The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1855, Page 2

TBE MECHANICS’ BANK DIFFICULTY. Curious Developements and the Mystery : Solved. EX-CAAMIER EDHONDS BEFORE THE PUBLIC, HE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE MECHANICS’ BANK. ater rixteen ra’ service aa your cashier, I have deen driven fron the pee by the action of your presi- dent and assistant cashier, and that under circumstances solar alfecting my character as to render it due alike to vou and to myself, that I should make a full expose of all jhe causes which have produced this result. I regret the necessity w me to utter the plain truths which I must speak. it this necessity is not of my seeking. It is forced pon me by the treat- ment I have recetyed at the hands of those officers, and wy the regard for my own character, which is impera- ely demanded of ine. pave valued my reputation very dearly, and to its preservation [have been but too Ere to sacrifice the wishes of my friends, my own com! and the opportu- nities of bees rich which have been so frequent around me. Yet, withall these sacrifices, I have found wyeelf driven from your bank with imputations on my integrity which, if true, render me unworthy the respect ‘of any honorable man, At first, it was imputed to me that I was o detaulter, and that 1 bad caused large defuleations in four fads. ‘This rumor flew in all directions, and found {ts way into be newspapers. Upon investigation it was found not nly to be untrue, but to have owed its origin to the as- eistant cashier, Next, it was imputed to me by the direct euthority of Jour President:— First—That Mr. Edmonds has heen in the haliit' of using the dauk funds for his own personal advantage, which he has been able (0 do by the loose way. in which the bank, like ail the old itsaceounts, The bank, it seems, keeps no ledger eccount of their temporary loans. "The securitios for these Jeans aie kept ina drawer, under the care of the first teller, who, when the securities ave redeemed, puts the cash receive as interest into the same drawer, th Fre paid to the cashier monthly. shared, Mv. Edmonds has pocketed for his own This pructice hay obtained for years. The average monthly aoeetpts fromm this rouree ts reckoned at $150 per month, ‘The secoud teller has received the profix in domestic ex- ehange. of which he has kepta private memorandum for his wi salisaction, Dut no bank books contain ® record of the mansiciions. The Pi xnndry credits ar yank books, whic only $800 more than U visions alone, without regard the inte, + loans. Amon " is used $12,000 of W) nows, which had been put infoacheet kept by himself, a4 not intended for etromiation, This, i appears, he loaned to Messrs. Dykers & Allsty who, on Mr, Ratnouds? applicadon, patd off a loon for that ataauni fo the bank, aud reborrowed i from hia personally, The hills Were, (wo years atterward, path inlo che hank by Mr, Fal Inends, widhout interest, which amounted to $400. ‘Third—That Mr, Kdinonds drew out large sums on bis shocks, which checks were kept ina drawer. for monibs with ‘ut being charged to him, and when the mouey was returned, ‘no Intervet was credited to the bank. Fourdh—Mr, Edmonds appropriated to) ton due to the bank for keeping the transi tou and other companies, It is to these charges, which ave given to the world “official,” that Iam now to speak, and, if I have hithor to been silent—and perhaps silent too long—it has been, as you will perceive, partly owing to circumstances which I couid not control, and partly because I had been willing to repose upon the character which thirty years of action aga banker in your midst has created, gnd which [ hoped would be sufficient to protect me againet mere vague rumors, that had fo manifestly thetr origin in bad feeling, mental delusion or self in- terest. 1might perhaps be content thus t Jonger, and trust to time t develope my ample justi tion, es I know full well it will. But I'am painfully ge: sitive to any attack on my chi nd even at th hazard of being charged with egotism, I must speak in m ewn defence, and preserve, If I can, that repatation which is indeed dearer to me than life. Crvelly wounded as T have heen, I have endeavored to be patient, and will endeavor still lo be so, end ayoid all mpnecessary recrimination, though the temptation to wound in return is rend by th Jain which has been ao wantonly atuitously Mieted upon me. 1. AML A Beraveren ? Conscion® myrelf of the entire inte asel/ the remunera- books of the Can- ity of my your eashier—aware that I had been sernpulovisly careful pilav of the funds in- not to appropriate to my own use a frusted to my guardianship—so m knew Thad been regarded by ina fusing to avail myself of advantages which were generally regarded as legitimately belonging to my position—and re- poring with confidence upon the heliet that 1 ha’ establish- ela character for integrity, whieh not ig but my own ‘ral direction im me has been of any credit to me, ve to others to say how that may be, merely intending now to say that, lied by the circumstances surrounding me, to feel fhe very uatece of tkinga ita sarong he respousl ‘very nature o to ansumning its responAibili- ties, without any one to share them witit me, I have acted —as I deemed it my duty to act—as if that task and its responsibilities had devolved upon me; and that convic~ tion, whether well or ill founded, intluenced my whole action, during the whole of my connection with your ink. T have said 1 had no one to share those responsibilities with me. J allude, of course, to the administrative he ment of the bank, and as to that, the remark is strictly true. Your president was, in this respect, never of much assistance to me. He bad extensive private f his own to attend to, and the time aid the bank was always mgge occupied ta ae than yours. He was often reer private speculations which drew largely upon ime and attention, He was too infirm of puree to be able to say ‘No,”? when your interest imperatively demanded it, and that duty, ‘with ‘distinguished consideration” and imperturbable politeness, he always ‘bowed’? upon me. He seemed incapable of taking, at one glance, a bird’s eye view of the whole concern; and even the du- ties of chamberlain, when he held the office, were as much performed by meas when I held it, and far, very far more than by him. . Every dealer with the bank can bear witness to the truth of this statement; but no one except ‘can ap- preciate how much this state of things to the con- sumption of my or how much additional labor it a ‘upon me, or how difficult Shee. rendered it for me to perform the legitimate functions of my office. ‘Those eashiers alone, who have efficient and capable pre- sidents,can realize the difficulties of my position. ‘There was another siticulty attending the business of the bank. Unlike banks trie commercial in their cha- racter, our dealers consisted of two classes, mechanics as well ua persons engaged in trade and commerce. One class involved large transactions and the other small; onc being measured by tens of thousands and the other by hundreds of dollars. Both were important to the bank, and both were represented in the board. But, out of this grew a constant liability to confiict of views, for he whose deposits or discounts were only a few hundreds at a time, looked upon operations involving thousands with very different feelings from him whose deposits were, at- times, a hundred thousand, or more; while the larger operator would be apt to regard, as of little moment, the smaller matters, which yet were of consequence to the bunk, because of their aggregate amount. This clement of conflict required constant watehful- ness, lest it might break out into open action and impair the business of the bank and its profits. Of late, so numerous have banks and so great | the competition among them, that, @ practice has grown vp whereby most of the discounts are made by the president or cashier rather than by the board, and when money is easy it be comes necessary that that course of business chould be diligenily attended to, ox the line of discounts would soon fall off. In this branch of the business, the pre dent could be, and frequendly was, of great assistance tc me, and he aight have been of more it it hud not been his atiention to his private affairs. Of your line of loans and discounts, amounting genera!