Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-02-01
The Bank OF Cha. lcsteu, VA.

There has been no nsiderable guam
tity of this money circulated in our midst,
and of late, it has not received the favor
from our business men that other Virginia
money has. . e-i "''" '.'
The Home News" of Marietta, it APP
pears, made some remarks in regard to the
Bank, which is claimed by the Cashier of
the Bank to be unjust. am, appears in the
last Issue of that paper in lengthy COM
mun;catlon, giving the whole history of
the Kanawha and Charleston Banks, and
their entire ind dependence, one of the other:
To tie Publisher of f"1he Home NeWS::"
Mr.. WINcHEsTER: Your paper of Jan.
8ih. contained an article which states, or
implies, what. upon the information l
possess, | can but consider very erroneous
assumptions or Implications of facts; does
injustice to the parties thus implicated;
and is calculated to do, without intention,
/ ! presume, on your part more wrong, and
produce more evil consequences. and that
near home, as we'll "a abroad, than you,
probably apprehended when it was written
and published; and must presume that
/ you would not have published 1t, IN the
terms in ehich il appearc. and with the
| implications which 1t conveys to the render,
/ had YOU been better and well intoI med, ,
! when it was wrilte'', of the true facts,
affecting persons, and the rights and inter-
ests of olhers-when published in print
| refer to the article b"inning ES-"Poy-
master Story, IF the Marietta 6 incin-
| D..
and in which you. thereinafter, say: "Look
out for another .J7ood of Kanawha MONEY.
Could not the c' mpany as conveniently get
some other kind OF money to pay of with?
p. opla don't like the GalVenised Bank Of
! CHorlej ton.' I. .aa f- H.a SIS.
The Cashier, Mr.. Arius Nye, then
makes several specifications, one Of which
! is: 'r -# "l s.a ,na l4
THirdly.: There is, now. no Bank Of
| h0n0uho. except the (old) BTdnch, IL
Charleston, OF the Bank o Virginia. The
present Bunk f Charleston is, by the
Law OF Virginia, placed on the same foot
ing, substantially, with the other Banks OF
that STATE; and it's Chatter has been re-
Gently, SO extended as to continue for tie
same, or nearly the same, time as
those Of all the other Banks therein,
au horizeJ by law. By an actof the As
sembiy of that Stale, passed March 81,
1853. the charter of the (now Bank of
Charleston, was and is extended for six
years from Feb. 90, 1857 and the same
section turtlier provides Tor placing 1t on
the same footing. of privileges and re-
spons,bili y rs other Banking corporations
of The Stale BY another sect. of the
same law the StuC kloders, convened for
the purpose. were authorized to change
the location of the ''Kanawha Bank" to
Charleston; and the name 10 The Bank Of
Charleston" which it now is; the St"ck-
holders having. in June last, adopted both
changet-oi locations and name. Ii is
not to be supposed that the Legislature OF
Virginia would have passed this law,
when il did, and As it dld, if it had not
been known-Lhat the Bank. thus extended
and privileged. validated and made respon-
sibIe, for its good con duct, in like manner
as the other Banks of that State, was un-
der the contrri and management Of men of
good and reliable character, and of capacity
for the Conduct of its proper, lrgi'lnla, e
business rs such; jprudcntly for itself;
safely 10 the public. an.J 1I r.@t
Ii the foregoing be tue, why should
not this money pass more readily with US?
If any one knows TO the contrary, we
should be glad 10 hear from him.