New York Clipper (Sep 1862)

j^T'S' BECeSUI OF ALlV What's become. <>t 'all tho'fijwfc?'; . i\''. • .WU4reare atfUwdoUftre gone? ijl' Nothing buttfinptakra jtcuy"' ■■': ; r,- >'• •DOoor-nwagwPOOlets l';',. • ,»V' Hive-toe Baoit for e'er BTOpsnded/t ■, ■ V Bball we not," oh, ragged flmji, ", ",:' V . „y. Bee',' eagh toller"* hard, lot mended, ■'i-'' f. ■ ju fle ring of rilwohimM? ;■ Wnat'a become of all the rtwfe, V flank Mdbrofcrrs ought to taoT— . .. V. ' ' Still ne#roo> come forth, to fleece ypu,* ,^ ; ' ■ ;.: ; Pp^eBtamp$^aUttegtt.- : ; ^ # I ' Have oar doflara tnAearebeilonB,*■ ■','■■",/•.' " V, •• With some caah-gT»bolng eaiAfer t . : -. ,5" .; Or have they melted all our iwufer,.. "••.•'•;:, £ .•*..•" Into plato and dutad as dear. V . h Bound with nota I see folks ranging, ; .. . . : , ''-' -,t • And ftp change they beg, and baw£ u'.; ■ ■But thongh notes are daUy.eJjjmjtfnff, ■ SUU we nave no eftaiwe at ill;. " . '• ;« , > ■ What's become, 4c. •-', ' ;■ "' » ■ . • . ': '"* : Have oar ehlnlng ra<ni-dn>pi, say ye, Dropt away, beyond recall,!', . ; . ' Has onr eumncy, I pray ye, ; •• , Bean sorely "driven to,the waD. 1 '- *. • BTerydaythemintlBoofnAv,'" y -t'/.\ . : ■. Tetno oDfti'atallhave we, ;- .1 fji Is'tiHHwIfor Utxuritt folkiahlifeIn,* ».»' * To ipeculdtert cross the eeit■', ; ■ > -.-'■:': : WhaVsbepome,tov?'.-.'"/ v..".;., ■ ■' ' ' ■' ^..'V^(^" Every one, what e'er his trade Is, '** • Oan but ask rf this ado, ;' - r -- '. f ;. Last maoh longer—Pray, young ladles, > • What wlUbecomeofns end ybat ; y * In natri-monty's spaulaHm, Bids win get so low, well find . " ■. .„>• f. ■ Btllet and txaux, whate'er their station; . ' ^ Qm't raise a partner nor^ the wind.. ..,,■> ; " What then becomes of matrimony, ^v-\ JfonriajeswlUbenoffti,. '. -ft ' s ;\. . Bmerit lonlr, or golden honey ' • ■ .■■ Must nujxnd 'mongst high and low., f ^ X L m&mm v ; -^t-'"."T.: 'NEW TOEK r BATUBDAt, SjBPTE&BER ^o; J liB6SL •% rOE SDIXEB IN T^; IIBST RISE, Y< AND WHAT CAMK '6f'iT. v ■.' i myrfil ^TBXBBLT FOB THE OTW TOBE< OIJFFEB, ' 4 • ; BI THOMAS H. BOOEBJS. ; '•.',& • ,yif; j v,.. .. ioetUio cttyl U«t: over a thbiu^ milea tidm Kew. Bay. two B. B. olubs had lobg contended fir the blonshlp. '8m(aI^^:e)Ttn^D$mBWy'-ftt ' ikiaen, fluttered conetuitly between them, knowing oh which to bestow her final emortc.es. Now, the g»ns" won a game. Sure enough the "Creeoente" Ml themaelvea with the next. Add thnB' the Qtfbl went on. Thelr'ioores were always very olose, and meetings Invariably brought, together an Immense d of the lovers of oat-door sports. The olabs nam- many One yonng men among their, members, and,, conuqnenoe, the hdles—blees their eweek faces-^-. jj gave'the light of their presence to cheer the' Hom combatants on .to vlotor/, well knowing—base ilajers are a gal!ant raoe-^-that their friends never tied themselves better than when encouraged and ^toded by the emlleB of beauty; 'l.tell yoa what, ^-that's an elegant sentenbe;—when , the' "Morgans" !Gr»centa" met In deadly oonfllot, awajed % all jleodor-of stunning bOBtumes; with bat III hand,'arm ttmlnallon - to "do or die", stamped' on every conn- ice, there were high o'.d times on that ball ground. ({olleotloBOf It almost makes ine young again— fdr the years that are dead,. . TAwwere the betting JS'ell their glory, and '.'oven' money" was the order day, for.the choice ' between the. iwa.olubB wasn't a Confederate Bhlaplaster.. Befbfe ; the game was I, the enthnBlasm wn Intense; eaob'olub had 'oount- But'eans, and every player was'hemmed In by a of friends and admirers, speculating upon the result >epeet." There, on those balmy AnguBt afternoons,' the bine sky. emlliog overhead, and