Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-02
BRtNlaN RANK

! New ORLEANS, Dec. h,-N a late bour las, cy.
ming we were put III POSSESSION of n slip from TIE
Vicksburs Sentinel office, dasd Dec II, received By
an arrival at this port. Front we extract the o.
lowing article
| n HamI.-On Monday last DR.. Gwin, the Marshal
of the State, made large haul from The bank pirate
He scizcd on the property of the Br&npn Bank IN
riouS dirrrtInns dragging II from the varts of bro,i:
hcvng shops, the trunks of Bank Prc'd, ITS and W.
believe their brooches pockets TIL. thlcvsr systeu
thank God, is every day coming 10 lower br Jco5.
long, with the blessing OF Gud, and common principles
Of Justice, we vii! have dozens Of Bank offers in H..
pcntcntiary II seems that Mr.. irrgcr Of our
clear-heatcd lawyers, understood that the B.ndun
Bank had ordered hIr. J. De Wolf: Smith Prcsdctl Of
the Bank of lexington 10 draw hundred and hiy
odd thousand dollars The North being the balance Il
It's cotton funds, authorized the Marshal L" seize the
same to satisfy an execution oil one HIS clients against
the bank. DIR. Gwin, after taking bond of indemnify
proceeded TO Jackson and broke the vaults OF Et
Planters Bank, and took thcrefom thirtyeght tlcE-
sand dollars in specie being special deposiic TO the
credit of the said J. De W Smith. Returning TO Nirks'
burg, Dr. Gw;n proceeded to the N,raudah, after ~
prizng DR.. Smith o. his mission broke open ms ,runAs'
and took thcrfrom six thousand dollars IN bank nolc'
the property of the sad Brandon Bank The marshal
took possession OF several thousand dollars at the store
of Lawrence 4 Carr, the property of the same CON
GERM he also sent deputy to Manchester where there
is also of the funds deposited, and another
to New Orleans, where there are twenty-five thousand
dollars, belonging to the bank, in the name {" W
Smith.
When Dr. Gwirr shall have secured all this, h. ".'
be in possession of scrcnty-hvc thousand dollars W.
property Of the Brandon Bank, levied on 10 pay G'''
to the alcssrs. Dcnnistouns, of New Orleans jndePrn.
dent Of this sum, DIR. Smith says he has PAID oEe! "
MIR. W. III. Shelton, of Brandon. formerly pTosideh'
the foul theving shop al that place, eighty thousa""
dollars Mr.. lerger WILL Of course, tax" steps to orr
the money out Of ti,n hand. nj Col 81 the b..
nelil Of his client. This i" = nds
the Brandon Bank gap
propriated TO pay tn ~,
Smith, DR.. Pickett tss'
in the Brandon Ban i"5
"a, Pr. g. ,l.: ears
from the acknowlcd Nv
ney was put III his h,
sideraton Of his Tctu ION ~"
ney for specs 'dH fccciFee. its
Brandon money can NJ. De purchased for sixteen cents
peg dollar and of course the balance, clghtyour cents
per dollar on one hundred and fifty thousand Is e!'''
profit 10 himself Shelton and Pickett This part Oh
the beauties of the credit system a portion OF '"'
funds was seized in MAJOR Mielke 5 Office
This is simple outline OF the facts connected VII"
this novel transaction Il IS TO be hoped that the mar
shall will soon be able break up all the vc swindhhg
CONSTITUTIONS Of our country, which have been robbH5
the public nundang the state with spurious currency
and DESTROYING public and private morals by their aoaH
doucd course of swindl:ng and plumber.
This is onlv the beginning Of the end. The oihce's
of the Brandon Bank, and every other thevsh shoPih
The state will be dragged before the courts OF justice
Their propc.y must b. seized TO satisfy the cfe"i''
of the banks and when the strong of the Ia"' anu
the rigid examination of counsel shall efoSsqnes'.n
them rs to the mode and by which the PFops'e
of the bank became transferred 10 the directors, he
Justice will resume her throne and :hc INSTITUTIONS
our country and their guardians sill find their prope'
level. :.
We understand that Dr. smith placed post notes =. ..
the Bank Of Lexington in the hands Of Shelton Ia.
summer as security for the faithful performance Of ~
trust: and tina, Mr.. Shelton has sold them IN Ie" "
leans for so cents in the dollar In. Bank OF LsIio'
ton has Of sourss exploded