The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-04-14
From an English Paper.
o'coNNELL AND THE IRISH BANK cRIsl

o'coNNELL AND THE IRISH BANK CRISIS.
A correspondent. who has written for US
the following sketch, says, +" 1t may be useful
knowledge for some establishments in the
present monetary conjuncture." He further
adds, the ruse was one Of 0'Connel's best
hits, and OF which he was very fond Of
boasting:
A run was being made for gold by the
peasantry of the surrounding counties; and
crowds Of clamorous frieze coats might be
seen pushing and fighting at the doors Of all
the banks in l.. The - Bank, how
ever,-which has since proved itself to be as
solvent as any establishment in Ireland,-
enjoyed at that time the best confidence, and
was, Of course, the more set upon. | had
few one pound notes, and though believed
they were very good, il people would only
have faith in them, still, as feared the panic
itself might bring about the catastrophe it
where, thought it would only be prudent
in me to save myself; 80 mounted nv nag
and trotted with my bundle of notes into
l..
On arriving at the bank door, the Babel
Of mixed Irish and English was terrific. Men
and men, and men and women tugged and
struggled together for precedence, aud hear
the exclamation, There, you have torn the
coat of my back, making as much fuss about
your dirty thirty shilling note as il il we're
pack Of ten-pounders you had" "Oh me,
oh me-" shrieked woman in a certain con-
dition, who affected TO faint, in the vain hope
that they would let her nearer the door. 9 As
you are satisfied, now that YOU have murder
ed the unborn babe, and me, its poor mother,
Just LEI me pass, for the love Of st. Patrick
Its only one pound note have, and they
won't be iitiey serving me-"
"Arrah, veil be served" cried out droll
fellow on the verge ofthe crowd +" here's the
Chancellor coming, and bag Of gould on his
back"
All looked in the direction the las, speaker
pointed to, and there, sure enough, | could
see approaching the burly figure Of o 'Connell,
who was one Of the directors Of the bank, and
| had Just arrived from Dublin. lie had not
exactly bag on his back, but he carried
parcel in his hand.
:" Let me pass, my good friends" said he,
"and you shall be served" And lie pushed
shoulder foremost through the crowd, who
made way for him, and gave three hearty
cheers for the Chancellor" a. he passed.
The Liberator, as he was called. might
have been twenty minutes in the bank, when
a hurrah was raised from those who stood
nearest the bank door. "Didn't tell YOU"
cried fellow, crushing his way out, and
blowing with his breath 20 cool Eve hot sove-
reigns which be bad held with difficulty in
his hand: Didn't tell YOU the Chancellor
would settle il: There they are at il hard
and fast a. tallow chambers on a melting day,
making so,creigns like winky. and they are
shoyeling them out upon the counter as hot
as broiled praties from pot and he blew
again upon the soSereigns. aud he held them
up again to be touched. Seeing aud feeling
was believing, and there, sure enoagh, was
gold, warm, as if from the crueible.
. "6lury 70 YOU Dan," shouted out the
crowd, whonow really believed that the Chan
cellor was making soyereigns in the back
parlor to meet the run. WHATS the use Of
crushing--you can't break bank when they
are melting out money like that"
Nv curiosity was at it, height, 50, with
one tremendous effort, gained admission,
, and there, sure enough, we're the clerks lad
ling out hot soyercigns from copper scoops
: to the people, who. crowding to the counter,
] and who, swapping and blowing their finger.
were picking UP the COINS as YOU might PICK
up roast chestnuts.
They say the ruSs was not new one, and
that O'Connell only revived il in the case oI
the --- Bank but il was not the less me-
i ritorious on that account. The clerks were
!. really engaged in the back parlor heating The
soyrfeigns on fre-shOtCls over a large fire
aud rushing out, with red faces, aud in a 70
e rious hurry, they threw them hot, sll hot.
j. TO the cashiers, who counted them out viii