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atWrERS’ & JOURTIfAL. IMll NTi:» » Fl^tLlSM 1;KV U VV, BV TIJOM \S .1. llOi;i OA....C II 11;. ,MJX KlTlvMiViu; t OtVl V, ^^)1M IM iRolVlAAT r war, TJ^ACI^VOU TO IMr;Hrn THE BOWFI S OF TItK KARTII AMrBniVi lurr moM I K “ ' ' -. i- - r .. - YOI.. II. tUi:n3>av, ji'XK 5,183^/ ■ has iKJi.'ii (iroscciitod, purtii'iilarif w it!i r*-^ monetl to appear ar.(i li*,tity. 'J'lie charac- al gard to tlie rresidcitt of the IJmili. As one ter and rc'.'^pcctaliilitv of jVlr. liei k art> so he iiioli\cs for ^ivifijr the te&titiiony; tliat Had there rcrimineii a frai;iiiPiiJ ofdoiibt TIJK Miners’ & FariiierN’ Juurital la priutrd and publixhi'd every Tucxday moniiiig at Two Dullarit ami Fifty CcnU per annum, if piid in advaiicc; 7'Aret Dollart a year, if not paid until allcr tljc expiration of fix niontlm. ADVKRTISIiMENTS will be insorlcd ut Fijly cciitfl pur W]uaru (not cxcocdiii); 20 linus,) lor ihi' first insertion, and 25 centu Ibr euch PHcccedinj; week—or 81 for three weekii, for one mjuare.— A liberal discount will be made to those who , - , •' •averiisebytheyear. Hi OnalludvtrlisimcnU i * honias V\ ilwii, hoiftohne, !>««'• Ml- •'•'CK n;iiit'iiibi;r( il the coiimm- conimanicated lor publication, the number ofi'*' C’asliifr of th! iiuiik, to ni'^atioijx made to him hy Mr. \\ ii»ori, .short- inseriion* must b! noted on the margin of the “ witness. 'I'hi- siil)s(;ril)cr in- !>'h^ h»re Ins removal,and hud thuiijjlit tlioiii (|uirc»J'what it was expci toil Mr. W ilson from irritation, would prove, w hirh qiiHstion tlio Chairman | “ 11'- had seen no cause to (h.nht the cor- dcclitic'd to an.swcr. 'J'he suhscrilxT oh-> ‘d tlio otiicial rondnct d'th«! I’rosi- : margin manuscript, or tliry will be continued until forbid, and charjjed accordingly. *•* communicationii to the Editor must conic free ; pogtafrt, or they niiy not be atti ndtd to. From thf Ciiunlfr litjmit uJ'Juhu Quincy AduntB, un llti Bunk uf the United Uliilfn. “The course of investigation pursued by iho majority of the Comuntlee haH been iwt , wliicli he Miiii h^H lx-Mds of the liank i-orrespondinj; with it,! hoen made to Mr. Thonms Hiddle, h\ ihu to roiitirni his story ; hnt thoio was nothin^r! I’resident, without tlie knowledge d' (ho in the lui'inoraiidinn to chow that it had i Dii^ctors. Mr. Hunt thoti^dit iluit Mr not boon taken from the books of tlie Hank. ! ^Vlntney had further averred tlmt llieso 'I’hore was internal evidence in tlie meino-1 Ioann had not been entered on the tmoks of r.mduui that it could not have iwen taktn|llic IJank, hut he did nt>t re(;dlt ci that ht) to ■ . . . .1 • ' ;• V II 11 I r;ni()uui that It could not have Iwen takui 'he ISank, hut he did nr>t re(;dhci that I jj:t« dt!ierc oreto the Issuing ol the sub-1 . and has re auied hi.s perh ctconhdeace 11„.fore ihe 20th r.f May; and there was c- had told him that Ac had oKlered them d^ uiilllw" , ■“ ‘M'l"."!'","'''' “n:'" u!l J ' "!‘-nce on the bo,hs of the Hank that it i i'..fcrod on the lx.ok., and ho wa.s ve: ! I ,, hitiH'V was of ^va.s probably taken from them on the W7th jsure he nexer had tdd him timt the loa ‘Jhe next dav it was renewed, with a : i his person Imd of M iy-tl.at was the onlv day on whirh were withont payment of int. rest. J\1 statement in writing by the I'hairmau of “ Director of the, I!;,n| several ulUgationsi, as tiiO suhseriher eon- ‘ 1f'd •-'!, and a very . . _ ceived, uinountin^ to char;f!s against the ^ About avc.irafter the conlurniablo to tlio principles of the resulu-' President of the Hank, of endHZzlement nf '•x('iraHon of his service as' a Ducctor of tiou adopted by tho House, but to those of I the monies of the Institution. 