, 1870-12-18
'' ingtlnily diaconne$t hinssN with Anything

Cd In New York on Ee morning of Wednea-
Day The I'd, tho 8amo day on which Gould
AID bis enemies, the bea,e, we're making their
simultaneous Appeals to Sec1atary Boutwell,:
Azs. corlin xaa greAny excited aod 1iatfssa-
cd q hts r. stas1s d language. She at onse
ki.tsd t5at hs shoull Instantly abandon hia
interest n tho gold speculation. Nj.
co1tIn, Although La considered tha
fetnrlts Ct lis wife aud her family IA be
highly sheu1a- sseentsd 70 hnr xiah and
usual. ~ith a5a, ,oco, 900 Of gold on hia hsnis,
ACC e1s1ena anxiety On hiz mind, corbin
read to Elm two letteis; tho fist. xfitteu b.
Mrs- GI1nt 10 Mrs Goblin; the seoooi, writ.
tEEn{ Nj: CoItin to PreaiIast Grant, assuring
him that ha had not \ dol1ar ot interest il
gold. 1hs ASSURANCE OF this second Iat.o,
Was, At any sacsidce, to b made good.
Nr. Cmttn proFosed that Mr. Gould should
| Eire him check fof 10000, and t.ke biz
,s0o, Coz o6 his hande- 4 proposition mozk
| calmly trpudeut than this can sclrcely be in
| sgined. Gould had already paid cosbiu &, ,0o9
| and Corsln ssktd TOR E.o, 1000 more. Il tht
| yerf moment when It VA clear that the sl.
| 0c0 te had received had heen given him undel
! : mi. under standing Of his services. Ho ever
bad tie imputence to yeFreeent himself 1.
4 cotrg Gould favor by letting him have mill
J ion and a b, u more geld 1t the highest narkat
price, It time whea Goul1 h&i hfty millions
Tlleh i va c'ess be must seil or bs ruined
Wbat Gould might. undet ordinary
ci1eu1us fances, have replied, may be imagined
but At this moment he could say nothing
Corhi1 had but to ehox this 1ote to I aipult
broker In Wall STREET, and the whole fabric o
Gouldh speculation would have fallen X
piecee. Gould asked for time and weui
nay ne consulted no one, Ho EA,e
bin and made him tie following odsr
"AE. cosbin. ! cannot give you anything II yos
Etn 80 oui- II you viii remain In and take ,hi
Saness das of - mastss ~ stve yeu ~ s1ee1
did what ! t0ink II would hare troubled aInaos
shy ether bnslEes1 man to consent to do-zefnsx
oa Ssn u msisiea 70 G.dle.aSsa aa n1t M1sa ee -
sa;sas' ss!ss tut = fare = s. oaes 4 "a! Es
ssJs mol Elyssea thinks IT wzpns. and tas. I'll Il
ought . end 50 g.!e Il up. Ht
looked A. me- With an atr Of severe dtstEus., as i
ras cut lie .food s tscre 10: "a II iii.
ratle ,snns,,h; lGoe19s rs ,soogh''al exeeedinEf
steel =. anil my impression u that he Il
s,.st W., sVa q not the government, saas broEe iaa
It was On Tie morning Of Thursdsy, tht
sro, Gould and Flax went to Broad street to.
Sether, but, S Usual, Gould Wac eiIent and
seGes, willis Fiek WAS noisy and communics g. =
tive. There was nov complete sepsrsiior
tn their movements. Gould acted entiseIy
through biz own fun Of Smith, Gould { Mafs
ip, while Fisk oTerated principally through
his old partner, Beldcn- One OF Smiths min.
c'Ial hEokers testiass-
Gould Martin ye,y comroIt1hiy. They would
not do business for him; Il was vrry naoe. tain
MlnH, o. M course, Wnele Fisk might be: He Il -
Eoa5a ranr u u faoW hin, rs 1onI IN ihinf anyeod,
ed lint Sinith, Could MAIZE c1n,!nsYaa ~ .s sSas-
own fold aud wele Ieady 70 DO a. taes Vii piesse.I III
Win It Tithout consulting Fisk. DO not laink
sseIs u s1 ss Nss Az ~, general ag.eeineo: None
e h,3 Tno HnsT r. es eared to Dc business WITH
nnp nsa .nrIatr@ @ 1ssf - a. ken ;n an order imu him
capsideje yerT ,oT fcisnW INV o. neasa ~. Mas
thing 10 do Hth him or bls priv. sats nne ,rSsr
employed By Could They were uen had 4
perfect d dete.sAtio9 Of; they wezo no csmpany for
me. stonld not have spoken to them al MI IN
@tr e ~ fMi's9%stansea - sn Auetser says Bcldeu
any VaJ, For months hrfora q, th,f Gn.rs"ce n n
hare L ken him for Z Ron usnsscticn. )" VILLA H''
And vat Be1den honpht ro;,I,c,. r-,, ,.,,
ions al gold. He kimse1f s.xs ha X 1,mnht I'LL.
