The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-12

Ans. 1t was never. deposited ar,all.-,
l paid out some from hapd to hand.-
For other amonirs'I drew checks On tie
Tennessee National Bunk, and Iw ould
hand the check to some one, frequently
a third party, and saw the check no
more. Generally received actual cash,
and paid 1t out myself, d great deal for
drinks, suppers, drives, ,1oans, etc. 'i
Quest. Who did you regard as the
warm friends of tue measure? ;.. i,.t -
Ans. The warmcst friends were Ar
nell, Fuson. Mullins. Duggan, Donald
son, Muloy, Patton. Wines and many
others--these were the gentlemen who
consulted together. In the Senate were
Hall, Cypert, Mckinney and others.
Qucs. From your letters YOU express
some doubts as to Richards, w. j.
Smith and others. Were these gentle
men enemies of the bill? ., fpr ..'
Ans. They both were enemies or the
bill, for time. They aiterward be-
came friends to it, and so expressed
thcmSclves. During the investigation
attcrwau', richards made the best
spcecl, on the side OF the bank that was
made in the House. never made the
initiative to these gentlemen (Smith and
Richards.) They approached me as CO.
workers and friends Of Rutter's.
Ques. You have spoken of moneys
that you have disbursed. Do YOU know
of any other persons paying out any TO
the same end? 9I ri.I n ".
Ans. The moneys l have heretofore
spoken of were those disburscd by my
self and Ruttcr, and are such as come
| within my personal Knowledge. heard
Ruttcr say that he had given ;. K. v.
Patton some money. J don't re:ncm-
Der the amount, / think ,ioEr OF, five
thousand dollars: also Barbour Lewis.
General Eaton,' John Martin and Judge
Leonard. understood him to say and
mean that these gentlemen had been
paid for services rendered in getting the
State deposits and the fiscal agency for
his bank. | heard him speak of having
paid out other moneys, but can not
state the connection. Newspapers were
paid for inserting articles favorable 10
the bank. These articles were usually
written by outside parties, and the pa
pers paid to insert them as editorials
| know that the Press and Times was
paid for inserting an editorial which |
wrote, recommending the passage OF
such a bill as was finally passed. The
! Banner was paid for inserting an arti-
Gle. as editorial, but do not remember
the substance; ] think it was to prevent
the passage of fiscal agency bill, diff
| fering from the one we passed All
these transactions took place two years
ago, and have not recalled them since.
Quest. What bank in Nashville usu-
ally took your checks?
Ans. Mainly Wing, Toby s. Co.,
though they were taken by several
banks and persons. Most Of tile checks
drawn by me went to Memphis by pri-
vatc hands.
| ciul;.e ,CoRAFTPoSpENCE.ru'f~!pea
The following are copies of telegrams
and letters, orportions thereof, address
ed by Parham to Rutter:
NASHVILLE, February 5, lS66.-All is
well here. Arncll says come. ] say
come Immediately. r.. S. PARHAM.
NASHVILLE, November s, 1861
have now been here long enough to
minge with all our old acuuaintances OF
| the Legislature, which have accord
ingly done. .q.i's- --- ltr,iuffy "..ll..u
There are to-day. about forty mem
bers Of the House in the city. Arnell
Norman. Mulloy, Mullins, Wines, Har-
vey, Browhyr yrPatt6n ahd Jthers, %ithout
any previous mention of yOu on my
| part inquired OF you and the bank, and
Expressed themselves in most friendly
terms. had especially. a long conver-
sation with Ainell last night, who told
me that he was Yesterday at the Gov
ernor's room. am sure tltat Arnell is
warmly your friend. He says that you
are all right with the State authorities
and cannot be touched by anybody
that it is especially understood that you
are in every way protected, assisted and
benefited. I took drink with Null
| Inns, and he told me to tell you that he
I."rememhered you as lovely spot in
memory's WASTE" as "the shadow of q
great rock in the desert" as "the rose
of Sharon and the Lilly of the Valleys =
THAT. .as the cedar is among the trees OF
| lebanon, so art thou among men, and
much more did brother Mullins proceed
4 to say until was weary Of the theme
and proposed to bet him hundred dol
lars that he wanted to borrow money.
| am satisfied you will be granted any
thing you ask. told Arnell that you
were foremost in assisting the Union
cause and Union men, and could always
be counted on. lie said he knew this,
and on account of the party, he wanted
you to make money. Don't forget to
send me the checks you promised me-
You know my expenditures here ought
to be liberal, and | have never yet given
Duggan that hat, of which he reminded
me Yesterday, and he voted for us, and
worked for us. Tam reduced to my last
| five dollars. .,...,
Yours, respectfully, r. SPARTAN
! Isl wish especially TO make, q
friend of the Clerk Of the Senate, and
also tocultivate n few of its mcmbcrs.-7
| shall, on this account have to spend
some money. blnoHa .gu T. SIT
In another letter, dated February z
1867, lParham writes 'Trhere was to,
Edayintloduced a resolution in the Sen,
ate, (and passed. calling upon the conl'
,mittee to report instantly as to how
they had settled with the bank at Mem
phis, what they had done with the mo-
ney they had received, and what the
present conditioner the money in hand
This was doneby Carrigan, "a Conser
Iyat;uaN II 1nosi ,at n N, onnt .fn m,