a breeze on the that wbnld have charmed an Invalid from his couoh in— all was gaiety and enjoymqnt. Every face was sd op In .anticipation of the ipptt tb oome) liberty, Uy and fraternity ruled-the hour;, for the^ time li'strangers became frlondB, friends warmed'Into ere, and the ladles overlooked all from, a shady' where—I hope It is not treason to say it—many a eger was made of gloveB, txln.kete, and,the ihbasahd >ne artlole's necessary .to Complete femal» ^tpplnees/ was the aspect of the field on the^oooe' " whloh ue to speak. Tho "Morgans'' had 1 <elvea or vlotory, and "for this onoe" tley Wy hln'ed 11 the "OreBoenls" a> mauling! theywv A'tewv ^»! the "Oreaoente" had .laid themBelveo out' for «y,Bnd "for this onoe" wae:dbt«jmlhed to give the 'gam" a manllngl% wonld alwayCwmember. "All i,mycovey,» : ' •.' ■■ ■'<.:■■■. '■■' ■';■■>■ lear the Bold l"' ' . . :' ^ .' . ; ■. - :■ . '' was a bsauUfnl speotaole. Aropnd thViVaB#ohnd ranged an ; asBemblage =' numberlpg: two^ ojf ■ three sand people, many of whom flourTsheia penoll and r to keep the Bcore for their ownprlvate satisfaction. E ndows and roofe Jn the.neighbOThood were orowded (Ightaeers. and1 osrtffle-n;-madb {heir everlasting ■ll /f^ ,D .1 ^ >terrlfled ;ten,'oentfl for the lege of mounting their orazy vehloleg,. toll a 1 SL tar n J?Plw oonld not have. - TA^ t H ,B,Qna ; Tb « r «. PA said It, but nobody «what l,l m d, bo the oountry.'s safe yet . Silence » ™5? 88 «er reigned Jn the desert of Bahara feU tf tte^rronndlng multltudc--''ipb6dy hurt/'? The £ P^uP ih l ?, ord " ' of ' D«i Bryant . had w nniilv j ? ! .wero. flret at the bat. But bw "^d ^rotttejtrofhe' befell the '■Morgans.'' to r.„ m . Bn ' ah( ? P^W.ot batter*, was suddenly i to liSl J°^ n , W0B r ' (te 8B fir '' Bna woaW have In m! Z tmi $ h *t- not. a brother flayer rooelved ^L l' 09, Ia a ?oment'all 1 Was oonruelon, and mZr wi " w w <«tt»<) matter.. ThatwdBsoondleoovetedi asnn 7, wh0 h8d .8"w dlfttoWty In reaching the spot; H«on as a man Is tojured. everybody gets about r '' [ «Ptte air from hie ldnga) the dootor announced *oSm tel 11 ^ ^MPoae by the heat of-the day, be flt '? *!V tt»t afternoon, although bis w.flijl not amount to anything eerioue, and he would •• • ~ • a. ' . • ; ia over the following mdrntng. Here: wag "a So.,"'»tarrwBetttsd about the heads|ot : ^ie "}toimiifi'— itfr.ataredit'. eaoh other with blank faoes, and felt that fortune was against them,' But the game must^o on—a" eubatltate had to"be proocred. A consultation wasjielcl:' the oaptdln, looked about him; Joe Klnker was ^e firat man belonging to the olub that met his eye; no time was lo.be lostf Klnker was drafted' Into-'servlce. The' cfowd. fall baohv'the reporters again seized their penojls, aid) plsV began, AU at once the betting changed its aepeot,'' DabbU was'an un'sarpasBed player: hla very presence In a match gave cbnfldenaa'lo his olnb, andf confidence is-a mlgbtv good thing. Klnker—poor Joe Stokers-Was. a •^tiffln^ Jand/of all. the- "mufflns,'' 1 his con ure wi door,w thus: W01 — t — , — 1 be was kina%ln> As tacatchlDg a ball—Why, bless yonr heart, be might as ^ell hate tried to swallow a base, He had blackened hhj ey^many a time—or. rather, had hod It b)ackened-r ln;hlf "goeer attempts to take a balVon the fly, Uueole* Jif waanbt devoid of,.and when he hit a bairkoocked It; a oonBlaerablo dlstanoe-^wAea he hit It, whloffwas aboW oboe In a-game; -In Bhort, bad there-been slsteea.nlnes' In the'/'Morgan B. Bi O:, u Emker would have been the blggest'tonffla" In the sixteenth. Ton may safely believe ttatthf '^iBoents"—although deplorlDg bis mjefortnne '^wsre-bywrneans sorry to get ild of Daboll^nd that- they,regarded poor Joe with the tuost -friendly feelings. 