Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-09-29
Miscellaneous.
Col. James Fisk's Last Fight.
Letter from Col James Fisk. Jr.-Uow
t'r-"ic, got Hon. samuel sinclair into
Trouble.

CONTROLLER OFFICE. ERIE
RAILWAY Co..
10 lHE EDITOR OF THE suN:
>R-Mr Greeley having cnlighten-
ed the public as to what he knows
about railroading. and the Erie rail
way in particular, permit me to tell
what | know about Greeley in the mat
tor OF the recent ruptr,e between Us.
Acting III the interest of rival parties
and corporations, Mr.. Greeley ha, for
some time past employed himself in
the congenial task of slandering and
abusing me and my associates in the
Erie management Not having time
T. posccu.c and punish him in the
courts oi law. an! lie being too old to
hor>eWhIp. richly a he deserves it.
adopted the simple hut effective plan
Of declaring the Tribune contrahand
Of war. and prohibiting its sale on the
line of transportation under my control.
Ny orders being carried out, the
enemy suffered. as the Boston Post
happily expresses il. "a complete rout
horse. foot. and agricultural imple-
ments." More than half the Tribune
issueT were returned as unsaleable
while this order was in force. and find
ing his curses coming home 10 roost
Greeley caved and made overtures of
peace. n will he seen by the following
correspondence -
NEW YORK TRInU>I july -. $50.
THr ERIE EAILwAl CoMFhNI
We understand tha, sou have forbidden the
.Al" OF The Tribune on your road and Your
i"rrie- Nil you please inform me whether
such y The iac'
Very respectfully,
>ANL >IsCLAIR, Publisher
Mr.. Gould. finding that the Tribune.
Of Aug. /. contained an exceedingly
Incorporate and unusually yenomous
attack on Erie, returned the following
dlgnitied reply
PKslprSI's OFFICE, ERIE BJILprSG.
AuG. /. ls70.
sAA'L SINCLAIR. ESQ. PUBLISHER, y. 4. TRIBUNE
biAk >Ik--on my return this morning from
an absence Of some DAYS vour Ietter Of p,h nj,
waH handed me fer reply, together with the en-
closed editorial, which i one of a series recently
pubiis e'i IA your Journal ! Will reply TO your
% furnishing facilities Tor the dissemination Of
false and malicious attacks calculated TO ipjure
the credit and business OF the Erie Companyy 1
have Alwa5s treated the members Of the editorial
stan and the Corres ponlent Of the Tribune with
caurte-y. and furnished them any items that
might be OF interest 10 the public. and in return
lbelous attacks on the Erie Company and myself
persona ally statements wholly ials. as must have
been known to the writers. Eo yon think such
attacks right?
Yours respectfully, JAY GOULD.
This letter was handed to Mr.. SIN
clair by ii special messenger. and dur
ing the conversation which followed
its perusal. Mr.. Sinclair admitted that
the Erie road and management had
been unwarrantably abLsed from time
10 time in the Tribune. and stated that
for his part he very much regretted
the course which had been taken but,
unfortunately, Mr.. Greeley had his
own opinions on the subject. and no
one could prevent his publishing them.
Mr. Sinclair acknowledged that the
circulation Of his paper was very seri-
ously impeded by my order forbidding
its sale anywhere within our lines, and
was so anxious to have the order
rescinded that he at once wrote adyis-
ing Mr.. Greeley to lose no time in
seeing Mr.. Gould. and urging him to
make the dmende honorable, in order
to restore the circulation of the paper.
On receipt of Mr.. Sinclair's note,
Greeley Immediately penned the fol-
lowing =
lis WEST FORTY THIRD STREET, AUG l, 1870.
sIR--I am here unwell. A note from Mr. Sin.
clair suggests that shall meet you. should you
choose Ia call on me here AT to . this even ing
shall be happy 10 meet yoa; or might come TO
another point, not too remote at ten tomorrow
Yours. HORACE GREELEY.
JAY GOULD, ESQ.
Mr.. Gould had left the office on the
afternoon of the 1st before this note
arrived, and, having more important
business to attend to on the morning
of the I'd, he dispatched messenger
to request Mr.. Greeley to appoint
some other time for the interview.
Mr.. Greeley received the messenger
in the most cordial manner. and said
he was extremely desirous to meet Mr..
Gould as early as possible, and hoped
the interview would result in a pacific
settlement of all matters in dispute.
So anxious was Mr.. Greeley to obtain
suspension Of hOstilities that he ad-
dressed a second note to Mr.. Gould,
in which, as will be seen by the annex
ed copy, he anticipates the happiness
of waiting upon one Of the very men
who have been SO shamefully slandered
by the cowardly Somebody" who SO
'wilfally, maliciously and persistently
lies in the prostituted columns of the
Tribune =