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VoTrX BKOOKHAVKN. MISS., TI1PKSDAV, MAY 18, 1870. NO. .{8.
Ilitil Hsilty In Tuncnloo.
The following bnrst of backwoods
poetry lias been in print, but will bear
repetition. In every respect it may be
considered equal to anything in that
line that ever camo even from the pen
of Bret Ilnrte, mid it is far superior to
mauvof the odd emanations of his brain.
So you’re all the way from Kansas,
And knew my Jennie there;
Well, I’m mighty glad to sec you—
Just take that vacant chair.
You don't seem much of a stranger.
Though never here before;
Jack, take the gentleman’s beaver
And hang It hind the door.
What! live whole days on the Journey,
Coinin' by boat and caw?
Good gracious 1 who’d thought Jennie
Could ever live so far
Away from the Youghlogheuy,
The farm, and the mountain blue ;
I wouldn’t believe it of her,
And that’s ’twixt me and you.
tou say she’s not very lonely ;
Then she don't feel the worst.
What! Jcunle.hasguta habi?
You should have said that llrfit.
And now please repeat it over,
I can't believe my ear;
Just think !—my Jennie a mother:
Pshaw, now, what’s this?—a tear?
Here, Jack, run off to the kitchen.
Tell mother to come quick,
Let the bakin' go to thunder,
Let her not strike a lick
Till she hears the news from Kansas,
Twill make her very vain 1
So you knew the little one's mother?
Your hand; we’ll shako again.
Perhaps you may think me foolish
For making such a row;
But you must excuse an old man—
Mind, I'm a g.andpa uow.
TTsvl! wa!I linw thp YAflTR film hV 11*.
Silent ami swift ami sly ;
For all the world like the white clouds
Adrift lu a summer sky I
But only in this they differ—
We’re going with the years
Into the harbor of old age,
Up to <ho silent piers,
Wheie each may discharge his burden
Ancl furl his wrinkled sail,
And thank the Heavenly Master,
Who saved him through the gale.
But what is the use in talkin’—
I’m bustin' with joy;
I believe I could whoop like au Injun !,
And you tell me it’s a boy,
And she called him for her father ?
You see, she don’t forget
The old man who used to uuiae her
And play “peep” with his “pet.”
Stranger, your story has called up
A night long, long ago ;
The night I came to this mountaiu
Through blinding wreaths of snow.
We came in a Conestoga—
Only my wife and I;
She but the bride of a twelvemonth,
Sieuder and coy and shy.
We started iu sbtuin’ weather;
But then it blew up cold,
And the snow fell thick and heavy
And down the mountain rolled
III drifts as big as the wagon;—
Ah, sir, that was a storm 1
Each tree was decked off in feathers.
Pretty, but not so warm.
The snow kind of stopped our motion,
Night hedged us all about,
And then I began to wouder
How we’d weather it out.
Just then, as my luck would have it,
Jane said she felt quite queer;
Can you dream how I felt then, sir,
And not a woman near ?
The wind moaned among the branches,
I thought it would pieice me through ;
Said I, “Jaue, there’s but one of me—
My coat may save you two.”
She cried, and refused to take it—
I i I-»» T liu.l mv unv
Then on that mountain I knelt down.
And oh, how I did pray1
Prayed for the night to he over,
Prayed for a human form,
Prayed for the i ather to shelter
My pride and hope from harm.
1 think he heut down to listen.
For, ’way up there ou high,
Angels came out with little lamps
And hung them in the sky.
I cracked the whip over Itosln,
Told Jim to git along,
And then, with a rush, we started—
I broke into a song;
Not that I felt much like singln',
Hut 1 had often heard
Women in Jane’s way were Bkcery,
So I sung like a bird.
Well, I reached thia place ’bout midnight,
And thanked Uod with a smile;
Then ran to the nearest neighbor—
And that was half a mile.
At the door I kicked and pounded,
And made my trouble known—
You can bet vour bottom dollar
I didn’t come back alone.
The women-folks built a Ore,
Ami I stood out iu the hall,
And there I shivered and trembled
Until there came a squall;
It wasn't much of a holler,
But then it gave me a start,
And ever since that blest moment
I’ve had a bigger heart.
But pshaw 1 let us change the subject,
You are too young a mau
To grasp such delicate questions,
Or yet to understand
So I’ll not bother you further
’Bout Jennie’s babyhood;
But anyhow, this I will say,
She was pretty and good.