'V^cfcry was almost certain when he was playing against before ttemjiJiad he been on their aide—ab, that would have droppr beeq a "horse of another color." The speotators-prOT^ets In tnelii own oonoelt—now ptedloted that the "Orescents" wouywln in a canter, unless their rivals met with ez- .traordlnirygdod lock. ^ But. after all, base ball Is mighty uncertain, bo "the "Morgans" maintained a bold, front, resolved to do their best. I wouldn't-give three hairs from" a' horse's tall for a olub that haven't the spirit to <play in'up-hill game. The "Morgans" were made, of the right ^tuff. as all mast admit who ever saw them at work. And ndw/ihedayfrspoit began in earnest. '•' Poof Joe Klnker was In the right field, as 'the captain, of hls jilne thought he'would not there be In any.danger Ofjinrtliig himself with the balL- But what are human oanulatlons? Every ball struok flew, away Into Joe's qorner, and yon never witnessed each fielding (1) In your Dorn dayiaas tlfat Ul-etarred wight offered for the admira- tion of "the peoples.'" "Throw it np, Joel" "Fall on ftl" "Take ft on the fly I" "What are you holding it T<yr TV- These were some of the exclamations that greeted his frantlo efforta The question "What are you holding it for I" was piling on the agorij to'o.etrong, for he never WM wItWn six six feet of the ball when It struok the gXrand, and was too muoh confuted to know whether, he Wae'oWhla head or hie feet Even bia own olub etbod In onen-niouthed admiration of his prowess. ^Hewae fery fai,'wM Jpe^and suoh Tolling and tumbling; kioWng and xunnlng', we're .never witnessed, before-In any civilized bommunlty. Now he would lose the ball altogether, and gwe, foolishly around In eearoh ol It, while the crowd sJtouteaJihat It was behind him, before him, on the right, orjjfeft, just as the whim seized them to shout. Then he wont} sit down, overcome by his labors, while the de- Ughted audiencei advised him to "take it easy, Joe; eool off aTlttJe: you've done your share'," . &o! It was unl- verteOy'admitted that such an exhlbltton of fielding had 'not takaavplaoe elnoe the flrat ball—this erra^o earth— wa^hlsellea oatof ohaos and.hurled intothe stream of time—tfierefs. another elegant .Sehtbnbe. The first In- ^#31 $9*4' iWewenlB^was toJ^Wjftilast^evcrythlnt most haVe an - end, unfortunately—end they had scored fourteen runs, nearly all through Kihker's excellent .fleld- lng. As the "Morgans'." went to the bat, their, friehels began to feel homeilok. Joe was their first striker. He disappointed nobody, but "etruok out" like a gentleman, and retired to his chair smiling- all over, while a small boy In the. distance insinuated that he was a soap manu- facturer. Hla eucceseora'at the bat did better, and the "Morgana" chalked down four runs. Klnker was now plaoea in tho centre field, but the ball still'followed him. In the third Innings he ocoupled a very honorable post, the left field, but he 'was in a woree predloament than ever. Flnally^he settled down as short stop, and, as the titfrd-baM1 man; kept a sharp lopk-o'u't'fpr that position as well as for.his own, things began to brighten a little for the "Morgate,'"'ani thoeo acqualnted'wlth their splendid batting .oapablty began to cherish the hope that all would be rightifn'the end. At the eighth innlngSj the "Crescents" were only seven ahead, and nowpr never was the' time to Bave the game/ The "Morgans" went to work right manfully, and well did they sustain their reputation as unequalled batters. Again and again the fleli Tang with applause at -thelr fine hits, and when the last man—It was Joe,' out twice in. this innings—went out on three Btrikee, they had scored ten ions, putting them' three ahead of their pluoky antagonists. Then ensued a scene that .bnfflea deporlp- tlon. Hats flew Into the air, and the partlzana of the "Morgans" felt.as happy as a Maine lumberman after turning' up Jaok. And'now for the"ninth and last In- nings. 