, 1870-01-26

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LETTER ADDRESSED TO dENxRAt aRAxr.
Chsptn came ous and drove do@ 70 taa New Jer
PtanurRh. The1 it wss O'Clock. He travelled
ni0ht and day, and rerer stopped nn ne del1v-
e,ef INT letter 10 General GRAFT st Il Wa,alng;on W.
sSS soS't .eD nj. easf es9s H. O. caas s 'ns an ~
GorhD," Hs vent Into the prior. sua soos :ae u
letter ard read ii part through, and t1en wen:
out evidently a. II be Was gong 70 saov 1t to
Mr.. Grant, or some one else. 10 WIS gone III.
MI. Ctnpin q All right, md osde hlrn good morn.
ing. Mr Chaplin hurried 70 the nrst taefsraph ata'
ton. and about II oelocS xe e. received ~ 9e-
spatch sud. Thursday night wAs around to see
Coibin. and Carb.n said everything WEE work.
i7g al tight, and ths letter which had gone
nc interest Of she natoa and the interest In the
matter all around WAS SO great that there could
be 60 slipup whatever That 9e were safe in
that Ws xeald siso ses % sSer3 %3thluS beionetng to
eHe1ypody elae. That Was the substance Of wnss
ne conveyed to me-. About Thursday after.
We vent TITO Dc.den'a once TO glre m
order tor gold Gold Vas 1851 when We asruck
the 9t.eef, ana Ehen Ee iets tne stree.
good deal OF exc.tcuaeuL There was q bull
who Hns hea1d 70 say tnas he knew the govern
mept *aa interested, shat y thsse were fnmosa
quick corner On go!dt acd the government Hoald
not seii any. During TITS tine HousMe1! cauae on,
The beara Ia Wall street and the Un.on Leagus
fellows get up diner ar the Union League aeir.
atm!rstfon dinner, where they sat nfound With
their shirt colark. They had Que OF these self-ad-
m.fatloE dinners IN which fhey pointed OH. Mr,
Boutwell, al one Of the nnest nnapc.ers on the
fsce Of the earth, and he told item that be wss
DONG . big tbtng tor Ftsk. Boutwell, Kept close
Eouib, evidently not knowing where be did stand.
He thought better than to show on the face what
hts p0stt1on might be. He thought be had better
keep stu aud 40 not thlat they got at that din.
dom believe they got enough 10 pay for the dln.
Ii seerned after this dinner that some Of them
mate beass, held On The true bears ,eyer M % cosef
until they hare gone down the Delaware forty
miles with tier Thite hats on and thelr atocI-
GETS tae highest pics va about s Hts aiter.
neon, the Thursday before the black Friday, Be-
tore the other half OF these fellows began
s5a stfasns g a0a g 'fS1n tsssSx g sns s
nelp that We could Rlye them on Friday
noin.nE o. Thuisaay evening. NJ. Beldeo, then
q ne d1m Or WIN. Belden Co. who had a
htothtr'tn.laW Of mine partner OF MS, who had
dcne Eorc OF esa hnA1ness for us ali the tlWe had
eeen enough, ro'hing having been said about this
matter, and he msde up his mind We had 10 much
Eold On hand that We knew exactly the ppStttpp,
be said on the e.ening before, All you haye ali
whatever sou nad better letter iet ne coma % "a t.
astiat Jou-" ! eal1 II y01 want to no II, 10 Il
and give you, orders Ne SAID ~ n n, ,,ms
foS1e1 ia4 11e % Ess e IT. Iou v attend 10
!,.,abIlpe nj broker Into Tue back omeo Of
ders sou pIease" 1oId lin thar be mnst give
M ss5 l, e5 II apa he ea stss se
thofze yo1 70 order ne purchase and sale q gold
Oh ny account during this DAY to any e1tent you
me ss early 81 pos.1ble- 1t is TO be understood
tina: the profits Of all such orders belong 10 me,
1dnaa snd sna' W aes5 any o,s that ma1 Eesas
morning, when I got down to tna once Of
Heath Co., At hsli:pas IL. Mr.. De!den hIought
IL enc sgs5srs Tno sunRo4e y9n hare head
F1ek. Mr. Speyers viii execate AnT oruers for my
account Jon may give him. He then turned 10
VI. speyera and raid: Whenever ron bara
10 mc,' Gold xas then about is, and i fold
9peJers the quicker ne got there, the quicker he
would get lome at thas price speJels, being one
nan or1tr, felt tina. as 5000 as he could Oil Bel,
den's orders. he would Ill his own gls with the
salne kind or stun. It thea got 10 be about hA,t.
bny all rhe gold he could
Away be started. But BY the time he got there
gold had reached lCO. Speyer could not sec why,
when It bad gone up from Is to 20 Per cent IN
ne began to load mp at 1Go, end. judg1ug from al
sppt ptataEce1. he GOT pretty good cart load OF It
During that time there appeared Ia the New YORK
berg in direct league with those who we're putting
up gold. and saying tat It was shameful, 81. We
read that article going down town. ! knew a,
Bentwtll: 1t Tas orc oi those curious articles
which, when you resd 1t, made you feel weak
in lhe knees; 1t u an article. which, when you
read It, jon would dwell on. We made the remark
that II t made Us feel little weak In the knees
at that time when We read It, what would be II.
eject v ben It reached Washington upon the Hon.
