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The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Prize fight. --The interest that was everywhere excited in regard to the sports of the ring by the "international mill" between Sayers and Heenan, died out almost as suddenly as it sprang into existence, and of late we have heard nothing of those refined pugiliarie expressions which were then as familiar as household words. Nevertheless, we are to day enabled to convey to the world the gratifying intelligence that the ring has still some devoted disciples, and that although "science" has slumbered, it is not dead! The important intelligence has been communicated to no that a regular built, out and out prize fight, with all its attendant ceremonies, took place yesterday morning, near this city. The principals in this grand and animating contest are natives of the Old World: one representing Ireland and the other England. With a select party of friends, they proceeded down the river, at an early hour, to the spot designated for the heroic combat, and there, in defiance of the ug