Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-18


value received, having deposited or
pledged as collateral security for the pay
ment of this note 81, 900 in Nashville
city bonds, and we hereby give
TO the holder thereof full power and au-
thority to cell and collect At our expense
ali or any portion thereof at any place
within the city Of Nashville or elsewhere
ut public or private sale at his option Oh
the performance Of the above promise, and
at any time thereafter, and without sdver-
tising the same or otherwise giving to us
any notice. In case of public sale the
holder may purchase without being liable
to amount for more than the net proceeds
of such sale.
[Signed] A. E. ALDEN, Mayor.
w. MILLS, Recorder. #..l
Similar to the above note, said Col.
Colyar, collaterals had been issued to the
amount Of $4,000, a large portion of
which had been placed in the hands Of
men you would not trust for FIVE dollars.
This man Broekway was as much an
itinerant as Woodpecker, and there were
others just like him. That altogether il
was The most outrageous fraud ever prac-
tized upon an innocent people, and in
the hands Of that class Of men like Brock
way, it was most damnable Col. ColySr
referred TO the fact that Allen in his late
report had said something about not ex
posing the names Of parties who had re.
ceived these checks, but which he had
fortunately dug up, by laboring over the
books. Col. Colyar here read list of
names to whom these bonds had been
given as follows: George DAughtery,
John Brant, Fred Bright, Edward Hughes,
Gustayus Moore, A w Brockway, J P.
Rexford, Henry Greeyer, r + Baker, III.
H Thomas, w w Ingersol, Wm. Vermil-
| lion, Charles Warren, w Paramore, and
Wm. Shane.
| Didn't Alden know he was stealing
| whea these contracts were made? said Col
| Colyar. He defed mortal man to show
where 500, 900 of this money had gone.
There were only two men in the entire
list that were known among our citizens.
Think of such man az J. P. Rexford,
with an Indictment on his back for steal
ing watch, With these collsterals; and,
talking about Rexford, he had discovered
that he had sworn out an affidavit in sub
stance that he was fearful as stayor of
the corporation, that he was in danger of
suffering, and asking that warrant be is
sued. Under such state of things there
wasn't decent man that wouldn't move to
Edge6eld, and in less than two years be
willing to give away his property in the
city. ......f...- .-...r. ...-s-r,-
Col. Colyar then handled Ogden pretty
roughly about his failure to explain how
he got $72 900 for collateral for $4,000.
He said this man Ogden was president Of
bank, and was walking about the streets
as if he were gentleman, and some of our
people speaking to him. .,.. ID.
II He referred to the proposed compromise
and said that it had not been complied
with, but if it was not fixed up, he would
I show this people before next Monday
night, that there was a remedy, but if thert
was a probability of failure before 8
! Chancellor, he could suggest q remdey
remedy which would be effectual, and thai
was to put every man Of the tribe in jai
for stealing. "..t
These men had promised to have the
terms of the compromisesssrrsnged las
Saturday, and they had put it off from
day to day, until finally they come to oul
people, and say that we will have to hell
them to fix it up. That they had mum
Z Der Of colored men in the board, and thei
relations with them were of such natur
that they could not ask them to resign
/ and now they suggest that our man Weak
ley, the only man constitutionally elected
/, should vacate his seat in order to assis
2 them to make the arrangement. Som
Of my friends, said Col. Colysr
got little mad with m,
because told Weakley that would Sc
all of them in the lower country before
would resign.
Col. Colyar concluded by saying that b
; had some resolutions TO offer-that
r wanted committee appointed to wait o
o Alden, the Mayor, and ask him to resign
e and if he did not comply with the reques
then to proceed against him at law. Unds
!, The statue, Alden could be put out Of o
! fee, and after signing the paper above re
: ferred to, he could not remain in ofie
= Col. Colysr closed by saying that be sa
> Gov. Brown and Judge Guild at the meet
:, ing, and he was glad that our Edgsfiel
IL IL friends sympathIzed with US in oU
u troubles s- fae
3, Loud calls were made for Guild an
70 Brown. Judge Guild took the stand, sn
20 responded briefly. He said that he ba
's watched with great interest the etiicier
ir investigations of Col. Colyar in exposin
e these bonds. He was associated with hi
l. when the first bill was filed, and at th
IT same time they had been declared usurJ
,g era. He said il was immaterial about
% compromise, and for himself didn't b,
lieye that any compromise should be mad
- with men who had acted so corrnpt, bi
- whether they accept the terms {
~ not, the Chancellor by his inherel
'r power, would take these usurl
T, ers by the collar and kick them OF
q of Office, and place receivers in their stea
ID who would faithfully discharge the duti,
of the Office, and if The Chancellor does
decree it, the people will stand behind Il
IN Sheriff as posse, and see that they do {
% out. .... ....
Ie Gov. Brown then responded TO a gener
n call. He was willing TO test the bill
Chancery st all hazards and 10 the la