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FoitTY-f hint Cosorkrs, V. S. Hoi'hK OF IvKl'RKSKNTATIVEH, Washington, 1). C, January 20, lsTl. My Peak Mb Fisiikh, I have thin moment w ritten to Mr. Cald I neTcr hart any well suggesting that, in iw I can arrange a meeting; in this city nmictioii o( any iiivt wiwlr with Vol. TIimiiuM A. Scott to como on here. I kind with Thomas jiuve Home n,mm fr believing that a verv advantageous arrangement ;guV.'Xt"e muv he made for taking, say, $:!00.000. I will telegraph Mr . Cald- well by Tuesday evening n i can arrange mu mci-nnn, mm mnu 8 him tn hold himself in readiness for the journey. Your letter in thin iHn.iiit received : von ask niv advice. Let me have an accurate and 1.. R. and K. K, ruait, or tlie txinds of any otlmr rail I ..... I,..! ne in any way reliable statement of your hmincml eondition, and 1 can do sonie- ionnecteu wu n ti.i,r I r,,.l verv Killisril lll. Willi IIIOIllllS A. .N'Oll, v """"i i . .. i .... i : miirfta in. n rp n or indlri-etly, im- I think voil Will liot (teem me unrcasonaDie licit i bcuiii win pci mtvliaU'iv or re- HiHtcntlv urge that I ought to have good notes for the $2.,000, and uiiiUily."-.Wa(r' tlmt j fm r)lt aiH0 to bave the $S2,000 bonds, which were made by 7' .".".VJ-r u v.mi-M.H nd Mr. Caldwell the express basis of the $25,000 loan. 1 Ti ..., i.,.i;,,, Ci.niiiiiiiv liuu ii MtiKiiL'pr or more emiituble and oiiipimv legal claim thaii mine, while its personal hardships to me are hitter, and burning, and humiliating tome last uegiee. Sincerely vour friend, J.(-. 1i.ai.e. from1 i "mmTVo Tlle ,n,,lu'.v ,u, vou 1,1,1 wmlrtft was all paid nearly a year and a tsti.M) of tin- Mt- half ago. 'Of th'is whole amount of Ixnuls due me 1 have received tie it.H k and Fort hut $50,000 land grants, loRYing $75,000 of those and $:I2,500 first iioii(t whi i h i. niortptge still ilue. 1 know you are pressed ami in trouoie, ami i co Iv'cd-witiioui don't wish to Ih too exacting; rather 1 wish to he very liberal in connliliTiitlou, unci settlement. i'iiJw'imhhJb '(ii"! Now I make this otTer: Pay me the cash lue on the borrowed TiioiiiaH a s-o'tt nxiiiey account ; call it $10,000 in round numbers, und (40,000 land rwcivfd hit 7.i.- bonds, and we will call it square. mu The mute- m. ...i i n i,., .ii.. om, ..... ii, ,.t i Li.. ,.,i.i i... nit llll'llt lh liTtttUltlHIft- vi(ini-M iiiin i v ..' 111.1.1111.1 .in- iiuil. nii"iu". .. .... 1) und utterly false the lionds due nie under contracts with you, ami outside of that the in common -.ii(hai one me iroin mm. i now voluntarily oiler to make a very with linndrcda ol i.,,,', ..,i llllT lMMhlt 111 ' " mini uwii ii t tun niv iiiititvi iwrni. it'W KllL'llllul fttltl 1 am without doubt the only person who has mi id money for other parti o( the bonds without receiving them, and 1 think vou will agree with me country, I Uoiiitlit (l,i I 1, ..-...I n,n,. ,.,,, ,1.1.. it I.i I... .... ;,,,,u line of these .,- . ., ....t..., . u numn v ..- , .. iikW-iioi a verv measurable relief to me if 1 could receive the money in time to tuiy larne ainonut o' the indebtedness here within the next six weeks, so that lean ilrw lLwv'the'hHim' K ,0 '"shington this winter with the load taken oil' my shoulders. '.'... .. 1 ii-rt i.l... ....1 l. ...... !, ll... ft. II. ... .....I ...... It. I. ....... lli.ift nti.l rate lllul Olllers lb mm ..ii.it'ti lilt-it- ii. niv mm-m lllllll, no.l .uiim.itiii v .... lui.t " Maine ! Mr. Caldwell would not let ine sutrer. I still cling to that faith and 'H!l!'tH,ntl-!i" ! conlidence. You will much oblige me bv showing this letter to Mr. "'""'' ' r. ,1.1. ...n v....- . I i: . v l 8'e contrait of , u.in, u.v.. Seiiteinber o, 1V4I. FoItTY-ltKCOSl COftNliliKss, U. S. lloi sp. ok Kkpkkskntativk.h, AVAsmtcTox. 