'I he sub-i ^’'*•'1') l"‘ laded m bubinees. Uf his tlie origtnal resolution, which the House did \ scriber iiuiuired Irom w hom these charges i standing in the community, no evi- •y lanst - - - day on which ! "fro witlmnt payment of intt rest, J\lrj aiik in the years one o| the bouks of the Hank corresponded Hunt Jiad been inipresmd with the idea, active mem- witii the m nior.'tiiduiu of Mr. Whitney. “ Hut Mr. W’liitney tcstilicd that no en tries had been made of the certificates ofp had U eii received, which the-Chairinan i '‘'I'’*''^‘J"initt e. decline| to stile. 'I'he subscriber moved “ ^ he stoi j tiial Mr. W hitne_\ tuld on Jii deri\cd from Mr. W hitnev’s conini’Jiiica- tions to him, that he was not friendly to the President of the 15ank, and h« said ho stock in the 'J’cller’s drawer, )f the two j Imd thought fhi?n serious onoii;»li. filit sums, ol 4'),0(I0 and ijiil.tKiO, minuted on I Mr. Hunt manifested astonishment at tiio his incinorandnm, on tlie tmoks, until after j very fiuestion, w hether W hitney had tnld 1 ■ orderc 1 the entries to Im« made ; i him that the loans were inadc^r/rAou//(hu^ that a copy of the charges should be t'ur- / VI"'"!':":'" ' while the Ix.oks of the Hank proved tliul ' nu nt of intend. He not only d. iii. il that not accept; a coticcquence whicli was uatur- illy to be expected, from the circumstance fhut a majjrity »il the Cunumttee was uj>- fKJiuted from the nunority of the House— tlmt is, from those who had voted against lh«- amendment adopted by the Hi,use. 'I'he question of the principles u|)on 1 «! « hich the e.xaininatioii was to be conduct-d, ^ . v. > occurred immediately after the arrnul ut j ber to this coursc of proceeding was, at his n*'"*l«‘r of the Hoar.i being minrmeii | nothing exc.pt his owride.’hirati'on.'to^^^^^^^ the Committee at Philadelphia, and it was | requeat, entered upon the Jouttial, and at 1“^ uKiuirmg what iiievl||,at l, »d not taken his memoianuum dcteriiiiiMjd couformablj to the views of a 'l“‘ request of tlie Chairman an entry was i ‘■•'’y replied that i’. A. J, (;. Hiddle ,v^„„ B.ajority of theCo.n.n.tlee represc-ntu.g, so made of the grounds upon which he i '‘“d •" I'abit of commg totHe Hank I .. ... hr as he news of the House had bcui: d‘-on.ed his own course in this respect jus-, =‘ '-oney, and iruving cert.t.cates ^ „,| .mugination, supph ing the place of mem. “Iw U i ^ \ lertdiwr '■ *' ^ mllinatmn j orv, had swoln them into in.putatiens of I here was accordingly no restriction to was, not lhat the Chairman had thought * | u iJiuut poyinff ai.d t^j- lh'* latitude of investigation, as it hau been “ ■ ■ .. 1 1 ... propohcd in the original motion man of the Commiitce. li.a!e on the part of the TJxrtors of the Hank, excepting Proiident did remind the bchevc that the testimony (d’Mr. V\ intii 'y upon his lirnt examination, was the resiilt of sell-delusions, prwluced by long cherished and p:ini|)ered sdspicions of triviid error, this emliez/.lement of monevs of tiie r^>"“^'S’-zlt'nent and fraud. Mr. W liitncy lion i.ito the accounts of all who had dealt :'l.