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1 THE CATKO DAILY BULLETIN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1878. T11K BULiLffl-N- m f IMfliF ass. Cnsili. iwuft a ouKKtr. twito- a Publish.., TKKXS OFTHJI DAIL. 'UUUCTI: Oh wMk, ey carrUr S 1- OwrNrtir carrier, la advance , 10 u 0a yar by earner li D0i pid i3 V I M 8 Un ft 10 Ol' advance au aovtM. Ob yaar TKRU OF WIHi.T RCLLtTIX. On fear.,.. 4 81x Month. Tnre Wooths Invariably In advance. .11 mI aaallrr tj pa. Tan 'Sun' proposes to atk us certin olher quettlans about tbc C. and St. L. rallroad. If asking queitior.1 will do any goaJ, let our neighbor bii away; but wa would u,:gest tfatt by calling od the pre-ldent of the rod, Col. Taylor, Lu bas the books, he can obtain all th ltifur Ballon b seeds. ffl aik fur tbs leitrf uf Win B Oi' den, E-q., publiifceJ eletewber in Tin BULLrri jr. a ttoucbtiul peruial. Jt abuw tea iosportanc ot an early com potion of the Cairo and at, Louis ril. road, and gives to us tb opinion of i abl acd practical railroad man in refer tsM to tbat road. Ml WlUJ Is a dnubl-aa1er on tb. railroad question. In Cairo ke ii lull r il read and actl-railroad, to suit He wisbe of tb prson with whom he li oh -va:rg; in C!rcrek be i anti-railroad; Oft tie lie trttwMO II Z ewoud n. Clearer t is mixed on ibe q-i'iliot. -, la Bxlewood be ii pro-railroad ; in Ucity b earnestly deii tbe ctimplrtitn flterjad ted ev-ry her he ! ut.fsir It tb 'San' li in f .Tur i f the conip'' toa of the Cairo and St, Lnan ailr ad i bu a c,3"r way of makln that fact m illicit- Uitrad of raying 10, it allacki tb rd and tbe f.iendi of lh road and g re aid and cotafjrt to iu ftiamie. But fc ihoa d we be larpriied ? Tbrr are otil two quel'.iDPl on which the 'sua Lai ever been able to furta deSnile opinion cb 1 . aci ytllow frver. It ii opputid 'O blb tboie inititaliotu, and haj bad tbe warage to iy ol Mr. Wil-os loiu acuiureu uin, by tbe Bats of Tbumti Stralton, who live on tb Cairo farm, that tbe completion ot lb Cairo and St. Lou'u railroad would ruin tb b'Jiiten of produce rai-eri living saar Cairo, by giving facilllie to produce raiaera Utlag at a dutanca to bring their toff to tbU city. If you ant the rod loppl," la'vl Wllion, " ToVe tor ma." And tbii U tbo man who ij t-i certain of oar c'mz'ni, "I want tbe rosd." How would O'teley deiignale tucb a man? A "WnOPPHK BY WILjU.N. Wilton told through tbo county that Mr, F.(her bad been brought out i candidate by Bron and O wrly, and more of luch Muff. Xmhhvr Urjll Dor 1 1 -.of . y knew Fiber Intended to rui ui'.il nfmr he had born ainuunced. At thu time tba annouticdnenl wai madu II 'on and Obrly were at dpringfijll. We like Fnhr hWrg bocoiu-t ac quainted wiih h'lii), and are now tuj. p nioit bim. We bare net tel bnen cu . tivated up to the point of co.ii' g bim to become a cmdidaie for oCQce. We may arrtfe at that degree of perfection afier awhile, but wd bar- not done io yet. We will never induce F.sher to be a candl. dile if we wiib a candidate who can be manipulated, and, when elected, uied. He it not that kind of a man. tie ht a mean way of thinking for bimieir. It polli bl utefulnni PIdUEKS ELIGIBILITY. Hiewbere w publuh a communication from on of our bet lawyeri, a guntleman oppo.ad to Mr. Fnher in politic!, tuttain ing our belief that tbo anti-Wil lop can didate for county coinmlnioner ii not in eligible. No perion can read it and not come to the concluilon that the talk of lb Wllionitei li mereit both. "We with to call tbe attention of the tr. i . uti-ruuer men to another p.ilnt, nut touched un by our correspondent. The vuuaiivution ezpremy aeciarei I tilt no perton holding a lucrative or profitable Offlco in tbti State, can have a teal in thn Oeneral Aiaernbly. A great numlir ol county lupervliori bold leatt In tho Ah mbly without quntion. Nobody hm oeen illly eoougb to lUgueil that thej iDoulQ dc ouitHl became the offlc of u pervlaor (the lame ai commmiunei ) ii an time ot prom. Another thing. Tbe provliion of th eonitltutlon reiurrected by the Wllion ilea bu bren In every conttitulinn of th tate, and It hai never been app'ied lo p federal omcen out of ptty officer Ilka tbat ot commliiliiner. Dt Arier once occupied tbe otfiue now occupied I Mr. Fliher, and wai at the came time asember or tba city cou cil. II- wi al uggeatad aevaral time for ratynr. No body ever thought of making the poln gainil bim that i now mado airairnt .M Fuber, although the la tin provision ol U conitltutlon wai at hand. The truth i, Mr. Wilion and hli friendi ara frlghlennd. They can't beat Oaorg in a fair fight, and, in their del ration, they ara retorting to tbe prac tiaat of political L'unrrillai. a. COKKUPI10.V. Mr. "Wilion charier that Judg Brott d Juitlce Marchlldon and McCrite vara corrupted, and thu. Induced to lituo Ika bondi for tbe C, o; V. and 0 & S . L railroad'. Mr. Wilicn