What's the use of ksepln ,a secret ?
She married 'gainst our will,
A lad by the name of Jackson,
Whose father kept the mill.
I thought him too young and shiftless
Though he was big and strong,
And I told my daughter, kindly,
Ile'd never get along.
I'll not goon forget her answer,
’Twas spoken like a queen.
Said she, “I will take chances,
Whatever comes between."
What I said I don’t remember;
My anger did the rest,
And that night Jennie and Jackson
Left for the distant West.
No one can tell what I suffered—
1 walked around all day
With a face as while as chalk, sir,
And tried hut could not pray.
Now a man can’t reach his Maker
With a heart so full of scorn
Against an honest f*»llow roan .
Who for some good was bom.
Yon ask did I forgive Jennie?
My precious little kid!
Big tears swept away ray hate, sir,
Forgive ? of course I did 1
Git out ! do you think I'm ci aty ?
Bill wasn't half so tail;
Ilad a scar where Jake Hill hit him
For bitin’brother Paul.
Yes, under the beard bv Jingo I
Forgive the words I sed
When you and Jennie were coni tin’
A nd after you were wed,
I wish I was out in Kansas—
One day in ^uscaloo;
1 believe 1 d eat that baby—
That’s jntt what I wonld da.
Bartlkt Camrret.u
••ROBINSON CRUSOE'S MONEY."
Si.ch is tlio title of a new work, by
ifon. David A. Wells, of Connecticut,
in which a pafhble, founded on the ex
perience of Robinson Crusoe on his des
solate island, is made the vehicle for
exhibiting the true principle of com
mercial exchange, the usee of money,
and the value of the precious metals as
the basis of currency.
The subject is ono of universal inter
est, intensified by tliepromiueuce of the
“Currency Question," in our national
politics, and is treated by Mr Wells in
a manner at once so ingenious, enter
taining and instructive that we do not
think our space can be better tilled
than with the following'sketch of the
book, which we find in tlio Now York
Tribune:
Some time after landing, as the story
goes, Robinson finds in one of the
ship’s chests that had been’cast ashore
a lot of pins, needlewand thread, -a pair
of scissors, ten or a dozen knives, and
several white linen handkerchiefs, be
sides three great bags of money which
finally came to light in the search.
.From this episode in the life of De
Foe’s hero, Mr. Wells deduces the max
ims, that the pins, and needles, and
other articles of commodity in the chest
were of great utility to Robinson Cru
soe, because they increased his comfort
and happiness; that still they possessed
no exchangeable value, because they
could not be bought or sold; that they
had no price, because they had no pur
chasing power which could be expiessed
in money; that money, which is popu
larly regarded as the symbol of all
wealth, had, under the circumstances,
neither utility, value, nor price; and be
cause the actual commodities were ca
pable of being used to produce addition
al commodities, they were all capital,
which money was not, because it had
no productive power. Hence it becomes
a problem to show under what circum
stances money could acquire value, be
came au object of exchange, and con
stitute a standard for establishing
prices.
The first element of progress was the
addition of companions. First came
Friday, then Friday’s father, then Will
Atkinrand the English sailors. Here
was a community. A now social order
became inevitable. It was impossible
that all should live in common as one
family. For could each man supply all
his own wants. It was best that every
one should pursue a single occupation,
instead of each eairying on his busi
ness of a carpenter, mason, baker, tai
lor, and the like. An exchange of pro
ducts of services of some other man,
would thus become the order of the
day. Systematic division of labor and
exchange of products arc thus introduc
ed, and constitute the means of getting
a living. In the first instance, however,
all exchanges are made by barter. So
much of one commodity or service is
given for so much of some other com
modity or service. Corn for cloth, furs
and skins for knives and tobacco, so
much labor in building a house for so
much Rkillin constructing a canoe, are
the. earliest attempts at the exchange of
commodities. This is simple barter,
which does not involve the use of mon
ey. Hence there is no such thing as
price, since price is the purchasing
power of any commodity expressed in
money. But Robinson, and his friends
soon found that this would never do as
a permanent arrangement. The dis
covery was made iu this wise: “Twist,
who was a tailor, and had made a coat,
discovered all at once that he was out
of bread; and being hungry, suspended
work and went in search of Needum,
the baker, to effect an exchange. He
found him without difficulty, just heat
ing his oven, and with plenty of bread
to dispose of, but as the baker had all
the coats he wanted, he had declined
to trade. Needum, however kindly in
formed Twist that if any fellow should
call with any surplus grain or flour, he
(Needum) would be most happy to sup
ply him with all the bread lie needed in
exchange; but as the tailor was neither
a farmer nor a miller, and had neither
of these articles, he (Twist) set off for
the other end of the island, where there
was another baker, to see how the lat
ter was situated in respect to garments.
