The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-05

DESPERATE PRIZE FIGHT.-The Philadelphia Bulle
tia has the following particulars of a prize fight
winch took place Saturday, in Canada between
| two puSilists Of that city,
Tho prize fight for thousand dollars n s;da
between Dominick Bradley and s 3 RANKIN ID
ahls city which has caused 80 much excitement
among the Fancy of late, came off on satrrday
| afternoon. Bradley was yictorions W. 80 ta ,
| conversation with an eye witness of the affair
VINO gives US the following particulars:
The party left Buffalo ON Saturday. on a steau.
oIs chartered ior the purpose, and proceeded to
ii iHiaha' "a miles distant from that city where a
| ring was formed. Sheriff from Canada with !
ps'e oi oitcers' made attempt to stop the figbt
,, ',e ro"dies thrsshed tho police and went on
W stn round 1t was manifest that Rankin was hea-
.eh' anu the latter was "foored" by his advars.ry
more than one hundred times.
.o,ae nae nsnt lasted two hours and ffty-seyen se-
oiuS, quring which time 156 rounds were fougbt
AZ AZ tne loIth round, Rankin WIS unable 10 rnms ~
"u rIisach' ana was declared vanoujshad
hanKin was 50 terribly beaten that II il tbouob,
~, ~ ~.i not recover. His nose is broken in two
fII ms ears are slit, aud he is otherwis. dread
luily hurt. After the battle he va. ,,ntIo 80 u
eoshize ms most intimate friends BradIor
WIN ma Diaek eye and a confused lin ''N"p0N
., , PHI "oMulIln, of the Fourth Ward in tbi. ci-
80; az" ~ brotherton, of New York acteJ ~ ~
pres The place where the ight tool ,I as uin
lio @ aalne spot upon which the fight het w. p ;
gan ana Lazarus took place some tina sir.o mann
!, ihe scene on Saturday was most diUe,
80, vas great deal of drunkenness q nd So. -
we're lhhumerabe outside the ring Fif,.s" fa ns'ilr "
tntF "otSiie nights were in pro0ress % ~. -: "a
soon as the tight was over the partv
onltnS from winch point they scattersd a. 80 "
bi to' pelhg apprehensive that Rankin 1,,n,,Is
ie' ana that those who were nresent 90 a. ouIt W
"o"'u oe arrested. Our informant ;s - - usn'
SNe US any Information az To nba, hann' Die u
,, ouI II IL I9nro'"hle his iniuries ali ~
MN 70 remain at Buffalo 'o~'peil ed
tho So, n.nTh M rsgoicihs over the event auo,,,
hu nu' Vi bradley, and the friends of tba 81.
ouris s are greatly depressed. '"o o'hei
Inc principals in this discracefuI b,,.i,,.--
@ ooan iiisn' ana Doth are tavern Keepers Tbo n"r
sons "ho nave been the most interested in .b pei
sult sun are the lower class of tho countrymen nF -,
pru,sers. The admirers of the buIIies bara - ~
ereu III great strength for the last two Do. S"ti
the respective homes of the sscbamnio4a >, ',u 'l
mere @ mas peen very large Consumption of ha,
rum in consequence. pioi vi DAT
Not the least dsGnsting feature of this d;.,,,s.
ing business Is the fact that religion. or its nsra
mas been mixed up in it. Bradley, the yictnr
Is catholic or claims to be one and tho 49,
quished ruffian is q member of the protestant a.
sociation. Catholicism and Protestantism ar.
therefore dragged into the conflict, and man vb
scarcely know what either name implies are griey
ing over the result Growing with the yictoT f.,
the religious principles involved