Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-01-19
Resumption Day in Pl;ias,,,,,.

hoco-rocosm Tor years has been prov;os 49,,
aeoeaiy' logically and politically, that the R,nL =,
"e United States was broken concern. Al
eT ana v'nd'etive feeling. the legacy of JACK ,on;,,
a"u o''S Political designs which sought thai, &C.,,
P"s"men' IN its overthrow, have ins,ir,,ed N. :,
e'Sah' assaults upon that institution II ,on,s -,
"e supposed but that these assaults lon, .o,,,--
'pu'0us' ingenious, and fortified by the knovn
49, e D"A mad sustained in its unius,i6abls
had made deep impression nm
,;v. osI "''u ne umid were alarmed-thc mar.
~ fo'o''n' was stimulated by his party
pe"'' W 'ea''ze the predictions and the wi.be,
OF his party. "''"e'
resumption day arrived, and a run organized bv
party SPIRIT was made on the Bank. IL wa, b;sh
.e"e, IRON all accounts. The Bank eallantlv Wa.
'eiea the gale, as we believe all the solver, n,
"tu 10; Tor we believe there is great deal NOR. ~
Pa"e 'hah o. reasonable fear about resum;,, tn.
Not'n American gives the following amu,;ns al ,,,,,
of the scene: amusing sAe'ch
ISssunrrIos DAr.-It would puzzle M. n.,,
m. co;,a, 20 sketch the motley scene presented n,
t,: o .ou"'cr OF the United States Bank v..,.,J.
."st you would see some active Sham .yS,.a ny
ner, very polite, and asking for oniy So. s.,
thousand; then would follow a distrusfui dsno.nos
uouotng whether IT was best after all 10 bur,
hah hal
II looking for all the world as If be kn.,, ~, sJ soe
10 go or what 10 do with il, and quite ready 10 80
euse his sta s for his folly. Not so win ~.
one, ne IS gaunt tall figure, with face so Thin Tia,
"e person can look ut IL at n time pinch
ing a lew bills in his long boov 6ns.,s pS.-
ue'erned 10 hold on to 1t with one hand for far
other. -F" S"a' ra'tie IN the
men comes hostess Quickly with her 6,,,
.o 'a a arc goa head manner, shaking her hill.
ana determined TO take ample reven,. ssu ~.
shhpasers and counterfeit notes which he, $3.50
customers have pamcd off on her, Then eon,ss 49,.
sailor, taken nll aback when he sees ill., -, ~
S''u ana silver, and looking as If readv 10 Lno.L
Gown the man who had told him the bank WINS No,
iu anu sound. Then strides up huge Irshman.
oIhSing ms own bill and those OF some dozen 9th,
ers. But what shall he do with the doLi,,s1 h. g.
noie, or suspects there is one in each of M, noel
els so he offs hat and has them tbro,yn me ~.
when out drops the crown, and the 6olIo,s Iii 10,
oun1 tne moor, 10 the merriment of all saw. The
son o, Erin. Then approaches a spare Isund,.as
with her ten dollar bill, asks for roId ~,
ge and deposits 1t safe in her snuff Loy bsfnra 20.
mas stirred an inch from The counter. SUI
i men comes the Ethiopian, with his whit. ;vo,,
nishns through the curl of his dark lips. he ~
con, ~" so' ten dollar bill, wants il ali in 6ftv
Genus pieces, shoves tire sinners into his nocL.,. ~
culallng as he turns away, 81 cues. ,rs,I ss.J,..
,heT oig box Tor them to dayn Then s,,;d,. ~
oeo ,oco win his elbows out, and his nose rcd a.
20 Illuminate his footsteps in the darkest n;gh,
"ilser, Is a shinplaster Of yours, If it's good
Ioi any th'ns give us the hard stuff Then Gomez
neasng aions countryman with bag on hrs
oacS hHed with specie, rolls il from HI, sbo,,d"-
~" We counter, and requests its amoun, in banL
oiIs' mac man sprung out of his grave Nh. ne.
,o's'en. OF the motley groIp could not have bee,
80 ne women dropped their specie, the loco
oeo s'oou speechIcss the pckpocket forgot he Ma
myers and hostess Quickly was pale and ,,;lI =.
LOIS vile IN monumental salt"