The Rhode Island Republican

FEROCIOUS ATTACK BY DOGS.

The following particulars have been related to us by a gentleman who was an eye-witness of the occurrence. A few evenings since, a party amusing themselves at the house of a friend near the western extremity of the corporation, were at a late hour interrupted by the cries of an animal, seemingly in the greatest agony of bodily pain.—They determined immediately to go to a wood not far distant, from whence the sounds appeared to come. The moans became less frequent and more faint as they proceeded. Upon reaching the spot, they found a fine Milch cow lying on her back, nearly exhausted as from the effects of recent struggle,—and two large Dogs, of the Bull kind, tearing her flesh in a most shocking manner—in short, devouring the poor animal alive! The dogs as soon as alarmed made their escape; while the cow was raised from the ground in a state more dead than otherwise. We have frequently heard of the carnivorous propensities of the Bull Dog; but this instance of attack upon one of the largest of our domestic animals, for the purpose of satisfying the cravings of hunger, exceeds any example within our recollection.