The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-10-24
Elk President johnson and his Little
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Deposit
Washington Cor. n. X. Hsrald)
Ex President Andrew johnson arrived
in this city this morning from Tennessee.
lud took up his quarters at the Metro
o1itan. The fact that he had recently
Deen a loser Of a large amount by toe
failure Of t5e First National Bank, aud
that it had been Photographed through
the papers that he was coming here to
prepare a statement in. regard TO the ex-
ecutiDn OF Mrs. Surratt, gave an eddi~
tiunal interest to his witt An interview
was therefore sought with him by your
CORES pendent this morning Mr.. Johnson
was in the parlor with his son, Andrew,
jr., and visitor, Who withdrew shortly
after my entrance. Mr.. JOhnsOns ap
pearance could be compared with that
cf his Presid entail days as he parted
with his friends He was dressed 10 his
usual suit Of black broadcloth, and in
general appearance was but Ii tie changed,
except that his form seemed not 30 bulky
as it was year or two ago. His face
was a shade paler and II possible to de-
tect them, | might say it wore a few
more lines; but Withal he seemed cheer
being seated, | asked him the purpose OF
his visit: MIR Johns n, we have heard
it intimated-in fact, it has been para
graphed through the papers-that your
visit here Was made with a two~fold
object; that of setting Alright whatever
wrong impressions may have been gained
Cf your position ia the case of Mrs. Sur
raft by Judge Hollis letter, and also of
IN, in
with the suspension CT the First National
Bank"
MIR. Johnson-'Yes, sir; l came here
on various matters of business, these
among the rest. ! have many that call
me to Washington frequently. As to
this Surratt matter, / desire to say noth~
ing at present, as the necessary arrange
ments have not as vet been made for its
proper aud truthful publication. l. will
be ready in few days, and at the proper
time | shall be heard from"
COrrespo H1ent-Is it true, sir, that
you lost $73, 900 by the failure of the
First National Bank
Mr. Johnson-Yes, sir; about that
sum. had it there as special de-
pOsit There was no speculation about
it, for the interest on it was very small.
realize anything from It?
Mr. Johnson do not know, but ap~
pearances are none of the best.
Correspondent-They say that Presi.
dent Grant got all of his money!
Mr. Johnson-Yes, and | belive he
did; but l viii not say anything about
this subject, for about this as well as
the case of Mrs. Surratt | intend to say
-,
Correspond ent-What did you think
of this crash, Mr. Johnson, when it Gamer
Did it strike you with surprised
Mr. JOhnson-No, not at all ! knew
long since that it was inevitable on &C
count of the undue expansion of the
financial business of the country. IG is
true that | was surprised when the
Cookies were the FIRST to fail. But when
l came to think Of it | wondered no long
er. They dabbled in politics too much
to be good financial managers. Their
banks were too large and handled too
much money to admit of their managers
being diverted toward any thing else.
They were keen, judicious and reliable
financial men and should have known
better than to have been mixed up with
the schemes that depended upon pollti~
cal engineering AS rule, politics and
finances do not run we'll together.
From the above it Will be seen that
a. J. promises to talk about the Surratt
murder as well as the First National
steal as soon as he gets all the material
at his command in good condition. I'm
patiently we await his ventilation of both
subjects.