Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-07-18
rHE cuAMrIoN OF THE WORLD,


whom we found in full dress, doing the
honors i'll the parlor of the comfortable
little hostclIie. Heeuan greeted the party
most heartily, and expressed his delight
at taking his old friends once more by the
hand. Its good thing to be back, was
his smiling remark, when asked how he
liked England. Heenan has grown con-
siderably since his departure, and is now
a very giant in his proportions, and would
seem to be very much taller if he had not
acquired an English stontnesS and rotund-
ity with his height. He seems more man-
ly, and his broken nose, short hair and
burned face make him look quite the
pugiliStic gentleman lie is. He was in the
very best of health and spirits, and enjoyed
his voyage very much. Amid roars of
laughter Mt his English accent, he hustled
about the room, delighted at seeing old
faces, and recalling old times by all sorts
of jokes and stories. Mcdonald had. re-
tired, but after the first congratulations
were over, HCcnan ordered him to be
called, and in the meantime took an arm
| chair and prepared to answer his friends
intcrrogatories. He had not brought the
champion belt, he said, for it was not
paid for, and Bowling would not let him
have it. Savers belt was in the same
predicament, and the manufacturer now
held the three belts-thc original aud the
two fac SinliicS-to guard him against loss.
SayerS did not accompany him to the
steamer, because he had hurt his arm by
| Il fall from a wagon, and though anxious
| togo, HecnAn refused to allow him to accom-
pany him further than the railway station.
Saycrs would not suit our people; he was
too flAshy, and talked of himself too much
for our notions. Hcenan said that he was
much more popular in Ireland, he thought
than SnycrS WAS. There had been no dis
turbance while he was in Dublin, except
| from the immense crowd. SayerS was
| grossly insultcd there, but Heenan was
lifted up in his cab and carried about
three miles by the people, who kept sny-
ing "You may walk over our bodies and
souls" and such expressions.
The conversation was here interrupted
by an invitation to drink, which Heenan
declined, saying that he never took liquor
"a proof that his strength of miud is
equal to his strength of body, for he is
continually among drinking men and has
no lack of temptations. One of the Sta
ten Islanders thereupon drank tlIe cham
pion's health, with many expressions OF
admiration and regard. Heenan was evil
IDENTIFY much annoyed. "My henrt is bro
ken with such things" he remarked in an
undertone to our reporter; ''if they knew
how much disliked it they wouldn't say
any such things
Some one announced that Heenan's
father was unwell, and Hecnan would not
resume the conversation thus interrupted
until he had made arrangements to have
his father notified of his arrival and inten-
tion TO visit him shortly. The remark was
then made that Sayers was great little
man ''IIe is great man." said Heenan
''but little man do you call him?
wish you could see your little man
That's a strange idea some of you have
about Sa$ers' size Why, tell you he i
two inches broader across the shoulder:
than am, (glnncing at his immense chest,
but not so deep; and when we are both