1). C.. Anril 21, 1871. My dem! Mi:. Caldweix, On the '.nth inst- the second iiote of the loan 1 negotiated in Iieeember lat falls due. The first, br 0.I2.50. which' fell due March 1st 4th 1 was compelled to meet at n,o .rn.vf.Kt iMissihle inconvenience to myself. I drew on Mr- risher w lu (liM'liiKHl to iKitiro the draft. The note which falls due on the 2Mh inst. is for $2,.)78.:V). It seems extremely hard ...,;ot T a'w.nl.l Kp coiiinelli'd to DUV this mollCV. It IS 110 aim Ullllini ft.n.ft 1 - . . - . . . i..i. i,... tli .lotit of l'ri'sidcnt (iriint or Oueen ictona ami I cannot believe that you and Mr. risher, both or either, intend to leave this burden on me. .. , , Ii you do, it will crush me. I have no possible means wherewith ti,... tw.tft.fti unit I luxrof von and Mr. Fisher, either or Isith, trt ronio mv n'lii.f In a letter Irom Mr. l isher under date ol January 24th", he writes me hs follows : " In regard to the 2.),000 which vou borrowed and loaned to Mr. Caldwell, or rather Mr. Pratt, as it was assumed by Mr. Pratt, le cause vou lveeivctl from him 50,000 Laml bonds for the amount. Upon mv visiting the ollice for the first time after you left the city, Mr. Pratt said lie una .Mr. l arringion gave 10 you men imlivitliiiil "ImhiiIm. mid thev kept the money : and ill order to obtain the niiitiev nnil iret it oiit of Mr. Pratt's hands. I obtained $."0,000 Land bonds, and took what I supposed to be money; but it was not tliere. 1'art ot it liail been misapplied to otner mauers; ?i.),iii o; if I loaned Mr. Caldwell; the balance went into a House in Mint Itock without my knowledge or consent, and Pullman cars, Ac. Ac' Now. mv dear sir. if this be a correct statement, mav I not hope vou will relieve me to the extent of the $15,000, ami Mr. Fisher w ill surely pav the other $10,000. As a w -holly innocent third partv doiim my best to act as a sincere and steadfast friend to both ol you, I ought not to be left exposed to financial ruin ami personal humiliation. Please read this to Mr. Fisher. I have advised of mv writing vou i.-: -..i l V l? pnicereiy yours, u. u. jL.i.t.. Josiaii CALDWKLL, F.SO.. liosTOX, April 2), 1871. Dkak Fishek, I inclose letter from Blaine. I forgot to speak to vou about them w hen I saw you this p. m. I hope vou can help him. I would, if it were in mv power, isinine is an important man for us to have teel all rigm toward us, and 1 only wish that I was so situated that I coukl iieijj him. Yours very truly. J. Calpwki.i.. This letter inclosed Mr. Blaine's letter to Caldwell of April 21, 1S71 Aloista, Me., 14th June. 1871. My pear Mr. Fishek, I tried verv hard vesterdav and dav before (Monday and Tuesday) to see you, but was not fortunate enough to run across you. I am in u very jmintul and emharrased situation growing out of niv connection with the Fort ISniith enterprise. I have paid and caused to be paid into y'r treasury aoout $2"0,000, and the only result to me is the most painful perplexity. The most painful of all mid the most opressive is the $2.1,000 which I paid to Mr. Pratt for you Jan'y 2d, which I borrowed here on mv faith and credit on the distinct understanding with vou that it was to be repaid ana inai i was aiso w receive a certain proiwirtionjoi lionds. 1 liave ree'd only a part of the Bonds the larger part and not a dollar of the money. And now, in addition to all other troubles, I have 110,000 of Coupons, a little over that amount, which I am held to take care of. partly through verbal understanding and partly throng! written agreement Coupons due in April on Land Bonds ami to fa! due in July on 1st Mortgage Bonds. Now, I have a proposition to miiKe io you, w men i tiniiK is most liberal and lair, going as far as in.. .....I . ... ..... . ..." possioiy can go wiuioui ruining invseu past an recovery, it vou will look at copy of our agreement in your hands, vou will find there is still due to nie 70,000 of Land Bonds and :2.000 of 1st Morteum?. In order to square mvself with mv friends, I need and must have $:;ti,000 Land Bonds ami $!),000 1st' Mortgage $4.3,000 in all still leaving $57,000 of mine in your hands. Now, if you will take up these $10,000 of Coupons, pavim; me the Cash therefor, and give me the $45,000 of Bonds, I will let all the remainder of our matters stand until you