Mobile register and journal., 1845-01-28
For ,be Register and JuurDal.

Messrs. Editors; 1 came down from the country few days since with cargs of my fellows, in the most perfect trIm-nice compact and well clad, and well bound m the manufactures of the West Never genteel fellow of my kidney rolled on the wharf. With many others was taken 10 N ware house and there weighed. thought l should rest Il little; but darkey come along and rolled me over, as 1 under stood, 10 sainple me; which was Is d to believe, was merely boring and taking out sufficient 10 show my quality. But instead of tat the fellow gave me d--l of gash--cutting from one edge of me to the other. He then pulled all he could get out, as he said. to get better view of me- He then got his sample still deeper, and quite as much ns before. The sample he put in a silk bag and W hat he first pulled out of me he put into a corn sack; then pops up host of little darkies, each with sack; and each, as they passed, gave pull at my substance, until there was enough absiraced from my carcase fill coverets for the whole family who raised me. This, thought, doing the bu- s,ness with a vengeance. now stand with terri- be gash upon my front, like big mouth open from to ear, and hole large us herd of cattle would make, had each got his fill of proyender out of me- Instead of ihe nice well clad bale was, look as if the greater part 0i me buging out of the samp- ler's aperture. r .a.U
 IT you call this a custom, commend any oth- CT than the customs of Mobile. should like to be carried to market with full weight, and with decent appearance. l have some pride in the country that raised me- and should very much dislike be exhi. bed with rent in my garments, that needle and iwne could close. It appears to me too, that it rank injustice to those who raise articles such as
 am, and to those who purchase them likewise, to have troop of htte darkies pulling upon us to their hearts, conent. People who sell wish to get pay for all they brug to market, aud those who buy 10 get all they pay for. saving whar may be necessary to exhi bit the quality of what is purchased and ssld. ] am told these dafkies do their work for nothing. Noth' ang. say you ver,ly nothing! when they are allowed ao take as much iher tender consciences will al- low them. Why. it is first rate stealing, and first
 ae plan to leara G,e iitie darkies steal In pay ment for your services, help yourselves boys-iake what you like. The parties who sell. and the parties who buy, are bat the agents. understand. called Factors and Brokers; therefore they lose nothing if we are well picked. am told that have only gone through one process. that when am sold, l, with others. have got be chased and marked; that am then to be esanpIed and of course subjected to the picking of aaotler szssn of hitle darkies God pre-
 serve me! No wonder fall short in weight by the time reach ,he ultimate market. This business
 world that have been nsl,ered into is queer one:
 wonder people opea tissir money drawers and
 say little dark'es. with your corn sacks, you work for nothing, help yssssivssa'' Doct. Franklin, whsrs art 'houi Poor Richard didn't drea@ of the econo- my of getting people 70 Trt tor neth;nf.
 BALE OF COTTON,