New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-06
The Bay State Mills

BosroS, Friday, Feb. s, 1850
- ne s,oSknelders OF the Bay State Ms held mes
sy, ps .ouay, atwhoh the report Of the lnvestiA aAas
CrowuinsheH ~'
The report makes over four newspaper colsnAss.
embracing detailed history of the Company. al -
connection with Messrs Lawrence. Stone Co. ~
Lawrence as Treasurer, received salarv Of az -
per annuu, and the firm commission cf two ann
their commissions from 1913 to 1851, from the BsV
State Company alone was over $685. 0O0 beside doh.
large commission business for the Middiesex, Pes
berton snd New England Worsted Companies. ThAk
nearly $4,000. On the failure Of the firm they ows4
the Bay State Company nearly $3H 900, Of whisA,
with the exception Of $S 900 paid account Of th6
Tariff bin, no trace can be discovered. The repose
says:
Thlsse Of money has ben taken from the Company ~
rs confidential asps o'whOu the Treasure, without ~
facts have been carefully and .,udiOusy conceded a
s s e. s S S.n :'.
oaIs sstR OR gu.
change nature their sc which can 80
. .ssasler criminal misconduct, an appropriation 70 sssr esS
.pr.D,fd and mSnSsn.y compsa:s:sd . ..d .aa -'e
The report, alludinS to the Tariff disbursement
Wh,. sss ,hs b. : however o The l.rse sum q {
from other. which ppsd 70 the procuring Of the pss.ss
poy, or @ that Of public It .rSs ,S. e
which spent for publications. stse
and the like OF the balance know that has soae and -
know person by whom II was disbursed- We tnc1
that there were a. one time certain memoranda In ~
part thfs mystery but they have disappeared While we have
figures for mse which do not appear dire.
sion OF Hight Of information and arzumenfshere cefeu.
omission anything would show what became Of the ba.
Of the money This gives use disaseeaos usosooe
have gone purposes which would not bear OF.
poure and which needed be hidden and concealed Ws
employed costly entertainment az Washinxop given 10 thoso
supposed be sbe influence legislation heel Wnh az
pended in the employment Of OF lobby nanf
the skirts Of members Of Congress 20 worry them into S
bly, affect their interests Or was employed tor hi dak
and Objectionable purpoes We only know that one -
the fr Mr. Stone has told that while he WA ssnsoe
ton, isborins diligently and with all bis might 70 Oily
passage Of tariff which would ess onsrous and moro
INTEREST," which have long beee -
pressed told that he hoped for success would D.
him 20 adopt quite another cours OF measures
pos that letters written home, saying that some ohss
seent-one of more pliable temper-mnt De empoyeal
that consequence thereof he was wfthdrawn ana enos
member 10 represent them end wno
he supposed paid and dsbnrsed or controlled ne
ton ofthe rect of money So went without
knowledge or consent. We have no accounts ~
and are not able to tell how much cf ~
ours and how much belonged 70 them we -
that aid not darkness about that cannot Pe
trs,e Perhaps b. better that should aoE There me
b brought sht which II would b. 5isareeahe sR
people have exposed. We told that whnever va CO.
vauntcd Tariff shall beneficial TO the woolen
satisfaction Of contemplating thAf hAA -
not been stfed by friends before tho day dawnsd We se
might have tasted Its good fruits" IN.
The report was accepted, and vote passed 70 oaSr
solve the corporation and close up ita affairs.