Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-02
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We do not mean the " mill " at Charleston. rea
aer.-A~kus shrss fghis were extsnporiscd within
~ spacs Of one houf, but the big milr' tina, 90
e.rrsd over The water. where one fight lasted two
Aeuns.a eight n,instss; and twob,ute', urged on
hyssadry other cirnivorous animals, knocked each
cthsrs twa- syes into one. aud pounded each his
fellows nesh into jelly,-to the infinite ENJOY
mens q the lovers Of "sport." IL was rarc
seene that Of two human beings. whom their
sCreeacr has endowed with extraordinary strength,
exhssstisR IN their wonderful physical energies
IN pounding one another; 20 that ]. Ujght appear
in ths end q the sostsst-begun by a shaking Of
hands. .ceonpsnied By other evidences Of good fee.
ling besween two men who for the first time looked
upon each other-how successfully they could de-
face the moral image OF God. and convert into "a
nountain Of mummy" beings created after
His liksnese. Spanish bull fights, and oven the
gladiatorial displays Of the Romans, when men
were "bu.cbered to make Roman holiday -
were humane when compared with this. In the
case of the Romans, even il the life Of the COM
batsnts was forfeited they fell pierced with sim
gle wound usually, and were not the frightiul,
loathesome spectacles that Heenan and Sayers
are represented to have been when the battle was
ended The heather combatants were not beaten
and bruised from head to foot, until body and lea
lures were swollen and distorted to such degree
that they could nolonger be identified by their best
friends. It is mt uncommon either Tor death to ro
suit sooner or later from suchnn encounter rs that
had recently between the two renowned puS'l'st'.
Indeed, it seems wonderful, and passing belief,
that two men, possessing such extraordinary
nhysical strength, could maui each other about
the chest face and head, for more than two hours.
without death intervening or, to say tho least,
without manning and disabling each other for
life. So far rs they are concerned individually
the world would lose but little; but it is a dis
grace to the age and a reproach to the ciyiliza-
ton Of England and the United States, that such
degrading exhibitions are tolerated. 1t is within
the power OF legislation to suppress them chectu'
ally and it ought to be done. Surely, ail tho
better class Of society-a class which, we trust
constitutes the majority R'i IN the en-
forcemcnt of such law. The principals en-
gagged, and the parties who patron'zc these
barbarous exhibitions, arc Of the worst and
most hardened type of men. lngrained
humans, WHO Shuulu De scihcu. upon PIticAb
such MS is Afforded by the great flourish Of trum-
pets with which they previously announce their
fstes and confined in the pcnitentiary Some
wears ago there came to Hurper's Ferry. two
gentlemen Of the ring yclept. Yankee Sulli-
van and English HAUNT, to fight battle. These
gentry were accompanied by some three or four
hundred of thc..most rufhanly, ill-favored spcci-
mems of humanity that we have ever looked upon.
The most of them were members of the cclchra-
tedsEmpire Club of New York, Whose Captain is
a Democratic ofhcc-holder, aud u prominent
member of the Charleston Con,ontion) wearing
the badges Of their profession. Some of them
had one eye; others were minus finger. whilst
all, in their SCARED and ugly yisage. bespoke tho
regular "bruiser." " o remember the loathing
and disgust excited in the community when these
wretches made their descent how doors were
barred end windows fastened down that night
with view to the protection of persons and pro-
perry; and how the people felt relieved when tie
cars rolled of with this mass Of iniquty.
We thought then, rs We think now. TINT no
community should he left to The mercy of such
rufhans and that they should not I've permitted to
indulge their beasty taste, to the disgrace Of tho
people amongst whom their entertainments nre
given.