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ved by Mr. Bailey, according to his own statement, as collateral security for the return of the bonds, and as such had been placed by him in the safe. It is remarkable that the last of them, dated on the 13th December, 1860, for $135,000, had been drawn for the precise sum necessary to make the aggregate amount of the whole number of bills exactly equal to that of the abstracted bonds. And here it is due to Secretary Thompson to state, though a digression, that on Monday morning, the 24th December, at his own instance, the House of Representatives appointed a committee to investigate and report upon the subject, of which Hon. Mr. Morris, of Illinois, a rancorous opponent of the administration, was the chairman. After a full investigation, the committee made their report on the 12th February, 1861. Report of Committee, H. R., 1860-61, vol. II, No. 78, p. 8 In this they state: They deem it but justice to add that they have discovered nothing to involve the late Secretary, Hon.