The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-04-01
THE AGONY Of C0RBIN.

Much rs has beea written and said
about the gold conspiracy, the public
seem net 10 have yet got to the bottom
Of II. The developments are abun
dsAt and rich, and are daily getting
richer. The last dish we have is
very dainty affair.
The Investigating Committee, having
Corbin before them, proceeded 10 qaes-
ten him concerning the letter that
Mrs Ersnt sent tc Mrs, Ccrbia and
which was intended as reply to the
orc sent by Corein at Goulds' instance
te the President, The following is n
specimen extISct>
Q. At the time YOU sent that letter, did did
NOT you know tAse Mr.. Goald engaged in
srecalatisg in seld: A. l knew that he was
buying gold. That is as rceollcct the
eeopc aud substance of the letter. I kept copy
ofN. 1t was written hastily at night in my own
library.
Q. Did you receive any answer to that letter? !?
A. No, s-r.
O. Did you receive any message subsequently,
from any person in reference to the letter? 4. No,
sir and that was the cause of my modification +;
IL reeeired no notice fkaH il i; had not been
.rritfea.
Q. Did you show any letter to Mr. Goulf~rc-
eeired from any member of the Presidents family
A. 1 did-ycs; should say that tha; question is
not rightly phrased did 70; e show any letter,
but read to him and so.
Q. What did you read to him, A. Well, l do
not know. Let me tax my memory. 1t
letter written to my wifs-wrtten apparently in
great distress.
wss written by "Sis.''
Q. Who, A. l. was written in "a hurry-an sf-
fectionate letter, written in haste.
Q. Who wrote the letter! A. Sm answering
specifically as human rhrascology do it.
By Mr. Judd-o. Who do You mean by Sis ;:
A. am seeking to expiaiD.
Q. You state the A. I am explain
ing, and cannot do it in any better way than Ii
doiugit.
Q. Will you answer that question: A. I will
I will not evade it. nor am capable Of evasion.
Q. Whom do You mean by 4 Sis? A. 1 mean
just what say that the signature to the let
ter; 1 am agitated. and 1 wish the committee
would notice am little excited. very weak and
vsry nervous, I am perfectly broken down, and
there is but wreck left d letter came, as was
ssyins, signed "a Sis > bare doubt about it
that is the way in which mapy Western ladic.
write they sit down and write Eote and sign
I'm haste, SIS; l nerer received letter from
her, aud cannot swear t. the handwriting Of H. bu
have no doubt of its authorship; this letter came
to my wife, evidently written in grcn; haste.
O. The letter Of which spcakIg wa,
signed SIS but you have not stated :riiom you
understood the letter to be from. b. l can give
you my belief the subject l had never seer
the handwriting, so could rot by that mean,
identify it as belonging to any particular person
but have no.besitation in saying that bc!icy'
!. was from Mr.. Grant.
Can there be any doubt that thi:
letter, the questions concerning which
threw Corbin into such commissions
was really anything else than reply
to Gould's letter through Corbin te
Grant. The President communicated
with the conspirators through his wife
and sister, and the indirection of the
correspondence was the suggestion o.
guilt. The three men prominently
engaged in the plot, Fisk, Gould and
Corbin. were all before the Commit
tee. Two of these implicate the Pres
ident, and now comes Mr. Corbin tc
sweat through the most unenviab1.
hour of his existence. And from the sub
stance of his testimony. and the man
ner in which it was given, there il
strong corroboration of all that wa.
stated by Fisk and Gould.
We cannot afford to discard wha
has been proven because of wha
might have been proven had Mrs
Corbin and the Grants been sworn
and the failure to have these sworn i.
circumstance that is not readily re
conciled with the presumption of thei
innocence in the premises.