are perfectly at ease and ready to open correspondence on the subject yourself. In other words, I will leave the matter in vour hands until the Fort Smith enterprise is out of the woods, and its tangled affairs well smoothed out. I trust in consideration of our many years of friendship, as well as in view of the peculiar relations I lia've held in this matter, vou will make an effort to do this. Pray let me hear from you at vour earliest leisure, ami greatly oWige, Yours trulv, J. O. Blaine. ' See Blaine's Boston. Oct. 24, 1S71. My Dkau Bi.aisk. Yesterday 1 received vour favor of the 21st inst., to which I replied bv telegram : " Mr. C. has not been in this city for four weeks. He is now in St. Ixmis." i can i;ct no information when Mr. Caldwell is to return : when he Plttlf mi'lll aoine ,l...,u 1 .. ,11 l,1f vi, or lotl.ird lu.f,, linn In tint tiiiHllitllllli I Cllll Mill iW"uTiiUn!i'i.iV.ni. iiothimr in reirard to the matter further than what 1 have heretofore lection of thin told you, that Mr. Caldwell represented to ine that he hail paid for uiiioiini uiruiiKH vim r iicoiint urn fur u lii. li ln hnu i-mir iwi ntx. n but fj.il M Ol till1 Arkansas iirvuu i.,. ,.,, .... , , ... , , "... ., .... i n.......l Uourl .Mini i nu n vim iimueu, hihi lor which vou mvncn an i-uiiuivmi $.)0,0(Hi of the Little Kock and l ort Smith Land lirant lionds, which vou since sold at Ul cents on tbe do liar, reahzim! therefor s.iU.uoii leaving you now in advance of funds, even if Mr. Caldwell had paid vou uothim:. I have heretofore advised vou that I had 1een frequently impor tuned for tlw securities of the Northern Pacific. Uailroad, and as a last resort I had to surrender your obligation for the benefit of the parties m interest, who now say that after so long delay mey w in not take the securities, but require- you to refund the money. I remain, ' AVahkes Fishek, Jk !i?rt"l!tl'rwIi,"from ot mo,u'.v- 1111,1 aever hAve 7a Pai -me no dollar from tiu ImhkU timt 70ur own pocket, either principal or interest. I have paid sundry Tliomiu A Scoti iinioiintM to others to whom von were indebted, and these debts you S'lTiuieiiteni ,,ttve H,lowt(1 ,0 t,,",,, ""I""'! like the notes which I hold. 1 have UurHtiilionKiyiinil placed you iii positions whereby you have received very la.rrt micriy ui.e sums ot money without one dollar ot expense to yon, and! huiZ".':" oTi"hr y ;; uh? '"y ,n.r.,r he !. - lK-oilein New Kn- mrted w ith the Little Brn k and rort Smith Railroad, 00 one hi3 thin. i ami other been so fortunate as yourself In obtaining money out ot IE ltaS ,Vou ol'lfi'"''.! Hnlrii.tions from your friend,, in Maine for the ol tlie.e txiIKlK ""'"""S " i'"' mini- inn i nun run c-iiiiui iiitiironu. lilt Ol llieir nm a very hirm sulmcritions you obtained a large amount both ot Bonds iimoiint pnyitiK and mnnav fraa rf nnst tn vnn I l,ni-.. ..., .... .. ii....... i for lliem al lire-; " " , ....... jum un npu uuu eiwiv the Minie know tb ainonut. Owing to your political position you me 'that other were able to work off all your bonds at a vervhieh nriem. Vid A...1 .io 'not 'i'".1 ti'fi,t lH km, " V' H m?- w?ul your heiieve that the menus in Maine do saiisnea ii mey Knew the facts? title Kink Com- Are my associates satistied to have vou obtain $25,000 for Northern '""T. '.' ' v,'l'! 1 .! Pacific liailroad, and vou not make the investment an m-r nL-rinninr Know 1 eumroneu i i .'i ,. ... J hv highly honor- The course you have thought proper to take in regard to my reqtieit aliie men - ever is rather a poor one, taking vour relations with me, and I again ask l nl MwmTJ- J'" ,0 r.l'l'.,,,,Hi,1,,r l "'V1 8n" it. You will find it much easier to pay cent at the regular ov ooiuiiuiik ine v mm, mid i selected null course thinking it to be price fixed for the best. If you again decline, I shall be obliged to use the note erhad "I itnc'exl"'! or ,0 Ht11 tlu'm ,0 ,,1,Hil1'' l'nrchasers. Necessity knows no law. t h c ri'Hiihir iinivver i.oium sun uue to vou win tie delivered as the road pro ket price "- trresses. The