^n rt placing the mm.-y, and talung hack pr«'scnted cash, and tho two latter i'’'"^Tl'e ‘>‘0 , up.n’ oath, that •'♦’“rer, and it has long been f truth in his state- j'^marked hy keen observers (d huiiian nc- •iili liim Aiifl \!r lion, that he w ho accustoms himseh to mako opportunity alio.ded him ;^ l'arge wa., the use by i hornas Hid.iie of a niemorati.lmu at the time had been [V a truant of his memory is oftentimes tlio with tlie Hunk, coind have been jiut in piw- jhts ceildicate of st.»ck, ui:ftuhl of' "l‘i' h the two Cashiers stated tn him' * ly, * Kc'sion of facts, the disclnsure of which ! upeii the mosaes ef whicii he had *'i*d Ih'Ch disruimted t>y order of the I’resi-1‘ i declared, i niiglit have destroyed his peace, his fortune, ns''* I lie |uiiitesMnce of thf 'I*'*** 'Hail this, .Mr. hitoey detdared, j "i* or Ins tame, the opportunity aliimied him ;‘^'I'^rge wai, the use by i hornas Hiddie d‘ tune had been taken ",i"*i* tho.sc of ICdityj's of iKv..i;papt r>i, i.-.cn.i rs ,'he rmtes wi re eiitereu ut. ol tiie pre\ii,us " hole »>t'it js lu re subjoined : of C'oiigre^ odici-'.'s ot'ioveriiiii« nt. vl 'd ly. , “ .\Ia_v all m.ie,d ,m^,'ess„,g pd.t,cal ml' Mr. W trMimoiiv cun; ietclv dis-1 May n c-o n'-.n "m r,' tliOiiKelvt-, or hkel> to suli;.r m (.-l.iic es. i,.roved, s.. tar as lns kii..w'ied^e went,' Uuh ' ■. KidJ:--,'A'.'d. iu ul..’,T,;„ IxK^k^ofthe Hank, to a date of tim.; of fl'^‘--«vered m the Teller's w id^ r rmme than the ‘.itiihoriTtli of .May, ^r"“‘ed on the books l-Ji. Tne 1‘resideiit of the Hank, on'a 'i'«covTed them, and that they :ub-e(nient d.iy. oroved. by the coriesnoii-' eutered by his direction, was re- rcstigriiiniis eoiuiiuied on such principles, iiiten st. He had never known a ducount ■ drawer, and that on imihiiii' th> di i\,ni ation he " ****•' '* abandoned all pretence of .sU'tiiimng Mr. W liitnev, as ntwin Ins exaium ■ , ioH’w was the entrv made by his order. I III an altf'inative [Visition, to meet'the evi-"'"'^ I’*" Ins ollice ol Casio,,r ol the Parent Hank m He further stated that immediately alter d.-ncc as it ap|«.ired in fact upon the hooks., demonstrated l.v the IVe- l‘'-l,by KMnglirsttransferredlolheHrunch making this dlsco^er^, and civing this or-1 He now .said he had ordered the entries t-. ■••'tient’s absence from Philadelphia al the at .\ew-Uileans, Irom which he was also der, he had gone into tho President's room, b.- made,(>U had found them already made ' I'n i'fired with altcrwards removed. I revious to this re- where he ll.imd him alone ; that he lold him and . oidirnied them. Hut heriev. ratten.pt-:suhstilnt. d invention of .lelails In -no- in_i conviction, as the, result of all the ex amination which, und. r the resolution of ♦he House, and ttirf unb.nind.'d range of in quiry fainctioned by the mnjorify of the roinmiltee, he was ablo lo give the hiM»ks and proceedings of the Hank, that no mi.s- coiidiict whatever is imputable to the I'le- ?ii|i‘iit, or to any of the |>reseiit Hirectorsof tlie Rank. 'J'lial, in the manairement the all'llrs of thi f)r ;i errors tence, true—ill the vast muhitude of relations ot | Directors, an.i had spoken with di.sappr.iha- af}.'ct the iiioiaV characlor of the Hr. ii.'lent tin' 15.ink ujtli llio ---* -i' ‘ ^ moval from the Hank at Philadelphia, the wiiat he had discovered and done, and re- |K;rsonal intercourse between the |■n^s|.lenl quested that no such transaction .should ol the liank and him iiad not Ikjcii altogeth- re|H*iitod w hile he was a I )ii('ctor of the In- .d er harm.inious. He had hinted to Mr. stitution. Tiiat the Presid.