Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-27
Enr He Enc,iirer.
THE EXCHANGE BANK AT NORFOLK.

norrion Of the Norfolk people are in high state Of cx.
element about the condition of things in The Board o the
Exchange Bank in that clt" The Presidrn os that nsn
on seems to have conducted its ali iirs az to dsp"nsn
considerable portion ui ,ia cominunif lls rliTrG una
par,ty and pjuices carried into his board and that
paue discounted trh respect 10 tncn 'fiN ' ic
.nnus sb,v OF the names upun its face Whether ms or
rue Or not only known "a ie people of The place. o
s y,v certain ha complaints oi the prevailing In
Norfk scarcely arise without some substantial cause
eysrng in the mpudent improper manner In whicn 'he
nusj1ess Banks is conducted Sucn compain'S are never
hod in KIchnont where probably ten timas more paper
is ,hnwn cut by the Bank Directories than in Norfolk Inc
Presidents and Cashiers oi our banss arc al! gentlemen o
h,e and obgig manuers and above reoach lor prl!ni
v When discounts refused tic persons VINO are ue
ned however disappointed attribute only consclcEcous
,s 10 the boards refusing. SO il might be every where
X, nrssirn or board vi directors VIII ever cnoroh e-
selves with the community or any pot'on oi 'ne cou'" :,
~ hy firm discharge of duty coupled Win urDanty ana
courtesy. . , ;u .,. ,,;sa ,.i,bou,
,if cause existing in the temper Or manners OF
~. ,,r..rs That they have arisen in Norfolk Is fact
hs ,rrues vc:y strongly that some such exciting cause
,i.rs ana has existed in that city 80,
~ r r,rnur OF the State has thought proper, no DOUBT
% re,able information laid before him, TO appoint certain
n,emcn directors tile part OF tie state IN the i.A-
h,nge Bank nj that city, What his motives lot SO 'oin
x. and what that information was, Is not known mere ne
o.n absent from Richmond for several days. and al
ogs,s unconscious Of the tempest hc mas eHcieo.
@ Of the bank and his peculiar friends regarn le
onmen,s he has made may be Inferred from Inc looW-
inv language vi the NOfluik Argus, WHICH ece'' ~ " "
nr1an ii the Sharp dynasty:
nware that for several years past certain mallgn
,,o has been attempted the weak and unsophisca-
M hut nj the time aspiring Chief Magistrate OF TIE So
rw,,b bn, we certainly had little cause to expect Sncl
decided orert act Of hostility on s part ~ mas eIn
startling 10 hur so'ie.Y az "i"""'''' ~
frnu cluudcs5 sky ,,,,,,,
,d n, ,sun in il Than reason or argument ihG uI"
- ,yc,npr Floyd cherishe5 hostility sgainst Or nus nun
uIh,s =, Trr3,k Is prrposterUus and ridiculous IN
a. fine whole conduct Of the friends vi the peS'us'', VI ~
VorGIk Bank seems farcca 10 rcrsnns on; Oh lc Spo y"
N. r tempest ia which they are tossing ar''lse -
= rho SpcXnoIdrrs o! tic Bank got to9c'hef 1'a o'
- ,ake into con stcraiion the n"mantuus all's oi W.
,rnnration TEey Gale! themselves "a 'iecIIns ~ va
Stockholders although only 2sgh shares were &C no
thai is 10 say S59D0U0 ont OF the Sl,sUVo
= ,h capi,a Of the institution. Tue H." hoh'n o' ''i
49, met lwcc and each day elected to discount al! "pe'
it,r tEa,i tha, which required reneW'i. ,,.aI,ss
rhe President and his friends, .icrrup'n h'e" ,
,ons, solemn little plulc, represented INC at'" "
Exchange Bank Virginia as gonG 10 me oo@s' aT -
"a The sur that its stocks w"ua 20 DOWN 's' r;,,r. nf
h,, h.l,w ruling prices, in nscqnsncc OF e 'l ~ II
80 Lu.ri "a o., on .::i! lis dsrJuars No" y 'c'S
n:n 10 the Stockholders of the Exchange o'hN' ,,h.r
i.wh.re than in Norfolk, 'f"t lie t'e'th me- @ =, - ii
hn unfenl oank there, probably the ir"s. e,on 0l
~ ~ ,nclrs ,r tha. insituUn that has ou' 'i'
ic,raI out r total capital os1nglhs 20 ~, m .r;.
