The New York herald., 1863-12-26

sa dead a f hat even While the
heavy sound ~ s IN every cry arises that The
lght e ever and "Kng cant come 20 time" Upon this
the para rule TO which tho spectators been sub
ject Ia swep away They break pas, their boundaries
tramplinQ over legs ana bodies OF quicter or ess
active witnesses, and sway backward and forward In
masses, elose upon the rcSs hahsfy Tor s'shi OF
restore the order. The ring s nts visible only 70
those brusers who have forced their Sf 10 the front
and whose closely wedged bodies shut out ih yes from
all others But Il Ia presently evident that tho aerAd
ngs Kings defeat premature for above the heads
OF all the bystandes the two gigantic naked forms urged
forward by their seconds, again seen 10 approsco
each other and amid louder and oxutant cries the
contest renewed with unnbnted ferocy and keenness
IL Is declaredwith what accuracy impossible at the
moment TO dscover-that King has with difficulty been
restored IN tno for the eighteenth round and that iiee
wildly iDcautous and the event would 10 justify
this statement, Tor, with more cruel and resoundpg
blow than any yet delivered, Kings powerful nst falls
fun In the Americans face, and closing with him, he
dsshes him TO the Garth almost inscpslbc
From this moment 1t is known and admitted that
Hcenan has Loaf tho nght aud In the rounds media ely
following the superior endurance aud youth OF the Rug
lishman enable him 10 pursue bis success with tre.
meudous rapidity. Hardly could the American appear
upon his ground-whcrc II must DO sad. he presented
himself with undying pluck 10 the ond-before he was
prostraed by Kings furious blows, or crushed down IN
his all powerful gr pc. His face soon became frighu
spectacle although Gar less hdeous than at tho onse of
bis battle with sayers AZ last even tho duh and opaque
merciless round in which the failing strength Of the
great gladiator was no longer capable Vf anlrdns him
fourth round, Withdrawn reluctantly BY his friends
though himself inssasble Thus the cruel contest end
leaving for the moment little ct.s-1 bctweon the
dltion either OF victor or o. Vsnqutshei.
Such was The end Of the asht, ateT nearly forty min
ues @ o. nara. gnic. ae.Pe,as hsh,ns be"een Two .,
the ring IL was tough, out fairly aud truly - The bitter
end neither man taking any advantage OF tho other No
hand was iad upon hcu but that OF ther seconds
from the they both entered the ring until the
American laid senssess, bruised and beaten out OF all
sembauce of the who IN the pride Of manhood and
strength had stood there only haf hour before
There we're great cheers "a King won, To which for
rapid aud all powerful az he was tho heavy fails hid
shaken his vitality, aud the giant who had strobe into
the ring ovormatch for all could scarcely
c.ose bis nngers round the glass Of water
which was 10 keep hun from fainiing. Yet
there 10 soul OF goodness IN nss evil for
the FIRST really conscious thought that hted through his
mind was w-h 70 make friends ith his late antagonist
and as he said he unged heavily through the crowd OF
his admirers TO- itto knot OF curious lockers amid
whom what seemed the corpse OF the edoubabc ecnan
Jay.
saycrs with him. and kept with him but better nd.
vice was needed than any pugs, ought to be called upon
TO give for isenan though not nearly much punished
% when he Tough, a, Farnborough, evidently
more Injured.
He puseloss At the wrists, and over the heart
the paipoion was utierlng iaut and low Yet he had
II the inssnsiblty Of exhaustion tho sheer wan,
OF vitality though almost iii no collapsed suddenly be
was supposed TO be the winner. One man trying to
h6ave up his immense inanitnate FORM while another
stripped the wet drawers, stained deep with bis
blood from the limbs Of tho stunned athlete. There
dreadful significance IN the Ia which he hauled
about limb by LIMB. a. warmer clothes dragged
over his unconscious form ks dressing q corpse Yet
no one seemed to mind much. for AL erowding
round the victor. who, with very little signs o. punish
ment about bis face. camo say up Ia tho train back TO
town.
Rscnan len with his seconds on the field he had
fought 10 win. No ope seemed to think much Of himhe
wass beaten man and among pusiSs there 10 no mercy
for the defe,,ed Psr or FOUL thoro 10 n yet only QUE
morality with them-success.
still there alive who thiuk they tho
prize ring II would be easy to restore the sports Of
tho arena