The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-05
Gone Where thu woodbine Twireth.

The testimony of the celebrated James Fisk,
Jr. relating 10 the gold speculation in New
York last Fall, has been published. This evil
dence irrefutably demonstrates the complicity
OF leading Government officials in the specu-
lation which brought ruin to thousands. We
have room for only few short extracts
Fisk testifes that connection was estab-
lished with Corbin, the Presidents brother
in-law and that through him correspondence
was opened with General Grant Chaplin,
Gould's confidential clerk, was sent with
letter to the President then in Pennsylvania.
He says:
Chaplin came cut and drove TO the New Jer-
sey Central depot where he took the train for
Pittsburg. Then il was O'Clock. He trav-
elled night and day, and never stopped till he
delivered the letter to General Grant at Wash
ington, Pa. Wien he arrived, it was early in
the morning. about o'clock. lie rung them
up. and sent his lard "Wm. q. Chaplin, from
Mr.. COrbin." He went into tho parldr, and
soon the General crme down. General Grant
opened the letter and read ii part through,
and then went ont evidently as II he was going
to show it 20 Mrs. Grant, or some one else
lie WAS gnuo fifteen minutes, and when he
tame back he said to Mr.. ChuI In "All right, ="
md badc him good morning. Mr.. Chnpu
hurried To the first Telegraph station. and
Rbout VI O'Clock We received his dispatch.
"DcltCred. All right" was all the dispatch
said.
On Thursday night ! tFrs around to sce
Corlm aud Curliu said everything was work
ing uil right. and that the lrttcT which had
gone forward Ind Cliurhcd 'hc niuttcf lie
said that the Interest both If thu nntidr, and
the interest in tho matter all ground, was 10
great TINT there cOrld 30 no slili.up whatever;
that we were safe In getting everything Ia our-
selves, and that we would also get Everything
belonging to everybody else. That was the
substance of what he conveyed % me on Thurs-
day afternoon. We had not been to Wall
street before we wont into Boldcn's Office 20
give an order for gold. Gold vas 1867, when
VIC struck the street, and whGn We left the
street on that night it had closed at Ill. There
was a good deal of excitement. There was n
bull who was heard to say he knew the Gov
ernment was interested. There were rtimOrs
of that kind which Hot ont. There was n
sharp, quick coricr ir gold.
In the midst Of this excitement fioto OF
warning was heard:
During that time there appeared In the
Now York Times an article charging the Ad.
mnistration with being in direct League with
those who were putting up gold, and saying
that IL was shanicful etc. We read that arti.
clio going down town, and knew At once that
1t would bo tclcgraThcd to Grantn and Boutwell,.
~ NNo hil' VI NlNNt CURIOUS articles WllCiI,
when you read IL; make You feel weak in the
knees. Ii was dh article which. when you
read IL, yOu would dwell on. We made tho
tcmark that If II iiindc us feel little weak in
the knees at th1t time, vixen We read il. what
would he it's effect when il reached Washing.
ton, upon the Hon. George II. Boutwell, and
tho honorable Executive of the United States
who probably had never specialized bofor,
this time. Ii We felt weak, how muchN cakei
would they feel.
As we nftcrward learned, Mr.. Boutwell,
abont half past ton, went over to the Exccu.
tive mansion, aud rot exceeding ten or iifteeI
minutes after he caiiio bdck there was n thun
uer-oiap struck us, in the shape Of nformn
ton that the Sub.Jrcastirer bad received NJ
order to soil $4,000, 900 OF live gold, while out
sales had been short"
FISK relates the particulars 81 his intention
Gold had goho down from ons hundred aut
sixty TO ono hundred and frty.throc, an,
8eher"l CONSERVATION had fallen upon the op
orators. ... .........
By that time / had got pretty mad ant
Wnch To nHu hnt down some timo in n coo
place, said Il will start nroun3 Ia ,l,ct nj,
fellow, Corbin, and SEQ what ho has To- soy,
went into his house and the old fellow cam
down. was pretty mad by this time. Who,
he came into tho door | said "This is
damned pretty piece Of business you have MI
on VIZ now, ain itH is this some sharp tricI
70 wipo MS OF the face OF the oarih7 Wha
have you donor 1Io said: y have but ms
heard Of IT, told him thought no woui
have heard II from tho rumbling Of III
ground
just look at what has trnnspircd. WIN
have you done for us, after all Your pledges
Mtor giving you check for S25,O0O and nfto
drawing one for 100000, aud after Won
posnveiy assuring us and ourmessenger besr
ing your letters 20 General Grant that th
Wholo thing was fxed2' Ilo asked. ,Mhn