Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-14

Extraordinary Defaie0ti0n IN The Bank Of ITgtma.
This city has been deeply excited during the last week
bv statements of the elopemcnt of w Beverly Dabncy,
the First Teller, and the embczzlement of large funds
from the vaults the Bank of Va He fled last Fri
dav week-amd the Governor has offered reward OF
800 and the Bank an additional reward of So,oOO.-I
Dabney bore very high character as an honest and
attentive officer in the institution, where he had re-
manned ten years without the slightest suspicion of his
integrity But seduced evil hour by others, who
oycr.drcw upon tic Bank (he carefully conceang the
fraud until becoming ineytrcably involved, II Is sup
posed that he determined to flee from the penalties OF the
law and the vengeance of public opnon-and It is be
levcd that The morning OF his elopement he abstract
ed large of Bank notes from his vaut-whlch
he secured in small trunk, and disappeared on the same
duy. He has been traced to fredericksburg and Will at
tempt make cther to the Northern cities by way
Of Wheeling through Ohio up to Canada, or down to-
wards n Orleans and Texas II is believed that he will
be apprehendea and some of his plumber rccorered-n
the mean tme the city is full of rumors OF orcrdrats
by several respectable houses All which without
foundation)-The Bank is anxiously investigating the
facts and they have ascertaned all the ma
tcrial circumstances, address will be made to the
stockholders, and the whole submitted to them,
make total change in the administration, or TO adopt
such measures may be deemed most advisable. 1t
gives us pain to state these facs-bu these banking
Institutions must be reformed More guards must be
thrown around theni-and the old restrictions, if revis-
ed and found WISE must be enforced with the most ri
gid discipline. The Wing of yesterday says:
"For the last week, it has absorbed public attention
to the almost entire exclusion Of every thing else Ru
mors and conecturcs infinitely various have circulated
in all directions; yet it is remarkable and we think
novel case, that these have not exaggerated,
but underratcd the actual amount of the deficit ct
Bank That amount is not yet precisely asacrtained
but none rate it now below 100000,
sThc Bank of Virginia hope and understand,
will at early period make an expose of all the cir
cumstances far they can be asc"''- smh;ctS
expose will dQg9tiiw whose nnocence from their posi-
tons, is liable unjustly 10 MEANWHILE is il less
than equity or than the golden rule prcscrbcs Of doing
as you would be done by that the public shall not even
attach the any man. unit, the facts
which establish else refue the charge shall have
been collected and clearly asccr,aned:
"On Friday night, Mr. Benz W. Green was taken
INTO custody as an alder and abettor Of William b.
Dabney in embezzling the funds of the Banks MIR
Green, for years, has been marked man in this
community. Commencing small business few
years ago. and at early age, he rapidly extended
TO dealings very large in amount, and of the most
varied character, specializing in all things lands
coal property, house building ship building, -four &c,
lie was understood to conduct his mutarous affairs
on no system-not even to keep regular books-and
as no capacity is adequate to the task Of conducting
successfully innumerable independent transactions
even where method is observed, discreet man has
doubted that eventually, like many other spec ulators
who have assembled, blazed awhile in mid air, and
finally exploded, MIR. Green destined to the same
fate 1t is denounced in Holy Writ and we solemnlv
believe IT. that heightened prosperity shall not attend
him who seeks to avert what ia both mans fate from
the sin OF his first parents and his happiness that he
shall live by the of his brow There is curse
upon inordlnae speculation, and there ought to be.
Sin more prosperous state the country Mr. Green
would have longer continued above the horizon. In
despite of the general conviction that his widely ex.
tended and dsjoin,ed specuations would. sooner ar
later, end in grand crash, he possessed individual
confidence TO great degree and considering The stern
nature OF the pecunary times sustained himself won.
derfuly Oh graceful person, engaging address and
calm and unruted department, which Massena mi hi
have admired this is the less surprising aud acts Of re