New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-02

the ADMINISTRATION 10 advance the price OF gold and IN
s,rnng ,o odvncaed This article was headed Grants
Financial Policy" IL was agreed tnat NC a ba
pnTposes Of IFS authors be accomplished This delicate
business 10 be managed by MI 6onu ANU ~ sni
carry with Il flavor Of Walst he secured the services
OF Mr.. James McHenry permanent Eng'lsh "a ~,
and personal friend OF Mr.. Bgeow, who called AZ ds
Times and presented the article as the eNpressonoi
person in the intimate confidence OF the Of me
Presidents mind The article was put IN ype an =,
double loaded for leading ea nS ,sa Fun financial
Mr.. Norva was sent for He testnes ,,, .o,,,.
of atsG inspected there might BE- ib, Of ne las.
Sg q: ,a Of R n. S Sass d. and n, article. appears
published the ash The Intention have no doubt; i Of .
sbeh M BgsOw himself wrote amer be n'r''" 'a
comparison Of the doctrines Of the manuscript ana
the article as published. will show how cunning
On the 3Cth Of August, Mr. Gould addressed letter to
the Secretary Of the Treasury with the maess p in
me Dfs Correctly reflected the intended financial pocy
Of The n iUT f Me- BoatSss testimony
The brief and formal reply OF tne serpe,rS gave '
no clue to the purposes OF the 0o'ernmen'
LETTER PROM THE PRESIDENT TO SECRETARY BOUTWELL,
Abont tei lst OF September, and just before leaving
New.York the President wrote q letter to secretary
Boutwell,, lwhOi was then at bis home IN maSsachu
sets In which the President spoke OF the hnancai con
dtion OF the country suggested that IL wonu not 10
wise to sell gold in such largo amounts as TO FORCE uTm
The price while the crops moving AZ II might tnHs
sn,barras the West TINS letter received by The
him no order but left the subject his discretion
he concluded not TO sell 80 large an amour and
scperap6ed The ASSISTANT Secretary at Washington not
10 sell any gold addition to the amount requ'co o
w6sther The consprators obtained knowledge OF
this s Ter and telegram. the Committee have Dee uhau
w Srtermne but ON the Sd and ith OF September god
again commenced to rse rapidly ana Oh TIC OH ''u
| '''' TIE coSspIRhroRs BECOME ALARNED'
An this time Gould aud his different associates con-
timed 10 mako large purchases But. as FISK well salu
| 1.-THE whole country was against thein' al" ooo INV
| another OF Goud's associates became alarmed
g. Wood ard teet6es that he bought lar more 'n"h
no intended to- and that no got Gould TO take all but
HOOOOOO off his hands Other brokers 1.it tie san1
alarm II wac evident that thg sonds increased in
Europe every day The prospects, for abnnaatt Cltbo
stpert Of specie was unusually light Gold came press
ing from all quarters and even s9m@encea 10
much F ss' hal 70 S"' if D Sae
s;TS Ss 'S s .sSs c They put down 60, into
q, ,sa a., "" az Bee ;e got .S s OF sa sent
In Mr. Gouds efforts to force up the pnee Oh gold ne
to have left no means uhtred TO Tptn m nssble
influence aid. lie placed Gen Bnerhed under OBJ
cations n 10 n oy eontcs share Of the stock
| Tenth National Bank and ne s"eads' ."o ahd
carried during August and september, the Generals
order and his profit: s6Oooo0 OF gold I9 seeuIo
edge Of the views and purposes OF ho 4do , "
bought in his lots aud carried for CorDln Ol
goIJ This il admitted by Mr.. CorbiD and the memo
Tandum Of the purchase, dated sept Is part oi the
on the 9th OF septem6sr CofDn N oH
week smaller of the two lots Ineso purenasg'
made by Gould N TSe0ee thus obtained BY
purchase pretended that the President nad become
@ % business Of the country and had heard the
Presdont tell COrDn that he dhe Preslden hl conneI
mauled Boutwels order to sell gold during the hOhH
OF SEM, nber COrbin that he never heard the
Presient make such statement and Mr. BoutW.h yes
iert sach we're the employed to secure nsuenee
in his effort to depreclAte the currency OF tne country
| FIsK ENTERS THE CONSPIRACY.