- ly to whout $4,000,000, from one fourth to one third was generally done by we, and thus the great belk of (his business was cast upon ine; and if I had neglected it, the successful results to which I have alveady referred could not have been attained. During the time I have been your cashier I have been frequently called upon to engage in important apd intri- cate investigations, involving great labor, mental anxie- 2¢ occupation of time: the Manhattan Bank, and Delaware and New Hope Bridge Company, are some of the iusiances of this nature. r bank had to be reorganized, jis act of incorpora- tion having expired; and in that reorganization the task of forming the articles of association, of bringing the old bank, with all its complication of business and machin- lor the new system, with an increase of $400,000 tal, and of explaining the whole matter to some six or eight hundred stockholders, devolyed almost exetu- sively vpon me. Much of the {ask of establishing the Clearing House also fell to ny lot; and, as chairman of its commitiee, I wae required to keep a constant superyision over it, and that, particularly, during a period of pressure and dis trust, when on its proper operation depended the protec - tion of ound and legitimate banks from the discredit of false or insolvent institutions. The number of persons having business with the bank, being very great, it way very common for me to be sur rounded by quite acrowd, fo that gentlemen bad often to wait a long time to obtain their turn to xpeal to x . that even the manager of the Clearing Ho con compelled to wait hie hait hour. For several years 1 have also been one of your dires- tors, und’ charged, under your by-laws, with'the duties and responsibilities of acting president, in the absence of that attic conduct could impair, 1 was suddent, dous warning, held up lo the we that through the instrumentality position gave to thelr c: dit. without any pre- Aefwulter, ane They alone who value ro Ht—who have been willing ak Uhave b price oft life of toi anxiety-—can appre isite pain which this gave me. Twas er i) blow, for it seemed # he Hived was gone and forever vhose whose forbearance, had earned by many. many what to do nor what to thi unexpected and painful po a and the blow came from T thought 1 I knew not iendship, was yet called upon, mudden'y end to ex- plain” tran: which } f my memo! ee I y self asesnion, found myself the” work Ey your officers, as ihe de ch wh Detrayed the trust reposed in him, How just this ment of ine was, let facts determine In the letter of the assistant cashier to the be | of @irectors, of the 18th July, in whieh he preferred his eharges against me, he Ay invesi{gations bith » with th i abat'the bank bas mor than the * eall for, In a card to the publi en the lst of August, your Various rumors bave been put in circulation, and articles earing in several of the publie papers, in regard to the airs of the Mechanies Bank, peri me lo say, that any ro Ports or statements affceting It assets or lighiliites are entirely proundiess. 8. KNAPP, President, Ina letter to the Mayor, accepting my resignation as City Chamberlain, he caid:— Mayor's Ovrice Drax Sim—Your favor of the 1th Ins! nation of the oftice of City Chamberlain, ‘ox acgounts Will he found correct, ts reeelved. Tn accepting this resignation, I beg to assure you that in ‘couriection with the city tances nothing has transpired Py impair the confidence which was placed in you at the time ef your appolatment. four accounts have been p tntrusted to your custody has Butas itis not only custonuar ispe hat this office should be tilled by a pe nected with Somme one of the large moneyed institutions of this city, L readily ap preciate your motive for resigning when no longer iis hat yo ted in the Evening Post, sient a New Yorn, Aug. 14, 1865. sk i wlaiing that your indi ie, ‘With the kindest feclings toward you personally, and best s for your fulure prosperity, Tar, Very truly yours, FREN ANDO WOOD, Mayor. To F. W. Epmonpe, Eoq., New Yor Lam not then a defaulter! W tation has heen—distressing as tuitous as has been the churge hy y God Iam not a defaulter, My inndcence in this regard ie established, my self-posvession is restored, and all else Tean bear with comparative equantinity. Il. The remaining charge presents th stion, Mave I been guilty of other misconduc rity ¥ ante the treatment [ have exper intend to meet this nas directly as 1 have met the other, But to do so, 1 must of neces‘liy go into de- tails which may cause mo to he prolix, for my design is to disclone the whole truth, and repose upon {vets for my Justification, and not upow surilses. In 1825, at the age of sixtown y in the Tradesmen’ 8 there, until, in 1 in my native appointed Baok, in th much eas ot your institution. aaiuse of the peculiar ev was, From causes to whic were very much involved. Its capital wa $2,000,000, with an apparent curplas of #600000; had @ suspended debt of over $1,200,000, which ultimate. ly proved to be worthless, Its accounts were in a state Oc almost inextricable confusion, so that it wesa number ‘of years before the true state of ity accounts, even with the city, was ascertalned, Its l'resident, it was alleged " i ant Mr. Shepherd Kua bh ime his sucees it from its ertppled con eted of me, if T accepted the ¢ it from that cond vestere it to a and respectable position again, | aaw plainly ¢ task was that was before i knew that it years of toil and a capacity which ! hardly Lihat Tpossessed, I saw, too, that it would de- oF me the partial abandonment, #t least, of « pur- cent in itself, yet very dear to me, and would sarily place mein a posttion where, to do my duty 1. Tshould often have to give persunal offence wal 3 that I ehould Stil 1 Chonghit 1 6 n the task, and im en un happy hour ¥ yielded to the auggrstions of awbitio exchanged of ease and ¢ t for years of tail, perplexity aud anxiety, But | 9. hed the (ask. Tfound the bank with its stock greatly depreciated ia value, insomuch, that ere long divuiends ea, and the market price of the sto, te surplus of $600,000 all gone. it cay diminished to about #1,460,000, sid wtaiout under the jaw, of making ony Widen, ers, After sixtean years of labor, [ with! te vtock worth tal vestared to $2,000, and diviv ala y of tls wlversity, the bank had been the depository of the funds of the city, Bot that ii had toes, with all ite contingent advantages: but T leave the bank with that account restored, and worth, as you well know @ large sum to you T took your bank crippled and discredited, ane re: it to you’ stamling now among the first fn the lau took 't when it was worth ouly $1,400,000, and restore it be 000,000. T took it when it I return {t to yom yielding vou a clear profit of at least $200,000 « year, ‘don me for the seeming egoticr with which I say thir, It is necessary that [ should say it, boowuse, im the moans by which this end bos beon’ tiained will be suspen found the elements of iny defence age ¢ “ mp alo ie sof amy defence again charge Must not be unierstord ax intending t¢ Peart that J alone have dowe this. 1 have tecn aithfolly aided in the task by ihe #uberutnnte oMcers of tho bank and by your directors the general Aireetion of the aftairs of the bank, Ney! on Wilh me. Pge alas all this may seem, I repeat, it ix m ry for me to say it, becake out ‘of tf! has grown y of the matters now imputed to me as faults, Por instance, how was it possible for me to keep accounts aud inake entries wyseli, without devoting to that task dite which I could use so much more profitably for you, and without neglecting some of your most imi- ue to do Ko, porta whole con- and It nicrests’ It was not possible {or fore have very seldom, during my 1 with your bank, myself made entries, but called thers fodo it. Thns, when a dealer came in. and ayment of loan, I would eal up clerk newest to me, and send to the proper