-nt di.i not deny oC UeulHU M. Whitney,aDirectorthensecret- the facts as he had .stated them—that ho ed to .show to the Committee whence or how adnnlted that lli. re he. a. a .in.le Dir.'ctor, had derived t|.., ^vas a di.^repancy b-twcen this deninnsira. a.ithor.ty of ordtn,,!: the keepers of the, ‘‘^severance, hnt nei- n-sp.ct.;c books to make any entry upon ''''-T altrmpte.l to reconcile them, iior to all,ursolth,s nnno..sen.st,tuli..n,now-,lpnnend^ the President, and to Mr. colored up very n.nch, and promised that! the keeiK-rs .d'the a s.-,iesof n.-arl) ten j.-ars, occasional ; Paul Heck, a dir.Htor particularly friendly no such thing should liapm’n again. I to a Director. .rs ..1 j.jdgment, an.i p..ssih.y ol inadver-} to hims.dt, that he tlumght the l*n-si.lent “ This teslmiony appeare.i to lie m all “ 'I'he ni.;stion i •e, hnyo been cotnmifle.l, is dout,t!css | ha.l too much mliu.mce over the lioar.l .d' respects so extraor’dinary, and so deeply to whether, upon hus '—111 the vast mid:it.ule ol relations ol | Directors, an.i had spoken with di.sappr.d.a- al}.'.-t the moial characlor of the Hr. si.'lent the H.ink with the pr..|M-iIy of the whole i tioii ..f the flict lhat Mr. Thomas iiiddie of the Hank, hi which the subscriber had community, the l^.ar.l ot Diiectcrs of tho | had ..ccasionally rec.'ived discounts upon heen long accustomed to rep..se the most 1’Hr.nt H.ink, or ol some of its branches,! transferred .stocks, with checks, which, at unbounded confidence, that he deemed it pro- i resp. ctivc books to make any enlrv upon , . , , . I the books whatever; an authority which all' l-y.explanation or Looks denied to l)elon;: conimnlalion of its terms. His dishoncr.vl memorandum found no endorsement for tiio honor of the drawer. have sometimes iniMiik. n the law, und some- limes have sidll'red hy misplaced confidence. A spirit of predeferniined hostility, uncon- frolled by a liS. ral sens.! o{ juslic.', prving for fl:iws, and hunting lor exce|)tioiiH, may giatil'v it.««'lf, and sw.dl with exultation lit the end of nn indelinile nmiilK r of da\s, per to trace its introduction, so liir as pos- were taken .ip and the cash retnrneil, with sible, t.i its origin. As the jpiestion of the regular paym."it of interest, as iipoii dis- chairman of the Committc-e which drc'w counted not* .s. The checks l^^iiigentered in forth this te.stimony indicated that he had the hooks under the liea.l .d’ Hills Keceiva- previously been made ac.piainted with it in l'h‘. {-'everal cases of this kind had occur- detail, and as he had, ori first statinfT his its ow a saga.-ity, in .liscov. ring an erriyor i-ed in the months of May und .lune 1--J4. expectation to prove these cbarees de''clin- argtmig a misconstruction .d (Mwers. In | .Mr. W ilson’s testimonv was v.-ry cl.-ar and ed nuining the witnests by whom he exi>ec- Ihe con.hu t .d the pirsent Pr.vsident and | explicit to the integri.y of the Pie.sideiit of te.l to pn.ve them, the subscrii>er resort.-d, Director. ( I the f.ank of the i niled t^lates, I th.' r>ank, and it was totallv contradictory by interrogation of the witiK?