knowi he It rJun Hboo gentlemen a great wrong whur, (, m kM thiacbarg; Judge Broii, who i, w in tba country, denounce the charge afal,aad daraa Mr. Wilion to make it good. .Indg Drotalliui thai, during the citamntof tb railroad preiiure on tk county o.urt, a frienJ of bit came to bim and laid: "Don't Hick out agalnit ItllOV gntlemno," said BroiV friend, "who tuld me you could siab tbat money by ' ronien tins to Issue the bond." Thai Broil repelled tbe offer w need not say, Tbe gcntl-inao named at the on who wa tempting Broil U now lupporter of Wilson: Ii. in fiCt. one of bit rnott influential lupporten. At tbat time both he aid Wiln wera fortbe Cairo and St.Louli r ad: now both aro at-alnst It. "Wbelhtr that gentleman went over with Wllion, or Wilson went over wltb that gentleman, 'trie people do not know. But wo would ugeit to Mr. Wilson that be li Indit creet to make such a charge. He know there I nothing In It. Uroji cannot he bught, anl Ibere ws no man In Cairo who would haro ipont $10,0 rO cb to pu the bund ot any pressed railroad into tbe band) of trustee, to b. t-sued to a company, In which hli hterett could njt have Leen groat, uion tbe happening uf certain unortaln events. ilion ought to le aibatncd tu r.t.il tucb a slur). Tbe friend f Bun who got off tbn $lU,0 ten ptation, wn either a " t.loaer" or a Try tilly pefii't , wbn bad teen lent on a fool' minion ly aj.krr. Tte bribery itnrr i Huff, aid VVilion knomlti. Uenugbtto kuk bmf elf lir being mean ti ougft 10 ut tl iutu tbe eariof hii country fru-ndr. ! CAKD KKUJI CUT. U iLLIDAY. Capt. Il.llidav addreiiet ui tbefollu. lag Li'le t rricie or IIalmuit Br."s 1 CaIku, 111, -NuvetuLer 1, i'i Edito Bcllktis: In your paimr oi ibia oiurnibi: uU lale that I Hal a dirtC- tor in the Cairo a St Louii tailro.d ton time lie contract wi ni.do win il-itn P4jion & C. In tbti muter you re mulaken. I bnver haard of the tr tiei until after ray reilgnation at a di lector. Very repettuHT, V. P. UxLutDaT. If Captain Halliday will read bl we aid witb core care be will id ttat t lid not lay be wai a Cairo and St. Ioui- r.ilroid director at tbe time the C 'ntraci a mie with Menri. Payion A Co. II wai a director wbec tbe contract to U-ilj the road wai made. Ttn we intended it tay li we did cot do io. Be wai all- oireector wcea tne contract at inodiScJ, under which m.dideo contract, we oeliere, Mniri. Payion Co( u tb tuoceuon of liowlaod, undertovk the conitrjction of the roaj. It ii due t Capt. Ualliday to lay that he oppoted tbe ioodll3ctiuo uf tbe contract. But, ii.c tbe 'sua' appeared to deiire t ctarge tbat the contract Mai not a wite one and we were retponiible fur it, tb. only reply we could mke i: "Out prrdeceiior a director when lie contract wa made lo build tbe road, and we bad nothing to do ailb 'the contract that wai made with M-tiri Payion & Co." Via knuaj vhl OtpiUit Halliday w.i oppoted in a narrow-gU' rud, and believe Menri. Ptyiun & Co, came on to tbe itae after tbe C-iplaio ha I indignantly made bit exit. V know they Here on the boardi btil re vre raaJi our entrance. We knurr too, tbat we fast) nothing to do witb tbe directory until tin- Mail had ti-ra graded, bond I delivered and all thai inrl of tbliii; done. The Uapthin will therefore atree with ui wheii we lay lb tt tbe 'Sua' bat no right t ihake iti locki, gory or other lie, it u-. We bellxTu thu very belt tb it could n tV4 been done under tbe circimiiuncti w. done by the company, but if not, neither tbe Captain nor the 1 dill! 1 can lay to ui . Thou art the man." IMPKJVBMENT OF TI1E OU10 KlVfclt. Tbe official report of the improvement of the Ohio nvr, by W. E Merrill, uu- ir of enineeri, ibowi that tho lumol one hundred and forty thousand dollarr in round nuinbin, were expended during the year, chit fly on tbe repair! of dike- nd datui, the removal of obstruction- nd in rpicial lurveyi. Upon tbo que- tlon of the ladical iuiprov tuuiil t the Ohio river, iucb an nproveinent ai will give a channel ol three hundred toot In width, with a mini mum depth ot lix feet, condition which will iniura navigation at all teaioni of the year, tho report tpeak in detail of the 'ouly two plant lbt offer any prorpeel of practicability.' The icheine, luggi'ileil recently, that lake Cbataqua bo made h reiertiur for itoring up wnter for tbe dry eaioni, tbo reieivoir to bo kept full b iwlni: "pumpud Into ' from lko Erie, the Orl coil of the putnpi bring utim-led m torty-nve luilliuni of doll-r, tha annual expeme of runnini; them nearly four million of dollar - it dlimmed ai too extravagant for comider atton. Of tbo two practhabla plant, one tl to retain lurplui water by buie reiervolr on the upper tribuUriei, pre. lerving an unobitrunud channel, and the other ii to retain a luilleleni depth lurnv. igation by locki and Uatm, tluia inaUing .naiiow reiervolri In the tn.ln river. Tin dm, or reiervoir