The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-26
Orlr siueapnre Corresponding.


Ovr Singapore Correspondence.
UsuEp STATES STEAMER PowHArAs,
SINGAPORE, March 81, 1859 }
The EAand Of Si~eapvr-Ftrocio1' T@1r'-DscT'poo"
q 7toer Htyt-SAGrp Work-En9tssh OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
a., Of I.,d U~dy Cst,uatioys--TAe Products-Popal1
.o~-Sspcy rops-Dssease Among the Nxsme9 qrsss--
The Island Of Penang and Proriace Weeey I"teTc'tiHs
:Sas.sses COnosr~sag fAe~s-kalaya-is Prodsas ana
Fepulct;on-Bcau,is; Of Sinsopore-More Aosm me 4"
GERS. dc
Isuvpose that every one knows tha. tigers are verJ
shopdant upon the is and OF Singapore but oouH'
m.ny are aware Of the extent OF their depredaoas The
police show average OF sooW Two deaha onth
.hronphout the year aud the Deputy Punce ComUs
s,on.r himself informed me to- II at least one man
dsy were supposed to perish through the agency OF
tigers The for this grg discrepancy between the
cos records and the oijD opinion most OF che
victims are Chinese, killed along the paths OF the
ipoaie and dragged into i9 depths devoured Snoild
tneir remains discovered by their countrynen, they
seldom the polite, they know that iee Coroner
vii suE,non them as IL rs impcss ole, there
toe 10 say With Certainty how many Of the Chinamen
kao.u be "mDsng" taken of by tigers, but any
sM resident win tel you "about oae day the year
Shroueh"
About Gays since Il bee known 10 The people or
piaro miles ck OF s slpoee, that large Tiger
had U Chinese cooe i'u uader .he very noses
companions. OF course ali knew of his suose
qa.nt movements was the direction Of bis fight, and
this being sscertained by American hunter who
bAprentd BE- the spot, he prevailed upon several
Of toe villagers TO themselves and accompany
hsi aud Ted in pursuit Arrived at a suspicious ooa
Ing spot, the Chinese, with excepon proceeei %
occupy be branches Of friendly ees while the haater
The exception holding Of bis Two guns proce3iod
70 cut BIS way through The jungle with long knife IL
Seems tnut be extremely hzDpy in the selection
point Of attack Tor be had not csa~led through the
Jungle many yards, eating his way az ne sent, When
he heard low growl-.ow, out evidently not very
distant. He now stopped, pee'ing iorg and aux.
iously through the net Sork OF vines, &C., OF which
The Jungle composed, but could see nothing
consequently he WI cutting, aud hauling MIN
SET along his kafe cleared the road. Presently
spothtr Rfosl, followed bY sudden halt on his part
THIS ero9l sounded close that be must oe able TO
@neDce II came; and he not disappointed GariDg
nm through the ntesuces OF the debse undergrosth
were two Igy eyes back OF those angry eyes ,ne aud
stpd body under them mIilaed remains OF the
celestial. The whole appearance Of The All
NAL discovered Indicated for the fatal
s9rlug tended TO hasten sh of exploring
friend Fortuns,eiy, well directed, passing
the body and lodging under the opposite SKID. At the
ssus that THIS sno struck him the tiger mace his spring,
AMI encountered midway oy another heavy ounce
bali which entered his breast, passed up, ana
Out between the shoulders, breaking the spine.
M Course this ended the coaict but toe rnomentum OF
the budy OF The animal great that it burst through
the jungle and brushed heavily ny the hunter Ike Fz
aSa, satisfied Of his escape, BEGAN TO breathe freely.
The anma proved 20 be la-ge tgress, measuring
"tn feet from the tip Of the the tip Of the
tail, snd from Of tail 70 TIP of
more, thus mikpg ner more than twenty feeI long But
DO, beng "proessiODal s1owman,' will cay that
ten feet all Tue uext day abe carried
10 lie nearest police station, where the government
sard Of 500 vas paid and where sne deprived of
Der skD 10 the unbound o eradication OF
thinaman by trend, tre oeputy Commissioner TO whom
yon mdebrec for tne narration, ended MS remarks
with she n.rbing: "ths s,count; my
Self CDy witnessed the ssinning process" So you may
make that allowances yolr knowledge Of hunters IN ge
neral oisposs you TO Now lev reliable STATISTICS in
regard u The r.gion through winch Tue husband and
fr ebos OF this unfortunate tigress still arge.
Tee of English particular quarter
of stand OF Singapore and sets
OF Inc Degoboriug island OF Penang OF province Wees
ley and of H5lacca. All Of possess under
toe D 1edae cont Of Of the Governor OF Singapore
u appointed oy the Governor General (now Vceoy) OF
lrda @ho Ia himself responsible the British Crown.
Lac however taken to obtain II
Possible FeparSte government for these possessions
which shall relieve them from all
10 liam sUTefnrDeDt, ana place t1eIn IN direct
pon WITH Ldat Of tue Qaeea. Il Is not yet kno
6occess the efforts will eucouuter.
Az s esoy observed, of of
thai pane, upon when Is s'tu=E.d the city Of same,
ard ruuioer OF OF latter seventy
sqnsre mHns, and bepg more or less populated. The
a. S,Gsapore Itself IS Two hundred square
nies ADDED 10 hat OF the ises, tOll Of
220 u;n of this Of still Uy the
Iuuge but there stlI la-se portion that has beea
CT aSed brought CuiuTatlon. TIE later
proPra,ed follows, the estimates having made
lsie-