New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09
TOMS TRAPS.


life to try his luck in the next, it was common
to bury with him his horse, his buckler, his
sword, and sometimes lest Heaven should turn
out kind Of Colorado Territory in respect OF
women, they burned his wife with the brave,
and sent their twin souls, unseyered by death,
upon the long expedition. But IL England they
seem to be thriftier mourners, as they were IL
Denmark when the funeral-baked meats did
coldly furnish forth the marriage-feast; for no
sooner is poor Tom Sayers no more than all his
traps (short, we take it, for trappings) are put
up at public auction, and all the sporting world
rushcs to the vendue. Tom was a notable
bruiser in his day; and as such he was duly
appreciated BY Mr.. Bull, who marked with
rapture the facility with which Mr. Thomas
broke the noses, fractured tic jaws and forever
eclipsod the eyes, OF those who were hardy
enough to stand up against him. Bull, being OF
a betting disposition, and meaning always
money even in bis diversion, was not ungTatc-
full when Tom put money in his hackers purses
BIZ drawing the first blood Or BY executing inc
final knock .down-was not ungrateful but
brought glts and laid them at the ieet oi 'Nc
stout, victorious, plucky Palmerstoniah snlal-
cold medals, silver medals, argent tanhatus ioi
beer, cigar-cases Of the same material pci'S'
snuff. boxes. and, above all, solid gold cross
Of yaIor with appendices, presented By the
officers of II. NJ. s. Marlborough IhiS
last sweet article Of buffers Jyouterie may
well give us pause. We can understand
why Mr.. Thomas sayers wanted belts
to hold up his fighting breeches, aud mugs
from which to quaf his half-and-half, and dia-
mond shirt.studs for his frontal linen, and cigar
cases to hold his lIavanas, and snuii-boxes Tor
the regaemcnt of his hardly-.reatcd and often.
pounded nose; but what did he want Of cross!
of that universal emblem Of peace, and good
will. and Paternity Muitilarious were his
traps" but we see 10 praycf.book in the lot.
Then why a cross ''Ia hoc signo riaces'-was
that the motto Of st. Thomas Of the Ropes !!
And what were the appendagesl Did pair Of
little boxing. gloves dangle from the emblem Of
Christianity And did any cross wooden or
golden, ever 60 into such queer company of
profane pots, ard beakers, and tankards aud
goblets, before
The account of this post-mortem distribution
Of trophies before Us informs us that the sale
attracted great interest" Mr.. Bull, who is
aever tired Of discussing American brutalities,
labors under the dcius.on that game of isti-
cuffs is O recreation O, rare and delicate na-
ture-that hammey.ng the head Of ar antsgo-
mist to PUPPY and feotHreless ho.roris chiyal-
rous oporation-that fighting in a ring with an
array of hackers and bottle-holders is manlier
than fighting in a whisky-shop against all the
laws of the p R.--that to knock mans eye
out is prettier piece Of ophthalmc surgery
than to gougc it out. The moralists Of
other lands do not see this TO be true; anu
inordinately angry is Mr.. Bull because they
will not see it SO. His theory is that what
ever he does is only little short OF godlike,
simply because no docs it; and the most curious
part of the matter is that this theory is no mere
bit Of good.natured brag, but is soudiy enter.
tanned as a sound piece Of truth, especially to
Dc acteu upon Ill aii usputcS vi III iutcIuatlOudI
character. 1t is not strange that such an in
convenient idiosyncrasy once made Us angry,
as it had made other nations angry ever since
the days of the Black Prince. But anger is
rarely tie highest wisdom; and il is perhaps for
the peace of the world that in this country at
least, We are learning to laugh, and can afford
to laugh with perfect good nature, at such &C.
centrcities, when they are confined within toll
cradle limits.
MINING nN COLORADO.
When public attention was drawn. in the