The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-23

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE oE TINE NEW yuax uEsul


SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE oE TINE NEW yonx HERALD.
IL was set Anoat by the Gold Gamblers Of
Wall Street. who were Aided by she Phila-
delphia Agent Of the New York Associated
Press-Despatches are Mutilated at the New
York Associated Press once, whore IL ID
Charged that Gambling and Speculation
In Carried ON.
In the city OF New York there Is a who has an
once in Wall street and whose business It Is TO supply
gold gamblers and SPECTATORS In ali parts Of the country
with teleapho dispatches and letters OF correspond
dence In addition TO this he writes letters 10 poor
newspapers published, North and South. and he has
been in the habit Of sending "washingon news made
up from specials sent 70 the New York evening papers,
from New York TO the Philadelphia Ledger. This Is one
branch Of our subject Now for another,
Among the sdead beats' in this city Is . notorious
correspondent who wrote letters during the war to
New FORK copperhead journal the de plume Of
"Drud," who has made II q practice TO send "notes'
and letters TO his friend the Wall street gold gambler This
arrangement between these tho Is Of long standing
Exactly when or whore "Drud" got his information"
your correspondent cannot say AT any rate he wrote Il
and sent II BY mail 70 the Wall street gold gambler
Hero "Druds" connection with the matter ended And
uss this place make the point that anybody ought
be punished 70 not Druid bat the party who
wilfuily and deliberately acted In New York.
The Wal street gold gambler then received ssDruldb"
whether he believed It TO be not-and there are
some strong points showing that no discredtted u en-
tirelyhe kept secret or about a. secret a. the pa
Of any gambler and still operate in Wall street.
In the interim between morning and night Il
was arranged how, when and whore IT should DO pub
bought gold low as 10 sell high at the very FIRST jump
the following day.
When the oanavd reached PhiiadephiA addressed %
Associated Press at that point With remarkable precp
fancy he sent all over the country except 70 Washing
ISOLATED Philadelphia prove the public that
never had any connection or communication With the
Wall street gambler or some Of the grand specaiators N
what the Philadelphia agent OF the Associated Press may
say this point when we can assert 1t as fart that
contradcted when that contradiction had gone or was
going the wires when gentlemen were telegraphng
sas ~ s sos the %
depha agent Of the Associated Press sent despatch,
which got before the public, that the Ledger had
report" We will not say that the Ledger did not receive
such information. II s not at al unlikely that II did
II certainly hard for the man who sent the orig
ina TO- directly or indirectly send another despatch for
the purpose Of affecting the market little longer The
gamblers wanted 70 let the conard down easily But
fact is plain, the Philadelphia agent Of the New York
Associated Press must have known whom he tried TO aid
the gamblers in their next mornings operations to keep
the thing looked plainly like . cammd-and II he
had been disnterested man, and not partisan, a. he
showed himself to be, he would have cast that doubt in
favor Of the President There Dxsetng Uvong1obo the
As:ciaied Pres at Philadelphia and NeU Fork Some
e gambling speculoting N scoy Not Gnfre-
qeatr reliable reports tDhcA rsacA ne Asociatod Pvess
office nutlatcd suppressed, Whie sessation
hardly euer fail 70 fad niche among Ne
Druid in his letter OF explanation, says that he has
friends here who can with wonderful Skill unrnvel
the ken Of doubtful questions and got at points and
facts This is all bosh Tho best friend which "Drud"
has at Washington IS his Imagination. When he loses
this his ability ID gone forever. sDruid" 10 Q fallen
star, and like all those who unfortunate In times
just gone by he receives great deal Of sympathy and
many ma ginary facsn from those Of the weaker sex
who still refuse TO b RECONSTRUCTED"
II the effect of the candrd only began aud ended IN
Wall street the public would not be deeply interested
they ara But when look abroad and take into
consideration the great mischief other cdn0sds have al
ready done there-whsn We notice how intentIy Euro-
pean governments are watching tho course Of political
events In this land, and that the insignia amt
French newspapers published In Mexico devote consd
cradle space and attention to matters transprng here
seewhy II IL that the people should hunt up and
drum out the culprits In this Ledger Affair and bring
them to trial and punishmsnt Of some sort.