desk the ary mestage for the duo entries, without having even the power of superintending the eniry, to see if made right. Pt This state of things was, Trepeat, ine I could not elp it, unless Pad a president who would fully pev- form his part of the work. T was not disposed to nplain of this, for I be- a liewed T could accomplish all that thus de- volved uy and was expected of me, and 1 flattered at J did do so, The Board of have been; and I did not pay tion of accumulated responsibility in which I was placed, and the coulidence reposed in me, subjected me to the hazard of misconstruction by those who did net share that coniidence, or became anxious to destroy it. Conti- dent myself in the entire integrity of my own action, and misled by years of acquiescence by your board in’ this state of things, I neyer dreamed that amy exposure to truction could bo fatally wed against me, attempted, without meeting with the prompt condemnation of those before whom my action was daily apparent, and from whom I had no secrets ever as to your afiairs. Now, bearing these things in mind, I consideration of the several charges made 1, AS TO THE MONEY DRAWER, The charge here is, that [had a drawer in my desk in which I kept moneys belonging to the bank, of which I kept no account, and it is surmised by my aveuser that T used those moneys for my own purposes. y that ever appropriated a dollar of that my own use, or that! ever expended a dotlar of it for any other purpose than the benetit of the bank. And it is because that I cannot render an account of those expenditures that I am suspected of having been gnilty ofa foul wrong. if, in the course of my connectian with your bank, had been engaged in speculations on my private account;if Thad been grasping, avaricious and selfish, or if T had ever been guilty of any dishonest transaction, I might have suticlpated such suspicion. But, aware that Ihave ever been the contrary of all this—thct the whole course of dealing with that drawer was wel! known for years to the president, and, as [ supposed, to other officers of the bank, and relying upon the confidence reposed in me, and the character I had earned, I contess I was nota little astonished at finding mysel! thus accused, and the accu cusation welcomed by those who well knew it was un nded. Now let a fow facts tell the simple tale. Your bank has from 1,200 to 2,000 deaiors, (not hay. ing aecess to the books, | cannot be more precise,) some oft whem have forty or fifly transactions a day, aad ausuction involves some three or four entries .« now it is just as much trouble to make an entry of one” cent, as it ix to make one of $100,000; therefore a habit has sprung up in this aud in other banks, where the trati us are large and numerous, not to make en. veced to the fast me, tries of various smail sums, but allow them to accumu late, ond from time to tine enter the aggregate, This nevevra involved the reposting of confidence in all those through whore hands these sums passed until they aggregated; and if that confidence could not be reposed in them, they were not fit to be in your employment one moment, Yet your directors” had selected them, put them there, aid compelled me to trust to them in much Jarger matters. Now, the small sums referred to in this charge arose in this way—if the second teller received a check of $100 on a coun- try bank, on which he ¢ one-fourth per cent, the twenty-tive cents which he thus reserved for te bank he mnde no entry of, but laid it by in his drawer, and at intervals handed it over to the cashier, as the ag” regate of euch transactions. So the first teller, insmall loans for few days, where the interest would be perhaps a few dollars, would make no entry of it; but lay that amount aride in his drawer, and in like manner, pass over the aggregate to the cashier. And my habit was, every once ina while to pass the oggregate of those pay- ments to me to the interest account, and thus, for the first time, would they appear in the bo: 8 of the bank. In the meantine, while these sums were collecting ia my drawer, the president and myself were in the habit of ying f ank, wh ra that money various little expenses of the we must pay, and which {t was never ox- brooght before the board. Thus, those er appeared upon the books of the p account was ever kept of them. To have kept an account of them, and of the various small sums which were paid into my drawer, would have ren- dered the émployment of an additional clerk necessary, at an expense nearly ax great as the aggregate of thow suns, [ those expenditures grew out of the Cha It was a political office, and was subj Utical changes in the eity government, whic nt the fren wore It was under a whiz administration. through the instrumentality of Mr. Knapp, that the office wes re | stored to the bank. Buy he held it ] Sneed on me, by lifferent In the board of d that | being a democrat, ahold pursue «ich course as produce my appointment in case of a change in the clly government, and thus preserve the city « eunt [a the bank, That was the principal value of having the office of Chamberlain held by an officer of the hank, for the salary of that office way original- ¢ fterward ite emoluments were mount inthe bank belonging to i Jai The bank paid no futerert upon t realized on interest” by loaning it, There wae no clatm tor discounts at a hard time grow: ing out of it, and it was the best account in the bank. One item fo it, the Cour Account, always had « balance eet fs nO. Avother item war the Sinking ‘ont, which was often as as from $900,000 to $600,090 r months, And ene time of collecting taxes the amount was very large. For {netance, this year tho tater on the city will he at leant #5.000,000, and all who pay thelr taxes before the Ist of November will be entitled to a rebate of reven per cent to the let of De cember, Thus the iarge moneyed companies and men } the ayprobation of your to varions poiiieat ‘parties, and drawer. The ofice of Chamberlain, like all the other city offices, was from time to tyme assessed by nant party, for ex) of elections, and I paid the as- sessments out of drawer. ‘ those matters before the if have it in thelr power to say” roller a show we it to saue- floned ittand knew not of Tt. And for the same reason I me in measures which were adopted with his ' it is that [cannot now pive a particular ac- count of those payments, and therefore it was that when the ges were preferred against me by the assistant ca and I found that he was acting with the sanc- tion of the president, I felt my ruin was determined voce and I saw no escape and became alarmed. 4 1 repeat the assurance with the most solemn as- tion of its truth, that I never appropriated a dol- remiss I may have been in poi lle or however much I may have erred in re confidence in others. ‘the president has published @ characteristic denial upon this subject. But his denial is carefully worded, 0 as to apply only to, persous offeally connected with 5 the Corporat the Purpose of securing to the bank the Mite deposits or other favors.” He id not denied, nor dare he deny, the expenditures I have mentioned, or that | pursued the couree I did, with his assent, J.—As 10 TH8 DYKERS AND AISTYNE TRANSACTION, one chatae on this point has been presented in various forms. ® Ist. In the Evening Post, as made by the president on the 7th eget it is.as follows:— ‘That in the year 1852 Mr, Edmonds used $12,000 of the old ‘ill cirenlation, all in $1,000 notes, which had been put into a himself, as not intended for circulation, This, it appears, he ned 10 Messrs, Dykers & Alstyne, who, on Mr. mond’ application, puld off a loan for that amount to the dank and rekerrowed it rom him persouall iy. The bills were, two years afterward, pald into the bauk by Mr. Edmonds, without interest, which amounted to 2d. In the charges preferred stance, on the 18th of July, by was in this form:—— Fourth—I charge him with using the funds of this bank with- out security and without interest. 