New-York tribune., 1867-09-02

nothing hetseen then oi hae 90 wrongs,
Game L. .e.lrI 20 batter lni maui,
To t.bt an one or he eiA should fall
Hammer and Tonss"
And Hammer aud Tongs II vas indeed. Never did evil
subjects inspire more appropriate Characterization than
when those lines we're suggested 10 l1or ihcs bilch
by tle combat bet wccn Alorrissey aud IIeenan.
This nght OF Saturday Was between two men, not so
ben OF Congress the Ffth and his former distin-
guisied antagonist were nine years ago Inc combat
~ late hang from 81. lOuls and CINCINNATI ana Aaron
Jones prominent aspirant for shameful famo III
apt to call Hold flengland McCooc Tor yeas' his Dcen
a brawny boa'mnn on the I" ONO ana Mlssls,>,P,
rough and ready participant In Inmill rows and long
shore "musscs" and tufnups, ana more recently
a rising star upon the hthy horizon OF me regular %
"roped arena" Jones was ~ British footinan theh n
ganekecpcr; thcnin the language OF bcis Lve ~ Lon
doii-a promising attendant al Srrnf eAhbilohs t "a
nrucjpa I'm sundry conflicts whereof record Eept In
= Fstiaua" and the sOcacd sporting papers hftcf,
ward, specially imported trainer OF me ei'a BOY anu
ustrlous guest OF the governing class OF this Umpire
CITY, whence Just before the war he driftcd south ana
somehow turned up while the war was golng on IN i q
position Of ugoriOus and safety on the stan OF Gen
M M ic @rn that both these cladiators have history
Into the details OF that belonging to either Is uheces
TniRIN + have already reckcd with their foul achieve
ments and each has gained all the notoriey that can
come Of broken heads and beaten bodies ana nuthcd
phvsognOmes without eXpatiatiOn here upOn subject
In the West the prospect Of the fight was cause Of ex-
pcctation and excitement almost unprecedented Moth
INC like IT, In its way, OF much Importance had ever
happened there before People who ought to have known
confusion at Thought thcr folly aided aud abeed
/
il their contcnance while the dangerous ana degraded
element of the community, OF course, rcyeied IN un'
seely hOrrd appetite for the feast OF b barous black
rord dHntes held in store for them The exact time
and place of the fight were as eagerly inquired r as II
the fate of the nation depended on us lssut ana anuos
nrccs were paid for Trustworthy information and any
means OF conveyance 10 the mystic spot Whercoh
that had TO be decided IL said there were near
persons AROUND the roped inclosure In which these
human bulldogs came together TO Try VINO should worst
maui and mash and main his fellow into a senseloss
mummy In the crowd freely mingled among the great
minority OF those with
| Haurave fscee
As # With the iron nhoofc sih -
wero merchants and lawyers, and operators In funds and
the mark of elegant leisure, come To glOat over the
crash OF Jaws and noses and ribs ana To- wager spare
fyorte animal. Truly, rare assembage, most excel
e I COLLISION Of the combatants came at last after usual
long delays Disputes with chatting and clafcring, IN
erlnlnable, that first almost amused then grew weari-
some and finally disgusting. The shock Of actual
had an effect about IL that was, In peculiar sense hot
without its imposing features II one cond nave uVested
confronting each other with he less than murder IN
Their nec7; Du McCoole was grand lie stood MP
spiendid siX-foot specimen OF physca development
ccp and full of chest and shoulder as bull
stouand solid OF limb, square 1awed thick necked big
ted could not easily have found finer
odci. of the thing he ana giOrlcd In tho being
Jones looked smaller less compact ana Of more delicate
IYild and constitution stl he, 100, showed far above
the ordinary average Of seeming strength and stamina
They sooK hands, il the custom among Their Kind by
way preliminary farce TO ,c saseay ~ scenes tsaI
s"s,ense; rush; quick indistinguishable feints aud
blows sudden cIiril, anu JONES' Diced
Pa st,inned law prostratc on his back In less than
1 minute thousands OF dollars changed hands on the
alts af "tlrst blood" aud fret knOck-own," which
h, nncniug round decided. McCooe's Partisans yelled
5 danced IN parOxyms OF internal eAlaration, while
Ghs Gh looked crcstfaIlen aud desponding, glad how
a, the additional Thousand dollars Aaron offered
, ,ie,l c entered the ring had failed To meet with
any ,h ght went on with varying yicissndes Often
ros ave as good lac had to recete nnd at the wind
Joi., H. oo round McCOOlcr eyes showed symptobi- o
up ol ,o t NrCoocs terrible right was ever anG
nonn5ng away Arons ribs ANA Kidneys III strengli
i7 ,,ore siiroy from such NisltatlolS than IRON
ai ~, S -, tbc face, were fast dcscitng him. Yet h'
% Ii's Ht etrgccd ON through ten more rounds 1hci