New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-26

is responsible in both these CAGES the Committee
cannot tell as no list wss kept OF tho scrip
tskca up at the Canal Office. Whoever the thief
was, be had both the wit and the opportunity 10
assure himself Of this fact beforehand
Here is another little item of interest TO como
persons in this city. In the account of scrip
bonds and interest for State lands, there il A
| discrepancy of $4,5ol "a, which appears to have
been funded in New-York. May ID, 1857, ia tbs
mime OF Peter 0. Strang. The certificates gven
Therefor were purchased with the State land fund
Of, or by o. f. Lowe, in New.York, in July
follow ing. They appear to have been transferred
by p. ~. Strang, and receipts for the interess
are gival by Claude Daniel Cromelin and Julian
Cornelius Cromeln. The scrip for this sum.
which waa left in the hands Of successive Cover.
nOrs from Nh to 1857, when il came into the
care Of Gov. ,Matteson, was stolen by somebody
on or about tfe 18th Msy in the ashamed year,
Letters have been written to Mr.. Peter o.
StraDg in relation 90 this matter, aad o1e was
put into his haIds BY SPECIAL messenger But
they remain unanswered
Another little bit Of eyidenceis interesting. It
seems that there were two certain bonds which
were handed down from Governor to Governor
till they were delivered TO Gov. MatteSon in 1858
In the famous box sent with the trunk OF psoers
to Springfield. 1t was desirable to ascertain the
numbers of these bonds The Committee fouaa
that ia 1cil 2gS bonds were placed 10, the heads
OF the Canal Commissioners, of which, according
to the official report Of the year following lg
were paid out, the remainder being returned 10
the Governor. On an examination of the records
in the Canal Office, it appeared that only lGG.
ana not l9i, were actually paid out. OF these
bonds and those returned TO the Governor oA
were accounted for by their numbers, from
No. l to No. 295, excepting only the two
Nos 105 and log. These t,,o numbers
were never paid out neither we're thsy
ever returned to the Governor, being re-
tanned for years subject 20 the order of the
persons entitled to them; they nevertheless got
into circulation, and on tie 23th OF August.
1854 were purchased for the State, By A. K.
Masters. Who is this Mr.. Masters He may
be friend Of Gov. Mattesop but like Sarey
Camps friend, Mrs. Harris, there isn't" %
far as the Committee can ascertain, 4" no SIGH 9
" person" The bonds which are now in the
Auditors Office Cancelled, have never been regis
tered, and are payable to J. Crafty, but were
never paid to him or any one else. There were.
however, 10 bonds, numbered from No. l26 to
la inclusive, paid to j. Crafty, but not only
were Noe. l05 and LOG not among them, but
the Endorsement on these two bonds of j. Graft
tvs name is in the handwriting of Joel A. Mat
tesOn. A little forgery seems TO have been added
to a great deal Of theft.
Whether this is the end Of this remarkable
fraud, or whether ex-Gov. Matteson viii be pro-
ceeded against on criminal process. there rs
no ibtimation. The COMMITTEE only know that
the State has been robbed Of Sl6J,34G, bat Of
how much more, they cannot tell; and they do
not intimate that there is evidence 10 impli-
cate anybody in this gigantic robbery. except tbs
said Joel A. Matteson.