, 1869-10-09
WASHINGTON.
The Gold Bugs
Trails of them at the Capital.
Who is Abel B. Corbin =?
The Cid Capital Budges and Falls
Westward.

The Cid Capital Budges and Falls
Westward.
Amos Kendall Dying.
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WAsntFoToK, Oct. 4
The great gold conspiracy In New }ost. iafs a~ !
ost Ill areAs ytlla!ny, Beam1 10 tATs 8et the nose
OF SUSPICION po.nnpg torard WAsh.agtoo. 1nRoo. |
Ious eCor.s hare been uAde to connect govern |
ruent osslcsaA with tha league Of Gould, Fisk, |
Martin CO., but III this cass without avail. Ecs,
II seldom htppena that thete II any movement on
the stock Of Cold Hoard In New York that haa not
wire stretched to this city. Tho advisers Of the
rn1a lpeeu.s1ur mako / ais.4nct profession herr,
pltpp,lJ cancca1cd uauef various alleged puftults
s,,ch ~ gathering nowr, acting ~ committee
clerks, expecting once. eic,
/ hase lren II WORK .nataasztouss5 for year
souudlog the shsow depths of this sftscolnFet1
aQupd, mud when Am au really viii draw you
Typographical nlap and marx tho tlsethousua'
1t to notoftous th&t tho csvN clerks ID many
Rruat pbccs ul tho government sru mem oosFc-
ypoadcn,s Of tho most tuIash,c7oes troscfA. !
kppN snntitsn&n n tho legislative government
whom t41scsa 10 no m huntat man. lilo IA
church ,aembera Ilo II . wt1o.a* *akn man. No
mold hxttser ct6tae<l his Eaema obtaarl from tho
a.1yuptsteb OF his ro>ttinE. Ycs hn II aaare, hg
all .cllAslo hearsay, that iI hla uHpuY nIrnt II
,uan VITO II growing nch BY eaTet'ttnrplnx In
eonml,tH and aprentatlnR upon Its sntont1oass
THIS u sIt gle case: ani theso xacAking se.Iows
1naks s,us1 loaaus 10 protect earh nlhnz holding
In feAerre qu!yraaui mAlIco, rrrenge, kad uallR.
pt.Y wnsrrunh to axaai. thc!t expossrA Iu 1851 It
was found Necessary tu sppolat committee To
a4cer,uh what petsons Ia tho government civil
services were dialoyal In 1893 let LIZ haye ono 70
detect and c1pel taose who arc dishonest
wno Il AhEl, II. coWhtNs
~ there has been a good deal sal'l lately nbout
the alleged completely OF Mr. A. Il Cofhln, .
hrpthe..ta.lAw of General GfAut With tho Fl4k-
Goul0- smith Co goid ing, Of New YORK. have
tskeu tho paina To ASCERTAIN Who And what Ar.
Cofhtn ID. Ho hna been member Of Mg. Jesae
Grants family only shout Jcaf, anu Hsed IN
Warrington for twenty 1tass-
In 1854, Nj. corb.n tsft the Ch4n1plain region OF
New YORK Stale, and reported hlnaelf 1t St. Louis.
4 squag man Of Is; almost Immediately
he joinea the Methodist Church IN St Louis, and
opened pchool for boys In the basement Of the
church edi1ce. Among hls pupils Were tho chit
tlsea Of rich widow, VINO had been twice mar.
red, nsst to Nr. Long, and next to a Methodist
clerR3 eunu named AcAtIsief. Hhe hAd = son alive
nearly or quite the ago Of young Corh,n, noiwlth-
standing which he pail suit to her, and, despite
the opposition Of her children, she accepted hts
hA1 III marriage.
Quitting the school, Nj. Corbin now turned bis
attention to politics ana moEey.mak,ng, ant, at
tractipg the attention Of Colonel Thomas II. Ben
ton. be- was employed upon Colouel Benton's St.
Louis ozKan.--the Argsss, II mistake not Here, It
u presamed, Corhln became nrss acquainted with
Mr. Dtn1 attcrward 5atheF-ln-1aw Of General
Grant. At nny rate, BY Democratic and Dcnto-
ptan influence he Tss brought to Washington and
made CLERK OF the Senate Committee on Claims
In this capacity he made money, md became use
fol TO great variety Of people, writing speeches.
reports md newspaper not!cea OF members of
! Congress and senators. Colonel Benton took =
DISLIKE to him, however, and story ID told to illus-
traie Beuton.a sarcasm, that once, on tna day be.
fosc New fsar's, Co1bln ventured 10 ap7roach hls
| l.ate patron, ard to lay:
"colonel Benton, Will you keep open house TO-
| morrow :"
ITO my friends" replied Benton, with tesrldc
j bitterness Of lupcc1ior,-"t 10 my Iriends, sr.''
| Prior to this Tine. by nenton's influence, Cosbtn
| ans made Sta1e Director Of the estate Bank Of
| Missouri" to represent tho tnyestnens Of the
| State Of Missouri Ths New YORK correspondent
Of this bank vas the Bank OF Ameslca, ~ with
! whose oflccr8 Carbu WIS soop tpRratlased. and
he gxTe them private and needful hints for 1nvtst-
| ment He wss prompt 10 exprcsa faith In the
State bonJs OF Illinois. and eyefy time he Inverted
In them the bank of1ccrB were todicious.y advised
TO follow nts example. Cofoln, II II said, used 70
nuy ll!'nola poods auo deposH taeto VIII me bAnk
Of Amsrtea, On which depod't he would get
"call loan Of money, with which be would buy
more bonds and Increase bis loan npon this secu-
sity. In this HhJ the accumulated interest Of hts
bonds paid tho euttte amount Of his call lo1us,-
never called And he made clear the enk!re face Of
his honds.
BJ the tine he LEFT Washington, which WAS
early II The war time, Corntn had made enough
| u,oneI To own the house which General Grant
purchased altcrEatd, and an entire square be.
s1dee. THIS house he bought for 1000. while II
va. bought for General Sherman, In 1869, for
ssacOp.
f.n.tlu went to New York about tbs beginning
ot the cresl speculative period, and engaged in
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