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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN,
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN I SAXttGRSVILLE, GEORGIA.
SAM’L 15, CRAFTOJt,
COUNTY PRINTER.
TERMS—For the paper in advance §150
If Dot paid in advance,. §2 00
TUESDAY APRIL 20, 1853.
St. Mary’s Money
In, bills under #o will be received in pay
ment of demands due tins office,
[From the N. O. Picayune.}
Santa Anna in Mexico.
The following is his proclamation address
ed to the people of Mexico;
Mexicans:—On placing mv foot on the
Dealli of the lion Willia 1U 15,
Ring.
The lion. Wsi. R. King, Vice President
of the United States, died at his residence
shores of my country, I salute’you with thei 7n ^ allas couut y> Ala., on Monday evening
He reached home on Sun-
most lively emotions. My bosom beats
with tenderness from the moment my oves
began to discover, while approaching hur
coa;;t9, the lofty mountains which indicated
the proximity to a land, in which 'everything
is dear to my heart,and where, everything
recalled to me the most grateful recollec
tions.
. You have Evoked my presence, believ
ing me-competent to extricate you from the
state of anarchy and dissolution into which
you iave xallen. I do not hesitate in obey-
mg your call, Y ou now hold me on vour
soil, resolved to use ail possible exertion in
the accomplishment of an object of such es
sential importance; but if I have been prompt
m responding to your wishes, relying on
yonr effective co-operation, my firm resolu
tion to devote myself exclusively to the sal-
country, would avail nothing,
if I am norsupporled by every one of you,
in the active contribution of vour efforts to
the attainment of these objects.
hai from me the thought of avenging an
cient offences: let those who have sought to
become my enemies, lay aside all feai° All
is forgotten; and while landing on my na
tive shores, I present to all the hand of a
‘friend. .Neither do 1 come here to sustain
■any parly. 1 come solely to raise the sa
cred standard ot Union, calling upon all
•Mexicans, whatever may be their opinion,
5to rally under it. He whose heart dilates
and is moved at the voice of his country, he
is my friend; lie is my companion.
Mexicans! loo long have we suffered
ourselves to be misled by chimerical ideas;
too much time have we lost in intestine
commotions. If a sad reality has fatally
undeceived us, what do we possess at the
end of thirty years of independence? Cast your
eyes on the map of your country, and vou
will behold a large part of your territory
lost to you. Examine the state of vour finan
ces, and you will perceive nothing but dis
order, abuses, ruin. AY hat is your credit
abroad? YYhaf is the esteem yon enjoy a-
roong foreign nations? Where is that’ar
my in whose ranks I had the honor of fight
ing? that army which achievedindependence,
to which I was proud of having contributed
a small share? that army which 1 led across
deserts, vanquishing difficulties which ap
peared insuperable, to the frontier of the
Republic? at whose head I drove back a hos
tile invasion, and with which I combatted
with but little success, but not without hon
or, when v our capital was occupied by the
enemy?
Mexicans! Let us return to oursebes—
let us profit by the hard lessons of experi
ence; let Us repair the errors we have com
mitted. I am here for the purpose of con
tributing my part t-owaids this reparation.
1 oil with me in good faith towards t’hi
Important xq Postmasters.—The Sa
vannah Courier, of the-17th inst., says:—A
case was tried, during the recent session of
the U. S. Circuit Court in this city, which
ought to be generally understood, both by
the people and the officials who have charge
of the various Post Offices throughout the
country. The Postmaster at Sylvania, in
ScriveU county was arraigned and fined
Fifty Dollars, for delaying a letter in big
office.
