The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-05-03
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Yesterday, pursuant 10 public HaficSs
came of st Gretsa, oPPpsi;s .ha Fourth u
District, the long heraldsd fight be.
tween the famous Grizzly Rsar, GsneS.
al jackson, (rictor in 'filty la,Stlss and
the Attakapas Bull, SAnta AIMS.
J he fsIne Of the coming condict he'd
gone forth to the four winds, and tho
women md children, old men and boys
from all quarters Of the city, and the
breezy banks of Lakes PontchatYain
and Borgne, brushed UP their Sunday
suits and prepared 10 see the tun.--- -
Long before the publishsd hour, she !
quiet streetg Of the rural ,Gfetna Wers J.
filled with crowds Of anxious denizas,s,
fiocking 70 the arena, and before si,e
tight commenced such . crowd had
collected % Gre,na. had not seen nor
will be likely TO Sagsiu. ss.5
The arena for the sports Was q. cage
twenty feet square, bulls upon the !
ground and constructed OF henvy tim.
be.s and iron bsra. Around Il were
seats, c;rcularly placed, and intended
70 accommodate many thoEsand de-
About four or five thousand persons
assembled, covering tho seats 90 With
cloud, and crowding down around the
cage were within reach Of the barr.
The bull selected TO sustain the hon.
or and verify the pluck Of Attakapas
on this trying occasion, was q black
animal from the Opelousas, 1.-the and
sinewy as four year old coureer, Md
with eyes like burning coals. His
horns bore the appearance of having.
been filed at the tips, and wanted th&s
keen and dashing appearance sot com;
mon with others Of his kith and E;ns
otherwise it would have been e.alI day..
with Bruin ut the first pasa, and no
mistake. M
The bear was an animal Of note, and
called General jackson, from the fact
Of bis licking up every thing shat came
in his way, and taking "tho responai-
bility" on oil occasions. EIo was s
wicked looking beast, very lean and
unamiable in aspect, with hsir alr
standing the wrong way. He had
fought some fifty bulls ESQ they said, j
always coming out victorious, but shat
either one Of the fifty had been an AZ
takapas bull, the bills Of the perform
ances did not say. Had he tackled
an Attakapas first, it is likely his fifty
battles would have remained unf0ught.
About halfpast four o'clock tho per-.
formances commenced.
The Bull was frat seen standing in
the cage alone, with head erect, and
! looking very monarch in his capacity.
At an appointed signal, Q cage contain.
! ing the Bear was placed alung-sides of
the arena, and opening being made,
Bruin atalked into the battle ground.
not, however, without sundry atisringe
up with ten foot pole, he being ex..
perienced in such matters and back
ward in raising q row.
Once on the battle field, both ani.i
mails stood wondering, the bull with
his long his eyes dilated, laahing his
lfsidsawi.h.and bushy tail, and paving,
up the earth in very wrath !! s9
The Bear seemed little inclined 20.
begin the attack, and the Bull, stand
ing moment, made steps first back
ward and then forward, as If measu-
ring his antagonist and meditatisg
where to plant q blow. Bruin wouldn't
come to the scratch, no way it could
be fixed, till one Of the keepers. with
an iron rod, tickled bis ribs, and made
him move. Seeing this Attakapas took
it rs hostile demonstration, and
gathering hir strength, dashed savage
ly at the enemy, catching him on
the points of his horns, and doubling
him up like sack Of bran against the
bars. Bruin "sung out" ct this, and
made a dash for his opponent 5 nose.
Missing this, the Bull turned to the
"about face" and the Bear caught him
by tho ham, infiicting ghastly wound.
But Attakapas with kick shook him.
off, and renewing the attack, went at
him again, head on, and with 8 rush.
This time he was not SO fortunate, for
the bear caught him above the eye;
burying his fangs in the tough hide and
holding him % in o viee.---lt was now
the Bulls turn to "'sing oat.' and he
did it, believing forth with a voice
more hideous than that Of oil the Bulls
Of Bashau.-Some minutes, stood mat
ters thus, and the cries Of the Bull,
mingled with the hoarse growls of the
Bear, made hideous music, fit only for
dance of devils. Then came pause,
(the bear having relinquished his
hold) and for few minutes it was
doubtful whether the fun was not
up. But the magic wand of,he keep
er {the ten foot pole) again stirred
up Bruin, and at it they went aud with
rush! Bruin now tried to fasten on
the bulls back and drove his tusks in
him in several places, making the
red blood flow like wine from the
watts Of Luna. But Attakapas was
| pluck to the ack bone, and catching
Bruin on the tips ofhis horns, shufiie8
him up right merrily, making the fur
f1v like athera in a pnla of u;ndf n rI;n