3d. In his lotter to the Bourd of the 24th July, it as- .d this form: inst me in the first in- ¢ assistant cashier, it Dee. 16, to-day John Alstyne paid ajoan of $12,500— $12,000 of which was paid in our old $1,000 billy. ‘The first tel- Jer says he has not paid such bills ina great while. I find, tlemen, that this $12,500 is credited on our books 16th De- mber, 3*62, but no inierest fs credited thereon. 1 called this morning on Mr. Alstyne for the check which paid this loan, and Jearn trom him he had no transaction with us on that date. He however, that F, W. Edmonds, sometime in he had an excess of privaie funds, to trans. om the bank to himself; and on looking fur. ‘ hooks T find the conversation of Alstyne and Fdmonds must have taken place October 7, 1862: fox in th margin of Alstyne’s check book of that date is the following W. Edmonds, fntere st on $5,000, $104 5 No intexest is credited on ur books thabdate, yet these bills vivable belonged to us. They were dated as follows, though not entered on our books until October, 1852. I suppose they were ip first teller’s draw the intermediate time. A cr 5,000, ——#12,500 26th December, 2952, as hereinafter related, $12,500 was cre- dited on our books as received trom Jobn Alstyne, but no in- terest, On that date, unquestionadly, the cashier having pald the bunk in old aud mutilated $1,000 ‘bills, the principal took, ‘ding to understanding with Mr. Alstyne, 7th October, ai 1562, the {wo loans of $7,500 and $5,000 aa his own property: ‘ollow him np, gentlemen; when did he get pay from Alstyne? ‘The latter's books say— 3, November 25, paid Mechanics’ Bank, on account, $12,- 159 sh. Manhatian, $7,500. "8 books: ‘@’ Bavk balance of loan, $12,500, + $760 75 + 5,000 00 ‘© you have the finale of the $13,900 joan, 4th. In an account rendered against me by the asstst- nut cashier, on the 17th August, the charge is in this form— 252, Oct. 7. Interest pald by John Alsiyne on $12,500. $104 50 1863; Mare 10, p § 33] a And compound inievest, AY B84 YOATE... 6c cseereeee #173 lolabisiveccbv ess ++ $494 00 Now the plain history of this transaction is this: T speak from memory. for it. must be borne in mind that » the middle of July 1 have had no access to the sof the bank, ond even my own private papers have withheld from me by the president and his as sistant cashier; yet I think that my memory is accu- rate. In the full of 1862 stocks were high. 1 thought the rise would be temporary, and would soon be followed by a {all, (theretore sold out some stocks which T owned at thehigh prices, determining to keep the money by me until they should fall when J would invest again. | But that my funds in the meantime should not lie idle, Task- cd my friend, Mr, Alstyne, to take them and allow me seven per cent, which he did, The fall of stocks did not ha Lexpected, and so the Joan remained than I originally caleulated. the whole transaction out of which this charge icated, in all its various phases, } told the hourd it was a loan from my private funds. Mr. Alstyne told your assistant cashier that it was ‘And why was it imputed to me that it was the funds of the bank Twas using? Because gthat ofticer of yours rays tbat acme one of the clerks told him, three years after the transaction, that he thought the ‘original Ioan of the bank had been paid off in ‘oli mutilated $1,000 and as the first teller said he “had not paid such bills'in a great while,” therefore that officer inferred i must have made the loan from such bills of yours! Twill not pause to comment on the various modifiea- tions this charge has undergone, as you will seo, thus showing you how much of it is incre surmise, but I will ask your attention to the fact that in the charge pub- lished by your president in thej Evening Post, Lam a cused hy him of having thus bee A meee to my own use $800 of your money: and now, in the account rendered by your jassistant cashier, the amount, with the aid of compound interest, is set down at $104, ‘The latter charge, you will see, is founded on an entire abandonment of the original charge, that I had loaned the funds of the bank for my individual benefit, aud ia made to rest on the idea that I appropriated to my use ie interest due from Dykers & Alstyne on the loam con- fessedly belonging to the bank. U1.—AS TO DRAWING OUT “LARGE SUME"? ON MY MEMORANDUM CUES, Av a director, L was entitled to a line of discounts of from $15,0¢0 to $20,000, or more; but I'very scldom used it, though the President had, at times, as much as $50,. 060. But when I did want apy small ‘sum, I dealt with myself as I did with others, to whom I was every day, and without awaiting the action of the board, loaning thousands of dollars of your money; and thus Imad > myself sundry small Yoans, at distant Intervals, but ney without fall and adequate security against loss by you; and if in any of these loans it was omitted to chaige me with the interest on them, the fault could easily have been corrected by charging to my account. One such transaction was in existence when this difi- culty cceurred, The first teller had my check for $1,590, and when I went to take it up your assistant cashicr had got it into his possession, and 1 could not pay it. After o while I found that officer had very properly charged it to my account, with some twenty ay in- terest, pur board of directors did not find fault with this action, and this your president well knew, when. without their authority, and agamst their expressed intention, he again assailed we by the published charges which he made. TimAS TOMY APPROPRIATING DUE TO THE TO MYSELP REMUNERATION NK VOR KEEPING TRANSFER NOOKS, Tt is a usual thing among bank presidents and cashiers fo have these perquisites added to their means; and it has not been unusual for some directors to bring these things to their officers, as friendly acts, to help them aleng. Your board have known it, and sanctioned it, and yet, without being under any obligation to do so, I have allowed to the clerks at least two thirds of all Ihave received. But your president, in his charges, instances the Can- ton Company as one of the cases cf misappropriation b: me. Now, ft is a fact, well known to Mr. Knapp, that it was by an express asvent of the board, that I’ was al- yowed, as my own perquisite, the salary for keeping their transfer books. I say that this was a usual thing with bank officers, and J add, Fag president well knew that also, for he ev- gaged in the same business far more extensively than I ever did, and that without the coment of your board, while, by his action, he snbjected your bank to imputa- tions ealoulated to be injurious to its fair standing. Tt is well known to many of you, that within @ few years, there hae sprang up a practice (or many compantes, such as railroad, mining, warble andl the iike, to procure funds by issuing coupon bonds, secured by'a mortgage on their property, the mortgage being given to some in dividual in trust for the bond holders. In order to give as much credit as possible to their bonds, individuals are selected as trustees, who are connecte! with some bank in good standing, and whose name will be likely to give currency to the bonds. Of course the trustee receives compensation for this use of his name. Now, your president accevted a good many such teusts —frem the Parker Vein Coal Company, and other like concerns—for which he received * sneration,”” as he calls it, to such an extend, that he boasted, that in one year, he bad “ bagged’* $15,000 from that source alon in the mean time, he signed the bonds with bis own name, and made them payable — at the ) ies’ Bank. This he did without the conse your board, He used your clerks to coupons when they were paid, without allowing them fae nesation; and when they were not pad, he subjected your (nstitution to the hiuniliation of sending away, unpaid and dishonored, from your counter, obh tions which had attached fo them the same name which appeared as your president on the bills you ixaued, and which were presented at the seme counter for re- demption. How could | suppose, under such circumstances, that my receiving “remuneration,” as transfer agent, was i i = , pest all, Rong Tever dream that he would take my action ji * regard the ground of driving me from