The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-10-20

| Mf. C0fD1n-'No; but l did not wis
to cause Mr.. Fisk any additional da,
ger than those he was already lab
tor
Reporter-"Mr. Fisk tells me tn
morning that he was here to see yo
yesterday, and / recognize his coach .
the one / saw before. your door,
| Dir. Corbin-.Yes, he came late
the day. but did not seem to know .whs
he wanted to see me for. l. think h
was alarmed from reports or threats o
his life which he had heard. assur
you never had business transactio
with Fisk in my life. His Tenth Ma
tional Bank Inever saw. never spec
ulated in gold; except as told you t
have the coupons of my .Governmen
bonds sold when trey became due.o
Here Corbin reiterated his respec
for the Sun, and thanked our represen
tative for his fattering report publish
ed the morning. s.E n :,
But our representative was muddle,
bysCorbin's different statements regard
ing Fisk's calling on him. Day befor
yesterday he said, at P. NJ, that Fisl
bad never been there but stwice; an,
the last time was when Grant wen
East last summer. Fisk was at hi
house over all hour at 2 P. NJ, tina
same day. Here was mystery, ant
that it had depth of no ordinary mean
ing was apparent. To fathom it be
came a necessity. p %.
This is placing Mr.. Corbin, a plair
Methodist, in an awkward predcament
But the Sun does not stop here. Th,
charges made are too serious. and we hone
for the credit Of the country, they may
turn out to be unfounded. Here they are
in full:
As we had promised r. to call on Mr.
Fisk, Jr., after an interview with Mr.,
Corban, we did so, and had the pleasure
to hear Mr.. Fisk say, Since you left here
have become satisfied that what Won
represent Mr.. Corb,nlas saying is the truth.
We do not question his reason. for we
were pleased to have both Mr.. Fisk, Jr.,
and Cen. Grants brother-in law tell us that
our report of the interview with MIR. Cor.
bin was correct. EIDg IA
We then quickly went to work in our
Own peculiar way to unrayer the mystery
surrounding The whole gold panic. That
MIR. Corbin was in itin greater orless de-
gree was fully apparent, and just how be
anu Mr.. Fisk were concerned was very ne
ressary to be determined. It's sheer non
sense for any one to imagine that men ike
James Fisk, Jr., Jay Gould, Beldon, Mar
TN, Heath, and Others of great shrewdness
and foresight, men who had handled mil
ions, would launch all, and more than
thny really owned, into speculation that
was wholly blind, and which could be burst
% their utter luin by Government, inter.
erlng with their plains. They made no
reckless venture, as the sequel will show
they found in Mr.. A. Il. Corbip. the
orother-in-law of the President of the
United States, one. who. they thought
would answer as a cat 'spaw between the
onll clique of Wall street and President
Grant. The clique was secure d from all
ienger. OF ruin aud loss by assurances from
he Administration that their plans should
Tot be ipterlarea- With This was arranged
y Mr.. corbin. who made sundfy visits To
herent places :o-consnlt with the Presi-
lent
w en- these arrange ments were perfec
ed, me clique began heavy operations.
MI purchased gold at 1872, 1873, 1897 1874,
Az, 1875. l35 and 1876, until last
thursday, when they held one hundred
md ten millions gold, and Mr., Corbin pur-
chased very heavily, thus displaying his
'wn faith in the promises made him from
higher sources. He was visited from three
20 five times day by Mr. Fisk, Jr., who
vas the only person with whom Mr.. Cor
Din came in contract daring the gigantic
operations of last Thursday and Friday.
When the high rates had reached the
climax which the lenders anticipated, they
sold heavily at $50 to l55, and large
among the lorties, while they were keeping
up the plan OF deception by buying small
sums at So to l60. While Fisk, Jr., was
coolly unlocking his millions, and reapns
fortunes for the CLIQUE, Dir, Cor
bin unfortunately held FOR higher rates, and
was caught with millions on his hands
when the wild day Of last Friday ended
Fearing that Boutwell, might have de-
Lermined to follow up his sale of four mil
lions with ether, heavy sales, the clique
lmportuned MIR. Corbn to 90 to Washing
ton and preveBtit. Fisk, Jr.'s coach was
at the Presidents ,brotherin- laws, brown
stone mansion-at an early hour last Satur-
day morning. 1t vas there an hour again
at noon, and again from TO in the morn
ing. Mr.. Fisk, Jr., with Mr.. Gofbin,
fastened to Jersey City and took cars for
Washington with him. 1T is said he took
a certified and Endorsed check for $780,
000sin gofd.A MI. Abel r. Corhin and
AIR. James Fisk, Jr., have manipulated, a
scheme at once so gigantic that the whole
wed and woofof Our commercial and An
have beena nearly ruinel.
Business has been Frustrated, homes made
desolat,e and hundreds have gone down in
the terrible vortex which but for Secretary
Boutwell,, would have engulted the whole
Mr.. Fisk's last visit to the Corbin
mansion, lday before yesterday, was a
peculiar one. No wonder that Corbin
reports that hewas alarmed when he
came, fortlre Prince of Erie was there
to endeavbr Co compl hCorbin to stand
the losses on the millions of gold which
are still held by the Clique in accor-
dance With lis orders. It was an in :
terview of alarm and excitement On
both sides. Corbin is ruined with
others, if he stands mp to his agree
'nents. Then the gains of the eliqne
are reduced in Just that proportion.
Fisk, Jr.,a and Corbin have not met
since that day. ''','s- '-'i
The foregoing is the substance gath
cred from q CONVERSATION with james
Fisk Yesterday.
2 Can it be possible THAT this I gigantic