On his way Twist was overtaken by
Pecks, the mason, who had uo'coat, and,
wanting the very garment which Twist
had been making, had stopped work
on a stone wall and had gone iu search
of the tailor, to whom he proposed to
exchange the coat for a new chimney.
xsut as Twist mm aireaay two cmmneys
to his house, and nothing to cook, and
didn't want another chimney, the ma
son was as unsuccessful in his effort to
trade with the tailor as the tailor had
been just before with the baker. At
last, after much vexatious traveling
about, involving great waste of time
and labor, Twist found a baker who
wanted to exchange bread for the coat,
and fecks a tailor who would give a
coat for a chimney; Needum having, in
the mean time, shut up his bakery and
gone in search of Diggs, the farmer,
who was willing to sujiply grain for
bread. But when all these different
persons, each desirous of exchanging
his special products or services, had
been found, and had come together, a
new perplexity at once made its appear*
ance, and one so embarrassing as to
cause |each man seriously to consider
whether it were not better to return
home and endeavor to produce every
thing for himself rather than attempt
to exchange anything. ‘For how,’said
they all, ‘is the comparative value of
our different commodities and services
which we propose to exchange to be as
certained?’ ‘How can I know,’ said
Twist, “how many loaves I ought to re
ceive for my coat?' ‘Or,’ said Pecks,
I ‘find out how high and broad a chim
ney I ought In make for my garment?’
Diggs, furthermore, got up a. little
private dispute of his own with* Nee
dum, growing out of the circumstauee
that the latter wanted to make his en
tire payment in bread to the former at
once; while Diggs, who did not relish
the idea of living on stale aud possibly
mouldy bread for an indefinite length
of time, wanted pay for his grain, from
the baker, at the rate of one fresh loaf
per day. As for poor Twist, he had be
come by this time so humble through
hunger that he had not the heart to
object to the proposition to take o cart
load of bread at once in exchange for
his coat, although his house was so
small he would have to store part of his
‘pay’ Jon the roof, where it would
be certain to be eaten by others
than his own family.” There wis an
other incident which happened about
this time which made much talk
among the island community. ‘‘A
man who had noticing to sell but his
labor had been employed to load a ves
sel with coal—a vein of Which had
been discovered; and after working,
faithfully all day, had received in pay
for liis services a ton of coal. But as
jt was moat, drink and lodging, and
not coal (although the latter was great
ly needed for some purpose,) which the.
laborer wanted, there was nothing for
the laborer to dojbut to attempt to ex
change liis coal, and that, too, as soon
ns oossible. in order to satisfy immedi
ate necessities. Being too poor to
Lire a horse and cart, he therefore bor
rowed, a wheeldarrow, and, tilling it
with coal, went search of persons who
had a surplus of meat, drink, aud lodg
ings to dispose of. But all of them
happened to have all the coal they
wanted; aud morning found the labor
er still trundling through the streets, his
most useful commodity uuexchauged,
aud ready to sink with hunger' aud ex
posure. A like experieuco befell also
the journeyman butcher, blacksmith,
carpenter{ and dry goods clerk, who re
ceived for their day’s labor respective
ly a sheepskin, a dozen horseshoes, a
piece of pine timber, and two yards of
redflaunel. All were in no condition,
though bodily exhausted, to resume
work ou the next day; and all also
clearly saw that their condition would
not have been much improved if each
had received au entire payment in
either meat, drink, or lodgings, in place
of coal, skin, lumber, horseshoes, or
cloth.”
