Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-10
NEW sERIEs.-VoL. II. NO. 2.

by MI Mather and his plant whip nstru.
ments, and accordingly q plot 0as formed
TO sacrifice BrotLers, and still appoin,
Town. To effect this, Col. MIather pro.
cured Mr. Town to be instructed TO re-.
sign his clerkship in order to embarass
the new cashier, and to embanass him
still more, il was determined in bank eau
Gus that his bond should not be approved!
la obedience 10 these instructions Town
transmitted his letter ofresignation to the
Bank! We hare seen the letter in The
hands Of a director.
This is one Of those samples Of bank
morality which passes we'll in what is
called the upper classes, but would be
downright rascality in the common peo-
pie. While the plot was being concoct.
ed in Springfield, Mr.. Town was con.
cocting plot, in his own way in Jack.
sOnville--and To-! on Monday morning.
being just six days after the elec lion OF
Brothers, and before he had entered on
the duties of his Office, it was found that
the vault had been entered during the
night and robbed of 10000 in specie and
$4,000 in notes; and as an improvement
on bank robbery, all the notes discounted
by the bank were burned, and the books
destroyed. 1t was given out on all sides
by the bank that the vault had been en-
tered by .false keys,and the Illinoian, pa
per controlled by little whig eli ue at
Jacksonville, openly denounced every one
who would dare 10 suspect man Of Mr..
Towns respectable standing. The peo-
pie of Jacksonville, much TO their credit,
thought differently, and knowing that Mr..
Town slept in the house and kept pos
session Of the keys, they had their snsp-
clons: and in spite of the Illinoian and
its clique, they ventured to give their
suspicious vent. 1t also leaked out that
Col. Mather had made a proposition to
Town, that ifthe money was restored the
whole matter would be hushed up; and
it soon became obvious that some kind of
an arrangement was on foot, between
Town and the bank.
This raised the people, who kept strict
watch, not only on the motions of Town
but of Mather. On Tuesday morning
last, Malher left Jacksonville in a wagon
and on leaving, informed Mr.. Scott, the
hotel keeper there, that he had found the
money, and was taking it 10 Springfield,
and that he (Scot) might inform the peo.
pie TO take no more trouble, as The mat
Ter was ended! Soon after his departure
Scott gave the information; the people
became excited; arrested Town, and pur.
sued and overlook Col Mather, and com. /
pelled him 10 return with them 10 Jack l
How il will terminate we have NOT yet
learned, but the people are determined to
put the saddle on the right horse. This
is as it should be. The mass are honest
and may they continue SO until their ewes 1
are opened to the frauds, iniqnities, and q
villainies of banks. 1t must have been
an amusing sight to see Mather and his
wagon containing the wreck ofthe branch
escorted back by crowd TO Jacksonville.
The story is.that Mather received an
letter disclosing where the
'unds could be found. They may "telI
his yarn to mariness." A few DAYS will !
make further developments.
We learn further, that Town has con. !.
essed that he has been robbing the bank !;
or the last two years, and has squander- !;
d $4,000 of its funds in this manner
le arrived in Springfield yesterday on a
aboas corpus TO the Supreme court,now q
n cession. Bail having been demanded r
n the sum of $4,000, his friends plead !,
hat the amount is too high, and have
ome up here to the Supreme Court to
ave it reduced. soe t.a la