New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-28

A SINGULAR SPECULATIoN.-We are informed
that company OF disappointed flibusters are
about to proceed to Singapore to offer their SER
vices to the authorities there in ridding the place
Of tigers, AS these creatures are very numerous
on the island and the reward offered for their
destruction is great, the speculation will proba-
bly, BE- aprohtable one. The excitement, or fun
Of the thing, however, is supposed to be the
principal inducement to our restless, go-ahead
Americans. Tiger hunting is certainly quite
as pleasant apastime as filibustering, and much
more useful to mankind. We are not at liberty
to mention names, but we may hint that GER
tain notable Colonel, who recently kicked up O
muss not a hundred miles from the Plaza, and
who is brave almost to fool. hardness, and an
unerring shot with the rife-is the leader of
the s. F. Tiger Killing Co. A full supply of
Mexican saddles, Sharpe's rifles, the largest
size of Colts revolvers and bowie knives, and
some strong hand nets have been procured. A
store OF strychnine has also been provided The
party, which is to consist of twenty persons
(nearly now complete--six only being still
wanted to make up the complement,) will leave
here by an early opportunity for Hong Kong,
from whence they will proceed to their destina-
tion: Two of the party, Englishmen, have been
resident in India for some years, and are famil-
lar with tiger hunting. They are reputed to
have killed between them about fifty seven Royal
Bengal Tigers, The celebrated Striped Bob,
the glory and terror of Wombwells Menagerie
in England, was captured by them on the Sun
derbunds, at the mouth of the Ganges They
were paid es90, ga .450) for this animal, by an
agent of Mr.. Wombwell, who had been sent to
India to procure specimens for the menagerie
Three more Of the party are Frenchmen, who
have been accustomed to the chase Of wild beasts
in Algiers. The remaining members of the
company are Americans, most of whom have
had encounters with grizzlies in their time-
The party are all comparatively youthful. Of
course they are all strong. active, enthusiastic
and daring One Of them has directed our at
tention to the following interesting item on the
subject, which is taken from the Singapore
Free Press. The timid, tiger ridden authorities
Of Singapore may well hail with gratitude the
arrival among them of our indomitable hunters:
Rapid Depopniation of Singapore by IT.
gers.-Two deaths by tigers every week are
read of in the papers just about as much as
matter of course as the arrival and departure
of the Peninsular and Oriental Company 8
steamers. It is notorious that during the last
fifteen or twenty years, many thousands of men
have lost their lives from this cause. Yet the
only measures adopted by government, SO far as
we know, to prevent this enormous sacrifice of
life, have been to dig tiger pits in various parts
of the island, (Which we are told did little or no
good0 and to give reward of one hundred
Company's rupees for every tiger killed on the
island. This reward is, for all practical pur-
poses, ineffective. 1t ought to be increased to
two hundred and fifty rupees, for the price Of
procuring the destruction of one tiger in the
jungle of Singapore is hundred dollars, and
the thing cannot be done the S. F. Tiger Kill
ing Company, however, will try it, for one
hundred and ten Cempany's rupees. [Califor-
MIA Chronicle