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A GEORGIA JAUNT
THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
OLiD>'CHEROKEE COUNTRY.
A VISIT TO UNCLE BENNIE PARK,
Georgia's Gold Discoverer—Ho Tells the
Story of His Find and Still at the Age
of *94, Kelishes a Deer Hunt.
Dahlonega, Ga., July 20.—(Special.)—Al
most the entire day from Gainesville, and
just within sight of Dahlonega, impresses
the fact that I am in the center of the gold
region of Georgia. All around are to be
seen the deep fissures in the mountain sides,
like so many sears received in battle, which
tell the story of man’s fight for hidden
treasure. The beauty of the landscape—tow
ering mountain, narrow defile and smiling
valley—colored by the varying shadows of
forest green, the air fragrant with the redo
lence of berry and wild grape, while all
along the roadside the eye rests de
lightfully upon flowers rivaling in hue the
rainbow’s tints, give evidence that Provi
dence has been lavish in the distribution of
gifts.
But a few hours before, approaching the
shores of Georgia from an ocean trip, I
watched anxiously’ for the first glimmering
of Tybee’e light. It was the welcome beacon
to a land worthy the devotion born of the
highest patriotism. As the stout ship con
fidently headed up the river where once
Oglethorpe so carefully steered his way
through unknown and perhaps dangerous
channels, I could well imagine his anxiety
watching for a favorable bluff upon which
to land his devoted followers. Welcome is
Was the sight of land to Columbus after his
CAPTAIN FRANK W. HALL.
tong voyage of discovery, must have been
the sight of Yamaeraw to Oglethorpe. And
thence forward Geofgia becomes a living
reality.
Passing the city of Savannah, which sets
at the gateway of the state like some grand
old dame exhibiting her colonial laces, -Ma
con is seen and Atlanta is reached. Here be
gins that new Georgia, which seems to have
taken on a virility unknown to the old,
w’here tradition ceases to enthrall, and the
eye looks eastward toward the rising sun,
indicative of her hopes. But before Atlanta
■was, and the prelude to her existence, there
were excitements and strifes, such as al
ways precede new epochs. The old Georgia
pushing upward from Savannah, had almost
exhausted herself, Avhen aid came front large
colonies of Virginians, who settled many' of
the middle counties. It was thus that the
rule of the white man had just touched
the site upon which Atlanta now stands,
and the Indian looked southward with sul
len face, fearful of his coming expulsion
from his native forests.
But while the red man looked so menac
ingly' toward the south, there arose danger
on his flank and rear. The harsh sons of
North Carolina recruited by pioneers from
the mountain chains of Virginia and Penn
sylvania, began to press upon the eastern
border of Cherokee Georgia. From the
north came the hardy' sons of Hast Ten
nessee, men immured to strife, and abso
lutely fearless. They looked across the
line into the favored land held by the In
dians, and when the fact became known
that gold''had been discovered there, not
even the strong arm of the federal govern
ment was able to successfully' quell the in
trusion, which was but the forerunner of the
deportation of the Indians.
The Georgia Way.
The fast mail from Gainesville to Dah
lonega, as the overland service is termed,
is supplemented by a passenger department,
from which the contractor seeks to increase
his remuneration. When the ancient
surrey, drawn by two indifferent horses,
was drawn up before the Arlington hotel,
It was surrounded by' a curious crowd, in
tent upon surveying all those who were
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bound for the mountain ride of twenty-five
miles, which would take them to the gold
capitol of the state—the far-famed city of
Dahlonega. Some distance off. Major Butt
was standing, the center of a friendly
group, who were congratulating him upon
his safe return from an extended trip. Never
did a prince receive a more cordial wel
come. nor conqueror return to be over
whelmed with more genuine warmth. For
over half an hour a steady stream of peo
ple-business men hurriedly walking, old
citizens looking around for familiar faces,
ladies on the promenade, all stopped to ex
tend a word to the major, who is known in
one of Georgia's classics as “Cousin Fete.”
At last a homely-looking auntie of the old
school, with her head tied up in a flaming
red handkerchief, stopped short in front of
lire major, and exclaimed:
"Lawd a mercy, boss, is you back? How
is you? How is ail de folks?