other portions of vour li'tfor I imiL-o nn n.i.lv Vnn. u,mHt 4m'i'i'"T know tbo i&cts ' is sufficient that I know them, audit ls7ti, ' ' "is useless to mention them at this time. Please answer at once. I remain, respectfully yours, Wauuen Fisiieu, Ja. Boston, Sept. :0, 1S71. My pear Li.AiNK, It is the ureatest importance that the parties owning the interest in the $25,000. and invested bv them in the Northern Pacific Railroad, should receive what is due them ; and unless something is done about it, I shall be forced to turn the doc ument over to them, and let you settle directly with them. I am constantly reminded about it, and thev all' say, AVhv don't Blame deliver to you our interest? Mr. Caldwell tells me he has paid you his last note due you, and rave you the $.0, OOO Land lionds in addition. 1 should judge it was for vour interest to settle the matter at once, and have no further delay. 'You must be your own judge in the matter, but mv adviee is to' settle at once. 1 remain, Warbex Fisher, Jk. xr n , r , , Al oi STA, Oct. 1, 1S71 . Mi Dear Mr. Imsiier, I am doing all m mv power to expedite and hasten the delivery of that stock. The defay has been occas ioned by circumstances wholly beyond my control. But I shall reach a conclusion within a few days, and make a formal delivery then. It will be an immense relief to get it oft' my hands, I assure you ; far greater than it will for you to receive it. You must have strangely misunderstood Mr. Caldwell in regard to his paying those notes. He has paid me in all just $ii000, leaving $10,000 due, which I am carrying here at 8 and 8 per cent, interest, and which embarrasses me beyond all imagination. I do not really know- which way to turn for relief, I am so pressed and hampered". The Little Km k and Fort Smith matter has been a sore experience to me, and if you and Mr. Caldwell between vou can not pay me the $19,000 of borrowed money, I don't know what I shall do. Politi cally I am charged with being a wealthy man. Personally and pecuniarily I am laboring under the most fearful embarrassment, and the greatest of all these embarrassments is the $10,000 which 1 banded over under your orders, and not one dollar of which I have received. Of the $2-5,000 original debt Mr. Caldwell has paid $0000, and $(i,000only. Can you not give me some hojie of relief in this matter? It is cruel beyond measure to leave me so exiioned and so Buffering. You. know my profound regard for you and mv faith in vou. We have been friends too long and too intimately to allow a shade be tween us now. Yours truly, ' J. G. Blaine. "I will Inform gentlemen for iheir benetlt, es AuorsTA, Maine, October 4, 1871. Mv Dear Mr. Fisher. lonnnmt Imvu uir,m.,..lv i,.,,,,.!,,),.,..! Iiecially those who Mr. t, aid well s statement in regard to his paving me all but $2500 of JoVh thTV.? j25-000 bo,rro',l '"oney which I loaned the company through oXof theCireuit 'ou last January. Mr. Caldwell paid me in June$:t500, court at Little and in July $2o00 more, accepting at the same time a draft for $2500, thJtkit wlihi.,u,y r0,t."? dP' hiuh (lraft w,"'n uniMiid. I have therefore that It was tlil ! i. ii.it iti ( m (..u...,, , .... ., ' ' , , wiuneii, leaving f r.,uuu toesides li,ow n uu u x . , . , covered throuch interest) due me to-day, 'Lh?,."?twnk u .For thia 190,1 ara individually held, and, considering all the wm the' ut of May circumstances, I think you and Mr. Caldwell should regard it as an mil mini I..M. nf J . I Ol - . ' y " It is a Bin which are i sprinff."- honorary debt, and you should not allow me to sufTer for money uplann- which I raised under the peculiar circumstances attending this gularly hard and oppressive case, the features and facts of i familiar to you and Mr. Caldwell. And then, again, I have been used with positive crueltv in nurd "The b.urd ru- to the bonds. rre4Min wrt3 I have your positive written contract to deliver me newiptpen that i$123,000 land bonds and 32,500 first mortgage bonds. Ai td STA. Me.. Nov. lid, 1S71 My peaii Mr. Fisiier, I write Mr. Caldwell this day earnestly asking him to retransNise ine from the very pressing ami painful embarrassment entailed upon me by raising the money 1 I to vou mid him last winter. See note aiKive. Mr. Caldwell has paid me $0000; there remains $10,000 due, with considerable interest. There is due also to ine, under contract with vou. $70,000 Land Bonds and $:15.