The law makes it the imperative duty of
every Postmaster, to forward all mail matter
deposited one half hour before the depar
ture of the mail, unless a longer time, should
the 18 th inst.
day morning, on his return from Cuba,
where, as our readers know he has been
sojourning for the past few months for the ! be granted by the Postmaster-General on
benefit of his health. The event though ! account of the business of the office,
sincerely mourned by his countrymen, has j There are also severe penalties for delay-
been anticipated for some time past. It ing letters, papers, Ac., after they have
was hoped that the change of climate
would have in some measure restored his
he 1th, but that failing, all hopes were giv
en over, he himself feeling the certainty
and speediness of his fate, turned for his
home and only reached it in time to fall
quietly into bis grave. Thus another has
been added to the list of distinguished pa
triots, who one by one have encountered
earth’s last struggle, and peacefully passed
the waters of death, to dwell in the Spirit
Land—peace to the dead.
Mr. King was a native of North Caroli
na, in which State he commenced tbeprac-
ice of Law in 1805, he was returned to
Congress in 1811, where he remained to
1816. He afterwards removed to the State
of Alabama, and in 1819 was elected to the
U. S. Senate, of which body he continued
a member till 1844, when he was appoint-
’ England and Australia.— 1 he Eng
lish papers regret the Democratic feeling
which is steadjy growing up iu colony
of Australia. The troops are insulted* an d
have little o.r no influence in ‘the preserva
tion of Order. Everything done by the
government seemed to be unpopular, lbe
people at large were impatient at being
trammeled by laws imposed by authorities
16,000 miles off; and it is mentioned as a
significant circumstance that portraits of
Her Majesty were almost unsaleable. Ihe
soldiers, too, are beginning to desert from
given in such cases, and that which is r^ied
on in courts of justice.) that ardent spirits
is not suited for a common drink, and can
not be used as such without injury. That
it is & poison, which naturally tends to kill,
and actually does kill, a good portion of all
who drink it.
The enquiry very naturally arises, how
does it produce death ? I wish that a more
competent pen was veadv to write it down
plainly, and in such characters, that he who
runs might read. Physicians and chemists
have stated, and I have no where seen it
the 40th regiment, in Australia, and are off contradicted, that Alcohol is a substance,
to the diggings. Upwards of twenty are
been mailed and are on their way to thei r
places of destination. So stringent are the
laws, that a rigi .1 and prompt discharge
their official duties only can save the I ost.
masters from their penalties.
The above is the first instance of a con
viction that we have heard of, and we pub
lish it for public information, hoping that it
inay lead to increased carefulness on the
part of all who have anything to do with
the Mail service. A few more convictions
of the kind, we have no doubt, will awaken
the parties interested to a sense of their ob
ligations,, and do something to remedy the
present irregularities of the mails.
Big Chop of Cotton.—The Nacogdo.
dies (Texas) Chronicle says that Mr. J. D.
Saunders, living some eight miles 1 west of
that place, on the Loco,;j has raised eleven
acres of land (partly upland and partly creek
ed Minister to France, which he accepted, bott om) sixteen bales of good cotton aver,
and remained four years ; after his return j a<ring overfive hundred pounds to the bale,
from France, he was again elected to the T hc Chronicle adds that besides what was
gone. £25 per head is offered for their
apprehension.
The Small Pox.—The Oglethorpe Dem
ocrat of Wednesday last says : — Hits dis
ease is so near at an end in our place, that
we deem it unnecessary, to continue our
try-weekly reports any longer. We have
nothing of interest to offer in addition to
our iasfc report. As we have heretofore
stated, we have no reason to apprehend its
further spread, as thirty-one days have
elapsed, since any new case has occurred
outside the family of Mr Griffin, all of
whom are snugly quartered in the Hospital,
and doing well.
Senate, of which he was a member, and was
elected President of that body upon the
elevation ot Mr. Fillmore to the Presidency,
he continued in this position till his election
to the Y ice-Presidencv in November last.
gathered, there was a bale or two more that
Mr. Saunders was unable to pick out. The
cotton is said to be of a superior quality.
Gold in Texas.—The Austin Gazette,
^_______ of the 26lh ult. says : “We learn from one
gW Judge John Bland has left at our j of our citizens who has explored the coun-
Office two corn stalks, that are upwards of j try west of the Colorado, about opposite
two feet high.
