, 1859-06-23

! LOCK Dis Tece1pt LOT Ill nave 10 atllAeT
knowledge Of it.
Q. Have you any knowledge of any other box
being in thr uauk, and contulnin: property, or
anything alse belonging 10 tha CanAl Board?-i
apd i 50, pleas" tell tbs Jury al you know
l. Thers was q small boz, about ths size Of g
candle box packed By Col. Manning. some time
in 1S42. containing Canal Sight Checks and
others Of various denominations. There might
have been some Scrip in it. 4 schedule was
made Of the number Of packages aud the
amount Of each package, md copy lett With
the Board of Caual Commissioners, and the boz
turned oycr to Col. Oakley, and his receipt
taken. The aggregate amount Of Checks AID |
Scrip IN the bog was little over S25,oHl.
Q. b. ". E. Moore--Do you positively know
that the packages put in the first named box |
contained the amount marked their respect. |
i've envelops:
A. would not undertake to sar positively |
TINT they did, did no, count tllen.-bn, have
no doubt. in my own riud, but that they did |
contaiu the amounts 50 marked on The enrelops. |
TESTIMONY or COL. NAMING.
~: :.th, 1852.
Mr. JOEL MANNING sworn.
Q. Hare you been acting y Secretary to the
Board Of Commissioners of Illinois and Nichi-
gau caual, and if 81, how long
4. acted Us Secretary Of the Doard from the
| time Of its organization till It went out Of Tie
| hands Of the State into the hands Of The Trus-
1ecs-from thu winter Of lss' 10 the sua'::'cr of
| ISIS.
| Q. Do you know anything about certain
| class Of canal Indebtedness, Issued by thu
Board, denou,iua,ed =" day Checas-is>ucd first
Tiasn ;..Hn; E.s. nr ill., -. ~, dc,o.,.
| ;,ntad m an Lnuls a. ii, i:r t,hcc.. N i.
ami Inns, of tuvust Vi, d,v t:t:r,I-- ~. >.
| Q. Tell the Jury what al11uuat Of ~ dry
| Checks. No. l. was Issued or put in!u circuu-
tion, Of the May issue.
| a....,;..'.;,,. ~ 81 80 =: ~ =. .,, ;,,,t
Tba ;rra',i'r cb,.i. ~. ;hoos,. ;.eu,,; ~ -,
| =. 49, - . ,oE .,",,,,,s -. +,,ar -,,n,,...,ad
| n Wh:u :,nnunI ,t III. re,uiar {.f+rk, Of tl,e
~: .n 49, ;"sr'a u a''d wIa, .,,'.not ,,,s M,
49,, .;.ss,,.t;ors "AN f>
' .E ,l';s J...r;,,;,r of r,.c.s thc~o .xcr.
s.l, 3oa rade nnt into ria hand. ri secretary
| and cIarc.d M 1Ls Ink, tu tI., Srcr.lary and
rn,ared ,suou The re,-is,tr ln1t n. they we're uY1
Iii needed un1y *.,5 l,2 we're mn in circula-
tiou. TIrce thousand ii .ht hundred and
tweuty.two dollars remained iu tl,- hands III tie
Secretary in sheets. aud uvt Gu: IN,
@ What umoup, Of the August issue of the
re.,u!ar Checks was issued aud pu, into clscula-
t;any
- There xas e;,1 fG) in Checks IF s1uo each
fully executed chury.d 10 the Secretary. and
~, ;n,o c;rcni,,;"n md hci;er, ,1.s,,. ,rr ~
m,nv ns ti,r.e nacs a,.s coutaj,.;,.., I'M. tulrr
Check, each, Of tie s,rne d uun.,naton, which
MY n,r,;al1y n,scut.,f~,om.. ,,.,'r.. ,.,,.. i.s
l rf ~ A.
honts or ,,ut ;nto circulation. and considered
md tren,,.I hv us =. b!,k llu.ch,
@. We're alI uf tI,tse Checks ,n;..|e yavabl. Il.
tlr Branch Bank Of The Stat. Of llliiuis ut CHI
c.no?