plan, to make tlx artifl uiat lake al polnti where ibe drainage of ill hundred iquare milea can be obtained, and whom ihfall ii luch thai them lakai will pond ii .ik iweuty.uve milei of water with dami avtraving one hundred feet In iieigtit, ii experimental, never having oeen auoptea anywhere; and fur many lotaoni: in enormoui ei peine; u,B gnat dangar of breakage from leaki or uicidunti, and the cutinqucnt deitructiut. to life and property J the lack of h autt abloiiloi for tbe roiervoir' and the necei ally i f an increaied number of iwallur onei, Ii pronounced not feailblc. In thu optiiljti uf Mr. Merrill, tbe lecund plan tbe ilack-water ivitera, i the only practical one, "prnviied certain ipe cial modiQi-'atiiini can be mud which are require i on account nf the po' I'uliaritiei of tbo Ohio rivor navigation. ' The advantage of thii pltn over the other are numeroui: In imallor coit ; free dom t om danger to life or property in cane of tbe the destruction of the dami; ti luccetiful Ufa on thu M innngahel river, where it maoti tbe dernandi of tbe tame commorce tbat navlgale.1 tbe Ohio, binit amonir tbem. The one drawback of Hopping and itparatior thttr ffeeti for tb paiuge of lock. Mr. Mar rill propoiei a plan by wnicb thti obleo- tlon may be removed, at a colt of nut mora than forty thouiand dollar, and un. til the experiment I niade.wbich It can bei by ui of ona of the dami on tba Mon- nongahela river, by permltalon of the Uonungahala navigation company, Mr. Merrill afflrrai thai lm U not prepared to recommend poiktraly any radical plan for Improving ibe cavigatiuu of tba Ohio rirr. WUATir UA6 COST. It hi been laid that too much money hai been expended on the Cairo and 6t Louii road that Menrr. Payion & Co. htve been prodigal of tbe mean at tbelr llspoial; and that they rnlgnt bare com pieted the rond if they bad been eronomi eat. Tbo following ttatemont of expen lilurei made by that firm, up to Aueuit to, Ut, will throw tome light on tbli charge: iro and St. lul lUiirnvl 'Companv. To II K P,vi tn & Co., Dr. .10 nlltt ticavat'on and tntu"l- menl it ...... .. 11.000 StW.ftX) Ci rcllit citiml a ta-ni,ai M nilci eicirallon aoJ tti.bjnlt- 8.000 JO,0O0 and etaturl- 7,000 iw.cnn J iniki iMinjt ini endinx of depl T una, al. 6,l SOtO ' W rodf enjlneeriri at 3 VI At,'-i t 0 n. iie rihi of ajf at ....... ... 160 tl.un M rail til t.at . ...... Tvl !:, r Jl n.ilf- brl.'Klnc at 6JO V fkV 'it li (tea trck'larin;, indudin( tid ing ,t. ... 400 s?no H milctturlr. at ... 5 0 w ,VO A turniablrt, it. SHU o II oaur-uola and puiapt.it. .. 3,1X0 2,'"l ltuitdin(t ... . . .-....., SJUi H.ko utirrt, it. ... -.. M,ot) lirl.tcir.it.. ... jrj SA.iva lllDiton.at . . MO 6I, lOi cx.il cJirt, at ........ 4vJ 4 j.iro S) box cin, it t'.i S3,;So 6 cibM, at. ... .... I. no f,oo 4 tcanmoition tr, it. '.'.Vti in,ico 3 piMC(tr cut, it 4,0 t bi.cie cir . ..,... 3,0J vhindcirt.it . M l.Cuu Cirt on hini oaplctc, lad miloiiU dc- iinrtiMUBt T'cn I vty pal on (s'U tnni at Iran nil. IKttB fnitkl aad iauriTice on 1 tou ;,4it run ratia .... - i, tt MthplatM 1B3 fl'teninfl t,KU ithundt cruttitifc, ft-c. lodt, - tc . 7 i""J niter frcht ui lurincc oa (,1Tjuu. 31..VS Citt t r CntCAO i, CorTT or o k. Illinois iVrdu.atid . Catid, lintc duly iworn, yi lbt te It one o( Ibe nrm ot ii. K Pa j r os A C.i, within named, and tbat the work ai d mvterial m ntionrd in tbe with n bill iv- ten1one and mppiied under tl e cnntmcl of -aid firm with tbe Cairo nd St. Loan K-ilrnd C.i.pny. F:r.Di-A.sD Cauda. Suhtcribed and inorn lo before oe, tbit .'Sib day of Augutl, lb"3. Jacob C. Maoilu Notary Public. To thii muit txi added in term paid on Vond. f 18:i,41D; tbe cotl of live locomo nvei, Hi 'LO; and ITiiO for patienger arid taggarn cxr, maki.ig a total expendi ture of JI.COT.OST. For tbti money Menri. Payion & Co. have built tbe beit narrow-gaage railroad in tbe world, and equipped it with better locomotive and ctri than are on any other road of tbe aiod. TbroD hundred Ihouiatid dollar, will complete tbe road from Ciro to St. tiun. Thii will leave $343,000 margin on the eilimated colt, which being ex. pendei in rolling itock, will make the Cairo and it. Louii road tbe belt paying r. nd In Ililnuli if not In tbe United "tatui. ABOUT THA I KAILKOAD. We pri.po-e in tbii article lo eive a brief biii ry uf the troubloi of tbe Cairo .nd St. I.ouit milrond company, and the wo i of I'.yton & Co , and lo detail to our readen tome faun in relation to the road, Ha frien'li and enxiniui, intereiling in thu lieruial arid important in the prerent con dition of our county canvsii which will be brought to a cloiu on next Tuonday. II ow the company wai orun z-d; how the lut'icriptlont of Alexander county and Cairo to in capital itock were made; how, hiving fallen into almoit bnpeleii ducline, it wai retu-citaled ; how Judge Broil, al lr a ilruggle and at tba command of the p eiple, contented to placo the bonds In eicrow ; h"W the determination to make fio road narrow guago wi arrived at,atid how, at lait, Mr Ilowland received the contrast to ouild the rond and tranilerred it to Mi'i.rs Payion & Co , aro eventi in tbe bialory uf the company not decenary to detail at thii time or in ibeio columm. M'-iiri. Payion de Co , were to receive ai compeiiialiun for conitructinc the road, certain bondi and itock. The tint movement made wai to ascer tain bow much money would be ri quired to build the road. To do tbii, Mr Sweet, chief enginer of the Kockford, Hock it land atid St. Louii railroad wa ein poved, Hli ultimate Wai f3,i.'