The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-22

The BRrIsERs AND THE CHIvALRY.-The pub
lie has been much amused Of late with the &C
counts Of q personal rencontre at Knoxville,
Tennessee, between Mr.. Fleming and Mr.. John
Mitchel-tbe former journalist, and the latter
q professional patriot out of business Mr..
Mitchell finding that in spite Of bis denunciatlons
Of the bloody minded, redhanded Saxons,
the Bank Of England notes were still current
that Lord Palmerston continued to give levees
at Cambridge House, and that the Court persisted
in shooting grouse at Balmoral, turned bis at.en-
shadow Of eur eagles, telling them they were
quite as good o. ybody else, and that modesty
and humility were the very last virtues which Irish
men in America should cultivate-as If they ever
did. Whereupon Fleming, who conductsa Know
Nothing Newspaper, waved exceeding wroth, and
applied to the retired patriot remarks intended,
az Blackstone hath it, to hold him up to the
malice, hatred or ridcule of that portion Of the
community who have their thinking done at the
Fleming establishment. After which the patriot,
in grea. rage confronted the Journalist, when the
lat,or had bis bands full Of the United States
mail, and caned him. There was, en- atis, o
rough and tumble fight in which the eagle Of
victory hovered between the contestant descend
ing upon the head Of neither the one nor tie
other. At later hour in the day the journalist
provided himself with weapons of war, and,
meeting the patriot, dared him to mortal
combat then and there. The patriot de-
clined TO accept the invitation, but, il sp-
peas, knocked down a drunken man who had
noihiDg whatever to Go with the matter, but who
had ven;ured to express the opinion that the pat
riot was . sneak. According to the true Galway
fashion, tie patiiot sent bis friend" to the jour
nalist with hostile message, but the latter ex-
pressed himself satisfied The patriot AID bis
fierd were also satisfied, aud We presuCe that
the affair is satisfactory all round.
This Is chiyarous encounter. Michel, the
raiiiot, las been In arms against the Bd,iah Lion;
Fleming comes from the South, which section, a.
everybody knows, has majority Of al tie CHI
valry that comes to the American market.
By way Of pendant to this pretty picture, We
Rave an account Of o terrible Est fight, Gear Baf
falo between two bruisers who hammered sway
o. each other, from pure love OF the thing. for
tAIte LOliss anu tBeu NtIe uOs "sAN-Ne1 lucy
did not separate sulkily and exchange protocols
like the Southern chivalry, but they fought TIL
IL was 80 dark that they could no longer see each
other; then took .ociable glass Of beer to
gether," and in the kindest manner expressed .
wist for q renewal Of the combat Of tie earliest
possible moment And one Of these fellows was,
as the popular ballad says, "a young man
only nireteeS year old" What Lesson do the
hruisers teach to the chivalry-the Southern Sir
Launcelots, who set their spears IN rest, tilt
baimletsly at each olher-snd lie. them rest
We 'hiDk that AZ far as pluck goes the Canada
bruisrs have decidedly the advantage over the
Tennessee chivalry; because, although resort to
srms s sbeurd ct any time, yet IL is still more
ridiculous to make oil the parade of such resort
and th,n settle the affair in purely Picksickian
manner.
We ca not restrain tribute Q. admiration 10
The authorities in both sections They did not
attempt to prevent either Of these charming en-
refreshments, CT 10 pupiso the actors therein. II
would have been much better for tie chival y
had they made q private arrangement WITH q
uaeist,a ate 10 be restrained from laying violent
bands on each other. As 1t Is the bfuisers have
put them to shame