The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-21

REPORT.
To the Joint Board of Directors of the Camden and
.dmboy Railroad, and the Deiaware and Rsritan
Canal CompGnies:-
The Undersigned, by a resolution Of your Roar
were requested examine into the affairs your ,m
pauiss administered by their executvs officers with
view to ascertain the truth falsehood Il certain
anoDy NOUS writer siR ming himself "A Citizen Of Bur
hngton ~ These charges contained aocusatious Of
perjury" fraud a" false entries In the books OF &C
count false reports made to the and to
the public. embe zzlement of funds belonging to the
state and robbery Of moneys belonging to the stock
holders.
The undersigned as they were urged to do by YOU
instituted thorough scrutiny into these mattars nj
for that purpose they rgidy inspected the books Of
account the recorded minutes Of the meetings we'll
OF the stockholders Of the directors the Of
all sscrptions and likewise the details of
toD. by calling before them for exam alton, the exc.
cutivs officers and many of the agents of the com
papies a, they thought proper
Az the result Of their labors, they arrived at this
unanimous conolusioD which they declare:- That
there has not been and that there Is not nov, any
foundation for the charges euquirsd into: that no
ground has existed. exiss for any ton
upon the character conduct personal or on raj as
connected with their adm of tho affairs of
the two companies either Of the executive ofassrs
OF the directors Of the Camden aud Amboy Railroad
and Delaware and Raritsn Csual c mpauiss.
That necessary consequence no monies have
pa.seDpers and merchandise legally charsssbs there
with; none have been embe zzlrd- and none unac
counted for TO the stookhold.rs-b by whom 10 their
successive meetings. full approval aud sanction have
hen given to the acts of the drectors all OF which
they had the fullest opportunity to investigate
That "a far "a they com petent to Judge the
dersgntd believe that 1t would be hardly possibls to
devise system of keeping accounts more likely than
the one adoptsd by these two companies to produce
exsctress to check mistakes, and TO obvate wilful
errors and frauds, we'll to exhibit at any given
period the true state Of their concerns in eli the
miputpnees of detail.
The undersigned also feel to be proper for them to
ray that mole fcient and trust worth set Of officers
and agents these npectsd with these upanes
cannot In their belief be found thu service Of any
corporation They appeared to the iersisu to b.
men Of character and Of quslia we'll adapted
and fully adequate to the responsible duties which
they have to perform
In support Of the above decisranns the undersigned
beg to refer to The "Remarks' which follow and thav
would AK attention also to the rables appe dad
hereto which were prepared with much care from the
books and vouchers of the by their Secre
tary Mr Bradley lin whose accuracy they have entire
copfdence) in order to controvert clearly than
otberwise could have been done the facts assumed
the reasoning from them pied with view to sus
tain the charges which have formed the subject Of
enquiry.
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
JAMES q KING,
WV. PENNINGTON,
Path December, lS4S CHARLES PARKER.