New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-30
Ferocity of tiae Tiger.
A recent work on { The wild Sports of

recent work ON The Wild Sports of India
/ contains the following graphic story:
had scarcely been to sleep an hour before |
was awoke by d shout from the duffadar, that one
of the troopers was carried of by tiger. leaped
out of bed, and seizng the large single two-ounce
rife kept loaded with powder only for the purpose
fired Il off in the air. twas pitch dark not
bit Of fire in the camp, save one or two embers
near the spot where the trooper was seized, and
over which the tigress had sprung on her victim.
got my clothes as rapidly as possible, buckled
on my sword, and seized one OF my rifles; my
younger shikaTea. Nursoo, took the other. My
khidmutgar Or table servant, a man by name Fakir
Ahmed, got my candlestick and shade; and the
villagers. a number of whom had remained in the
village. rushed down with torches into the camp.
Ny shikaree Mangkalee, could not at first be-found3
The duffadar told me in which direction the IT,
gresa had gone. He had been standing within
five PAGES of the man: in fact, he was seeing the
sentry changed The poor fellow who was seized
was putting on his belts to go on duty. There was
dry ravine. without any jungle in it, which ran
up to the camp. TIE tigress had stolen up that,
and sprung on the mans chest, seizing him by the
mouth, and SO systematically closing it that the
poor fellow could never reply to bis name.
shouted it-Gholam Hoossain Khan-till / was
hoarse. Springing into the rayine, followed it
up rapidly, thinking that the only chance of recov
ering the man was to get up TO the foot of the
mountain, some five hundred yards Distant before
she could carry him there. heard one sigh and
followed in that direction. In vain. We returned.
TWAS ten minutes to twelve, the moon inst rising.
There was faint hope that the poor fellow had
baen dropped, and had climbed up a tree, but was
afraid to answer. I returned to bed but could not
sseep.
10 suddenly: and at about O'Clock in the MORN
ing Iagain heard the ho0ting of the large mon
keys. Shortly after / heard an extraordinary
noise, which could not make out at first cues
toned the sentry. He replied that it was the lun-
goor, (the monkeys) but made out the tigress'
growl and the erunching of the poor troopers
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dark, besides the tragedy was most probably be-
ing finished in the mountain above, where human
foot could scarcely climb, even in the daytime.
Al daylight we started. No nice tracking was re-
CURED. The tigress had dragged the body Of the
trooper across the deep sandy rayine, and there
were his sword belt, his turban, trousers, and
other parts of his dress in each bush.
Mar DOC ExoIrENrsr We learn from the Eagle
that Grand Rapids (Michigan9 is in a Juror of ex.
element on the dog question. Cattle and hogs
have both been bitten, and human life threatened.
| The cattle Of Mr.. DeFres, of Paris, Kent county,
were bitten some time since, while running at
large lii field adjoining the house. A son Of Mr..
Defries, hearing the noise, ran out of the house
accompanied BY his dog The mad dog-a large
and powerful animal at once left the cattle and
rushed upon tho young man and his dog. After
biting the dog, the rabid animal attacked the
Young man, springing directly at his throat.
Young peFfies, who Is powerful and "game'
fellow received his assailant with tremendous
shoulder. The blow took effect ia the throat of
the iufariated animal sending him flying through
the aft to a distance eli several feet He sprang to
his feet and renewed the assault, and second and
still stronger blow almost broke his neck The
young man instantly jumped upon the PROSTATE
fury with his heavy boots, and continued stamping
hin until his ribs were broken in, and he was, be-
You'd doubt past the eapability Of committing fur
tier mischief.
The circumstance was thought to be most sin.
guar cue by the family, yet they did not suppose
tha ihe dog was mad, but thought he had been
goaded to reckless and aRgovernable fury BY some
means or else that he was naturally vicious and
dangerous. Their cattle and their dog were no.
ticed, several days after this encounter to become
stupid, ansocial, and sufly. These symptoms
rapidly Increased. The cattle refused to eat ex+
cept at intervals; We're restless, uneasy feVerish
and Wild. Finally they heeame entirely nneon.
troilable. In attempting 10 handle them, Mr.. De-
Fries was injured by one Of them, in sudden fit
Of fury. Assistance was procured aud after much
difficulty, they were secured to trees with strong
chains They had, by this time, beeome perfectly
wild, and IL was dangerous 10 approach them
One Of the oxen died on Saturday. The other was
shot yesterday. The dag was also killed the in
slant his madness was suspected
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Gkas1 eioSeERT a. BUFFALO Buffalo, .1z1Y2f
Ahe grand concert this evening by all the musical
societies attending the Ssenneffest of file NaFth
1 American sMHgerhnnd was Il perfect success
| 3FeE six hundred performers partieipated incind
my an orchestra OF one hundred Instruments
naa@E tae difagtion OF Carl adnm OF tho Buffalo
l.aiaarsaiel. HE Immense passenger aebot OF the
M. e. II X. was aensely packed. and thousands
Wee nlallc to elect aa entrance 1t n estimated
That sou pe1ple were admitted on tickets and
aafllsA aae performance nc temporary screen on
The rastait1 ead Ct The building was torn down
thus lni1ng 70 The heneht Of the concert 5000 or
1000 sApret All passof Of without casualty.
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MAN EiILEp. -In uhelses, yesterday afternoon,
Patrick Manning and R9hart Marshall, Jr. got into
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