American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-08-19

iey broke out into horse laugh here ana
said something about the ''bOOt being on
the other leg" the full purport Of which
did not reach me. as Morpheus gently COW
cred me DitA his Ranket and I he hmA OBJ
liSious. Nm
All was noise and busth when 4 sNokA
in the morning and sprinHihe setN fibed,
l dressed hurriedly and raj. .dOFIsstairs--
bOIted my breakfast. and sailed into the
street, Here l found people hurIying 70
and fro in the widest excitement and tRo
professions composed of the friends Of
,BrOs- -olds and Martin. just about taking
suPthsir line Of march fer he place Oten-
counter. This was large hSll (which
stood upon an eminenee in the suburbs q
he cily! and which the patriotism of the
old-L Wings Of Athens had-Rtted up
and decoratedior the occasion.
The floor was covered about six inches
deep with tau-bark. and substantial rail.
ling put upin the centre Of The hall, en-.
ffciosing the ring to prevent the crowd from
tpfessing on the cOmbatants. and give
plenty Of room to the surgeon and seconds
20 perform their duties. = ~ -
Astbe crowd entered the hall deafening
shouts wen, up from all parts 0 the house,
and three cheers given for Che Old Line
Whig Party. The betting Commenced
ten snd twenty to one on Charley being
offered freely and much Of money GOV,
cred BY The friends Of Bro. olds. y :.
Bro LuciFer Hulchins: Of Hooking Co.
whose rotund phz and enormous papnch
forcibi y reminded me of that greatest o.
military chirftairs "Ja'k Fallsatf." mar
shaTled the Lecomp,Cn wing, which enter
ed the hall with staggering gait and con
fdent air, prtc, dsd BY Bro, Charles De-
mostheuese- Marin :and the rear brought
BY Bro. James Winnsbago Stinchcomb.
The anti,Lecomptonisrs were rnarshaled
by William Lstiatban Jtffries in military
;. un- dress. which entsreG the hall some mo
J ments alter. Bro, Joe Bell bringing up The
rear and carrying the $500 purse in al
old blue stocking furnished by Bro. The
mistocles Shonk. As soon as all wer'
seated, the meeting was called to order By
the President Brc, John Schenectady
Broots and your humble servant, The
mistocles Shonk and Bro. Martinico Kpg
yum were appointed Secretaries.
Westminster Edition Fink Of PER-,
here>arose and spokesloudly and eloquent
upon 'the'laws Of the Ring and was follow
, ed by, Poney Judge Case Of Logan, VIII
elaborated upon the glorious and manly ar
Of self defense and hoped that the Who'll
b combat would be couductsde'iwith orde
and decorum. as well as with fairness an
+ according to the published rules Of th
g ring He then read several interesting 81
o tracts from. "Broughton'sp art Of sell de
d Tense and "Sprigg's" Boxers Companion
. Bro. Poney Judge Case occupied the aim
9 that the. champions, were stripping 10 a
adjoining room and did potlclose until the
d were led into the ring by their seconds an
70 brought face to face. bs fa'
N Some sensation was produced at th
at stage oflhe proceeding by the fact tb
Bro. olds appeared in his under shir
1t while his antagonist as in the former bOd
!. was stripped to the waist. Bro. Gin
j Sugar Brown Of Perry, and Bro. Balde
.. dash Whsler Carlisle insisted that Br
X Olds should strip; but Bro ODDS steadil
.. refusing, Bro. Mar,inico Kagyum and .Bl
b Joe Bell we're appealed to, and decide
.. that il was optional. whether he took o
,e his undershirt OF kept it oD. lirl s7at
,s Atthis point the surgeon, Bro. octavior
"a Ecclesiasticus Davis entered the ring an
h a profound sensation was manifest as
!, opened his medicine chest and took out
n a handSaw--a jatk.plane--a tap borer--
r cleaver--lwo rasps--one screw driver
battle Of cNmphor--4 bottles Of brandy
Y one large sized jug Of rsiurns"--som
q Observation-Disclosures bag Of splint
, "a copy Of Robson Crusoe's Minor SUI
! gerry &c, &c.; and at thr same time IL
81 seconds took their places with water an
Y spouges. besides the principals Allwer
!. satisfied that there was no child's pla
!. here, butthar the fight was to Q 6u
"a and conclusive lest of the strength of II
tactics. ...t ,,s ..s t.st.-i.n
v Bro. Lovely Lot Smith with some une,
" siness in his manuer--and glancing frat
y Lecompton and then at nti.Lecomptol
i. now announced that the parties we're readl
"a and placed his friend, brother Eternal
Barksliding 0lds In his place, broth,
r Martin bring placed opposite by bis SUI
ID porter. brother Winnebago stinohcomb.
Il was the general opinion that the pa
ties were in the "bsst condition" and II,
d both possessed good nerve. can tesliI
Of that each stood Handsomely upon bis guar
!. and kept his "pins 'stou,ly under him.