The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-05-22
Emli Batting IN NcNIco.

gives VIC i"IlONUhS uI'Cill'lNH ol uulI hSi'
which he Witnessed while in the city of Mexico
Next to the paseo aud the Almcda the G.yontc
place of resort is the bull fghr, which Is most
rumcrou,ly aud fl>hi"nably attended on the irasI
days and Sundays in the affrn"on Near ia,
Pario l. tle che, ring. erected for the purpose, at
a cost a. ! am informed, OF about ElUU,uUU. Il
l. splendid amphIthcalrc. open ~ tie top and
enclosing an immense rtug, neatly buaGdrd up al
the sides, and the whole handsomely painted au'
dccurdtr4. The seats ~ lhe fashionable clrcl,
are divide oft into boxes, richly cTputel aud pro
ydrd with chars On one slic is spacious boa
for the use of ill.,; President If tie Republic, o,rl
wheh is emGlazoncd the coat oil arms Of Mexico
With great rcpugnance, ] consented TO witues,
one Of these cruel exhiiiun~, anl as perfap,
only few Of the readers Of the lnte!lgencer have
Witnessed a bull fight | will de,cribe the seen,
~ well aS can. There was an immense crow,
Of spectators present Indeed, there could moi
have been less than five thousand anI thought
there was much larger number. They were
con posed of both sexes and Of all classes but a
larger proportion were fiehionatIy dressed and
seemed To b.. the best Of sorictv. The President
box was filled, but | could not distinguish at the
distance at which stood, whether lac was pres
ent. But am Informed hc frrQueGtly attends
At \ sl-ual "A side door was Upcucd and there
rushed into thc ring noble looking bull iccurItcd
with ro,ettes He was followed by several men
On horseback armed with long spears and five or
stX on foot in close fitting fancy culorcI dresses
such ~ are wOfn hy circus riders. Those ON foot
carried in their hand- long srcap. II bright colors
hut chiefly red The horSe- were blind folded Ia
prevent them from shyins whilst their sides were
protected hy large leather skirts which hung
down fron the saddle. The door Wa, closed and
The sport began. AZ first the ball WAS rendered
fri"n, by prirking him with spear. and Haunting
the scarf- in his face. A. he became cnragcd Ire
would paw the earth and make u lurluu, rush II,
one 0f the .Carf- ich was dX'rruu>ly thrown
IN hi, face. wh-i the man would dodge on one
side, or II closely pressed bv the bull, woud Jump
over the railing, Then another scarf would hc
thrown ~ hi face AMI the same scene repeated
until finally the bull became iuruus. When en-.
ragged t0 the utmost. one of The hOrsemrn would
deliberately rilr up ia front of him and point his
spear IN hI, face. The bull would ruth uadly
upon him, and unless the rider could drX'er"u>ly
tuu the head of the infuri,trd animal with the
,pcar be would bury his horr. in the side Of rlc
horse and p,rhapS toss both horse and rider into
the air The poor. helpless horse would sta. grr
lew PAGES and pr"btbly drop down dead N the
rrg with lis en'tl!s protrudtus from his ghastly
wounds
Whpn a horse is thu, Killed or diahlrd he i,
dragged cut # the rIng and hI> pac" Is suruhcd
will annlher some idea uf the hurihlc hrurali
tv of thi- sport may be- formed when | state
during the afternoon on which was present ~
loss 'hrn thirteen horses were killed in :hp ring
After ,ormcn,n. the hull in this manner for a
time il hi. courage begins to 4 " or his strength
To- fiji be- i, cxa,pcratrd anew by short bearded
instruments ornomcntcd with paper hangings,
which are dcx'crnu-lv stuck into his neck, and
whirh hang there IN despite of all his Efforts to
yet rldc uf them. This renders him again com
rl"'rlv f.rinu. and l." ru,hr> madIy at whatever
happens ~ De- before him ard then are again re.
