Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-10-24
POl.l'CIl CALL.
From The Jonssboonsh Republican.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.


answer 10 some inquiries relative 10 the charge
made by HIM in Congress last winter, ayains
Reuben Nj. Whitney Il Co., and the evidence %
which he relied 10 support them. We common,
the extract to the attentive perhsal OF every patr
OF and OF ever, real friend To the purity of tn
Government
Extract Of Letter from the Hon. Henr, A. Use
OF ireinia, 10 gentleman IN Tennessee, date,
September II, 1896.
E." ou know the accusation which ! made n
cainst the administration respecting the TIeasur,
/ Department was this, 10 wit that after The reno
val Of the public dcpo>lles, from The Bank of the
/ |. States, the Secretary al the Treasury con
raccd with the several Dcpostc Banks for til,
satakerpine, transfer &c &c. of the public mo.
ney-lhat IN the contract which he made viii
thrm respectively ii was expressly stipulated that
an agent should be appointed ON the part OF the
! Government to supcrncnd the safety of the De-
poSlrS by examining The condition OF the Banks
a.. Sc. that no such agent had been regularly
appointed by the Secretary. but hc has permitted
the Banks, who are haase lees 10 be gna,tfsa, to
appoint their agent At their own price; thai the
President himself aud Nj. Secretary Woodbury.,
recommended this certain Mr.. Whitney, rs it
is believed, as "A tit aud proper agent, and that
they or several o them appointed him according
", ostcnslbly 10 procure information from the
Treasury Department AMI generally 10 guard and
supcrintend their relations with the Government /;
that he receives in some instances aud IL is be-
lieved in all except the Metropolis Bank, "A fixed
compensation from some more, and some less,
in proportion 10 the respective amounts of depositc
in each in all amounting 10 AT least 10000 dol
lars per annum, aud it is believed much more !;
that as agent of these Banks, Nhine, ncgoiacs
for them with the Secretary, becomes informed
thoroughly ofall the operation, of the Treasury,
Il.
from the Banks, and. it is believed. is concerned
with some of Them in Specializing on the Dcposiics
IN ,be hand. of R,okors IN a. York and elsewhere
thai he is n nautical tool. aud his Bank agency
give, him d,norra,,S politcal influence in select
I'M, -, d;sn,iS.,n1, RAM ,s fiscal AGENTS: that he
is , ,ner,l,,,, !, ,hn moncv-marL,t and in the
,,hlir I,ds and !. .,,,;nlv 4, man of notorious
(, lad ,h,,,c,,,, ,r,,,or = black -lrp. svindlcr
,rl Ln,v,il Sinh v,ra ,bc ch,rocS IN r,n,rnl
and bnw have thrv haen mrt by Mr.. Secrr-
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I,,;J.,,y ,.,n.n ,,,nsac,;nns could M, II. ex,mn-
,d G,, J,cL "a, cat, q. b,. has no, the =" ,uanaoc-
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,,osssss;aa - some or ,tn Drn,<;,, RAM funds
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D., .,',,,, -, H., s;,,,il,, 10 ,h, ,.s, was no.
c,.,, ,',,,,,,,,,f ,h Scn,,o last winter Third
10 I ,.G.r ,,u +, ,l,, Globc az An,;l OH 1896.
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a., ,,..,,, ,od .,,i.,y,,d< bv m. in the In,ep-
.',,, ~, L,ad ,cce;,,,.s r,oulofiuo Their re-
- iL hn .,r,ncnn.n,s Of III, Deuosi,e
pIf civ,l,,y ,,L., II, ,ha Rank committee
.''',, ,,l Cno',r,.y. l., : .si,, lS3I3, for
,,l,,,,,',,, ,I,r,c,,,r ,,,r,I;,o +, his own oath
S,,,,,,l,l,. rof, ,,,,, :, Go, Jackson, ,vnr re-
.,,,,,j ',;,,, If Whitney =, aeon, of ia, Banks
,.l ,',, ,,.,,,I ~, la, uh;ch have