The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-24

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MRS. GRANT had FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
dollars Gen. Porter had fve hundred thousand, and
he had million and n half himself; II was at this
point got into the matter; Mr. Corbn told me this |
,f,erward y ran along to about Sept; iS gold
MIR. Gould had got ms own carpetbag full OF it; |
could see from The way he was |
TEARING UP LITTLE rrEcEs OF PAPER
and throwing them around the. floor every man !
In him very up TO the handle, and that about
all Of his consolation was when lie became thin and
W, ak, TO go of and counsel with this high minded
he would stop every morning and take "a dose
Of Corbin; about the 18th Of September, in the
morning. | came into the ofico: Gould sad to me,
" There is use talking, this god is purchased too
high;" he told me what great difficulty this pur.
So Tsre so loaded " up with IL I should invite % my able
bodied friends In to help me bear the yoke; had
not said much about gold for four or nve weeks, for
the reason that we almost always sp,culated to. |
gethcr, and he did not seem TO say anything to me
about 1t; went 80 far as to get It into my mind |
that he mad good thing and would not let me in;
determined l would not say anything aboutit; he
had gone In deep, and seemed to maintain studied
silence about IL he did not wish to say anything
by which gold was to co up we had to
pu, our shoulders TO the wheel and with the drop.
what would no Government gold would come out,
though gold had settled at 1871 and marchl to i25
In New York, we could raise 1t and hold 1t start.
In that morning through Heath 4 Co., and bought
; gold aner commences 70 ony gold, said TO ar
ing with MIR. Corbni Has he carried out any OF
these theories with Grant as far back a. July I" he
and that Corbin had told him that no sold
was TO come from the Government; there was so
much gold here, and we can put 1t up to las,
I'VE ore regulating along 20 as TO keep 1t
up to the fall and 10 secure transportation for our
road by the movement of the crops he said the
idea tn sending up this thing TO 60 throu n with
IL; on that position ! started in myself without
any understanding with him that was to share In
his losses or his profits, or he In mine; made ny
my mind that 1t needed all the power Of the bulls.
and you could get all you wanted to carry, asa 1t
behooved me to load up to what could carry; /
started and found got what could carry, every
bit of it; gold when started in was iSGS It had
been down to l3l, but got up there again before |
got in; Gould had gold enough TO half sink
ship; never knew all. but he had plenty
me letter explaining to Mr. Cor6in that
| know all about this affair, that he had Butterfed
| appointed that he should get all the information
from the Government and from Gen. Grant aud that
he was pledged that there should be no gold sold on
the part OF the Sovernment, 80 INA, could tax to
| me that everything WIS all arranged; that he had
| this stock with Mr. Gould. who had held t5OO,OO0
received chec& for s2j 900 which he tad forwarded
| TO Washington; he said that everything looked
bright, and he was confident we were dong great
national good; good for the country as well az
assisting tne road to secure thi. transportaon at
| not the last consideration with him, that lac
could see more money In !, than
lie ever before saw In one transaction
at any time In his life | told him l thought he
could lie really impressed me that he had his own
| hidden thoughts and with his eye cooked over his
nose you could not tel what be was looking at or
| which way he was cunning; 1t was at once sug.
gesed to me whether the old thief would not rather
lie tell the truth he seemed to understand Mr.
Gouu's position; he seemed to understand tina, he
party to all thus arrangement and AL that bad
been done and that this was tie only chance they
had to make this money, which they had been look
ing to while accomplishing this good OF starting up
that the Old had the whole thing 81 and I
started OIL to use the wires to get good bag OF gold
was s9ns up PS,sS S r,sv va aUSg. Monday or
the once fell Ike stepping around and talking to
did not so much believe IN the imnonsc power
which he said he had with the Administration, as he
expressed himself to me.
