The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-20

Col. BUTLER, Fish Commissioner Of
South Carolipa, is now in Columbia
making arrangements for prosecuting all
persons who have erected fish dams and
fish traps in the streams of this State in
violation of the recent act of the Legis-
lature. Shad and several other kinds
of fine table fish have been either de-
stroyed or almost entirely driven from
our rivers by these unlawful traps and
dams, and Col. Butler is trying to re-
stock tho waters with good fish: In
order to do this the traps and dams
must be removed, and the law has or.
dered that they shall be; go that any
party found guilty Of negligence in re-
moving them will be made 10 suffer.
TIE concurrent resolution Of the
Louisiana Legislature was presented by
MIR. Eustis IN the United States Senate
on the l7th, and referred to the COM
mittee on the judiciary. 1t sets forth
that the Constitution of the United
States has not conferred the right Of
suffrage upon any one, and that the
United States have no voters Of their
own in the States, but the matter Of
suffrage is left entirely with the States
themselves; that sections 5,5O6 and the
others following Of the Revised Statutes
relative to supervisors Of election, are
in derogation of the Constitution of the
United States; that the Federal Gov
ernmeut by these sections assumes
pleuary Jurisdiction Of the matter OF
suffrage without reference to the action
of the States as such, and sithout iD-
reference on their part to deny or
abridge the right Of suffrage, and that
the proceedings Of the United States
Circuit Ceurt at New Orleans iu ar
resting persous and bringing them to
that city for trial, were hardship aud
pregnant with The graveut consequences,
and that tae people Of be State could
but protest senergctically against such
harsh aud uuwarrantable proceedings.
The DECLINE IN THE PRICE OF
CorroN. According TO report from
the agricultural department at Wash
ing,ou, just issued, among other items,
gives the prices of the cotton crop, con-
corning which it is said &: We are guid.
ed by the prices received by the plan
ters, which have ruled excessively low
this winter. the average for the whole
country being about eight aud IA cts.
per pound. The great value OF this
crop is founded on the demand for e1-
port. Prior to tho war, in 1859 and 18-
60, the amount imported into Great
Britain from the United States was
four-6iths their whole importation. Du-
ring the war it fell of to less than TIVE
per cent. Starting 10 1866 at 81 per
cent, We Gud that in 1873 We had re-
gained the position W. held prior TO l8sa
61, and that four -GftLs of the cotton
used and manufactured in Great Brit
ain came from the United States. The
proportion Of our total crop exported to
foreign parts, was a.34O,OoO out Of a
crop of 4,75o,ooO bales during the
year ending September lst, 1873. The
production of this great staple seems to
be too large and the result is shown in
glutted markets and low prices, the lar
ger crop Of 1878 being worth less than
that Of the preceding year. Basins
the calculation of prices on that rscsiv-
ed by tho producer, we End the value
of tho crop OF 1873 to be S194,7OO,O0a
and for 1877, S24O, 600, 900, while the
numb,r of bales was 4, ,75O, 600 in 1877,
ahd $500, 900 in 1878.