Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-01-18

chief object IVES to make up their losses by
winning pile Of gold from the Hsbaneros,
they quietly s,akeo all the money ,hey had
among those around them, generally, con.
irving to get heavy odds in their favor
Beside the money which the men had brought
with them, Glover had collected on the ship
about thirty doubloons, twenty FIVE Of which
he had stsked against fifty Of the Sienor's,
who had graciously condescended to reduce
the amount of The bet one. e.half, in considers
ton Of the poverty Of Los .Americauos.: and
the other five he had managed to place ad-
vantageously, at the rate Of about one to
three, among the audience, all Of whom
seemed anxious TO have en- opportunity OF
turning an honest penny by fleeing the
ignorant Yankees.
Even the officers themselves q, last caught
the infection. Unable 10 resist the pressing
offers Of those around them, knowing the
power Of their champion, and feeling gsl-
liant pride in sustaining the character Of their
national bird, they be. the lac, dollar they
had with them, until the amount staked by
officers and men exceeded an hundred doub-
looms, and the odds given BY the Cubans
had amounted to nearly three times this sum
Before proceeding farther. j. was arranged
that the birds were to be placed in the ring,
and then both Signor and Will were to re-
tire. while The actual death of bird was
alone 10 decide the victory.
The birds were accordingly set down o
few feet from each other, end amid the &C.
clama,ions Of the Hsbane os, The ins,sn, ths,
Satan touched The ground, he threw him
self into an imposing attitude, and uttered q
crow of defiance, which rang through the
building, and was Immediately answered by
a dozen Of his neighbors outside the wslls
Black as ravens wing, more beautiful
bird had never delighted the eyes Of the Gu
bans. He wore on his neck natural ruff,
which looked like ,ha. once worn By Mary,
Queen IF Scots, while his blood-red comb
looked still redder when conirasted with the
ije'-bIsck hue Of The res. of his body. His
tell fell gracefully to the ground, and i. was
very evident TO discriminating spectators
that he would never show The white fea,h-
err because he did not happen to possess
any of that description.
Cock doodle doo!' was all that he said
and then looking round to see who he could
Pick 6gh, with, he espied the American
bird curdled up in hesp, as if very much
annoyed at the embarrassing position iu
which be found himself placed.
But if establishment was ever depicted up.
on the brow of chicken, it certainly was
depicted upon 'Satsn's' at this moment
More than once he extended his long neck.
as if TO obtain a nearer view, and convince
hims elf the. he was no. deceived, and then
puffed out his breast, as il be considered i.
morally impossible ,hs. be, The descendsn,
perhaps of race that had crowed over
Granada with Abamar, or who possibly had
even displayed their vslor before Euric and
his Goths, could be pit,ed seains. such q
dirty specimen Of The scsnaille' as now stood
before him. Had there been an aperture in
The wall Of the ring sufficiently large TO have
enabled him to stalk mejes.caIy away, j. is
probable tina. this scion Of Granada would
have declined the contest, in the same man
ner that we might suppose the 'Cbevalier
Baysrd' would have declined 10 sully his
reputation by an encounter with common
prize-6ghier but lhere was no chance Of
escape, and conscious that both the nobility
and democracy Of Havana were awaiting his
movements, he concluded to kill his anlago.
mist q. once, and ex.rca,e himself from the
unpleasant predicament. He could not shou.
"a Bayardo or "a Satan to the rescue? for
his voice was only adapted to saying that
eternal cock a. doodle-doo,' and he had no
lance to couch 30 instead, he lowered his
head and tail to level, in imitation OF one.
and then precipi.ated himself with unerring
precision on his adversary, making the fea.h-
ers fly, as he struck him a savage blow with
his sharp s.eel-gaf1s. 49,.
Had Mr.. Pickwick heard en- insinua.ion
agains. his courage; had Yankee peddler
been discovered in the sct of selling honest
nutmegs; had Macdonald surrendered al
Wsgram without blow; had Nspoleon's
'Old Guard deserted him a. Waterloo or
had 'OId Hickory been seen scsmpering
away at New-Orleans; had anything in fac,
utterly impossible happened to any body,
any body could not have been more COM
plelely ,hunder-struck than was our dilapi-
dated old eagle q. the impudence of this
vicious chicken.
The few battles that the eagle had here
tofore INDUCED in had always been conduc-
ted on the wing, and consisted merely in
his pitching into somebody with kind Of
fly ing artillery, so ,ha, he was about as much
used to this kind of fighting as one Of our
city brigade inspectors would be if he found
himself dodging Csmanche rife balls in q
Mexican swamp !. would be natural to
suppose ,ha. shs eagle eye now lighted up,' ,
end that the rash chicken would instantly
have paid the penalty of his folly, but he
did not do anything of the aind.
As the cock struck him, he slightly ele-
vs.ed his wings, as elderly gentlemen elevate