Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-03-12

I OCoNNELL AND THE lRfsH BANK CRISIS
A correspondent, who has written for us the
| following sketch, says, " IL may be useful
knowledge for some establishments in the
/ present monetary conunrturo" lie further
adds the ruse was one Of Connolls best hits
and Of which he was very fond Of boasting.--
English paper.
A run was being made for gold by the pea
santry Of the surrounding counties and
crowds of camorous ltieze coats might be seen
pushing and fighting at the doors of all the
banks in L.. The - Bank however
which has since proved itself to be as sol
vent as any establishment in Ircland-enioy-
cd at that time the least confidence. and was.
OF course, the more set upon. / had a few
one pound notes and though believed they
were very good, if people would only have
faith in them, still, as ! feared the panic itself
might bring about the catastrophe it appre-
hended, and it was same qiH pe,d everywhere,
thought it would only be prudent in me to
save myself; so ! mounted my nag and trot-
ted with my bundle of notes into L..
On arriving at the bank door, tho babel of
mixed Irish and English was terrific Men
and men, and men and women tuggod and
struggled together for precedence, and could
hear the exclamation, "Thero. you have torn
the coat off my back. making as much fuss a.
bout your dirty thirty shilling note as though
1t were pack load of ton-poundcrs you had 80
Arrah, yell be served" cried out a droll
fellow on the verge Of the crowd here's the
Chancellor coming, and bag Of gold on his
back"
All looked in the direction the last speaker
pointed TO-, and there, sure enough. / could
see approaching the burly figure of Conncll
who was one Of the directors of the bank, aud
had just arrived from Dublin He had not
exactly bag on his back, but he carried a
parcel in his hand
Let me pass. my good friends said he,
and you shall all be served. And he push
ed shoulder foremost through the crowd, who
made way ior him, and gave three cheers for
the Chancellor" as he passed
The LIberator, as be was called, might have
been twenty minutes ia the bank, when hur-
rah was raised from those who stood nearest
the bank door Didn't ! tell you" cried a
fellow, crushing his way out, and blowing
with bis breath TO cool five hot soycreigns
which hc had held with difficulty i'm his hand
" didn't tell you the Counsellor would set
tlc it There they are at it hard and fast as
tallow chaudler on q melting day. making
soycreigus like winky, and they are shovoling
them out upon the counter as hot as boiled
praties from pot, and he blew again upon
the sovereigns. and he held them up again to
be touched. Seeing and feeling was believ-
ing, and there, sure enough, was the gold.
warm, as if from the crucible
GLORY to you, Dam" shouted out the
crowd. who really believed that the Coun-
sellor was making sovereigns in the back par
lor 10 meet the run "What's the uso of
crushing-you can't break bank when they
are melting out money like that"
Ny curiosity was at its hight SO, with one
tremendous effort, l gained admission, and
there, sure enough, were the clerks landing
out hot soveregns from copper scoops to the
people, who crowded to the counter, aud who,
swapping and blowing the.r fingers. were pick
ing up the coins as you might pick up roast
chostnuts.
They say the rase was not new one, and