.0,0oU ini mortgage bondi to the amount ol t'J, 61)0,01X1 were prepared, and Metarr. Pt) n tS: Co., put them upon the markeT in Europe. Cerwin capilliu, dHiirinu to invetl in the bondi. had the eilliu..tj ul Mr. Swuut veriQd, and agreed lo lake ail the bondi offered. Tbr did take $1, UOO.OoO ot the bondi, at 81 cent! on ibe JolUr, but when tho time came to lake tbe remaining bondi tliev raluted, having Invound in the tufer if nut more profitable French loan. Tho regaining Brit mortgage bondi were pledged a collateral lecurity lor Ihe loan of about f4o0,n0O. Wltb about $1,700,000 c.ib, Mniri Payion & Co. beuan hopefully the conitrucion tit the road, which wai to out thm, accord ing to the tutlmalei of competent angin een, 3,?.'.0.U00. They expected to real izn tho diOerenio between what tbey had and what they needed, by the lalo of county and city bnmli voted to tho company and promlnd them ai tbe work ihould proceed, and from tbo'r private fortunci. Tho contractor! w.mt to work in goi d faith and prrlied the road diligently ; and, ir the company could have paid them caunty londi ai they earned them under the contract, tho road wuuld have been completed long ago. But a malign Influ enco dogtied ihe utepi uf the enter prlie Irom the flri-a myitertoui li.ftuonce. Homo perion, induc1, In tome way, a lawyer of Ht. Louii to labor to embarrau the company, IU In tlpitod people In tba uountiei through which tho road bad been completed, and in which bondi to tbe amount of $,00,000, and over, were due, to enjoin their lnue. The coniequeane wai Payion & Co, bo- but thai bondi tbey vera compelUd to bypotbr sale for locomotives, ato. Of their own mean tbey bad sunk la tba ror-d about $760,000, besidM whatthoy bad bor. rowed la Europe; but ths road wa not completed. It wa graded from St. Louis to Cairo, except a few miles la Union county; it Was com pieted from tit. Louis lo Murpba boro, and finely equipped ; enough iron Waaon band, lets vuiy l,C00torji; tie in numbers sufficient were lyli g betide tbe road-bed, to complete the road from Cairo to ill. Louii, and only 3uo,0v0, at tbe outilde, were and ari nenled to do the work, Payson.tSc Co. bad lost their credit aud tbey could not rube tbat amount. At thii Juncture Mr. Wm. li Ogden, agacloui railroad ram, came to the aid of Meiir. Payi,.n & Co. lie luggeited tbat aince tba company could not get ihe county and city bondi until litigation bad giren them into the company'! band-, thai itcond mortgage bondi to the amouM uf the county and city bonds duo to thu company and lo become duo upon the completion of tb road, to bear liku Inter-e-t with the county and city bond-, to run the lame tim-, and to be collaterally le cured by laid bonds, ihould bo authorized by tbe compay. It wai underatood, and beiaid he would ' place them" Second mortgage boi.di lo iho amount of 8Jt),Ooo were authorifd by the director! at a m-eiing held about thu lOtb of September In a day or two after tbii meeting, when tbt proiprcti of the completion of the load Within ninety dayi were very bright, tne stili prevailing financial criaii catue upen tbe country, and P.yon Jt Co., Mr Oden and urerytwly e te lelt ill diia trounffecti. Mr. Ogden could not carrj out hit intention!. Here was another miifortune. But tba end Ii not yet. Col S. S. Tay lur, the prealdenl of the company, did not detp,ir, althoush one after another, all the pnj-cti of tt.e company to ireure the completion of th road bad failed, lie immediately went to 3fe York, and, ut. der tbe date of Oct-ber 23, addretaed a letter to L. U. Meyer, E.q ibe Atnerl- can ag-r.l uf tbe European Lolder. of the fint mortgage bondi, in which be urged upon bim the cece-iity of the corop etioa oi tre road, lie p tinted tt tbe fact tbat wben th road Las been entirely graded through Union county, which work can be don for at the outtide. 16,0 0, the company will be entitled to $75,000 bondi of Union county and JotitU ri, and when It ii completed tt Murpbyiboro nearly $3 0,000 beiidea. 