New-York daily tribune., 1865-09-30

Mr. Kennedy singing tho gaows stopped its throt''e
to upt him.
TIE CHAMPION or AMERICA.
In tho long empty. i!lpat onized barr of pnoie
house in st stands Mr.. Joseph Hopple, until re-
Gently the champ ion Of America. He 1t was who went
across the sea- In imitation Of Mr. Heennn to meet me
best boxer in England They went to different places
TO look for each other forgot to fight. published carus
like membcrs OF Congress and returned to their severa
empires champions Of each, to go into the dgnihod
partnership Of tavern Mr.. COburn Is sold, well
proportoned gentleman. ceanly dressed wrapped
three times round with heavy gold chain speckieu az
the bosom with diamond pin, and tho proprietor oi an
exaggerated aquiline nose, which is twisted Lttie Us
if it once stopped solid shot.
What is your weight. Jocl" says Mr.. Zoon.
"A hundred and eigl ty five"
"What is your fighting weight. joel"
Hundred and ffty.six"
Then We feel Mr., Hopplcs muscle with some trepida-
ion. express great reverence for its sody. and ask
him to be good enough to drink something at our e1
pense
"Is Jcm Mace really going to visit America, Joe"
says Mr.. Zoon.
II only hope So" says Mr.. Coburn.
| Then the champion of America swallows something
from tumbler shows US his coors on the wall and
expresses the opinion that there Is nobody the turf
now worth taking up and nattening.
AS we look into this athletes eye. little blas in its
roll and mark tie hard inGontablc. thirsty light that
CLEANS In II and then 1t il not hard TO see bin in
fancy nude to the white skim and pegged to the grass
bis caspcd shoes hold fast to tho soil, making with
his cropped and gashed physlosnomy the desperate
essay to frht down to blindness and impotence the
other human life which matches bis own in tenacy.
But history In this in all things. only repeats itself
The greatest epic OF antiquity Is only series OF prize
fights aud the voyage OF Mr. Hopple to Europe, weep
ing for somebody to conquer was precisely that of Fin
gal and McCooe, who bun the Giants Causeway tc
cross the chauue and click" each other. The pnbic
house Of Mr.. Hoppe. who treated Us throughout ver'
decoiously. compares well with the famous English
sporting houses Of Nat Langham or Ben Caunt or Jem
Ward We have seen Jem Ward. In the dress OF m
Eu glish sailor bald and pnrbliud. aid helped to hi'
great arm chair sitting IN his public house. more reyer
enced han the President at Washing;onian "levee.
The man who bits hard is always in repuic, no mattel
what bis oijeci.
| GREAT OLD wAR-DoG AT HONE ASD AWAY.
! IL swe that We have spoken Of MAI Langbam f1i
here we are at the hosiery Of the late Harry Lazarus
and Mr. Zoon draws 10 tie spot Were he fel dead
with the knife In his heart lie died as easily as any
mau who had never Knocked his rival out OF time oi
rallied from tic faintness Of victory at the cheer Of h
supporters All iols have vital spot be they brniser'
or poets: 1t IS only the outside that bears tammerng
n you can get al tie heart you have topped down
Achilles Young Harry Dives was the son Of BuH'
Dives to whom Mr.. Zoon presently takes us at a
great English Free and. Easy in Houston si. yer!
long table reaches lcnethWise OF great hail. and be
sides H., hundred odd people who smoke pipes and
drink whisky at til, table there chairs and Benches
nlong The sides where other patrons puff and smile. and
NJ The head and foo, Of the table gayc in hand sit tie
President and Vice.Presdent keeping order and call
in ID the singers. Upon pedestal at the side Of th
room stands huge swollen. wonderful figure. posi-
lively shorter than thick. singing in fat. abore'
monotone the ancient air Of The Bay OF Bsoay o.
There h not a qu1vcr OF music N bis song be wTithe
In lis gly throa. 10 emit any sound ai ALL he accom-
paaifs the sta,e With wave Of great hard Ike q
whales Gn De- ttlnd, upon the balls Of BIZ equity feet
rolng TO the air aud bis paunch Is 30 ponderonsy hs
that he over th, top Of tie delighted
encouraging faces which aud then at his gesture
catch up the chorus and nskc the clases jingle will
thrir refrain. Tho face Of this unshapey Colossu, i
only mouth and some hair; his craniam is like
cllds: biz forehead is nst lcrcepb'e enou TO show
a rlentude of scars; lis eyes set Ike noles and
On. light O. il be tasted with them. and received i'm
prc.sion but never looked one of his ears is bitten
hslfoa hi. teeth are irregular and 'nsky Ike boar
there Il breadth to ls bead but hieht ard he is so
unvicldy that We trcrnblc 20 think what power could
M him up Il he sbenl .uddcaly fail With aprleIy, IN
less he might progiicrialy burn up with spontaneous
combustion aad eaye heap Of grease TO innadAe the
house.
f~ ~.fss
ING Lis ,a,rt but dcardirg his music altogether the
mas, Of flesh and scar called Buzy Dives dcscends
from tie pedestal and vneslcs in Kind OF roll to O
chair a. biz as q dining room. where be sucks bis run
and water. and essps Ike a dummy engine. Mark this
Lnmp Of boated Acsh this dwarf heaped up 90 an ele
fbant and recognize In this walking and ghasy form
the are figure Of one who sunk bis knnckic' into The
throat Of bis adversary and then strobe back to lis
corner with tie u.h Of cipi.oy proud ns The yicto
rious soldier sLcaLng bis sword. This man has beer
desperate athlete he has sent his enemy spinning il
dizziness 10 the grass and the belt OF champion
proudly In two worlds. An English Hebrew, he has
pas cd The conventional years Of lis class, ard If the
suniagcs Of tie two hundred who have heard hin
proad, tonight could elevate lin to the Presidency
ho would st in the Executive chair rather than In has
ustlc sofa at bis serono public house on the Bowery
whcczily srd laloiiously mixing liquors for people
whom he tells that his weight Is past three hundred
and that be stripped for The melee at one hundred and
Thirty pounds.
These free and easy entertainments are OF direct
British importation. There are hundred and more
OF them in NewYork They Lire TO sing for The so'ace
oftLcir motley patrons various people at six and eight
dollars n week. As We so away one OF these hired
siugers-a young man without u distant idea Of haf
uony or perception Of graceratles OF what Is pre-
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