30—27 was the game, "Morgans" leading;;. The "Orescents/' Who had played In their best Btyle through- out, went hopefully to the bat, and succeeded.lh placing four runs to their oredlt. Very good, Indeed, but it was the general'opinion ' that their "cake was all dough," for the "Morgans'' needed but one run. to tie—two to win— and they sought to be able to."fix .things" bb easy as roll- ing Off, a log. Butf as I said before, and as your excel- lent B.~ B. reporter has frequently said, "base ball is mighty uncertain," and.on that day the "Morgans" were doomed, to defeat Their two first strikers went out on tipB. The third made his first base on a grounder to centre field., The fourth striker was that capital player and. jolly good 'fellow, J09 Kiokor—our old friend Joe. On hip—ohl . 'hatthe"M6rganB" had lived to see that day—on him depended their triumph or their down- fall. , ■ Joo—luoky dpg—had not mado arun. Now was the time to ImmortallzA himself; but If he failed—the thought waa ; °raa4neBBt. Strike, Joe, strike I Strlko as If the com- bined-strength of .the "Morgan Olub" were concentrated in your muscular arms. One* good, old'faehloned blow for vlotory. Three. thousand pooplo stand ready to ap- plaid; one rousing hit, one "borkor" for the honor of thai clbb, and all will yet be well. - Joe -felt the Importance' of the occasion. ..He knew that with him rested the fate of the day, and now ■ nerved himself for a'desporate effort—a winning stroke. Ho usually let fly. at the first ball Bent in, but now ho was as hard to please as a elok ohlld. The pitcher asked "judgment'' on the balls, and, the umpire cautioned Joe net to play a waltlng gamoi ; .,■''. . "'. At last came tho ball he wanted; tho bat met It fairly and squarely, and away It sailed over tho loft fleldor, or rather, over the spot where that individual usually ttood, Already tho orowd were oalltog on J|tto make a -'home run." An I luok, luok, luok. The-snouting suddenly peteed; the ball was caught—the "Mbrgjana" vanquished. This Is howJt was. .When Joe went to the bat, the left floldor— a ohap named Mabhey—thinking that his duty ... . for the day -wbb ended, : never dreaming that Klnker Aiiocr Pabip,— In New Tork there are eighteen parka would trouble his domain^ had -lounged down the field and; squares,rbomprlslng 1,005 aoree. In London^the some thirty yardB to gossip with a obnplo 6f lrlends, thus eight parks contain (,172 aoret. Fnanlx Park, In Dub-' placing; hfmsolf at a tauoh farther, distance from the lln boe> 2,000 aorear the ftater, la Vienna,l.fiOO: the Btrlker than he commonly did. Oonsequently, the "sock- Bols de Bouloane, 2;lfi8, and the Yersallles Garden, 8.000 dolager" on which Joe might eaally have 1 made'a home "-both In Parft. "Men consume too mnbh^1bod v ahd' too — t., ... ^ «.-t.„. '""■''"^alrj'tlley take too muoh medicine and too lWtleisx- , r brash' any; club ever•' 6rgal£ed; Slow-wrrthed'Jbelpleasly nlnder 'the taowttf'<Ni)gMjdrt<^ Bntihe aaddeBt, A)nr«st1nin wTm.'was piJor-Joe Klnker; To sweeten his temper s'tlU mdre;^verybod'y thought it ; neoeesaryVto pass enbottioms-on'-hu Incomparable field- '" |g/.until- he finally '. 