, 1859-02-17
OUR sP1IHcFIuD CORRESPONDENCE.
Tho Great RF4ud--The Chicago Court
Biu-Ths old Canal ClAim1s R9c.

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NV o.. ~. cs.h;a- ~ 49, ,,ter Te,1a, or ,h.
o1d st,te R,nt at fh,c,ro xene summoned here
aoa1n liz 4a1eoranb. and @inoD1-be
foro 4,a ro,nm;+taa 4bia afre,noon "a did Mr. Man,
n;nr ,f tho co,o1 cf3ce ubo haa taen 1,rrnobt
l,.ct a1ao- Their evidenca ~ simp1v an elubor-
atiop Of what they baye formerly said-ttat tie
4qo 7av cbeeksn ,re,e ,eoefved st til. h,nk. 1hat
+hav-tba cbacna ~ f,rra deno,n1not;ons-
mt c.nce,,ed that thev ve,.. reta,nea tn the
comn,,so;oncrs. Tint tbev werr rs.nacr.a at the
os7ca in ,yvo 1o1.s. sealed and returned to tho
hsnt ~ !. .srrca1 denonit for eafs keepipc. Nr,
Roberts. late State Trustee. repeated his former
evidence in oart and aided by his first Official re.
mort which Kus found in the Executive otic,, and
which has never been published, made some ex-
plantations on a few uninportant points abo1t
which hla memsrv had proved treacherous.
Though the ses.ion WAS long and tedious am not
asare thst /. new actras elected. An attempt
xas made BY the attoruevs for ths State to show
t,a+ III. h,ack t,7nt IN vhieh part Of the scrip,
chacta ctr which came into CIV. Matteson,s nos.
eos.ion ,era n,oked had been broken open and
=. c..1ad hnt noth;np aatisfacto,v wns establish
ad thono # ia e1ear that the eiett seals lave not
now all the same appearance. The instrument
used for some of them, willis the WAX Was soft,
aupea.s to bare been an American quarter OF q
dollar. and for others railroad baggage check or
son,ethtng Of the sort having the character SEQ"
engraved thereon. Il long inquiry was entered
Into in relation to the ma1kB Of cancellation On
some Of the smaller checks, when compared with
similar marks on certain sheeta Of untitled and un-
trimmed checks found in the trunk but IS noll-
,po definite wss established; and II the thing:
aimed at ia onlv collateral to the mair, facts. omit
all norther reference to that mart of the testi-
uony. =
Tbs meeting Of the committee was held in the
Supreme Court room and when Organized bore
no flint resemblance to a regularly established
snd authoritative judicial tribunal. The members
Of the committee were seated, under canopy and
on dais, in the places occupied by the Judges.
The counsel for ths State and Matteson had their
separate desks the witnesses and q part of the
old canal officers seated in one corner Of the room
looked not unlike Jury aud there was only q
n.isoner needed to make the scene complete. The
aran,nat;ooz 1fr Fn,1er tf,a Chairman, nres,dinr.
uara conapctad with great aecorum. and we're
,;...nad N hv n. ond;to-a lin ,n,rred .tten.
tion- n-,,, fee1fno that zzea1tb renntat,on. soca1
standinr md {otnre hnnnIneaz rere h.neipr upon
+ha -asn't
Fr Cnv nstteson md b;s f,i.nds comnla;n Of
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tant To- vsod.rs ;nform.d If ia o,,o1n. nroeress
and attending 1ncident,. It il not a matter to be
ia rnaar q ,,nsh.l and m 1onr .s vonr corrps.
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