The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-30
CITY NE VS..
BANK OF TENNESSEE.
Manner Of Managing The ConoerH
Rich and Raey Developments.


Mr.. Wines, in disable speech on the Bank
question, yesterday, read The following let
ters, from parties formerly connected with
the Bank. We shall give the speech Of Mr..
wines tomorrow. Il was very able sx-
posure Of the maRner in which the oiaesrs
Of the Bank managed matters, and should
be read by ali:
CLARKsvnLE, Nov. q, 1865.
Mr.. Wines, Nashville.
Dear sir.-You win confer favor en- me
BY letting me know Whist VIII be expected
OF me in regard 10 the $3.50, Of gold, which
1 uscd. As ! stated In my other letter 20
vou, I considered that I had estiled it. At
The time ! settled with AIr. Fisher, which
was ten or twelve days after got il, did
not contemplate such thing as the posi-
bimty Of his leaving the country, and took
no receipt from him. lie was IN Augusta
and / was ct Greensboro, Georgia, and the
morning ! vent 10 Augusta o settle Il with
him, I, for fear Of losing it on the road, lett
500, iu gold, with Mr.. B. Lauicr, for Mr..
Fisher, Cashier, with two barrels whisky,
and iiue mare, saddle and bride. saw
Fisher and told him had used the money,
and wished 20 pay HIM that was afraid
had committed an indisereti0n in using it.
He said il made no difference, and that be
was Rlling b take the whisky and horse,
and the gold. and whatever balance vss
left, IL any, could be arranged between him
aud me- on a settlemensof some transactions
ia which he and had been jointly engaged.
It Wss my Impression that Fisher was ow-
ing me money at che time, but the C0nfed-
einte Government had seized some things
belonging To as, and be would not settle un-
al he had a settlement with them. Two
days after got to Augusta, Mr.. Fisher and
myaclf, went up 70 Greensboro, and he re-
ceived, from Mr. Lanier, The gold, and the
other things, ct least ne stated 10 ne that
he had. have Mr.. Lsnier's receipt for the
gold, specifying that he received it for Jno.
A. Fisher, Cashier, from me and Mr.. La
nier knows that it was to settle the debt 70
the shelhyyille Brauch.
lem thus explicit that you may under
stand exactly the whole case. marked on
the box, "S659 taken cut to be replaced BY
Fisher" and signed my nalne to il
There IL anothsr thing wish % call your
attention tei
A few days before the fan Of Fori Donel-
son, all the Coin belonging 20 this Branch
was sent 10 the Mother Bank, at Nashville.
Sometime during the summer OF 1861,
think, John +. Coats came 70 US IN Chatta-
ncogs, and desired 10 draw, out Of this
Branch, 81 .lo0 in gold Mr.. Fisher told rae
the gold was ia Atlanta, and gave me an
order 70 eW. ". Clayton, Agent, 20 permit
me to open one Of she Clarksville boxes, and
paw Mr.. Coats check. Mr.. Coats and myself
went 70 Atlanta, opened the box and paved
him the 81 ice, in twenty dollar gold piecca,
snd Afterwards sealed the box, with the
Bank Of Tennessee seal, in MI. Coats pres
encs. never saw the coin after wards, I'M
iii the isll ef Atlanta, and sherman had
commenced his march on Savannah
mean the coin belonging TO this B anch-
assisted, AFTER the fail o. Atlanta, IN remov-
ing some OF the ccin 10 Macon. When Au-
gasta was threatened BY Sherman last
year. Nj. Fisher said be wished Mr..
Rye and myself 20 accompany Col. Iurbett
teColumbia. S. s., with the COIN While
We were ceunting the coin boxes 81 The Ex-
press Ofice, whore L. was stored, aed had
been lor some months, discovered that
this box. oui Of which had paid Mr.. Coats,
had no seal on il and ono 81 the screws out
(eoin boxes only have Two screws,l told
Fisher ! thought some one had been into
the box. aud wished 70 open ID and look st
Is lie objected 10 it, M We bad bat very
little TINE; said he supposed q was all
riFhi-that the screw had probably become
loose By being handled 20 much. Mr.. shu-
Ter, the Super ntcnGcut OF the Express ccrl-
paw az Augusta. made some remark % the
same elect, and nailed the box up On the
way 10 Columbia, i mentioned Il e ar.
Rye, and be said we had better look into 4
Al Columbia. We did 90. IN Col. lorbett.s
pFssence, aud found that all the gold which
had been ia the box vas gone, with the ex'
ception Of q few small pieces. over Eve
thousand dollars was taken from j.. At
WHIST sane or place this Was done I csu't
cay, o. % had been over tive years since
hal seer it, when I discovered the loss.
The box was eli q ght when got the gold
out for Mr. Cost.
Any other Information can give you in
regard 10 The Bank, Will be furnished with
pleasure. Very respectfully,
u. =. WILCOX.
ATHESs, rESs.. Nov. Is, 1885.
gsshes Hsirsg. Fec. nashville Teub
Daas STs-Xours Of The 22d inst. was
received this morning. I don't know that
understand precisely the Information waut-