1 akedaddled" from the' gtbund, as ieerable a human being as It to possible to Imagine. . Yaguft thoughts of revenge floated through his brain; all night long he .tossed about on his bed r trying to ar- range some plan by'which he [could "get square" .with 8ackpy,"*nd render that player aa'rldlpulbaB.BBr he had fSn blmtelf. Profitless all hls Mgitraons-rnothlng of the'rlgbfeeprt pVeBerifed : dtBeif..^Had : th& ball •been oaught In a'legltlmate manner, he would not .hayeVielt so mnch 'jiut'oatiabpnt it';'but that^okeyishbuld have-been.suo^- •Jessftl wh?h hb deserved to'suffe^for ihla..'oafeleainesB, 'wis aillttle too bad, and made Joa-fe'el kind of ea'^age.. ^ • vThe retufn game was, to boineoff th'e'fbUowlhg.week, and fn the meantime, ouf unfortunate frlend;w'andered about In a'illent and •mcdlta'ave 'inood, aeemlng to haye lost all Interest In his dally 1 , purffolts, anil altogether de-' meaning^kneelf In Biioh an abse|t, ehiftleas manner, that es began to doubt Ms sanity. The night day. fixed upon for the seoond- game, Joe . at his tallor'a.to order a new coat;- bis msaB-' j taken, and he. was just turning towards the ' the decorator of human frames addressed him iyoullketoBeeMacltey'anew.'pantBt" s His ensmy's name arrested.Joe at once. \ -.^ . "Whajt'do you say t" he muttered. * : '■'>■■ . . .. "Tbeie'are. Maokey's new unmentionablei," resumed the tailor, "he-wears them In the game to-morrow. I Was to aiii them home^o nlght, but my boy is sick, and Ioann6t.leavetheshc(p.!'.^ • . , .\ >; A diabolical Idea crossed Klnker. Here, was his re- venge at last. '■• ;" '.'.'.':','! "Ah l .very handsome Indeed," he said; f'by ithe!way, as I ana going past Maokey's, I wlll r oarry them to him, If jonllke.v ... • - •••.. ;': ' '■■>.'.;"'"!•.■■ . "Thank you, I shall be muoh obliged.''.v : , ir ~''' So the bundle ttaTiol^'i^'u^^oe marched off with it In triumph.' ' ■ ' ' ,/'• ' • , Now, 1 many will condemn Joe's. Idea ea a mean jjne— unworthy of a gentleman. Beiteo. It Is Dot my prov- ince to defend him or his aotlbns; I am merely relating an lnoldent that really happened, and the truth must be told, should the heavens fall. ' '•• \ •jAfter ^quitting the tailor's, Joe visited ft drug shop, and invested about a dollar. •• " ; ; . the morrow came, bright and beautiful, and at a quar- ter to three the ball ground presented a elmUar scene to the one I have attempted already to desorlbe.' . Earlv in the day Maokey had called on the tailor, and heard from him that'Joe Klnker had walked off with his property the night before, promising to deliver it. at Ids house. Joe had not been seen, since, and! the'universal oryin the dreesug-room now was, "Klnker has stolen Maokey's new pants." ' ' : \ Ten minutes to three; Joe came not; Maokey'was just on the point of donning his. old garment, when—joy, joy—hn. rushed the missing "muffln," bearing the lbng- wbhed-for bMdle.ta Mb hand; *'. ■v)i'tf.ln«« / ^«io;''lii,<ttUed ^pjK«ne> : ''irentole«ilDg ! the field. - On went the panta?apd but started ^Maokey. He: played "behind'' that day; aa the regular batcher of* the "OreBoentt" was .absent The game .prboVeded for two Innings. Gradually the green anttos of Maokey be- gan to attraot general attention.. He danced about as if he had lost all control over his motions, 'and it was on all sides admitted, that he 'was the most aotlve oatoher that, ever appeared on the ground; His faoa assumed a)l manner of espressions, and it was at times - oomioal enough to throw a olown< Into spasms of envy. At the bat, he was hopping incessantly from leg to leg, while,, In running the. bases, he seemecLto be flying from him- self. Nobody (except Joe Klnker and himself) knew what wajfcthe matter with blm, for'to. all Inquiries, he would Wjfh no satisfactory answer. The torments he suffered would have driven a hermit howling from his cave, but he. bore, them