The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-02
a VISIT TO THE COCK PIT.
From the New-York National Advocate

Some time ago, our police put an end to
cock fighting in the Libcrty-st. pit, which,
BY the bye, was erected inthc garnet. These
occasional interferences in the police, tho
somewhat vexatious, have not. it seems,
damped the ardour or affected the taste of
the cognosccnti, who, it seems, built very
handsome pit in the Bowery. The ring was
neatly ornamented, and filed with a fine
hard smooth substance: seats in an amphi-
theatre form, cushioned, were raised in num-
bers calculated TO accommodate large a,i-
dience. The usual fashionable prccaution Of
door keepers, ivory tickets, horse tails to-
wards the tea-water pump, &C., &c. were a.
dopted; but the police, respecting none Of
those unchartcred privileges, went in force,
on Saturday evening, and took up ten or
lcven gentlemen managers, &c. In the gar"
ret we're nearly thirty tea chests, each GU
riously containing bantum fowl, well fed
and furnished. These were put into bag,
and with the fancy galanted to the watch
se,-but the growing defiance Of the gal-
liant birds during the night, awoke the
Watchmcn who had been relic, ed, and
they rose from their hunks and very fairly
cut off the heads of the cocks, leaving
their trunks for a breakfast-bo7ne 6ouche.
The gentlemen, at the usual hour, gave
bail and we're discharged, but about noon,
a countryman walked soleInnly into the po-
lice, and stalked up to the bench, ON which
was the magistrate, for the day; "Mout
your name be Mr.. Ovutson 7" "Ovut is
nv name, sir" Pray, sir, did sou take
upa number of cocks last nights" "Ycs,
sir, and some cockfghters also" "Where
rnout the birds be ?" "They are dead."--
dead the devil" DON'T swear neigh
hour, we fine every man for swearing.'-
"Well I wont, sir, but its d-d hard
case, ten of those cocks we're mine, sir;
sent them from the country to board at thai
place, and paid seven shilings piece 6
week for their board" Mercy on me
seven shiliings week Why you, your.
self, can board for that sum-" 81 know
it, but my birds were more valuable nei
I, they were your real things, full o
fight, ! physiced 'em myself" "What
physiced the cocks ?" "Yes, sir, toctoret
'em, gave each Of 'em half grain of mar.
curry, and puked 'em occasionally, fed ZEN
on corn and little water, so thar they got tc
be bony and sinewy, and were full of wigor
and would fight any thing; you see my
hand, sir, all picked and scratched only
held up my fist to little Bonypart, and h,
f1yd at me like tiger" "Well am sor
ry, friend, that in these unlawful games yo,
have lost your property" "No l hant, sir
I'll sue the landlord, that will; wouid'n
take ten dollars a piece for the birds, 81
I'll summon him, so l will he is answer
able for my fowls" So saying, he bristl
ed out of the police with wrathful expedi
ton.
Hosu TO humbuga a Landiord.-A write
in a late Kentucky paper relates an anecdot
of gentleman who now occupies high sta
ton in the State, which proves that howeve
limited his legal requirements might be, hi
adroitness in getting clear Of a tavern bill
at least unquestionable. The statement rur
thus Some years since. the gentleman a
luded to, being then resident OF Ilinoi
entered into written agreement with h
landlord, by the terms of which the latte
bound himself to board the former, and kee
his horse at the rate of one dollar per da
and to allow him credit of one dollar fl
each day he was absent from home. Mi
months afterwards, a settlement took plaC
between Benifacc and his guest; when
appeared that the latter had spent thrs
months at the tavern, and six abroad L
claimed of"mine host" pay for three month
in order to balance accounts. 1t is not sta
ed whether this equitable demand was a
lowed.
Proshect Of long Sermon-A La
Preacher, in dissenting chapel, som ewh,
insolvent, which was without regular mil
lister, offered his gratuitous service in the 70
lowing manner:-I will commence next Sal
bath-day, and preach till the Chapel is o.
otdebt."