The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-23
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Amoae other rsllNsA and elegant tasses lS'
which The late KtnS Of Oads was dtsange'en'
I'd above most Of his contemporary Over
sasss We are told BY an EaGisa pAysac's"
who rpstded many years 1t he court, sees NJ
had an fnoriinase passion for tiger nenung-
On ona OCCASION he was rendered supremeay
hannv bv the possession Of genuine beneat
=. w,Id A hta native iangles. and ~ feroci0us
=. IN. nature Of the animal could possibly 81.
To- Nothing in the shape Of beast coold
s,.pd before him. He cruuched the bones OF
lions a though they had been haree, and with
q sinele blow OF hts paw, smashed the thick.
est skull that could b found enclosing the
brain OF the largest animal claiming kindred
with himself Ais roar was like thunder, and
his bound like the shock Of q cannon ball
Greatly did the heart OF his Majesty rejoice In
the possession OF such treasure. until one
day the painfal thought came over hiu tna'
he had nothing to match against this mase'"'
cent creature. The gloom that succeeded !"
his transient CLEAN Of happiness. was lons
and deep. At last an idea suggested i'seii'
and as that is a rare occurrence Win IoyS'y'
1t was deemed Of Importance enough 70 %
made known by royal proclamation. 10 al tne
world and the rest Of Dude. There must %
other tigers of equal strength and ferocity
where this one came from. Let all those VINO
were faithful subjects Of the King come for
ward and prove their loyalty. Let them scour
the iungles in search of the largest tiger. Let
him be captured without injury to hair OF
his body. The penalty Of such injury, death
without benefit ofclergy; tor even in Dude they
have q clergy. though but a heather one
The proclamation soon had its effect. 1t was
hAA koxan MI
every way worthy to stand before that already
in possession He had killed . dozen men, in
the attempt to take him without hurting him,
and that little incident was joyfully accepted
as undeniabls evidence of his proves. A day
was fixed for q grand combat, and it arrived
at las. The ring was surrounded by walls SO
high that the animals could not leap over
them. They were let out of their cages. They
eyed each other curiously for \ few seconds,
and then with yeils louder than old HOMER
ever dreamed Of when he was wishing for
brazen lungs and an iron throat, they rushed
TO the conflict. Why dwell on the fight, espe-
cially since we are writing prose article for
the Richmond Dispatch, and not an epic poem
for the benefit Of posterity! The new conner
logged the Champion most awfully. The on
GERS appointed began to fear he would kill him
on the spot. They poked long iron bars, heat
ed red hot, at him. and as tigers are not fire.
eaters, he let 60 his hold. The Champion
turned tail. The new conner wished to pursue
him. The officers crossed the red hot bars be-
tween them. He hesitated between his rage
aud his fear, like sinner between the devil
and the deep sea. At last he sprang entirely
over the bars, and pursued the Champion into
his den, which was instantaneously closed.
He ragged around the ring. daring the Cham
pion to come out again, but he had had enough
Of it, Certain friends of his. wishing to see
the Champion logged heartily, poked hot iron
bars into his cage, aad burnt him, until his
singed wool perfumed the whole circuit of the
assembly, But he could not be coaxed. He was
afraid of the fire. bat he was more afraid OF
the Late Arrival" The King and the crowd,
who were sorely mortified at his defeat, at last
took his part. They said the battle was a drawn
battle, inasmuch as the Champion did not give
up until the bars were poked in. They would
not let him fight again. Both tigers, they said,
had done enough. Both must have great quail
ties. Both came from the same stock. Both
were an honor to the stock from which they
came.
Perhaps the reader may ask, " What is the
moral of thi. tale % We do not know, we are
sure. unless he can ind one in what follows.
From Belrs Life in London, we learn that
efectual steps have been taken to pre-
vent the renewal of the fight for the Cham
pionship. The Home Secretary has at last
found out that a breach of the peace has been
committed and he has given notice that if an
attempt be made 10 renew the fight, the par
ties shall be arrested under q Sec rotary Of
States warrant. As this instrument can
reach any part of the @ ueen's dominiOns, of
course the fight cannot take place on British
ground. We thought it would be so. Con-
scious that their Champion has already been
beaten within an inch of his life, and that his
conquerOr has been most villainously de-
frauded of his laurels, the British nation do
not mean to allow the fraud TO be openly ex-
posed. They dare not permit their Cham
pion to try it again. The proof of this is to be
found in the whole course of their proceed.
ings. For several months before the late fight,
it was a matter Of the utmost noteriety that
it was about to take place. HERNAN was
hunted from place to place by the officers Of
the law, for the purpose, no doubt, of pre-.
venting him from going through the training
necessary to the occasion, while nobody ever
disturbed SAVERS. The government knew
just as we'll that the fight was going to take
place, as they knew that NAPOLEON Ill. had
entered into negotiations for annexing Sa-
voy. Yet we heard Of no attempt to
disturb the arrangements, either by means
of a Secretary's warrant or otherwise.-
We beg pardon; yer, there was police force on
the ground, and one Of it, members actually
made his way SO near the ring that be came
alongside of "MALANOFF," the famous cores
pondent of the New York Times. whom he
mistook for an Englishman, and who soothed
his extreme anxiety 10 keep the peace, by as
suriup him that SAYERs was beating the YAM
kee black and blue. Such being the case, ahe
worthy functionary thought the peace Of the
4 ueen no longer required looking after. He
was only DESTROYS that it should not be bro
KEN to the damage of the so-called "Cham.
pion." The whole proceedings of the govern
msnt and police were grounded upon the idea
that SAVERS would easily beat HxxNAN, and
for that reason they took NO pains to prevent
the meeting. The feeling was universal in
England, that SAYERs would easily conquer
the American. The press had the chief agency
in creating this opinion. 1t teemed with ridi.
cule of HRxNAN, and praises of SAVERS. Had
the latter been victorious, there would have
bsen NO end to its tnsolence. Never were men
taken more ahack-nOt even Capt. DACRRs, of
the Guerrier, when, expecting 70 take the Con-
s,itution frigate with perfect ease, he found
all three OF his masts Knocked out Of his ship,
and a third Of his crew killed and wounded in
twenty mine minutes. Now, the goressnasss
has discovered that prize fighting Is brutal
and 1t means TO put stop to 1t. II would No.
Yer have made the discovery had SAYxRs not
heen badly beaten. HxExAx has aoeesd The
Champion, with the whole nation at his back |
In In a I'll vfu