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Show GENERAL.' 1 utlhr Ulileiul 'i'hi-f. , , . S;. Paul, -I. The committee ap-p(,iIie ap-p(,iIie d by the last Legislature, con- j H'slii g of two liepubheans and one; Derm. Tat, to investigate ttw tr:msac-! linns ui" tiie late fitate Auditor, Chas. )Ek-l.ratii, on account ot seh-.xjl and p-.vainp lands wtiich were in his chare-1 as State Land CommUr-iuuer, ' ex "Hi iu, today made a unanimous report showing a startling state ef thmg-. Tne report and evidence, whicnarc very voluminous, show that Mclirath not only failed to keep his accounut properly, but that he constantly con-stantly retained from Ue money received by him for wood and e.rat-s cut ot! the schojl lands, a large ' proportion of the same, paying in 'many instances not one-fourth of the amount received into tiie treasury; thai lie a'so retained the whole of over$lO,000 received by him for wood cutoil'of the sections of ttie Lake Superior it Mississippi Railroad lands. He also, it appears, kept fur two years a quantity of the Missouri htateb mds belonging to the school funds in tho hands of a banker in ' New YorK, drawing the interest thereon himself, and accounting to toe treasury lor no part of it. The entire amount of Mclirath's peculations, pecula-tions, so far as ascertained by the committee, is fS'.i.ojO. Tiie committee commit-tee in examining the question as to how the State could indemnity itself tor ihese losses, made the startling discovery that Mellrath gave no bonds at all when last elected. The committee express profound surprise sur-prise that Gov. Austin should haye overlooked eo important an official duty as seeing that the auditor filed hi- bond when he took l.'.o oath ot office, and conclude with a scathing denunciation of Mclirath's robbery ot the most sacred fund belonging to the the Slate. |