The New York herald., 1870-03-02

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appears from the testimony that In these inter-
views secured by Corbin great care was taken 70
business interests OF the country. stiil Mr. Corbin
ys ,nn nst the President engaged In their convsrsa
Sons WIN reluctance, and the moment any aiiusion
was made 70 tue future policy OF the government he
voeama asa very retcen and on one occasion reprt-
manded servant for allowing Mr.. Gould such ready
aGceSs w. IA pursuance OF this system OF espionage
M, NJ r.sA, nearing that the President had gone 20
No"Po's 'oaowea hlm He says IN his evidence:-
to see him had before Sui no, feeling a. thor
ss.s;a 20 s al: .Sss e..
from hses ss Saass:d s r ;aus on ss n.a
poo, n,t: ,s., God -: lhsa thirty sSf cos
ward The during ne An Thai We fell very asr-
~f esas, a eS.,.s. ssss On y. the Ss sSi
policy that would bring des,ruction ON us All
This VISIT OF MT. Fax brought no comfort to him
had gone IN with two brokers. w. $. Woodward ana
Arthur Kimber, and bought large amount OF gold
but had not been able greatly to advance the price,
The vist OF Mr.. Fisk TO Newport and the interviews
with the President which Mr.. CorDin had secured
promising prospect OF rise In gold. and Gould was
st unable To induce Fisk to cooperate In his pur.
any y''1 means they could make q the people BE-
lleve that the Treasury would not sell gold fog
70 a. i ~srs us Ds
lore sought by stratagem to make an Impression
10 that snect on me public mind tnrougn tne pres;
Bigeow editor OF the New York Tinss had an IN
terview with the President during which tho dnan-
cia condition and prospects Of the country were dig
euased The statements In TWO editorial ARTICLES,
were understood to represent the Presidents views
II they were not directly inspired by hun.
through New YORK, ana immediately thereafter the
conspirators sought to use the columns OF the Times
or aee paoe9n o. an article which should appear
policy or the administration. but which should havs
the effect to raise the price OF gold and thus AID tner
nf a
Corbn, on the $50 day Of August, had completed an
article 1.-THE manuscript text OF which his own hand
II was declared 10 be the policy OF the admins
tration 10 advance the price OF gold, and In
was strongly advocated. This article was
headed Grants Financial Policy" 1t was
agreed that II should be published leading edi-
toria, Tor only in that form could tho purposes OF
Its authors be accomplished. This delicate business
u Ss p Mr. a @ sSa les. h
carry with 1t navor Of Wall street, ne secured the
N o. Mr. s James Eng
who called at the Times once and presented the ar
tclc as tho expression OF person In the intimate
confidence OF the President. and whose utterances
! were the faithful pictures OF the Presidents
| mind The article was put IN type. ana
| double loaded for leading editorial, bnt
reading 1t over suspicious were aroused. and
! the financial editor, MI. Norve, sent for. he
! testlded:--sNot knowing where the article came
! from, yet, from Whatever source u originated, l
slspec ted there might be, from the statements oil
the last paragraph, sinister purpose TO bull gold
80 the double leads we're taken out the tail OF the
article stricken or and the article as 1t appears pub
lishcd on the 25th; the intention, have no doubt,
was thaI 1t should appear Just as much seintofd-
cally as the other article OF the 9Th Of August, which
| Mr.. Bigelow hinsef wrote after his interview with
The amended article as published appear parallel
columns In Mr.. Norvell's testimony. A comparison
was the fraud attempted.
On the Soth OF August Mr.. Gould addressed letter
to the SECRETARY OF the Treasury, with ne manifest
purpose OF drawing out denial or admission thas
L n
tended financial policy OF the administrator for the
Part OF MIR. Boutwelps testamony the brief ana
formal reply Of the Secretary gave Gould no clue TO
sna % tns % Ssw We ~ ~.
President wrote letter to Secretary Boutwell,. who
ssc, was then =. his home IN aassacnnsss IN
Il would not be wise TO sell god In
price while the crops were moving IS it might thus
embarrass the West This letter received BY ths
gave HIM no ORDER but left the whole subject 70 bia
dscretlon yet he concluded not TO sell 30 large IN
preceding months and autographed the Assistant
secretary al Washington not TO sell any gold Ia add
sS .s me tSI s6s vknS
OF this letter and telegram tho comInittee have
es oesn aaAS ot 70 destns by on the g
70 rise rapidly ana on The stn touched 1879. All
tins time Gould ana his different associates con.
said, '.tne wnole country was against ihemn ana
| one alter another OF Gouids associates became
alarmed. w. $. Woodward testlnes thar he bought
far more than he Intended to- ana that he got Goud
s,d 80 .ske o,.a al but four ,, millions Oh hls
II Was evident that the movement was wholly art-
| hcia. The confidence IN United States bonds in
10 aareps day The for
forced operations the export of specie was unusu-
aly igls. Gold came pressing in from all quarters,
| and even commenced to return from Europe Jaw
| Gould himself testified page lSl:--
Idd no. want to much gold 10 buy or else
back down 'v,n and d. show the white fAiAsr waa
asw1 m s1 into M O. contest sna a. .nsss other t
| Hclgot short OF It and went up.
In Mr. Gouid's efforts to force up the price OF
gold he seems TO have left no means IN
tried to open tevery avenue OF Information
| ana TO buy or concillGte all possible in.
| fuence and aid. He placed General Butterheld
under obligations to him by private loan and by
the STOCK OF the Tenih National BANK; and he
swears though General Butterneld denies IL, that
| ne bought ana carried during August aud Scptem-
Der, on the General's order and ior his pront,
Sl,5oo ouo OF god. 10 secure the moe earnest aid
" Corbin and his pretended knowledge or the Vows
and purposes OF President he bought IN his lots
and carried Tor Corbln one and q naf millions
| memorandum OF the purchase dated September O.
Is part OF tue evidence. On the 9Th OF September
Coroin received rom Gould S25 600, the profits whch
had accrued In one week on the smaller Of The TWO
lots. These purchases were made by Gould without
margins or security. In addton TO the influences
| thus obtained by purchase, he pretended that
the President had become y convert TO bis
theory OF putting up the price Of gold
| TO aid the business OF the country, and lie
had heard the President tell Corbln that he (tno
| Presldenp had coaaserDanded Boutwe,s order to
| sell gold during the month OF September. Corbn
swears that he never heard the President make such
| statement and Mr. Boutwell, testdes that the Pre-
sident gave no order on the subject. Such was the
means employed 10 sc cure influence in hts efforts TO
depreei4te The currency OF the country. wlth
| oil the purchases which he mad made up to
the middle OF september no nad not been
| able to mold the price above lS6 and
| 1876. Deserted BY woodward and Kimber and un.
| supported by his Old associate his situation grew
desperate and he more invited FISK to JON him
Fisk replied thar the skies did not look bright that
| the tendency or gold was downward; tnat every.
| body WAS opposed to upward movement and
| tnat II they should buy much the Treasury would
sell II would appear that nothing out the scent OF
| corruption could sharpen the appetite OF risk
for the game which his leader was ppr-
SUNG. his own testimony on this point
! exhibits ms singular dcpravty and the
! opposition 70 his owa judgment He was told thar
CorbIn had enlisted the interest OF psrsons nigh in