Our Coirespondence is growing
rather heavy, and as we like to give all sides
and questions, a hearing, we shall have to
cut our own ‘department’ short till they get
through. The able communications of our
friend II. R. are read with much interest,
and we believe will render a good service i n
the advancement of the cause which be so
well sustains. We commend these letters
to the attention of every reader.
“Piney Woods Observer,” on the
opposite side will appear next week. The
question is assuming some interest in our
State now, and we wish all light possible
glorious consummation, and we shall boast thrown on the ft uest,on - Th,s 13
portant matter and should be discussed
with fairness, reason, and candor. The
See only thing we ask of our correspondents is,
that they be as brief as’possible and as spicy
as mav be.
a c* untry, national honor and name which
we need not blush to avow.
Soldiers! Companions in arms!
your old General once more at your head;
liim who had sometimes led you with glory,
him who did not abandon you in the mo-,
honorlll’^mln’ !"“ wh ? se , bod y bears an ! Warm Weather.—On Friday and Satur-
lionoiable mutilation, and whose breast was ; . ' .
exposed io the balls of the enemy in the | day it was as hot as midsummer, and the
days of your misfortune. Listen to a voice
that is tiOL unknown to vou. Follow your
Hamilton’s Valley, to the Coyclio, that rich
deposits of gold have been found on all the
streams, and in several places rich veins of
ore have been found in the hillsides. Al
ready a considerable number of hands are
at w'ork at various points, and making fair
wages, by the use of hand-rockers. Hie
richest deposits, we understand, are found
in the beds of branches and ravines.”
A woman lias been
A Female Voier.
sent to jail at Cincinatti, for 2(Kdays. on
bread and water, for voting in one of the
wards of that city, at the late election, by
Mr. Brooks says that the nomina
tion and unanimous confirmation of Mr
Soule, as Minister to Spain, produces much
surprise at Havana. It is considered rath
er beligerent than otherwise.
Gov,. Herbert of Louisiana is a promi
nent candidate for the U. S. Seriate, in the
place of Mr. Soule.
gW The Hon. A. J. Miller, of Augus
ta, is spoken of by the Cherokee Whigs as
the probable candidate for Governor.—
The Chronicle & Sentinel thinks be will
suit the conservatives of all parties.
Acquitted.—At the adjourned term of
Baldwin Superior Court, Geo. F. Jones,
who was indicted for negro stealing was ac
quitted. A plea of insanity from the ex
cessive use of liquor was we learn, the cause
of his acquittal.
gW By the death of Mr. King the IIos.
David R. Atchison, of Missouri, now Pres
ident of the Senate, becomes Vice President
of the United States. #
gW The Pulaski House in Savannah is
offered for sale or rent.
gW Gov. Letmour it is said, has been
offered the position of Minister to Mexico
[For the Central Georgian ]
TI»e Liquor Traffic and the Li*
cense Laws.
Having shown, as I think, conclusively,
dressing in male attire, and passing herself; ^at the Traffic in Spirituous Liquors is a
oft as a man. It appears she attempted to , palpable violation Of one of the great prin
vote a second time, when her vote was dial- j c jpj es 0 f the Bible, which I have quoted ;
lenged, a row' ensued, and her hat being an( j sc> f H1 . as evidence goes, proves it
knocked off, her # sex was discovered, and
she w'as arrested
General and friend. Let us restore to our
noble profession the lustre which it has lost,
and although the relations of friendship
which exist among all nations and which 1
shall zealously cultivate, may not render
your valor necessary at the present time, we
shall be ready, should the national honor re
quire it, to prove to the whole world the
courage which Mexican soldiers have ever
cherished in their bosoms.
Mexicans of all classes! May the day ol
my return to my country be a day of gener
al reconciliation, and may the joy which 1
feel upon finding myself among you, be jus
tified by beholding you all united around
the national standard and hearing you all
exclaim with the unanimity and enthusiasm
of 1851, "viva lat Patria, viva■ la Indepen-
dencio!" Such are the wishes with which I
present myself at your call; such are the as
pirations of your compatriot and friend,
Antonio Lopez pe Santa Anna.
