Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-04
THE GOLD PANIC.
The Mystery of the Panic---The
Presidents Brother -in-Law.
Gen. Grant the Cat in the Meal Tub.
Fisk Claims TO have Letters from
Grant and Threatens TO Pub
erJ Z Iisil Them. -

NKw YORK, October l.-James Fisk, il
declares that Gen. Grant was in the Col
! Ring and was an active participant. =
! declares that he has three autograph Ie
| tcrs from the President In his possession
| proving the fact. These letters, he say
shall be printed. One Thousand dollar
was offered for them by an editor, tC
| night, but they were not forthcoming. !
/ half dozen prominent men declare the
| have seen the letters.
The San, OF tomorrow, will publish th
| following:
- IN yesterdays iSu,l We published
| conversation between Abel r. Corbln, th
! Presidents brother-in-law, and a San re
porter, which occurred in the rear parlo
! OF that gantleman's private residence, q
| 81 West IWenty-seVenth street. We calle'
at AIr, Corbinis residence at y H., but
owing 10 bis being then engaged, we wer
requested TO call again at pm. Accord
ingly we went at the time appointed b.
Mr.. COrbin, and he was still engaged, bu
sent Us word to return at pm, and
punctual to time, we called st that hou
and were received. The interview which
followed was reported in Yesterdays Slfll
but incompletely, for our interviewer sus
picioned from two concessions or remarks
made By MT. COrwin that ne and the Pres
ident OF the United States were implicated
in the dealings of the gold clique, which
created last weeks disastrous panic IL
Wall street, Notwithstanding the follow.
ing question and reply:
"Reporter--lt IS currently reported, and
think really finds credulous believers,
that Jas, Fisk, jr., has been frequently
seen to come here within the last few
DAYS. Ills coach, il is said, has stood in
front Of your house for hours, both by
day and night. Further, it is said hat be
has connected himself with the Admins
trltiOu through you, and had Government
seini-otlicial authorization for the move
he has led for running gold up TO high
rates.
MIR. Corbin-Nfr. Fisk may have %eaen
10 my house twice since l lived here, out
HCl ssnSs his panic began. The last time
ne was hero was last sumner, when he
called al my door TO aseeFtaiR from ne
wien my brotheE-in-law would pass
through here, on his way 20 the watering
places. he wanted Mr.. Grant and family
10 20 on his boat. 1 do not associate with
such men as Fisk. He is fast man OF
the city, while ! aIa g staid, careful
Methodist. have nothing 10 DO gltA aay
such men IS this Fisk.
That there might be no possible cou-
Meeting Mr.. Abel Corbin with parties
relatives Of General Grant, we remarked:
RepOrter-It may be that some other
ro.2tion o.. Gen. Grant has been aiding The
gold gamblers, end TO this
g Mr.. COrbiu replied: There are no
other relatives of Gen. Grant in New York,
ana the report is wholly false. Mr.. Grants
brutneT i in Chicago, merchant there;
and none OF the Presidents relatives, ex-
cepJ my wife, his sister, and plySelf, saye
been here during the last ten days. Mr..
Grant would not held an interview with
any such Ludu is Fisk, jr. Mono of our
have been used by the stock and
gold gamblers, nor has any one of them
been benefited by the operations. Neither
hIs this Fisk, jr., communicated with me
now or ever, and no Osher person has com
lHuBicated with me, either verbally or by
respecting stock or gold opera
tons,
e Early yesterday morning, and quite as
soon as the editor of the syn - a. at the
desk, the following was handed him from
The king Of RaHwaysj ...-
.s. ERIE RAILWAY Co., CoNPTRoLLERis
OFFICE, NEW YORK, Oct. J., 1859. !
Is To the Editor of the sun:
'''De0r Sir Mr.. \. r. Corbin has writ
ten a letter, IN which he states that the re-
marks imputed TO him by your reporter
IN ala interview which you published to-
tay, so far as regards ito writer, are ut
.eriy false. desire you 70 send one of
The managers ofthe Sun to me at once, as
The course OF your paper in the matter is
nexeusable. Yours truly, =.
