Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-23
raE. FENCE LAW.

n'a'na h.en requested, by gentleman interested
We ~. s,Ice 10 call more cspet tally The attention
" "s' ara! readers to the Importance OF CO.
Oh w, .aeedily and energetlcaily, 10 the propo
Perhaps it would be well II the Agri-
SCI e"I S.re,ics Of New London and Of Ambcn'
- With hold mcetings IN the course OF the en-
W." ..on,h would take II into consideration and
sa'o ,.er opinions in relation to The expectancy
'..cal Of the law Coming from sources en-
o. ", =, =, much respect, irtnnno, be doubled that
'heu " ,,s - ood exercise salutary influence up
'asa -. dsei.lon of the Legislature.
Oh w. - ,be arguments in the petition 10 the Ge-
o,p ,o,,.an,bly@which was drawn W by James
. y, 1.ns,, ESQ. Of Essex, celebrated both as
~ u", I'D wfi,sr-s,rack US with great force Iii
'a". Zion which points oa' the injustice OF COM
'"a ";f. . man 10 proecthis own property against
Ps""o ID. of his neghhor 5, and even worse than
. .o liking him li.bc Tor al! the damages that
'''a', s,,.Sined by his neighhors stock, while il
may W his own fields The bare statement Of
'ure ,.,.r Of the law is foscible commen, on
''e and we have rea son 10 know that its
10 -, oo.rations are decidedly mischevsus and
psnJr,dinc 10 fre9aen.ly recurring and bitter
o''.'u. Sos among neighbors, who would else be
s.amIs and enscndering anger and strife where 9TH
w.. ,hore would be peace and harmony. II is
Ill. 10 enforce by orgument, We think. The In
'"s',c, ;moolicy and mschicvG'sDess OF this sta
,. :, hose whose every day acquaintance with Its
49,, ,,,z, have long since SATISFIED them Of the
t,.oss;,v q, solc change; even were there no other
reasons 10 justify H.
,,ns--6rsf in the amount of labor which would lie
IA we'd to tho ordinary operations of farmins-sec-
oudv. in the quantity of timber which would be
observed "a consideration Of no little moment in
many actions Of the Sta,e, where the annual d
,oanJ for thai article Tor this purpose has swept u.
yov 40 many forests aud thirdly, nlhe im.'fo'
vcI character OF our stock, which would result from
,beir dim;nisn,d number, and the necessity which
!, w,u,d impose upon their owners OF conhning and
feeding them, instead OF, as now. permitting them
IA range whlhersocver they lis;, half sIsrved AMI
n,achins upon their nc,shbors premises for the
fra emens Of food they obtain, other than that with
which Nature supplies them by It's Spontaneous We
ye,alion.
A writer IL u Georgia paper, IL which state The
,mnoIcy Of the fence laws Is also being discussed.
makes ssmc very forcible remarks on 'Sooi The
foregoing su.sc,,ious heh We bag leave 10 quot.
Though the statistics in the first paragraph may
moi exactly oorrcspnnd with those Of our own
SIute they will answer tie purpose OF Illustration
Is we'll as though they were nathena'Ica!'y exact
BE says:
There are ia hrs State SIS 100 square miles of
sutory ii We put doSn one tweht'cih OF tiiis as
,ncosad, il will make / ,GD tracts OF l6o acres
a:h: ~ divide which ia'o 'or,y acre hei ", re-
iir.s IL 400 miles OF fence cnstin9, we VIII say,
u loll..s milf or So a2O, 0sW. Tins sum divided
u ,al!y anon. the ten years That sueh 'ehcc may
y suoousci 10 'as,, gives s,332 QUO year as ihe
n vepty for tho piea -ure OF chasing the hogs out
). oar cara fields; which. would be equivalent 10
he ,s.v it.ns Of ab.,ul 200 men, women aud chIl-
,e, c,..,.,.n,ly -aglsed III that employment. This
im,au,i.n Of iahor and OF the products, whatever II
nav ns 10 one OF the cuuse4ucncls of their running
al are II instead OF trying Intellectually % fence
hun al ol u. our felix's except IN acorn time, When
encing them Out would not DO So nccessafy should
- o." gam by the exchange, moro than enough 10
ccI them there Was it not for hogs, live fen
IS OF h..thorn OF Lri.r hat may lac planted and
tra IA oeicr at one zenith OF the labor would be
,Ic sale en-. 10 protects the crops.
" Bn THIS. RAD fcnccs require trees, and trees
ut VII sp!9t. Tho ih :ulty OF obtaining these
sncn they BECOME s:arcc, an. the labor and trouble
.e arising, oIcon.nu,ly repairing iEeir fences,
p,h it,, IA, opinion fmast planters less protta-
,lCblsncss 20 purchase new hands than 10 rcsnsci-
ltc lhrir old riantati0us. Hence one pilnc'pai
cIlae Of ,hat con tinuol migration that has many
wears taon moving our agricultural population from
aer comfortable ami cu,nmodiOus houses on Old
an b. 10 cabins in The Eoods Seeing that such
i,nces must be m DE-, they naturally enough prefer
o coasllu et them where the material IS plenty and
n the spot AMI where the land is fresh. Hhat IS
he couscqaencel No one considers himself Set
let! ior lie. Eye.y man. land being IN make no
mo will make permanent improvements, Tor which
IL csn never obtain the cost; nni p 'bltt ~o'hs,
uch as sch,1l and AGA cmy buildings, road, Bird
,es and chafch edtccs are OF course nee ,ertcd III
he exact degree tina, individuals feel lesscned m
crest in their rcriaancnce.
A DISCOVERY.-I, is universally be"ev9d
hat Gen. Jackson IS not the wrl'ef oil the 'af's
apc,s that bear his signature. Indeed IT'S Know"
Ia, nc c,nao, be. Il is consequently m liter OF Gu.
lou, and Lusy conjecture, whenever Nassase
',aclsna,on, Manifesto, o. Protest emNnates from
he Executive department, iphO is n. author? The
ollowius announcement, in the n. 7. Courlcf, lays
lam to he paternity Of the hrs ho' n OF the series
# off 'lal imposturcs
+" Mr.. Rudolph Bunner, ono OF the most literary
mn IN tie State, and the same accomplished scho
N " no wroyc prcsiden, Jacksens saadcnraI mes
sage, wi! deliver the annual address before the a.
lumsi of Coumba College, in the College Hall,
thf, DAY u, one o'clock"
OFFICIAL FRAUDS.--Th North Star,
published at Champ'ain, in The state OF New
York, says, that the collector of that ron (Gen.
Thurbcr, has been !eld TO 10 bail inthe sum OF
$4,000 by virtue OF a writ issued against HIM
from Washington, on charge Of converting the
public property TO his own use.-Ihs same paper
adds that court of enquiry rs also about 70 be
held Oh one of,he office holders at Champaign on