pra'rl thr scenes | have described Finally after
these -ronrs have continued unil the auii,ucc
hrr'r- 70 hC salIaiCd the endurance of the bull
tu flIl one uf the men un foot sirrS into the ring
Hrwcl with a long keen sword. lie mcuacrs the
bull ur * ties him with a ~ca,f Eu'Il the ball
ru.lcs midly up.n linn, when the n1n dexter
ou-ly -'"p, on one side, and as the bull passes
hurrrc- TIA" sword hlil. in lis side ju,t behind
the shoulder blade. The poor brute ,iaggers fur
- WuWcW; and Irup- down dead the sword having
pierced III, heart He i, Immediately dragged
uur Of IL" room by mules anl then another bull
i lururd in aul the same harbnruus scenes are
repeated In the meantime ;hr audience has
been delighted and applaud most turiuuslv. the
IId", apparently cuJ"ymg the .pnr: quite as
much "a, the >rcncr sex. Indeed the very children.
"i whom u great number were present seemed
quite q, much delighted u, tarr parents. Such
is 20 far uuyamD,lrd ac,oUu, "f a bull.fLhl which
IN my jul ,mru' J. a disgrace To the civilization
"i the age and argues a most drprav.d taste.
and au ,Nccrdmgly low standard of morals,
lmun-sl whatever nation tolcra'cS H. How much
oi the worst traits. which are impaired lu the
Mexican AMI Spanish character may be Justly at
irlhu'ahlr to the huhiruuS aud dcmural zng
spoI' leave for o.hcr> to decide.
TuE MyDoNoucu WuL-1hc history of til,
,a.r, which Involves large amount OF property
mud AZ thls time possesses considerable interests.
= no' generally we'll understood in this part of
the country. One phase If the qursrnn Is now
occupy ng The attention of tie United States Cir
cult Court, and auuihrr phase uf il " i'll probably
come under the consideration Of the supreme
Court ol Louisiana The position Of this con,ro.
vcr>y Il simply this John McD.nough died in
Otohcr 1880 leaving a will which after making
certain d,yi.rs to some uf his relatives, and he
pucalhu-, trrrdum to certain of his slaves gives
The residue "t his estate equally to the cities of
New Orleans and Baltimore, fur certain specified
purpose, charging the cutire mass uf hlS estate
thus devised with the payment of certain auuul
ties. lie gave direction, for carving out the
provisions at the will, aud surrounded It with cX.
phrii rr>tuc'lnus. In case Of rCiusa! on the part
of these cities, wholly ur IN part to accept the
legacy, the part brqucahcd to New Orleans
shall uuufc tn the State nt louisiana and that Or
Baltimore to the State of MARYLAND.
The collateral relatives uf MrDonough have
commenced a suit IN the CncuIt Court of the
United States against the executors and these
two cities, in which they claim The annulmcnt or
the will, aud rs heirs at law to hr put in posses.
SION "i the estate aud this upon the ground that
the viii contains provisions which are rcprobatrd
10y law that il contains provisions which are
specially Forbidden by law. For this and other
reasons they say that the will Is entirely null aud
wi and this !. the issue before the United
State, Circuit Court.
The State, OF Louisiana and Maryland have
also instituted u suit IN the District Court Of
Louisiana, against the cities of New Orleans and
Baltimore srcking not to annul the will, but o
avoid the lcglcics bcqueathcd to the cities, and
on the same grounds taken by the legal heirs viz
that the purposes of the tcstator are Illegal aud
contrary to public policy made upon impossible
conditions and to prrsors aud corporations having
nn capacity To receive them On these grounds
the States Of Louisiana aud Maryland claim tu BE-
put into possession If the estate, This /, the " i'll
and the suits which are exciting So much interest
at the South particularly, aud generally through.
out the country.
Coon PAy--1hc pny Of Louis Naroleon. Ns
President "f France, IS twelve million or francs
n wear 80 1870 OnO) which il about 100 300 prr