Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-06-27

j IL also appears dhatfhe commissioners opened
Two sets OF DOCKS, one pr themselves and one for
'he pubic. on the stcond day, the number of
scriPs issued TO themselves was l49, and 1877 to
tne pubic, winch, witt those issued on the pre-
vlous day, amounted b about half the stock
There were pickpock@ts of course in the crowd.
ana gentleman was io,bed of promissory notes,
amounting &c SS,ooo, which however can be of
no I use 70 the ihief. Com. Ad.
:, ne niiadeiphia Shronlcle of Saturday gives
the following winding up of the affair.
"Y esterday, after finishing the mornings bus,
ness, we made second visit to the nrec,ncts of
the Masonic hall and witnessed such a scene as
was never before acted in this decent citv-one
mat would have rejoded the heart of captain Hall
or Mrs Irollope. At half past one we saw the
stoutest man that ever attracted our notice. his
broad shoulders and Herculanean chest as bare
as those OF Adam in paradise, retiring disappoint
ga from the scramble, swearing that it was too
pao 70 get nothing after having borne the carcass
ses OF three men for five hours. Another. who
mad been kicked down by one whom he had tried
to dlspiace, rushed by US with his mouth bleeding
pentlfully. One fellow we took to be literally
shirtiess; but, on inspecting him, we found that
ne mad about him the remnants of such an article,
the sleeves and most of the BODY having been
tba an away. Some respectable pen,, who thnnesi
70.
we're reduced to such ragged condition that
they could not venture through the streets excent
b carriages r
HE commissioners, almost all of whom are
pen 10 whom the opinion of the community is
Important, Will find it necessary to reply to what
y generally and freely said out of DOORS by those
Who were not especially favored in the attempt
o procure stock We do not choose to state mar.
icuiar cases-however convinced of their cor
the means OF proving them full
y. One thing, however, is notorious, that many
men, yesterday, remained for hours at the win
lows, offering their names and their money over
md over, without success; and that they who re-
led ON no influence but that of their own efforts.
ound, IN many instances. that they had to com.
pat stronger mpediments than those presented bv
heir antagonists out of doors.
meeting was held short time after these
occurrences, and the conduct of the commission
ers was severely reprimanded, by those who were
not allowed the privilege of becoming purcha.
sers OF the stock. The following resolutions
among others were unanimously adopted:l
fteSoired, That the commissioners of the Gil
rard bank, instead of faithfully fulfilling the
great public trust which was confided to them
have attempted to pervert an institution intended
for the general good into the source of sordid and
selfish speculation; that they have grossly viola
ted the rights of their fellow citizens by denyino
the privileges which law and Justice had secured
to them, and that by their Illegal and uniustifia
BILE management they have caused shameful out
rage OF the peace and quiet and order for which
our city has been eminently distinguished
Resotred, That the open and palpabe system Of
bargain and sale, the utter disregard of the peo-
pies rights, the scenes of riot, confusion and dis
order, which have sprung from and characterized
the proceedings Of the commissioners, are sour
ces Of sincere regret and humiliation, and call
loudly for such an expression of public opinion
as shall not only bring home to the authors of
this disgrace the odium which they merit, but
shall redeem the character and redress the wrongs
of an insulted and injured community.