New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-14
THE KEENAN, FESTIVAL.
FIFTY THOUSAND PERSONS present

fulfilled that fuvial promre Internationally throughout
the dsy-notwitbsiaDdiDg the rampant wod that mace
navigation extra hazardous and perpetualy dispersed
countless hats of innumerabie msrtas in mutitudnous
dire, tons AID in spite Of the authentic intimaton
that seats wond be provided but for a
favored few of hres or four Thousands, and that
the rect of the thropg would be left to their DO
ycss in the matter of securing places from which to
wituess the great event Of The day, immense crowd
cor yesterday at the Wood Of Jones to witness
the inaaeuiaiye stic tour ament Of series which
at once TO commemorate the combats and l the purse
of the sfalwsrt Son of Benesia the Pdgiitic Cham
pion of the World Mr.. John G. Heenan. The tourney
of mailed knights the resisless rush of steel-clad
battle .steeds, the fatal translation OF the dead
" lance, and the cruel crush of the ponder
GUS battle-ax are reasantries not known In
our cold Northern lattudes but iecaces that only
ripen in the sunny South. The brave and courteous
Knights who clustered round the Accomackan thrones
of the Old Dominion ready rally TO the rescue of its
priceless fuDdom," whenever its luscious oys.
tiers are threatened by feet of ruthless clam
scows from the North, triennially combined we
believe, with that noble squad of thoroughbred
cavaliers, ind. eucus. are informed to
Pckens County, South Carolina to have a 'rsternal
of the Red Cross, and other blessed Crusaders and
GEL temen. all of tn, olden time. Ga these medieval
occasions all things are done according the coar lest
st,le Of chiyalry. Gentlemen whose everyday
thoughts are bound up in cotton bales, headed up
in rice tierces or squeezed into tortuous twstfca-
tons among multiiudinous tobacco plugs, on These
glad HOLIDAYS emancpate tteir mental faculties from
the trammels of business, forget the msrket prie
of long-staple, and soar into the unaccustomed
realm of poetry and romance Everything ID for
Cotton, or sinks iato utter insig nifcance before
the ore ambition each one feels 10 co0quering in the
mimic fight that ne may epjoy the nedable happiness
Of Winning for bis "ladye fayre" the proud title of
Queen Of Love and Beauty, and rsceving from the
fascinating maid after she is invested with that SUI
prene tile, couple of gracious smiles, be the same
more or LEES Jousts are fought, Journeys ara run,
lances are spnered riders are unhorsed and horses
are murdered, and things generally ave d'ne.
We have reason to think that shields aud
buckl.rs are in grest demand; that there is
great run on costomes, and curosity-sh keepers
for any Interesting relics they may have in the way of
gIeaves, and coats of mall and shirts OF ditto, and
cuirasses and gorgets aud gauntets, and other me-
tallc nusances used by shtserrant to impede tight
ing men ia ii hour Of battle. Certain m9difcations
of the me oiaeya knight is fitted to the needs Of the
now.a.days Pickens Coun'yan. Ii the greayes Q
found too pie for the Solth Carolina shrunk shank
stuff with colt is permitted; if thers be no con-
veniept orifce in the coat of mail over the
mapy heart of the chivalrc moderner
one il there penetrated that ask of Bourbon may be
there deposited, convenient to the ready hand and
is imperave,y commanded that the casque be fitted
L. Al tl.a atriot tic N.
ton Of tobacco shall go on uniulerrupedy rum
ination and expecoraon be unimpeded-that lips aud
tongue con- pie 10 Instant labor in the chewing she
cud of profit ard Of love, aud that jaws perpetuiy
wag for tie good of trade Never north the Mason
dxonc line has this soulinspring sight presented,
but the grand fistc display of yesterday is, perhaps
the nearest az approach we have yet made to chivarc
Qlo,iss In the gallant Knights who appeared yester-
dsy OIL the renowned field of Jones, more sensible
system of preparing for battle prevailed and the com
batants instead of loading themselves heavily with
brazen amer, stripped on the contrary, from their
sturdy frames 80 much of conventional clothing as
could be spared, without shocking the sens-
bilities of the new police. The only weapons
employed were inofiensive gloves, not steel
iointed aud deadly, like the massive gauntets OF
the earlier knights, but m.de of peaceful deerskp,
drawn over sJft superstructure Of cured hair. Ia
short boxing gloves The closecroppsd scalp was not
orc teced from the adversary by any nerposiag nell
met no vi.or guarded the face no coat OF mail shielded
the tender ribs nor the susceptible shins encased
in metal The arms and hands were the only instru-
mepts Of offense in our new grand tournament, nor
were any more efficient shields deemed necessary to pro-
tect the respective champions from each others anacks
ALI ouph there were 10 h raids, Denat arms, or
steeds there were the lists, tue triumphI music the
enthusiastic broDg of spectators, aud the falth'ui
sopires And there were Qneens Of Love aud Beauty,
by scores and hundreds They came fcom all quarters
Of the esrh and represented nearly al the nations
thereon PERHAPS the round-fared fght-halred leu
tonic Ous.n was observed the oftenest. She did not
ousf delicate spaIkl ng golden-heafed Wlnes
from Golden cpa but she punished iDordinate quant-
ties of lager beer from the characteristic mug, OF
sometimes from the elaboraietwised cup ngeniously
| contriyed from cows horn.
On this particular occasion the Jewish lady, VINO
was by some expected to reign Queen OF the Lists,
Miss Adsb Isaacs Menken, who has claimed the dis
,ipc,iop of being the wife Of the great eensn, was
pnaccoun,ably absent. At an early hour the grounds
were ,bropped Every car whuse course lay In the
desired direction was not Only crowded, but piled
pxrauidicaly up in heaps. All the steam boats plying
IN the direction were over crow ded to an extent that
rendered navigation not o. difficult, but positively IN
MANY cases, dangerous. The loud-mouthed calnons
did their noisy utmoa to make furious row
and with eminent suce.ss The place f'r the
mimic combat was moot admirably selected, sfqrding
rot only an abundance of room TO the persous most
Immediately interested in the Pugili'tc drama, but
giving to the immense audience an opportunity to see
the whole of tie impc sing ceremonies, even to the
minutest detail
TIL oroad pas such a one "a even New York can