Vera Cruz, April 2, 1852.
earth seemed to be thoroughly parched,
the oldest inhabitant does not recollect of
seeing as warm weather at this season.
The drought is prevailing to such an ex
tent through this section, as to make the
matter of rain one of serious interest to the
farmers. The corn looks badly, and we
learn that the cotton comes up poorly, and
our farmers are in anything but high spirits
for the prospects before them. We have
been looking for rain from ‘sure indica
tions’ for upwards of a week, but all signs
have failed and the clouds have disappear
ed, leaving as little prospect as one could
possibly desire. It’s the main question
now, rain, rain ! We want it, and that se
riously.
False-packed Cotton.—A correspon
dent who writes on this subject warmly
espouses the cause of the Hamers, and
to be a gross immorality—I shall proceed
to try it by a still higher principle—no less
than a command from the mouth of Jeho
vah himself—an orginic law. which has
stood as a bulwark for the protection of hu
man life, through all ages down to the pre
sent time. That principle is this: '"Thou
shalt not kill.''
Now let it be borne in mind, that it does
not say thou shalt not kill with a knife, a
pistol, or a halter; or with arsenic, or prus
sic acid ; nor does it say thou shalt not kill
gW The Atlanta Intelligencer says:
“After a laborious session of three weeks,
DeKalb Court has adjourned over to June,
scarcely a beginning having been made.”
George, a negro charged with the murder
of J. Iv. Thomas, near Atlanta in March
last, has been found guilty, and sentenced
to be bung.
Georgia Citizen,—We are pleased to
notice this excellent Paper out in a new j a an instant, or a dav, or a month; or
dress. We are glad to see our coterr.pora-. with malice prepense, or a real intention «t
ry so well cared for, and are sure that an the time to kill; or for the sake of making
appreciating public will induce it to don money. But it lays down the broad prin-
many such suits while it is within the con- ciple, and throws around that inestimable
trol of its racy Editor. Price $2, always treasure, human life, the mighty rampart of
in advance. Address the Editor at Macon.; divine command, “Thou shalt not kill!"—
This command utterly forbids the taking
makes a complaint against the ‘cotton sell
PrMc tionof Editors and Jlyorlen.- „g rules’ by which they are delayed in the | M ‘ dlemellt „„ the subject.
A bdi has been letrodueeai" 10 the Senate receipt of their money, an unnecessary j J
of N-e\v 1 erk for the protection ot this class . , . . . . , i Toe New Silver Coin —The General
of sufferers, wiio are often subjected to threat ■ “ jLbTlity which^ attaches a 'to ^ ex P ec . t ;|‘ 0D * « *
J ter dollar pieces, and
Excitement in New Mexico.—A tele-, .. . .. .
, . _ T . away ot human life, by any means, or in any
graphic dispatch says that Gov. Lane, ot; ,
New Mexico, has issued a proclamation,
claiming the valley of Mecilla, near Elpose,
being a portion of the Territory under the j \ . . - ....
, r „ , * , the mind of any man; and eminently mi
Bartlett survey. He called on Col. Miller
to support him, who refused. The Mexican J
authorities sent several hundred soldiers to
repel the aggression, and there was intense
triend, because he will credit him fora dram
at the rate of §10 a gallon, for liquor, which
probably he could get elsewhere tor 50cts;
and which is daily and hourly making him
more wretched, as it is dragging him near
er to the grave 1
Well, then, if the drinking of ardent
spirits tends to kill, and actually docs kill,
as I think I have sufficiently shown, the re
tailing of it to be used as a common drink
and the Traffic in it for that purpose, » a
gross violation of the law of God ; and I
believe as sucb, it will at His tribunal be
condemned—and it ought to be condemned
at the bar of public opinion. So also
ought the laws which sanetion the Traffic
I hey legalize a business, which from begin
ning to end, even when pursued according
to law, tends to degrade humanity and en
danger life. They are, therefore, a manifest
violation of that commandjof the Bible
“Thou shall not kill /”
There are other principles of the Bible
which this Traffic equally violates with
those already mentioned; but other engage
ments will not enable to consider them fully
—for I have much to notice on other points,
o. importance. My object has been to show
that if the Bible does not in so many words,
condemn the Traffic, the whole scope and]
tenor of its principles and! spirit does. The-
l>ible inculcates honesty, morality, justice,
peace, good will, the doing auto others as
we would wish others to do unto us; andi
to do good VMi.to all a&eai as occasion may-
appertain. ALL of which, this abominable,
filthy, degrading, and disreputable-Traffic;
violates, ei ther direct ly or indirectly..
