The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-07

PURPOSES OF investment, Sl,ou' III IN
swcr to this charge the Captain SLOWS that,
at the slime stated, he had IN addition to
his capital OF brains, an actual tangible
property capital, the issues Of which yielded
him $72,5S5.00 per anrum. And as to the
stock, it was worth precisely what it would
bring on the market, which was S6G cash,
instead of $50.
The next charge is that Captain Eads
captured the bank that he might use its
capital in building the st. Louis bridge
The absurdity and utter falsity of this
charge will appear when we state, what is
well known fact that the bridge, at that
time, had notleven been thought OF. 1t was
subsequently built with money subscribed
by New York and ST. Louis capitalist ;and
instead of being drawback to the bank,
was the heaviest depositor, having, at one
time, as much as $2,GOO,OCO on deposit
And so on, throughout the whole cata-
logue of charges. Every one Of them is
shown to be maiciousy distorted facts,
or malicious falschoods.
But no charge made bgtrays such bitter
enmity to tie Captain as the FACT that the
assault WAS made at time when the Grand
Jury Of St. Louis was investigating the
affairs ofthe bank. 1t was manitcstly the
purpose, in choosing such time, to undu!y
influence the minds OF thcjurors, and to ere
ate public sentiment that would demand
the indictment ofthc bank directors Captain
Eads among the rest. But never before
did purpose so signaly fail. The inycs-
tigation proceeded, witnesses were cXamin-
ed, and all the old rubbish Of the defunct
establishment thoroughly overhaulcd; but
nowhere could there be found any indca
ton Of villainy or wrong doing On the part
of Captain Eads, upon which to base an
! indictment. An examination, wholly cx-
porte, stimulated by five newspaper columns
Of grave accusations and red-hot personal
abuse and yilliiication of and against Cap
tain Eads, discovered no evidence of fraud,
no act that could be tortured into even q
seeming violation of law--nothing that
Captain Eads would, had he a choice in the
matter, have kept from the eyes Of the pub
! lie.
And now, what nextl Humphreys,
Cowdan and other gallant knights Of the
quill, all made dashes at the quiet, unpre-
tending Captain, bat were as completely
( ovcrlhrown as vas the famous hero Of
! Dulcinca del Tobuso in his combat with
the whiring wind mill. But the fate Of
these gentlemen, sorry and Illuminating IS
it was. did not deter other knights Of the
quill from cssaying an assault from another
quarter. The Captain could not be over
thrown by argument, it was clear, and
hence the assault upon him with the weap.
ons Of personal hate, personal abuse and
personal resentment. How completely these
last and less scrupulous assailants were TN.
horsed and laid prone upon the earth by
the keen lance Of the Captains, Truth, is
only family indicated in what we have
here-in-befOre written. Proilting by the
experience of their predecessors they SEN
siby entered the lists under unknown
names that they might be spared the jeers
that follow failure. They came on in tim
armor were terribly and disastrous.y re-
pulsed and must grin and bear it, if Il
discriminating world tells them So. And
now, who ncXtl