Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-30
SUNDAY IN NEW ORLEANS.
OF THE NEW YORK SUN.

g ST.. CHARLES HOTEL, MARCH 81
After church was returned to our rooms op-
posite which about dozen billiard tables in full
blast; clickey-cck went the balls windows and doors
wide stores Of every description open and doing full
retail and wholesale business We took dinner looked
at the newspapers and found there was bull and bear
fight to come off at four o'clock Being here for the
press purpose of seeing the sights, made tracks
the ferry across the Mississippi he waters Of which
about 200 feet deep)
son arriving Agiers opposite New Orleans we had
fine promenade Grena where the sport was to come
off, We at length reached the enclosure and found about
1000 persons inside and many In the was
cage about thirty feet square and twelve feet high
built of timber grated with bars of iron in it stood
large powerful sate-coored bull Napoleon 4th sole mo-
march of that establishment By the side of this stood
another grated cage with large and powerful grizzly
bear, which would weigh about four five owt. and
would stand from three and half four feet high with
lank sort of Indiarubber movement and action about
himabout half devil The bills reported this erocious
animal to be the hero of fifty battles in all of which
came off victorious We would not for question
the veracy of such statement, but must say had
Napoleon 4th been his antagonist in the first battle
doubt very much whether the remainder of the fifty would
have been fought We had just time notice the pre-
paratory arrangements when the crowd from outside broke
through in rushed several thousand people, they few like
magic the top Of the large cage which covered
with boards that the cage soon surrounded and
covered in every direction by sghseers those from the
staging, and outsiders who could get o sight, COM
menced assault those and about the cage with
stones, brckbats clubs, boards turf and every thing
that handy to clear the way and give fair play This
having the desired effect and all being ready the keepers
were about to open the communicating DOORS when the
Platforms being overloaded began suddenly to give way,
one after another precptang the spectators yourselves
among the number very unceremoniousy to the ground
from ten fifteen, and twenty feet of elevation For
tunatey, no injury sustained and order being
stored the keeper called out All ready the side door
hosted and Brun notified with ten-foot pole that
he was wanted in the other apartment. The bull was
standing in the centre ready to receive his guest After
the bear had made his entrance the slide door
tAt both in thS large cage tbe
fbuil considering the Intrusion rather improper Sun
day, commenced paving, and making low below the
bear in the mean time walking round by the bars Of the
cage with deep low howl.
"After going quite round the cage and finding it all
secure he stopped and his eyes began fire The bull
by this time appeared TO be up the boiling pitch Of
unable longer to bear the nsoence of the bear At
him he plunged The bear struck the bulls and tore
it open this enraged the bull who made another plunge
at the bear; the bear not counting exactly the sport
got entanged the bulls horns buried his teeth in the
upper side Of the bulls neck the bull however whrled
him off, After they had time to breathe awhile they
were stirred up with long poles The bull made des
perae drive at The bear knocked him his back jumped
on him lengthways There they head to head the
bear, opening his paws quick as flash Of took
the bull casped one paw Zach side Of his head, grasped
his with his usk and ID this position held and hug
ged the bull both bear and bull kicking with their hind
feet the bear still sticking to his loving embrace Never
dld see darling have more feryent hns hi.c re-
naming minutes in this loving position, during
which time the blood flowed profusely the bull suspect
ing that the bear sucking rather too much Of his m
made desperate effort and cleared himself Another
short respite and the bull again warmed up to the
scratch The bear missing his hold the bull caught him
in the eye and tore it out making the blood flow and the
hair Ay. The bear at this perfectly savage, and
growled in his desperation. AT it they went again the
bull threw the bear six eight feet into the air the bear
fell and pretended TO be dead. The bull not being satis
fed with these pretensons, drove him again the bear
grabbed him by the nose and another hug ensued The
bull however extrcated himself and at the bear he went
making the blood, hair and fur Ay in every direction
until bruin sneaked into corner out Of which he could
neither be coaxed hattered driven The bull set up
loud below he majesticaly walked about the cage,
paving. The assembled multitude gave one long, loud
yell for Napoleon 4th, and departed.
"We returned to rooms, took tea, and after tea
went to the theatre, where gay and fashionable
assembly, including all grades from the rich banker to
the swarthy slave, all in their appropriate places and de-
lighted with every thing around them d.