(KK) 1st Mortuaire. Retaining in niv possession the $50,000 Land Bonds as collateral to the note, tliere is'still due to me $20,000 Land Bonds and the 1st Mortgage Bonds $:2,000. 1 have already made one proposition for settlement, which I called Mr. Caldwell's attention. 1 must have the matt settled in some way, and at once. Pray communicate with me on the matter. Sincerely yours, J. 0. Bl.AlNE. P. S. It is verv important to me that I have some Bonds next week. If you don't accept the proposition 1 have made, suppose vou consider tins : JA't me retain the Land Bonds now in posses sion as satisfaction for loaned money, and you pay nie the $70,000 Land isonds ami f.!2,000 1st Mortgage due to me under me contract 1 do not it. But 1 must have .(loin nun ,VAAJ ini iiiuiiiiiv iniv iw Jin tiioivi niv iviiwoii. make this proimsition to be bound by it ; I merely suggest . 1 must have the matter settled in some w ay quickly. Boston. Nov. 4, 1S71 My Dear Blaine, Your letter of the ltd inst. received. 1 hope Mr. Caldwell will resiiond to vour request promptly and satisfacto rily. 1 can not say anything until 1 see Mr. Caldwell, who keeps out ot tlie wav ot creditors, but probably lie will call upon me soon You have had more Bonds than you state in your letter, If you have given any to parties at Washington or disposed of them to tuners, u is no concern ot mine, anu oi course must ue accoiuueu tor in any sett lenient hereafter. I remain yours, &c, &v., W. Fisher, Jr. Afiii'sTA. Me.. 8th November, 1871. My Dear Mr. Fisiier, I am pressed dailv for the bonds, which up to this time 1 have never been able to deliver. Let me assure vou that if I were sull'eriiii; in this matter alone, 1 woulti not bother you but wait in silence the issue of events. But how can I do this with parties who have paid their money earnestly demanding of nie the consideration promised bv me, but winch 1 am not able to give because 1 do not receive the bonds to which 1 am entitled by con tract? I am ready to receive any kind of reasonable projiositioii you may make. It is not a question of monev-niiikinc with me- It is simply a question of saving mv word with others. 1 will nacndce a gmit deal Id yet a nelllenient. 1 feel assured of your friendly dispo' sition toward me, and therefore I do not wish to seem importu nate and troublesome; but if you knew the agonies I have suffered in this matter (luring the past six mouths, you would pity me, I am sure, and make great eliort to relieve nie. 1'ray let me know what urn to cxjiect. Yours very sincerely, J. G. Blaine. Boston, Nov. 10, 1871. My Dear Bi.aixe, I am in receipt of your favor of the 8th inst., from which I am led to infer that the contracts I made through you to your Eastern friends have not been fultilled on my part; but such is not the fact, as I have delivered each and every one of them all the securities in accordance with the contracts and they have surrendered to me my obligations. You are well "I never hud any aware of the condition of the road, and that vou have reveivei traiH.-tion of any y,m. fu proportion of the bonds to which you Merc a imtt V . 