This trouble led to the adoption of
some siugle commodity which all should
agree to take iu exchange for their
products or services. A great step iu
advance was thus taken. The tailor
was no longer obliged to go without
clothes, livery man gave, his services
for the commodity agreed upon, be
cause that every other man desirous of
exchange would do the same. The
general name given to such commodi
ties or articles as are accepted in ex
change is mouev. This has greatly
varied iu different countries and at dif
ferent times. Among the North Amer
ican Indians, wampam and beaver skins
were used as mouey. The natives of
West Africa employ certain little shells
for the same purpose.~in Abyssinia tue
common money of to-day is salt. In
Chinese Tartary it is cubts of pressed
tea. Until recently on the west coast of
Mexico, small cakes of soap were used
as money. In ancient pastorials na
tions, money consisted in cattle and
sheep, as it does at this day among the
Zulus of South Africa. Hence money
is prior to legislation. Nor has any
article been adopted as money, which
did not possess by reason of some val
uable qualities, a natural purchasing
power. In the absence of all laws de
fining money, the adoption of any arti
cle that requires no effort for its pro
duction, would enable the shrewd and
unscrupulous to tako from the rest of
the community products representing
value, or the expenditure of time and
labor, without giving any equivalent
in return. If, for example, dried leaves
or pieces of paper bearing arbitrary
stamps, were accepted^ as money, the
result would have been to enable some
body to obtain something for nothing,
or to permit those who did not work to
rob those who did.
The effect of such an arrangement in
producing an inflated currency is illus
trated by the example of Crusoe’s is
landers as follows: “At the outset
they agreed to use cowries—a pretty
shell picked up on *lie beech, and
momnn oil fn llflVP
and use as an ornament. These shells
were not, however, plentiful; and, iu
fact, it was found it required about ns
much time and labor for a man to col
lect a hundred of them as it did to
grow a bushel of wheat. Consequently
wheat regularly exchanged for cowries
(as money) at the rate of one hundred
cowries for one bushel, while the far
mer with two thousand cowries could
readily buy a plow, which was consid
ered equivalent in value to twenty bush
els. By-aud-by. some idle fellows that
were in 'he habit of sailing, made a
long excursion, and for the first time,
visited a little island on the remote hor
izon. When they lauded, they found,
to their surprise, that instead of cowries
being very scarce on the beach, they
were very abundant,. They winked at
one another, and said little; but each
man proceeded to gather all the cow
ries he could, and returning, to the
main island, kept their discovery a pro
found secret. The first thing of note
that happened among the Robinson
Crusoe’people was a greatjand unexpect
ed revival in business. Money began
to grow abundant. Societary circula
tion was never so active. Everything
that was offered for sale speedily found
a purchaser, and, demand increasing,
prices rapidly increased also. It was
also noticed that a few persons who
never did any regular work, but apecn.
lated and gambled.nll the morning, and
took pleasant Bailing excursions every
afternoon, had, especially, plenty of
money, which, os patriotic citizens, de
sirous of making trade lively, they
were always most ready to part with for
other commodities. The shop-keeperH
the farmer, and the 'merchanics, all also
finding that they had more money than
usual, all also felt impelled to buy
something, and prices took a fresh start
upward, so that a bushel of wheat that
could previously have been sold for one
hundred cowries easily brought one
hundred and fifty, and even two hun
dred. But, on the other hand, the far
mer, instead of being able to buy, as
before, a plow for two thousand cow
ries, now found that ho had to pay
double, or four thousand] or, in other
words, tlic.cowries had only about one
half the purchasing power they pos
sess^! before. But for a time every
hpd^was jubilant. Was it not evident
that the yalne ol every man’s posses
sion, measured in cowry money, had
greatly increased—and what could be
more natural than that the shrewd
adventurers who had been (the authors
of these golden days should be highly
honored, invited to speak before cowry
clubs in all parts of the island, and be
even talked of for the chief offices,
which still continued to bo filled by
liobinsonJCrusoe and his man Friday?
