The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-17
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| CRANE HOTEL,
| Pfar iIEooK, N j.. April. Is, 1859.
A. your universal paper ciroulatos among sports.
men. as well as others il may prove interesting to
| that class of your readers to know how English
sni,o shooting gets along in New Jersey, and par
touiar'y in thi, locality which has been described
in work on sporting. AZ Tho Paradise OF
snipc shooters" Tho English snipe, SO caod from
its similarity in appearance and habits to its con-
genec in England. is ga bird of passage" in the
middle, eastern, and northern States. II breeds
inthc in the most northern parts Of Canada,
and even north Of that and in the fall it pro-
Goods south. where it winters. and abcunds particu-
larry in Georgia. and in North and South Carolina.
As II passes on there it remains in the intermediate
! state, FOR about two months, avera gng from tho
i 18th OF epembcr to the 18th of November, fire.
quentng principally the marshes Of Connecticut and
| New dorsey, and Ponnsy lvana whore it bores into
the soft bog earth, or loan, with its long BILL for
worms. IN tho spring it returns from the south.
generally about the 18th of March, and tarres here
till about the 18th Of May, thus stopping about two
months both IN spring and fall. Ia tho spriHg the
flight OF the bird Is more uncertain than in the fall
! being FASTENED or delayed ~ tho season comes in
early or late. There IL no chance Of good shooting
| except by mere accident for day or two, and in
peculiar localities till the we Gather becomes warm
One Of tho best signs of snpe being plenty is when
shad become abundant in the mouths Of our rivers.
| We have had very little shad as yet, Owing to the
coldness OF the pvsent spring, and the fact of those
vast districts oil bog meadow that lilo along the
banks Of tho Passac, tho "Big Piece. !" the "Iittlo
| Piece the Long Meadows" and s'Lowises,' &c
| &c, being oscrHowcd with water from tho great
quantity of rain that has fslcn, in addition to tho
discujy cd snow, the sport, yet, is but worry inio
rent, and those Tho make living by shooting. oom-
| plain OF want OF employment Hence the high price
| Of snpe in the Market being from Eve to six shil
| lings couple. Three weeks or u month ago, or
| Immediately after the breaking up Of tho ice
and snow, the shooting was much better and
! during the interval there have been u fw days
in which sporsmcn have had good luck. But
the great fight of birds do not appear to have come
as yet, and will not till the weather gets warm.
| and the wator j. OF tho moadows-wbch would
only take few dry days without tho intervention
Of wet ono. This place is either tho best the
worst snirc ground in tho country, depending alto
| getiic,Son tho weather Only very few gentomen
have como here yet from New York. The head
quarters is tho hotel Of G. NJ. Crane, who is an old
sportsman hin'of--giyes every information TO the
tribek rs IN excellent table, atmo1orate torms--
and is very accommodating, good fellow In
binary seasons, spring snpe shooting would DO row
at its height. This year it has hardly begun. In
| two days last week, however, young man from
! New FORK shot iorty-eight birds some four or five
miles from here. fIo would be very smart fellow
who could kill ten yesterday. Tho birds are 50 wild
that they viii not lay to- dog. There is. however
s. good time coming" This fine sport is hoaith-
FIJI and invigoraing in the highest degree, to such
persons as have tasto for it, and have sufficient
strength Of constitution to bear the fatigue Of
| climbing over fences, lcapng dykes, travelling
through mud, wet up to the knees, and sometimes
| higher, and carrying 4 gun seven pounds weight,
| with three or four pounds Of ammunition, and tho
game he may chance to kill from sunrise till sunset.
let no weahling attempt it. Aspeedy death would
| be tho consequence Nor can any man enjoy it,
however strong his constitution who has not eye
sufficient. keen and hand sufficiently quick to
bring down the most difficult birds to shoot on the
| wing.
by the bye, in several parts of New Jersey il will
be necessary for the spotsm who desires to revive
his taintng frame with little brandy during his
excursion, to armed with flask, for the Maine
i liquor fanatics have banished g apple jack and
every sort ofsrong drink from several districts Thoy
have ostracised those who kept public houses. But
in other districts tho persecution though attempted,
has been crushed and common sense has prevailed
!, over fanatcism. In such regions the Tribune is
detcsted even by the wings. ! never knew till l
came on this excursion through New Jersey in what
high estimation tho HERALD is held by Independent
minds of nl classes m this State. have seen and
| converted with many who cannot abide ANY other
paper. have met fanatics, too, who hateit, though
they road il just to what it says about them.
THERE'S paper liked and dsliked rs the HKRALp.
The Maine liquor law has created perfect ermen
all over the Sate-t is the great topic Of con.ersa
ton everywhere. II has entered even into the
tests for town and county officers in tho various
counties and townships, and has created the most
eInbittered feeling. The " Sons Of Temperance"
| or 'the Sonnies, the people Familiarity call
them. have been generally defeated. The fight is
only began and it will be carried in various
'ions Of this State with tremendous yigor. But IA
nattism is doomed 10 fall before the good sense of
tho people Mt last.
| Speaking Of fana,icism, I may as well tell You
what ] learned about the Fourierite plantation
where was shooting, in the southern part of this
State, last week. They attempted to get up grand
jollifcation; but it was failure and the whole
community will lie failure before long and ego by
the board, all other plantations in the
Try have gone. There are two causes or classes of
causes, which will produce this rcsult-ono external
and the other internal. The morality and the good
sense OF the surrounding people are killing this com
munity, which is founded on principles Of mmorali
ty and Uutopian visionary distractions Its own
internal unsoundness is eating out its yitals. Al
most every man wants to be master-all officers and
no soldiers: all gentlemen at large and no workers.
Lazy, idle droncs have entered the community with
the idea that they could get a living without work
ing for it, and this operates us a sad check upon
| the exerions Of those who naturally and ha-
biually industrious and honest. Some havo got
| very curious ideas about the women, being in
mon ms well ne everything else; but some op-
posed to these IDEAS and the result is anything but
| peace and harmony. Tho community consists Of
two Observation-Disclosures, and lazy, lascvious loafng
knaves 1t is held together only by rope Of sand,
| and will very soon burst up; and this will be the
last of such societies you will ever see in tho United
/ states. NIMRoD.
KOssnth's Board Bill In Cincin
The Common Council Of Cincinnati it seems,
havo not yet paid Mr.. Coleman, of the Burnet
House. in that city, the bill incurred by making
| Hosoutu MS Stilc thc guests VI the Guy go
,cnment, when they there last winter. Tho
Cincinnati Commercial Of tho 10th inst. has the fol-
lowing:
/ The bill of the Burnett House for entertaining
| Gov. Kossuth and suite, while bore the invited
guests Of the city, has been before the City Council
for several weeks. but was lodged ut each meet
| ing prev GUS to the election, for what we
are unable to state, unless many Of the mem
! bers (who were candidates for re-eleotion) feared
| to stake their chances OF success upon the ISSUE
! On Tuesday evening last, however, resolution
offered in Council to pay the BILL (after it had
| been reduced by the Committee on Reception from
near 81 400 to $3.50, and, strange to say, re-
| icced by a vote Of 20 to ~. This is species
Of population. nhoard of before, and. we hopo for
the credit of city, that steps will be taken
NJ once 10 liquidate the claim. II the City Council
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