Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-01
WHEELING, VA, TUESDAY MORNING. MAY /. 1860.

freshed, and each ia turn tried n lead, but
each was we'll stopped. Toms right arm,
from the continual stopping of such a
heavy CauRonadc as Heenau's, was now
much discolored and swollen, and utterly
useless for Ull purposes of hitting. and he
was thus deprived of his principal weap
on. After IL good deal of this another
heavy exchange followed, in which Tom
was at home on the old spot, and Heenan
on the jaw heavily, knocking Tom once
more of his pins. This round lasted
twenty minutes, and was splendid spcci-
men of milling on both sides. Toms nose
and mouth were bleeding, but both his
eyes were well open. His arm was his
chief drawback. Eeenan's eye had been
long closed, his cheek was tearfully swol-
len, and his mouth was also somewhat out
of the perpendicular.
81 aud last. Tom was first up, and SEEM
ed the better man; he made his left twice
on Heeneus eye, and the latter caught
him round the neck at the ropes and there
held him. Toms efforts to extricate him
self were vain, but he administered severe
punishment to the Boys face. The police
Mt this time got closer, there was a rush to
the ropes from all sides, and we, in COM
pany with others, including the referee,
were completely shut ont from the view
We are informed that the round ended in
both going to grass at the expiration of
tirO hours and SfI minutes. We had hoped
that the men would now have been with
drawn, as the referee had been forced from
his post, and the police were close by
The battle, so far as it may be called n bat
tlr WAS for the time over, and the men
should at once have been taken away
We arc informed, however, that although
the referee sent orders for cessation of
hostilitics, FIVE more so-callcd rounds were
fought with pretty equal advantage. The
ring was half full of people, however, and
neither man had 4 fair chance. Much do
we regret the unpleasant duty that now is
imposed upon US of finding fault with the
Bcnicia Boy for couduct which WAS not
ouly uumanly but quite against the rules
of the Ring, and had the referee been
present, would inevitably lost him tho
battle. n gentlemen connected with
our Office who was present, and who had
endeaYorcd to stop hoStilities, informs us
that at the end of the fourth of these sup
Elementary rounds, while SayerS was on
his seconds knee, Hccnan rushed at him
in very excited state, let fly left and right
at Toms seconds, floored them, and kicked
them when on the ground in desperate
style, after which he closed with Sayors,
and, after a wild rally, they fell together.
The final round was merely wild scram-
BILE, in which both fell The referee by
this time was able TO get near. and ordered
the men to desist from lighting. Imme-
diately after this Heeuan rushed away
from the ring, and ran some distance with
the activity of deer, proving that as far
as strength was concerned, he was as fit
rs ever; but lie had not been away from
the ring many minutes before he was to-
tally blind Tom Savers although Il little
tired, and suffering from his arm and the
desperate hug in the thirty zenith round,
was also strong on his pins, and could
have fought some time longer. The blues
being now in force, there was, of course,
no chance of the men again meeting, and
an adjournment was necessary. II was
found that the authorities were up in arms
in I'll directious, so that it would be idle
waste of time to go elsewhere. Backward
home was therefore the word, and the men
| and their friends returned to the metrnpo-
lis shortly airer three O'Clock. The whole
time occupied mp to the mems leaving the
ring WAS two hours and twenty minutes.