Major Butt's face gleamed as he listened
to the heartfelt greeting, and extending his
hand as freely to her as he did to any of the
rest, he said:
”1 am glad to see you, auntie. How do
you do?”
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on, and Major Butt, catching my observa
tion of him, said:
“1 do believe I have shaken hands with
over a thousand people today, and I prize
the tribute of that old colored woman as
heartily as any of them.”
The incident, so illustrative of the tie
which binds the races in the south, was
further lightened up by a story told by a
fellow traveler, as the fast mail bore us out
on the highway which led away from the
city of Gainesville.
“Some years ago,” said he, “when Colonel
Hand was operating so extensively in Geor
gia gold mines, he invited me to visit him at
his home in Westchester county, New
York. After a day or two there I noticed
the strange fact that neighbors in passing
did not speak, but eyed each other with
an empty stare.
“ ‘Why is this?’ I asked my host.
“ ‘Oh,’ said he, ‘it is just the habit of
the. people.’
“ ‘Well, I will try and break it up, I re
plied.
“The next day I went out riding with
young Mr. Hand. Soon we observed a young
man approaching us in a stylish turnout,
his horses in full gallop almost. As we
met I waved my hand and accosted him:
“ ‘How do you do, sir?’
“The rider’s stern face relaxed into a
smile, and -t looked as it he would break
his neck in bowing acknowledgements. A3
far as we could see back, he kept it up.
This plan I pursued all day, and by night
all the inhabitants of Westchester were
talking about the friendly southerner at
Colonel Hand’s, who spoke to everybody he
met. The next day we were out riding
again, when we met a team drawing a
load of hay. Away up on top of the load
were seated six negroes. As we came side
by side. I shouted:
“ ‘How are you today, boys?’
“The effect upon the negroes was elec
trical.
“ ‘How is you, boss?’ the.y exclaimed in
unison. ‘Dat man is from de sous, else he
wouldn't talk to us.’ ”
Scenes Along the Way.
By this time the mail carrier had gained
attention because of his ignorance of every
thing along the road. Although he had
been upon it three years, lie <i*i<l not know
the names of the two postofflees to which
he was to deliver the mall. Not a hill,
farmhouse, or other object was known by
name to him. Whether the scene was com
monplace or picturesque it mattered not.
To his unsuspecting soul all was a mighty
bi: nk. it was relief when reaching a river
bridge, he knew that the stream was the
Chattahoochee, and that it was Thompson s
bridge we had to cross. Over this bridge
all the farmers from the other side have
to make their way in order to reach mar
ket, only to be taxed tolls upon going and
coming. Even a foot traveler has to pay
5 cents in order to go over, failing to have
which he can only swim the river to the
d sgust of the toll keeper, who feels that
he has lost a nickel. The bridge is kept
or. the order of the celebrated cobweb,
which the fly was invited to enter—easy
enough to get in, but hard to get out. It
is an embargo which Hall county should
hasten to get rid of, even at the cost of
opening a parallel road and building an
other bridge. I am sure that if Major
George Hillyer knew that the water which
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he admires so much, ar it fills the Atlanta
reservoir, had passed under a toll
bridge, his bump of “abundant cau
tion” would find a means of changing
the situation.
After rising from the Chattahoochee val
ley, and crossing the foothill into the next,
it was to enter a cool retreat, shaded by
immense trees, through which the road
ran a winding course, widening out at
Squirrel creek. Here is a noted spring,
which for seventy years has slaked white
throats, and no one knows how long the
red men, now in the shadowy past, found
their rest from the chase. Most likely it
was at this spot that the startled deer,
sniffing danger, leaped over the brook, and,
bounding up the opposite hillsides sought
safety in the broader valley of the Chat
tahoochee.
It was a quiet home-like spot for the
family which had settled there. On a little
knoll, to the right of Squirrel spring, was
a fire burning, hanging over which was
the washpot, while around in the branches
was Spread out the family linen. The good
woman who was superintending this neces
sary duty was very tall, and her face was
entirely hidden by a sunbonnet. Although
the Dahlonega mail coach and the Potter
Springs stage had both stopped for half
an hour’s rest, Mme. Rural never once
stopped Iter work, nor allowed a glimpse to
be had of her face. One of the lady pas
sengers, noticing a sign of “Cider, •> Cents a
Glass” over the cabin door, called out to
Mme. Rural:
“Where are your apple trees?
