Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-01-26

5CuSS VI SN~f
caused. Al this nuineni, (half past nine,)
an eIiot is being made 10 break intp The
yaull or safe. The crowd Is large, aud
under great excitement. The sheriff, DIR.
Avery, went nIo The midst. and made an
effort to be heard, but he was picked up
curreJ into tn. street. The Miami Ex-
porting Company Bank, staudiug ouly
tro doors above, is barred aud holled' and
some wag has written over The door poor
old cow Lnugce, upO The opposite
corner, has slut up, lron apprehension, as
many say, of viuieucc-mhers, from ma
bilry to pay. The Exchange Bauh is
open, ana paying.
10 o'cLocK.-The crowd having COM
plerely rlddied The Cincinnati Bank broke
~ The dnrs of The Miami Exporting Com
pany, aud took II through similar pro-
cess. The mass Of excited people has been
steadily increasing. Main street. from
Third half way upto Fourth, is literally
blocked up. aud there are many at the
corner of Third. The Miumi Exporting
Company's concern, we presume, had Ut
lie OF value left in itby the managers. Its
books and other valuables had most likely
been removed; Of specie aud other bank
paper, there vas probably 10 occasion Tor
removal. We saw bla X checks, &c.
thrown oul, aud sent Ayiug throushhc AR;
bul lney were all bIank-bubbcs merely.
The Exchange Bank is sulI opeu. AMI
having. We irurn thai demands have
been made Of Mr.. Bates a, this bank tor
tho redemption Of Yves, UuIou paper,
winch have been complied with periorcc.
| The police aud cvustablcs have made some
efforts TO qucll the disorder, but whether
any persons have becu arr iesIed, We ure un-
| able To say We hear no sympathy ex
dressed IN brhaI! uf ihc sufferers among
DE by staudcrs. The public mind Is 50
completely outraged by the fraud and
pIuuder oil worthless banks, that even vio-
Iencc anh riot j, looked upon as the lesser
OWL. This is truly a deplnra'ic state oil
things
II o'rLocK. effort has been made
To dlspersu Tie crowd ny reading The rlo'
acl, aud otherwise inducing them 10 dis
persc. SO great wa, the clamor and con-
fusion, however, that the attempt utterly
fuIed, and those engaged IN il were com
pellcd to leave The ground. having been
somewhat roughly handled. porlionot
tie CItIzeus' Guards, a military company,
having paraicd, were led, with a few ire
mc,i, 10 the place. and took possession ol
the buildings after some Resistance. Blows
were freely exchanged with The crwd'
and several shots were fired hy the militia
nv. II is stated that Que man has been
shot. The alarm OF fire Is now heIng
sounded, We presume 10 bring the whole
of the lire corps lugelner.
Such ure The deplorabe consequences
Of the fraud aud wrong that The whole
community have suffered by means "i
,hinplas.crs. In the excitement OF loss
and suffering, the laws drc tramplcd under
foot, property is destroyed and perhaps
lie lost. We much fear that the end i,
not yet.
We earnestly entrcat tho good people
who may have i'eeu concerned IN these
disoruerIy proceedings, TO dcs'st-to re-
I---..i ih.. Ia "a a--Inr.:specti iha authorities
To retire peaceably TO their homes, aud set
their iacc,, like good citizens. against iur-
lher uan,gressIuns ol order, as well by
means of the ISSUING Of shInplaslcrs as tie
resort 10 viocncc in their suppression.
What is galued by such p.oceedlnss!- =
We implore every reasoning individual TO
put this question 10 himself, TIE proper.
Is, book, aud vouchers vi these banks. have,
10 great extent, been destroyed; II may
he utterly Impossible, In consequence, Tor
Them To pay any portion Of their notes;
v hereas, something nigh! have hecn reaiIz-
ed.-ijIows. wounds, have been lnllic'cd
-wha, has beeu gained! Admit that you
have been wroused, drfrauded, outraged
are you redresslug yourselves Are you
righ;ing your injuries by these flcaba =
Are you not rather destroying the p'otec-
lion of your own pruperly-tne protection
OF The laws-and giving counlenauce and
support TO spirit that regards neither
property, law, nor life
We have pruued The above paragraphs
in great haste. Al this. Zone O'clnck) II i
a,ceria'ued that one rnau has had his leg
! broken. and one or twu Others slightly
wouudrd-nn one killed. Ii IN stated TINT
| the crowd have pnsscssiou oi ihe buildings.
The Excna ,gc Bank nas heeu taken pos
session Of aud completed rlddled after The
fashion Of The nlhcrs. We have not learn
ed whether il had ,tnpped payment OF not.
| The Mechanics and Traders Bank still
continue, payment. II is said 10 have bu,
little paper out. Attempts are being mude
10 get out slroue !orce Of the military.
aud dispcrse the crowd, hui such is the
feeling amuns those who compose The mi
lIIary. that We know not how ii is TO be
done. Apprehcnsions arc expressed of
further violence 10 night. which we trust
may prove unfuumded Al preseut. how
ever. the multitude appear 10 have com
pleIc control.
Half past Oae.-The office Of Lousce
s; Co. has been broken open and guued.
The crowd has much increased, both in
numbers and excitement.
We earnestly hope that here this vio.
lence may be stayed. Whether such will
be the case or not remains to be seen. An
exceedingly angry spirit has been caused
by The i'll advised attempt TO suppress the
disturbance by military !nrce. The mill