«.s to .is-er- iio .nCntionnl wrong and n.. important or j to the statements which the Chairman had tain lhat which the ('hnirman had declined v,d.mlary . rr..r has heen o.mmilted. He trained int.. charg.vs from the private in- communicating to the Committee. He in- Oemsibi.s.l.rlaraiionduefr..mhimt..those lormation which he had r.-ceived, and tho quir.-d of Mr. W hilnev uhether he had w^onhy and resp. clable citiz. t.s, m the fa. e name .d’the informer of which he ha.l de- had previous commmiicution on the subject ol Ibis nation, willing as be is to abt.le up- IcIiii.hI giving to the Commitle.'. I5ut Mr. with any m. inlK’r of the Comniittei'W hat milt the,lehlwTaleju.Ignieiit.d afler times. , W'ils.,1. had nani.d Mr. Paul H.-ck and Mr. had been h.s motive for civin.r the testimo- I e .l.>cmsit the mor.' imp.-nously re.piire.l , K. ohen M. Whitney, two of tho Directors ny ' Whether it hud lK>en "voluntary or nl him as a sigiial vindication ..fihe honor ' .-t th.* Hank m 1^21, und to whom ho had solicited? T.. these questions he an-wer- .ui.l integrity «ir mjur.-d and persecuted nicui.Mitiilly conmiunica»ed his slight dis- ed lhat ho had made previous commimica- ni. n. It bas tn-en impossible tor him t.. I e„nt.-nts at the period immcdiutcly before ; tions to the chairman at hi.s aimrtmcnt, in oh.-^,ve. with.Hit d.-ep con. ern, the 5=pirit i hi. renmvai. I pres.>nce of another member of the Com- and temper with w liich this mvestigution I “ Mr. Heck and xMr. Whitney were sum-! mittce: that iiu imd no particuhir, hut gcnri- was put to .Mr. W hitney, .pon ms i.K.king his discoveri.^, i recollec^t that anv thing has he bad consi.lere.i himselt as huvmg lullv i„^.^urre,l in this city for many year; past .h.schargcd his own dulv, as a Jhrector h> ^ sensation a^s the I.ut- a men; private ex,Kistulatioii with the Pie-, ^ sideiit, without making kn..wn the transac tion to the |{ourd of Directors at all: lo which he answered that he had net consid- ed the subject in that j.oiiit of view. “ .VIr. W hitney, to sustain his character, produced evidence lh.it he had been very extensively engaged in busine.ss: had p.ii.i large s article) that Ikh' of the Hoard, and that he had U'cn employ sault on the p»'rson of Mr. Arnol.l, the Ilo- (ircsentative from I'eiinessce, by M. A. Heard, who, we learn was formerly of the .\rmy. 'I'hcre seems to be but one opin ion in relation to it. Kven the nflicial [>a- |)er which apt.loaizes for the previous as- opinion ot the Uoard, and that tie liad iH'Cn emplov - ■ 't i i . ,, , J- 1 , ’i Irom violence who einresaed his opinions ed .y the l oard in conh.lent,al trusts which heliadla,hlul>ex.*cuted. As a last re-, , r I , I l»ublic mind to the eUi-ct .if this outrage. s..rttosustainhis c,argeofenibe/.z..n.ent!.^ .against the 1 resident ot the Hank, allljough .mulerstan.l, been take,! he adtmtled he had never men loned it to , , „„,„or„v, a,„l is the Hoard of Directors, he insisted that he ! .herefor, to ’be dealt had, .soon alter it happ.tned, s,K.ken Ir^dv „f law.-/,./i//t>7,nr. ol It to others, and paiti.ailarly to.Mr. W il-] —. son Hunt, who, he n'.|ueste.i, might be | Holileiitss seems to be a care, by the called, an.i who accordingly was call, d as (Mnoner of our words and actions, lo nukc a witness 1«- fore the Coininittee. . ijtlur.'* plcavcd wuh os arid th*
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