New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-06
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triumphant and ase Country SAFE s''ss
straits overland express. we Are aae -
sa.snes q ny other papers, q fail and coTnrlats
accyant of the great prize fight in Enaiana. arS
,ss. 1sste1 Ia 70 lay before readers ian psrtiu
~ W NaIsh m they win percefvs that Freedoms
nas asserted Freedoms rights and III
pfisisn Lsca. TAINTED and dared, wish Fresf!ois,s
hand twisfsa n hls maTe Iias succurp5ed rss,s M
pwa gN lyrans sssined Sod, and the Star spapelei
| Throne. y = " ssefs sssossss saoyay
Our feelings ssmoss overpowsr M q -. 49,.
Icie this nafionas triumph. Ees me bsw ~ ts
,,rdIe ana sne grs ~ nfea, ior our co = osee more
Inss remarkable combat took place vf4bxr ~.
enclosure Of WestHamster Abbey aear III rsc,ssf.
Of the Thames. Our readers are xwnre fls4s syssr
steamer that has depasted for Europe for In Iast
few months has been crowded with fhe dSrnssss
res OF the land, on tie way To this International
combat.
Delegations from aH parts Of The world also
aocked in crowds to the spot and On fse n,orn,s-
Of the fight at least thrss millions OF ,eopIe a.
asnabfed round the ring which was formed 10
stretching rope from the tomb of Lord Rerny,
around the monuments of Nelson and George tie
Fonrth, to stake over the vault Of the Dfke or
Wellington. =
At precisely 10 o'clock the CONTESTANTS auditbefr
suites entered the ring and went through the eere-
mony 0f shaking hands
Tom sayers u fine, healthy looking man. stand
ing aeodb eieven feet three in biz stoekuQs veirjI
ing somewhere about 900 pounfsH M vvss Irsss2e4
u pan q hesh colored tghtss ornalnented gitf
whist He was attended BY Pfince Aiherf 7 ,arT
Broughaa and Sir Robert Peel 81 battIs h,jsrs d.
r pisraeli and Cobden standing ready to rake ID,
John G. Heenan is small man, about ft,nr eest
high weighing about ss pounds Hs WA Sirsss1
IA piae six uEhfs, spangied with s1afx wore de
American Tag shout bis waist, and had he Ameri-
ers were John Minor Botts, Senator Toorrbs sna
Franklin Fierce. Henry A. Wise and Seratar
Douglas from their propensitfes ID scratch ryaysi
were selected as sawdnst rakcrs.
The Archbishop of Canterbury the Fan fyea
Al. Dallas, and the Duchess OF Sutherland officiatea
as umpires.
First Ro.nd After some careful suarrinr.
Heenan sprang forward, fastened his teeth in Say
ers leg and Sayers, after some ineha9tnal at
tempts to remove them, gave tremendous kick.
which bfought them all ont by the roots Ie.1vi,.o
the teeth sticking in his leg. While Heenaff was
and Wise's backbone not being III good cpnllftioi,
he leaned over, and his head striking III. Deurlaz
between wind and water, so effectually Disabled
hm that y y feared he will not recover ID time for
the Charleston Convention
. SECOND H0ulld- aeenan came up bleeding slight
ly at the mouth, and Savers with one lame ffr
Sayers kicked out handsomely with his right leg.
but Heenan cieyeriy dodging. he stabbed his toe
TO swear, when Heenan ran in butted Savers in
the stomach, and completely upsetting him.
Third RoaJd d-Sayers attempted to grab Hee-
nan by the hair but the hair being short arld well
creased, he was unable to do so. When the I'M
mortal Heenan, throwing doubleactfoii, back
handed somersault, landed on Sayer's neck, ana
commenced gouging out his eyes, when the great
English pugilist begged for mercy, and Heenan
was declared winner of the day.
We learn that in view of this great triumph of
American genius, the delegates to the Charleston
nan as the next regular Democratic Candidate for
the Presidency. EEsxehange.