Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-06-26
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M 4v Tnu s,r"n~sr entered. i was the . low
4 nS sliane n 6 one and a half story
seconu s Loso 4 large wooden chest
% ,oJ !, ~ Centre Of the dreary apart
49, 49,. ,',b;cb served the multifarious du-
ties oe-frst, the vaults Of the Monster,
whore deeply ineareeratcd under lock anu y
kew. was kept the metallic bases OF me
monetary institution the counter,
where all the various and extensive con-
Germs of the institution are carried on /;
where the bills, neatly done by hrst rae
native artist, on cedar shpgIe' arc Hrss
issued forth to an admirlng world ana
again redeemed-third, a seat by day ana
a couch bv night; for the Cashier he VINO
nros;dos Ike n Griffin over the hidden
treasure of that mysterious wooden chesl
and Saturn-Hke, holds the destlnies Of that
wonderful concern upon his brawny sIlou'-
ders II will be recollccted that the time
had arrived when, according to the laws
of the wild Cat country, the bank COM
missioner was supposed to be making his
periodical round, to examine INTO the con-
Germs of the Monsters throughout the
State and that, if there was a man III
the world oc whom the cashier OF our
wooden chest bank stood in mortal fear,
it was the same bank commissioner. 1t is
not TO be wondered at then, that when the
officer of this bank saw the approach OF
the aforesaid gentlemen, who, by the way,
were n couple of New York merchants,
with about $4,000 of the said cedar
single bills, his imagination coniured up
direful figures Of the stern public function
aries, who had come up to rumage his
wooden safe, ransack his cash account,
and put his memory under the torturlng
spressure Of a corporal oath, for the secu-
rity of the public and the satisfaction OF
the wood-cut bills holders.
It's not to be wondered at that with
CLASSY eye and dropping neither jaw, ne
babe the gentlemen enter, while his limbs
trcmbed, and his words ratified in his
throat, bis mind all the while on the racks
with pictures of broken credit newspa-
per paragraphs, and the loss of wooden
chest, and worse than all, the loss of office
private property pledged and gone, bills
in chancery, and cedar shingles blown sky
high
ave are not ready to make our report,
gentlcmenw gaspcd the cashier.
OH ah hard times, eh said the New
Workers taking the hint: well, never
mind, be pretty easy--new institution
growing coUntry--wanta little accommo-
dation ourselves, said the spokesman, pla-
cling the thumb of his hand against his
nose, and waving the fingers gracely in
the circumambient atmosphere. you
understand. ehp
The countcnance Of the cashier brigh-
tened up, and he gave the imitation CON-
missioner a knowing wink out of the cor
ner Of his left eye.
All! you get my meaning. We'll make
out your own report-you would know
what'll suit, well sign it-all right, you
know-take large discount of You in a
lew days--Dy the way we We got little OF
your paPer-that we should like to draw
the specie for-you don't want it, you
know
IAN right said the banker, relaxing his
countenance into broad grin-'always
ready to do the fair thing, by our friends,
you know
The report was made, the paper pre-.
sentcd and paid, and the functionaries par
ted the best Friends in the world.
On the next day, the real commission
or presented himself to the eyes of the as
tonished keeper of the wooden convent
ency: He opened the vault and searche,
the depository of the specie basis of tn
flourishlng institution, and found in spe
clc and specie funds the enormous an
unparalleled sum of Fifteen Dollars.