The New York herald., 1868-12-25

A New War between the North and the
South.
We hear from Richmond paper that sec
ond mighty sectional conflict is about to occur
between the North and the South. 1t is not
to be q fight between or about min and
brother-not contest among races and run
ners and bummers. Politics are not mixed up
with it at all. On the contrary, it seems to
promise cordial and harmonious reunion of
the gamest spirits in each section. Briefly,
and not to put too fine gaR upoi it, the
cock fighters of Virginia will soon invade the
North, and, arranging their pits up,n undis-
puted territory in New Jersey, proceed at
once to test the fighting qualities Of the game
birds of the two attitudes. The chickens, it
is stated, number one hundred a side. Twenty
five will be pitted each day until the Mains are
exhausted. The battles win, therefore, last
four days, and, like some Of the battles Of the
rebellion, they will no doubt be hotly con-
tested throughout.
Now, here is q chance for some of the living
human game cocks of the war to show their
pluck Why can't the Southern game chicken,
General Forrest, jump into the cockpit, flap
his wings, give defiant crow-"Kl l-a-cock-
Patrick ck-a-doodle-d And then why
should not the growing Northern chicken,
General Fitzpatrick, respond by chanting
clear as chanticleer of any game should,
''Damme, Forrest, I'll meet you, for I'll be
hanged if die for cowardly cock-a-doodle-
door, General Beauregard would make a
good umpire in this conflict on the side OF the
South. General Butler might do for the side
of the North, if one were sure Of his stamina.
Yet if Butler be not gamy cock he certainly
has look that way. Beauregard and Butler
might select the referee themselves. They
might take General Wade Hampton or Senator
Sumner (who, however, don't know much
about the business of cock fighting), or Sena-
tor Chandler, or ex-Secretary Stanton, or Santa
Anna, or ex-Secretary Cameron, who, by the
way, is a great game cock fancier and has
some splendid specimens of the Madagascar
breed. But there will be no difficulty about
umpires or referees if it can only be managed
to bring Forrest and Fitzpatrick, as champion
cocks of the war, into pit together; if bot
tomless, so much the better. They can then
fight out their quarrels on that line to their
legitimate end.
Seriously, this game cock business is becom-
ing very considerable one in this community,
and cock fighting is already. fashionable
amusement Following the example of the
those celebrated republics" to quote from the
venerable and lamented President Harrison,
our modern Curat, Horatii and all the rest
of the representatives of the patrician families
of the classic past have become enrapturcd
with the cockpit. Thousands of dollars are
staked upon the result of a single battle. Some
of the opulent scions of our most aristocratic
houses are SO infatuated with the amusement
that they frequently have little game upon
the rich carpets in their own parlors. We read
that Marc Antony patronized the pit, that
Caesar gave much attention to cock breeding,
that Henry the Eighth was enamored of the
sport. The game cock is the emblem of the
gamest nation in Europe, and why should not
fighting people like the Americans take an
interest in the culture of the gamest bird under
feather? Therefore the new war-the i'm
pending conflict between the North and the
South in the way of cock 6ghting-is likely to
obtain general interest throughout both sec
tions of the country, as well as in those por-
tions Of the world where cock fighting is recog-
nized as lawful and highly proper amuse-
ment