The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-03-04
OConneIl ana the Irish, Bank
Crisis. -


9 a run was being made for goia 81 the
peassntry Of the surrounding counties; and
9 crowds Of olamorous 'friezslcoats might be
, seen pushing and fighting at the doors ef 1lI
: the banks In L---. The S4G4.ss BANK.
however, (Which hussinee proved IssIflsbe
4 as solvent as any establlsbmens ID Jfsllnd.)
enjoyed the least cohddsncs. and was of
0 course the more set upon. had : few of
their one pound notes, though ! bsilessd
they were very good, II people would only
F. have faith In themi stilL as feared che
panic itself might bring about the catsstfo.
: phs It hpprehended, and II was ssuvs ssI
Peat everywhere, thought Il would only bS
prudent in me TO save myself; 20 mounted
my nag. and trOt'ed with my bundle Of notes
into L.. ti
! On arriving at the bank door, the Babul
Of mixed Irish and English was terrific
Men and men, and men and women tug.
Oed and struggled together for prscedenes.
and could hear the exclamations, "Thsre.
you have torn the coat of my back, making
as much fuss about your dirty thirty.shiIlinR
note as, If it were pack k.load OF ten. pound.
erS you had" Etr sea. -.
"Arah,ye'll be all served.D cried sut
droll fellow on the verge Of the crowd.-+
"Here's the Counsellor coming, and bag
Of gold on his back" .a ..s.g.l
All looked in the direction that the iast
speaker pointed to, and there, sure ehongh,
| could see approaching the burly figure Of
OConnell, who was one of the directors Of
bank, and had just arrived from Dublin
He had not exactly q bag on his back,
but he carried parcel in his hand.
"Let me pass, my good friends" said he
"and you shall all be served" and he push.
ed shoulder formest through the crowd, who
made room for him, and gave three cheers
for the "Counsellor" as he passed.
The Liberator, as he was called, might
have been twenty minutes 10 the bank,
when hurrah was raised from those. who
who stood nearest the bank door, "Didn't
I tell you," cried fellow. crushing his way
way out, and blowing with his breah to cool
6ve hot sovereigns which he held with
difficulty in his hadd; "Didnt tell you the
Counsellor would settle iti There they
are at it, hard and fast, az tallow chambers
on a melting day, making sovereigns like
winky, and they're shovsling. them out up.
on the counter as hot % boiled pEaties from.
pot" and he blew again upon the soye:
rsigns, and held them up to be touched
Seeing and feeling was Believing, and there.
sure enough, was the gold, warm, AZ il from
the crucibe
"Glory to you, DIN I" shouted out the
crowd. who now really believed that the
Counsellor was making sovsreiens in the
back parlor to meet the run. "What's ths'
useof crushing; you can't break bank when
they're melting out money like that" F's'
Ny curiosity was ct its height, 20, with
one tremendous effort, | gaines admission;
and there, sure enough, were the clerks
ladling out burning hot sovsrsigns from cop
per scoops to the people, who crowded to
the counter, and who, swapping and blowing
their fingers, were picking up the coinsias'
you might roasted chesnuts. faA!
They say the rass was not new one.
and that O'Connell only revived It, In the
case Of the -- Bsnk; but it was rot the
less rneritorious and successful SA that &c
count The clerks were really sngagsdin&
the back parlor heating the sovereigns on
fire shovels over large 6re;, aAd rushing
out with red faces and furious hurry, they
threw them shot, all hot" to the cashisfss
who counted them cut with iron surling
tongs to the customers, who believed that
the work Of coming was going on over
cruicibles in the back par-
lor. ~ g4aa ~
The plan had double advantage 1T 10.
spired confidence, and made the process %
money taking SO slow on the part Of the
public, who were psrpetually burning their
fingers. that the bank with a very limited
supply, was able to meet d demand which,,
under the circumsta1ces, was Aceessasily
slow. The clerks could serve The people 90
fast as the people could count the hot sevs-
reignS.
The ruse which had almost instantaneous
effect in allaying alarm, O'Connell msin-
tanned was perfectly justifable.e From igs
norance, panic which might hare prased
fatal to the bank, arose. and he thought he
had right to alloy it by playing on titis'
same popular ignorance. A bank that eeuld
serve sovereigns at will from al, oven, cculd'
never, Of course, want gold in tho imagine
alton Of simple people. s y -.ts'' VOC
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GTWe are indebted to Hrs. Caudle for
the following 'aeA'gs e. e
Men brandy arink, and never think
That girls at all can tell IT,; WV
They don't suppose tha, wOmsn's moss
Was ever made to smell e.
GrLot,eries are illegal, and nurrisssiS
the greatest istssfy in life: Ergo. y ~
soa,ns, ,he lsw 10 commit thatriniony. sisi'
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