XL IL
Wood-lawn, Jefferson Coi.
[For the Central G.eorg-ian ]i
Falsely-packed. Cotton*
Mr- Editor :—Allow me a small space ini
vour valuable paper to say a. few. things to.
my brother plan ters, on the subject of false
ly-packed cotton-. I for one, have supposed
that it was some gross dishonesty on tho-
pa-rt of the packer, that it was in. full keeping
with the case frequently relhted ashaving
happened in our sister State, where the plan
ter had returned to him by his commission,
merchant in. Charleston,in a barrel or hogs
head of sugar, the griiid.none, which lie-
sold him in a bale of cotton. Bu& I find
sir, that I was mistaken. In Savannah; the-
otber day, I heard a good deal! said about
reclamations coming back from Liverpool,
on a commission merchant for-fahely packed
cotton, and I was induced to. enquire into,
the matter, the whys’and wherefores, ex
pecting as * matter of course- that a.
grindstone came, but insteadiof such a gross
fraud as that, it was nothing more than what'
might have happened to the most honest
planter in the State, who makes a. little
more cotton than he cau> save in goedi
time, aud what will certainly happen if the
cotton is handled much from the gin to the
screw. Falsely-packing tlieia^ as I learn
from comrnis-ion merchants, is when- two.
kinds of cotton is found ip the sawse hag;
John Bull called^! false packed, held a sur
vey over it, and settles- ou the amount,of
damage, makes up his reclamation, returns
which is, in its nature, unfit for purposes of
nutrition. That it is not in the power of
the animal economy to decompose it, and
change it into blood, or flesh, or bone, or
anything by which the human body can be
nourished and supported. That when taken
into the stomach, it is sucked up by absorb
ent vessels, and carried into the blood, and
with that is circulated through the whole
system ; and to a certain extent is then
thrown oft’again. But that it is Alcohol
when taken, it is Alcohol in the stomach,
it is Alcohol in the arteries, and veins, and
heart, and lungs, and brain; andafnong all
the nerves, and tissues, and fibres of the
whole body—am) is Alcohol still, after hav
ing pervaded and passed through the whole
system, is thrown off again. It is said that
if given to a dog, and blood he taken from
his foot, and distilled, the Alcohol, will be
found the same as when the dog drank it.
It would seem then, that the powerful
stomach of a dog cannot digest it; and if
not, much less can that of a man. Physi
cians have shown that the blood taken from
the arm, the head, or the foot of a man who
drinks liquor, and distilled, produces the
Alcohol in its pure state. I have no doubt
if the human body was transparent, and
the operations of the organs of the system
visible, every man might see at once, that
nature, or rather our Creator, by his Provi
dence, iu sustaining life, teaches that the
drinking of Spirituous Liquors cannot be
continued by a man, without hastening hi;
death—eithei by being the direct cause, Or
of so impairing the system, as to cause dis
ease more readily and rapidly to.prey upon
it.
It is recorded by the College of Physi
cians in Philadelphia, that Alcohol has been
taken from the cavity of the brain of a man
who died in a state of intoxication, suffi
ciently strong to blaze, when a lighted can
dle was applied to it L With such facts be
fore us, can we be astonished that a man’s
reason is dethroned by the drinking ^of it ?