“You see,” answered the woman, still
keeping her face averted, “we make out
cider out’n strawberries.”
The First I’ostofiice.
The explanation was not quite satisfac
tory, but it suggested that, perhaps, it was
nobody’s business how drinks are obtained
in a moonshine country. After another
drive of six miles along a ridge, the falling
side of which was in places 100 feet deep,
a little frame house came in sight- Ibis
vis Murravville postoffice, where half a
dozen*men were found awaiting the arrival
of the city papers. They were eager m
discuss polities, and, while-the mad bag
was being emptied, they sought to give the
strangers the benefit of their views. One of
them, a double-jointed athlete, with a face
steamed as though held over a boiling pot,
ventured the declaration that the surround
ing country would vote the ponulist ticket.
“Bet yer boots it don’t,” was the quick re
ply of a bright youngster, who seemed to
be the only democrat in that crowd. A
few miles further along a detour was made
through the tangled woods, and in a dilapi
dated one-room house standing on a hill
side was found Garland postoffice, where
but three letters were delivered.
Nothing’ could better illustrate the great
blessing of the United States mail to the
people than the scene hero presented. Into
this sparsely settled defile the power
of the government carried three letters,
which might sadden or gladden the hearts
of those left behind. Perhaps from some
lon'-lost son. who hao wandered away
into the wider world beyond the mountains,
or from some fair young daughter who
had given her hand to some young emi
e rant to Texas or the great west. Then again
it might be from some absent swain to one
whom he had left behind, such an one as
•was met a few minutes later, as its lum
bering wheels were pulled by a cumbrous
pair of oxen up the rise from Chestatee.
Her eyes had an expectant look and as she
caught the mail carrier’s gaze she turned
her head away, lest he might divine her se
cret. A quick turn along the mountain ridge,
whose base ran into she Chestatee, and a
half mile drive thence to the bridge, intro
duced the stage travelers to a smiling field
of corn on the other side, and the first
object in view was a mountain belle, swing
ing upon the oig gate. She held, in her
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA, MONDAY. JULY 23, 1894.
hand a letter which she desired sent on
its destination, apologetically explaining:
“To my brother, you know.” For the first
time along the trip, the mail carrier claimed
to know something, and he said, as he
drove away: “That is not her brother’s
name. The letter’s to some other fellow.”
Then he fell into a brown study from
which he did not arouse himself until the
vehicle struck on the rough floor of the
bridge over Yahoola, where the bare sides
of the hills tell the story of man’s search
for gold. In the distance might be seen
glimpses of Dahlonega, once the scene of as
wild a rush for the yellow inetal as was
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ever witnessed, until the fabulous stories
from California turned people’s heads. It
was in that place that Dr. M. F. Stephen
son, the great enthusiast upon Georgia’s
mineral wealth, addressed a crowd ot 200
men, about to depart for California. Waving
his hands tow’ard the surronding mountain
chains, he said:
“Why go to California? Tn yonder hills
there lies buried more gold than man ever
dreamed of. There’s millions in it.”
The last sentence was caught up by the
departing miners as a catch word, and was
by them introduced into California. There
it became current until Mark Twain gave
it a place in the mouth of Mulberry Sellers,
to the chagrin of Dr. Stephenson, who had
spoken the words in solemn truth, and who
always felt that Mulberry Sellers was a
consummate ass.
The Original Gold Discoverer.
The original discoverer of gold in Georgia
still lives, at the age of ninety-four, at
the home of his son, Harvey Parks, on
the line of Hall county, which is reached
by the road over Nicely’s ford.,
There are other claimants, of course,
but as they are all uncertain. Uncle Benny
Parks gives the strongest proot, ana
stili lives to verify his assertion.
In company with Captain Frank W.
Hall, the energetic Vermonter, who has
made a home and fortune in Dahlonega,
I drove out the main road to the home of
the venerable patriarch. Turning halt a
mile up a neighborhood road, the home
stead was found, and seated upon the front
porch was Benny Parks, the oldest man
in the county, and the man who turned
the first panful of gold away back In
As the old man stood up he presented a
striking figure. Tall, and but slightly stoop
ed, his figure was trim and well knit, evi
dently a good man yet, even with his nine
ty-tour years resting upon him.
