On Sunday John C. Heenan left in the City of Washington, for
England, with his brother James. A
number of his friends attended on the pier to witness his departure and his him
a good and short passage in the swift steamer.
The champion was in fine health and gallant spirits – a very model of a
stalwart, active man. Although it has
been said that he does not go to England to fight, it may be doubted whether he
will not consent to accommodate the person who has several times announced that
his great desire was to contend with him.
In fact, we have a very dedicated impression that the ridiculous vaunting
of Mace, in that regard, will come to a very abrupt termination, soon after
Heenan lands at Liverpool. He is a much
more formidable man in appearance, as well as science, now than he was when he
went to meet the redoubtable Tom Sayers.
Since then, Heenan has thickened and solidified, while his astonishing
quickness and activity have been preserved.
His former antagonist, Tom Sayers, has long been anxious to have him go
over, and there will be a right merry meeting between them. –{Wilkes’ Spirit of
this week.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 5, 1862, p. 2
