Piney Woods planter., 1839-11-23
Etom he ricksbnrg Sentinel.

troll il. The managers Of this swindlnl
concern know perfect. well that il mus
break as soon as its April issues become
due, and they arc determined TO MAKE
fortunes for themselves BY swindling tht
community Ia Biddle We except tw'
or three of the managers in our charge
but the majority ure determined not onl,
TO rule and ruin the bank "to relieve tht
people," including themselves, but they
will make fortunes by robbing every mar
in the State who will be weak enough L
sell the produce of his labor for Unior
Bank post notes of any description.
We will now give data to justify the o
pinion. IL the first place, the bnnk has
an issue Of four millions and upwords, ant
only about nnety-loar thousand dollars tC
meet il. The most of this issue will be
due in April next, and unless they car
sell more bonds at the north, the bank
must explode whsn that dag arrives. Tc
avert this awful catastrophe, Hiram G
Runnels, that paragon of statesmen, fl
nanciers, scholars and gentlemen, was
dispatched a few weeks ago, TO the north,
with the bonds, all properly authentlcn-
ted, the coapcns regularly numbered, and
his credentials, from his brethren in his
brecches pocket To make an imposing
impression on those great masters in the
financial art, Bidde, Dyott, Schott, Lewis.
and the other worthless who have shed
such lustrue on the character of the city
of brotherly love, and demonstrated to the
world the invaluable science of "fortunes
made easy" Hiram waited several days
in order 10 procure the advice, the aid
and the influence of Shocco Jones, nno-
ther distinguished luminary in the art of
"raising the wind" s. occo's address and
colloquial powers wcrc to be laid under
contribution to lend, polish and point to
tho oral efforts Of Hiram; while his gram
mar and rhetoric were to mend the cacoio-
gy of the diplomatic notes and the proto-
coils of the president of the Union Bank
during his important omission. Besides
MIR. jones' high qualification for the post
of Secretary to the mission, il was
thought by MIR. Runnels that his superior
knowledge of the business of borrowing
and lending, might be rendered highly
servicely at this important crisis. lie
knew that he was nn adept in both branch
es Of the credit system. His theory Of
lending as Illustrated in this State last
summer, was marked with the science of
4 psychologist and the fancy of poet and
it was admitted by all to be much more [
ethereal than Rddlcs, or Dyotts, or Schotts s
The practical part he left to others, to !
men Of inferior natural gifts, but TO whom
the Blind goddess had been moro liberal. t
But his ingenuity in borro wing has no par {
allel. 1t was truly practical in all its {
bearings, Coleman's Jeremy was mere
novice when compared to the author OF Q
the "IIistory of North Carolina,n as our
whig friends in Vicksburg
can testify. To secure the services Of so /
able negoliator, secretary and financier
was an object ofs,mc Importance on such I
an occasion; and Hiram G. Ruunels mani
tested proper sense of it By waiting five '
days for Mr. Jones. Bat the best laid {
plans are often frustrated by unforeseen
circumstances, and the most sangaine /
hopes are not un!rcquently doomed TO Bit
fer disappointment. We regret TO learn
that after all Mr.. Runucls efforts TO re- {
tain Mr.. Jones, he was compelled to part
with him before he got TO Philadelphia.
Whether it was Indifference to the future
glory of the Union Bank of Mississippi,
antipathy to certuin old acquaintance en-
gagged in the vulgar occupation of Tavern
keeping in Washington City, Phiadel-
phia, New York, Baltimore, or the graft
fcation Of another glorious froic with Mr..
Prentiss, we will not decide; but certain
it is that while vending their way through
the interior Of this State, Shocco abandon
cd his patron and friend, anchored at Ma
can and there awaited the coming OF the
great whig festival in honor of the can
didate for the U. s. Senate. Here said
Shocco to himself, is another rare oppor-
tunity of exchanging wit for wine, Jokes
for jowls, and living over again few of {
those glorious days which spent in yicks-
/, ,Irg summer. The same chemical COM |
poo.rd which opens the hearts of men
renerA'lty relaxes the strings Of their pur- {
sus, aao here said he is an opportunity to |
feed and fit. meier, which no prudent mau {
Of my genius and pursuits ought to neg {
Iect. The iast we nave heard Of Jones :
was at the Maco,i dinner, where he and a
the whig leaders were vilifying the sage 9
Of Monticello, gIorii.Iing c0ch other, and :
no Doubt longing for a return ofthe palmy c
days OF hlack-cock-sde Of federalism
Hiram has written hoaR in tho dolorus
strains complaining Of tho loss of Jones,
and The gloomy prospect 6t negotiating 6
the bonds; he is unable oven / ? swap them t
for Union twelve months p>1st notes, S
though the latter has been at discount p
Of % to 25 per cent. all summer. a
Every capitalist at the north, must be a
aware, that no sale of the Union bon,ls isl t'
legal, unless it be made for specie or its ts
equivalent, and they must know that the q
State Of Mississippi will never pay sir "
gle dollar Of those bonds which have been NJ
sold in violation Of the law. 1t is not st
therefore ftobe presumed that any seaside az
ma N whn, las not nnccoesion nF IIDinn most ~