“Yes,” he said, in answer to the question
as to whether he was the original discov
erer of gold in this state, “I turned up
the first nuggets ever seen about here.
Other men may claim it—men will claim
anything—but dog-my-cats if 1 ain’t the
one sure enough.”
Uncle Benny sat down and invited his
visitors to do the same.
“1 was born in Burke county, North
Carolina,” lie resumed, “in 1800 and was
twenty years of age when I first saw these
mountains. Since that time I have raised
ten sons and one daughter, all good people,
and I still live to enjoy what the good Bond
sends me. The Indians were all around
when I came, and I have eaten eonee-banee
with them many a time. My father made
friends with them, so that our family were
welcome and safe among them. We al
ways treated them right, and they did the
st me by us. Their agriculture was rude,
but they were improving all the time, and
would have gotten on all right if they had
been left alone. Those were good times,”
soliloquized the old man, as his eyes wan
dered in their gaze toward the tall tree
teps.
“Did you ever enter into their family
life?” he was asked.
Brightening up again, he said:
“Yes, 1 have visited them often in their
hemes. I could have been rich had I mar
ried the daughter of one of their chiefs.
They were anxious for it, the girl loved me,
and dog-my-cats if she was not a stunner
—as pretty a woman as I ever saw. Her
eyes I can remember yet, but,” said this
modern Deerslayer, “I was white and could
nut marry a woman of another race. 1
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could never have brought her over to
my folks, and, as a consequence, I would
have been forced to go with hers. Our
children would have had no nation, so 1
did not marry her; but, dear me, how beau
tiful she was!”
'lhe old man’s eyes glistened as he re
called his early romance, and it was some
time before he could be diverted to another
channel.
“The gold,” he mused; “yes, I will come
to that. It was just by accident that l
came across it—the site Is now that of
the Calhoun mine. I was deer hunting
one day when 1 kicked up something that
caught my eye. 1 examined it and decided
that it was gold, 'rhe place belonged to
Rev. Mr. O’Bear, who, though a preacher,
was a hard man, and very desperate. I
went to him and told him that I thought
I could find gold on his place if he would
give me a lease of it. He laughed as
though he did not believe me, and con
sented. So a lease for forty years was
written out, the consideration of which was
that i was to give him .one-fourth of the
gold mined. I took into partnership a
friend in whom 1 had confidence. I went
out to the spot with a pan, and, turning
over some earth, it looked like the yellow
of an egg. It was more than my eyes could
believe.
The News Abroad.
“The news got abroad,” said Uncle Ben
ny, “and such excitement you never saw.
It seemed within a few days as if the
whole world must have heard It, for men
came from evesy state I had ever heard of.
They came afoot, on horseback and in
wagons, acting more like crazy men than
anything else. All the way irom where
Dahlonega now stands to Nuckellsville there
were men panning out of the branches
and making' holes in the hillsides. Dog
my-cats, if it was not an exciting time!
“The maddest man in the country, , con '
tinued Uncle Benny, “was Preacher O Bear,
from whom I had leased' the land. He
thought the lease was a joke, but now he
found out that It was in earnest. One day
he came to me and said:
“’Mr. Parks, I want your lease.’
“ ‘But 1 will not sell it to you,’ 1 replied.
“ ‘Why not? he asked.
“ ‘Well,’ I answered, ‘even If I were wil
ling, it is now out of my power, lor I
have taken in a partner, and I know he
would never consent to it. I. have given
him my word, and 1 will keep it.’
“ ‘You will suffer for this yet,’ said
O’Bear, menacingly, as he went away.
“Two weeks later I saw a party of two
women and two men approaching. I knew
it was O’Bear’s family, intent upon trouble.
Knowing O’Bear’s fondness for litigation, I
warned my men to hold their own, but to
take no offensive step.
“ ‘Mr. Parks,’ was O’Bear’s first words,
‘I want that mine.’
“ ‘lf you were to pay me ten times its
value,’ 1 replied, ‘I would not sell it to
you.’
