Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-09-19
Il me scOundrcii~sn Of Rankcrs--EOIgc gerry
upon Bank Books. &c.

continue to bemoan the loss of Bddlcs regu-
lator. the late Bank of the United States. I
must be borne in mind that all the stipend
Gus vilainy here disclosed took place while il
vas additional Institution and before it bribed
lis way through the Legislature of Pcnnsy[
wanna. and procured State charter. The OK
ousc given bv Mr.. Biddle in his demurrcrs. Is
a singular one. but it will suffice. for we never
knew rich Bank scoundrcl TO be punished
for any crime he might commit. Had Biddlc
stolen a barrel Of flour to save himself or fam
| ily from Starving. lac would have been punish
ed; but n he only plnndered the widow and
the orphan of their all. and the community of
thousands. he will escape. because. if for no
other reason. IL was done some years since
| Ohm Statesman.
THE GUOsT or THE LATE NATIONAL E,NK.
/ The following is anextract from bin of dis
covcry filed in chanccry against the cX-prc>i-
dent of the late National Bank. in order to
discover to what purpose was applied Si0o
0D0 alleged 20 have been taken BY him and
the teller John Andrews. To this bill de-
murrcr was PIT in. which we also append.
The principal argument seems TO be, that the
transaction tool, place 81 long time ago" It
will be Observe that he operations took place
while Vt II WAS National Bank, before II
BEGAN a STATE institution
And your orators further chargc. that be
tween TIC 10Th day Of Feb. and the ii day OF
March. in the wear 81. or thcrcabout. the
said John Andrews. being such !'ilSt Assistant
Cashier a. azores ii. DR. " various checks or
orders on TIE sad FRS Teller. and received
the money from the said ! ir,t Teller for the
same. and deliver ,omc part or the whole
of the same over to tic said Nicholas Biddc.
the said checks being drawn and the sid mo
ncy paid over 10 and received BY the said
Nicholas Bidilc by concert between the said
Nicholas Riddlc and the said John Andrews.
And YOUR orators further state that the whole
amount Of moneys 80 drawn for and received
hv the said John andrews. and paid over by
him i'm whole or In part. 10 the said Nicholas
Biddlc. am united TO the sum Of four hundred
thousand dollars. or thcrcabou: and that the
id sum. OF money 20 obtained. were never
applied TO or used in any legitimate business
of the said Bank: but. ON the ,ntrarv. were
wasted by them. the said Nicholas Biddlc and
John Andrews. or applied to some use by
them. for which they cannot claim credit
against the said Sank or her assigns. and were
never accounted for by them 90 the said Bank
And your orators further charge. that the
said Nicholas Hiddlr and John andrews, hay
inc thus obtained the sum OF four hundred
thousand dollars and upwards. did. in order TO
give Il different aspect 10 the transaction. re-
sort 20 sundry contrivanccs. TO wit: The said
checks Of John Andrews. commonly called
cashiers vouchers. for the said sums amount
inc TO lour hundred thousand dollars. or there
about, were (as were. also. all the vouchers OF
the ,amc kind) retained bv the said FIRST Tel
lrruntil The dav should arrive when he should
be REQUIRED 10 account for the moneys IN hiS
hands. or under his control. belonging TO the
said banl. which said accountings occurred
rcriodicallv: and hc entered these vouchers
IN certain ca,h book kept by him. called the
FIsl VcIlcr's statement under the head or
title of ..>undric,. aud the said Nicholas Bid
die and John Andrews. IN order 10 rcpOsS -
themselves of said vouchers. caused ten notes
of the Bank OF the United States. called Pa
rent post notes. 10 be executed by the officers
10 whom the execution of such notes belong
cd. on the ~ dav of March. 30, but bear
ing the dat Of the lOth of February. 1876.
each of slil no. being for the sum of forty
tnon~and dollar. and caused them to be en-
tered in a certain book 81 thc said Bank. call
cd The General Parent Po-t Register. bu.
under lhc date of the I0th of February, lSG.
And your orators further charge. that the
said Nicholas Biddlc and John Andrews. hay
inc possessed themselves of these ten post
notes. delivered them = the said First Teller.
and took from him the said vouchers for four
hundred thousand dollars. leaving these post
notes ~ substitute for the sumo.
And your orators further charge, that on or
aboul the 1T of March. lS3G, that being the
Dcvf .,rcollDfin,r Loy lor tho First Teller thc