Smyrna times., 1872-05-29
A Philadelphia View Of the Fishery
Question.


Jersey selfshness is proverbial, and many IN
people think that the meanest persons in the No
world are to be found in the narrow strip of ~
ground which lays between the Delaware river ~
and the Atlantic ocean. OF late years this b.
characteristic has shown itself over the river -
by the passage OF certain laws, some of which ce
are founded upon very narrow principles -;
The New Jersey oyster law is an evidence of -
the picayune spirit which prevails within that !,
State. 1t is claimed by New Jersey that the !
oyster beds i'll the portion of the Delaware river n
| nearest the New Jersey shore are her own, and !
it has been enacted that no persons shall have
right to fish upon them except the citizens +
Of New Jersey The Act of Assembly OF that 7
State which has been passed i'll reference to .
this matter denies the right Of taking oysters
even to the man who has planted and culti-
waited them, unless he happens to be Jersey
man. Under this Act citizens of Pennsylvania
upon their own property within the State OF
f New Jersey, gathering the produce of their
own industry, have been arrested imprisoned,
and their vessels forfeited, simply tOrthe crime
t of not being residents Of the State Of New
. Jersey. A law of this character is exceedingly
r high handed, and probably unconstitutional, |
n because the rights of the citizens of any State |
are equal in other States with those Of citizens
h of the latter. Among others who have suffered |
If by this ungenerous policy are citizens of the
G. has produced Rowland for the Jersey Oliver
A. which has caused CONSERVATION at Trenton,
)t because it seems to prove to certain degree
al that there are some games which two can play
ul at Delaware passed law last winter decar
ut ing that no one should fish for shad or other
I'd fish in the waters of the Delaware river com
er mencing at distance twelve miles south of
NJ New Castle, and extending ten miles north OF
is that town without having taken out license IN
nd the State Of Delaware to prosecute such fishery
h, This law is much more liberal than the New
nd Jersey oyster law, because it does not declare
tly that the Delawareaus only shall be entitled to
ng such license. AJerseyman may take out such
ht license tut, as JerSeymen are not In the haiti
to of doing very liberal things, it has not hap
a pened that any effort was made by people C
md that State to acquire such license. The Jersey
pa men went on and gill-netted and drew theI
low seines within the prescribed twenty -four mile
as with perfect nonchalance, as If they had rlgh
low to do so. Blu: what was their surprise whe
hat one day a vessel bearing the pulssant ia
OF Delaware swept down upon them, and carrie
ork them off prisoners to the western shore
If a Magnificent was the rage of Governor Parke
1ny, 1t must have been equal to his display whe
are he learned that he was not taken up tor &c
are President by the Cincinnati Convention. Cou
ates any one dare to arrest JerSeyman on tL
lrch waters of the Delaware in defiance OF the we
met. know fact that Jersey claims to own the who
gin, river? 1t was astounding, and yet such WI
care the fact So Governor Parker at once pr
niar ceeded to issue proclamation, In which
ID it declared that any one who might, could, woul
mon or should maintain that New Jersey did not o'
, are the soil of the river to the middle thereof
allied the side nearest that State, was hereto a
e ex- schismatic, and should be held 10 cOhul
udce punishment. And yet Governor Parker Eno'
perry or ought to know that within that twenty-tt
as to miles New Jersey does not own an inch OF
saints soil beyond the river bank.-SnHdGy DtSpdt
esent
Every A LUNATICs JoKE.-The shrewdness
mem insane persons is often quite remarkable
who rich Joke was perpetrated the other day o.
her if lunatic upon the officer who was conduct
under him to the asylum. 1t appears, from the
work count given by the Albany Journal, that
these Hoxie of Albany, was conveying to POu
ereas, keepsie Dennis r. Sheridan, a young law
both recently taken insane. On the way, W!
thew were engaged in conversation, Sherl
lpt to heard the handouts rattle in Mr.; hOx
If the pocket The former asked to see them,
which when his request was complied with, he slip
onven- them into his own pocket They had
ID this pressed several miles further, when Sher
ystem, adroity turned the cOnversatln upon lun
or Wis and the mode of procedure in lodging the
ith Or an asylum. Mr.. Hoxie explained that 1t
Tor her necessary, in order to conhne lunatlc II
! is in asyum to have a certificate OF two physlC
use, so that such person was insane, and con-
e pre- ment from the county judge. Sheridan,
cy no the remark that he was lawyer, requestt
real or see the paper, to judge whether 1t was d
in the nm in due form. AS Mr.. HOxie drew fort
3 as is naper Sheridan seized it, and after glaI
taking over it, slipped it into his breast pocket.
sylums retained possession of the commitment
among shackles until they reached Poughkee
A few When they left the cars, Sheridan ms
in this m the bystanders that Mr. HOxle was
t nobly insane man who was endeavOring to escap
les sent the same time exhibiting the shack les
been at commitment in proof of what he SAID.
success crowd seized Hoxie, Notwithstanding
ans and denial and it would have probably Jared
nen and with him had not hackman, who had To-
nize; in " driven him to the asylum, been attract
system the crowd and recognized hm VI
wage as Sheridan's dodge was then at an end al
cal help was soon within the walls OF the asylum
theory mn
are ad "SwEEr HOME."-J. Howard Payne
for city author of Sweet Home" was wander
tor chill life he whose song was sung In every 10
evening and found an echo in every heart, never
ng their home 1t is a singular fact, that very fe'
SO have sons in America know that the auth
glimpse "Sweet Home was an American. .
christian GLOW often" said he once to ire
n, which Washington, II have been IN the ne
and re- Paris, Berlin, London, or some other CIT
sfuI. the heard persons singing or the hand organ
# par ing Sweet Home" without shilling
! purity the next meal, place to lay my heaa
t by the world has literally sung my song, until
hat is all. heart is familiar with its melody Yet
st merce- been a wanderer from my boyhood.
it offers. PAYNE died in Tunis, and on his 10
inscribed the following lines.
Sure when thy gentle spirit He'd
disputing To realms beyond the azure dome
A marican with arms outstretched, Gods angel SAID