“ ‘Well, the longest pole will knock oit
the persimmon,’ he said, threateningly.
“At this moment Mrs. O’Bear broke the
sluice gates to let out the water. A laborer
was in the ditch, and the woman threw
rocks in the water in order to splash him.
Failing to make him aggressive, she burst
into tears, when her son advanced to attack
him. I caught him by the collar and flung
him back. Then the party went off, swore
out warrants against us arfd had us all
arrested. All this was done for intimida
tion, but It failed to work, ami the next
thing 1 heard was that O’Bear had sold
the place to Judge I nderwood, who in
turn sold it to Senator John C. Calhoun,
of South Carolina, and then I lost a for
tune.”
" ‘How was that?’
"Senator Calhoun wanted to buy my
lease, and 1 sold it for what 1 thought
was a good price. The very first month
after the sale he took out 24,000 penny
weights of gobi and then I was inclined Jo
be as mad with him as O’Bear had been
with me. But that is the peculiarity ot
gold mining. You will go day attei da..,
exhausting your means and your strenglti,
until you give it up. Then the first man
who 'touches the spot finds the gold the
first opening he makes. It is just like
gambling —all luck.
"But the gold fever was in my blood,
and 1 soon got into anothtr mining specu
lation, on Garvin branch, where 1 took out
as much as 1,000 pennyweights per month.
“It is strange,’’ said I ncle Bennie, chang
ing the conversation, “how men will forget
themselves when they get away f rom
influence of home. One day in 1831 1 went
out deer hunting with Lewis Ralston, a
white man wno had married an Indan
wife We ranged down toward Nuekails
ville In crossing the field on which stood
the house of a Mr. Ellison, we were at
tracted by a woman’s screams. We ad
vanced and saw a man in the yard carry
ing in his hand a flowing handkerchief.
Upon hearing the woman’s terrible story ot
abuse at the hands of the stranger, 1 ad
vanced toward him, when he
his hand and showed concealed In the
handkerchief a huge knife. e “ lo ®. ed J* 1 ’
and 1 grasped his wrist as the kiiife de-
Xmeit and wrenched the knife from
him. 1 then lifted him up and threw him
over the fence. He arose and said.
“Stranger, you are "a better man than I
am. You have pulled my thumb out or
place, and I wish you would pull it In
"l did so, and the man departed, that
man, who had lent himself to this unpar
donable crime, was wealthy, the father ot
a respected family in another county, and
was never even suspected of the crime he
had committed.”
A Strange Story of Superstition.
The subsequent history of this mine which
Uncle Benny discovered reveals a strange
story of superstition In men who would
not have been suspected of It. It remained
In the Calhoun estate until £> lew years
ago, when It passed into the hands of Mr.
J A. Brstwick, a well known New York
capitalist, now dead. He expended over
,000 in the necessary machinery to open
the property. He placed in charge of it
as superintendent Colonel John Congdon,
of New York city, and Mr. A. J. Reese,
of 1 .'ahlonega. The latter died soon after,
when Colonel Congdon’s strange illusion of
astrology became known. He once bought
a t’cket to Europe, and forfeited the money
because he had ascertained that the ship
would sail under an unlucky star. To con
fit m his belief the vessel went to the bot
tom and all the passengers were lost. Otte
day he received a telegram from a Cali
fornia town, telling him that his brother
was on his death bed and desired to see
him. The colonel started at once,
took sick on the way, and
died in one of the railroad
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stations. in Nebraska. Curiously
enough, the very train upon which the
remains of Colonel Congdon were placed for
shipment east, bore also the remains of his
California brother, and both were buried
from the same hearse in the family bury
ing grounds in Binghampton, N. Y.
Colonel Bostwick, lyho had long had faith
'in omens became convinced that there
was an unlucky star connected with his
Georgia gold mine. He was a man of great
charity, giving 10 per cent of all he made
to good works. He concluded, therefore,
to donate the entire property of the Cal
»houn mine to the North Georgia Agricul
tural college, in Dahlonega. While the
story of his fears explains his giving sc
much, it did not detract from the value
of his gift, which is highly prized by the
patrons of a worthy Institution. The col
lege people propose to take care of the
stars, in order to get the best returns from
their gift.
