The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-22
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|Hatafdas faosnins nisfsR sa is7sl!
Tho Game Law.


hunting OF deer from the first day Of
A1g*st to the first day of January, in
stead of from the first day OF September
to the frat day of January, as was for
merly provided. The second section is
amended so as to allow an extension Of
two months to- ths hunting Of Wild FUR
key, partridge. dove. woodoock, snipe
and pheasant; that is, from the fifteenth
day Of October to the fifteenth day of
April, instead of from the fifteenth Of
October to the f.fteenth of February.
The third amendment; strikes ont the
robin from ths Iisb o. birds that ,ase Spe-
cially protested by che game Law. The
birds protected, by the statnts,..snd for q
violation Of which penalty of ten dollars
or imprisonment for not less than ten
daysN imposed, are all the species And
varieties Of birds represented by the Sc.
veral families Of swallows, bass. Whippoor-
wills tAy.catohsrsp !thraSNers, ',Narblerr,
finches; "'Iarks;,: Orioles, nut.hatohers.
Hood,psckersT ohunmine4birds, blus-
bifdsi ,tsd, birds md all 6thetI species
and Varieties of land birds, whether
great or small, of e3gry descrlhtioap:. re-
garded as harmless in their habits, ard
vhGas Assh isnn. fot food ii 1iineludiiu,ga dii,a
the turkey buzzard, s'exoludin9
the lAskaaa, ths aS. Nv Tia III .Srav-bIaok. az
bird. LAND and ell | haHks7Aea 4 9wls. Shfch pirtsy
upon other. bifd51r s, $50 z ..iuS,E
We are sorry thai ltt.poor robin" is left
to the tender meroies of the shootists.
he is.sneT 81 Hoar most deliglttal fea-
thered friends. He cannot rival the
nooking bird in song, bnt naverthelesa
His chirp is friendly and cheering. His
misplacaR nonddance In hhawe-legged
foe of SimIap descent lsocopding to Dar-
vin) is shown1ih, his fesrlesspppsdAeh ia
his dwelling 4pa gsdpA aAi, l; a%8e al visits tie
trsss wiioh shade thS homestead with q
trustfaiaeas Whioh' deserves g q kinder re-
red breasls ftassfas5 lii Aaah iasavory
and wholesome food, as is that of the
dove. and once life is extinct in them.
ple.. aSaat eating kAs6nF Fso&eAoA ss.sfsh;
but. abstraotly o6nglqerYd. apd before
this temptation wiarpa slhe ,iadsment.
they are innocent' things which appeal
to our better nature. We think there
would be- more satisfaction ip sparing
them. aud in the exercise OF sympathy
with the tender and observation-disclosures
ter w6ioh association and tradition as
cribs to them, than in Irnthlsssly assimi-
lating them to oureslyts bx, the process
Of digestion. -.
sPheasants are lawful game But
wheresare the3.to befound? rAy, there's
the rub. The law-makera should have
told us that in another amendment.
We saW5 8 covey once on Table Rock.
and We have read in q history. more or
less fabulous, that few of them occa-
sionally come from the cool glens OF the
neighboring mountains to the region OF
Pacolet Shoals. in Spartanburg County.
We doubt, therefore. whether the bird is
common enough to legislate about. We
are permitted to kill him, and enr don
ble.barrel has lately been put in first
rate order by Kraft, and We are ready for
the fray. but whote is he? and echo an
swers where? Our Legislators have done
considerable harm, and left undone a
vast deal of good which it was within
their power to do, and We have duly
hauled them over the Goals therefor; but
we would hnve condoned much had they
been mindful to tell US where these birds
could be found, of which they "make
game"in double sense. It is not alto
ther according to Hoyle to make our
mouths water after this fashion, to Aou-
rish such an appetizing legislative pro-
mise to the ear. only to break it to
the hope. Even our conservative mem.
bers of the Legislature seem to have
been implicated in the transaction.
However, there are numerous hunters
some white, but mostly colored-who go
about seeking what they can devour,