, 1869-10-05
new YORK.
Affairs in Wall Street,
4 Kew Arrangement for Making
Gold Ciearances.
An Easy Money Market.
The Story OF Corbin's Connec.
lion with the Gold Spasm.

Special Dctpatch 10 The Chicago Tribune.
INV lusx, Oct 4.
Wall sTRkET.
Anatn On Wall atreet to-day hare been quiet
and undlsturbed. The Gold Exchange adopted
the report Of the conntiee recommending that
gold be cleared II Uniform price dxed By the
presiding oces, * per cent less thsu the closing
price Of the DAY. that the maximum price for
clearing shall be 13u until otherwIAe ordered, and
may be changed By two-lhtrfs vote Of the e1.
change In executive sessson, With not less
thin nve days notice: that balances dur
By deale1s hhall be paid into some bank or trust
company whose receipts shall be vaioed tor cleaE-
Ing. Rule continues suspended, and likewise
Rule II, "a injuncuors against It have been
fAaeo. BnHness At the Gold Room rsa re1y
light, and many brokers left before the close Of
business hours- Very little progress was aAde
to-day in gold settlements, on aceoun, Of
the reluctance of Smith, Gould i Ma.tin
10 adjust their A6atr8. They haTo made
new proposition to Kettle II 1sa, the difference
betvea1 thnt md tho nghbr I1sea to te paid with
In ten da.a, and broken 20 loss the difference be-
tween 1876 and the current rate OF gold. This Il
not essentially different from their proposal last
week. which waa rejected An nnsser to the pro-
poeA viii be made tomorrow. No new tn1unc-
tions were Issued to-daJ, and none Of those IN
force last Saturday we're WITHDRAWN.
MONEY.
Money was quite easy Today, and, after bank
hour, WAS offered 10 good borrowers At slx per
cent Notwithstanding the apparent ea.e Of
money, there are many parties who nnd It dllcals
10 borrow, owing to The general feeling of insecu-
E1ty. The rumur u that the ea3e in money Ia
caused BY party Of Boston SPECTATORS, wno have
been buying heavily IN nonIa IN this market with
q view 10 e1iens.Se ou1 mo. ec.ents Ia govern
mebts.
The loss TO the Lake Shore Railroad, by the
fullarr OF lockwood Co, l. not Jet Anowu- The
highest estimate Is sa,oauu,kI, aud the lovest
SotU0uO. The stock marxet was IN good condi.
ton, and especially At the close1 though business
Nas not heavy. Several small failures Ase re-
ported anong stock houses, and t#o were sold
out today under the rule
FRElGurs
were advanced to-day To 50 ceRts per 100 pounds
to chicago, AID other places pspport1onA1ely. It
| is generally believed among taiiruad men that
prices will soon be carried to the Old rate aud
competition ended. Large quantities Of goods
arc being sent Wess.
SUIT A0l1ssr FISK AND aoCLp.
james Brown / Co, have brought su!s against
million Of doara. being tue difference on tue
| gold sold ty them 10 F8k and Gould Al 1G0-
| TIE ccs1ox HoCsF
| The leaders Of thsee branches Of the Republican
party IN the caty are sad 10 have counplred fol
ioe removal o! Collector Gr.nnels
| THE Conslk NATTER
| The Sim, this morning, Publishes 4 letter from
James Fax. Jf., In which he says Mr. IoEbtn con.
| stantiJ associates with him. he spent al houl
with him in the Erie Railroad once on the after.
noon Of SatuEtlay. September e. the day after The
psnsc. CoEbtn haR been partly In Interest with tho
| gold Clique IN the recent speculation, and has
constantly communicated with Fisk respecting 1t.
| Corbin organized and ctEz,ed It o. weeks before
| FTsk knew Of lis existence. Corbus rep5escn.
| talon Of the influence he couli hfng to bear
IN 'aror Of 1t had enlisted other gentlemen ol
means and capacity In Inc scheme, Rnd bis repre-
sensations were fully carried ont up to Sept. q,
| Chas- Mcintosh makes atldarit that he met Abe,
X Co1bin at the Erie railroad ot1ce on Sept. 81,
:he day Of the panic and Mr. Corb!n dlspla5 Ell the
most intense excitement over the state OF The
geld market aud the operations Of James Fax, Jr
and Jay Gould. Cotbin told hin he hoped It would
! come cut all right, ~ he WIS deeply interested.
He also, Immediately aftefwasd held an Interview
| With G. ". Pollard, Ft1k and Gouldb agent,
Frederick VI. Barneld makes atnd1Ett iha. Jau ues
FISK, Jr-, was in Cotblo's house when tho Sim re-
porter called, on September 81: also, that h.mselI
| bad been there repeatedly with Fax md Could
within three months Chas- ". Pollard NAKED
aH1dash that he frequently bore messages between
James Fisk, Jr, aud Abel R. Corb,n cothlu called
on Fisk At the Erie Building on September g.
10 see how he Fza getting along. called next
day, also greatly excited, and aa!d be feared We
| Ehould lose great deal Of money next day.
Pollard called on Corbtn at his house, and Corbu
sald: low does Fisk bear his losses - and
| added: st1s l. terrible for a." Cosbtn then
asked Pollard TO bring Fsk to hts house, which he
did, and Fisk and corbln went ia
f1sks Office, and Fisk, CoEbln and Gould
| remained closcted three houTs- On tae MoudaY
following, b3 request Of Ftsk, Pollard called at
corbtns house. Corbln told him he md his vile
had tust returned from Washington, travelling
| t*o nl8his Immediately on hIs re-
turn be had sent I message to Gould
at his residence, ssid be WAS too I'll
| to 70 down to the Sonlce, aud urged Pollard
to bEtrg Gould and Fisk to his house. Next dsy.
September q. went aga1a 10 Cothlnh house aud
be V:osbtn> said bis wife very til, aua request
cd him TO make an appointment for FISK. The
latter was SO much engaged that be could not 20
out 1ntu Thursday, September 81.
! POLITICAL.
The German Republican Central Committee TO-
night Denounced the Republican Convention At
Syracuse for interference aud making tools Of the
German Republican,, and resolved not to Coop
crate With The party In the coming election.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
FKENoNI5 SUIT AGAtNsT TIE KANSAS Pacific
kAtLK0AD.
NEW foEk, Oct. General Fremont's suit
Against The kansna Pacific Railroad has been re-
nosed 10 The United States Court
no MA11A
no malls from the West have arrived to-day.
FRk1GErT kArEA
Increased rates Of freight to the West went
Into eIert to-day. st Louis. 'ec; Chicago, SIC !;
C1hs1nhatt 45c4rer cwL, and others IN proportion.