Burnside or are public, U. S. deputy
marshals, stationed along the Amite
river, keep a strict watch over the
saw mills in the vicinity, and an offi
cer at the mouth of the river closely
inspects all outgoing cargoes to pre
vent the transportation of timber cut
on the land in dispute. The sale of
saw-logs and cord-wood is almost the
sole source of a livelihood for the set
tiers, and this sudden and peremptory
stoppage of this industly is a severe
blow to t them. They can not be
deemed to be treslassers until a final
decision is reached ; and pending
that, after they have lived on these
hlads fur nearlly three quarters of a
captury, there Islbut little equity and
a great deal of uncalled for harshness
in this treatuenit of tllem by Mr.
Schaiirz's riPilgoentatives. He would
appear to thinkl that we are living in
( eruany, under semi-military rule.
Sice the above was was writtel the
telegraph almounces that Secretqry
Schiurz hisia again had seizure made of
lumber aind tiuber along tihe Missis
sippi Gulf coast, going so far as to re
fuse elecrance to all vessely, foreign
or domestiC. The It. S.` Senate has
had its attenution called within ta day
or two to his arbitrary course and
Mr. Schurz will doubtless have hisi
ears wa.mwiled. He is not ait Bismarck.
Astonishing Sacctes.
