Mr. Haupt was present at the meeting of the directors at which the vote of January 7 was passed, and the 30th day of May he addressed the following letter to the treasurer of the corporation:-- MAY 30, 1863. W. T. DAVIS, Esq., _Treasurer, &c._ DEAR SIR:--I find the statement of payments on road in Senate Document, No. 82, 1863, page 17 communication of J. W. Brooks to governor, viz:-- Oct. 8, 1860, $64,090 00 Dec. 12, 1860, 112,190 00 Jan. 5, 1861, 30,355 00 Feb. 18, 1861, 23,270 00 March 7, 1861, 19,890 00 April 14, 1861, 19,175 00 May 7, 1861, 65,555 00 June 26, 1861, 34,645 00 July 9, 1861, 90,064 00 ----------- $455,234 00 Omitting for the present any consideration of offsets, and deducting this whole amount for a temporary settlement, the items to be filled up will be as follows:-- Whole amount of credit on road per Stevenson's estimate, . . . . . . . . . . . $1,800,000 00 Deduct stock already issued as per certificates delivered, number, . . . . . . . . Shares, . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonds delivered, number, . . . . . . . Dates of delivery, . . . . . . . . . Total bonds and stock delivered, . . . . Balance stock to be delivered, . . . . . In addition to this, H. Haupt & Co. have credits on the books of the company for cash payments made on company accounts as follows:-- * * * * * Amounting to say, . . . . . . . $90,000 00 Yours, &c., HAUPT. Stock to be delivered hereafter instead of bonds. You can with these dates make out this statement in an hour, please do so and send to me at Washington. Some people in Massachusetts will find out that I am not quite dead yet, they may feel me kicking before long. Help Field all you can to get releases on payment of the 85 per cent. I will not forget you. HAUPT. Previous to the receipt of Mr. Haupt's letter to the treasurer, but subsequent to the message of the governor, from the foregoing, extracts have been made, to wit: On the first day of April, 1863, the following preamble and resolutions were passed by the directors. "On motion of Mr. Brigham, seconded by Mr. Cheever, the following resolutions were adopted:-- "_Whereas_, The stockholders of this company at their annual meeting held September 2, 1862, unanimously acquiesced in the action which the legislature had taken in regard to the affairs of this company, and voted to surrender the property of the corporation to the Commonwealth in the expectation that the railroad and tunnel should be completed in conformity with the avowed intention of the legislature. It is