'To carry out tbe propoie-i arrange. ment," layi Col. Taylor, "the tump,ny ill require to i)l to many of tbe bond at ill nut be rtq'jired lo pay for thu iron,' and be requetu Mr M,er to aik In. i rincipali to buy tbe bondi. Thu ii, a we understand it, lubitanlially tbe pn p laitiou made to Ibe Europeau bond bold an. Mr. Meyer replied to tbii proportion in tb following note: N iw Yomk, October 24, 1873. d. Slants Taylor, fctq , Preiident Cairo and St. Loma lUliroid C.itnp tuv : Data Ma: In reply to )nurlvor of theSJ tint, 1 will urge up .n my Euro. pn friendt not only tb- necuity ot completing inn line trom Murphy. b-oo to Cairo, but alio ttie tiecu-lily of their nid in purchaiinic the bondi, be it y.ur tecum! iii'ir'ga.'a or the un i. rly lnt county bondi, I ahull urtie preij recommend thu mai ler Mrongly, etp cially a it i of o ninoh impo tance to the ir-'curiiy of. .tbe tint mortga'f" now held by tbein. Y'oun Truly, L. II M ykk. The company hartakn the road out of tba bands of Payion & Co, and will, I If thla propoaltion la accepted (and will know within a few weeke) complete tne road at once. Tbii ii important. " I need not," nyi Col. Tylor in hn letter to Mr. Meyer, "repreient to you th im parlance of completing our road through from Cairo to St. Luuii, al the earlieal pomble moment. A prompt completion will enable ui to at onco participate in lint benefit of tho tmmeme Unffbi carried on In tbe winter time from St. Louii and tbo nort weit lo deep water and an open r'ver at Cairo, whon the rivers above Cilro are blocked by ice or low water, which tbey generally become by thu flrit f December." From what Mr. Meyer hit laid, we btlieve tbii arrangmenl will succeed and the road bo puedily com plete! if matters ere allowed lo remain in tlatuquu; but we ntk our citizxns if they tMib ve Jir Meyer will ' urge preis rec oininen l" Ihu purchase of the railroad sec ond mortgago b.mdi by tbe European cap. itallila in the event of the election ol Mr. rtiomai Wilion to a teat on the board of county cutumiiiloutri, a gentleman who declare! he ii opposed to tbo road being completed and who aim declares thai liu will not inue the "underlying" county bondi thu bonds which are to he collat eral lecurity for tbe pajinent of the money we deiire to obtain in order that we may fintili tbe road to Murphyiboro? We hope our readun will not act natt ily, but will think over this matter coolly and vote undarstandingly on lueiday next. FI&llEii ELIGIBLE. OPINION OK LKADINO ONE OF OUH THE CASE IN A NUT SHELL. THE LITTLE DODfiE OF WIL SON FLANKKD. Ma. Oua:.T Your argument upon the question ol Mr. Fnher's eligibility to iho i ffUo of county coamlsatonur in this morning' BullrtiK, is lawyerly and quitoexhaustive. With no idea of improv ing upon, or adding to it, will you al low me to briefly itato my views, from a somewhat different ilandpolnt? The conitltutlon of thii itato provided "'for ihallany perion holding any office of honor or pfotlt undor any foreign gov eminent, or undor tbe gov-irnmunt of the United HtatC'i, (except poitmaiieri, whom annutl compeniallon doei not exceed tbe sum nf three hundred dollari), hold honor or profit under thu ment'of tba United Btatei, the offlca of urveyor of th port of Cairo, and ii a oandidato for tbe ufflc of county corneal! ,loner, under tbe uuthorlty of tbu itateof llllooli. Before it can be laid, that be Is Ineligi ble to this latter office, It must bo deter mined, Fir-t That tbe ofiJceof surveyor of tbe port of Cairn, ii one of honor or profound Second, I'hat the otllie of county torn mitsloner is alio ona of honor or profit, fir the failure to uttabbah either proposi ti n muit necnsarlly ducido '.the quenlon in favor of bis eligibility. Whalotlloeii one ot honor is a question uf law; whereas, the other question, v i! what ii one of profit Is purely a question of fact Neiiber of thn two otllcos named are offices of honor Avlthln the meaning ol the constitution, wben tostud by thu well established rule, which is tnat oflkvu ol honor aro thoie provided (or either by the executive, legiilttivu or judlc ary urticlei of tho conitltutlon. Tbo next question li, w bt is tho mean ing of tho words nlHce of profit? Cur lainly nut an otSce, the emoltitinns of which fall below the actual exnemes ol It. Profit, literally means advance or gain, and if tho offijo of county commlcloner brings to the incumbent three dollars per diem while actually employed, and the time and expense of the incumbent amounts to and is worth this amount, there it no pri A', no advni'co, no gain. If Mr Fisher bulds an uffico of honor under tho government of the United Slaloi, and the one he now Seeks l nlto one of honor, then it might l e well for tba elector to pais upon the queition of bit eligibility in advance, and withhold iroaibiiu tin vote; but, neither otSuu be. ing tine of honor, and the whole question turning upon the pure q'lerlioii of fn.it whether both are olffcti of prfi.