The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-07

1ition OF the Bank Of Tennessee and Branches
= October I, 1861:
July I, ISL god ana silver rePoHsd slil 5sa @
= October !, 1851 4" ~ ,od5, - /
, Am not silhdrsEu from the Ranks Is, 5l5 "a |
j, Now, sir, If remember rightly, specie /
a payment was suspended during this period. /
= What became { This gold and silver2 Did 1
[ ne Legislature order any ezaulin ation2 Not
\ sofaf as ws can learn Fkey came here,
s SIR, 70 vste, not to inquire. They were the
r subservient tools Of Isham G. Harris. And
yet the men who laud that body talk dis
6 paragingiy Of this Legislature. Boys, mere
striplings, without experience, without
brains IN their skulls, tangled eyed, con-
: celted upstairs, in word, limbs Of the chiv-
i airy, who are to-day rebels against the
government in heart. rebels in thought, and
E rebels h every uIeranee that falls from
their rebell0us lips Such fellows as these
; establish rebel newspapers and write rebel
articles, 70 give gratuisous counsel TO loyal
: men. When and where did the world ever
before behold such shsmeless impudenee {?
But, sir, TO return. Il is not worth while
10 waste ammunition on such game
There IS one other item N the testimony
. Of Col. g. c. T0rbett 70 which desire 10
call attention, aud then shall have done I
with that:
Question BY Mr.. steeIe-What was done
with the Tennessee Bank notes that were I
paid to the Bank Of Tennessee %
"Answer-Ihere was very small amount {
come in afterit was ascertained that Con-
federate money would be taken. Wha, >
ives received l ordered to be cancelled and I
taken out Of circulation, and If any was re- C
issued it was not intended, except say S20,- b
600, which was paid out 70 small depOsit0rs il
at Chattanooga" q
Col. TorbeIt simply ordered it to be can 3.
eelled and taken out of circulation, and if q
any was reissued it was not intended. Was C
| that the manner in which 10 discharge the Ct
duties Of a President Of the Bank OF Ten il
nessee If SO, it is me TO wind Up the in h
stitution. But the law does not so provide. B
| Mr. Speaker, there is not particle Of esi- b.
dence that there was ever a dollar Of that A
money cancelled and retired from eireula- N
! ton. And where, sir, is il ? In the hands ro
Of spectators and if this Bill in lieu is 10 to
| become q law, the people must be taxed to III
/ redeem It.
must ask the indulgence of the House m
for single moment, TO commenton another Fl
transaction brought TO light in this testim0- D.
| ny. I refer to Mr.. D. D. Dickey's effort to eli
| hquidste his Indebtedness to The Bank Of b
| Tennessee. Now, sir, l believe Mr.. Dick IA
/ ey to be an honest man. We couldn't get Fl
/ much out Of him, except that he employed tn
| Capt C. II. Mitchell, the father-in-law Of be
/ John A. Fisher, as his agent to settle up al
/ his Indebtedness to the Bank. Mr.. Dickey be
did not seem 70 know much about the trans yC
| action. He did not know how it wss done, qU
/ where il was done, nor with what funds il Fl
was DONE his chief concern was TO know Al
that 1t was we'll done. Now there was an al
| appearance Of mystery about this, taking th
] Mr.. Dlckey's testimony isolated and alone, th
and natural inference might be drawn di
| that all was not fair on the part Of Mr.. ia
| Dickey but the testimony of Capt. P. II. til
Mitchell and Mr. Burns, solved the mystic cd
/ ~. All we could get cut of Capt. Mitchell tiC
was, that Mr.. D. d. Dickey gave him ST. ca
| 00e in greenbacks TO make trip TO Griffin,
/ in Georgia. He carried sealed packages in
and brought sealed packages. He didn't IN
/ know anything about them or the Bank, oh
and would not know anything about them fr'
for all the world. Not he. That was all b
that could be got out Of Capt. P. H. Mitch OF
ell. But Mr. Burns was the agent through fir,
whom Capt. p. II. Mitchell was to receive 10
this 81 ,000. When, and upon what condi- tO
tions was Capt. P. II. Mitchell to receive in
this 81 /, 900 IN greenbacks2 He SAYS he made tn
Mr.. Dickey pay it in advance. Mr. Burns / wi
says be was 10 receive the S11 Geo when ku
he returned with Mr.. Dickey's notes; and ta
this, sir, was to be the consideration for IN
Mr. Dickey's S4O, 900 Indebtedness. Mr. sw
Mitchell was TO get the notes as best he IT
could. This was about fair equivalent
for that amount Of Tennessee money at that ! We
time. If Mr.. Mitchell paid in Confederate bu
money, and the Bank was receiving it, 1t CO.
left fair margin for profits 10 Capt. Mitch ey
ell. This all goes 20 show how banking was
done down in Dixie, and is another chapter to
in the history of a rotten and corrupt eorpO- foI
rstion. The Bank evidently ought to be H
wound up. gu
M Speaker, I am now attempting to an
swer the question propounded by the gen ter
tleman from Marshall, in which he asks 10
" Why wind up the Bank Of Tennessee at bill
all ?" I have two letters in my possession, tee
which throw some light upon the manage tbs
81 ;
the same time demonstrate the Importance Tn
OF winding itup. One Of them Is addressed mo
TO myself. and Tie other to the Hon. James Ju
Baker. / will ask my friend, the honora- gu
BILE gentleman from Maury, to read them.
