Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-07-29

looked wofally at the scattered sheets ofais dis
course. III will bear the load a life no longerl'
he cried SBetter to pass away like my credit
than live TO be the byword and text Of bank clerk
and notaries. / will die!'' continued Timothy
Jenkins; and he took his hat and proceeded to
wards the battery.
''It is beautiful night" soliloquiscd Timothy
as he looked from the extreme point of the bate
and the quiet waters seem to WOO me to their en-
BRACE" He looscned his cravat, stepped over the
railing, and in one moment more would have cas
off his ear1hly fardels, when the tail Of his coat
was gfs1 by some one behind, and voice
well known and loved sounded upon his ear. He
turned, and Miss Angelina Tompkins was befoet
him.
'sOh, Timothy jenkins! Timothy Jenkins! wha,
would you do?" she cried, still holding on to the
extreme point of his coat.
"Miss Tompkins,' gloomily replied our hero
81 would die!' He looked at Miss Tompkins
she appeared lovlier than ever, while her eye
seemed to beam affection upon him. 81 will live
little longer" quoth Mr.. Jenkins to himself; and
he stepped again over the railing and placing the
arm of Angelina within his own, he strolled along
the walk.
The moon was riding high in the heavens, sur
rounded by her belt Of glowing stars. The soft
winds breathed among the trees, scattering their
ricn perfume along the air; ana IiTnOinv JcnkluS
in the rapture of the moment, forgot the mshaps
of the day-his fears Of the morrow, and no long
er regretted his non-appearancc at the Loco-Fo-
CO meeting; the present was his and Angelina
was kind.
$50, sir,'' harshly spoke some one, confronting
our hero as he stood with Miss Tompkins, listen
ing to the band in the castle, who were sounding
the Soldiers Return,'-sso sir! it is thus you
have abused my confidence? l endorsed your
note to oblige you and you have suffered 1t to be
protested. You are a--"
..Hold Mr. Jones, interrupted the shivering
Jenkins; "upon my honor gentleman, you
wrong me by your suspicious. | am innocent, as
you will perceive if YOU will but listen for
a moment;- and Mr.. Timothy jenkins, in an an.
guish voice. related to Mr.. Jones all that we have
detailed to our readers.
Now John Jones was not very suspicious
man, but he could not swallow the explanation
of Timothy Even Miss Angelina Tompkins
seemed to doubt, for she disengaged her arm
from that of Mr.. jenkins, and drew nearer to Mr..
Jones.
"And so you borrowed the money, Mr.. Jen-
81 did, replied Timothy.
and Buffalo notes, and thirty three l- Ax,.-;-s;.
pip again inquired John Jones.
EXACTLY so,' again replied our hero
"And had your pockets picked?' urged the
querist.
EVEN sO,, ,rOaned 1LmOthy
"Gammonu' snecred John Jones; and Miss
TMypkins echoed the word. "Now listen to me,
was a most ohss.sa'G-' '".s r a'' ~ say
true. vou deserve your misfortunes You ana
YOUR fellow noodles have warred against the
banks until they are nominaliy bankrupt, ana
practically useless, or worse. You nave Destroy
ed the exchanges of the country, dcranged the cur
rcncv.. depreciated the value OF property, and
caused the erroneous rates Of discount, as well as
other evils under which we now groan. You can
hardly censure the thief who robs you OF that
which you have so often declared valueless. But
the sheriff shall wait upon you Tomorrow say
ing which Mr.. Jones prodered his arm to Miss
Tompkins, of whom he was an old acquaintance,
and the two moved away, leaving Timothy Jenk-
ins rooted to the spot, speechless, yet with the
fiercest passions boiling at his heart.
Among the prisoners brought up for examlna-
t;on at the Police Office the morning following,
was Timothy jenkins; and the attending Char
lev reported that he had overheard the converse
ton between the prisoner and Mr.. Jones, and
shortly after, hearing the fall Of heavy body in
the waters of the bay, he had fastened thlther
and 6shed out the unfortunate jenkins.
: *The CITY banks make a distinction between
the notes discounted by them and such paper as IS
merely lodged with them for collection. Ihey
refuse to receive safety Fund notes In payment,
on the ground that the debt is not due to them and
consequently does not come within the provisions
Of the law.