Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-24
Cur Fence system.

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Ever sncs Nick Biddle, We bslievs 10 was
made the calculation which proved that the
cost OF the repairs OF the fences around farming
lands in the United States was mere than tas
Interest, or perhaps principal, OF the public
debt, the question has been sgitated as 10 the
! proprlety OF such q change in our system as
| would Co away with a large portion of this ex-
| Ieose, and yet we appear to have made bu,
| little advance towards the accomplishment of
| 80 great reform. TIE m ain difficulty has been
| that We send men TO the legislature who are
| moral towards or aTrant demagogues, and fear
ing TO give offence to that large class be found
| In every community, who have votes TO give
| though no taxes 10 pay, no measures can
| be adopted by legislative bodies 10 induce
every owner OF hog or COW TO fence in their
| stock from running on the highways, or search
| ing out the weak spots in their neighbors'
FENCES, by which they are enabled to get INTO
thsI nelds OF grain or grass which look so in
yiung TO the half-starved creatures. The same
| evil has been felt in regard to the innumerable
army OF dogs running at large, which must not
be touched for fear that the owners, who in
most cases are not able to feed them, TO Keen
| them a. home, and thus they are permitted 20
| invade the sheep folds of their neighbors, be-
cause, forso0th, the owners of these worthless
ours may not be willing to cast their ballots At
the ensuing election for him who shall have
faithfully performed his duty in abatIDg the
nuisance.
These evils must be corrected, and will be, we
are confident. in due time. But As for the for
mer, the laws in existence are already s1fi cient
TO me the case, If properly carried out. The
law or the state, as decided by some OF our
courts, and the decision il carried out in Mont
gomery county, is to the effect that stock has no
Iight 10 run at large upon our public roads
turnpike or county,; that in taking from the
landholder the quantity of land for the pubhc
highWays, the right alone is parted with that
the original owners enjoyed of securing 10 the
objects of the road the free and unrestricted use
OF the bed thereof for the purposes of travel by
the pubic, And any disuse and condemnation
OF the same, for such public purpose, entities
the original proprietor to resume his entire
ownership thereof; in the mean time he has
every other right TO the premises, with the ex-
CeptlOn named. and the md OIL
privileges belong to him alone.
A case " as tried in one of the courts not long
since by which turnpike company ATTEMPTED
to eject whselwright from the premises in
cluded in the number OF feet claimed by the
company, and which was used by the mechanic
for the storage of vehicles brought to his prem
ises for repairs. And the decision was in Accord
ance with the views above stated.
In Georgia the people are to be called upon
THIS fali 20 decide upon this fence question; aud
General w. NJ. Brown, a yice-president OF the
state agricultural society, has written a long
letter on the subject, in compliance with the
request OF several leading farmers OF Clarke
county, where he resides, IN which the follow
ing startling facts are presented for the consid-
Grafton OF the public He says that in that
county there STe fifty thousand miles of fence
making, at eight feet to the panel, thirty-three
million panels. costing, at 40 cents per panel
SIS, 200 geo, and, as fences have to be renewed
every seven years, involving an annual outlay
OF 1885,, ia, and all this to keep out of the
crops few cattle, sheep and hogs, worth, at
the outside, 500 ,0C0. The fences of this coun-
Oy oiC ~ BcdTly In l.ll-
DoiS alone 50 100000 will hardly cover the
expense. In Nebraska a fencing law ad aptsd
70 the needs of the country has been adopted
The law throws upon every owner of live Stock
the onus of keeping his stock from straying into
his neighbours crops. The owner need not
build fences about his crops, because the law
FENCES out STOCK. This Is done by herdIng
at present.