The continually anghmenting prices—
nim. so/1 iti nmoriT mm 1 nr oil f't nil -
modi ties, or, what is the same thing,
the continually diminishing purchase
iug power of the cowries, at Inst began
to attract attention, and this in turn in
duced distrust; so that the price of a
bushel of wheat, which bad been at
tirst one hundred cowries,'and then two
hundred, rose to three, four, and even
five hundred cowries. Another remark
able circumstance noticed was that, as
prices increased, tlie wants of trade for
cowry money also increased proportion
ably, which wants the adventurers who
Lad been the means of giving the island
its increased volume of money took
care to supply by bringing additional
quantities of cowries as they were need
ed. It was also observedjtliat, as distrust
increased, there was also a remarkable
increase in society activity; for every
body desired to change off bis cowry
money for something else. Persons
who were in debt made baste to pay
tlieir debts, and everybody was ready
to lend cowry money, to start all sorts
of new enferprises. A company was
organized, for examule, with a capital
of ten million cowries, to explore the
wreck of the original ship which
brought Robinspn Crusoe to the island;
andthough nobody knew exactly]
where tile wreck was, or what was sup-1
posed to remain in it, it was advocated]
us affirdmg great opportunity for labor, j
Anotbar project, for which a company j
with fifty million cowries capital was
started, was to build r. system of ca
nals across the island, althc ugh the is
land bad a width of only about ten
miles, with a remarkably safe ocean
navigation all around it. Finally the
L'oerrl flm n'ltulu rrrii/Innllv
leaked out. Other people besides the
original three shrewd fellows found out
where the supply of cowries came from,
and made haste to visit the remote
island, provide themselves with money
and put it iu circulation. But the
more money that was issued, the more
was needed to supply the wants of trade
until at last it took a fourhorse wagon
load of cowries to buy a busbel of
wheat. Then the bubble bursted. Stock
companies all failed. Trade became
utterly stagnant. The man whom
Kobinsou Crusoe had made secretary of
the island treasury thought he could
help) matters by issuing a few more
cowries, but it was no use. Some very
wise persons were certain that every
thing would be all right again if people
would only have confidence; but as long
as the people who worked and saved
were uncertain what they were to re
ceive for the products of their labor—
something or nothing — confidence
didi’t return. Everybody felt poor
aud swindled. Everybody who thought
he lad money iu savings banks woke
up all at ouco to the realization that
his money was nothing but i> lot of old
shels. Everybody had his bags, his
tills and his moneyboxes filled with
j,shels, which he had taken in exchauge
for commodities which had cost him
vah.able time and labor.”
At last the pieople on the island came
to understand that property is the re
suit of some form of labor; tuat capital
ss that portion of the results of pioduc
tion which can be reserved ''and made
available for new and futher produc
tion; that money is an instrumental
ity for facilitating the distribution and
use of capital aud the interchange of
products and services; that production
alone buys production*; that when one
bujs goods with a paper representative
or symbol of money, the goods are not
paid for until the representative is sub
stituted by a value of some sort in la
bor, or money, or some other commodi
ty; and, finally, that a country and its
inhabitants increase in wealth or abun
i jauce by increasing their products
rather than by inordinately multiply
ing machinery for the exchange of pro
ducts.
Coming to gradually realize, also,
that one of the first requisites for an
increase of trade was -that confidence
should exist between the buyer and the
Belter, but that such confidence never
wotild exist so long as the representa
tives of value, or other entermediate
agencies made use of for facilitating ex
changes, were of an uncertain, fluctu
ating character, they also came finally
to'the conclusion that there was no
economy in using cheap money; or, in
otjher words, that the loss and waste in
evitably resulting from the use of poor
to^sls (money being a tool) was many
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times in excoss of the interest accruing
from any increased cost of good tools.
So reasoning, gold, or undoubted
promises to pay gold, gradually came
once more into use as money on tho'
island.
Senator Alcorn’s Acres.
Col. L. J. Du Free, of Memphis.,
wrote a letter to the New York World
not long smee, descriptive of lion. J.
L. Alcorn’s plantations. We make
some interesting extracts:
“To-day I rode with Senator Alcorn,
of Mississippi, over his Jonestown es
tates. These are in the lowlands of
Coahoma county, fourteen miles east of
the Mississippi river, and elevated four
or live feet above its flood tide. The
Senator has bought one adjacent tract
after another until his Jonestown plan
tation consists of t welve thousand acres,
and a few miles farther r-ast lies anoth
er of eight thousand acres. Swan Lake,
nine miles in length and threo hundred
yards wide, abounding in trout, and in
fall and winter flocked with countless
water fowl, defiues the north-western
side of the broad cotton and corn fields.