That by indulging in such an appetite, he
should brutalize himself, waste his estate,
make his wife miserable, beggar bis chil
dren, aucl l?ad them all through flames
more terrible than the fiery Moloch’s ! Are
we not rather to be astonished that enlight
ened legislators should continue to protect?
by special laws, a Traffic which leads to such
results? And that Editors of public journals
still more enlightened, or should be, are to
be found, who openly advocate a business,
which never has been productive of any
good—but many instances of unparalleled
suffering, and which undeniably had its
foundation in the ignorance of mankind ? it to the shipper. lie goes to the con *-
A Medical writer, of great eminence, speak j mission merchant who sold it, a&fj of course
;ng upon the use of Spirituous Liquors, as ' he ou the planter who ginned and pack'-d
a common drink, holds the following lan
guage :
“The disease occasioned by it, has beeUg
far more destructive than any plague that
ever raged in Christendom ; more maglig-
nant than any other epidemic pestilence
that ever desolated our suffering race;
whether in the shape of the burning and
contageous Typhus, the loathsome and
mortal Small Pox, the Cholera of the East,
or the Yellow Fever of the West ; a disease
case, except for good teasons—reasons, in j by far more loathsome, infectious, and de
view of which, the Bible justifies and re- j structivc, than all of them put together,
quires the act. This is just and correct to with all their dread array of suffering and
Let me en-
perseefttidn by actions for libel, brought j kbe continued
against them by gentlemen who find more j the planter to refund the amount of the j . . .,
“truth than poetry” in the newspapers. sales of his cotton, whenever in cotton mon- ■ lines > in co irse 0 P
new silver quar
dimes and half
manufu<£ure at
The bill is to the following effect:
“No reporter, editor, Or proprietor of any
newspaper sId.'H be liable to any action or
persecution, cin’j or criminal, for a fair and
t rue report in such newspaper of any judi
cial, legislative, or other public official pro
ceedings, of Oriy statement, speech, argu
ment, or debate iri the course of the same, J
except upon abtiial proof of uialice in mak-j
ing such report, vvhicli shall in no case be :
implied from the fact of the publication, j
the Philadelphia mint, will'be put into
portant to his personal safety,
deavor to illustrate it.
If a man throws a stumbling block into
the high-way, or ties a rope across a thor
ough-fare for the purpose of sport, to see
passers-by fall over it, when there is reason
to believe that it will endanger human life,
and a man is killed by it, he violates this
command.
If a man places a log across one of your
death, united in one ghastly assemblage of
horriffic and appalling misery !”
This is a terrible picture of the effects of
liquor drinking—but I fear that it is as true
as it is terrible Is other evidence needed
to convince that the drinkiug of ardent spir
its tends to kill ? And actually dues kill ve
ry many who use it ? What is the reader’s
own experience? Has he never heard that
such a man killed himself by- drink ? That
Mr. A. is drinking himself to death ? That
s. death ?—
ger parlance, it is ‘false-packed,’ notwith-> , , - - . . . a —— -
standing time has been taken to examine 1 f" 6 ™ < arculat,on aunn S tbe P resent weel J-1 R.rlroads, and the car is thrown off, he is j liquor was the cause of Mr. B
this particular matter. Our correspondent! l0 S,Z ® am J ge:,eraI appearance they much j indictable; and if a man were killed, he is j Does he not know of some man now dead,
makes a pretty good case for liis side cer- i r,,scmble the o ! J , c0 '"\ } l ”“ " b °!‘ olJ ; guilt* ofbis death, and jusliy; lie violates
tainly sufficient to call the attention of the i ^ old ,“’; ' V ‘" SbW T J , 8 ! ,bU comlm '" li '
public to tbe subject. 116 rca Cdl ° uience in va * ue while they mai. j ]f a , nft „ pursue a business, or do an act,
It is said the mint has received $2,000,000 ^j ie natural or probable consequences of
A Subscriber at Sylvan Grove, Jeffer
son county, writes us that our papers reach
that office very irregularly. We are sorry
As Father Morris was walking through a to learn of this, and would willingly apply
parish famous for its profanity, lie was stop- ^ tbe retne0 ]y w<3 bne w any ; the papers for
ped bv a whole flocK of the vbuthlu! repvo- f . . ~ . , , ,
tata of the place. ‘-Father" Morris! Father I f'"- 1 regularly mailed and sent
Morris! the devil’s dead.” “Is he/” said the from this office every Tuesday morning in
<old manbenignly- Jaying liiS hand on the time for the mail, the detention or misdi-
Siead of the nearest urchin, ‘Yoii poor fath- reetion must occur on the route. We will
erfo.ss children! ^ j make the change he speaks of, and hope it
The Lilt C iriodty.-^i\ piece of t!i^ ! 'Villinsil re a more 4X5gul.tr delivery at that
J>oet Laura ate, office.
