The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-08-20
From The Netr Orleans Bee.

contained therein against some OF the SUI F.
gar dealers in New Orleans, are well
founded. lfthey are, those who are guilty /,
of so base fraud, merit the seyerest re-
probation and most complete exposure;
ON THE TARE-FRAuD
IN COMPUTING 1T. &c.
1t is a cause Of very general complaint,
that the amount allowed by the usages Of
trade in this city for tare on sugar in
the hogshead, is not sufficient TO protect the
retailer from loss. The dealers in the ar
ticIe have found by experience that it re-
auires twelve and half to thirteen per
cent. to cover the actual weight of the
hogshead. Instances have occurred, but
4 do believe rarely, where il appeared
that the planter committed an unintention.
al fraud By making his hogsheads unneces-
sariv heavy. Such persons soon become
known, and are under the necessity of
seeking purchaser among strangers. The
tatc allowed by government for sugar IN
hogsheads is fifteen per cent. and among
merchants in the northern and western CT
Ties, twelve and half In this state it is
but ten thereby subjecling the shipper to
loss of two and half per cent. averaging
about one dollar and twenty-five cents per
hogshead. II is thought that the cause Of
honorable trade would be better promoted
by establishing the tare IN this city at
twelve and half.
regret to be under the necessity Of
noticing very extensive, and very wick
ed and contemplate fraud that is pFactised
bv some of the grocers in this city, who
sell the article in barrels to country deal
crs. 1t is usual for them TO make the
tare on each barrel at seventeen pounds,
the average weight Of common -four
barrel. But the class Of cheats Of whom
speak, not content with the profit result
ing from fair and upright dealing, are in
the habit Of getting barrels that will weigh
from forty TO fifty pounds, always marking
them at seventeen, thereby r0bbing the
purchaser TO the amount Of twonty-three
10 thirty.tnree pourds on each barrel !
Strange and notifying as such facts may
appear, II Is no less true, and practised to
a great extent by men who are regarded
as respectable IN this community. The in.
tentlon Of the writer Of this communication
Is TO caution the public against such
scoundrels and to make this caution as
extensively beneficial as possible, ap-
| peal 10 the editor of every Newspaper
Throughout the South and West, to take
notice Of this fact. II IL a fraud Of no
Ordinary kind, and ono Of such enormity.
/ that the nuoccn, do not even conceive that
/ he has been made = victim. Men Nho
have purchased sugar in this cuts put Up
m now barrels, that are marked with
seventeen pounds tare--and thousands on
thousands Of such have been purchased and
! ~old--Wclgh your barrels, and YOU will at
once see that you have been swndIed to
greater extent than Your anticipated pro.
fits. ! have my eve upon the perpetrators
Of these frauds, and having been mvalf a
sufferer, | am determined 10 hold them w
to public eyecration.
AiedolGs Biddls.-Thc latest attack
/ upon the Pennsylvania Bank or the United
States has been made BY an assault upon
the credit Of Mr. BiddIc. Rutnors were
Iuiust'ionsly circulated last week, both in
the papers and ont Of them. that Mr.. BiddIe
was greatly embarrassed. and that he was
largely indebted to the Bank The design
was, OF course, farther 10 injure the credit
of that institution. But NC are authorized
to eyllngush these nmors, one and all. at
q single dash. Mr. Blddlc is not a Dor.
rover Of the Bank, nor docs he owe it. or
any body else, single dollar. What next.
gcntIemcn-N y. Com. AIDE.
ProteSed Urpffs-Wc learn from the
New Orleans Bee, (.ays the \. Y. Trmcs)
that drill drawn by Amos Kendall. p. VI.
General, IN favor Of BeaI & Richmond,
upon William Mcqueen, Postmaster at
New Orlcans, for nine hundred and n,ncfy.
nine dollars and eighty dgh cts. (09) ss)
dated the 23d May, $40, was protested
for non-payment by Jules Nossy, notary
public, on the 22d of juno, and has been
returned to the North.
The same paper saws:
The Government committed an act of
bankruptcy last Tuesday, bv allowing a
drai, drawn by the Treasury Department
upon the Collector of this port to he pro.
tested ! This draft was drawn in favor of
Capt, ilcwcs, of the Typographical CORPS
and endorsed by him, payable to p, T. Eli.
colt, IN payment Of government contract.
The draft was made for len thousand and
slEiy dollars, and is now in the hands Of a
notary"
Attack Of a Jdcka@.-A few DAYS s,pce
Isaac Johnson, Esq. formerly sheriff Of
the county Of Salem, New Jersey, where
he stll resides, was attacked and ncarlv
KILLED by Jackass, while crossing n lot IN
when 1t was Pasiurlng. The animal nmp. !
ed upon him, knocked him down. kicked /
stamped, and bit him until life was nearly
extinct, and for considerable lcnoth Of
time after he had ceased 10 make resist.
ance. Mr.. }. was much bruised and mn. 1
tllated, and has since had one Of his ,bumhs