Along the whole northern front of the
estate there is a plank fence seventeen
miles in length. At intervals of a mile
or less there are collected from four to
a dozen white cottages. Each has two
rooms, fourteen feet square, and an
open piazza along the whole ten feet
wide. Of these cottages there are
about two hundred and fifty on the es
tate, occupied by about eleven hundred
uegioes. Negroes are eminently gre
garious, and therefore whenever the
Senator would have a dense forest swept
away, he erects a few of these comfort
able cottages in its midst. The houses
are left open to trespassers, and home
less nomadic blacks are soon ensconced
within. They must need have bread
and bacon, and soon appear at the of
fice of Mr. Jones, the Senator's facto
tum. A contract is made, the negroes
are paid for their labor in food and
money, and trees are ‘deadened,’ and
the dense undergrowth is swept away
and within a brief period cotton and
corn grow luxuriantly about the conger
ies of white cottages not long before
hidden in the foliage of the matted
vines and among great towering oak
and cypress trees. * * *. *
“Plantations are adding annually to
the expanding Jonestown estate. It
thus happens that Senator Alcorn pays
oue uiuth of all the taxes of the rich
county of Coahoma, and if he lives ten
years and no unforeseen calamity be
falls, he will own, on his own terms,
the broadest and richest and best culti
vated estates in America. ‘Sandhill
ers’ and ‘poor whites’ from the upland
distTcts pick his cotton at seventy live
cents per hundred pounds. The pick
ing of a bale worth $(>;) (as prepared for
market) thus costs $12, f>iul its whole
production not more than $21). In no
process ami mode of agriculture is there
broader margin for profit.”
Beatitudes—Political and Social.
1. Blessed is the man that holds no
office and wants none, for he shall not
be disappointed.
2. Blessed is the man unfit to hold
office, for he is sure to want one.
3. Blessed ore all those who seek af
ter office, for they shall be called loaf
ers.
4. Blessed are those that are mem
bers of the Legislature, for they shall
be caressed by the offiet • teekors, and.
receive dead-head tickets ou all the
railroads.
5. Blessed is he who is President of
the United States, for he shall receive
many gifts.
6. Blessed are the poor who have no
money, for they will have no friends,
and will not be importuned to lend.
7. Blessed are the poor members of
the church, for they wiff receive but
few visits from the partor.
8. Blessed is the man who does not
want to marry, for no one will have
him.
9. Blessed is the man who marries an
orphan, for he shall have no motheri-n
law.
10. Blessed are all the women that
are unmarried, for they will have much
fuu in courting the men during leap
year.
11. Blessed is the man who has an
axe to grind, for he is sure to find some
12. Btesaed are all those who hunger
and thirst after office, for they shall be
filled—in a horn.—Ex.
A Man Killed by a Mouse.
An extraordinary occurrence was
brought to light at an inquest held on
the body of a mail in South London. In
a workroom, where many young girls
were at work, a mouse suddenly made
its appearance on a table, causing, of
course, considerable commotion and a
general stampede. The intruder was
seized by a young man *lio happened
to be present, but the mouse slipped
out of his hand, and running up his
sleeve, came out between his waistcoat
and shirt at the neck. The unfortunate
man had his month open, and the
mouse, looking out for some convenient
place of concealment, entered the man’s
month, and he, in his fright and sur
prise, swallowed it. That a mouse can
exist for a considerable time without
much air, has long been a popular be
lief, and was unfortunately proved to be
a fact in the present instance, for the
mouse began to tear and bito inside the
man's throat and chest, and the result
was that the he died in a short time
in horrible agony.
Several witnesses corroborated the
above facts, and medical testimony as
to the cause of death having been giv
en, a verdiot of accidental death was re
turned.
TIip (lame Law.
AN ACT for the preservation of Game,
Animals and Birds in the State of Mis
sissippi.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Mississippi,
That it shall be unlawful in any place
in this State to catch, kill or injure, or
pursue with such intent, any wild buck,
doe or fawn, between the fifteenth day
of May and the fifteenth day of Septem
ber; and it shall also be unlawful to
catch, kill or injure, or pursue with j
such intent, any quail, sometimes call
ed partridges, between the first day of
April and the fifteenth day of Septem
ber; and it shall be also unlawful to
catch, kill or injure, or pursue with
such intent, any turtle-dove, sometimes
called mourning dove, or any starling,
commonly known as field lark, between
tlw first day of April and the fifteenth
1 day of September, nod tt shall be un
j lawful at any and at all seasons to
catch, kill or pursue with such intent,
the mocking bird, cat bird or thrush.
Seo. '1. Be it further enacted, That
no person shall destroy or rob the nests J
of any wild bird whatever, excepting
crows, black birds, blue jays, hawks,
owls, and other birds of prey.
Seo. 3. Be it further enacted, That
it shall he unlawful for any person to j
purchase, have in his possession, or ex
pose for sale, any of the birds or game
mentioned in Section 1 of this Act, dur-:
ing the season when the catching, kill- ■
iug, or injuring the same is prohibited,!
