The Placer herald., 1870-02-12
alton had fallen upon the operators.

l SAID: i VIII start around 10 mat O'u lei
low, Corbiu, and see what be has TO say. l
went into his house and The old felow catne
down. was pretty mad by this time.
When be came into the door said: This
is damned pretty piece OF business you
have put on US now, ain't ita Is this some
sharp trick TO wipe US off the face of the
earth What have you done 2 He said !:
L have but just heard Of it, | told him l
thought he would have heard it from the
rumbIing Of the ground. '''
Just look at what has transpired. What
have you done for US, after all your pledges:
aler giving you check for $4,000, and
/ Ser drawing one for 100000, and after
! JAR positively assuring us and our mes
ssrger bearing your letters to General Grant
tha. the whole thing was fixed 2 He asked:
: What situation are you in z laid: 4 do
no, know, bat it looks as if we were ruined.
This would not have been so if you had
managed your part as well as you said you
would We could not tell whether we
were long or short OF gold, as no one knew
any thing about it, | told him that l had
come around to ask bm whe her ,he whole
thing had been damned trick from the be-
ginning to the end. There did not seem to
be any language strong enough for him to
use to sustain his position. lie said that be
had all bis arrangements made IN good faith.
As be bad promised that no gold should
come out, the old fellow seemed to quiet me
down. This was about s o'clock. and l
told him l would be up again tonight, aud
at 1880 that something had to be done. He
wished me to talk to Mr.. Gould, and if be
thought it best he would 90 to Washington
and have all the gold Withdrawn from the
market. He said that matters could be ar
ranged at least so as to save something, and
in that | agreed with him. l .s
The excitement still continued, and Fisk
made another effort to stay the downward
tide. In the evening be visited Corbin's
rendezvous again and had an interview with
Mrs. Corbin. He lays: ..
She came down and she was of precisely
the same opinion as Mr.. Corbin-,hat some
mistake had occurred-that Boutwell, bad
probably sold the gold without consulting
tho President. She said that Mrs. Grant
had written her a letter n which she bad
stated that she hoped that this gold trans,
action would be over as soon as possible, as
it made her husband nervous. said some.
thing bad to be done; that we had TO get
out Of the scrape and into the best possible
for him to do was to pack up and start
down to the White House along with Mrs.
Corbin and see whs. sIl this meant. If they
are to sell this gold, the sooner we know it
the better. They said they would pack up
and start on Saturday night. Invent around
next morning aud they told me they were
packing up, aud that they bad telegraphed
that they would breakfast with the Prssi-
dents family at the White House on Sun
day morning. Fl told me that be would
be back on Monday morning, and that
was the last ever saw of them
The committee put the following question
to Mr.. Fisk, over and over again: will
you state to this committee whether or not,
during the time from September q to Sep.
tember 26, any Government officials were
with you in that gold transaction
in the city Of New York 2" Blu. bis answer
was invariably. II b. g to state to you, that
have always acted in good faith in what
| considered the Government
officials were figuring with me in that gold
speculation. | have stated 10 you the pre-
cse position in which | have considered
General Grants family in this gold transac-
lion, on the information derived from Mr..
and Mrs. Corbiu, and that is all the an
swer you can get from me, for that is all
the information have got" y....,.
DO you know whether General Butterfsld
was interested in these gold speculstions 2
Mr. Fisk-I understood General Butter.
field had share, or was engaged in specu--
latious at that time. lie admitted it.
Questiou-Did you state that you car
ried some gold for General Butter field
Mr.. Fisk-Mr. Gould carried some.
Question became of that $500, 900
carried for Mrs. Grant, and the 100000
carried for General Porter, and one and
half millions for Corbu t
Mr.. Fisk-Ob, that has gone with all the
rest-where the woodbins twinelh.
Question-You stated. Mr.. Fisk, that
Corbln was paid $25, 900 for MIS- Grant.
Was that in check or money!
1t was in check, drawn by Mr.. Martin,
in favor OF Jay Gould, or order. Mr.. Gould
it and handed it to Mr.. Corbin,
who deposited it in his bank for collect on,
and it went 10 Mr.. Gould's bapk, and it WAS
drawn and deposited to the credit of Mr..
Corbln. This shows that there was some
thing unusual in the transaction. for it IS
not The way men do business 10 New York.
Questionable you know if any money
was paid to Mrs. Grant?
MIR. Fisk-Don't know only what that
old thief Corbin says. l don't know of
my owo knowledge. .l
WHEN all employment becomes irksome, and
The mind incapable of continued application to
any subject, through weariness and exhaustion
of the fody, then some healthful tonic, acting
gently but surely upon the liver and stomach
md gradually increasing the force of the circu-