When Uncle Benny Park had concluded
his relation of gold and. gold-hunting, he
went into the house and brought out his
old rifle—“ Long Susie,” as he called it,
and, sighting the weapon, longed for a
deer, that he might bring it to earth.
“I have killed many a deer,” said he. “I
will not say that I have killed as many as
that man in Coffee county, who claims to
have 1,000 antlers to show for his skill, but
1 have killed more than any other man
hereabouts. I once killed two deer with
the same shot. The two were running by
me abreast. I fired and one fell dying,
while the other was disabled so that my
dogs came up in time and" held it until I
’could dispatch it with my knife.”
The rifle was made in London in 1657, and
was five feet ten inches in length.
The Wayside Graves.
In crossing the stretches of forest to the
va ous gulches which mark the scenes of
mining operations, the pedestrian will come
across lonely graves, in which some fevered
spirit rests. It is a little gruesome to kick
against a stone, only to find, on investiga
tion, that it is the headstone placed by
the r.cw-departed miners over some com
rade, who had come from some happy home
ciicle in s'earch of wealth, but who, dying
in the A'ilderness, was tenderly laid away
by these rough’ men. They may have noti
fied the relatives, if they knew where to
find them, but likely no news was
ever sent, and the silence of the dead one
has never been explained. Sometimes these
giaxes are found under de tse growths o<
forest to the number of five or six. Then
the camp was deserted, the dead were for
gotten, and nature asserted her sway over
the face of the earth.
There are instances, however, of atten
tion from the surviving comrades. Some time
ago. Senator John B. Gordon was riding
along the road and, observing a man digging
by the roadside in a laurel thicket, asked:
“My friend, what are you doing there?”
Pointing to a rude headstone, the man
replied:
“I am keeping a promise, sir, to the
dead.”
Colonel A. G. Wlmpey, for fifty-two years
one of the leading merchants in Dahlonega,
still lives to tell of the wild days of
prosperity. ,
“I came here,” he says, "in 1837, and
began trade. It was on my counter that
John C.’ Calhoun’s 24,000 pennyweights of
gold, extracted in one month, were counted.
We did not require coined money in trade,
but kept weights, and took gold by measure.
I reckon at the height of the gold
fever here that there were 6,000 people in
the valleys roundabouts. In 1842, cotton
brought only 4 cents a pound, while trans
portation was very high. The freight on
goods to this place from Augusta was
nu’ hundred, but, when we got them here,
we could sell at a profit Vof 50 to 100 per
"Several years ago, the old residents of
my date met, twenty In number, one by
one they have been dropping off since, until
now I am the last one left.” ,
And when he goes, the magic chain will
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ware of imitations offered for the genuine.
OF INTEREST TO DISTILLERS.
A Letter of Instruction AV liicli They
Should Heed.
The passage of the pending tariff bid has
special bearing on the distillers of the
country. It will increase the government
tax on whisky and the anticipated passage
<the bill has Inspired the following let
ter 1 from Commissioner Miller, which has
special bearing on- the Interests of dls-
“Washington, D. C., July 11. P. B-
Trammell, Internal Revenue, At
lanta Sir: Instruct persons inquiring con
cerning effect of expected legislation .as to
tax on spirits that no packages can be
withdrawn from warehouse until all re
quirements of law and regulation, including
marketing branding and stamping, are
fulfilled and spirits remaining in ware
house after new rates take effect w ill do so
St to aw liability which.the new law
Impose> Iftl JM" -
"Commissioner.
The Judge Can Conti-Oleate.
Macon Ga., July 18.—(Special.)—The inter
nal revenue laws of the United States per
mit the confiscation to the government of
land on which an illicit distillery is found
It has not been the custom of the United
States courts in Georgia to confiscate the
land and the judges have been satisfied to
impose a fine and imprisonment. It is re
ported that it has been intimated in court
circles in this district that, hereafter, the
land on which an illicit distillery is found
must be confiscated. It is thought that this
will have a salutary effect in aiding to check
moonshining, for if an illicit distiller knows,
in addition to fine a,nd Imprisonment, be
must suffer the confiscation of his lijnd, he
is apt to stop the violation of the law, or
at least, he will be more discret in his
operations.
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