The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-09

Polk, In answer to call of the House of Repre-
sentatives, sent in a message to that body, ex-
planning the circumstances under which the proto-
col annexed to the Mexican treaty was made,
and giving his views of its effect He insists that
it does not change or modify any part OF the
treaty-that it was not considered binding, and
therefore was not sent u the Senate. We will
probably publish the message in full tomorrow.
The Great Prize Fight-Its Morale and Inn
morale.
The great prize fight is finished. Tom Hyer is
victorious over Sullivan but according to the ac-
counts which we have received, at tremendous
10 the latter 1t appears that short as was the
duration OF the conflict, Sullivan received 50 much
injury as to endanger his lite. "A full account
Of the particulars will be found In another CO.
lumn In this days issue. The excitement which
this contest has created IN the public mind Is
unprecedented In the annals of classical or he
roic brutality, with the exception of what
was caused by come particular duels with pistols,
that occurred in former days, the breaking out Of
he war with England, or subsequently Of that
with Mexico. Throughout this vast community, no.
thing has been heard or talked of for several days
past, but the fight between Hyer and Sullivan, and
took rlace the day before yesterday. The only
exceptions to the gene raj prevalence of this excite
ment were the rlgldly righteous, tho pious, tho
saints, the puritans, or those who had no time to
spare from their private rogueries pous prayers
| to public matters.
This contest has presented singular exhibition
of human nature. As question Of high and lofty
morality, prize fighting can only be placed on tho
same level with duelllng, either with swords or
plstols-sinsle combats of any kind, be they with
sticks or stones-or with war, either In detail, or
by wholesale. Blood, wounds, damage to life and
limb, and deah,are the usual consequences Of such
exhibitions, the ring Of uRillsm, the field OF ho-
nor, on the field Of general battle between the
armies of opposing nations. All such exhibitions
and contests contrary to the law oil God, to
the gospel OF Christ, to the principles of humanity,
as well az to the maxims of high and sovereign
morality. Still, however, it has been the weak.
ness Of human nature to indulge in such propensi-
ties, frem the first fght-that between Cam and
Abel, within sight of the tree Of life, and
within listening distance to the murmurs of
tho waters Of Eden-through succeeding ages and
centuries, to the present day There Is but little
use In bemoanng the inevitable condition of hui
manity, or to shuttle out condemnation aga inst
those excuses or eccentricities which seem to be
part of human nature, from the first era of life to
the setting Of last evenings sun on the hills Of
the monopolisng State Of New Jersey. Tho
extraordinary rush for the Herald which
appeared yesterday morning at ten o'clock,
testified to the vast interest which was felt by the
great floating population Of this city, in the
contest between Hyer and Sullivan For hours
Lat oG al ia. -
thousand per hour, until the anxiety OF the public
was sufficiently grati6ed. All classes of society
the rich and the poor, the high and the low,
the elegantly dressed denlzens Of Wall street
and Park Place-all shades OF our hetero-
geneous society, were as DESTROYS to know the re-
suit az the loafers Of Chatham square or the
rowdies of the Bowery. Since the famous duel
between Mr.. McDuffie, of South Carolina, and
Col Cummings, of Georgia since the bloody
encounter between Jonathan Ciley, member of
Congress from Maine, and another from Kentucky
since the celebrated duel between Thomas F.
Marshall, Of Kentucky, and James Watson Webb,
Of New York-we have seen nothing that created
SO great a sensation the public mind, which ex-
cited so much curiosity, and commanded much
attention among all classes of society, as this
brutal fight between Thomas Hyer and Yankee
Sullivan has done. 1t Is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
but such is the fact.
Yet there are some circumstances connected with
this prize fight as well with the preparations for
II by me prize Fl hters, from which we, Ike tho
honey bee, which extracts sweet Juices from the
thistle Of the desert, can draw something like
moral or lesson. The selfdenial, the tempe
rance, the daily exercise, the beautiful regimen
which both of the puglllsts underwent
fer months before the encounter between
them took place, present the elements of sys.
tenn of lite which IS equal 10 any system OF
morality or human conduct that De picked out
OF the historical romsnces Of the last thirty cen
tures, from the time of Socrates TO the training
4 Hyer and Sullivan. The following was the
mode Of training adopted by the respective pugi-
hsts; -
Since December last, Sullivan and Hyer have been
UhctrRobH setefe training the former At shave, near
be Union Race course lsisud aad tbs latter AT
Dtfl y ear MiCoubs Dam has ham mt