hOuse Of IN. Phillips, Mahaney city. Pa one
~, nlng last " eek, " hen everything was Safl--
iactorily arranged. According TO the protocol
they bind themselves 10 do bs tile in accordance.
with the new rules. for sou side, AZ a place u
be named three days before the fight which Is Ia
take place on the 18th of February. the men 20 be-
m the ring by 10 O'Clock a. m. the rrfere-. 20 n
chosen on the ground. Two hundred dollars ar,
now up I'm the hands OF the stakeholder and
the third and hnal deposit of 500 a side has to
be tabled al a well known sporting house IN
Ashland, Pa. on Monday evening. February
lu. between the hours OF and O'Clock The
articles are witnessed by 4. W. Morgan and
Joe Hughes. The men are now in active tram
Ing. DALEY taking his breathings at Ashland,
1rom which place he II backed. under the men
iorship OF Andy Geary, and Whitaker doing
his work near Mahaney City, with Jack vii
liams TO look after him.
CHALLENGE ON BEHALF OF DwYER FOR
s2.ttO SIDE.-As has been previously men
noned an these columns, Billy Dwyer. who de
1esiied Johnny Walker, and fought draws with
Tommy Chandler and Jack Turner. has for
some time past manifested a strong desire 20 get
on another match with Tommy. the Pacific
wonder. and the stated reason Of his rne-sin,
with lll-sucoess an these endeavors IL Tn. fact
OF Chambers hackers placing the figures too
high among the thousands. The anticipat.d
arrival of Dwyer IN San Francisco. after a
frightened soloUrn IN Mormondpm. about the
LIST OF the current month. had at last advicas
given rise TO considerable excitement among ti..
sporters, and II was thought quite probable thas
Chambers friends would waive their objec-
lions IN pecuniary sense, and II Dyvyer really
meant nothing but business. Accommodate him
Tor an amount which would accord with the
Ideas OF his supporters.
ARRIVAL OF PATSY REARDoS.-ow1ng 20 the
stringent measures adopted BY the british
authorities for the suppression OF the fistic code
ea~ito, which. until lately, has been a tim -
honored institution within their lurisdiction
the exodus OF former shining lights of The
squared circle beyond the seas continues and
ls likely 10 go on for some time 10 come. for th-
cordIalHy OF the welcome extended tho~e who
have thus tar visited the New World act Ifk.
a loadstone upon those who have a. vet NO,
Nentured upon a passage across the stormy
Atlantic. We have this week TO chronicle a
fresh importation in tue person of the cele-
brsted boxer. Patsy Reardon. who. though nor
Att t"enty-nlne years OF age, has fought some
OF The best men OF his ayoirdupois IN England.
ana never Net been Obliged 10 succumb.