81 AN RIGHT BEHIND THE THRONE
| and you need not give yourself any unca.i.
ness" felt great deal plclslntcr taking to MN
than when was away from him, and the thlng
msGi S.sarcG an me positively that the tSas wa" ri -G 9e
that the Government would not pqt any gold on the
to see him on his way down from
| his house; we could pass right by Corbiu's hous,'
ON Monday about O'Clock Gould said, want your
business, the most cnuhdentnl man you have, TO
take letter from Mr. Cor9n to Gen. Grant at Wash.
| lngton, Pa; gave him Mi, Chapin he sail to
| Mr. Chapn, ~ want you. tomorrow morning at
halEpast O'Clock. 10 be at Mr.. Corbins house, and
he will give you letter directed to Gen. Grant at
| Washington, pa. Then | wish you to take the
| first train out TO Pittsburgh Pa from which
mountains and deliver this letter to Gen. Grant in
| person hear what be has to say 60 right to the
hrst station and telegraph his repy, that is n YOU
can communicate anything without discovering Sc
crets which should not be known to other-
than ourselves | thouglt hc would Sep
Mr.. Chaph in the carriage TO Mr. Corbns house and
to him on board Of the train 80 that when came
to our o1ice at O'Clock might know tbat he was
on his way; my brolher.ih-aw went win Lin to
Corbin's house Mr.. Chapn went in; Old Hamlet
came down stairs aud at halipGst six he delivered TO
Chupin
LETTER ADDRESSED TO 0Es. GRANT.
Chaplin ,came out and drove down to the New Jer
-ry CeLiral depot where he took the tram tor Pitt.
| burgh then It was O'Clock; he travelled nlght and
day and never stopped I'LL he delivered that letter
Gen. Grant at Washington, Pa; when he arrived II
was carly IN the morning about oelock he runs
Corbn;" he went into the parlor andsoon the General
cane down; Gen. Grant opened the letter ana read
% eoH To- .h"w lnS sn SIs' @ S, CRAM t'aeS o as
else; he Was gone fifteen minutes, and when he
c'me back lie sad to Mr.. ,ChaPin " Al right" ana
cGy.d lis despatch, Delivered all right :. that
| around to see Csrbin, and Cor1in said everything
working all right. aud the letter winch had
| forward had chnched the mltter; he said that thG
Interest Of the nation aud the interest the matter
all around was great that there could De no slip
up whstoyer; that we were safe in getting
EVERYTHING BELONGING TO OURSELVES
| and that would also get eyerything belongn,
| to Cycry ody else that was the subsiunce Of Wls
| he convey ed TO me: about Thursday afternoon W.
| had not been to Wal street before we went int,
Bcldtns office to give an order tor gold gold va
| l3GK when we struck the street, and when we lei
the street on that night II had closed al III ther
Was a good deal oil excitement; there was q bul
who was heard 10 say that he knew the Goyernmen
was interested, that is, there were rumOrs Of tha
| kind which got out that there was shTap, qucl
| corner on gold. aud the Government would not sci
| any; during this time Boutwell, had come on th'
| bears In Wall street and the Union League fellow
| GOT up a dinner at the Union League, a self admlra
| tion dinner, whore they sat around with marrow
| iureheads and bald headed way back TO their shr
| collars; they had one OF these sclf ndmiratO
| dinners which they pointed out Nh
| Boutwell, as one Of the finest hnal'rers tn
face OF the earth, and he told them that he va
DoiSG BIG THISG FOR FISK.
| Boutwell, kept close mouth, evidently not know
| Ing where lie did stand he thought better uan t
| show on the face what his position might be h
| thought lie had better keep vi; and DO not thul
tlcy GOT az that dinner any information at all out
Nj. Boutwell,; ! don't believe they got enough to
PAY FOR THR DINNER.
It seemed after this dinner that some Of then
started I'o cover, but tho other party, the legit
mate bears, Lrid on; the true bears ncvc
| cover uut they lave gone down tue Delaware fort
miles, Nith their white hats on and their stocking
down to their heels they buy along until Il get
| TO the high st prlC ID was about this afternoon