I think thpr werc ali made 1,a;ub1r 1T tic
Hank Of Iliuois at Chicago ii t,,.. order Of tne
Tr..surar--tLo.e ot th,. Nav is,u, to III. order
nf in1,r i Wc(,tcrnau,l aud those Of The Au-
. INST issuc to Jnbn calhoun.
suo' ~ iJns n,.nx ~ uv nf ,s Thc.ks vm have hccu
1s:s, b,v,, hc.n na;I
, Iii hut s"15
, e. What was done will, them after they wers
naid and taken un9
: Tnnn he T.turu If III, Chscks 10 the uI
fee they we're carefully counted, entered VI til.
rru;strr us returned aud the :,il...l,n, entered q,
th,. books Of the office. the L vcis ,!cu,: iye,
II d,.nosi,ed in tile safe with the amount, .:.te.
IN rio wr.nners of the several paci,a.v4 ih
was done sach lime. Az thrsc tir;-h, were r.
l. | turned. Thry remaiutI in 1lr safe un;il IL
| c.,nh,r 1s4t, Wien a box h: :,, I,e, II n-cDaru
far ,. ,,nrnns,, t,.cy were taken iruil ;lte >4:,
an, car.fujly r,.rram;urd liz t;rn. Ety. So,
| ,rl Wr NcFurlau. MY clerk. mil Isis tAht1
-,sr;fv;ny The u1nounts in lie ,ta,;.,rs IN,
then these packages cont:ui:. ii! ::,v. Check.
n. thr time or IN, III that time IT, turned to tt
y n;1;rr, we're n,it iuto the box. ,,,.v;A,r vii
ntl,rr Check, 81 returned. and Withdrawn fru;
circulrion viii copy Of tbp sail lis, mt i,;s.
y thr bpx- atso one into lic safe, The bnx VI.
! Then closed aud sealed Ill., and taken by n!e +
$. CIicaro aud delivered, to III. i;rauch Ear
II th.r. n, he nu in1o their yuul1 iry >a,c kcr.
III inc AZ The timr Of packjnr III III. Cheeks. :
4hovc stated. there we're seven l1u,,d,td au
ln twrutytwp dollars Of tei;, .:iI ,.;t ,.,,,,E,,
a. mari ri which werc subssaue-l.l, returned .
>, n rclucc f.,is .n,nun, 10 :,5,. i:r.,,r,d ~,
Il. | ,;t,.cn ]n]lar; a; have ir.u;. >. IA.
is n Plc1se sia,,. tn ti,e Jury v,,,u,r vo. h;
a> ,hat Inv ,ual.-if 81 d,.r;.bc i: 3, ,,i,,,,,. :.
tn -. nos,ihl,.- and Iu,,Y if was sealed.
l,:d rhr ;,ny ua,!,. for lin. ,,y.,:,.s ru
he nnsa If nackin, III. Checks in IT, 7. n;s Of nj,
H. huard. ~: l.a,t IN Incl, ,I,ic!. s.,a.;..iu. L;
IL tw" feet sqn:r.. 4 little ir<s i.sn tut; in l,,y
H. Tho bpx was sealed l,v count, :,hiu. 4,
~ hur with .raliu:. wax, ci,,,yr uyrr Tic scrr.
or uai,> which fastened on :,c I'D ..i3l Iy,tu,
r.. ar ,rr.,, The seams between i!... III ,,, du,tn.
to 80 .L,, ,hrv roulI M, ha t:ls,n ~ With
i,r.atn, ,l. wax au,I ttnon thi-. uI,;,r sf,1i "
ar ;,,.r'.".-i Ir n,,kl;r sraI n: th. t,, n,l;t,
IA, + ia ,},is INK van have ;.,.: .,i,i,,:, ~
t,;., H., Nav ami ,in"ust ;,.u,. ~; ,vh,i =
Of t.rr, 1o r,:ulnr ID .lay Cherks =: u1.i II 20, y
me ,,,,t ri .his l,untIie tbr ,n,n,, Ihrrts !,
ay mi mia ,i,a. LDx:
! nm, in1n liz sa,d ho1 a1t or ,aa \:
uc clicks wiI;cI, had been r.t1rue.; TO via. oil
lar ~, to tl,a, liu,., and most If t,. tn.rks II,
q? heforc me. brought in by tho auli:ur. are
q .a,Sr ,fa1 wrr,. hacked il; tl,e Lr,.
In. o. va, arr ,or,inu If tt,rse ractr! in I
ct' - ,.,,,,i ~ .,, t;,u, @l,,r II .,. ,,.,,:.,;