Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-25
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Letters from the People.

PROTECTING THE BIRDS FROM DESTRUCTION
To tie Editor Of the Commercial;
Will you allow me, through the columns OF
your valuable paper to call the special attention
of the Mayor and City Council to the crue
practice of boys, and even young mon, in killing
the little birds in the Cemetery and surrounding
neighborhood.
During the season in which they lay and hatch
their young there are thousands OF those little
birds in and around the cemetery, and 1t Ii du-
ring this season that those wicked scoundrels
destroy them by breaking up their nests and
throwing stones at the little innocent creatures,
while they are feeding Or gathering food foi
their young. III most cities and towns OF refine
ment there are laws prohibiting the destruction
of the little birds, under penalty; but If there
is or ever has been, such u law here, it seems
to be dead letter far the observing and
enforcing it are concerned.
Now happen to live in the neighborhood OF
which speak, and know whereof | speak to be
true, for have seen those wicked boys, and, as
| have said, even grown young men, pursuing
their nefarious practice of wanton cruelty un-
molested except by the remonstrances OF the
neighbors in b,half of the little innocent birds.
Now what | wish to suggest and urge upon
council is this that there be some efficient way
provided fer the protection of the birds and thell
nests and for the punishment OF those persons
| who persist in their destruction. | would also
solicit the kind attention of the Society Tor the
| Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to this cruelty
as services rendered by it to animals of the lower
| order have proved very beneficial and by the
society acting i'll concert with the city authorizes
| it would the more efficiently break up this nefa-
| rious practice. BY making an example or two
| or three of those wretches, it is possible that
the practice will be entirely broken up, and am
sure, of that result the entire community would
| feel glad u. l.. ..
sdE UNION LEAGUE AND ITS COMMITTEE OF FIFTY
FIGHT
PHILADELPHIA Feb. 2i.
| TO tie Editor Of tie Commercial:
| The Press, which for time heretofore pui-
! sued manly and independent coarse, but Of
late has mysterously yielded itself to the loath
some embrace Of corrupt ring, in
| it's issue of to-day conspicuously pa
rades what l suppose to bc an extract
from letter of your Philadelphia cores
| pondent lauding the doinga of the Union League
through its committee of .'fifty eight" and
ascribing to it all that may have been accom-
| pshed for reform i'll our late election. Ihls
committee was appointed in November last, WIN
the design, as l aver, OF lending to the Ring the
| moral support it so much needed, from increas
| ing odiousness and defeat at the November
election. At the election for officers OF
| the League in December, the faction which ap-
pointed and controlled the committee was over
| thrown, and it is manifestly unjust to make the
League as 1t stands disentlralled at the pre- sent
| time, responsible for the doings of that commit
tee l therefore beg You to insert this explain
alton and also the following extract from 1h'
| Ne,r dge. | mean of course no disrespect tc
your correspondent who may not be fully i'll
formed, OF his reason, like that of many oths1
well meaning men, may be little obscured by
| party bias.
Truly Yours.
| MEMBER OF THE UNION LEAGUE.
[The extract from the NeU Age contains 0
speech of Thomas II. Speakmau, Esq. at 0
meeting previous to the recent election, in which
he expresses at length the view succincty sta
| ted above that the League Committee had en-
dorsed candidates for magistrates who were mol
| fit for the place. Space will not permit us to
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