RAFTING
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Il is with feelings of regret, and perhaps of
shame. that We are impeLed to strike from
our list ofexchanges. the Holly Springs Ga
zette. and the Grenada Herald In another
conmn will be found our reasons. ably &
honestly expressed by the honest, and conse-
quentIy abused. Editor Of the dollar Dem
ocrat." Rating was originally conceived
in rascallity. and generally speaking, carried
out in villainy.-We have no personal feel
ings on the subject. Our fellow men aeho
are printers. will understand this notice
Read the article Fl ON the Democrat


HerRando PheniI.


Oh dear What shall we do2 We can
scarcely hope 20 survive the dreadful blow
that strikes US from the list ofthose inmac-
late ones who are found worthy to exchange
with the Phenix. and deprives US ofthe unut-
terable pleasure of basking in the glorious
light ofthe genius ofJohn Lawns However,
should We discover, after fair trial, that we
cannot lice without the precious paper, we
trust that we shall be allowed to subscribe
for it, SO that our days on earth may be length
ened.


The Pnenix may prate as it p'eases about
our rafting" but the tue cause of its
wrath is-that we have not joined
with it IN stealing We have inserted the
entire advertisement of our tax collectors S
sales at the usual and established rates. not
charging for each lot and section of land a
though it were a seperate and independent
advertisement and 1t is because we have
done this, and because the Phenix has done
differently, tha: John LAWNS has made such
an ass of himself The advertisements of
sales for taxes, which appear in the columns
of the Phenix, occupy at least ten times as
much space as is necessary IN order to meet
the reouisltions Of the law on that subject !;
the printers fee in each case is proportion
ately, enormously and unnecessarily high
and thus it is attempted to piifer thousands
of dollars from the pockets of the people
without the shadow ofa justifcationfor the
Infamous proceeding. The Phenlx IS now
printed on five or six goodly sized sheets,
which are literally erammed with these ev
licences of attempted theft. whereas one shee


would be amply sufficient to contain ever.
advertisement the Phenix has. if fairly AM


honestly drawn up. Such words as "ras
caity" and "yilany" come with peculiarly
bad grace from the pen of John Lawns
The man who would rob the public, unde
the color Of law, is as much more rascal,
, and villauous than the prowling mIdnigh
thief. as the latter is more rascally and villa
nous than the very best man on earth.