(for II muit be citablith'd tnat tuth are lo ren der bliu ineligible), 1 .ubinil that it u not within the province ot tbeelettorto p.ts upon tbit queition A proper determina tion of It w uld nq lira an inveitigation, tbe heariLg uf proof, and the appli aiioli uf the rule ut ihu law tbrrelo. Up li tbe long-eltab'l-hei principal thai no mall's Cate. tb tulu be j idged until be it beard, I venture the attert on tbat no r gnt. thinking voter w, pan upon Ibu que-tlun of Mr. Fisher'a eligibility, but UnVe iu determination lo tbo cour s of the coun try, where it properly belongs. Concede, however, tba th- propoiitlnn that the t'ffi :m Mr. P.abernow holds is one of profit, can we Say, at tho arne lime, tbe one be seeks is uf ibis character 7 I it can be demonatratod hv anv svitem of calculation based upon facts that it it, I would be very glad to see it. Thai the incumbent, out of tbe per diem allowed will realm any profit, advance himself in the scale of wealth, gain anything In bji world postessions, is what now nenda proof- X. Cairo, November 1, 1871. A GuOD WORD. OGDEN ON THE (JAIHO AND ST. LOUIS It. 11. IMPORTANCE OF THE U0A1) TO CA1KO. IT3 KAKLY CO.MI'LKTION UKGED. A PILL OF PltAISE FOR WIL SON TO SWALLOW. ClltCAOt, Ootobor 17, 1873. L. fl M i! Y tilts', ti i., Jl Sxitzu street, Now York : DkahSik: Bonn nfter I rciched Chi cgo from New York, Menra II It Pay son St Co, called upon me for counsel and advice in regard to their condition in con nection wilb tbe Cairo and St. Louii rail road ni contractors or Its uonsirurion Until then 1 had supposed their condition prosperous and their enterprise a vvt promising one As their neighbor and friend through life, hut without any per tonal connection, obligation or Interest in their buiiticta matters, I tin ei fully con tented to confer with them, look iniothoir matters and advlto them as far as I wut able in regard to tbelr position, duties and a:tlnn. I soon discovered that they were seri ously embtrra-snd by tho Inability to not tlitt town and county bonis iluu them and to hocorne due them hs the work pro. Kri sted, and which bonds had, under spn clai provisions of law for their s-un in nid of said rod, been legally voted for by the people of the retpectivo counties hiii) towns nlnni; thu line of the roud. A lhe bonds were promised ibe contractor by thu Cairo and St Lout IUII'oad Com pmy as the work progressed, anil me $400,000 of them were already dim the contractor", but the company c uld not deliver them then, or until lliedeci-ior: of tho courts upon legal steps already taken to output thiilr delivery, and a P.y-on tt To wi ro not In a condition to await such legal decision, it was propootd, Hftur an interview with the board of dlrui tors, v. ho vury properly and willingly consenttd Ihul tho railroad company should author, ixonnd' Is-ue $8i0(i00 t-mht pur n. nt semi annual lnteret twenty year bonds at onse, th samii to bu secured by second mortgago on the railroad, and to be fur ther seciirod by pledge and atslgnmunt ol tbe iP&GuOoof county and town bonds voted and promised in aid of said road, but not yui delivered, which town and county bonds bore a like rata of interest and were to havo a similar time of pay ment as tho new Itmo of railroad bonds they were pledged to secure With this nuw issuo of bond, which was promptly, made, It was hoped that money could bo raised to carry tho road lo completion. The panic entile before tbey were put upon thu market, and pro vnted any disposition being mudo of tbem for the time being. I vlslttd th lino of the Cairo and Bt. Louis railroad and went over it to tho Big Muddy river tninui, at Murphysboro, twice, Tbe road is completed from Ut, (and Inoludlng spur, side tracks, ninety olgbt mile of track bat been laid), and baa equipment enougb for lU present needs, and of excellent character. The coal car weigh four tons, and carry eigbt ton of coal a largo dlOVrenco In favor of tbo cheap transportation on n narrow (juge railroad over a wldu one. 1 found elx nbelti and good tnacblnery for raising 0l"'Aa" '"'ly for operation and equal to 'f-m i00 f cal per day, at Murpbye boro. There are other shaft on tbe lino, tid many new one being sunk. In my iwciuy-llve year' oxperlence In building and managing railroad., I thiok I tmver sawn new line of road start off wltb an equal promlsoof a traffic equal to lis ca I'aclty as this road does. I went to Cairo, and from all I -aw and could learn, I think thntraflli! at that end, when completed, Will be about, If nut qullo, equal to thu other. The Want of coal delivered at Cairo tor thn largo and over-Increasing steamboat trade there, and to supply tbu wholo country from Cairo to New Or leans, 1,000 miles, and the admitted supe riority or this Big Muddy eoul over all others for thai great supply, seems lo linuro a trade from the start fully iqui.1 to tbe capacity of a single traok . 