E .rru 81 500 600, The rcna!E:c: ui "!'.i A. M,r ~
nrnf; rly cfnp!uyrd nj tho h'2ac!iss Ia ~, =, =,
~ RS ,,f ,Ln S,ar; ana HAT, il the parent ha!"
:e J,,,- a,rr:l,er ard transfer lis c7pi'', ~ + r
=; -, .S,a, ;rat might be designated, l.e"ieoI III,
~ In, tr,nc;l ~ .:!.ich pace aht!ofh"u of ~ M "A
lhSt'. ~ r,,,s,,, , establish the sIocAr'isFs Mo''
h'" ~ i, rho un.,ct:Dr The Norfolk sto:Nh",ic'' = 49,.
cr f Ihn have different lea hni 'hH '1, y"
80 ds,,nn, neyv paper II ihrir u"trn, - wi;,inp.
.;,,, ,ri.,. Some Of ;nen express ;. .'
.J n i,kt .. lDn.s less han iist VIII 49,,
~: ,,r stocks Ii INA. 5e their t.a?er, lo' -. , cn-;
;l, =, ! ken ua P.iccs here have mi "ee''"-
and will not. -, -. directors appointed BY
A +, The course pursued D? the ,ty :,
nrr il il for ;hem 10 justify II, rs G2' - ~
IL IL a.ir :, do While il c:!ta!a "',eI. a.
aoiI n , | | ~ from oc; responsibility - "h:'' ~ '!' =,
"a liz, in ,.;n.raucnce 0; those APRON 60 -
:; n, :I.,- nat ne is responsible icf ile ~
-. 80. :,r ~. s!:i=s ard hlrHST"2- "a w ~ 49, :;
E..:,Is t.u.. Il ::' ,a-iHcsS y -" ', ~.
- ,.. .; II. s. s;i:!sS, tie !3ct VIII u',s t.''o ~
j, hs,no.. is ~: proceeding npoA '"e ls..'
" ~ o,. recommendations became hecess'l. u, 90; :.
,,,o ,Tnncnr % o any trad" me !ic1 49, .,l. ; ;,
s''e ,r,. in: u" Mi!.n mo ind5 D! ne ~!'. -
O2 ~, III nr3!c coaienon II braves the p'ic y
- ~, -, attentive; f"-re!oH: III '.ie', t' - =; = -
o." NV ill.,. roa,;;lfr .l4s n'" tn leave tHci' "''
"," ard rila;" each "ihcT "!h Pa.'s% a"EH
80 .i,s NJ an il c.i;!u:iua "!:a WHICH tc. "uS''. ~
.'e " r.c,!un proves that they nave s!o' "'c'
'ie ,i a.. ~; DISPOSED - '!! theif hihas |" "'a
they have ~ o." --.ss,--
,,tI.,,-oy widow {: tia; eminent statesman
,,.;. Alexander Hamilton, and whose death was an
,.,1 j.; ,ho n1pers OF Yesterday is, we are pleased I
-, : a.,,srt health at her residence Ia Washington
City. -e,,--- - IN
s-,ryIyo CASE al Nashville, Tenn, was 'ui
v,,ire. oway 5y tie testimony Tor INC defence nu''e
!, ru,r,,sr OF witnesses tina: his vile was go ""c
. - io,oyica,inn that ne had been reluctantly e'"fE"
"a i, from her and that her death was causeu y "
nj Staf