in silver.
gW A correspondent of the N. Y. Tri
bune says that the Hon. R. J. Walker has
refused the French Mission. He is a con
firmed invalid, and cannot undertake office.
gW A telegraphic communication was
opened between Athens and Augusta on
Thursday last
gW The Hon. Lvxn Boyd ex-Speaker
©f the House of Representatives, is a candi
date for re-election to Congress.
which, are death ; and it produces death, he
violates this command. It is an immoral
business or act, and is forbidden by the
word of God.
Now let the reader reflect, what are the
natural and probable consequences of sellintr
whom he is well satisfied, had he been a
sober man, would in all likelihood, have
now been living ? Does lie know of any
man, whom common opinion has decided,
is now drinking liquor freely enough every
day, to kill him very soon ? If every day ex
perience does i-ot teach us that the drinking
of ardent spirits tends to kill, why do we say
that me* kill tlumselves with it? But it
does kill men, and every sensible man in
ardent spirits, to be used as a common drink : the country knows it. And yet in the verv
Does it tend to kill ? And does it really kill ? J face of this astounding lact, men claim the
Has it ever been known to destroy life ? i right to sell it, aud to be protected by law
Let facts be submitted. It is the decided | in doing so. And hundreds of poor misera-
opiniouof the most eminent and sober phy-1 ble creatures, look upon the “License Re-
sicians, (the highest evidence that can be tailer of Spirituous Xiquors,” as his bes^
it. On the receipt of this explanation f
falsely packed cotton, from my friends, see
ing that we poor clodhoppers had the brunt
to bear at last, that we had no sav in the
matter, that our rights were determined by
a jury of foreigners, for all that we know
interested parties—I was led to’remonstrate
against the injustice of the thing, and called
the attention of my friends to the establish
ed customs of the city, which, as we have
been told, was necessary to g uard the ship
per against falsely packed cotton. Your
readers all know what customs I refer to I
presume, for it was very hard for us to be
come reconciled to change in our business
from Augusta, where our cotton was weigh
ed when it went into the warehouse, and
when sold we could get our money as soon
as the calculation <ould be made. Butin
Savannah, to protect the shipper from false
ly packed cotton, after the purchase is con
cluded he has to make his freight engage
ment, and when he is ready to receive the
cotton, it is turned out and weighed by the
seller, and the purchaser has it re-sampled
to see if the samples are as good as those
he bought by, and to see if any of it is false
ly packed, and to be certain they frequent
ly sample both sides, and if a bale is found,
it is reported, and the seller has to take it
back. All of this formality and precaution
takes on an average, ten days from the
time the cotton is sold until the planter
gets his money, notwithstanding it is a cash
contract. Here is ten days interest lost to
the planter. If we take ten days as the av
erage time after cotton is sold before paid
for, and take four hundred thousand bale*
as the receipt of cotton at Savannah, and
the average value at $40 per bale, the in -
terest on the money lost by one party and
saved by the other, is over thirty thousand
dollars. This Mr. Editor, is a pretty item,