1 Inquired of all the leading Iron ore smelter! and or the rolling and puddlltur mill men at St. Louis and Carondolet at to the quality and merits of this coal, and Ilia almusl or quite universal e'xpret. Ion was: "Admitted to be thu best ciut for m iking Irou in tb world ' Kxtravaganl, postibly, but an emphatic convicti-n at leait. At the meeting of tbo board of directors of ihu Cairo and ijt L uis railroad, held at Uast tit Louii on tho 1 Oth of September, it wat suggu-. tud to Mr. II. U. Payson tbat prlnii lhy had butler deliver that part uf the r..nd now In operation, from St. Louii to Murphyilairo, to the company, as it wa siibrlanually paid for, and ought not, in caie tif tbelr Inability to meet their obli gations to be bed liable in any way lur Hum They vry cheerfully and giadly concurred, and tbu road was delivertd over in the company, and is now operated by it, ar.d it earnings from tbe beginning materially exceeds IU uidinary operating apeiiter; and if tbe ptntc subaldes and tbe renewal ot buineas begins in time, it Is confidently hup-d and belinved that It net earLltigt, ty April next, may lj tqual to the payment of tit months' lnlereat, theti falling due, un all of its uutilaiidiiig dtal mortgage bonds. Iv duei nut aem to admit uf doubt Ibat, if completed, tbe road would more than provide for internal on all uf its first and second mortgage bonds. 1 think it important to all concerned thai it bo completed without delay. Thu grading and bridging ol tbe road from Murpbysboro to Cairo i lubitanlially completed. Tne silimated coil of completing the track and luperaiructur wai tuT.GM, in cluding I.COu tona of raili yet needed, al 8i ($l30,00 i), .nd including chain, or nxd joint, Ac, for ixty mile! of track and aide-track. To tbii will bavn lobe aided now at lean $.'6,000, and poiiibly $10,000; to carry to completion, lay, $300,. 00J in all. A year' delay'i will add to the coil large. y, Tbe ilea nuw on hand will gel icaltered and burned, Iron ou hind may gut leUud and diverted b crediton, or other!. A Paysou A Co. are now io crippled by their loiiea and tb panic, that, though di.puied to do all their duty and tltiiah the road, they cannot rely al all upon being ablo lo do io without co operation and 'aid from tome quarter, and nobody bui thy are io deeply mturuld In tbo great tavingi n tbu coit of com plot in,' thu road and lecuring in oarningi at once, at tbo bondholder!, Prompt action ii very important to all, it leemi to rao, and I think jou ihould confer witb bondholder! fully, and lug- geit, if you think well, that prompt ac tion which will quickly complete the road without wuctu and Itiaure tba Important ruturm tbat await it coniplitliou, Pataon & Co. aro most willing and faith ful, but evil limm huvu overtaken them, and they tun not raisu the small amount ot money neuunary lo complete, ibe road now, but will readily pledge ibu $150,oOCol boudi in tbu hand of the company to ef fect that i bji t, nnd will do anything ttlte, in tboir power ibat may bu n quired ol tbem lo compltte the road tbey io hope fully began mid fuiihluily conducted until now, I ihall bo in New York about the end of tbii month, when, if you wish, I will comniutn am mure in detail in thla mut ter. Yours, vury truly, Signed W. B. Ouijbi. Reported Expressly for the Bulletin. THE OLD WORLD. IUSMAI.C AND THE OATHO LLC UISIIOPS. F tA OK. Pah a, November I Menage from Prealdenl MauMnlioii will bu received at the opening of the Anemhly. OKU MANY, BhKMN, Novuiubnr I. Prlnco Bis. intrk na resolved lit uninion the Oalho. i u Buhopi who refuiu to comply with the government meaeurus in rulation to the ujceiiaelical tuiider of their ruiigiiutious. a pa in. CAKt.lalH IIIVKATKI). Madhid, Novumber 1 A dispatch has been lucilved announcing the difeat ol the Carlists under Instany, by tho i a lional troops. Tbo Insurgents fiud in all directions. AUSTRIA. ViraNA, November 1. Negotiation! between Austria and Turkey for thu set tlement of the difference between the two power", arising from thu conduct of tho Austriai consul in llotna, and tha Turk l.li nolo of tho European cabinet in re lition thereto, me progresing favorably, Turkey It disposed lo give the most corn plute satisfaction. The Russian govern ment has Instriirtrd Gen. J, Oratiff, its ambassador at C initantinople, to support Austria Count Audrassy, Austrian pre-' TBLBGRAPHie. aaaaaaaaaaaaaataiaai aaia atataiia -r at.- rap..