St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-25

ton of bonds. / have received only
part of the bonds-the larger part
and not dollar of the money. And
now in addition to all other troubles,
| have $4,000 of coupons, "a little over
that amount, which | am held to take
care of partly through verbal under
standing and partly through written
greement,-coupOns due in April on
land bonds and to fall due in July on
LIST mortgage bonds. Now, | have
proposition to make to you, which
| think is most liberal and fair,
going as far as possibly can go with |
out running myself past all recovery. /
If you will look at copy of our agree /
ment in your hands, you will find there
is still due to me $4,000 of land bonds |
and So, 900 of LIST mortgage. In order
to square myself with my friends, |
need and must have S36, 900 land bonds
and $4,000 list neutrality-suspicious. In
all, still leaving S57 900 of mine in
your hands. Now if you will take up
these $4,000 of coupons, paying me
the cash therefor, and give me the
S45, 900 of bonds, | will let all the re-
mainder of our matters stand until you
are perfectly ut ease and ready to open
correSpOndence on the subject your
self. In other words, | will leave the
matter in your own hands until the
Fort Smith enterprise is out of tue
woods and its tangled affairs well
smoothed ont. | trust i'll consideration
of our many years of friendship, as
well as in view of the peculiar rela-
lions have held in this matter, you
will make an effort to do this. Pray
! let me hear from yOu ut your earliest
| leisure"
IL. Sept. 30, 1871, Mr.. Fisher writes
Mr.. Blaine at is the greatest impOr
lance that the parties owning the in
terest in the So, 900, and invested by
them in the Northern Pacific railroad,
should receive what is due them and
unless something is done about it, |
shall he forced to turn the document
over to them and let you settle direct
~ with them. | am constantly re-
minded about it, and they all say,
why don't Blaine deliver to you Our
interest p Mr.. Caldwell tells me he
paid You his last note due you, and
gave you the $4,000 land bonds in ad-
ditiOn. should Judge it was for your
interest to settle the matter at once
and have no further delay. You must
my advice is to settle it at once"
Mr. Blaine's letter of Oct. !, 1871,
already published, is the answer to the
above letter.
IL. Oct. "a, 1871, Mr.. Fisher writes
Mr. Blaine yesterday | received
} your favor of the 2lst inst. to which
, replied by telegram: 'Mr. c. has not
| been in this city for four weeks. He
t is now in st. Louis can get no in
! formation when Mr.. Caldwell is to re-
D turn when he does, | will lay your
letters before him. In the mean time
can say nothing in regard to the mat
= ter further than what | have hereto
f fore told you,-that Mr.. Caldwell rep
f resented to me that he had paid fOl
your account, and for which he ha
, your receipts, all but $500 of the S25
+ 600 which you loaned, and for which
- You received as collateral S50,000 o
= the Little Rock and Fort Smith lane
: grant bonds, which you since sold II
. 90 cents on the dollar, realizing there
for $50, 900, leaving you now in ad
- vance of funds, even if Mr.. Caldwell
had paid you nothing. have hereto
fore advised you that | had been fire
! quently importuned for the securitie,
=. of the Northern Pacific railroad, and Il
:, IL last resort | had to surrender you
obligation for the benefit of the partie
a in interest, who now say that after 81
long delay they will not take the secu
:, rites, but require you to refund tn
/ money"
= I3. Nov. 3, 1871, Mr.. Blaine write
Y Mr. Fisher from Augusta: 81 writ,
$ Mr.. Caldwell this day earnestly askin:
% him to relieve me from this very press
e ing and painful embarrassment entaileC
e upon me by raising the money loane,
O to you and him last winter. Mr.. Cald
: well has paid me $1,000 there remains
n $4,000 due with considerable interest
= There is due also to me, under contrac
r. with you, $40, 900 land bonds and S32,
~ 600 Ist mortgage. Retaining in m,
possession the S50,OO0 land bonds a
!, collateral to the note, there is still du,
" to me $20,000 land bonds and the Is
mortgage bonds S;}2, 900. | have al
. ready made one proposition for settle
= ment, to which | call Mr.. CALDWELL
~ attention. must have the matte
- settled in some way, and ut once
Y Pray communicate with me on the
:, matter.
I that have some bonds next week.
you don't accept the proposition hav
- made, suppose you consider this LIE
me retain the land bonds now in pos
. session us satisfaction for loane,
y money, and you pay me the S7O,OO
- land bonds and S32 900 lst mOrtgag
:; due to me under contract. | do no
. make this proposition to be bound b.
II I p,,t I
: have the matter settled in some wa
- quickly
,' IA. Nov. 4, 1871, Mr.. Fisher writes
=, inst received. | hope Mr.. Caldwell
~ will respond to your request prompt
" and satisfactorily. cannot say any
y thing until see Mr.. Caldwell, VIII
y. keeps out of the way of creditors, bu
~ probably lac will call upon me sOor
~ You have had more bonds than yO
" said. If you have given any to paI
- ties at Washington or disposed q
y u them to others, it is no concern {
~ mine, and of course must be accounte
~ for i'll any settlement hereafter"
/ 10. Nov. 8, 1871, Mr.. Blaine write
If Mr. Fisher from Augusta 81 al
d pressed daily for the bonds, which u
III to this time have never been able t
\ deliver. Let me assure you, that if
" were suffering in this matter alone
N would not bother you, but wait in 81
lence the issue of events. But no
r can do this with parties who hav
III paid their money earnestly demandin
,e of me. the consideration promised b
liz me, but which | am not able to Civ
" because | do not receive the bonds
r. which | am entitled by contract
to am ready to receive any kind of re;
Y sonable proposition you may max
al. 1t is not Il question of money maxim
: with mo IL is simDly a uuestiou ,