Seo. 4. Bo it further enacted, That;
it shall be unlawful for any railroad j
company, steamboat or carrier, or pri-1
vute individual to have iu possession, j
ox receive fur transportation or carriage. :
or for any other purpose whatever, any
of the birds or game mentioned iu Sec
tion 1 of this Act, during tho season
when the catching, killing or injuring
the same is prohibited.
Seo. 5. Be it further enacted, That
any person or persons violating the I
provisions of this Act, by killing, sell- i
ing, or offering for sale, or having in !
possession any of the birds, or game j
mentioned in this Act, during the sea- -
son hereby prohibited, or any fresh ven-;
ison, during £he season mentioned in
Section 1, shall for each pf tho birds ;
and each head of game, and each piece j
of fresh venison so killed, sold or ex- j
posed for sale, or had iu possession, on :
conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a \
hue of not less than three nor more than :
ten dollars for each bird and not less j
than ten nor more than twenty dollars |
for each buck, deer, doe, or fawn, or i
piece of fresh venison, and three dollars I
for each nest of eggs destroyed as afore-j
said, together with costs of prosecution. !
Sno. 6. Be it further enacted, That'
nny violation] of the provisions of this I
Act may lie prosecuted before any Jus j
tice of the Peace, or nuy other officer or.
Court having jurisdiction of misdemean
ors, and tho judgment of such Court
shall be enforced in like manner as iu 1
other cases of misdemeanor.
7 ... ..'iM.,.1
upon collection of any judgment record;
for violation of this Act, one-lialf of
such fine or judgment shall go to the
informer, nnd the other half shall go to
the Common School Fund.
Sf.c. 8. Be it further enacted, That
it is hereby made the duty of all Slier-1
ill's, Constables, Market Masters, Mem
bers of Boards of Supervisors, and po
lice officers, to arrest all persons violat
ing any of the provisions of this Act,
and take them before a Justice of the
Peace, or other officer having jurisdic
tion to hear and try complaints for the
violation of the provisions of this Act.
Snc. 9. Be it further enacted, That
if any person or persons shall take,
catch or kill any of the birds or animals
mentioned in this Act, upon the lands
or premises of any owner, wdio has post
ed the same, forbidding such trespass,
unless he or they shall have first obtain
*
ed the consent of such owner or owners j
or other person or persons in charge of |
such land or premises, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and fined not
less than ten nor more than fifty dol
lars, to be recovered in the same man
ner and appropriated as other fines un
der this Act; Provided that this Act
shall not apply to any one shooting
birds on his place to prevent them from
depredating upon his vineyard or gar
den.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That i
this Act shall take effect and be iu
sorce from and after its passage.
Appproved, March 31,1876.
Ingenious Trick.
An ingenious bummer has invented
a new way of getting his liquor. He
puts two pint bottles iu his pocket, one
full of water, the other empty. Then
he goes into a saloon and asks for a
pint of gin, handing out the empty bot
tle. When he gets the gin ho puts the
bottle in his pocket and tells the bar
keeper to “hang it up.” Barkeeper
naturally objects, and demands the cush
or gin. Bumrnor reluctantly hands him
the bottle of water and goes out mut
tering about “some people being so
confounded particular.”
Letteks directed to Horace Greeley
are still received frequently at the Tri
bune office. They may reach him
eventually by way of the dead letter
office, however.
It is remarkable how virtuous and
generously disposed every one is at a
play. We uniformly applaud what is
right and condemn what is wrong, when
it costs us nothing but the sentiment.
Ant work, no matter how humble,
that a man honors by efficient labor will
be found important enough to secure
respect for himself and oredit for his
name.
I-™
groohbavcu ^cdgcr.
Adrertiaing lialca.
One square, first insertion. $1,5<J; each
subsequent insertion 73 cenis.
One square one year,$13; twosquarmi
one year, $ga.
One-fourth column one year $0”; one
half column one year $lou\
One column one year $IkC.
i-ocal Notices twenty cents a line.
The space occupied bv a square is one
inch.
Marriage notices ami deaths, not ex.
(•.ceding six lines, published free. All
over six linos charged for al regular ad
vertising rates.
The Sext Colton Ci-oy.
Wo have reason to ti »j>-‘, though
scarcely daro believe, that tii i ■ will
be a decreased cotton proluetiou this
year. Tho planters seem to bo so in
fatuated with the staple that nothing
can prevent them from planting it in
excess. However, their experience,
during tho season just coming to a
close, has been so severe that many will
be checked by disinclination to repeat
so profitless an experiment, while ar
large number aro totally disabled fo
operations, even on a small scale. In
this connection, we give the reasons of
of a leading cotton factor, of New Or
leans, why we should iook for a short
crop:
1. Too much rain to properly prepare
the ground.
