The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-02-21


explorations IS naturalist. vas aiz-
Cd Bpan by ihe Tobber chiei, Moreno,
and conveyed TO his faauess ia ihe
mountains, from shence he demand j
ransom q five thousand reals. !
had not 8 lithe Of tie sum IN the world.
No tune was "a be lost the audacious
bandit had named time anl place oi
negotiation; y Alice father we're not
redeemed on lhe iolloeiag day, she
would be orphaned through ms neg
lect., ! sought iae British consul 8,
ba housr. The servant replied tbai
Mr. Edwards had gone to see the bull
tght. To the ball ring | therefore
fastened at once, aud having purcbas.
/ u ticket which was 10 admit nae 10
any part OF the atnPhi,beatre, elbow
cd my way through the swarnng
crowd and entered. / lad no eyes
for the gay-colored mas, 81 appafei, OF
the rows Of eager, excited faces, tier
above tier, aid sull less for what was
going on 70 the ring, where young
| Gull was beiAg aos@ed 6 fury by tie
saarp tripends and fultcfing rags, q
mere prologue 10 the more thrilling
scenes that we're to follow. But the
crowd bafiled me. Such mult.udes
iroA the Reighboring towns and villa
| gee, attracted by tie spectacle, had
| poured into Malaga, that L was only
for ladies, aud favored few Of The
magisirafy and mobiles that seats could
be obtained. Ire resl stood so thick
| y massed together, that | soon found
thai so trace out Ms. Edwards was
hopeless. Giving mp the ejort n de-
! spair, turned 10 depart but through
some mistake, instead Of gaining the
iopen air, struck long passage lead
ing know not whilher, though |
heard the belloNing of the balls from
.le dens whore liey were shut up
Suddenly, iron sort Of crypt, the
malt open docr Of which was on my
right, came tie sound Of voices, aud /
caught these words 10 Spanish: "lf
! you offer . large rewards Say tolr
thousand re1's Consider gen.rmeu,
four Thousand reals for one hours
Yofk r.
My feet seemed lailly rooted q Tie
.rouud ana j fen my face flash While
! listened, Il i lie dcpeadgd on iny
hcarnp wi IA followed
eWu ajaH 10. fsd a man, bid what
we may, .aid another voice, desmond
emily; no ole rot tired Of his life
would run l5e risk, aad, Caramb r.
What will tie people say Z There win
be a riot, and our houses may paY for
IT, Oaly 'l.u4k shat wa be the fury
Of the lie ,L54slnds oF people Up yo.-
Ter when lhcy hear thsd Alanuel ~
aal canuot peri I'm II Al aid thai we
have % maoier p take lis pIac
At .4s idiot lad bot Lal tie sea-l
90 bftaA bis !ec aaer the bull Ggl,t IN
.lrad ol bci0t, said a third speaker,
IN whining and querulous lone.--
But, seuorcs, What is to be done |
would sooner ray four, aye, or six
lboUssNd reals oei Of my own poc.,et,
Tan te The oac u t,llthe people Eat
ib,y are e e disappointed of tie
eieam Il ibe st4it. They may sack
our aoasrs il reycnge and mi.caief
Wiil certainly be dohe Wlafcau SIC
80 Not IN tador worth a straw
within leagues, and Choco only e to
tsce the youus bulls, aud lbose Nlh
The wood on heir horns. We shall
have 70 use the ieuiIlnc, and before
tie captain general, what disgrace 7 !
began low TO understand more
clearly the purport Of this discourse.
! knew that celebrated matador ma
med Maauel Zagal had been engaged |
10 GENE ever from Seville, tue bead
quarters OF bull lighting to exh BIT his
skill 10 dispatching the infuriated ami
mails hat bad been previously provo
acd 10 fury by their mounted tosmen-
ters, the picaders. This man, who
was famous for skill and courage stood
Q high in his profession that # had
40. been thought needtul 10 hire any
other artis. in the same line, and as
maiadors, ike opera singers, travel
from place to place as their engage
msnl serves, there was no member 81 |
tie guild then ia Malaga. There
was, indeed an active toreado- whose
nickname Of Choeo was well known,
bui tins man, though iayorite with /
the mob. was more a bufioon than /
swordsman, ard had neither thc dex-
ieiity nor The daring which a true .
matador should possess. When ma. /
iador i wounded, or some un,oward /
accident prevents the appearance oil
one, there Is no resourse but 10 end I
the lives Of the bulls By cutting Off
their legs, or ham siringing them by
means q sharp scyibe on the end
Of pole, called demoliae. Batthis
barbarous eAped.enl seldom fails 10
irriiate tie populace, who are displea.
Sed, not Al tie cruelty Of the act, bur
Ht The absence Of thar risk of human
lie Il.at i essential 10 Tie excitement
Of tie ballring.
la this case could easily divine
what bad happened Tie talented
performer trom Seville. Manuel Za.
ga, had met with serious accident,
and tie authorities we're sffa.d TO sn-
hounce 10 the people what lad hsp-
p ned, aware that Yioleul outbreak
81 Popular wrath would cusue. As
ior the speakers, by moving forward 4