OF the United atates4 who probably had never
epeculated before this time; II We felt weak, how
much vesker would they feel: A We aite.TArd
sstas Tue sd ose1 e e s 4Sa s
Fen ssps Ts9s ;s9 BE so1 r., e e. s5 ~
saw was 5pcTera rushing into the otlce With l1s
csarat OF. and rithout any ahirs collar, and hi:
ee Of t. IL da ue orsF ssn sas5s
SAID he: - Nine Goti! the whole ting iah played
cut havea afty millions at 100, and it Isl
that time ~ own analrs had Ros little dkofssa.
tzed, AID was not es much interested 10 Mr
SpeJers business ~ wasto my own. I tod
him, You damned TOOL, II Jou have rot any better
leo Then It pas doEn to Ill, when you und any
amusement in It, s1pposs sou might - well keeI
r,taa:: straight Or. spe1eu xent oas tns
d + te ~ os asa.n . esa ios more gold Il 4 sss
although Il had gone down TO III but ris roles
@ nad s1stn out. aLd be was 20 hoa5ae thai 20 one
the 1htDg zot pretty hot, and = greai
many OF our friends got warm, and Wanted
70 tnakc Lands with us, bat wanted to saAle
| told Could as IL, was getting very hoi
where We were, We had better 60 10 rome mIider
cline The.a va a hack door from the once
thing saw vere the accounts On The bullctiu
boards Of the franks Of the crazy broke. S3cycss,
and That bis mind hsd given out 1twaa the nrdl
wanted cool place ii any Que do. Wac1 got uI
shcre no one knew anything shout II. No Que
ktew Wheeler he wss In or out, for there hau
had sot pfstty mad, And .aen We re- asd al aoSr s
around to The Old ftl'ow Cofbiu and ace waai
hs n.s 70 say." ! went .nto the house and tns
this tin e: enen he came into the door said
This IL damned p1olty p!nce OF buslness yo1
o Viz ac es156 aa.
hare Jon done: Hc ssId, III hare hut Just hesyd
"" tolo hin TINT ,hought be would have heard
eos Vbas las ra5sprsa: " wnst M hase 5ou iene
cieck Tor s2a,c0e, and after drawing another fol
gem or
tha: the whole thirR wa4 n1ed :" he asked,
"Wnat situation are syoc In :" I said, I dou':
sou = nsd
part 81 Iou ta1d you would; We could not ,e
whether NC were long OF snori OF gold. AZ no one
es9 t. az s @ 1ae .oe % nns
hs6 tern damned tr,et from beginning TO end
1hc1e not aeem 10 be any language strong
s9sSsa aa be 'i sad sm he I'D a Z e sa
made In GOOD faith, as he had promised tha :,
no gold thonld COME oot TIE old fellow seemed
TO quiet ne down. Tnts vas shout O'Clock, and
tod him werGd be up aga,o ,o-niRht q: about
h1il.rast /. TIA. something had TO be dope. HI
Wished me TO talk to Mr. Gould and If he thought
II lest he would 10 to Washington and have al
matters could be arranged at least 80 rs TO save
semeshlne; and IN that agreed with htm. At hall.
part went oacf, when I told him / shoulc
fore had one Interview. She came dosn and was
Of prechely the same opin!on ~ Mr. corbtn. thai
seme inistake Lad occurred, that Boutwell, hat
l,1es,oent. she SAD sast .Ml1 Gsans had x1tttet
her letter, In which she hsd stated that she
hoped thlR gold Transaction would be oyel
ssna a'oq a. possible Is m.as her h1.
TO be done: that we had 70 ret out Of thus serape
and into the best poannle shape We can; Ra,t
t9at as bet .nIg fo. biz to % Wa T. Paek
Ar*. coro.p, and see what 81 this means; il they
h1e TO sell this gold the sooner re know It tue
petter: they said lhey would pack up and start
rornlng, aud tney told ne that theS we've
packed up, and thst they had telecra7ned lhs1
they Hculd breakfast with the Presidents family
at 1he White Rouse, On sncdsy CnoEztn9, lie tod
me ne Wonld be back On Monday morning, Aat
that was the last ever sAw Of taen-
Q. Do Ypu know whether Geceral Butterce!t
WAS Interested IN thcsc Spec1}Rtions: MF. Fish
Yes, understood Gen. Botterdeld had SHARE, o.
WAS epgared IN specu,a. ioua at this time IN II
street; until he admitted II, theT never thouHh
Of removing General Dutteraeid; they e1pectet
10 butld hulEark M around hin,, 20 a. to pro
tect him, 1nd Keep the Information lr3n coming
cearer the White House.
@ Did Nj. BrtterGeld fnrnAh you With
Immediate reFs Of the despatch he nsd fe
ccircd to Sell government gold Mt. FISK
he Ea4 In cpmmuu1cauoa with u: vi
REV he nad q million and 3 hsf o
gold w.tn Us; we had messenger 80 dowz
10 Mi. ButseI0elds Office three or four times, 4nt
every limo ne came back with word from Genera
HusfeIfeld that e. cr5t Thing Vas all right Abou