The New York herald., 1870-03-17


for those who liking for the dn and warfare
OF q drunken prawi, the reckless daring Of the
rough who makes II a nocturnal duty to preak his
best friends mead In with meataxc plfe on the
nose OF man VINO smells too big mice when he
tumblcs into o den ali fragrant with pad wnasSey
and worse molasses. In fact the Fourth n alone a
It's glory for all that is sacred In the eyes Of the
rough and scum. and the way that man ~ saot or
stabbed 'chawed up' at sight seni-oces ssionaiy
within its odoriferous precincts would astonh
anybody with less knowledge OF the vaganes Of de-
praved human nature Than IN possessed py capiasn
Aialre, who tries to keep the Fourth IN something
like decent order. The latest '.unpleasantners" Of
any account that has occurred m the ward for the
last fortyeight hours took place al an carry hour
yesterday morning.
BALL AND VINO WAS THERE
On Tuesday evening there ball at Brooks
Assembly Rooms Of tho arlstocratic McCabe Asso-
cation. The cream OF the Fourth ward graced the
occasion with their pcrfufncd presence. Joy regned
supreme all the night long, and no one 'enjyied hts
sel1' more than John McCabe, better known 10 the
police as Buckley lie was IN has glorv with the
"gerrits,' and drank to their health many ume
before "Schwate Home" by the orchestra babe eyery
body leave tue place and 70 10 bed.
THE BATTLE FIELD.
sI}uckeyn went out when he could not sfay any
longer and ABOUT hafpast ak O'Clock fetched up
Mc(ioldrlck's liquor store IS Frankfort street. Nc
took several friends In with nlm, Tor c0mlany's
SAKE and strobe up 10 the bar Mr.. James H. Draper
was behind the counter. Draper's young brother
and an unknown man sat behind the stove, talking
about things In general and the bah IN particular
and a man named Richard Downing had lu,t hoisied
himself on TO the top OF an empty beer barrel.
THE DEEP PRovOcATfON.
NOW, 1t happened that Draper Knew McCabe and
McCabe knew Draper; so tney nodded "How dye
do and .Buckey' called Tor drinks for his party.
What viii yese have, gintiemin." said ne 10 ms
friends, and all the ''gintlenin" smiled good ma
turedly. One took gin and another whskey straight.
every one 70 his taste, IN iact or rather In tun.
approvngly and declared the ..stuiYr, bully. SO did
all his friends. Then Buckeyn put his hand IN his
pocket and fumbled about for something taa; wasnt
there. Putting on his most wins0me smile he then
exclaimed .pil pay YOU some other time" Draper
looked at him knowingly. Folding MS arms on the
don't, my boy; you've done that afore." Eyer
liar" said "Buckey." looking red In the face.
Draper ie!t bad a. IN this Of course; but he didn't
claimed '.pll bet you live dollars you dldn But he
had not time to put up the money, Tor "Buckeyn
hauled OF and gave him rignthander over the len
eye that nearly sent him TO grass among the de
canters.
THE BATTLE.
"Buckey" evidently meant mischief and had no
sooner struck the blow than he drew revolver aud
began TO fire AZ Draper. The first shot went Wild OF
It's mark, when Draper sprang over the counter and
grapped with his assailant. The two men had
fierce struggle OF II for awhile, and "Buckeyr did
his best to turn the muZze OF the revolver towards
Draper's head, but he couldn't do It, tightly was
he held. Ee finally got his hand loose for second,
Wlen Draper'S DrOCncf, seeing now serious the row
had become, ran from his place behind the stove
and made pass ct McCabe with stool. This came
laying him out, but II only gave MIN control OF
his pistol and he fred putting bullet in the neshy
part OF the thigh OF the younger Draper although ne
meant to HIT The other The wounded man then
sprang behind the counter and went to the desk
for pistol, but could not find 1t. The man
Bowling, who had been percned on the beer barrel
found things were getting too hot for comfort, and
made move to git" when "Buckey" fired at him,
and the bullet entered MS breast near the nipple
taking, fortunately for him. an upward direction
The unknown man, who had been talking with
young Draper behind the stove then came in for his
SHARE and was struck In the head by bullet from
"Buckeys' pistol. The row then became general.
Every body who had been punched or buet-struck
felt that he was "klit intirely,n and so went Tor
"Buckey'' with o vengeance. The yells that were
given, the blows that were struck and the damage
tnaJwas doQN to bran new hats were something
OUT as far .ts eye sidewalk, where he tore himself
from his victims and went at 2:40 gait nobody
as yet knows where.
1--WE ARE ALL JOLLY GOOD FELLOws.n
The wounded then betOOk themselves to the sta
ton house, where they recOunted che scenes OF the
battle and terrified gentle Sergeant Carr with de-
ScrlptiOn Of the awful horror which might have
Deen had Buckley killed every mothers son OF them.
As 1t was, they had narrow escape and elt partcu-
larry good when DIR. DOner hove In sight from head
quarters TO dress their wounds. The bullets were
extracted from the bodies OF bowling young Draper
and the unknown, and all were pronounced to be
out OF danger.
to introduce Buckley" to police magistrate. But,
as Pompey would say. "Whar am he gwine tof"