twenty millions bv tbis ThnrsI.v srs";ns. s.S
tLis without capital o. cIeS;. excsnt e,i = hs
civ. had At mes Ivan n s....e On ieacnane .ne
From tina mornnnf he Isft c9rhin h ~ 1s!. xat
one j5.n which ~. ~ a., II ~ 40 nsa sat
qnielly rs possible. Il purchased Tnnrelv
enough to make believe i Tss : bnil. 'v,r.s ss1s
Gould. This double process continued Ill tbat
afternoon, Ms f'sss W,ld purchases carried the
pnee up 20 ~. and tho panic in the street be-
9mc more snd more sertous - tho bears real-
shey h.. a I Insn e,a nos exst
epca n Price. Quo Of the c1ione az hrot anS o!s
rwenrs tost on Thursday eyeuiu. Tia streef
had cold the clique one hundred and eighteen
millions Of gold, and every Mss OF ona ner
cent On this sun implied a loss Of norr tIl,n
was extreme, for half Droad street. .nd
thousands ct speculato1s would have hesn
rnin.d If cpupey1ed to seitla ro1d
at $50 which they had eoId nj
40. It need scarcely ba sid that nv
this time nothing more vas hesrd in reu.rd IL
ern farmer
Mr. Gould'a fee1tugs can easily be- imarinna
He knew that EfeE's recklers management
would bring tho government noon Iii ehnn1.
dezt, md he knew that unless ho could seli lis
gola efore The order cauo fnom Wsshin atnn
be would be / ruined man. He knew, TOO
dated This Thursday eyenlne I,e at nj S;a
deck IN The Esie ofices II The Opera house. Sc
while Fix and Fix, u lrok IA chatferai sho1f
hin.
..Iyvss ,rsn.ac,tnc nv ;.,1x,, ,,,t,e., T
htd nv own yie1s af,ort ~ 1erres qslG "a M
own nth to m. wrs ali alone. 30 10 spess. il
what did, snd did Eot let anJ Of those penple
know extsty how stood Eos no ideas frnn
anytning Tat wG sasd there. had been, sell.
'1E Ro'r a, ~ 70 up u Ine uine. ana dld not
ninNsbiv ecmr An erder sh3n+ ~ - ne1etS ~ Eli
Vu'd - ~ '-'1
He had not Aa1d F;st . uo+,7 r., -oo,.d IN
Cottiu:s rcyeat. ncr his own oYd,Ts ~ .aii. ~
When the nc1t DIV csme. na1I ~ .n5 II; F;sl
went toeetler to Irosa etrset md tnot @ Ia.aaa.
sion Of H. n1;v,ie EarE o5t;ca @ ~ w. ne;.ss1
i"nte9 @ " nT,hsnt ac1 oanes q pt1aeaRa!
so,"ss the broker cbserTes w in liz cgidaccs =; se
Tho. first new 3 brought to Gould was disaster.
The government had sent three mtn frcm
Washington to examine the bank which Gould
owned. and the hnuk sent word to Mr. Gould
that u feared to certify Tor him Is usual, .nd
a Has mse1 II n aapgef o. panic, c.u.ed by the
lie hanS bsse1, TSn =; o.tss itss q
Gould took thA info,n ssion silsnt9r % md dGi II,
f;r,n Iadnnhia1 s.isa ~ s.et5 s"oEs' w auu a.s
smith, e.1s hs s o,dsrs 10 s0n one ds bEoie1 .tsi
wss given Is auicf a. = f,ssh. md avn 1 ba
vent" says one Of tbese men ~ soid onlS
eight nalllions." "SeiI. seIi. SELL" do notfiny
tnt selit-only don't aeil tn Fi.i.e hroker. :
were the orders which Snith hirnScif aoEno~i.
edets. In lie gold room Fisk's brokers we're
shouting their rising bids, and the pncked
cItNu grew ifAnt:c with terror Aud fAEc "a
each successive rice showed their increasinr
loeees. The vide streets oatsiae we're thronsed
osershelued With ma.eaces 1,dsrinp s.le, or
turcbases OF gold or n,ocks: snfl fhe whnjc
nation was Watching eagerly In rse Vh.t tha
result Of this conyuie,or Tss to bs. Iii trsi1h
vas stopped, and even the PRECEDENT iii thst
It was time 10 rntre his haud. IL Win
Ia. MT eeen heScw York Gold Roam G ca m.
de1etxnd tba sneet,cIe n nra.sntsJ. 80
pe1fecE pandt monium ~ slant A. d.
grave. Fisk, 10 hi. Ss,t h.rt
scross the stsp..,, v;,, h.- cfl:o
svaree1el u. - aagH - coa. on,
bis Gars . "a .n4 ny. ~ bis cane il
r. ~ t,Ha., ~ 90 himself tha Sapoleon
(. M., w. estt- : ~, ae really beliered that
ne Greeted tue moyement, AMI whila tho
s1seet outside imagined that he and Gould
"tIc one faGuy, su,. ..st his rurchAses were
S@r tf.a etfnuc corYJ - ...il- g.: