The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-09

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Ever aacA Ne npoeafanee Il ycpr psrcs
lay - n The lsseeF Of Toa gayers, LII II
esasasea ~ eyesy meesA iamy pOwes - 80,
eain Iron hin y - oGlcaa1 way. euaraueeed
~ psecsne~ u ~ ndiscf IL EeIfs Lsss. ~ke,
ser he intends 70 abide BY the date recently Rx
for " By thai geatlenlasl ~ ~ champiot'a hx
AID asakeA 1ho editor It Bellfs I.ifc, IN III
81 the eenthnents " that letter, acknowlcdr,
ne prupssfty OF such inqniriea on my part. q
also 0f such propos'd eGcial response on d
parsns Sayers, and did what he cpuld, BY lette
ana seIeggaph dispatches. to get Sayers here
anewcr. Until Saturday, however, il vas hmm
sible for himito asccrtaip. Win c.rtaintv az
IN what part Of England savers then WA. s.
finally, through the failure or such efforts. / !
| ceaved information on Saturday from the Edit
ana heieree, that he could not interfere fiurth,
! in the matter. sa' =
NOW, ar, am left % It were !" an q eeA > nm
asH vas yesterday stated ia Bells Life, that
vas deslroua Of bsinging the matter q an annie,
I'VE arrangements With sayera, will state What
am willing 70 do
am willing. Grit Of an, to accept the propt
sstson made BY . writer In B us Ilfr. IL
Ssyers and should have "belt apiece. ? % b
g'tten up by subscription, provided the tru
cnampion. belt remain in the handsof the etii,o
~ ~ " os s"egns tor agdin, the hes
$500. - !. 49, ~ thas oe not agreed TO, vii
- sr:s -. pspPos'unn put sortn IN Panch, viz
=, 49,. - IVY Uen-a taks one nalf, and Sayer
s.., nsp s,'e osner matt VIII then head sub
III. 'ps'"n 20 pfosade = ne* half 70 his, and il
- - think ."'"A eooa seeiing may DC preserves
rc ,.;.,"s
as thry do from EnRlfsh sOurccs) are allowa a.
neutral g ound vhsrs a.. 80 ~. In. "'e VI
properly resumed. Though nm not ,et .,,,;,.
ready - become a member of the Pe.c. Soc;atr
I will cheerfully vary my propositions som ewhs,
to suit him. AZ the belt NAV he said N +.
equally owned by both of MS. / viii agree tn rnr
him foot.sace from one hundred wards to five
mil, for the stakes and b II or Tw;ll vras,i,
with him for the belt. or viii row. him co. ~,
belt. will swim mile with him for the hei. ~
will take hold of hands and iump from n honse
top with him for the belt. Ifnll these ofars =,
not do, will agree in two months to he ready
to fght the four best men that can no nroducai
in England. beginning with Savers a. ;nta.,.,.
of thirty DAYS apart. for the bet 7 was to,d &c
won it could have it. l would rather f;c,,t
for it than ANYTHING else. hut 7 am v;lI;n, ~,
der the present state of nuhlic feeling q, ao.'
Of half Of it. If that he denied me. and thronah
the exceptional action of the British anthor;,,ss
be denied the privilege of another mae,;nr
shall have no alternative bnt 70 M home NE ~
Iusing all English testimonials and suhscr;nt;ons
and shall hereafter he at liberty-nay ;,st;NoS
by all the equities of the late trans.cs;or- -,
sign myself "The Champion of the World.
remain, sir. YOUR obcdicnt servant
JoHx e IJrxx.v
Sarsccn's Head Hotel. Snow Hill Iondon
Nay IA, 1860.
s.v,,.,
\" the EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMEs-SIR:
III answer :" Ar. heenans letter. which ap-
'eareo IN 'ne Tunes OF TINS day ! beg, first, to
'oser'e tnat nave not been hiding myself as
!, : "oulu lns,nnate. ! called with my hacker, at
~ ounce =, ne"s Lie IN London, on Tuesd.y,
NC e.' OF may. toid MN that my hacker and
~.re go"g out OF town until saturday vi
v =, iuhpr,dee ON wednesday, Maidstone on
l""rsua,' lahprmse ana Hastings ON Friday,
nG nr'gnton on Saturday. Ny movements were
'en hno"i., an" ietter or telegram addressed
Tom Ssyers' or The Champion of Eng
sha' wouid nave FOUND me at either OF those
''s Nc n1. none came 10 nand.
inc r'ulcuiou. sngSestion' put forward by Mr..
Keenan, OF mntiia'ing the helt, l laugh to scorn
'u o"ulu ano'u 70 reat II WIN the contempt
merits, Dut that some good friends OF mine
-oi inc ieace Society-have, innocently
"ouSh, patrohizea the notion.
me oeit' SIR, nave fought hard TO obtain
IRVING Tor thas prize. l have within the last
hree years deiea'ea some OF the best men Of
y country-ahd without intending to cast the
's..es' sur On my gallant opponent, say that
Q American citizen, or foreigner from any other
'hu, however nowery ana sunny, shall bear it,
the nunkle OF u, from old England, while my
(p1pnHlpr am
ready g. MT freeman to night again, and re.
udiate with indignation the insinuation that I
m not.
In very short time the champions belt will |
e mine by indefcaslble right; and even If Mr.. |
y a,, nsu ae.ea.ed me u would not be his
,rec years before lie would become the lawful |
assessor OF the trophy. What. then, becomes
"t " III. Haas N Mr; heenans letter,
hero Ia No su'h o." ,,;tv h,,, IN, a. NJ. ~
stice he appears DESTROYS of deuyinr me. bv /
Uniting his equality in valor To run, swim,
: wrestle for the belt of the pEzc ring, il
nallenge SO eEirensiy absurd that one can
ardly imagine it emanatcs from sane man;
nd the evidence of alteration Of mind is great.
strengthened by the proposal ia i~mp of a
'usetop.
The sa,ae proposition was once made by a H.
asie, who met bis medical attendant alone on
le roof OF the asylum Let u.s." said the mad
.t'ent, seizing the doctor with firp grasp,
jump downs" bqt tie medical man, with great
es' 2ea Of mipd. replied: shay, anybody
'qld jump down; let US go into the street and
mp up" like Teddy the Tier. know some-
ing of the roofs OF houses. and their founda-
ans ALSO, and while unqucssionably admit that
eenan - brick hope always to be able to
WIN rum: as 90 now. that am brick
YER The oiser 70 tight four men at intervals Of
days: savors OF bounce and is unworthy Of
nm heennn he should remember that it
sht TAKE MIN tue hrst month to vanqnish.
TOW sAYEERE
"o'ue" ho.cI CoyeIts Haraefs Nay 10.
r.g- A. r..on, r.,;sc.,;on ,noo,;n !,
'r"S"e"' A"sss "s: AsA'AofS' 4Fes'ue" "
e Shlcsga tanvent:oa. made aeaplsal speech,
am which We mako short extract:
wA., The ,,,,eo-,, ,v.s oxsm;noa
hie man sa;d th., ~ Ii .ass sss.s s.n
ork. IT,, !, was tho nr;nc a"u ~, II, n w
I;.h sm.sa.s 80. ~ 81 IA annSsT ~, nna.
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