The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-23

ordered b Be cancelled, snd tsken out Q.
circulated, and i any was re- ssueo5 = vas
n5t intended, except, say tTeaty tho1sand
d5llsrs, which was paid oat TO small de-
posters at Chattanooga.
0 estieu bv Mr. steele. How does il
hapDsn that issues of the Bank . Iennes
SEE signed BY yonr name e. President, beaT
date prior to your term Of being President
4. A large amount, say about fsyo nlliiqn
dollars, was ssued, and we're ilhed up bE
4 iariiss en- nloFed for that pufpose, Trior 70
their being signed BY me, and signed 10
bill for circulation that IVES not thus dated
exeept some post nosts that renEem Der.
Question bv az. See e. How much con
did belong to the Bank Of Tennessee at the
| time il was IN your possessio., Ia Georgia :
4. / estimated it IRON recollection Of the
reports of tie cashiers e. Sj4e, 900, while
| john 4. Fisher, cashier, conte nded that the
/ sn1oant was sg49, s00, or theresbouts; that
1 difference vas on account Of neither Of Us
/ kooEing the correct srnount.
Quest on BY Mr. carter. what amount OF
| Tennessee bank money wss drawn out Of
said bank BY the military committee
/ 4 I cannot tel IS 7 have 10 means Of
! knowing.
I Qaestioa BY Mr.. Steele. How Taueh Ten
/ hessse money Is in circulation 81 this time
Z
| for q correct answer; but l think il 70 be
about four and one-hslf million dolisrs, old
and new Issue. There Was about $4,000
issued at Chattanooga since the Bank leis
Nashville. We issued no other notes than
about this $4,000.
Hr. p. B. Cheathsm being duly sworn,
testified as follows;
81 do not know Of any debt having been
paid to the Bank Of Tennessee sttsr Il LEFT
Nashville, in 1862. pad note as endorser
10 the Bank Of Tennessee for about $50. !
paid this in this city, two or three months
sgo, 10 General Sam. Z. Anderson, former
fatber's-in law, Mr.. s. H. Bugg, Of
which was endoFser. think the nose be
longed 20 the Bank Of Tennessee"
I J. r. Brown, former Cashier Branch Bank
Of Tennessee, at Trenton
Being duly sworn, answers as follows;
Question 1st.-Do you. knos anything
about the capital or funds OF The Bank Of
Tennessee, or any Of the Branches thereof,
beng ATTRACTED therefcom2
, A. 90 OF the Mother Baak, Memphis
and Somerville Branches.
z. "a. By whom2
A. John A. Fisher, rner Cashier Of the |
Mother Bank, and two other parties, on |
their own statements.
Y. Sd. Who were the other parties?
A. 7. D. Flippen, Teller Of the Mother |
Bank, and John E. Wilcox, Cashier OF the |
GAINESVILLE Branch.
Y. 4th. How much, and in what kind Of |
funds, did each Of these parties tske2
Answer. / saw John A. Fisher use ST.
1901 eleven hundred dollars in gold in the /
purchase of sterling exchange, which
think he appropriated 10 his own use
know Of no account 5eing made OF thissum
on the books OF the Bank. l also hold the
certificate Of II. L. Claiborn to the effect
hat one keg marked, or said to contain
{ sol, 0BO) Sky thousand dollars in gold coin.
belonging to the Someryille Branch, was
taken from the assets Of said Bank while in
charge Of said John A. Fisher.
@ 9th. What amount was appropriated
BY Flippin, upon his statement referred %!
A He said be used over lS5,00e) i've
thousand dollars in gold. On eompair
ing the count made here after the return Of
the funds, it was found that the coin OF the
Memphis Branch, from which Mr.. Flippin
took the, feil short (ST, 500 seven five nun
bred dollars, which I suppose to be the
amount
2. 9th. What amount was appropriated
By Wilcox?
A.-lS650l six hundred and fifty dol
lars ouI OF one OF the boxes belonging 70 the
shelbyyille Branch.
Q. We're You in the habit Of collect
ing notes due your B-sneh in Confede
rae money, md giving up the notes, or Civ
.ng memoirs ndum receipts tnereforT
a Up TO the spring Of 1855, did
receive Confederate money for between So
BOO and Sl2, 200 Of notes and bills owing to
he Bank. Said NOES and bills were either
or cancelled at the time, alter
y hich time declined receiving It in pay
nent Of debts due the Bank, except in the
ase Of two small notes, amounting 10 about
250. he balance o, my collections were
,ald out Of amounts 10 the credit of parties
u the Bank, against whom the Bank also !
ield clsims.
Q. Did not A J. Klyer pay g note 10 the
3auk in ContederE e money 1892
A. He proposed to do 50, and I did not
Ike IL. He subsequently told me that he :
ad paid the amount TO Mr.. Fisher, the
ASHER o. the mother Bank at Chattanooga,
lr which he took Fishers receipt. The note
still among the assets Of the Bank. I