We have already alluded to the dog nuisance.
correspondent of 8 cotempOrary in a distant
state, arguing upon the same subject, Justly re-
marks that until our legislatures have the cour-
age to pass dog tsx of three or four dollars
per dog, 1T is vain to hope to establish sheep
husbandry. Ii would seem to be easy TO iustifv
such tax and to persuade all classes as to it,
usefulness. In these DAYS of universal taxation
we can well submit to dog tax. Those who
ind 1t impossible TO exist without their dogs
should not object particularly If the proceeds of
the tax be applied TO reimburse in part al
least, the owners of the sheep which the dogs
have destroyed. If the state legislatures could
be induced to pass such a Law, sheen raising
would soon become large and profitable indus
Try; but while dogs are more numerous on the
Plantations than sheep, no one will invest his
money in expensive sheep which a freedmsu's
cur may destroy IN nlght.-Bdit. ARlsr.
TEE PRINCE OF WALES INCOME-Fke Sun
plemeHtdTy Financial Resources Of the ROYAL Prff-
gal S6n.-Over and above the sum OF $4,000
voted annually by Parliament, the Prince of
Wales derives considerable peculiarly income
from the Duchy Of Cornwall, the resources of
which largely accumulated during his minority.
IL may be interesting now to state the income
OF the Duchy Of Cornwall for the year 1873, in.
Guiding a balance of f6 9sI from lS72. Amounted
10 t9lilOI. These receipts consisted OF rents
and profits accrued TO His Royal Highness of
t52,fI: royalties on Somersetshire mines
1906; royalties and reservations of dues and
rents OF mines in Cornwall and Devon, SO, 22i;
wood sales net sum, 1850; annuity from coa-
soils in lieu of tin coinage duties, post groats
and white rents, f16,2IS; and dividends on
stock, "a 9o3. There is no return under the
curious head OF casual profits of the Office Of
Havenor (greck).
The expenditure commences with payments
made TO ;he use OF bis Royal Highness, amoant-
ing 10 to- 515; outlay for the benefit Of the es-
tate, 92,2tS. By deductions under various acts
OF Parliament, 81 AIS, princ DalIy in lieu OF
rights surrendered. DisbuTsa rpeuts uuder sev-
eTal heads, chiefly Supers mutations, snnuit es
donations aud charities, the total being f2.GgS
expenses OF management, CT $50. Total dis.
essb baIa1se ~ st tnepei of $50 leaving
The capital account en- the receipt side stood
thus:-Cash, including a balance at the com
meDcemeDt of the year of IS $685. amounting to
t2G5,l1S. Stocks, viZ:-Three per cent. consols
919,1S6; reduced three per cent, E26,633; aud
new three per cent, f62, 467-making the total
revenue and the capital were less than nov.
| The revenue, including the balance in 1870, was
teS,OS0, and the receipt Of capital E1327l2 or
nearly tG4 600 less than during the past year
| The capital then was thus inyested:-GasS.
tl3,5 42; stock, three per cent. consOIs ESQ 53j;
reduced three per cent, t26, 63S; and new three
per cent, 123,012; so that if5 81 900 of ths in
crease is in stock and { l3 600 in money. At the
! same time the payments to the use Of the prince
have not increased, being now rather less than
| in 1870, when they were f62574 IL shonlJ ia
added that the balance TO credit of capital Al
the close OF lS3 was f1I7 ,04s; the item 'sca,h''
had diminished by fl7 ,3O5, principally bF pur-
| chase of land and by Investments OF stock
Irish Dublin Times, Oct. 8.
| AN APPALLING EXPERIENCE AT SRA-The
toughest nautical narratives regarding the
freaks OF hurricanes and kindred windy dem
obstrations are a6o2t eclpsed By the actual
| experience OF the British ship Chrysomene
Captain Browning, from Newcastle in New
South wales, for San Francisco, before re-
ported at Sydney in distress. Reference TO the
/ fact that the ship put into Sydney on the l2th
! OF August, having encountered a hurricane on
| the lst oil that month, and shortly after leaving
port, has already obtained in these columns
| put the details OF the thrilling disaster which
befel the vessel have only just come to hand.
The account OF the hurricane and its work Ia told
| in few, simple words, but is none the less in
terestiDg for want of elaboration. lathe height