The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-29
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uOnNINo MARCH %, 1880.
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THURSDAY MORNING.. ...MAROH 20. ESQ.
The war In EnslaaA!
Let not our readers start The French nave
NO, landed n Portsmouth, 20 fAr ~ we know,
nor 10 here Ray appearance Of an intention or
even wish 70 DO 70. Nevertheless, the "invio.
,a,e Island Of the brave and free" 10 At this
moment actually iaceded, not by Spanish
s,mado or French Zouaves, or the Don Cos.
sacks Of ALxxAxpxR H., but by Field Mar
shall HwxxAN, Of the Five Points. lie is him.
self the vanguard and the rear. the main body
and the reserve, the horse and foot, the head
and front of the whole expedition. He Is, at
this moment, the most important man in the
whole world, X the prees Of London and New
York be the index of a mans importance. He
is more talked of than NAPOLEON III, more
written about than vicrOH EMANUEL. He ex-
elites more curiosity than any man has done,
since the great NAPOLEON was brought cap
tive to Torbay, in the Belerophon, ana all
England crowded to catch glimpse OF him.
He feels his importance, and keeps himself
aloof from tho crowd, surrounding his where's
,.hopts with clouds and thick darkpess, which
.he vulgar eve strives in vain TO penetrate.
Theexci,ement Is fast approaching its climax
The specta,or Is reminded of the Boulogne
f,otilia and the great French war. The affair
has become national. HEENAN Is abused as
they were wont to abuse NAPOLEON /. in the
o,den time. Parliament has taken the matter
up. Tho clergy have gotten hold of it. Ger
tain. saints in Salisbury have interfercd, and
driven the Benicia Boy from his training
ground. JOHN Bull is deeply concerned for
his champion. II he succeed not in Furnishing
the daring intruder, the hllure will break
JOINS heart. He evidently believes the honor
Of old England staked upon the issue.
Now. we are of a very different way Of
thinking. We cannot say that we are exactly
rs indifferent as that very impartial public
who were supposed, on a famous occasion, not
TO care
wh.,1e- MA. .S.s pr,t.a Barry or Barry kicked
Mossup"
We confess we sh ould be glad to see young
America" victorious. Yet we do not see that
the issue, 10 it what it may, will decide any
great speculative question of international
interest. 1t SAVERS should whip HEENAN,
/; will not prove that an English frigate can
beat an American frigate OF equal strength
1t will not prove that English soldiers are
better than American soldiers. 1t will not
prove that English race horses are faster than
American. Nay, it will not prove that Eng
l.shmen, as a body, have more bone, muscle,
sinews, activity, length Of wind, and game
than the body Of the American people. For
that matter, a single blow from PETER FRAN
cIsco's fst-were he alive and in his prime
would break down the guard of either of thess
champions, and smash his ribs into frag-
mcnts. He could walk between the two,
in the very crisis Of their set-to, brush them
apart as though they were cob-webs, and,
taking one in each hand, by the nape of the
neck. pitch both Of them into the first cart that
happened to come by, as Marshal SAKE served
the big London porter, who squared off for a
dght, when he asked him to let him pass in a
ual>row pathway, of which he had taken pos
sse,ion. We do not doubt that there are men-
and numbers Of them-both in England and
in this country, who greatly surpass either OF
the champions in strength and courage. SO
that. upon the whole, We hook upon this fight
as about TO decide NOTHING Of International
interest, And yet all Engia I'd seems to be as
much interested in 1t as though 1t were to be a
pitched battle between two English and Ame-
rican armies for the empire of the world. We
observe no such intensity OF feeling on TINS
side OF the water. 1t seems to be pretty &c. u
. ssaIly thought that if SAVERS should whil
HEExAN, he will whip HxENAN. and nobody
else.
The papers on both sides OF the water give
minute descriptions of the two men. HHENAN
has been SO often described that all America
knows his proportions. OfSAYERs, however
SO much has not been said. A correspondent
Of WILKES Spiri: Of the Times, who has been
to see him, says he is about five feet eight or
nine inches high. His body is very long, and
his legs very short, so that, we suppose, he is
something in the style of a "stunted giant"
If his legs were properly "pulled OUT he
would stand about six feet one or two inches
in his stocking feet. He is powerful bodied,
more 20 than the Benicia Boy. His arms are
neither very large nor very muscular, though
longand the source of his tremendous strength
lies in the enormous "bunching muscle be-
hind the shoulders Though weighing in
fact but $50 pounds, he represents a fighter of
30 to o5 pounds more, because his weight lies
altogether upon his points, aud not upon his
spare flesh, of which he has not particle.-
His head is we'll set on his shoulders, and his
whole carriage indicates strength, elasticity,
courage, and ease of movement" The cor
respondent of the "Spirit'' told him Tom HY-
EE had said, "if he (HYER) were absolutely
sure that he could defeat him, (SAYERs,) and
Jake the belt, he would not deprive him
of it, for he had fought SO bravely for it that
he could not feel it in his heart to disturb him
In his possession" He expressed himself
greatly gratifed at this generous speech Of
Tom HYKR.
The fight comes off the 10th April. The
vanderbillis the frat steamer that leaves
She leaves on the 18th. 1t is thought the
news will reach us by at least the 27th.
Mexican Affairs.