as long, as he could "stand the. press," rather than quit the field,or divulge the dire cause of his .misery. The drowning man grasps at a straw: to divert the attention of .the people from his ac- tIoiB,!and make, them think he was as ' BDOg as a bug in a rug," he now and then twlBted his mouth Into what he intended for a smile. Suoh a smile 1 lemon juice and persimmons are nothing to It." The Impreoatlons he showered on poor Joe Klnker would have filled a vol- ume, and left enough over for the sequel. That Innocent young man eat near the floorers' desk, watching Maokey's manoeuvres with eyes expressive of the highest state of human felicity, and occasionally oalllng the attention of the bystanders to the catcher's wonderful performances. '; How the rumor Bpread abroad, perhaps Joe ooulU tell; however, the dreadful truth was gradually passed from mouth to mouth; roar succeeded roar of laughter, and, when, the state of affaire became known to the entire fljld, one might have fancied that half-a-dozen lunatlo asylnms. had poured out their addle-headed population for a day In the. open air. . ''Poor Maokey oould'Btand It ho. longer—he, gave one despairing glauoe at the Bea of grinning faces, and started for the dresBlng-room— about three-blocks off—like an arrow from a bow—pursued by ontbursts of merrlmept that Inoreased in violence the faster' he "fled.'. How that game was: finished, I don't exaotly remember, but the above eoene la still fresh In my memory, and I could take my oath.(something I seldom do) tbatltlsfreBbln Maok- ey's.-'He never heard the end of it, and, even at this day, if yoUydeBtre to witness an amiable expression on a human countenanoe, just oall him confidentially aside,, and titter the magical word "BLiaraits.". * i ; * . ij.' ( .. * • twari'flu -na m raw to*x CthJpia, - ■ . .. by baymond; '• : Agreeable to his promise; three b'olMk: Sunday found. I pon Joel In his "Vofantl" at my door,.bis dark and athatj.' ly serious face beaming with pleasurablb , exoltement ln • '; anticipation of the great "boll fioht!': whloh was to oomeV 1 ', dff at 4 o'clook, and for whloh he had eebored'two of ihe ; moat aealrable seats. Before ■tartlntfo^^illwliii me ask you If you were ever In the good bftV j^'Havanflw' and if ""not, do you know what a'fvol^tPtlM^JSol^ have been there, jest pass on to the "Boll Efghiif!'while; I essay a description of this InsHtutlod of' thei ''eVeir-- fattbful 1 Isle," for the benefit of more benighted ' and- lejft fortiiriate readers. ' "'',''.■&*£ Plctureto younelfan'old'fashlo'ned one-horM'rjiifty?^. topi hanging* leather, straps with 'large sUvarMokle between two.long ehafle. Some two feet bs^ofiwai body. Is the axlfjto.eaoh eUd of whloh, about eight feet apart, (a safe width), are attached the wheels.'.. ,Theil shafts are generally about ten feet long, and, fastened Wi - the saddle of the horse by means of a book—thus : leav"-' 1 lug a large space between.horse and vehlole by no means • ' Oonduolye to Its beauty. But from the' elasticity of thei" " wood; used, and the mode of snependlng the carriage- . ' body ,1s produced arolUngUadle-motlonbynomeanadhv agreeable to the "Ins," however ludicrous it looks to the, envlpus "oats ". The whole. weight, however, oomlng upon the' back! of the horse,, which, as I said above, la Slaoed far In advance of the "institution," makes It a "* ead drag, particularly hard on hprse'-fleBh. _ One la re- minded or Jack's reply on his return fro'ni bis first voyage to Hatana:—"Why,''said he, "the women ride two to- . gether, rigged oat In gauze and' flowers like angels, and 1 seem to take as muoh oomfort; btifc ItBh—lion horses.",' The private "volantl" has usually two horses—one whloh 1 does the work, as above, and another fastened abreast of Its foreshflulder, whose peculiar province seems to be to ' splash mdu oVer pedestrians, and carry the coaohman and : - L his "boots," These boots are one of the seven- wonders : - of .the world; the tops reach up to the thighs, and art ». t, mass of straps and silver buokfes; the foot put Is similar': to a* sandal, and ahows the ebony foot: to the heel Is,-.' fastened .a heavy silver spur, some fourlnohea long, and > with prongs large enough to kill an American horae at ; one blow.' Only those who have not visited the "faithful: Isle" will for a moment accuse me of exaggeration. - ' But Don Joel la loeklng Impatiently at nla watoh, and -, beforex he has time to Bay much, I am.seated at his aide, r and away we go for the "Plaza de los Toros," Into whloh Immense orowds' of people are pushing and elbowing. < their way. The hum of voices high above the mulo or the band denotes a fall attendance. ' The arena la formed by a wall some sixty feet in" height; the seats gradually descend from the-top to;'^ within eight - feet of the ground, where there ia another ■ strong wall or partition to protect the spectators ton ' the eometinies dangerous assaults of the infuriated bulls. The place Is estimated to hold as many as 80,000 people, • and from apDearances, must contain more than half that ' Bbil BPoaT.—What real sport Is has J tut been discov- ered by a soldier who.took part In the gallant oharge at Wllllamsburgh. . He thus describes It:—"The behaviour Of .our'men was splendid, without exoeptlon, We had but one thought, whloh was to make the rebels skedaddle, We did that ' Aa for myself, I can only say that I have been exposed to Are of shot and shell at Leo's Mills- have been "ehot at repeatedly on ploket—bad some-little oiperienoe in skirmish-fighting, but ot all the places in the world,' glv8;me a dashing oharge. For real sport, it can't be equalled.' I never experlenced-or Imagined anything llko It. .The hutzas—the yells of denjf» T tho clashing of 'afms—the' rattling of muskotry—thfphlizlng of bul- lets—the pell-moll conglomeration of everything—the total,absence of fear—the burning desire to do somebody an Injory, &o,,—all combined and crowded lnto^.'the short space of fifteen minutes, keens a man feeling good for a long tune afterwords." ,' * 'f- run,"had Maokey been in his usual station, WM "hand^ ■ontely taken on the ny^' '., ; /1 number novSIT Two braes bands are constantly playing, i one on eaoh side, and yet the distance Is ao great thai r.i the BoundB do not oonfllot. Let us see; the programme"" says there are to be fought "6lx Balls to the DeatJ twpjOahau; two Mexican, and two AmartoamV^ the mtislo stopped so BuddenlyT. Why.' are 'iu „, ... f . turned to that Open apace fltted'np with flags, ahd.wher^ .^ tha"arme of old Spain—of Castile and Aragpn—are an*,; peiided Over a sbsilet and gilded chair that atands by ( ' Itself'like'a throne? .Suddenly the long, loud peal of .a .... bngle announces the arrival of his ExoeUenby the Gap-: " tejn General. As he advances, dressed In a plain suit of ,' black, he .acknowledges, by a graoelul bow, the welbome '. of a multitude of voices,- and taking hla eeat, ia soon bury '' rounded by Lis aids, all dressed in the glittering ocfflrame - of Spain, and the majority bearing some cross of honor ' - or other badge of distinction on their breasts. At a signal from hie Exoellenoy, the mualo ceasesV ? and, at a.hlaet from the bugle, two doors are flung open; ( and; four mules, literally covered with .spangles :and-- J. bright colored plumes, are driven In abreast, mgtfhfi-jiy after'thetn'a long chain'and hook, to be used In.removlDgyri:'■:, the martyred animals. Following these are six ;«Jb»»?