2. Tho partial efforts in that direc
tion destroyed by storm and frost, and
the heu -y -j..n on past season's planting
operations.
3. Tho compulsory withdrawal, for
lack of moans, of a class, (small plant
ers) who contribute largely to tlie pro
duction of cotton, and consequent re
duction of acreage.
4. The demoralizing and disorganiz
ing influence of a political campaign.
5. The fact that a load already heav
ier than anticipated can not be increas
ed without disastrous results.
These are formulated from a combi
nation of facts, set forth by him at
(kmvdiMovoIiIo lonrrlli oinl u'ifli rrrnr.f
force of statement, but after all, with a
favorable season, propitious as last
year, tho crop of 1870-7 may be tlio
largest ever grown, and if so, the price
will fall so low that Egypthtfi and In
dian cotton will be driven entirely out
of tbe markets of the world. This must
react on the price of labor tor produc
ing American cotton auil the laborer
must work for about what ho did iu
slavery, that is, food, clothes and med
ical attendance. Then whatever fluc
tuations there may be in tho price of
cotton, labor wages, in the ordinary
course of events, never will rise again.
Tims time and the law of compensa
tion, which is ns inevitable in its ope
rations, will bring about an equaliza
tion. and in spite of immense crops,
cotton will prove remunerative. It
cannot be said that there onn be an
over-supply of cotton, while ha'.f the
world go n"ked. All that can be pro
duced can be consumed if the price
of the manufactured article is low
enough, and we believe the industries
of the South have begun a career of di
versification, which, with a monopoly
of cotton production will make her
rich and independent. But for imme
diate relief, wo want a small cotton and
a large luteal crup. ThJB season is cer
ta n to entail great financial distress
among all classes of our people.
I’icty in Texas.
There is a saloon-keeper in this town
who is yerv conscientious iu his observ
ance of the Christian Sabbath. ies
terday morning two exquisite y dress
ed young gentlemen dropped into this
identical saloon, eu route to church.
Possibly in anticipation of a dry ser
mon, they called for liquid refresh
ments, which having disposed of, one
of them said, “Gimme the die, I want
to shake.”
But the barkeeper sighed, and said:
“You can’t desecrate the Sabbath with
my dice as long as I yearn for a bliss
ful future beyond the grave.”
“Why, ole fel,” responded oueof the
youths, “I only wanted to shake with
Tom to see who will have to furnish the
quarter when the plate is passed
around.”
“That’s a horse of another color,”
was the mollified reply ns the dice-box
was produced. “I thought you wanted
to gambol on Sundays, and I'll be
hanged if yon can come that game on
me as long as I have got a soul to save."
—San Antonin Herald.
“Old Hickory.”
The following story, which tells how
Gen. Jackson got the title of "Old
Hickory,” is related by Capt. Win. Al
len, who messed with him during the
Creek war:
During the campaign the soldiers
were moving rapidly to surprise the In
dians, and were without teuts. A cold
March rain came on, mingled with sleet,
which lasted several days. Gen. Jnek
son got .a severe cold, but did not com
plain, as he tried to sleep in a muddy
bottom among his half-frozen soldiers.
Capt. Allen and his brother John cut
down a stout hickory tree, peeled the
bark oil-, and made a covering for the
General, who was with difficulty per
suaded to crawl into it. The next
morning a drunken citizen entered the
camp, and seeing the tent, kicked it
over. As Jackson crawled from the ru
ins, the toper cried:
“Hello, Old Hickory! come out of
your bark, and jine us in a drink.”
The Helper in Death.
It was not a little curious that almost
the only printed page found in the far
off Polar seas when the relics of Sir
John Franklin were discovered, was a
leaf from “Todd’s Student’s Manual,
with this dialogue upon it:
“Are you afraid to die?”
“No.”
“No! Why, does the uncertainty of
another state give yju no ooncern?”
“Because God has said, ‘Fear not;
when thou passetli through the waters,
I will be with thee.’ ”
The poor victim perhaps treasured
the page, read and re-read it, and gazed
at it until the mists of death crept by.
He was not found, but the page told
those who were searching, how one
man at least had died.
We shonld never play with favor; we
cannot too closely embrace it when it is
real, nor fly too far from it when it ia
false.