Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-03-17

A FALSE STATEMENT CoRRECrED-It was stated in
the letter Of our Greensboro en- c. correspondent
early last week, that it had been ascertained by let
ter from E zabeth City. that about 500 900 Of the
money belonging to the Farmers Bank of that place,
had recently been found concealed in a safe owned
by Mr.. w. W. Griffin, former Cashier Of said Bank
The american Sentinel, published at Elizabeth
City, in it's issue Of Saturday last, says it is author
lied by the officers Of the Farmers Bank say that
the report is base slandcr. e.. .''
30 The Sentinel has doubt that the whole thing
originated in this way: .
Some two weeks ago or more. Mr. Griffin came to
town. and in the presence of the Cashier of the
Bank opened private safe in the Bank, where he
used 10 keep his valuable papers. &c, and found
therein several p,rkr.s IF vouchers, certificates of
deposit, and finally package nf Blink Bunk Bill.
to the amoun: of $4,000. How the package of
vouchers certificates or blank bills got there Mr..
Griffin does not know. The finding Of the $4,000
in blanks gave rise to the above extract No doubt
the branch of the Farmers Bank a, Greensboro was
apprised OF this discovery and the report soon found
its way to the correspondent of the Erpresx and he,
BY one dash Of the pen, turned 100000 of 6htnks
into $4,000 good money, and branded Mr.. Griffin
with " "rascalty." Everybody knows that the blanks
found could not have been of any benefit to Mr..
Griffin, for they were not signed by either Of the
Presidents that the bank has had. "a a<.arE
The finding out of the Sic. 900 in blanks, makes
the minds sf the officers Of the ,nk more at ease,
for they have been bothered more than little to
account fur the number OF bills stricken OH from the
plates, and the number issued by the Bank. This
$6OOOO worth, understand, fills up the quantity
Ea told within few, dollars. and the stockholders
will have the satisfaction OF know ing that the Bank
is al least $50 600 better off than they expected
it was thought that the bills had been signed and
issued, and their entry forgotten to be made in the
j b ,oks of the Bank. ,ir..s.- .-.. a..,nrs c.. -
rr We cheer fully give place to the above explana-
ton, and request that such papers as may have cop
led the from our Greensboro. letter. WILL in
jus &c to Mr.. Griffin give the above, its substance
q place in their columns. We have written to our
Greensboro correspondent in relation to the matter,
as we have no doubt he has been imposed upon by
some correspondent, in Elizabeth City. ri He has fur.
nished letters frequently former occaSons and
4 his information has always proved reliable. We
think it due ourselves state however,. that the
letter containing the charge against Mr.. Griin was
inserted during 1our absence frum the City. A
charge seriously affecting the reputation Of geu
teman, would not have found it's way into lour coE
umns had We been present. We should certainly
have been guarded in this particular case. because
We receive the Elizabeth City papers regularly and
had seen no mention Of any such discovery rs that
related by our Greensboro correspondent. W ehave
never wiifully mi>represehted any man that we are
aware Of and II We know ourselves, we never in.
5tend to.-Psts'sburg Express. '''' :" gum.