Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-03-19
A False Statement Corrected.

It was stated in the letter OF our Greensboro IN. c.
correspondent early last week. that it had been ascer
tanned by letter from Elizabeth City that about 100000
of the money belonging to the Farmers Bank of that
place. had recently been found concealed in safe owned
bv Mr. w W. Griffin former Cashier of said Bank.
The American Sentinel, published at Elizabeth City,
in its issue of Saturday last says it is authorized by the
officers of the Farmers Bank to say that the report
base sander.
The Sentinel has no doubt that the whole thing Orlgi
mated 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 to keep
his valuable papers, &c. and found therein several pack
ages of vouchers, certificates Of deposit and finally a
package of Blank Bank Bills to the amount of 500 900.
How the package of vouchers certificates blank bills
got there Mr. Griffin does not know The finding of the
100000 in blanks gave rise to the above extract. No
doubt the branch Of the Farmers Bank at Greensboro
was apprsed of this discovery and the report found
its way to the correspondent of the Eapress and he, by
one dash of the pen turned 100000 of blanks into $780,
900 good money, and branded Mr. Griffin with rascafi-
tv 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.
The finding out of the 100000 in blanks, makes the
minds of the officers of the bank at ease for they
have been bothered more than little to account for the
number of bills stricken off from the plates, and the
number issued by the Bank. This 100000 worth, we
understand Ills up Ile quantity dill COlu WLul d tW
dollars and the stockholders will have the satisfaction of
knowing that the Bank is at least 100000 better off
than they expected it thought that the bills had
been signed and issued and their entry forgotten to be
made in the books of the Bank.
We cheerfuDy give place to the above explanation,
and request that such papers may have copied the
tract from Greensboro letter will in justice to Mr..
Griffin give the above, its substance, place in their
columns. We have written to Greensboro cores
ponden in relation to the matter have no doubt
be has been imposed upon by some correspondent
from Elizabeth City He has furnished US letters fire.
quenty former occasions and his information has al
ways proved reliable. We think it due to ourselves
to state however, that the letter containing the charge
against Mr.. Griffin, was inserted during our absence
from the city charge seriously affecting the repu
tation of gentleman would not have found its way Il
to our columns, had we been present. We should Ger
tanly have been guarded in this particular case because
receive the Elizabeth City papers regularly and had
no mention of any such discovery as that related by
our Greensboro correspondent We have never wlully
msrepresented any that are aware Of and if VT
know ourselves, never intend to-Petersburg E1press