The Arkansas banner., 1843-09-30
DlsTRIcr OF CoLUMnfa,
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 DlsTRIcr OF CoLUMnla,
 County of WaMagtoa. ]
 I certify, that on this thirty-iirst day of March, A. b, one thousand eight hundred aud forty-three, before the subscriber, . Jus tice Of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, personally appeared William ". Corcoian, Of said coun- ty, of lawful age, and personally well known to me, who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and sayeih--that he entered into a contract with Gen. T. T. Williamson and Col. \. II. SeYier, to dispoce of five hundred Bonds of the Sac of Arkansas, to the Secretary of the Treasu- " of the United States for the Smithsonian legacy, and to invest portion of the pro- cceds of the said Bonds into Bills of Ex- change and other funds, upon the West and South, in the month of August or September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight; that under the said contract he did dispose of those Bonds, and made the contemplated investments, and that for his services in thus making the disposition of thoae Bonds and those investments, the said Williamson and Seyier, as Commissioners paid to him, the alliant, the sum of five thousand dollars, or one pes centun, and 10 more, in any shape or form whatsoever. The said Corcoran further states, that he made the said sale and investments onthe bcstandmost advantageous terms that he could for the Real Estate Bank, and that to the best of his recollection and belief, his account of those investments, as printed in the Arkansas State Gazette, of the 18th day of January, 1913, with the excep- tion of the heading of the last column, which should be ss Cost'' instead of ssLost," truly exhibits those investments, and that every cent thus obtained, was paid over by him to the said Commissioners, Williamson and Se- vief, i'll the City of New Y ork, on the 18th day of September, lS3S, at the time of the departure of Colonel Seyier, with those funds, for the West; and, that all tho money was then and there counted by the said Corcoran and said Commissioners, with the exception of one sealed bundle of Bank notes, which was secured by the seal of Jacob Little & Go, the brokers of whom 1t was purchased- That this bundle was not counted for want ef time, as the delay which would have been oceasioned thereby, would have detained Colonel Savier until 1t would have been too laie for him to have Jeff in the Boat, and have thu, postponed his departure until the next day: and on that account alone the bundle was not then counted or opened, but was Jeff sealed, and the words .' not counted,n and the signatures ef the said Williamson and Coreofan were written across the seals And that he has understood that when the said buadle was openad-aad counted in houis- vile, 1t was then discovered that there was an error in the amount, as it contained four thousand dollars less than was believed and marked to be therein, and that said error having also been discovered by the Brokers from whom the money was purchased, the mistake was corrected by them, and the amount thereof sent to the President of the Bank, as this ailiant was informed and be- lieves. The afliant further declares, that the rates of discount at wh;eh ae made :thi.a pur- chases, are truly and correctly stated in the account thereof, which he rendered to the sad Commissioners, Uld that in no case did he purchase or invest at different rate from tha. so stated. And he also refers to the an- nexed letters to him--one from John Ward, S- Ce.,. of the 7th of March, 1943, and tie other of the 20th March, 1913, from Jacob Liltle $ Co, and also to his accompanying cancelled cheeks, as described ia the an- nexeA list thereof, as evidence thereof. And further the deponent saith no;.
 ". ". CoRCoRAN. Subscribed and sworn to before me,
 this day of March, A. n. iSl9.
 SAMUEL D. KING, ]. P.
 have also the letters from Ward & Go. and Little & Go, containing an abstract ol all the money purchased of them, by Corco- ran, for us, which any gentleman can see if he desires it. l have also all the cancelled checks which Corcoran drew upon the fund which was used ia making the investment These checks age also subject to any gentle mans inspection, and will form part of the documents l shall lay before the next Legis- lamre, when shall ask them to repeal ol erpnage or reciad that libel upon me. Sc much at present upon the third fact ''ecolted n hie course of the irestiga,ion' of tho Committee.
 Fourthly--.s That the Commissioners loan ed to sundry individuals various amounts and retained a considerable portion for them selyes.a
 The sundly individuals here alluded to, ars Reardon, Dawson, Ashley, and Hanger, al citizens of tie State, aud all, except the frs named gentleman, stockholders, who were entitled to their money, and obtained from us, when q long way from home, and out o means, 3. small portion of it. They, as wei as Nj Reardon, promptly accounted, and 1 satisfactorily settled with the Bank for every ! dollar e.f it-and tbat tho in this citv as