"'JAS. FISK, Jr.i
"The pcremptory order Of the Admiral
was promptly COMPLIED with By our send
.ug 4 representative of the Sun 10 his
in tho dazzling rooms of the
grand Opera-hOuse, where the Admiral
md Prince Erie reigns, in his rule over
junction railroads and admiral OF the
sound feet. On arriFing 81 Esa9lTsrters
our Representative was both greatty sur
1rised and astOnished; surprised over the
iesion 50 sooR taken, and aStQuished over
hu contents Of the following letter, WRITE
en- on a broken half sheet OF commercial
note:
" Assure Mr.. Fisk that in the converse
ion with the S,,R reporter, yesterday,
what he says regarding my imputing be-
iItliug or derag 4tory expressions respee;-
ng hiiu ars liot true.
" Here follows al interval Of twenty or
more lines, whom appears This 20 be
published If you desire IT,
" There is, iEwill be observed, no mark
Df p. $, or n. b. z this postscri %, and no
9erson ad1rossedEn the letter. Here was
1 lat denial Of what Mr.. Corbin had said
.hs previous day, and cur representative.
Who was none other than the same inter-
7iswer who saW Mr.. C0rbiT, and is accu-
,atein reporting Conversations almostto
was justly dumbfoUndsd.
Sill that note Of denial to Mr.. Fisk's
friend only corrobOrated his suspicious Of
he previous day. that Abel r. Corbin Was
lonnecied with the gold clique Of Wall
street. This question occurred to him;
what can have made MIR. Fisk seSicas
over this affairs Mfr, Corbin only said he
was a fast man, while there are thousands
IF names worse than fast daily applied to
he Admiral,
=. Here then followed this dialogue,
ssNIr. Fisk-You see what Mr.. Corbin
avs about your reported Interview? Mr..
.,ana informs me, by telegraph, that you
IRE the gentleman who saw MIR. Corbin
yesterday.
Reporter-I have only to say that the
interview was correctly reported, and is
accurate.
:. Mr. Fsk-Then you tell me that Mr..
Corb.u spoke OF me in such disparagirg
terms as you reportY
" Reporter-The terms published are
he same as were mentioned,
" Mr.. Fisi5-Well, then it is a question
Jf veracity between you and Mr.. Corbin,
" Reporter-Ihere - no question Of
seraciiy. l carefully reported what Mr.
Jorbin said, and he viii not deny it 20
Dne. / VII have TO 20 aud see him about il.
{" Mr.. Fisk-Niu You return and see me
after YOU cal on Nh. (orbinS -
" Reporber--l will = ~
Mr. Fisk-By the way, did you know
hat l Was il Mr.. Corbin's house when
you were there Yesterday
- Reporter-NO, sirj 1 did not know il;
but / suspicioned il when l entered here
lust now, for l see that the coach outside
IS the same that was before the door when
called ON him at two pm.
d" sir. Eisk-I was there. When your
saId came in, Mr.. COrbiu mentioned that
he Sun reporter desired to see him. !
told him to beware, for these San people
were wide-awake men.
/" Here our reporter bowed himself out
Of the luxurious private Office of Mr..
Fisk. and started for MIR. Corbin's resi-
lence, on Twenty-seventh street.
Agr Corbin bad told him certain things
iay before yesterday, and ut almost sun
rise Yesterday denied them. There was
no remedy but to meet him and learn
what he meant. The fact that Mr.. Fisk
was in Mr.. Corbin's house the same day
hat that Gentleman had told him he had
not been there since last sumner, was
not agreeable; the truth regarding the
affair had TO come. out. There was no
room for hesitation. Determined to be in
he right, our reporter went and found
competent witness TO accompany him TO
MIR. Corbin's. They went and found the
Presidents brOther-in-law. at hone, He
came TO the grand parlor and exhibited
great agitation while greeting as. His
features We're flushed and other symp
toms indie tied his excitement over meet
ing one. who, but a few hours before, he