The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-20


Our sporting record from England, by mail
to the 7th of July, announces that Jem Ward,
q famous English pugilist had taken his de-
parture from Liverpool for the United States
Of America, and that Mr.. w. Cieaver, a host of
the sfancy," residing on the line of the Eighth
Avenue Railroad somewhere between the corner
of Saint Paul's churchyard and Bloomingdale,
New York, accompanied by number of
american cousins" had arrived in London
and would be happy to meet his British friends
at old Jenny Shaw's, near Bow street. Mr..
Jem Ward, who visits this country from the
United Kingdom, was classed as First rater"
in the palmy days of the British prize ring, when
Spring, Crawley and the others were at "their
best" He has fought many bates, in all Of
which he displayed great science and pluck,
and by his high tone and bearing outside the
roped arena earned for himself the happy
honor of being unfortunately known as the
''Black Diamond" and Gentleman Jem." In
his intellectual development Mr.. Ward pos
sesses a most happy power Of adjusting the
balance of what may be termed the compensa-
talent; so that if the exercise of his combative
science In one profession leads him to smash q
mans nose he can chisel or draw q new one,
and in his own proper person he will both break
| your bones and ''set them in their socket"
With such qualifications and polish Mr.. Ward
will be very agreeable representative Of
England ''near" the American people, and it
is to be hoped that Mr. w. Cleaver's presence
will produce an equally pleasing impression in
Broad Court, London.
The publication of this intelligence in the
columns Of the HERALD will be very well re-
ceived in New York; but it is in Boston that 1t
will produce its grand effect in the way of ma
tional encouragement and assurance. Conceal
it as they may, the Bostonians, like ourselves,
| could not place implicit reliance on an Anglo
| American entcate c0rdtdle founded on the
interchange of literary Bohemanism--a basis
which any dyspeptic malcontent of the order
on either side could, if particularly hungry and
out at elbows, disturb by singing yankee
Doodle with an emphasis of glorifcation or
! by reading in public few cha piers of
MARTIN Chuzzlewt" before Mr.. 'Jef-
ferson Brick Dickens had time to get
out that new edition which will have his
| certificate of our advance in social refinement
and Christian civilization appended. 'Jefer-
son Brick" Dickens and ILL., D. Longfcllow are
very good in their way but for the purpose of
( binding two nations, each anxious TO be ''irst in
war if called ON, together, there Ia really no
! thing like muscle. The Boston Bohemians must
acknowledge this truth at once II is only the
reassertion of FIRST principle; for the Pilgrim
! Fathers themselves fought With everybody in
/ England previous to thrir emigration, and
when they could find ~ ucw civil enemy to
battle with at horne they came out here and
pitched into" the red lndsna right and
| left taking up witchcs Sabbath breakers add
any one who wished 10 amuse themselves ia
Che end
Messrs Ward aud Cleayer don't want to so
, poking around graycyards to fud out who their
grandiathers OF goimothers were Like Martin
, 4.~-..-., IciO 49,. $500, la ---,.. --..-.
e1,bosi1eDts. the req, sscDis;iyes cot OF Sos-