the bank with obleqey? capi laa TU REAL CACHE OF NY REMOVAL. mi now-—these being the charges preferred against no, and published to. the world te pode President—ame- tainks [ bear you ask: Can 't be iat for euch causes a cashier wh» has served us for sixteen grar: saceess, whose integrity ie unimpeachel, and whose ca- pacity is on al hands admitted, has been driven from our service? { answer, No; @uch are not the real caures of the acaull upsg me, Swill tel you what they are may ee be He did many things of which I oved, As I never had any of the ‘ Mac- Sycophant ’? it me, I could not make bow to what ontent mani. I hing se and I probably made m; fest to siptibiehd nade Meco T found, a8 he sdseneee iereet te became mone, gras] jan See cious, ‘was often necessary for me to on transactions which would not have redo’ interest or his credit, As the success which att our efforts to resuscnate your bank became apparent, the merit of that success was the subject of discussion in the bank parlors of the and more of it was awarded to Bagh dete ope np aa lh cou ihn ou; Was in no ul it a jealousy of me, Thali Sion Weseae 8 rent. He strug- fied hard againat, thie result of pablly sentient, aud often heard even im my boast of transactions with which he had had as little to do almost content with the ing enous he should on tee i : perce of cur hes forts became most a (as it was in the re-organi- san ‘ ‘with its original capi- earnings and savings, came mnt , and after long brood- ing, prompted him to wink at assaults made ae me in any quarter, and even in private circles to indulge in sneers and inuendoes in regard to me. He saw, too, that Thad power with the board to arrest him in his opera- tions, and he was oie a angry that I would not allow the bank to carry hi hag oe troubles of last full, when his many speculations very much embarrassed him, Ail this produced in hin unfriendly feelings toward mo, the extremity of which I did not notice, because I was so auch engaged with my proper daties, Eome taco or four years ago we were very much an- noyed by the unexpected withdrawal of the clerk who had accounts of the ‘court At that John Burke came ‘the bank arch of employment. Mr. Knapp reminded me that he had been a bookkeeper in Mr. K.’s house of Gideon, Lee & Co., and had the reputaiion, of being “great in figures,” but he said he had heard that he had been tn- sane since he had left that house, though he had under- stood that he had recovered. ‘I made some inquiries about him, and learned that his connection with that house had’ been dissolved beeause of his troublesome, quarrelsome disposition, and I was reluctant to take him. Butas Mr. K. wos the Chamberlain, and had the right to make the apuoiniment, Imade no yery strenu- ous opposition, and he{was accordingly employed. I soon saw he was intelligent and capable, and as he showed himeelf willing to be generally useful, 1 began to, put confidence in him and to devolve other duties upon him, His particular department did not occupy much of his time, and I soon found he was keeping Mr. K.’s private books and worming himself into an intimate knowledge of bis affairs, In ihe meantime, Mr. Burke’s tendency to mental alienation, which {learned had di«played itself in an insane combativeness, began to manifest iteelf in various quarrels with the persons who had business with his department, and I was very often called upon to settle difficulties between him and the law- yers who came for ‘court deposits.” Early in 1853, Mr. <napp went to the West Indies, “for hiv health,’? as it was alleged. I was made acting preident in his absence, andMr. Burke was made assistant cashier. It seems new, from subsequent events, that about the time Mr. B, began to entertain the idea of supplanting me as cashier, and based bis hopes of success upon the disco ery he had made of Mr. Kuapp’s growing Jealousy of me: He began to work on’ that feeling, and caused ine, at times, a great deal of annoyance, not only Lyahis evi: dent influence on Mr. Knapp’s conduct, but in practising on me his insane propensity to quarrel, and in inierfer- ing in matters peculiarly under my control. nus, one of our clerks baying been selected as cashier of another bank, he undertook to fill his place, and, as 1 learned afterward, bad been wnderhandedly at work among the clerks, endeavoring to infil into thelr minds that I was. dealing unjustly with them, With some whose conduct I had bad occasion to reprove, Le succeeded, and I perceived an uneasy and mutinous feeling was springing up among them, such as Thad never belore experienced during my service of twenty-five years ag a cashier—for, having been a ~lerk myself I -bad never been ummindfal of their pecwiar trials, I would not submit to his fnterference, and 1 arranged the matter ns thought best, and the board approved my action. He became very angry. His conduct to- wards the clerk whom I had appointed to the vacant post was tyrannical and abusive, He abused the brother of the clerk who bad le(t (one of our dealers) in such « manner that he pronounced bim insane; and when, the next day, the late clerk called to explain the tran tions ké had complained of, he would not hear a woud, but refxed him by che shoulders and thrast him (rom the a violent and intemperate manner, crying out ce oud enough to be heard by all the clerks and resent, “Go out of the bank, and go aud tell the Thhave turned you out.” i E eashie i Lconld not overlook conduct so disrespectful ane ds orderly, und [reported it to the President and directors, saying, at the time, that he must be insane. revious to this incident, however, while speaking of the new clerkship, he said’ to me in'a very disreapectful manner, that I was too “bard on the clerks,’’ &e.; I re- plied I woul! not bear such la trom him, And after that incident he was very sulky several ( and would not speak to me; and one afternoon, after bank hours, he caine into my’ office, and in a very uncivil manper raid “he would not submit to such treatment fiom me, but he would make me iake the back trek, &e. And aflerward, in expressing to one of my friends } regret for what he had done, he accounted for it by sa Ing he was angry because Thad thwarted him about the clerks. Such was the state of fecling when, one day, I called on the clerk who had {he keys of the vault, for ry private trunk, in which I keep iny private papers, such as the deeds of my house, my stocks, &., and to my utte tonishment, I received for answer that the assis cashier bad given orders ‘not to deliver anything out the vault to me, or take anything into my room.’? 1 immediately complained to the president of this trea ment, and asked him to take charge of the keys of the vault, and then, for the first, I began to discover that this Insulting dnd injurious ‘conduet of the assistant cashier had the sanction of the president! 1 then com- lained to the board, and, as on the occasion of my former complaint, I had informed the board that my my remaining as your cashier i{] was to be aubjected to such treatment, ‘so now, finding that no notice was taken of my former complaint, | retired from the bank and have not returned to it since, In the mean time the assistant cashier, with the nauo- tion of the president, preferred charges ogainst me, the history of which I proceed to detail. ‘On the 18th of July the following was the lette sent to the board by the assistant cashier— New York, July 18, 1856 ‘To me Dimectons or tax Mremanscs' Bask oF Tar Ciry or New Yorw: GxxTieMeN—In_ consequence of investigations made by me, which investigations wer commenced about ‘Doth of Jane Pe nalts ge Francis W. Edmonds, Cashier of said bank, As follows— First—With using large sums of interest from the firs! teller of this bank, and tems of exchange from the second teller, for a series of Years, and appropriating a portion of said sams to bis private use. S¢cond-—With appropriating to his own purposes, insiaut of the beuefit of this insittuilon, as had been done May, IS51, the salaries received from the Utica and ‘schene: tardy Railroad Company, and the Canton Company, of Baltauore, and With salary received from the Edgeworth Company Third charge hin with giving, at various dniéa ¢ isstes of this bank; taking from the te tnd muted bills for ike amount, ind issuing these o for his private purposes—thns incréasing the o bank beyond what the lodger called for: the funds of this banks tothe bills reulation of ike Fourth—I charge hin. without eecurity fad wit “that T can subsiantiate permission, assume, for cashier, and have not | aceoes to the vault of the’ bank h be has therein, My rea he obvious, ae mitted bit to hav private property wh assumption of power 1 én tly regret the ity of making su but have never doubled th july Was imperative, write, gentlemen, after your session of this morn’ meneed, ond f make the charges much more brief th originally intended, sire that the cashier may have an opportunity of vetuliny diese charges, and have therefore kept A copy of this corurau ‘This F desive should be handed Bim, gr went him. 4 that Thave not had time to ft cireulation a count thoroughly; my investigations with the belief that the bank has sthan the books eall for, hut T nm as made out of our old emission of li to be made ty this instituiton. JOMTIEN BU. . 