Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-20

Bank OF the Old DGmlnl0D, which we're paid
by Bank Of Virginia during the war, that were
not good upon presentation, say emphatically
the statement is not true. | am aware that
funds to my credit. and also to the credit of
my firm in the Bank OF the Ola Dominion
were unjuslIy and illegally appropriated by the
bank during the W r, which an honorable and
Just investigation would have proved. The
illcg lily aud Injustice Of the act were chalgel
by me, 10 written communication, previous
to the correspondence herewith attached. The
amount so appropriated greatly exceeded the
checks drawn by me during the war on Bank
c"uid not atfrc the legality of my checks.
la good faith paid large amount of the
banks specie Indebtedness 10 Confederate
money collected by me from tie State, and had
| been successful in paying t.c administrators
OF Fox's estate, as endeayorcd to do, the debt
of twenty thousand doll RS due by the Bank Of
the Old Dominion in <p Gle funds. which the
managers OF the bank urged me to do, by mes.
sagcs sent through the brlligerent lines,
knowing as they did. that the only fund in
Richmond to pay With Wa the Interest On the
| bonds due from the State 10 Confederate
money, then there would have been 20 loss to
| III bank on Confederate money, and all would
| have been satisfactory.
L. good faith acting under an order Of the
| Board Of Directors ofhe Bank, AT u meeting
| hcI'! .me 'airry days rrcvlou, to the occupa.
| lion Alcxlndri4 by the Federal tr,op-. and
| H. prmieatinl reasons, l aoaS instructed LyHts
| B0ord lisa, lLrlr proccedlarS should pot ap.
| ,ral N the minute book. | had forwarded by
| express for is safety, all the gold then 90
hand 10 tie Merchants Bunk Of Lypchburg,
the banks correspondent there, 10 whose
| ,<,,, ~, l.
10 within week or less Of the evacuation of
Richmond, wkeu from sudden alarm as TO the
safety Of Lynchhurg, | had it forwarded to
Richmond and placed 10 the vaults Of the
Bank Of Redmond.
In god faith % the Bank, on the sudden
ami nn' expected evacuation day Of Richmond,
| sct' ms faulty in great alarm to look after
he safety Of tn" cold belonging to the Bank.
Alter great difficulty, | accomplished ali ar.
rall.cmrnt with ihc Bark OF Richmond, TO
axe 1t with their OWL down South, and az the
cu>o Of tie war every dollar sent from Alex
an1rla, h:d returned by express to the Bank
in Alexandria, with the exception Of two hun.
! dTed dn!l#rs--he proportion o! expenses csIl-
mated BY Cashier McMurdo. Of the Bank Of
Richmond, and tha, amount paid to hun, with
uci.egs for some furnished the Bank at AL
cX"ndr.a.
10 good faith every act Of mine during my
ertirc coun xinu with the Bank was intended
for is best i:ercst, and none that l would not
ag.in d.. under similar trying crcups:ances,
and none that fear the search ing scrutiny OF
ti!n world.
As il regards the claim made against me as
erdorsgr, lately decided by the Supreme Court
OF Anreas, it wil! be SEN that no allusoo Was
made to Any such CAIN in the correspondence;
the drawers OF the uotcs claimed to have paid
| them during the war, under the laws of the
Stata, believed at trat time TO be valid under
! same law between one aud two hupdrcd thous-
and dollars Of Indebtedness due AZ Alexandria
Bank was paid in Richmond during the war 10
Confederate money, and the payment recognized
a. valid at the close Of the war. Some ofthc
wna;hies stockholders 10 the Bank OF the Od
Dor,inion, citzans Of Alexandria, paid their
| ind btedness t. an Alexandria Bank 10 Con-
| fcderate money down South, and the payment
] rccogn zad as valid and never diSturbed-thcr
| right To make the payment WAS never ques-
toned. No nDtice Of protest was ever given me
| as cndorser 81 ATTY >u.h notes, nor was any
claim or demand erer made upon me By the
| Bank, or any person acting for II, or any other
person for near ten years after the maturity OF
the notes, and then only 10 the shape of a writ
served upon M 10 Richmond, aud | am au-
thoriz.l by the drawers to say that the only
claim or demand ever made against them was
the bridging OF tho suit near ten year: after
their maturity. Affecting to me as the delay has
been. as an honorable man, regarded my lips
sealed, and hands tied, during the tendency OF
these suits, aud now in justice to myself. make
this statement Of facts w. n. MCFEIGH
Alexandria, June 90