Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-02-14
Examination Of the Matters of the State Treasurer.


Pursuant to order, Dr. Bates, State Treasurer,
appeared before the District Court of Sacramen-
to, Judge Monson presiding) to show cause, on
the relation of the Attorney General why he
should not be required to file an additional bond.
W T. Wallace, Attorney General, appeared on
behalf of the State j. w Winans for defendant.
COL Edtcards strorn.-Is one of the sureties on
the bond of the State Treasurer knows the 9th
er sureties thinks that after reserying what is
exempt from execution, at forced sale, perhaps
$S 600 or SO. 900 could be made out of his prop
erty perhaps $4,000; knows Griswod only
knows his circumstances from general report ;
understood from himself, when he signed the
bond, that he was responsible-sncc then he has
| failed knows G.. o. Perry. ut was here admit
ted that he has fled petition in bankruptcy y
Knows S. Norris he has large amount of prop
erty / have understood from Mr.. Norris, that
his ranch which constitutes large portion of his
wealth, is involved in law suits heard that
Rhodes has lost money since he went on the bond,
sustained heavy losses by the plank road.
! John u. Rhodes SWOrR.--ls one of the surcties !;
! is worth $25,0 ,000 or 100000 over and above all
! liabilities q successful termination of business
engagements might make il more ; my condition
was better when signed the bond than it is now;
/ from what have learned from Griswold think
he is nsolvent considered him worth $4,000 or
! SIS 900 when he went on the bond do not think
| that bond for 500 600, with myself, Norris and
! Edwards, would be good.
e.. GriSrold Sc0rR-I think that 81 900 or
$4,000 could be made out of me by execution.
H. Bates State Treasurer, s'c0rR.-On the lst OF
January there was about S223,000 in the State
Treasury Sl24,00O has been paid since, to meet
the interest on the State debt. in July.
1t was here obiected--lst, That the statute
merely provides that the insuliciency of the bond
can be inquired into ; I'd, That there is another
tribunal, &c. Sd, That the matter is irrelevant.
The court ovcrucd the objections
Tile WiMesS c0nhnued.--The money Ito pay the
July intcrest) was paid to E. A. Rowe James
Rhodes, think, was present when the money
was paid do not know what Mr.. Rowe did with
it took bond from Mr.. Rowe /; did not present
the bond to the Governor for approval no Con-
trollers warrant was drawn for the money ; the
bond was not presented to my Office for appro-
val !; don't Know what Mr.. Rowe has done with
the money he told me he had made provision to
pay the interest in New ! ork ; the payment was
all made at once CO d out the gold don't
know whether or no' Oney so counted out
was returned to til dry did not Mr..
Rowe take the Il. at of the Office left
him there with it nix Mr.. Rhodes was there;
the money was paid ,re about l o'clock | did
not leave it hcre to have it put back in the bank;
am not morally certain that it was put back do
not know that the bags were particularly marked;
usually put tag on the bags after the Sd Jan.
/ | was in the vault every day saw none OF the
bags given 10 Rowe there afterwards Mr.. Rowe
was clerk in the Office till about the 18th Nov.
never RENTED the interest by him before had
an agreement with Wells. Fargo s. Co., to remit
the money think it was for one year it may
have been for my term of Office made no appll-
cation to the head of the house of Wells, Fargo
~ Co., to remit the money {; Mr. Rowe made APP
plication to me to pay the interest; told him
if he would make it satisfactory to Wells, Fargo
X Co., had no objection | never ascertained
what Rowe did with the money he would no
tell me Rowe left my office on the Sd Novem
Der he never had mnch money there bag wa
sent to the office for Mr. Rowe, said to contain
twenty thousand dollars | never saw it th'
first remittance by Palmer, Cook Il CO., was on
bond the bond given was not approved by any
one the bond for the payment of the July inter
est was given on the 81 January | saw the sig
natures on that day had enquired about th,
bondsmen the last interest was due last January
RENTED 1t In November ; RENTED the july inter
est to the interest of the State do not know
where the money is to remain while Mr.. Row,
has the custody of it drew draft on Wells
Fargo Co. for SIS 900 placed it in the hand
OF Mr.. Mcneil do not know that the money wa
raised on the draft the draft was protested anC
Cancelled do not know that the person who wa
present when the money was paid to Mr.. Rowe
knew the purpose for which it was paid saw ne
one present TO assist Mr.. Rowe in carrying tho
money away there is about $4,000 or ,G0t
| In the Treasury now about 500 0G0 of the July
interest was taken from the general fund at
that time money was being paid into the
Treasury every week there would not have
been money sufficient in the interest fund to pay
the July interest at the time it was usual to re-
nit 1t to New York, nor has there ever been
enough it would have fallen short over S20,000
l dd not meet Mr.. Rowe by appointment 1T was
understood he was to receive the money that day
at the time | paid it to him, did not ask hin
how he Was going to carry 1t away IT did no
strike me rs being very unusual for Mr. Rowe tC
come for the money without assistance to carry
at away it did not attract my attention | lief
the Office about half-past one o'clock p. NJ. ; | let
the Office about ten minutes after the money wa
; counted | left Mr. Rowe there tying it up
there was no previous understanding that wa
to leave soon as the money was counted Mr.
Rowe told me he made it satisfactory to Wells
/, Fargo Co.; | never heard from Mr. Rowe o.
any one connected with the house Of Wells, Farg,
" Co. that it had not been made satisfactory
have not seen Mr.. McLane to speak to him Sine
the execution Of the bond when | received th
bond had not received any written notice from
Wells, Fargo IL Co. that the arrangement wa
; satisfactory the money was entered on the
books at the time it paid to Rowe, as paid tt
Wells, Fargo Co.; | thought that the contrac
with Wells. Fargo u Co. expired January LIST
saw Mr.. Rowe yesterday, think he knew this ex
animation was to take place to-day did no
ask him to be here.
The above is the most important testimony il
the transactions of the Treasurer. 1t shows tn
way things were managed, and gives prett,
good history of the Sl2fO00 Mr. Rowe's testi
mony had not been taken yet
New Bo0Ks-We called a few evenings ago
the Book & Drug Store of II. W. Anderson. Esq.
and had the pleasure of examining his large ant
splendid assortment of new standard works by