^ * dares," on foot, eaoh with a bright colored soarf In hand,.,, and dressed In the plotureeq'ue ooetame of old Spain;-;. : After theee'egaln are fonr TUaSot es'on h'orsebaok, armed . with javelins about teq feetlong—the ends being polntear so as to Irritate but not Injure the bull, while at the- '* same time It Is a protection'to the rider. Bowingpro- ' foondly to the Captain General, tho Matadores andiMoa- doree retire to their separate' oorners, the mules ara- n driven out, and every eye . is anxiously fixed upon,the- ■ stlU open door, for the bugle has summoned to the flrat ,. t combat an "American BplL" ■ Barely has the last note died: upon the ear, when the . £ allcnoe la broken by a long, loud roer of deflanoe, and. .. with one prodigious bound, the huge animal, throwing. the sand In all dlreotlona, plants himself In the, middle ' of the arena,; and with tad lashing hla heaving sides, ,'' and head bent down towards the earth, his eyes glaring*, like balls of fire, and' his nostrils swollen with, defiant.''; rage—he stands a perfeot ploture of animal beauty aid ,~ strength. I hall him aa a conntryman. • w> Looking furiously from side to side at' hla enemlea,;'^ ' who seem somewhat relnotant tooommenbe the attaok, ;^.^. he floply fixes hla eyes steadily upon the form of a iargbj-^'v- almost Herculean liexloan, and for a raoinent ekoh eye's ^; the other as if looking upon a "f oeman worthy of bis steel." > , ' Bat the tawny-faced rider, has misunderstood his ski-.':'* ' , tagonlet, or why that oonfldeht and derisive smile, aS eh*ak>. >r log his javelin he forces his hone one step forward, whloh Is) -'.(... Bcaroely takei before both horse and rider are rolling In.,, the dust; and while for a-moment the others are attracts . log the,, attention of the bull, and alternately running ^ : from his mad thrusts, our Mexloan returns to prooure ^ another horse, for the bowels of the one he haaieft ara. tralflgln the dust—and thus one by ohe did this huge ; : ,'. and infuriated animal kill six horses) and finally,so; - severely Injured his first antagonist, that with great ', dlffloulty he was rescued and carried from the arena In s>... V- stato of IneenelblUty. Finally;, the 'order was giyenfot >v : ^ the horsemen to withdraw, and eaoh Matalore In imP^i presonted himself before the Captain General, Bndur«d. ; i ; ' hlsolaunto be allowed to kill the bull, while Borne few'' of the Bpeotators, In view of his brave and unceasing aUaoks, Jhouted forth a-valh p^a that he might be Bpartd.' The honor was awatded to an old and experienced native ? of Oadle, who, taking the long glittering sword In hand, < turned, and facing for a moment hla Intended viotlm, and then shaklpg bis weapon at,him In deflanoe, he stood with feet firmly planted to .meet the attack:'for on he f came.wlth tall erect, Bwollonneok.andeyesof Are; there -v ; wos a flaeh of. steel, so qulok that far a time Tcould not> .- ' bellove-thot more had beon done , than slipping aside to- r avoid being gored, but marching, before the stand he- c . holdup his long sword, reeking with blood to the very-. .- hilt, and, with a bow, reHted.' For a moment the hull',,... stood without moving ; a muscle, and then the1 blooa lj; o gushed from bis hOBlrlls 'end month, and ho fell heavjly;. T > • • npon'one aldo with the arena, Bwlmmlng before bis eyea.^ir.; wko -aliove the muelb-of the band Want upa stoot'« v .?;^. admiration from the assembled thousands. We atald ani,.., saw wo or three others, bat with the exoeptlon of the . ■ ■ft" ii-'iV^ 'ijK^ff, 1 -