, 1859-06-24


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a: lle5 were g'Ten III accordance with I'LL
~ y. tue ias1 Ee.tssatufe entitled An act to
rs*sr.. .! un:, ;,,,,;n. i:Aos or 5nal Tx ~, L; n
ness, lppru,el February 18th, 1856.
Y. ,bJ AF: " E. Moore. 10 you. or 90 you
no., enc" 1oa1 GoF. Matteson has been N the
naolf, Tor some time past, q purchasing Canal
Scrip or 90 day Canal Checks and various other
k'aos or s1ase lnde6tedness?
~ never heard hl1l or any other person
'a'A abont mere being such an Indebtedness as
n'nrtE eas eanal ehecks or Scrip, until Gen.
r. sit ono"s" nis one III February lasf sad to
~ eoun,efien'. r. ! nave osten heard Guy Mat"
tssoa sas ny "an1ea 10 purchase State lndeof-
Gouess 10 place IS security IN his banks, but
-" "o' ~" remember tnat ever saw him pur-
e1la>'' aEss.
~ W. w. o"eF' II Inc bonus funaca
unaer t'oF. french, OF any otseE Governor
pses'o7s 20 hos-Slatseeon Could bt traced to the
ie'so4 OF persons 1of whose oene1t they were
!uneeo-ana IL WAS NOT doF- Natteson who
'na"ss Tue present system OF tundlng, 50
Us 10 oe aele ~ trace Tor whose oeneht they
"sse iEhaca anu u whom funded:
=; me iuholh5 Of the State Indebtedness
no. ,:5 nsn5 ~. ~, my manner connectea Win thc
:Anu'or o!hct, nave no knowledge how Or
III ""at hlauhcl Tie same has been done, ex-
ttr1 oecas;"nalts seeing Mr. Moore At bis de>s,
ne oe'n,, 1ne secretary VI lhe tund tom'nl$.
S'''es; "ho Is e'o'eFhcf OF tue State And l
he'eF hao t1e Hale nvr curiosity TO iuvest!9ase
lae HlaHher III when II wiS dune. having no
power Fessea IN 'ie TO change IT, II wished to.
Nav 18th, 1..a.
,oux r. x,ca,, ,r>
- nm
y iea a'' vow A1o" feiatase 10 INC late 1rata
'''eseu ~ hase peen committed on the ctate. II
ahs1nsng
J., II oo.'e uas:' thnA' A'eF Inc investigation
',r'!'i r.!J *, t., o'.t'es nau 6eSun. was m
;i'4ssu H.; VI nrs. ~ pr. 's'GSsider Starns'. and.
~ 'vm 1a'na'ss a1ter"ardS' - ey doF' Aatteson,
.u;eI'u . '1aeS tfenH "s'c!' was sealed and
"'I's;i taes ":eh'"''e'' H. perhaps. Containing
u1e ~. u papers fet-t'ht, 10 the insest'sa-
.1on ..'',. 'ues ,i Eo'ei on VS. ! 1nloS' on Or
~ ~. .';s .u 1sptnatf l1s'. apout eioeS
j.; as ,.as ~ soa,e W tle
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,r,,,'t Il, 's!u ,r.'. "Tn' t, MN MN nn1 ~ nna te
E..h,,s ,x,n, .,I, ~. ~ n. '.ae ., anu ".
,,,, f.1>. ,'', a. 49, - 'oao ene "unA ~
-t,1 ~. ~, , =, 49,, M:,.
,,,. ~, ,s,,,'. ',,,;.,. t'o, te4aesa'
81 H.. ,rs,, !, ...,,''i Luz Tais 'no olen
scr;,. .nI ,..- 80, ,nts ~ w ~. % ea''ss'"
u,r1: ii ,,r .,,'. "p .'t a'.el'
~. .:,, W,,,.D!., ~ ;"4'.;.t,l " 'ne cru
.,,,,.,t,r h,r With H., .;'I f,1'i "tns
L,, tr., ,'',,;,,., ,,t,,", :. L'11, I.t'e ~:
., :. !, :: - -. - ".'feo sti,
!, w,. .,tt.,rt'ri, ~ 'n,;a. ~. ~. .'o1 nha
H.. s,,,,.. t.,,,n;,,.,., .,s,i ...'. 49, -
TALLY sl,c above Testimony.