- 'i i.wpanain aaaa NEW YORK. B. OLA lp LIN A CO. WILL NOP 8U6PKND. THE FIKM UAID TO BE SOLYBNT. THF.Y NOTIFY THE BNK8 THAT MORE ABOUT THE F-ll.UREOF 110YT,aPP.AOUE&CO, CONDITION OF AFF X IKS OF A. dt W HPKAOUE. MUST HAVE TIME OR OO INTO BANKRUPTCY. JUHOR OF THE STOKES CASE AR RESTED! CONDITION OF OUR EXPORT TKADK FUNERAL SERVICES ON THE RE. MAINS OF JOHN C. UfcKNAN. rtNCIAL. YoHK. NoVeinnur 1 Tt,. ,t.u New pataed better than wai expected S -on alter mtoillguiicu reache.1 the street that here was no inuaediato danger of the tuipeiuwf, ul UUflin A Co., and when it neiam.. known tbat the bans were In no troublu on tba ureenback qu-stion, tbe feeling on tho riock exchange improved aud a rlo in the entire market w i bar acter zed by a audden activity in sptstula live stocks Money in demand al MCt J percent,, cIosinB al 1-13. Oold opened il 8 sold up to j, and went off lo 1 again, fl-iallyr-lo.ini: t Clearing!, 3.1,R7 I'O. Treasury di.bursemenu $66 -,0o0. Oovernnient bonds comparatively steaiy. Slate bond quiet Railroad and mi see), aoeous speculation feverlth and unsettled' srr.cir iATcr.NTa t.)-day.$2e4,00d. in si'ver bars. TUB O IO TRfaT C MP ANT w clled in tho United State Ditlrlct Court to-day in thu bankruptcy ctlen iar, and November lllh appolnted'for a bear- nt;. OUR KXroltr TBADH. The export trade wa never In a bttar condition than at preaent. At le.tt, al lh steameri leaving are lon-te 1 to th I utmoit capacity, and ratei were ro ve hli-herthan now Tho Import trade, i fallen away to aim-it nothinif, at. teatners arriving ara often i.ut half rul Thi falling tiff ia especially noticeaMe I in the antrum of dry -;odi Import, d. n. B CLATLIN A CO. noliflol the ai.ociaied batiki to-d-y th they were not in neel of any atiittan u, 1T8 xrrarr. The. failure of Hoyt, Sprague A Co.ai'i in iree uru male hy rumor of the bou of U B Claflin A Co., baa called atte tlon to th dry trade, ar.d Ii qui howi that trantaotioni ara lihl and ct fined to the wanu of current trade. T drouth, il Ii thouitht. will continue un It can be d-flnately ascertained that l dlfflculties will be over come. In t event business will taan a fresh -ti The raoae nf M ar. ftl.ttl- A. r.t sendiiiK word to tha clranne bouse u they would not deliberate In their cj Ion er than Ihelr own banks and mrc tile friends were sufflcleiit for Deceisll They have done a great deal tout clearlni- away exlstintj difficulties anc a.auring tbe business community 4 merchants have, faith in one a'notj and am ready to glvo assistance. Mr Kohlnton, of tha firm ot II. B. CI A C. stopped in his sal' of coo ls to ' to say: "This hmite will not stop ; It , not fail; it (a as solvent a any hout ihe United Statea. ' While another ni iM-..,r n.n. ..Li . ..i... .. .-II ..., ... uiii. - ft. uui anvil mTlA beyond our liabilities, and for ono ti 5 lievn that we can fail, Is to stump bu' idiot." Earlv In tho da v the aainu nih. aaid : "Jl is true we are sutTering a Hiiih-rraimiient, and have allowed J tccounla tit mature; but al regard! l' they havn all been promptly paid ' do not i our own paper, but we lei of other bnuiei .with our mdofsmen porhapi one of thu principal cauies havo led to our emarrament wa weover-rsachedouraMlvcs in our ndt lo assist Uovt, fclpraiue A Co. I d care to say that wa pure of tbem to tho amount million this week, but wo I very heavily. Wo aro now neeM for altaiico of somo sort froai the and other corporations. If w suci our efforts, nvervthing will run alA inn regular grooves, li we run to j' ittance, we will bo compeliod to extension upon our open arcoun tmlea our receipt are ample t chlla Now, don't understand me that (allure la at all probable; it poaibli. Il l simply absurd tc tucb a thing possible " tiu anoAiioH. Thu Expresa my. Amid the f gloom ot tbo weuk tbu Improved . in bank t iicli s was a bright spot I ing tne week the banks gained iar leital tender, and now nold more almost any tlmu since tbe preVal ranuement wai started. The d ' recklest banking is past; nnd we h clear-headed bank presldunlsin ib i ing House will givu tbisuj-'Ci f itainziiliin their early aiiuiitio , inquiry nt thu freiglit offices of It I that railroads it was a.cerlaln 'heir trrlg t business Was suffu i v.tM'v fr.im flri-nnl-l il latiiati.tiflH m n y cae railroad companlt largely cutting down expense by tlon of waives and discbarsta or w Nearly 800 mon are thrown ou tilovmoiit hy partial suspension at Planet mills, an ext nslve carp Intc establlthmenl in South Bronl is said the mills wll beclos'd un , Thursday next. To-day 6.J of at work on the Dolawaruand llu nal nornpmy's hullding nt uck, borers t n tlie lame job sfurk all The funoral nf Rev. Dr. J hi D D, of England, known I" this as an opponent nf Chas. B'adloti placo this morning from Ut. Lt pital. Tho funeral service over thii of John C. Heenan will he hel row In tho Church of. Holy Inncl ter which tha body will bo col Albany lor intern ent. A jurok akkrstkd. James Delos Center, unit of I in thn Stokua' cam n arreaieM and lodged in the cell t ecu pled 'i afier thu ihootlne of Kuk. jury i believed to have indlcte dtiregarainir nt nti'i, in ne a aa - FUOkt LoUlSVlLLt' It A I LKOAD aTATBUKNV Louihvillb. November l.-f rnent of tha aarnlnsi of tbu tf railroad for September. Juit mi lhm tnhntUI TOS "4! 110.00 cf corresponding month of 18 the largest amount evr pl' orndit of earnins on account for anv one month.