Mr.. Arnell read as follows: sta
GAINESVILLE, Nov. %, 1865. rat
Mr. Wines, Nashville: 70
DEAR sIR-You will confer a favor on me 3
by letting me know what viii be expected sh'
of me in regard 10 the $500, Of gold, which I 70
/ used. As I stated in my other letter 10 no
you, considered that I had settled il. At rea
the time / settled with Mr.. Fisher, which ger
was ten or twelve days after / got IT, / did up
not contemplate such thing as the posi- ne
bility Of his leaving the country, and took nv
no receipt from hun. He was in Augusta
and | was at Greensboro, Georgia, and the no
morning went to Augusta to settle il with pr
him. /, for fear Of losing il on the road, lett up
$3.50 in gold, with Mr. B. Lanier, for Mr.
Fisher. Cashier with two barrels of whisky mo
and a fine mare, saddle and bride. / saw iai'
Fisher, aud told him had used the money, a
and wished to pay him; that / was afraid "a
had committed az indiscretion in using IT, D al
He said it made no difference, and that be "a. .
was willing to take the whisky and horse "lt
and the gold, and whatever balance was Nv
left, if auy, could be arranged between him - ]
and me, on a settlement Of some Transactions ths
in which he and had been jointly engaged. On.
Il was my impression that Fisher was ow-
ing me money at the time, but the Confed- are
crate Government had seized some things up
belonging % Us, and be would not settle IN nee
tn he had q settlement with them. Two sec
lays after got 70 Augusta, Mr.. Fisher and aIe
nvself went up 70 Greensboro, and he re- yer
,eived from Mr.. Lanier the gold, aud the u u
2ther things, at least be stated to me that the
be had. ] have Mr.. Lanier's receipt for the iooi
gold, specifying thst he received il for John duc
A. Fishes, Cashier, from me and Mr. La pIl
nier knows that it was to settle the debt to pre-
he Shelbyvile Branch. SIM
am thus explicit that you may under Is
tand exactly the whole case. l marked on IN 5
he box, $3.50 taken out to be replaced by y a.
Fisher and signed my name to Il. ler
There is another thing wish TO call your my
.ttention 70;
lew days before the fall Of Fort Donel- few
on, all the coin belonging 10 this Branch IN
vas sent 10 the Mother Bank at Nashville We
sometime during the summer of 1862, / Ban
hink, John F. Coats came to US in Chatta- We
looga, and desired to draw, out of this wi
Branch, SII0e in gold. Mr.. Fisher told me : v9
be gold was in Atlanta, AID gave me an s eeii
rider to "W. W. Clayton, Agent" 70 permit -,
Ia NJ ~ Co.ts' cl.c[ NJ c. mi it n
myself went to Atlanta, opened the box 10
md paved him the SllO0, Ia twenty dollar - ~
,od pieces, and afterwards sealed the tox ne
With the Bank Of Tennessee seal, 10 Mr.. u,
oats presence. / never saw the coin af- ~ -, I
erwards, until the fall Of Atlantis, and ou.i
sherman had commenced his march on IN
mean the coin belonging 10 ~
his Branch. I assisted, after the fall Of -
Atlsnta, in removing some Of the coin 10 -,
Macon. When Augusta was threatened BY -
Sherman, last year, Mr. Fisher said he -
Wished M I've and MYSELF 70 accompany uue'
7ol. Torbett 20 Columbis, S. c., with the IN
DIN While we were counting the coin PIsl
,oxes Of the Express Office, wheFs ID was : y
tored and had been for some months, Iylu
discovered that this box, out Of which had me-
aid Mr.. Goats, had no seal on it and one s4i y,
a The screws ont. coin boxes only have Wti
y ~ -o-.,,.a Tfor5 Fisber I tbongbt 80 chal
ne had been into the box, and wished 10 ale
men it and look &C IT, tie objected 10 It. Pr,
. We had but very little time: said be sup ana
,osed il was az right-that she screw had a ~. or
,Tobably become loose BY being handled 50 ~ nlu7
,neh. Mr.. shutter, the superlBtendeut Of tioh
he Express company st Augusta, made tee,
ONE remsrk to the same effect, aud nailed peg
M box up. On the way 70 Columbia, ~
aen sie -. - -, Il - Ooir--tf. W b q
81 30. in Col. Torbett's presence. and found ~,
hat All The gold which had been in the box -
vas zone, with the exception Of q few snsl 49,
,ie,ss over FIVE thousand dollars vas taken -
ON il. At what 6me or place fhis Eas -
one I cant fsy, as is had been over two -,
ears since had seen ii, when discovered -
be loss The box was al right wheu gos q -
be gold ont or Mr.. Goats. -.
A6V other Informal on ] can give you in -.
sVard u the Bank, wall Be furnished with -,
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