The New York herald., 1870-03-02
men themselves in ordsr to frish.en people


Possessed Of these real and pretended powers the
congptrators soon had ut their command an army OF
brokers as corrupt themselves though less power
ful and daring They opened an account ior the
connt hoping thus to strengthen the pretcnce that
officers OF the national government were interested
@ s oSe q ou sHe s
morning or the 18th OF september, until, on the
evening Wednesday as "a y ,Sy nea IL ,a arm Nat q
ham Heath 4 Co., had bought seven millions for
she CLIQUE. James Eliis' partner o. the same nrm,
put the price up 10 forty and one-half and hold 1t
there.
lions, or which ten millions were taken by Gould.
II. K. Enos testifes that he bought ten millions f.
X Willard swears that he bought ten millions
Cnaries f. Quincy OF Heath CO.. testiies that ne
ned over fourteen millions.
ON the evening OIL Wednesday, the 22d gold stood
NJ l40ts and the conspirators held from ffY sixty
millions cals Tor gold. Mr.. Gould thinks It was not
more tnan twenty-fve millions, nut his partner
Smith, testlnes that Ihey held from forty 10
rliy TO fity-hve millions. IN the purchase
OF whicn they had employed nom nifty TO sixty bro
kers. No better proof was needed that The natural
tendency OF gold was downward tnan the fact that
1t required these enormous purchases together with
Genus higher than II hao stood sixteen days before
During he zen days ia which these purchases were
made the conspirators Were disturbed by tne move
ments OF the secretary OF the Treasury.
About me l3th or l4tn q seple,aberi u became
known III New ork that witnln few days Secre-
tary Boutwell, would pass Though the ciey and that
ne had accepted An Invitation 10 dine At
ABOUT tnat the dinner gotten by parties
OF gold, who expecteu TO use the occasion 10 iIfu.
ence the secretary in favor OF increasing his sales OF
gold. ana breaking up tue supposed clique. Mr..
Gould became alarmed AZ the conluent manner IN
which Mr. Boutwel's intentions were spoken OF,
and, solicltoas as 10 What the effect might
30 on the Secretary ne called on corDln
and communicated his ears. Eis testimony
shows that he dis.iustea Corbia's pretended
lnnuence. For nearly q fortnight he had called on
him twice day, and while studying the situation
was narrowly watching his behavior lie knew
added $4,000 to Corbin profit on tue amount Gould
was carr,n for nim ana that TINS La Tact ,ngat ex-
purpose and being ab Q TO innueace them.
that cort,n snos9 address ietter 10 the Pressns
urging him not 10 interfere In the gold market by
ordering or permitting sales from the treasury.
During that M ht Coron wrote long letter on the
subject the contents OF which are exhibited in The
testimony OF botn Corbln aud 0ouio. whe CorDln
was writing II Mr could called upon Pisk 70 furnish
his most faithful servant to carry the letter.
W.. o. ohapin was designated as the messenger,
Corbn's house and received 1t, together with n0e
TO General Porter. lie was instructed TO proceed
with all possible nase ana Telegraph Fisk as
the letter was delivered. lie reached Pittsburg
little after midnight aud proceeded az once oy car
rage to Washington Pa, thirty miles distant, de-
hvered the letter the President, ana after waiting
some time asked II there was any answer TIE
hurried away 10 the nearest telegraph once and
sent to Mr.. Fisk this despatch.-"Letters delivered
all rignt,n anu then returned to New YORK.
Mr.. FISK appears TO have interpreted the "al
right OF the despatch as an answer 10 lie doctrine
Of the Corbin leIter and says ne proceeaed in his
enormous purchase upon mat Supposition. The
relation OF this letter 10 the whole transaction Is
sufficiently important 10 warrant puoiic statement
In regard 10 It. The messenger Chaptn, IN ais
dence before the committee, details with great mi
nuteness his part OF this transaction. He says he
delivered letter addressed to General Porter the
parior and tnat few minutes afterward as the ]
President entered the porcn OF tne nouse he de- |
lyered the letter addressed TO him. Chaoin's test
mony Up. 81 10 as follows
@ We're any saie either by the Presitent
raj Porter ssns the sas. oprmaoa as 20 what these let
Wsss = yoa .s osere od s @ YORK what the
D mean S your sss9 5 MI 70 say that the r.s
A. No; did anything about tho OF tn
read .aem that they been delivered aii rsai. ~
q You did not N your eesrams sude to tbs contsns of
the letters The subject matter OF them A. No. nothing
OF the kind.
