Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-22
Tie aIorrIsssy. ana Heenaa TaIeht.
BETTING on rae REsULr-coNDrr1ox oP THE PU.


GIISTS.
ERrom the Troy Evening Times, Oetober1s1
Aconsiderable number of sporting menleftE
here on Saturday and this morning for Buffalo,
and viii be followed this afternoon by more,
who intend to witness the fight. The number
of spectators from New York will be much
greater than that OF those who witnessed the
famous mil" between Hyer and Sullivan-in-
deed, the interest in the fash circles of the me.
topolis seems to be greater even than here. A
gentleman from New York assures as that sit
will be the ugliest party that has left that city
in good many years"
The amount of money depending upon the.
result is immense. The mania created in anti.
cipatiOn of this fight exceeds any ever before
known, for never before have beligerants been
allowed to make their arrangements with so
much openness and unreserye-been so lionized
! by the press, toasted and toauied by inefficient
land tavor-seeking officials, and countenanced by
Kind and lndugentpublic, whoare duly proud
OF all such evidences of our superior civilizations
and wouldn't by any means be guilty of putting
a damper upon the refined sport. We have
heard of bets being made as far south as Nov
Orleans In st. Louis and Chicago there is
lpTobably moro money at forfeit than in Troy
A Spaniard residing in Albany, has induced his
father, Cuban sugar planter, to put up two
thousand dollars on Morrissey, against similar
sum staked on Heenan by New York dry
goods merchant. Those who claim to be posted,
estimate the amount of bets in this state alone
tat from 100000 to $250,00O. Naturally, the
character of the betting varies with locality
Here, it is one hundred to from seventy to
eighty on Morrissey. We heard of numerous
offers of such odds being made on Saturday
might, without any takers In New York, son
the other hand, the same odds are freely offered
lon Keenan,. Though both competitors -and we
are sorry to say lit-claim Troy as their home,
the fight seems to have resolved itself into an
issue between metropolitan and ruffanism, per-
Isonifede by Heenan, and provincial bullyism,
embraced in Morrissey. g4cst9s
Both men are Gas they say of. fat hogs at cat
tie shows in prime condition. When Morris
Isey LETT here he was somewhat worn. His
training had been pushed to n point beyond his
powers of endurance. Some flesh had been
taken off that should have been left on. The
muscles had been strained so hard, particularly
in long walks and exercises with the bells, that
they gave out readily. His breathing had be-
comeEtoo short, and he "windedn so soon rs to
give rise to a rumor that one of his lungs was
badly affected. Blu. all this, We are told, has
been overcome, The course pursued at Buffalo
has had the effect of restoring theimpaired en-
orgies of the renowned. bruiSer, and he is now
in better condition to do up job Of scientific
mauling than ever before-better even than at
the time of his little episode with the defunct
tutor of King Kamehameha, of the Sandwich
Islands. Hcenan is emphadcallya fresh man.
He has never endured the pumme!ing and
badgering his opponent has passed through at
the hands of Thompson, Sullivan, Poole, aud in
a thousand and one bur-room encounters His
brawny muscles are eirm and tough as sole leath-
er. His sledge -hammerf fists present a fine field
for the operation of cold chiSel. His lungs
ara like blacksmith's bellows in capacity. The
first trainer under whose hands lie went, came
near pushing his regimen too?far-but Aaron
Jones arrived in time to prevent the direful
catastrophe, and he has therefore had no errors
of judgment to overcome. The refined and
scholastic Mr.. Jones, who is connsiseur in
such matters-and from his early slaughter
house "reminiscences a first.class judge of fat
cattle-says "he never saw a man in primer
trim" In the matter of condition., therefore,
everything is slap up to the pe%tcr"Aas our
merry friends, the sporting men, say.
We think thatin view of the fact that each
party goes into this combat with full knowl-
edge of the risks, we could bear with the most
philosophical serenity the intelligence that Mr..
Morrissey had lost an eye, or the nose of Mr..
Heenan had been resolved into the form of a
ispitted sprat by the scientific touches of his
adversary. We have no wagers to win or lose.
We simply reflect public opinion. From this
we learn, on the one hand, THAT there is no
chance whatever for Heenan; Morrissey will die
sooner than be whipped; the battle wont be a
long one; Heenan will be knocked out of time
in less than twenty-five minutes" and on the
other hand that .'if Keenan, has pluck, which is
all nc needs, no VIII whip MorrlSSey in q very
short time; that he is splendid boxer; that he
is as stronga s an OK and as spry as a cat; that
he has more science than Tom Hyer ever had,
and full rs much strength; that he stands square
land sold on his feet, while MorriSSey is 'tangle.
legged" Either of these opinions may be cor
rect. Both of them cannot be. We do not care
which is borne out in the result,
prom the Buffalo Advertserl
The fight is continuation of the old Tom
Hyer and Yankee Sullivan quarrel, out of5which
has grown deal of i'll blood. The Benicia Boy
is the representative of America, and Morissey
of the foreign fancy.
Among the more notorious Of the crowd are
Lewis Baker, a quiet, gentlemanly appearing
fellow, who killed Bill Poole; Dad Cunningham,
who did societya similar favor, by killing Pau
deem; Tom Heyer, aud in fact all the great men
of the fancy.
The fights announced to come off at Long
Point, but the general currency given to this in
formation, as well as the great distance thither,
leads many to suppose that some nearer point
will be selected Mt last. All the arrangements
for leaving are made in the most open manner,
but there is no power conferred on our notice
by law which can prevent their going
a Reason FOR MuRDER--a Michael Elk. who
murdered his wife in Cincinnati.a few days ago,
BY plnnging knife into her bosom, gave rs a
reason for the bloody deed that she Ind the