1?!! vntitled uiidertlio Eastern contracts, when vou consider the lengtl lin? bonds of the of the road only completed. I think you can readily see that I can !:""" ,., " ",' . make no proposition Itirther than as the road progresses to delivt the bond of any 'ou '"'"ds in accordance. I know but little of your obligations to other railroad, or deliver bonds to others ; but taking: into account the IjtlOO,-Ti- wiv "onn '' 0M) ,Mm,H yo'i nohl to Tom Seott, and the amount of money mi'uiii'i'niiiroHdK you received on the Eastern contracts, our relative positions directly or indi- financially iii the Little Itock & Fort Smith Jtailroad hear a wide contrast. Mr. Caldwell is here, but I have not seen him; still I presume lie has paid proper attention to your letter addressed to him. I remain with kind regards, Waiirkn Fisiier, Jr. reetly. iinniedl alely or remotely.' Illaint'i rxplumt ti'in ii April 'J I 170 Washington, D. C, April l.'l, 1H72. My Dear Mr. Fisher, I have your favor of the 12th. I am not prepared to pay any money just now in anv direction, being so cramped and pressed that I am absolutely unable to do so. Please send ine a copy of the notes of mine held by you with indorsed payments thereon. 1 would have been glad, instead of a demand iion me for payment of notes, if you had proposed a general settlement of all matters be tween us that remained unadjusted. There is still due to nie on articles of agreement between us $70,000 in laud bonds and $:il,000 in first mortgage IkukIs, making $101,000 in all. For these bonds the money was paid you nearly three years ago, and every other partv agreeing to take bonds on same basis has long since received its fufl quota. I alone am left hopeless and helpless, so far as I can see. Then tliere is the $20,000 which I borrowed and paid over, under your order, to Mr. Pratt, for which I have received no pay. Mr. Cald well paid me a small fraction of the amount as I supposed, but he now says the money he paid me must he credited to another account on which he was my debtor, and that he denies all responsibility, past, present, and 'future, on the $25,000, for payment of which I must, he says, look solely to yon. 1 only know that I delivered the money to Mr. Pratt on your written order. I still owe the money in Maine, and am carrying the greater part of it at eight per cent. nearly $2000 Per annum steady draw on my resources, which are slender enough without this burden. Still further, I left with Mr. Mulliken, January, 1871, $0000 in land grant bonds, Union Pacific Railroad, to be exchanged for a like amount of Little Rock land lionds with Mr. Culdurll, he to change back when I desired. Mr. Caldwell declined to take them, and you took them without any negotiation with me or any authority from ine in regard to the matter. You placed the Little Rock land'lioiids in the enveloe,and I have the original envelo(e with Mr. Mulliken's indorsement thereon of the fact of the delivery to you. Now, I do not complain of your taking the ixinds, provided you hold yourself I wish my leu- I"11"' to replace them. The worst of the whole matter was that the timony to lie taken IkiikIs were only a part mine, and I have had to make good the aa exhaustive. and others to the original owner. 2hidTeve'ry form T,u're are otllt'r '"utters to which 1 would refer, but my letter is or phase of 'owner- already long. m'IVmV118 Cr,tiUt 'u ""t ,','n'c un,'l'r te circumstances, that it would lie quite iXn i'aoific Kail wise or kind iii. you to place any note or notes of mine that may road ('omnany, happen to be in your jMissessioii in the hands of third parties as both past and pres- collateral. ulltn'ecr!'(Ut In a,,y event I ask as a simple favor that you will not do so, and M'ibiiier tnrcitiga- bat you will semi me by return mail a copy of all obligations of mine ti"'L. . in your liossession, morha a"t"!jr ap" ,rH- Bhiine joins me in very kind regards to Mrs. Fisher, and in peared in certain the expression of the hojie that you may have a pleasant and profit- uewiipapeni mat j able tour in Jvuroiie. biiicerelv vours, J. u. liLAINE. waft thift nirnur nf ' was the owner of from tl.'jO.Ouu to tiXi.OOU of the Lit tle Rock and Fort bonda, which I morn.