The New York herald., 1869-10-08
counsel with his master. the rar-slgnted Gould. A

FIsK's WEAKNESS
was discovered. The Ringtailed Financial Ourang-
Outang has weakness for affidavts. He particu-
larry wanted from our reporter, proving that he
was IN Corbln's house the 30th OF September. He
said no one would believe the statements OF the re-
porter who 'interviewedn ,Corbln for the opera
bouGe journal previously mentioned. AS "a very
particular favor" ana In consideration or further
important disclosures" the aidavit was given and
Fisk was again In the tolls Of the HERALD. The fol-
lowing Is copy OF the anidavit:- a
state or Neo York. city ana COUNTY OF Ne,o York,
ss.-George Crouch, being duly sworn, sass: do
hereby certify that the 3Oth day OF September last
while was seated In Mr. James Fisk, Jr.'s carriage
IN 'front.' OF Mr. Abel r. Corbns residence. waiting for
SAID FISK, who was within said residence, saw
representative OF the New York SUI, paper enter
Jr came out after the departure OF said representa-
tive OF the Sun and that accompanied Mr.. Fisk
Srd as and 'is Eighth aYenna
sworn to the 9th day OF october, 1850, before me,
MORTIMER SMITH, Notary Public. New York.
THE OTHER AFFIDAvITs.
With the above exception the afildavits which
have been published by Mr.. Fisk were made by per-
sons in the employ OF Messrs Fisk and Gould. They
may be correct as far as they 60 but what do they
proven Let US examine them in detail. Charles
Mcintosh. the superintendent OF the Erie ferries,
swears he met Abel R. Corbin at the Erie ofices on
Friday. the Gath OF September. and that Corbn
acknowledged himself deeply INTERESTED and ex-
pressed the hope that Messrs. Fisk Gould "would
come out all rght;n Fredrick w. Banfeld, Mr.
jay Gould's coachman. testes that Fisk was in Cor
bins house on Thursday, the 3Oth ult., ana that
within the last three months he has repeatedly
driven Messrs Fisk ana Gould to No. 81 West
Twenty-seventh street. G. w. Pollard, O gentleman
connected with the Erie establishment, and the
Trainer OF all the anidavis published so far. testlfes
that Corbin was In constant communication with
Messrs Fisk and Gould during the period Of the late
financial excitement. So far 80 good. Further, the
HERALD is fully aware of the fact that Messrs. Goud
Fisk and Corbin have had important business rela-
tons with each other and is possession OF infor-
nation which removes all doubt to the nature Of
those relations.
The last afiidavit-that Of william @. Chapin-who
is also In the employ Of Messrs. Fisk and Gould,
forms another link in the chain Of evidence brought
forward to prove Corbin's connection with the ring
and 1t reveals portion OF the machinery set In
motion to further the infamous scheme devised to
entange the President and control the action OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury.
THE PRIME MOVER.
Having sufficiently squeezed that luscious orange,
Fisk, the HERALD representative next turned his
attention to Jay Could the Napoleon OF finance
Then came the real tug Of war. We lay our spoils
before the public and leave them to decide which
party had the best Of the struggle. The following
is the Information extracted from the gold gobbling
gorilla OF Wall street concerning
THOSE IN THE POOL.
Besides two distinguished generals, now holding
high offices under the government, and whose
names we withhold for the present, q number of
prominent ofncials Of this city and corresponding
number Of Tammany chieftains are more or less
involved. Mr. Abel II. Corbin has to prove that he
did not receive check for 100000 and
another for $4,000 from jay Gould, in con-
siderati0n for his services In securing the
assurance OF government non.intervention and on
account Of his interest In the pool. The $1,000
check was Esturned y w4eaes II game as soon as
B6utwel's order to sell was acted upon, But the
425, 900 check was cashed and can be traced. Cor
bin has to prove that he not interested In the
"corner, to the extent Of three millions in gold and
two millions IN government bonds. The check for
$685. 900 has been traced to the Bank OF America the
Bank or America collected 1t from the Common.
wealth II Corbn was interested to the extent men-
ring amounts to something like $so0.o0o. II Mr..
Corbin cannot prove his innocence Of the above
charges then he has to confess to being concerned
in the infamous attempts to enangle his illustrious
brother-in.law In the meshes prepared by the un-
principled gold gamblers who worked the corner
and confess how utterly he failed in 30 doing.
Finding tnat the HERALD would not further their
plans by publishing their astounding disclosures"
and worthless a1ldavlts, Messrs. Fisk and Gould made
arrangements to secure the cooperation Of opera
bou6e journal. few Of the many documents
which mad been submitted for the considera-
ton Of the editor OF the HERALD and diplomatic.
ally declined were, consequently. offered to one OF
the small papers, ana 1t would seem that those two
financial actors got the best Of the editor and pre-
vailed upon him to prostitute his columns to Their
purposes.
MR.. CoRBIN's STATEMENT.
On the publication OF the letter over Fsk's sigma
ture, dated october 4, 1869, and the am
davits attached the HERALD representative
called upon Mr.. Corbin for the purpose OF
learning what he had to say on the subject, and to
give him an opportunity OF clearing himself Of the
grave charges brought against him. On entering
Mr.. Corbln's room the writer found him In bed.
He complained OF suffering from disease OF the
heart
REPoRTER-I come, Mr.. Corbin, to get your denial
Of the charges made against You in the letter pub
lished by Mr.. Fisk this morning. You have seen the
letter, have You notS
Mr.. CoRBN-oh, yes, have seen it, A kind friend
brought 1t to me just now. 1t is dreadful but can
say nothing about 1t.
HEP0RrER-n not equal 10 the task OF answering
the charges in detail. you VIII surely give a general
denial.
Mr.. CoRBIN-No. At present cannot say any
thing. l am sick. You must 60 to my friends Mr.
A. I. Stewart or Colonel Howe, Of Wall street; they
know me. They know l am innocent Of these
charges. They win give you more Information.
REpoRTER-But, Mr. Corbn. your friends cannot
speak for you in this matter. You are able to tell
me that your friends know you are innocent Let
me have from your own lips denial Of the charges.
Mr. Corbn then raised himself In the bed and
vowed by his God and all that he held sacred that
he was in no way connected with the operations of
Fisk and Gould that the charges that he was intc-
rested with Messrs. Fisk and Gould In the recent
gold speculation are wholly without foundation.
lie denied that he had any interest directly or indl-
rectly, In any speculation in gold or government
bonds, with under the direction OF said Fisk and
Gould, or either OF them and further, that he
had never received any cheek or money