Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-18
SUNDAY NEW ORLEANS.
"Sr. CHARLES HOTEL, March 27.

80 Atter church was ONGL wv AG
to our rooms, opposite which we're ABOUT
a dozen billiard tables in full blast; Click
etv-click went the balls; windows ana
doors wide OPEN stores OF every descfip-
ton open and doing full retail and whole
sale business. We took dinner looked at
the newspapers, and found there was
bull and bear fight to come OFT at Lour O.
clock. Being here for the express Pur-
Dose Of seeing the sights, we made tracks
for the ferry across the Mississippi the
waters of which are about two hundred
feet deep }
Orleans, we had IL fine promenade 10 GteC-
ma. where the sport WAS to Coulc oA'-
W. mt Iepnth reached the enclosure, and
found about 5000 persons inside ana us
many out. In the arena was 81 cage about
thirty feet square, and twelve teet hlgh;
built of timber grated with bars OF Ton.-I
In it stood IL large, powerful sIale-colofed
hull. Napoleon An, sole monarch ot that
establishment. BY the side OF THIS stooa
another grated cage, with large ana
powerful grizzly bear, which would weigh
four or five cwt., and would stand from
three and a halt to four feet high with
Iank sort of india rubber movement about
hIll-1DOuL nan ueN H. tAC S'i'' - PSA'
ed this ferocious animal to be the hero OF
50 battles. in all OF which he came Oh VIC
torious. We would not, for Il moment,
question the vcracity ot such statement,
but we must say, had Napoleon 4th been
his antagonist in the first battle, we DOUBT
verv much whether the remainder OF the
50 would have been fought We had
lust lime to notice the Prepara ory ar
ranwements when the crowd from outside
broke through; in rushed several thousand
people, they flew like magic on to the top
of the large cage, which was covered
with boards, so that the cage was soon
surrounded and covered i'll every direction
with sigAt-secrs; those from the staging
and outsiders, who could not get slSht,
commenced an assault on those on and
about the care, with stones, brick onCs'
clubs, boards, turf, and everything that
came handy to clear the way and give talr
play. This having the desired effect and
all being ready, the keepers we!e about to
open the communicating doors, when the
platforms, being overloaded, began sud-
denly to give way, one aljer anOther, pre-
p,ta ing the spectators ourselves among ,
the number) very uncerem0hlouaiy 10 lhe
ground from some ten, fifteen or twenty (
feet of elevation. Fortunately, no INJURY |,
was sustained, and order being restored,
the keeper called out ''AN ready, the
side door was hoisted, and Bru'n notIhed
with II ten-fout pole that he was wanted IN
the other apartment. The bull was stan
ding in the centre, ready TO receive his
guest. After the bear had made his en-
trance the side door was shut, so that
both animals were secure i'll the large |
cage. The bull considering the intrusion
rather improper for Sunday, commenced
paving and making Il loud below; the
bear, in the meantime, walking round by |
the bars of the cage with deep low howl. !
After going qnile round the cage and /
finding it all recure, hc stopped, aud his |
eyes began to fire up. The bull by this
time appeared to be up to the boiling
pitch of rage, unable longer to bear tue !
iusolence of the bear. At him he plum !
ged. The bear struck the bulls ear and
tore it open; this enraged the bull. who
made another plunge at the bear; the
bear, not counting exactly on the sport,
got entangled on the bulls horns. buried .
his teeth in the upper side of the bulls
neck; the bull, however, whirled him off,
After they had had time to breathe awhile
they were stirred up with long poles.-
The bull made a desperate drive at the
bear, knocked him on his back, Jumped
on him lengthways. There they were,
head to head; the bear opening his paws
quick as flash of lightning, took the
bull, clasped one paw on each side of his
head, grasped his nose with his tusks,
and in this position hugged and held the
bull. both bear and bull kicking with their
hind feet, the bear still sticking to his fa-
vorite embrace. Never did see a dar-
ling have more fervent hug. After re-
naming in this novel position some min,
utes, during which time the blood flowed
profusely. The bull, suspecting that the
bear was sucking rather too much of his
life. made desperate effort and cleared
himself. Another short respite, and the
bull warmed up to the scratch. The bear
missing his hold. the bull caught him in
the eye and tore it out, making the blood
now and the hair fly. The bear, at this,
was perfectly savage, and growled in his
desperation At it they went again; the
=, nuil thre% The bear six or eight feet into
the AIR; the bear fell and pretended to be
dead. The bull, not being satisfied with
these pretensions, drove at HIM apain. the
bear grabbed him by the nose, and ano-
ther hug ensued. The bull, however. ex-
tricated himself. and at the bear he went.
making the blood, hair and fur, fly in ali
directions, until .bruin sneaked into cor.