Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-12-14

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cash, No lives were icsl and no one
seriouslyinjurcd that we have heard 81.
AIKEN and Glrin and the Agriealsafasts I
Post Notcs,-NIr. Gwin has assured us (
that the house has neither directly nor in- I
directly cngagehs,o be the agents ior m |
posing this worthless trash OIL tho pnpialec' /
The note to which We alluded on Sa'ur- IA
day. they had lakenin change, and passscso I
to Mr.. Birdsong Of Kinds county, irong
Iwhom they had purchased. twenty shsel
bales OF cotton. The circumstances as
related to US. by Me- Gwin, are these; !
MIR. Gwin had purchased the cotton ana
was compelled 10 have note Of a'thou.
sand dollars changed. He tried several
merchants lorthe change in vain, and
4 then called on Major Nlpilkie. The Ma
, ior gave him two SEQ dollar notes; hui
lthen he reqiired change for one Of them;
and the Major changed il BY Mr. Gsln
taking about a bundled dollars OF the e.
ricultural IA months post notes without
J, Interest,". Mr. Gwin said he would take
!. them, but ifhe could MOI pass them, Ma.
jor Meilkie should take them back. MIR.
: Gwin then passed tho 20 dollarnofe.Nhich
!, we saw 10 Mr.. Birdsonn, aud he passed i
) TO Mr.. Childers, where ii rests we h0pc
II foreyer MIR. Gwiri has the balance Of the
4 trash in his desk. Aiken and Gain are
! 50 far acquitted of Intentional fraud on The
: ronmunlv for their.own leneiit. or tlat
Of HE vilIaiuols bank that asssued such
p Paper. IL is now leftlQr Maiar Meil'Sle
], 10 eyplain how far he has liecomc the
Y [ageut Of this vile concern, aud the extent
y q The robhing Intended 10 be refpetfaied
by virtue Of Agricultural post notes, paya-
bic in Ia months without interest.
We, understand Chat large amount q
, these notes had been hawked about pieks--
!, burg, and offered to merchants for The
: purpose ofpurchasihg cation Webelieye
! they were indignantly rejected BY our
: merchants, and the first we heard OF them
: geiliGg into circulation, was the note al
= luded to. We consider il much more I'M
i manly and dlsgraceful TO in)nre The COM
mpnify by imposing such paper on the
4 ighorant unsuspeclpg, than il would be
i 10 pass counterfeit notes. There is no
: doubt but such paper could be purchased
!, either from the bank or the. New Orleans
: brokers at from so lo75 per cent. discount
% BY mixing up with good papei, 10 dol
:. lars TO one man, 20 to anotier, 40 10 an
. other, &c, the needy and the ignoran
Df would soon absorb large amount Of il
.. and The vender and agents would make |
If profitable business akihe expense of th'
public Vickslwg Sentiael.
= Arriral Of me British Queen.-Th
y British Queen has arrived, bringing intel
y ligenee Of a failure Of the crops l@Isna
y Land and Ireland, further drain. on iii
as bullion Of the Bank OF England, and an
y other application by the great Englisl
~ regulator-to France for a loan to keepih
= spectators on their legs littls longer
., They want just as mnehmore as tlea
rs borrowed few weeks ago, and if the,
nc don't getit the great national thieying shol
~ will break, and then the loco focos of OIL
,e England viii make short work with III
~ odiousah corrupf monopoly Theynee'
as not lay the tlaiiefiug JUNCTION totheir soal
op that the people now will toleratesanothe
~ 70 years suspension. The Intelligence
9 political, feeling aud powersof ilIe peepl
~ !. Earssof a very different stamp now ffnt
g what they We're when4the Bank suspend
a led before. They viIlsmsistfon windin
g lat spa, all hazards. - n
g ia the face Of all these sdiacouragin
~ circumstances cottnn has. advanced on
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