Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-03-12
a High Old Sport.

BY JOHN cARBoY.
Sloshng Sam was born two miles east Of 0ut
West, and five miles above down the river, hi.
parents being the earliest settlers of that region,
having removed there prior to its Incorporation
by act of Congress He first saw the light in a
l.g cabin built of unhewn rails. witt mud
ohimnry bear-skin door, knot-hole window
and a ground floor
During the years Of his infancy he began to
show his great powers Of endurance, being al
most the whole Of that period afflicted with the
Group, measles, whoOping cough Caught from
the lndians,) mumps, fever and ague, and the
attendance Of country doctor, who, il is be
lieved- first gave tho future champion of the p.
H. an idea If what drawing the first blood anu
tapping the claret meant He often, while in
ie cradle, put up his little mawleys and struck
IN attitude or anything else within reach. Hi
pgles we're uncommonly bright and around his
potato trap there played smile that evidently
meant mischief His kuowledge-box was set
upon his neck firmly, and he was as 1.-THE and
nimbe upon his pins as a cricket or any other
lively specimen of the insectiverous race His
hrst light as an amateur occurred while he wa
In his eighth year, in which he was defeated by
foul blow, his father being his antagonist and
his mother the referee. The fight lasted from
the cabin to the corn.erib. 0uly three rounds
we're fought, when his father, with shameful
disregard of the rules of the London P. H.,
struck him six inches below the belt, iu the rear
of his corduroys. He also had a rough-and-
tumble encounter with bear, in which by mu
tual consent Sam did the tumble and the bear
the rough business. This battle wus soon de
clared q draw, Sam having drawn himself out
OF sight with velocity which at once proved
hlm the possessor of an extraordinary amount
Of WIND and bottom. The bear came up to
the scratch, however, much quicker at the frsi
meeting than Sam, who was rather offish.
AT the age Of sixteen, owing to a slight diff
Guilty which occurred between our hero and the
sheriff, relative to the execution of certain
writ, he (Sam) suddenly emigrated, between two
days, to pleasant little city situated at the
confluence Of Down East and Up town, where he
might have lived and died unhonored and un.
sung, had he not got into mill with Bouncing
Bob, in which both were worsted in having their
inexpressibles ripped open by the saw. Neither
of them being old files enough to damage IDS
teeth, they shook hands and agreed to have it
out another time.
Sam, here, by his frequent nocturnal visits to
divers hen-roosts, for purposes which his in
stnctiVe modesty would not permit him to ex-
plain, gained great renoWa for his game dunli-
ties He could show more game on the morn.
ing after one of his predatory excursions than
any man in the vicinity. His sparring was con-
sidered equal to that Of any ship afoat; while
his extraordinary alertness for coming in on
time, was rendered indsputable by the unsettled
condition of his tailor's BILL
About this time he wore q roundabout and
had bout with an old bruiser, who came off
second best In one second, his second and chief
reliance being Light Weight we'll known to
the customers of the corner grocery. He Joined
Base Ball Club, and was knocked down by il
on the first inDings; which proceeding being a
base attack on the base of his head, to avoid
being debased any further he packed up and
packed off to New York Via Shank's express.
overland route. Arriving here, he almost i'm
mediately became favorite in sporting circles,
and was the object Of special attention on the
part of the police, who on several occasions in
troduoed him to the City Judge, and other high
and.mighty functionaries Of like oonrtly procli
vities. In one instunce having, while under the
influence Of love at first sight formed a Hasoa
with genlleman's pocket-book and endeayored
to elope with it, he was intersected by detect
i've, who instantaneously took the proper means
to institute a divorce between the ill-assorted
pair. Our illustrious hero, Slosbing Sam, was
conducted with great pomp and ceremony to the
presence Of committing Justice, who not being
disposed to comm himself by not committing
Sam. consigned him at once to private sepui
ohTe in the Fumbs, thus clearly proving the ex-
lrthCb u ihCl Hoh ultUtflO kuOHn- that the
riles Of the law intended to protect tue rights
OF the pc pie. Sam, however, balled himself out
with fie aud the exerlion of his wits but the
security not being deemed sufficient to ensure
his reappearance at any certain hour when he
SHOULD be most Deeded-the hour of trial not
only for him but the jury which might be com
pelled to listen to the dry-toast elouuence of
the bar be was not long allowed to remain at
large. He was brought up with round turn
while taxing a turn around the corner Of the
Park, and like Mungo Park, was cornered when
he least expected 1t Such disaster iu front Of
the Asor House was IN aifrOnt which 10 en-
ragged him that he set about having set-to with
his official enemy, aud made sail into his as
sailants tgure-head not at all comfortable to
that functionary. But locust suddeuly settling
upon his face obscuring bis vision, enabled his
foe 10 secure him aud as you see, cure hm of
his obstinacy He was knocked down, ierked
up, dragged out, taken in and pulled While
being conveyed to the quarters, where, despite
the quarters in his pocket be would have no
quarter shown him, he received, TO his great
disgust, two or three heavy blows from gust Of
wind, as q panRoea for the blows administered
him by his captor, and which capped the climax
Of his woe. But his triumph came at his trial.
In nditing the indictment, the recondite District
Attorney reckoned, as tie adage hath il, without
his host, aud as hostage securing to Sam an
escape, left flaw in the document. Tlhs legal
release gave Sam release of liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness in a new suit of clothes.-
Sam cast about him as to the best method of
elevatng the financial Rolus
Sam got up a mill with the Big Bouncer
wherein, after fifty rounds, he accomplished a
victory, leaving portion of his ears, slice of
his lip, two teeth, one eye and sirloin of cheek
upon the ground
After this famous encounter Sam receiyed a
SPECIAL invitation 10 appear before twelve Of bis
fellow-ctizens who, assisted by well.known
Judge, presented him with a free residence at
Sing Sing.
Where he now is. Where, too, it is to be
hoped he will be well treated, although nothing
stronger than water is understood to be allowed
N Y Atlna.