-. I am aurprised at ita contents. I have loaned you at receired. without various times, when you were comparatively poor, very large suma Boston, April 16, 1872. My Deab Blaine, Your favor of the 13th inst. reached me this Washington, I). C, April 18, 1872. My dear Mr. Fishkk,-I answered you very hastily last evening as you said you wished an immediate' reply ; and perhaps in my hurry 1 did not make myself fully understood. You have been for some time been laboring under a totally erron eous impression in regard to my results in the Fort Smith matter. The sales of bonds, which you spoke of mv lnaking.and which you seetu to have thought were for my own lienellt, were entirely otherwise. I did not have the money in my possession forty-eight hours, but pail it over directly to tlie parties' whom 1 tried ly every means in my power to protect from loss. I am very sure that you'have little idea of the lulKirs, the losses, the efforts, and the sacrifices I have uiad within the past year to save those innocent persons, who invested on my request, from personal loss. And 1 sav to vou to-night solemnly that I am immeasurably worsa oil' than if I had never touched the Fort Smith matter. The demand you make upon me now is one which I am entirely unable to comply with. 1 canuut do it. It i not in my power. You say that "necessity knows no law." That applies to me as well as well as to vou, and when 1 have reached the point 1 am now at I simply fall back on that law. You are as well aware as I am that the bonds are due me under the contract. Could I have these I could adjust many matters not now in my power, and so long as thia and other matters remain unadjusted between us, I do not recognize the equity or lawfulness of your calling on me for a partial settle ment. 1 am ready at any moment to make a full, fair, comprehen sive settlement with you on the most liberal terms. 1 will not be) exacting, or captious, or critical, but am ready ami eager to make a broad and generous adjustment with you, ami if w e can't agree our selves, we can select a mutual friend who can easily compromise all points of difference between us. You will, I trust, see that I am disposed to meet you in a spirit of friendly cordiality, and yet with a seirse of self-defense that impels me to bo frank ami expose to vou my pecuniary weakness. With very kind regards to Mrs. Fisher, 1 am", yours truly, J. G. Bl.AINK, Washington, I). C, April 22, 187.' My 1)sar Mr. Fisher, Your brief note received. I do not know" what you mean by my " not mentioning Northern Pacific and deny ing everything else." You have my obligation to deliver to you a specified interest ia Northern Pacific w Inch I was to purchase for you, and in w hich 1 never had a penny's interest, direct or indirect. Some months ag you wrote to me (twice) declaring that you would not receive the share, hut demanding the return of the money. This was impos sible, and I therefore could do nothing but wait.' Nothing I could write would make my obligation plainer than tlie memorandum you bold. Nothing you could write would change my; obligation under that memorandum. The matters between us are all perfectly plain and simple, audi am ready to settle them all comprehensively and liberally. I aw not willing to settle those that benefit you, and leave to the chances of the future those that benefit me. I am willing to forego and give up a great deal for the sake of a- friendly settlement, and I retain a copy of this letter as evidence of the spirit of the offer 1 make. I think if we can not settle ourselves, a friendly reference would be the best channel, mid 1 propose Mr. Ward Cheney, who stands nearer to you certainly than he does ts mo. If this name does not suit you, please sugges't one yourself, Very sincerely yours, J. 0. Blaine. Wasiiinoi-on, April 20, 1871,'.' My Dear Mk. Fisher, Yours of 24th received. There seems to be one g;reut error of fact under which you are laboring in regard to my ability to comply with your request about the $10,000 letter of credit. 1 would gladly get it for you if I were able ; but 1 have not the means. 