Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-13

1fs Na"era!e White Waaiing Committee -.
The STATE Bank Of 7enn.nss me-
our iasi p"per, that The deiaultior Cs.,..
The 5 ate Bank of Tennessee KEEP, a ,,i..Y,
book co0tsining the names Of those ind;,.:,
whom he had permitted TO drawlsto.
from the Bank at the time that he knew ,ba.,
no money on deposit; aud we drew hoo ~
iacf, together with the circumstance Off.
thorizrd denial by the Republican, The oevi,
BILE conclusion dies that book con,a;osa =
history Of secret 'raAaclions, which prod.,..
required should be vsiled from the pub. =.
Whether or not p oHtiedt reasons have any nj,
to do with the matter, others have the s,,,a..
! ten ials on which TO form an opinion ,b,,.
| have. II we had ever doubted il. bove.o
| should have ceased TO do so, the mom.o,n
the Committee, through their organ Of the 4.
publican, were compelled to deny well kuo.,
fac 10 screen themselves from the con,eoua,r,.
of It's adm ission.
There is only one other point made in n,
labored reply of the Republican, which -.
deem worthy of notice. and tina, relates 10 II.
manner in which a large portion orMe ob,,,o,
fed money ,ods returned 10 tie Bank We ar
missed, IN our queries, that il might have been
returned. either directly or indirectly from,
Washington City. THIS the Republican ri
course denies: But. our readers will, we ,b,o
be disposed 10 attach but little importance ia
| ifa dpuinl " han tbap
which the White washing Committee have in
geniously manufactured 10 account for H..
strange appearance of one hundred and tu,,Js
one theusaaf dollars on the counters of the RanL
some weeks after it Ind been placed 10 the
debit OF the defaaiting Cashier. Ii il eoualo
the juggling of Day Francis or Sena Sauna q,
the exploits Of any of our modern coniurors
We suh;oin it, that we may not be accused n,
tnisrcpresentiog il, either in gross or in detail
IA large amount of money has heen return
ed % he vaults OF the Bank aud er,rg 6oay n
tins Iarier well knows hon L. Nv 1rhons Their
IS az 'ns'nuHlion confirmed in the last line Of The
III inte'rosa'ory, which wi | c presently iDser.
| ted, that the money just referred 10 was sen,
from Washington City by Gen Jackson. We
p, eered 10 explain. When the iale Cashier re-
tired from he Bank he ,ook with him seyeral
trunks containing the hooks of the Bank, "a
before stated. These trunks also conthnea
about Sl2i,OoO in bank notes on this very
Bank, which Col Parrish OF course returned
aud this is the money WHICH we presume the
writer refers to, ms no other money has been
returned 10 said Institution since the defaca-
ton. except about ) $1,000 recently deposited on
account of collections made OF two of our cit.
| lZens, one Of whom is a very true g. Thorough.
going Adamsman-ihe same being money which
they openly and voluntarily returned II is in
vain Tor the Virginian 10 say that this money
came from Washington, or that il was furnish.
ed, IN any wise whatever, by the means of Gen
Jackson. The facts oil the case PROSTATE at
once any such insnuaiioE. These notes were
dH0j theM, notes on this Bank They ere notes
which had been nearly Two years ago " ithdrawn
from circulation. They had been counted and
whipped up IN packets containing from two 10
ten thousand dollars each The amount con-
tanned IN each packet had been plainly maj
ked on each by the directors " no had counted
them. These Packets had been also sealed up
with wsx by these same Directors who had
! written their names across the seals--and they
bad been placed in trunk and slowed away in
the vault These same packets are sill at the
| Bank. and the Directors referred TO will attest
the truth Of these statements. Then how can
| u be said these notes were sent from Nashlng-
| ton Men ofcharacier aud Standng-Drec'
| tors OF this Bank IN no wise implicated IN these
deialcations, will testify that these same pack.
cts were in the vault but a few days before the
withdrawal Of Col. Parrish then how could
they have come through the hands Of Get.
jackson, or any oil his friends at the metropo'
! is"
This is remarkably straight tale, and ii ID
remarkably we'll told. But who believes ii :
What One hundred and tueniy one thousand
dollars, in packages Of from two to ten ihous.
and dollars each, thrown about so careessy
among the books OF the Bank. as to be removed
vii hout the slightest suspicion, on the part o.
those who we're bearing otfths trunks, Of the
rich treasure with which they were heighted
Had the Cashier applied TO the trunks lnslea1
of the pduits Of the Back, when he was in one
OF his accommodating moods, he might have
permitted his friends 10 have ovprdrawn, win
on, the fear or the possibility OF detFcllon' Il
this narrative be true For, If this large sum
had been withdrawn from circulation tor
the space Of, two year" as the Republican a''e
ges, why mig hi il not have been uithdrGwn iof
ever just as easily, seeing. that, at last, IT was
only discovered by the merest accident We
would recommend TO all defsulters, after lbs
10 search their old franks Who knows ba'
they may be as lucky as Col. Joel Parrish was
II might yet rescue from reproach reputation
l. ,,,,bl
scorn, and raise up many head dropping vi"
der The ashes Of self-inficted agony. LOOK 10
your trunks, gentlemen: there may he urea
sures in them, which you dream not OF. Inv
very money with the loss of which you s'ahe
cha' ged, may, after all, be found, slowed a"as'
carefully sealed up by Directors, ia som 10
gotten crevice of some forgotten trunk ooee