Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-03-19

BATTLE OF THE HORSES. -Southey, in his his
tory of the Peninsular war, relates the following:
90 Two Of the Spanish regiments which had been
! quartered in Funcn were cavalry, mounted on
| fine black, long tailed, Andalusian horses II
was impossible to bring off these horses about
| 100 in number-and Romano was not man
who could order them to be destroyed he was
fond Of horses himself and knew that every man
was attached to his beast, which had carried him
so far and SO faithfully. Their brides were then
taken off and they were turned loose upon the
beach, scene ensued which never before was
witnessed. They became sensible that they were
no longer under the restraint of human power
| n general conflict ensued, in which each retain
| ed the discipline he had learned; they charged
each other in squadron Of ten or twelve together,
then closely engaged, striking with their fore feet,
and biting and tearing each other with the most
fcrocious rage, and trampling over those who
beaten down, till the shore, in the course of
an hour, was strewn with the dead and disabled.
Part OF them had been set free on rising ground
at distance. They no sooner heard the roar of
the battle than they came laundering down over
the intermediate hedges, and catching the con-
tagous madness plunged into the fight with
equal fury. Sublime as the scene was, it was too
horrible to be long contemplated, and Romano
in mercy, gave orders to destroy them. But ii
was found too dangerous to attempt this, and
after the last boat had quilted the beach, the few
horses that remained were still engaged in the
dreadful WOrk oil mutual Destruction"
Description or THE Boa CoNsTRcroR.-Ge
telman: This is the celebrated boa constructor,
the finest, largest, longest, and prettiest animal
OF its spece on exhibition in this country. lie
was caught in South Africa, Gas he lay torpid
after having swallowed two oxen and q drove of
Sheep in a wire net, his capture aaordng beau-
! tiful illustration Of successful wire pulling. 1t
was supposed that the sand where he was found
was hot enough TO boil eggs, and that his skin
was at least swell done" there is proved by its
highly finished appearance. His color is supposed
to combine all the hucs Of all the snakes that
ever hisscd or bit, from the "old serpent" to
conugar eel His size is variable, as like most
OIL, rr objects in nature, he expands with heat and
contro,ts with cold. For every rise Of five de-
orccs in th,, thermometer, he gets an additional
foot Of longih,, ,1e. III his native sands he's a
hundred and Gfty ic,!t long. The warm season of
our own country stretches him to twenty-five feet
Last January, when the thernC Cmeter lell 10 l6
degrees, he shrank into such triling dimensions
as to be invisible except through microscue &c
His present length you can see for yourselves.
His temperance principles are of the Goughest
kind lie is dozen cold water societies rolled
into one. His drink at his present dimensions is
three gallons of water per week his food-three
more gallons of water. lie has great natural tai
ent> for politics, which he shows by changing his
coaeour times year, and If he could talk might
be President Of the United States. He is distant
relation of the "Silver Lake Snake" as well as
of snakes in boots" Price of admission, " one
dimeu