o ay,r,. VIM "r w,.r.. ,,, M, .c,;r,, ,. ,o-4
.,r =, H.. ,:,, !, ,,... =, ~. 49, i''
c,n,,. ;rtn H.. >:,,,., ~ n.t,,.'. "
McN,rur:, ,,;,,l :,hnu1 =, nr ~. !tn,,,, r,..t
l.ct "i!icis. remained ;hcr. luriu. Goy. Mat
tc>'ll ; time.
.tts>E X. DrBols recalled.
U. l'y thc Foreman. Haze you III your pos
Ses.ion, a> Auditor bonus numbered :.~, to -.
aa'1 ~ inclusive:
~ Wh, ,,,c.., ,,.,,, ,,,.-, on,,
,..n't;, = ~" tna,.s ss"' '''ee' 4'o i'f "noSe
-. X. A."" .,
- i1"s W',' ~ % ~ :1'' tne.u''se; were as
~, St,... ~ i:,t '.i - i,,;' -, io"s ,ass' Mot
,n," x, ~, 80 " "a, 1";'os ~ >na"nes'o"n
l''.> ~. ~ ~ ~ 49,; l1e.rstse' "tlo>at'" III
,,,,,,js X, ~, -, 49,. |,"';,a:; '' ~.
itt.su,y. .,1,1 March. ~. II, s:,m,. K,nL mn,
r;tculatin. note, were issued unun III. ubo,,.
hond'' "''s n'ft@ INJURED t. sl1'' s'snei!t Of tle
owners Of thr STATE Ea"k If Illinois, shawnee
;..snn y, ~. Ill.,. ,,r";., ''''' "''-
sts"l 10 " t'is lrlhe1rss. ,..,
" y r ;,sIh:s ,h, "%tr %t Are there aF other
are ntl,cr stockhoidsr,"c,isr % tl,an t;uv, @ Ma,.
'e,'n;
u bv tile Foreman. Has JOcl i. Matte$on,
1T :lny time sircr the funding Of the bon,i. aloz,.
,,..rrh.1 i, ,.y.cn,;nT ,ry ;n~ts,,,,,n. 81: 49,:
tin. or otherwise, acknowledged that he owned
the bonds described ty numbers in vour
swtrS above:
l. to m, HOW r,.ro,,,rt ~ h,r;,,,, .,,- ,.,,
ANY nth,.r in ,,ru,,an, il, ,,r;,n, fr.,,,, f.ar H.,
'sSen concerning the above bonds other than th.
mortgages executed bv linn and wife. W.h:4vc
lre'i:;c"ti.y talked about the bonds. and always
un't.r-iunI from ff.n that the bonds v.r. his
an! w"rr placed i, the State Bank 10 secure its
sir""ls'l"n III part.
T. lla,ry"u in yeur r'>sr-sinn i.,tsre>; bonds
numbered ir."n $: I" ~, inclusive. and, also
Nos "a; and -: II -. rea>c state WIN eAer-
c>c~ rs:,rr>I.:.'":cr ,Aei,l,
\. Tie b"nl> ua1ned in the ahnyr question
are 'saw ":snt's ly tie :ta;e Of Illinois, au,! nu
rn. has Il right 10 exercise ownership over them.
' " ''u- ''s'" 4e"ee1l''1 a1i' ca:i'ele.l-
1,r',d fr,,,n - r., -. ;;,.;~., ,r.h, ". n",'i
,.!,, ;,n,uls No. -; , ~" l'' @''''e'' A''"'
T;,... h', =. @ ,.',r., ,r;,,;,,,,,- =,
If iL.. ius;nr IN t-',s f'r ;,,. VI ~ ~ ~ ns
1;:.n,; - iIl;,,';< ., r.,r,. ~, ,', ,n.,;,i
t-n cn, W..,,.,' 's :. "e,s ~, - n!s r'fsnass"
i; ,t.- .. II ~, - wy.