The account given Of this testimony by General
Porter Is az iolloWs:-
While stayln at Washington. Pa, the President
AZ and were engaged ona morning psyas came OF ereeae
who wanted TO see me- and sent MIN wore 70 wal, till
PSasn asns seal IN s poreS uear J the ss wndom
gentleman N The room handed me latter, which opened
NEW York Il forge, The datsl
The bearer has letter which ho desires
PRESIDENT Please afford him an opportunity Of dsins
called the stepped the paror and
letter BY messenger; President
@x out ' 70 ns sasap + s ana a
w.d he a..
ens sna .a n s
.sa or gS u'o buggy and md drove away said TO The
why" sad u merely asked On account Of The pscuar.
Of ss letter a 81 % which b 1ros to nae n,
from New York;" said "he appears to bs he seemed
and in some subsequent conversations he the
POST Once who merely the m. ap
e:ep u no or ahe romassr himself or one o. nus
person
ss s. III .hs mssenssr ataa anything resaro
~ In ssp,sr % shics yon r.cei,sa,n IN ex,s,ence
nos II Was ordinary note which tore up the n.oment
O. DO whether the letter addressed to hs Prrsi
S'a T. ws ssaroysa gs s d. ny understanding thai
state wh.. he hnb, Of the rrssiden. in ths. respect
HIN or mott A. He destroys great many all that not
q. DO you ss Keep s his nos3 4. Yes, sir
mat letter s II sIsnss u M wosd yos have knpw-
This letter. which Corbin had led his co-consplra-
tors " trust their safeguard against interference
erycct was the very reverse Of what they ancloated
General Porter testi1es:-'The letter would have
been ike hundreds OF other letters received bJ the
President 1T had not been for the Iact it
sent by special messenger from New YORK 10
: Washington, Pa, the messenger having to take
Pittsourg. This letter, sent IN that way
urging certain policy ON the ADM nstration
taken in connection with some Tumors that had got
into the newspapers at that time TO AIR. CorDin
having become great Dull IN gold excited the Pre-
sidents suspicious, and ne believed that Mr.. UorDin
must have pecuniary interest in those specuiatons:
that he was not actlated simply by desire 70 see
CERTAIN policy carried out Tor the benent or the ad
nilnistration. Feeling IN that way. he suggested
Mrs Grant to say letter she was writing To Mrs
C0rbin that rumors had reached her that Mr. Corbin
was connected With specnAtions III New York, and
that he hoped thai II this was SO no would disengage
himself from them at once; that ne (the Presdent)
was very much distressed NJ such ruinors. He
wrote a letter that evening, which did not
see. That, l think. was the night after the
messenger arrived, and while we We're stiii
Ut Washington, Pan Both Mr.. Could and Mr. Corbin
nave testified In regard 10 this letter aud they state
its contents substantially US given by General Por
Wednesday the 22o. Late that night AIR. Could called
at Corbn's house. Corbin disclosed the contents OF
the letter and they sat down 10 consider its sgnin
canoe. Both have detained at length IN their EVIL
dence what transpired between them that night and
the following morning. (See GOuld's evidence,
pages lo5 to no. and Corbns evidence, pages 80 10
57.I Tnis letter created the utmosk alarm In the
minds OF both these conspirators. 1t showed Cor
bin that his dupcity was now strongly sus-
pected, not actually discovered. II showed
Gould that he had been deceived BY Corbn's
representations, and tnat blow from the Treasury
might Iall upon hun at hour. Inn pcture OF