1234 Noon, July 14, 1460. lfound this morning, 2 debit against an old emission of Ull¢, and on referring (o find the vouchers, they are not where they ought (o be; L am spprehensive they bave been eb: structed, JOHN BURKE, A. 0. Iudignant, almost beyond description, at such un- founded Imputations; Iarning thus, for the first time, that he had been covertly engaged for a month in hunt of opin bills something whieh ing up means of assailing me; having discovered your president’s sanction of his underhand practices; bebold- fig bis unblushing avowal that he had fureibly aject- ed me from my on; finding that some of his accuss tions were bar “Vain of opinion,” and “Tam ap- prehensive,” and resenting, as any honorable man w the attempt thus to destroy a reputation which I ba: been more than a quarter of a century building up, 1 in. stantly replied as follows:— Baonxvnce, July 18 To the President and Directors of the Mechanics’ Bank GextLemeN—T have this © made against me, in a letter Cashier, and 1 lore not a mor the fol manner: ADawer to charge first. I deny that I have appropriated avy moneys, ns therein siaied, to my private ws “Answer (0 charge sco I deny applying t OWN use the salaries referred to fn raid charge. without the knowledge and sancdou of (he Bow | Directors, Answer (o charge third. Tdeny, outirely, this charge, wherein it relates to issuing ¢ bills for my private purposes. Answer to charge fourth, In reply to this charge, Tadmit, that in some few casas, in the hurry of business, I hate given ihe first teller my mewo- randura check to hoki for a few days, until E could turn aroun and arrange for the money from some otber sonrco; but if my memory serves me, 1 think instances of this tind have beew to» rare, aid the amoubts (0 Inconsiderable, to be cauborios In so rerions & catalogue of charges, ‘Anawer to charge about old etreniation « I deny that 1 have ever used the old or new elreulating bf of the bank for my pri pies, Cou ally T have never made a cent por lost the maw ‘Answer to final OF usinuallon that I onchens 10 cover up and bide the truth. This charge, or insinuadion, la so couteumpilble (hat my fir impale wn fo hurl W back wih soaiguation vourenontine board uces Me Merely to say Ht be tatewe fs & Very resp’y, your ob't servant, ne Parties WW. eDMOW These letters were Jald Lefore the bourd om the dbeh uf Jasctved. ‘That the present ta ‘Resolved, the presiient ta) rge of ihe sanctolved, That the presklent take charge of he keye of dha Reroived, That ibe aesistont cashier, Me. Rurke, be request ed to submit, in writing, a detalled #aterment of such charges as be may feel (this duty © make against (be cashier, At two subsequent mwetings of the board, beld on the 20th and 23d of July, the ase'etant cashier was, in my ab- rence, heard tn explanation of hin charges. tm the mth of July J appeared the board and tant eashic ¢ ye eashier an know it. It was ¢ ithe ln ng oa t was then read, vOMAN! Baxu, New To the President aud Durcetart of Mechantsg Banks oe GratiaMDX—At your session yesterday, T offered, but licks the 18th inate against We Batata: ae a Guced on the 30th nwt which wa aaa 8 December 16, 1864, to-day Jolin pate ia, gentler Paes & trom the bank ir. Alstynne’s books, Edmouds must have tuken place October 7, margin of Alstyne’s cheek book of that date, ts Pad F. W. Edmonds interest on $5,000. Do do, do, = on 7,500. ‘Ror ret ‘No interest is credited on our books of that date, these bills, receivable, belonged to us, ue were Tollows, though not entered on our books until October, eo were in tirst teller’s draw the inter: time. He 16th December, 1852, as here! credited on our books as recel Interest. On that date, Saquestionenly, futtlated $1,000 bit Inbefore rela ved from Jobs {he bank in old apd mulated $1,000 bils, the principal ‘ook, tcording (0 an taneretana ai Mr. AT Detober, 1852 10 two loans. a ‘ag hig own property. Follow him up, gentlemen. When ‘aid ‘he get pay from Mr, Alstyne? The Initer’s books say, Noy. 26, paid Mechanics’ Bank on Joan, andtook up 169 shares of Mabattan, #7,600. ‘Again, from Mr; Allsiyne's books: Js64, June 2, paid Mechanica’ Hank balance of loan of $12,300 and took up. of Manhattan, ih 7, oe 75 Interest at 6 an $5,000 00 Principal... Here you have the finale of the $12,000 loan. I might trace what ihe cashier did with thia money. you now, gentlemen, of Mr, Mdmouds?. His triling with you, taking your and my valuable time, in the vain lish his innocence, He is not innocent, gentlemen, but guilty of each and every charge made by me on the 18th inst, T beseech you, gentlemen, bring this matter to @ close. ‘Yours, respectfully, JNO. BURKE, Assistant Cashier, Mechanics’ Bank. At that meeting of the board, the charges were regacd- ed as so frivolous, or explained, that all that they deemed it necessary to do was to appoint a committee ‘to endea- vor to reconcile the difficulties between Mr, Edmonds and Mr. Burke.”’ Gn the 27th July, at a meeting of the board, that eom- mittee reported, and on their report the following reso lutions were adopted Resolved, That the resig tendered on the 24th list., (on, and ihc leave of abser and the beard express the a that hia re labor may lead to the re-establishment of Resolved, That bis salary be suspended trom first of August next. Resolved, That the investigation that has just terminaied leaves no room for suspicion as to the soundness of the bank and the integrity of lis assets, On the 24 of August my'resignatiod was accepted by the board, and thus was brought about the end whieh the pre- dent and his assistant cashier bad in view from the be- ginning, namely, my expulsion from your cashiership. In the meantime, however, there were other steps ta- ken which ought not to be overlooked. ‘The assistant cashier engaged himself for sevoral days in running about the street, inquiring of dealers into my action, and so insinnating charges against me, that ra- mors of great defaleations in your bank got’ into the newspapers, and it wax reported that T had abseonded with half a million of your money; aud he was even seen standing on the steps of the Exchange, bareheaded, 1: ranguing the bystanders in a most vehement manni Public attention having thus been attracted. to thy ua ter, both he and the president found it necesary, in pure self preservation, to indulge tu insiwwating or making va- Hous other charges against me, aul were compelled, hy the general opinion of the littleness of the whole matter, fo swell it to up to a larger sum, even though they had to resort to “compound interest; to Cit is quite probable,” “I think,’ “my belief is;? sup. yore we call tt,” &e., &e. Your Proaident,’ without the sanction of the board, and against their express in- junctirn to silence, felt Himselt compelied, by the same necessity of self-preservation, to make two published statenente—one of my resignation and the othes,of the charges against ne. Eavly in the proceedings your pre- sident avowed himself hostile to Mr. Burke's appoinit- or; yet, as scon ag my resignation oud 'the acceptance obtained, he be- me iost urgent fer hisappointmen', In the meantime I was silent, Confident in my own I was williay they should have time and oppor- tunity te run their full caver, and fabricate against me all that they could, [was promatsed a detailed statement ly them,!and, day after day, week after week, I waited for it with such potience aS 1 might. At length it wes handed, by the assistant cashier, to ono of the directors for me.’ ‘The president saw it in that director's hands, took it from him, and reftret, after Cxamining it, to re- turn if, saying that it was in many respects wrong. But Thave been fortunate enough to obtaiu it, and] now sub- jain it without one word of comzmout, leaving it to speak jor itself, of the injurlous treatment to which I have been subjected. This I obtained only on the 17th of August. nis supposed to have been abstracted from the Mecha. sam by vive cash dete October, 1844, the cashler received ie) all items of exchange collected by bia, dit anythtog on the bank books, 57 months y compound interest thereon to 008. 3,483 OU natton of F. W. Edmonds, as eashias o laid upon the table for further we be granted him for tree months, xation from menial but did not ¢ 25 per month, is $1,420 Ist August 83 In October, 1844, 14 months, at $28, fs &. 20; in 1845, nothing, Ss $80 20 $205 so, January, 1846, nine 490 00 150 ts bie that at least ‘esbiew from second UME st ie, and corn t from August l, 54%, seven years, ts ny 251, to Tet August, 1851, when cad commenced of sums paid’ cashier by ier, seven mouths, say B70 per month. was B40 00 $700 was annually teller; if 80, five” ye: 2,810 00 ally’ paid cashier frou nary, 1865, per hook, is 248 $5,438 00 ‘The casbier paid into credit of intevest during the above time, $3,492 14. Call this equal From Janury 1, 1851, De Angelis having just then Jef, T think the draw ‘loans system commenced. 1 shail not, at ell events, go farther Cook thibks he paid the cashier, $15) moutbly; my beliet is, ut lenst $250 monthly was paid him on the average, being interest on loans, say to Ist January, 855, 41 sponthty Re compound interest 1 th Sunubry two August, 1896, -, oe $1,200 00 Ist January, 1888, to lst ‘at ware rate, $1,500, from which dednet what fs now in draw, counted by commiitee, 8/A)..... hy Salary trom Uiea and Schenectady Raiicoad Go, from 1561 to 1853, tw “ars, $700, und interest com pound, from May, to" Ist of August, 1855, 89 moms, $B... rs Salary kegewarlh Co. $1,000, mapound intere ‘months, T0 00 us ‘years, at > Nov. 1862, 1,205 00 1.305 00 i on thie ank fane Tat +. 312.00 7—Inierest jaid by Jolin 12,500 . VS, Mar. 10—] and compound interest, do way 2 $494 00 18 Nov, 2€—Nelson Robinson paid 63 days interest on $100,400, AC 6 per cen!, Which is HOON owe ond compound inferest. 2Q—The Ailantic Ingnrance Compan i reurn preminms £50, $14 &, whieh non v1 1 J2—-Bad debt charge cur books, D. B. Peck a the loan was made wil al hoard. which never passed on tH, 1864, Dee, b 144, J ind joes on m 1b. Jewolls orliy of the as appears by H, Me's, mem,; amount, $20, and com peund Inerest 11 years and S04... 1.24 0 1 is digicut to get wt thi which has Leen used py him; ® ihe for only would amount to $12,600, and compornd tate a three yeors would be #2.8%5,......, ; 15.46 00 S475 0 On tive Mth of August, | received from Mr. Burke the following extraordinary letter, on which also 1 forbear any comment, except to say that it is inconceivable to me how any man in his sound rind could address me such a communication, after the conduet which | have disclosed in these pagea:— 4 of the after the ord bu jor cashier of this mW, probably’ take pla board, an bank, outelder will be have ever unanimous vote. 4 f the directors, who will that T should reel he appoiniment. 0 have the wnmnitaotts If you can couselentonsly aoqitier ture, please do 80, either by addressing the hoard or myrelf. Ta #sk you to do viofenes to your feelings ; If ft ean be Lihat Thave been chosen to sneeeed you with your nee, It will efecinally silence t indisereet friends who ar er eoneur of yours rod with you, OUN BURKE. rs, truly, J and take my leave And now 1 have closed. ny defence, of yon, but not fiually. My conneeti yet cease. Ihave not made this st jose of obtaining a restornifon of the cami but solely to ps et a reputation, whieh I ya dearly, against unjost atiacks upom it. I nev beeeme your cashier again, Farly in life { detormined that at a certain period I would retire from active busi- ness, and devote the rest of my days toa pursult far more congenial tome—the pursnit of the fine arts. That period having about arrived, 1 shall now carry that reso- tion into effcet. But as a great part of my private means is invested in your stoek, and ay happily retain the eon. leneo of many among those who cho Atrector, I shall not yet abandon my position as such, Put know- ing full well what will be the conditeon of effuirs if your bank rhall fll into.such hands as are now outsteeichod to selie it, J shall remain to wateh over your iute mine, at least until the clove of the term fy Iwas clected a director. Whether, under any circum- ances, T can be induced to remain any longer, may be subject for future consideration, In the mean ‘time my revolution is fixed never aguin to place myself in a condition where [ may, by any poy ty be subjected Srogsh tevorasont'na'd. Save tepeeloeed Trees your ofit- cere. iat me not, however, be anjust, oven unintention- ally, Ido not mean to impute the conduct of whieh f coinplain to all who are connected with the management of the bank. Among them 1 beve found warm on gee roue hearte, who have shared fa my indignation, and why wont! have heen more eficles bn my defence i f bad not prevented it by my own action. to eensure—a weakness wel! to your ea president—has ited those gentlemen from dol; me the justice their eneroun natares would have prom| But amid all my suffering and trials, their confidence and sympathy have cheered and } hope long to be able to remember them with grati- tude, F, W. EDM Brovxvire, Aug. 10, 1865. Yellow Fever in Virginia, ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE NORFOLK 8UF! Charles H. Marshall. . 6100 rt, Dickerson Si) SSESRSSS $10, 20, $10, 95,80 Cash, Lieut. seeseneeesceseecrers cone s+ 4480, LOZ OUR NORFOLK CORRESPOCDENCE. Nonvown, August 25, 1855. Our citizens still continue to leave, and the gloom that has been prevailing grows more dense, In proportion to the number at it here, we can but ac- knowledge that the disease is frightfully on the increase. ‘The following are the names, as far as T have been able to- collect them, who have died since 12 o'clock yertarday:— Slave of Win, Taylor. Susan, slave of Wm. Gatewood. Lucy Foreman, colored, aged 93, Wm. H. Lohman, 72 Church street. Fred. Robberts, National Hotel. Sylvanus Lewis, 16 years, dying. Men Pileossan wife of De Prigiman, Miss Harriett Fulgum, Bute street, Mr. Hanbery, occupation on Union street. Mark Mattocks, aged 25, Ferry Point. Mary Welch, No. 6 Dodds lane. Mary Hagwood, No. 7 W. Water street. ‘There are five or six others whose names J was ynable to learn. ‘Tne Howard Association acknowledge the receipt of the following:— $600 from Philadelphia; $100 from Chazies H $30 from Wm, ?. Hendrew, of this city; &. W N. C., $25; $100 from Washington city; Wyrdham’ Robertson, of Richnond, #35: for visiters at Yellow Sulphur Spriu, mous, $26; cash, $5. I failed to state t acknowledged, yesterday, the receipt of $1,400 from the Relief Committee of Philadelphia, and a inrge eupply of provisions from the Reliet Committee of Baltimore. About 200 inall have been sent to the Naval Hospital niu Portsmouth; about 80 present who ure attached to the naval service. The doctors there conelst of Dr. Minor, assisted by Dra. Harrison, Steele, and Walk. Collector §. T. Sawyer, of the Custom’House, has fled from the disease, and {he Deputy Collector has determined to remove the archives and deposits to Hampton (twenty miles from the city, in another district). A most singu- lux