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

from the rsscible individual who bad insul-
ted him, drew himself into as spherical
position as possible, and waited TO see what
would happen next.
His curiosity upon this point, however,
was destined 10 be very soon grat6ed, for
'Sstan,' having once tasted blood, waived all
difference Of rank, and flew 8. him sgain like
fury. -.
Three times did the eagle receive these
unwsrrantsble assaults without giving way
to his temper, end although his feathers were
flying about snd the blood hickling down
his breast, he still seemed indisposed 10 fight.
Every time that SATAN struck him. yell of
delight broke from the Cubsns, and to them
the iste Of the nondeecript seemed inevi.a-
BILE; but Glover and his companions main
tanned en- imperturbsble silence, their only
tear being that an unlucky blow Of The spurs
might reach vital part before The eagle had
awakened 10 q sense Of his danger.
But'he time had now arrived when Ameri-
ca was to asser. her majesty, and the Ha-
baneros were 10 learn the danger Of ,rif1ing
with her eagle.
The las. blow the gallant cock was ever
to strike had been struck, and ss the blood
spnrted from a deep wound made by the
gsffs, the eagle, raised himself 10 his grand
est height, extended claw, and seized the
brave but doomed bird by the back, pinned
him to the earth, as If he had been nailed
there.
For an instan. he gazed upon his fallen
enemy
with that stern pride which warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their STEEL
and them blush to tell i,-wi,h bis other
claw, deliberately pulled his head off!
Do not smile, reader i. is q very serious
thing 10 have ones head pulled of, even if
one is chicken and when we take into
consideration what chivslrous chicken this
was, that was so unceremoniously decspita-
ted, and how contrary such q proceeding
was 10 The usual courtesies OF The cockpit,
the subject becomes a grave one. Such Q
foul innovation upon the rules OF proprie,y
was heretofore unknown among chickens !;
and although it is true .ba! Satan had only
received wha. he had 50 often deal. out to
others-dea.h-ye. he had 'always killed
his sdversaries, in high-bred, chicken-like
manner, and had never conceived the horri-
BILE idea of pinning his enemy TO the ground.
and then pulling his head out Of its socket.
as DENTS, would pull tooth.
o Cruikshsnk why were you no. in ,hs.
vicinity then Why hss no, tba. picture
been faithfully portrayed by yous truthful
but sarcastic pencil ? -....
Collins might have written another ode
on the passions there displayed, or John
Bunyan filled another sPigrim's Progress
with personica lions from that scene. Death
was there in The form of headless chicken;
victory in The shape Of burly bos,swsin
mslice in the sinister looks of the enraged
Creoles while dismay, ohsgrin, and vexs-
tion were faithfully represented by The dis.
com6ted Signor, as he stood with The body
of The deceased in one hand and tho head in
the other, looking '6rs. upon this picture
and then upon that Beside these besu,i
ful images-to The disgrace Of the wsggish
sailors-.here was q sad transportation of
an emblem ,hs. they were bound by every
tie Of duty to have preserved intact.
A modern poem, which has been made
trite by its beauty, tells US that once upon
time Freedom
sFrom his mansion in the sun
| Had called her eagle-bearer down,
And given to his mighty hand
| The symbol of chosen land ,
and yet, wi.hou. the sligh,es! regard for all
this, the said esgle had been .arred and fea-
thered until she majestic monarch Of the
cloud had been converted into q creature
which, instead Of soaring to heaven as the
presager Of liberty, was running about q
cockpit, looking very much like an old
schoolgirl in pau,alettes, with wide ruffles,
or even more like one of those strong mind
cd females who pass their declining years
in asserting 'women's rights and 'higher
lsws,' and who generally become Bloom
ers' abou. the time they cease to bloom
Nevertheless the girlish attire and innocent
Inconsistencies of The old eagle were not
sufficient. TO appease The wrath Of the back
ers Of Satan ) and if they had been fallen
angels themselves, they could no. have look
ed more ready to avenge the death Of bis
Satanic Majesty than they did TO avenge the
death Of his me-sake.
The cry Of 'unfsir, unfair = arose from all
sides, and symptoms Of q row were quite
prevalent, when Glover sprang into the ring,
and sns,ching up his bird, roared out with
voice OF thunder, Shat his comrades were
willing to abide by The decision Of the judge,
and .hs, they wanted nothing bu. what was
right adding, however, psrenthe'ically and
sso.to voce,' that 'if The judge did no. know
whs. righ, was, he would probably receive
some instruction upon The subject before
they lefi.'
Fortunately for the sake of peace, the
meter was too plain one to admit Of much
dispute. Satan had been fairly pitted a.
gains. the nondeseript, and il the nondes-
cript preferred pulling his head of, to the
more lsborIous method Of killing him, by