The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-01-22
ABNER B. RICHARDSON,
LEWIS MELkATH.
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing.
Letter from Port Deposit.
PoRr DEposlr, Jan. 10Th '53.

Mn. EplroH:-lt occasionally hap
pensethat our community is thrown in
to slight state of excitement from I'M
expected causes. A case fthe kind &C.
cured last week. 1t appears that re.
port got out in the section of country a
short distance above us, that the Cecil
Bank had a heavy run on it, and that it
was about to collapse or burs: Well
the report in its travels reached the ears
of a son of Crispin who by a course OF
industry had accumulated quite pile"
of Cecil funds-as much as 80 or 90
dolIars-and who had no doubt been
congratulating himself ON his good for
tune in having all his ready money, in
SO solvent an institutions; but alas! for
human foresight, here at one fell swoop
bis ropes and expectations were
about 10 be swept away. 1t was
more than nature could bear; snatch
ing his pill. Gas goes the report and
mounting his trusty steed he put spurs
and whip for Port. Eye witnesses give
graphic descri ption Of that ride, which
it is impossible to place on paper as It
is told. Those bowever of your readers
who have had the good fortune TO fol.
low Tam O'Shantcr" in his ride, as
described by Burns can have some faint
conception of the ride would iaiu de.
scribe. The great point of difference
being that in Tam's Case the ghost was
following at his heels, while in the pres
ent case the position was reversed, the
ghost Of the broken Bank and the dole
full visage of the cashier we're i'll ad-
vance, fleeing from the wratliful form of
the purSuer. Well, as every race by
man or horse must have an end SO had
this. AS Crispin dashed through our
quiet town, people rushed into the street
to know if possible, who had sent IN
such haste for the Doct or: for as yet, We
had not heard of the direful calamity
by which we were all to suffer. Some
persons: so goes til" report-not be-
ing present myself, can't vouch for the
accuracy of the particularly some per-
sons seeing the exhausted steed and ex-
cited rider stop at the Bank rushed in
TO learn the news, just in time to hear
Crispin, with lagSard looks, and in Sc
pulchraI tones and stiAed voice ask of
the astonished Cashier sis it all gone 2"
a moments deathlike silence and then
comes the welcome response, "a few
more left" "Thcn," in voice ofthun-
; der that startled the Cashier and rever-
berated through the massive building
~ demand the specie for that" as he
thrr,~, down roll upon the counter.
As zoo j luck would have it there was
suticic..rcy to meet the demand, to the
great reiielf Of at least two parties. So
much for one. case--it being about the
richest. III ha. e endeavored to tell it as
twas told to me-. There were several
Others, but noup so exciting. Lam glad
to inform you, how, 'ver, that the Bank
sustained its credit during the entire
run which lasted some two or three days
drawing cut as have been informed
come 400or 800 dollars. Perhaps there
would have been more called Tor, bu'
wten one friend called with some $lS
he saw them pouring the specie out by
the barrel on the floor, and CONCLUDED
that il that was the way they h andle'
the gold about there he didn't want tt
have anything to do with it, but W" ule
prefer to keep the notes as more v,,lu a
bic, and so left them in their glory.
! Ii is a little remarkable that in the
two instances of run on the Ceci.
Bank the most exciting cases of de-
mands TOR specie have been made by
persons engaged in the shoe and boot
business the previous one having oc-
Cured about year ago under somewhat
similar circumstances.
! The protracted meeting at the Metho.
dist E. Church is still progressing; quite
a revival has broken out, and mourners
are crowding every night to the altar