place truly for the Custom House for the port of Nor- folk and Portsmouth ! Dr, P. Clairborne Gouch, of Richmond, arriyad in thi city on Wednesday, and visited the aick’on both rides of the water. He loft yesterday for home. Dr, Waller, of Baltimore, arnved in this city on Thurs- cris, and ‘ood, Fxlenton, B. 7 were 2. day, ‘and is at present stopping at the Nation]. J.D. Marks, of New Orleans; Mrs. C. 8. Jones, of Washington, D.C.; ies klida Syphara, of “Rketimondy ‘ant Mr: Thonias D. Beard, of Wilt ington, Del., have offered thofr services to nurse the sick with the fever. The number of deaths yesterday in Portsmouth, amounted to geventeen. Dr. Lovett i# deat. Dr. Tru glen is quite ill. Mayor Woodia, of our city, was attacked with the fever on Thursday evening, and now lies extremely low. ‘The Howard Association has sent to Savannah ant Charleston for pbysiclans anda felegraph operator. Drs. Robert Thompson, Jobn Morris and Fhvess, arrived meri from Baltimore, and tendered their ser sto the Howard Association, which were most graie- received. full The officers and crew of the United S zel, Lieut. Aylmer, comman ing, lying in Hampton Rows + etearmer Het~ mate up the handsome sum of for the suffering of our city, not one of the jack tara giving less than $2. Mr. D, Clinton, a farmer living six miles fom this city, was shot by @ man named Sykes, the bali taking effect in the side, causing instant death. NORFOLK. {From the Norfolk Beacon, Aug. 25.} Js could apswer no beneficial purpose to attempt to conceal or cover up from the public gaze the rtate ot things now existing, and the present melancholy conti tion of our town. But a prief period bas elapsed whe was the favored resort of many na a choren spot for its salnbrious and enviable position, and as afording induce- ments sufficient to allure a brief sojourn among us. ‘Then we anticipated a prosperous future, and were, in- deod, highly blessed by an Allwise Providence in the en- joyment ef ‘all those temporal privileges and advantages which man {a accustomed to regard as such. How chang- fd are our circumstances! An infected vesso! ix allowed by the authority to whom such power was delegated by the people, to come 4 into the harbor and at one of our wharyes, and devastation and ruin are spread with a. broadcast hand throughout a community which might have previously chal comparison with any of Ite neighbors aa to heaith and cleanliness. But we cannot delay here to discuss this grave matter, but must leave it for the future, and when the desolating scourge by which We are ailticted shall be removed by the fiat of iod, speaking through and by the objective iawy which he Ras ianpressed upon the outward world. ‘The disease does not kcem to abate either in the num- ber of its vietims or in the virulence of its attacks. Ow Saturday last, and for a day or two following, the tem- yerature was most unseasonable, and there set in from the northward and eastward # cool, disagreeable wind, which rendered winter clothing comfortable. The ther- mometer within doors ranged some degreos below sevens ty. It was this sudden and continued oJ in our temperature here that resulted in a largely ine rea~erd number of cases. Our medical attendance is becoming precarious. Already Ihysi- two of our most prominent cians have been taken to the United States Naval Hospi- tal, while wnother practitioner has been stricken dowa Ly the pestilence. Hut one out of the three drug estal- lishments in our midst is kept open—two having been closed for want of some one, we presume , to attend in them, their proprietors having left town. But in the midst of all the discouragementa by which we are eur- rounded, we are not without the sympathies of our friends, both adjacent to us, and those who may be re- garded as abroad, Help, substantial help, is pouring in from every quarter, in the abape of provisions and mo- ney, £0 that the Inps of the poor and suffering of our re- misining population are daily filled with the necessaries of life, by which their present existence is at least ren- dered’ comparatively comfortable, Our sister towns Hilal as well bc New York, Vhiladeiphia and timore, are nobly respondi to the appeal« of humanity, and call forth, tS throbs, of ieel- ing, our cordial gratitude. have, too, a few ac- tive men among us whoremain at their posts both of pub- lic duty and to administer to the waute of the needy and dying. Gne of these, we are pained to record, was-strick- en down on Monday afternoon, after a brief Mines, Thi man among us was Captain. George Chambers. Active, energetic, benevolent, he had been for daye pre- viously in suporintending the removal of the siek to the Naval Hospital.—He now lies in the cold and silent qrave wee be to hin! He was a most useful public man, whose place cannot easily be supplied. We cannot. neglect here to name two of those who now remain among vs, ansl who are actively od iu ministering to the prexent necossition of our people, Col. Winchester Watts, resident of the Comwon Council continues actively em ployed in responding to various letters from sbroad, and in ininistering to the wants of the needy. James G, Hol lady, Fsq., bas been a most useful citizen, thoroughly fearless and indefat.gable in lis humane exertions. Others of our citizens might also be named, who have mantully stood to thelr posta in this hour of trial—but we pas» thei by for the present, reserving to ourself th privilege for a futare and more appropriate opportunity, with one exception, Ww know what our community would have done without Hezekiah Stokes, former mayor of the town He has been engaged incessuutly in meeting the exigen cies of these trying times. James W, tithewe, the town sergeant, has also been in season and out of season actively and energetically engaged in the performance of his accumulated and responsible duties. Meantime the fever rages and is on the increase, With these remarks, descriptive of our town and its present condilion, we are forced to close: limited as we are for nid in our office, and having been compelled to work at the press ourvelf in throwing off the last issue. We have but one comporitor remaining with us, and kis mame is K. B, MeDonald.—DPortemouth Transcript. Orrick Boarp oy Hratte, | Nonvous, August 242 P.M. Reyort of deaths by the fever’ Yor the 24 hours ending this day at 21. Mio— Child of Williem C. Barnes, aged 8, James street: Jol Halsey, 50, Charlotte street; John’ Martin, 13, Bamk street; Mra. Thomas M. Martin, 36, Bank «treet, Melane (of Faltimore), 41, Commerce street; George Hipgings, 28, Main street; Jchn Conrade, 35, Allyn Town, obn Mehegan, 16, Chureh street; Miss’ V. Staltine, 38, Guy’s Jail, Mark Blattocks, 26, Ferry Point; slave of Wu ‘iaylor (Joh), 26, Mariner street: Mary Welsh, 6, Dodd's Jane: Mary Hagwood, 7 Wide Water street: Samuel Cooke, 24, North Chureh street; George North, 8, Main treet, oe wise ‘of R. Oateswood), 00, Church street. ‘otal, 16. Died in the hospital last night, Mrs, John 4, Hall, aughter of B. Guy, Captatn of the Watch, aged 34, ‘There are at least 500 cases in the city, 220 prese ions were put up at the dispensary on Tharsda: here are five other apothecaries doing a large busine TO THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD. New Yerk hee rent her thousands, and thousands fol- low, to relieve want and alleviate snffering in Nov- fol. weuth, Hand in band with her are Thiladelphis, Paliimere, Richmond, Washi Xew Orleans, ond other efties, ‘The laboring men of the navy yards have given each @ day’s snpport, Woman ha volunteered te go from tant State to give het services where the pestilence is raging Nike # p fire. Where ie Loston® Where are her “solid ment’? BOWARN. Ovituary. Hon, Ammanaw M, Sen Conn., on Wednesday mornii 4n_ illness of several months. Mr. — of Schenectady, where he died at New Haven, it, the 2d imst., after was iy juated at Union Co! wae ted to the bar, Soon, im banking, in which Dusiness ho it. After a copnection of «ome ‘alley, where he was cashier of a bank. From to about twenty-five ” Bask of Womres. ia 4 studied Jaw, and he engaged Rochester, President of the