with an the purchases Goad had made up to the mid
die Of September had been able to hold the price
above and l36. Deserted by woodward ana KINDER
and unsupported by his old associate his situation gre"
desperate and he more invited Fisk to JON MIN
Fisk replied that the skies did not look bright mat inc
tendency OF gold downward, that everybody Wa.
opposed to an upward movement ana Lnat -, u
they should buy much the Treasury Womb sen
IL wouid appear that nothing but the scent OF corruption
could sharpen the appetite OF FISK Tor the game ~c
point exhibits his singular depravity, and the knd oil
s own udgment He was told that Corbln had enlisted
the Interest Of persons high in authority That the Pres
we're corrupy interested IL the movement and that the
secretary had forbidden To sell gold Though these
dainty shows yet the compounded Vllny presented ny
Could and CoT6n was 100 lempmesE = nals iot
brought its aid all the force of MS magnetic ana lnec
welded over the reckless and abandoned youth OF Rome
finds - fitting parallel in the power which FISK carried
into WaLst when followed by the Thugs Of Erie aGd
the deauchees OF the Opera House, he swept into the
| Gold. room and defed both street aud the treasury
Indeed, the whole gold movement is hot an unworthy
cOpy of that great conspiracy to lay Rome IN ashes ana
dr,ee the streets blood for the purpose OF enTchig
those who apply the torch aud Weld ne dagger
with the great uf the Erie Railroad Company
AT Their command aud having converted the Tenth
National Bank a mandatory 81 certified cheeks 10
be used cash at their pleasure they terrified AL oppo
by the gigantic power OF tner % W ana
declaring that they had in league with them the cief
officers OF the National Government Tn inns point Mr.
Wien ts.y had pa6,,ed IlgsssOun, Of gold probably thirty
fio,y ~, ,s ,b The re, rhs we're manipulating gold
IN isssue With pretty much errbon authority IN the unsed
Gossc Ile Ps'snt sI Po,'ea a. h;E Re s.Tg Of s
s s so fe SamSt Of the Members Of Congress There
20 ,tgresTey set fGa' by 'aoe'sen themselves
Of these real ana pretended PoEeEs the sSn
az CORRUPT as tbem:cyes though less pcweffa and dar
ing. They opened an account for the Pool which
they styled the National Geld Account" hoping thus
to strengthen the pretense That officers OF the National
Government Interested with them. They gradually
pushed the price OF gold from 3 where 1t stood ON the
morning of the 18th of September until on the evening
Of "Wednesday the I'D they held firm at iO Russell A.
Hills. clerk for William Heath Co., had bought 100000
for the clique. James Ellis. partner OF the firm,
had bought them ss95OO0 under orders to put
price up 4Oi aud hold t there Woodward testified
that lie bought $4,000 of which Sl00O0000 taken
by Could II X Enos testified that he bought sooOOOo
T. X Willard swears that lie bought slOOC0OO0 Charles
| j. Quincy Of Heath Co. tesIhes that lie held over
ON the evening Of Wednesday the 22d gold stood nc
4Ot and the cOnspraors held from hity TO sixty millions
calls for gold. Mr.. Gould thinks 1t was not than
they held from forty fifty hty-ive millions the
purchase Of which they had employed from 50 to 60
tendency Of gold was downward than the fact that it
required these enormous purchases with oil the accom-
panlnent Of fraud 10 hold three cents higher than II
had stood 10 days before.
TIE UNION LEAGUE DISSER.
During the ten days in which these purchases we're
made the conspirators were disturbed by the