The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-18

take the precaution Of shutting down the
sashes in the morning, the thermometer
does not rise above SO degrees.
JOSEPH LECONTE.
How Southern Farmers nrc S.vinlIcd In
New York.
Our farmers are Interested to know
how they are sometimes dealt with by
Northern correspondents, and why it is
the vegetable trado has proved SO near .
failure this season. This they will learn
by reading the following article. copied
from the New York Sun, of the 5th
inst:
A case of swindling. which is of COM
mon and almost universal occurrence,
has just beer brought to light in an af-
fidavit made by Mr.. Robert O. Lowry, of
Florida, before Marshal Tooker, which
deserves the fullest exposure and con-
demnation of the press aud public. Mr.
Lowry is an extensive agriculturist, and
for some time past has been selling the
produce of his farm in this market
through the agency of friend named
Thompson, and the commission house
of -, of stand No. =, Bulkhead,
South Of Barclay street, and No. =
West street, near Vasey street.
MIR. Lowry was regular reader Of tho
country editions of the Sun, wherein he
saw the quoted New York prices for such
goods as he had To aeil. He was thereby
enabled to calcl ate almost TO a cent what
amount of money should be returned to
him, less the usual commission, ten per
cent; but he did not anticipate such
large reductions from these sums as he
was obliged to bear when his checks were
forwarded. His suspicious were aroused,
and he determined to ferret the matter
out if possible. Having in early life had
some experience in detective business, he
put up" job for & Co., which
would work like charm. He came to
New York, called upon his friend Thomp-
son, and stated to him his suspicious
Mr.. Thompson felt sort of moral obli-
cation to assist in the matter, and he
and purchased five crates of beans with
Mr.. Lowry's card still on, for which he
paid two dollars and fifty cents each, and
took receipt therefor. Mr.. Lowry
shortly after appeared on the scene, and
requested settlement. which was made
out in due form, but the five crates of
beans were credited as having been sold
for one dollar and fifty cents each, from
which the commission was afterward de-
Quoted.
Some fifty or sixty dollars worth of
farm produce was treated similarly in
this single transaction. AS soon as Mr..
Lowry received his agents statement,
he produced the bill Of Mr.. Thompson,
and asked for an explanation. There was
then terrible hutter all around. and Of
fers to "settle the matter and not ex-
pose the swindle were numerous and
pressing. But the victim would not
listen to compromise. He took his re-
ceipt and - statement, together with
the cards from the crates, as collateral
evidence, and embodied the information
above given in the form of an affidavit,
and asked for the issuance of @ warrant
That instrument was granted, and the
accused parties appeared before the mar
shall and again offered to compromise;
but Mr.. Lowry, by diligent inquiry, had
become satisfied in the meantime that
this species of swindling is extensively
carried on by commission merchants
here, and that scores of his Southern
neighbors have been served like himself,
and he again refused to compromise.
He intends to prosecute this firm to the
fullest extent of the law, aud break up
the contemplate practice, If possible.
1t is believed that other Southern vic
TINS will take the same course, and thus
put an end to o system which is alike in
furious to the consumer and the producer,
but which fills the pockets of soulless
middlemen.
Nor GENERALLY KNowN-That poets
have to take out "poetical licenses"
That an actor looks most killing when
he is numbering his part.
That all gymnasts live on mussels.
That q bookbinder's promises are not
binding.