Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-05-04

"'o"g" the mass with great difficulty found the
p"''n' probably beyond danger, but his respiration
'"oS' i"oorcd and slow. The Fire King made frc
9"oh' applications of what seemed to be hartsLorn
" MS nose. After Il few minutes the sufferer nu,
o"' MS tongue, and licked his nose, thereby mani
resting ms sense of the potency of the hartshorn
his resuscitation was considered now a decided
ana The spectators testified their satisfaction
at ms recovery, and awarded the laurel 70 the
american Fire King, by repeated shouts. The poor
dog remained in state of great debility ,be whole
evening and towards O'Clock, was carried Off in
IIoughton '0 ''"e"isS VI MI
inc crowd evidently took part with Houghton.
considered him the winner, and upon the European
hihgs protesting that the bet was not decided.
were disposed to regard the latter with an unfavor
aoic eye Perhaps there was Il little too much ma
'ionaIity in this. The terms of the bet were not
very definite. Monsieur Chabcrt SAYS. the eypcri-
lneh'' according to his understanding, must be re-
Pcatcd, until one the other kills his dor: that
his dog got we'll az well as uouchton,s. that -.
lloughton has prcsumptuously undertaken TO nd.
minister twice as much Prussic Acid as he, that
he, Mons. c., is the safe side and c,pno, Ioso.
that he cares not fig for the money, and if Mr..
lioughon wants fifty dollars, will make him a
present Of that sum- but that he cannot consent to
surrender reputation, acquired by years of success
tu experiment before the learned and scientific of all
Europe and the U. States upon such an -ypcrimen,
and before an unscicntiiic assembly He cares not
pinch OF snuff for the fifty dollars but he values
4 reputation as novel it is dffuscd through all
Christcndom He tenders a CHALLENGE 10 Mr.. H.
which if accepted he is willing to stake suprcr,a.
OF he ho
hand, claims the victory; allcdges that he has oh
tanned several but that he cannot get the European
to stick; that he is the real Simon Pure the ether
the Charlatan, and finally is full of confidence Of
his own superiority.
NO" noStrum fdnfaS comPoncre Hcs. But il
occurs to us, that both may be able TO do wilrt
they profess themselves capable of; that neither is
an lmpostor; that they have both been more sue
ccsStu than their fcllew men, in extracting valuable
secrets from naturc and that in this point of view
as tending to enlarge the circle of human know
ledge, and contributing TO stop some OF the innu
mcrable outlets to life, themselves are worthy of
respect, and t.cir experiments Of observation and
encouragement. Both are men Of sensc-pcrLnps
OF powerful, original talent Some have thou plt
that there was an understanding between them:
that their seeming rivalry and collisions in all the
great cities was plan to fill their pockets from
the gulb!lity Of Jonathan, hardly inferior in this
amiablc trait, TO his father, John Bull. But this
is mistake. Circumstances have brought us
acquainted with both their Majcstics, and we can
safely testify, to the existence Of bona iilc, cor
dial, mutual dislike. They are too to a great de-
gree, disintcrcstcd. Victory, and not money, is
evidently the ruling desire of each puissant Mo
march.