1 have no power of getting a letter of credit from Jay Cooke except by paying the money for it, ami the money I have not got, and have no means of getting it. You auk me to do, therefore, what in ttimply iiiipixoo'Mc Nothing would give nie more pleasure than to serve you if I were able; but my losses in the Fort Smith affair have entirely crippled me and deranged all my finances. Y'ou would, 1 know, he utterly aimued if you could see the precise ex perience 1 have bad in that matter. Very bitter, I assure vou. Among other things, I still owe nearly all of the $25,000 w hich I tie livered to Mr. Pratt, and this is the most harassing ifnd enibarassing to me. If you will give me the $70,500 of bonds which I propose to throw oil' as payment of the notes which you say I owe you, I will gladly get your ten-thoffsand-dtillar letter of credit; but if I release thoM uonlls to you as I propose, you can do the same for yourself. I am at a loss to know w hat vou mean by your repeated phrase that " 1 haee denied everything.'' What hare J denied f 1 do not M much as understand what you mean, and would be glad to have you explain. You reject the name of Ward Cheney as a friendly referee. Please suggest a name yourself of some one known to both of us. I mean for you to suggest a name in case you do not accept my basis of set tleniunt proposed in my last letter preceding this. Yours, very truly, J. G. Blainc. When do you propose to sail for'Kurope? At'ot sTA, Maine, July 3, 1872. ' My Dbar Mk. Fisher, I was detained far lieyond my expect ions in New York and Pennsylvania, being there (piite a week. I was in Boston on Monday en route home, but I was so prostrated by the heat that I hail no strength or energy to call on you. It seems to me, as 1 review ami recall our several conierences, that we ought not to have any trouble in coming to an easy adjust- ft ....ii L':.,t t ........... i.. ..inn i I..... l.l.l IIICIH, an KJllunn; j uni, i uiu ictinv iu luiuii inc iiit.-iii"iuimuiii new by you in regard to the Northern Pacillc Railroad, as I always have been ; second, you are ready to consider the land bond in my jws session as surrendered in payment of the debt to which they-were-originally held as collateral ; third, 1 am ready to pay you the full amount of cash due you on memoranda held by you, provided you will pay me half the amount of lionds due me on memoranda held by me, the cash to be paid ami the bonds to be delivered at the same time As to further sale of the share in Northern Pacific Railroad that could be determined afterward. I am ready to do all in mj power to oblige you in the matter. If we can adjust the first and second points herein referred to, the third might he left, if you desire it, to the future. T Hitherto I have mude all the propositions of settlement. If this is not acceptable to you, please submit your views of a fair basis ia writing. Sincerely yours, J. U. Bi.ainic. (I'enonal.) Auoi'sta, Maine, August 9, 1872. My Dbar Mr. Fisher, On my return home yesterday I found your favor of Oth from btonington, asking for my notes, $0000 on account. It seems to me that a partial settlement of our matter would only lead to future trouble, or at all events to a mere postpone ment of our present difficulties. I deem it highly desirable that we should have a conclusive and comprehensive settlement, and I have been eager for that these many months. The account which you stated June 20, 1872, does not corresjiond precisely with the reckoning I have made of my indebtedness oa the note you hold. You credit me, April 26, 1800, with $12,500 dividend from SjKincer Company ; but they were two subsequent dividends, one of $3750, tlie other of $5800, of which no mention is made in your statement, though I received in June, 1870, your check $2800, which was a part of these dividends, I believe. I think my " cash memorandum " of June 25, I860, for $2500, witk which you charge me, represented at a time a part of the dividend ; but being debited with that, I am entitled to a credit of the dividend. In other words, as I reckon it, there are dividends amounting to $0550 due me, with interest since Jane, 1870, of which I have received fw i.tt f Mar only $2700 or $2800, entitling me thus to a credit of some $7500. f rtarnlui the cash memorandum January 9th, 1864, $000, which.