Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-06
THATLErrEs FROM ..sIs.n

The New York World calls attention
to the fact that DUNG the earliest revela-
tons of the doings Of Fisk, Gould, Cor
bin and company, in the matter of the
gold corner, it was said that Corbin
wIote letter to President Grant, at the
instance CT Gou'd, which was sent by
special messenger to Pennsylvania, urging
the President not to set free any of the
coin in the government vaults, and that
Mrs. Grant replied H,rcto IN q letter
to Mrs. Cor5ia; and that paper states
that the substance of this reply was pub
lished. The New York Times with great
boldness denounced in substance, as
utterly false, the assel ion that Mrs.
Grant wrote to Mrs. Corbin on the sub
iect: but, in the extracts that jouEal pub
fishes of the testimony taken before the
Congressional committee, the writing of
such a letter by the wife of the President
is made clear enough. Gen. Porter ad-
mlts as much, and testifcs TO the fact
that Gen. Grant dictated to his wife its
terms. So, although the letter was in
form from woman to a woman, 1t was
in fact from man to man. The evil
dence of Gould and Corbin on this point
is entertaining. Gould's testimony runs
in this wise:
Q. If there was an answer, state what
you know about it? A. IOnly know
that Mr.. Corbin showed me letter that
Mrs. Grant wrote to Mrs. Corbin in reply.
@. Did you see the signature? Do
YOU know it was a letter written by Mrs.
Grant to Mrs. Corbin? A. saw the en-
velope postmarked at the place where they
were stopping; it was in lady'5 hand
writing.
O. Do you know that it was letter ad-
dressed by Mrs. Grant to Mrs. Corbin2 A.
No, sir; do not know thai it was.
G. How was it signed2 A. 1t vas
signed by Mrs. Grants given name.
Q. What was that y. / 10 not know
that.
o. Addressed to whoa? a. think
It commenced Dear sister" or "Dear
Jennie" and was addressed to Mrs. Cor
bin; 1 had never seen the handwriting be-
fore, and could not swear .was not 4
forgery.
BY Mr.. Jones-Q. What was in the
letter in the portions yoa read: \. The
substance of il was this: She says, Tell
your husband or tell ''lIr. Corbin,
'that my husband is very much annoyed
by your speculations. You must close
them as quick as you can " =. That was The
substance.
Q. Was that all You saw ? 4 That
was all, the substance Of it. There was
some mention about Cuba bat that was
all that interested me.
Corbin is very sick, and extremely tens-
cious about ''Sis," explaining the Western
origin and use of the term, and how Mrs.
Grant would conclude an cpist'e 'In
haste, Sis" Read what be says Of the
''Sisn letter:
@. At the time you sent that letter,
did or did not you know that Mr.. Gould
was engaged in specializing in gold? A.
L knew lnaJ Ne was Duy lLg SOIU. nat IS
as near as l recollect the scope and sub
stance of the letter. l kept no copy of
it. 1t was written hastily at night in my
own library.
@. Did you receive any answer to that
letter? A. No, sir. ,
@. Did you receive any message sub
from any person IN reference to
the letter. A. No, sir: and that was the.
cause of my modification; it received no
more notice than if it had not been writ
ten.
@. Did you show any letter to Mr..
Gould received from any member of the
Presidents family A. l did-yes; l
should say that that question is not rightly
phrased; did not "show" any letter, but
| read to him so and so.
@. What did you read to himl A.
We'll, do not know. Let me tax my
memory. 1t was letter written TO my
apparently in great distress.
By Mr.. Jones-Q. Written by whom2
A. 1t was written by isis"