The true Democrat., 1854-04-25
From the Arkansaw Traveller. Cheering News to the Friends of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad.

We have been permitted to condense the following cheering news, favorble to the Mis- souri division of the "Cdyo and Fulton 1oalyood '' from letter dated Bloomfield, Missouri, Feb. 23 1854, written by John M. Johnson, esq.,, president of that road, to Col. B. c. Harley, as agent of the Cairo and Fulton road in this State. From that letter it will be seen that while there is perfect harmony, concert of pur- pose and action among the people of South East Missouri, they are also ready and willing to give sufficient aid to insure its early construc- tion. Besides this, we are credibly informed, that the company are desirous to unite and CO., operate with the Cairo and Fulton company in this State, in any, and all measures, that may be best calculated to promote the speedy con- struction of the whole line of road in both States.
 Unless the people of Arkansas, along the line of this road, wake up, and give more relia- ble assurances than they have thus far, in aid of the work, the Missouri end will be far in ad- vance of the Arkansas division.
 The people in that portion of Missouri, see and know, That on the construction of their end of this road, they will then have direct con- nection with the great Illinois central railroad at Cairo; and thus give them cheap and speedy outlet for their products: while it will invite v, ulation, and wealth; sufficient to cause settle ments to be made at an early day, upon all their uncultivated lands
 This should be sufficient inducement to wake up the people of Arkansas along the whole line of road arouse them from their le- thargy cause them to unite as band of bro- thers, and to contribute the means and influ- ence to build their portion of this main trunk Texas is coming in from the South to connect her roads with ours on the boundary line of these two States, giving us in few years, a main line of road, passing through Missouri Arkansas and Texas, connecting the Illinois central road, which has its southern terminus at Cairo, with the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston Bay, Berwick's Bay in Louisiana, and with New Orleans. From an extract in another column It has been made known, that the New York Pacific railroad company will deposit the S3OO,- OOO required as forfeit and give Texas bo- nus of S2,OOO,OOO for the contract to build the Pacific railroad through the State
 l Iu answer to your enquiries as to our pros- 1 poets for building the Missouri end of the Coa,o aud Fulton raatroad, 1 will first speak of the different proposed routes--on the northern pro- posed route the whole of the congressional grant of land can be obtained, estimating the length of the road at 85 miles, this grant would amOuntto 326, 400; should the counties of Scott, Mississippi and Butler, act as liberal as Stod- dard county has done in granting alternate sec tons Of their swamp land, and this we have every reason to believe they will do, the grant ot swamp land from the counties may Dc safe- ly estimated at 1S2, GOO acres which in addition to the congressional grant, will amount to 5l8,- 4CO acres, as soon as the road Is permanently located, we think these lands could be readily disposed ot at an average price of three dollars per acre, which would amount to Sl 555 POO
 In regard to the southern proposed route, should the road be located upon 1t, the compa- ny will be deprived of nearly all the congress slonal grant, as nearly the whole of this line, would be upon swamp land. Stoddard county has subscribed $1OO,OOO stock to the road out of the swamp land fund of said county, and I am authorized to say for the county that she has 100000 acres of land to back her subscrip. tion.
 We are informed by letter that the county court of Scott county, has made an order for the county to subscribe S5O,OOO stock and we are are also informed by letter that Mississippi county will take $5O,OOO of stock and that the individual subscri ptions of that county, will amount to $75,OOO.
 We have just received certified copy of our articles of association from the Secretary of State, copy of which is herewith transmitted to you, by this you will see that we are now a corporate body and capable of transactmg busi- ness legally We have appointed Soloman G.. Kitchens and M. A. Wilson, agents of the company for the purpose of taking relinquish- ments of the right of way, and soliciting stock subscriptions. They will shortly enter upon the discharge of their duties, and visit the diff ferent counties in this part of our State.
 The board of directors have also appointed Solomon G. Kitchens esq, an agent to confer with Capt. Williams, the chief engineer of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad of Arkansas as to the most eligible point of crossing the boundary line between Missouri and Arkansas