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

Jf., Esq-Denf sir: hCreOy authorize you 10 order
the purchase and sale Of gold Oh my account dur
Ing this day to any extent you may deem advisable,
and TO report the same to INC as early as possible.
belong to me, and tAnt Will bear any loss which
may result Sigued, WN. ". BELIES." ON Fri.
day morning, when got down to the once Of
Heath * Co. at half past 10, Mr.. Beden brought In
one
whom suppose you have heard Of: introduced Mr..
speyers and said: Mr.. Fisk, Mr. Speycrs will exc
cure any orders Tor my account you may give him.;
he then turned to Mr. speycrs and said: when
ever you have executed those orders you will report
the gold to mo; gold was then about 1i3, and told
Speycrs tho quicker lie got there the quicker he
would get some at that price; Speyers being one OF
those Roman saxonians belonging to the German
order. felt that n soon he could Oil Beldens or
ders he would fill his own gut with the same kind Of
stun; It then got TO be about half past 10 O'clock and
told Speyers to 60 It, and
BUY ALL THE GOLD uE COULD.
Away he started but by the time he got there
gold had reached 100 Speyers could not see why
when II bad gone up from fifteen to twenty per
hence re ScrSn To load mn AZ isc and ndr,DS rom
all appearances he got pretty good cart load OF IL
during that time there appeared in the NeU York
being in direct league with those who were putting
up gold, and saying that II was shameful, Sc. we
once ,rat il would be tcicgraphcd to Grant and
Boutwell,; it was one Of those curious articles
which, when YOU read Il, made you feel weak in the
knees Il was an article which, whe, you read It,
you would dwell on; we made the remark that II
1t made US feel a little
WEAK IN THE KNEES
at that time when we read II, what wouli be its
effect when Il reached Washington upon the Hon
Geo: II. Boutwell, and the Honorable Executive Of
the United States, who pro- ably hEd never specu.
lated before ,his time q we ielt weak, how much
when the order TO sell struck speyers was sill
picking up gold at l60 the first think knew the
speyers feeling that he was on the right track con.
tnued to take up gold at 1907 the next thing saw
Oh, and without any shirt collar, and his
HAIR STICKING Up STRAIGHT
ten or 6tteen hairs; said he Mine Colt the whole
ting ish played out hayes hfly millions at lG0, and
that time my affairs had cot little dsor.anized
and was not as much interested in Mr. Spe! ers's
business as was In my own told him
you DAMNED FOOL,
II you have not any better sense than to be stand
ing there and buy gold at 100 when n was down to
lit when YOU ind any amusement in H. suppose
you might as well keep right straight on Speytrs
Of IT, he was OF again to bid for moro gold at 100
although It had gone down to III but his voice had
understand him when We started the thing got
pretty hot md ETeat sy many & OF our Trend. &C.,
wanted to slake their dsis in faces, about this
time ! told Could AS II was
GETTING VERY HOT
wlere we were, We had better 20 to some milier
chime there was a back door from the once, which
We TOOK. rnd On our way no town the first thing
saw were the accounts on the bulletin boards Of the
Freaks OF the crazy broker spyers, and that his
na shTr % heard we vent @ up town I feeling that we
wsn'cd a cool place II any one did, When | got up
there no one knew anything abou, 1t NJ one
had never been any excitement ike It; by
that ,ms ! had got pretty mad, and
said ~ will start aronnd to that Old fellow Corhin
and see What he hss so say;" ! went into his house
this time wien he came into the door I SAID:
THIS Is A DAMNED rRrrrr PIECE OF BUSINESS
you have put now sln't i'll IL this some sharp
trick to wipe US OF the face Of the earth = what
it, iold him that / thought he would have head
It nom the very rumhns OF the ground; Just
| for US after all your pledxes--ater giving you a
| check for t25,OCO, and aref drawing another or
| incs-elgcrS bearing your letters TO- usn. Grant
| a at the whole thing was nIeif he ASKED,
what snutton are you my said, ! don't
know, but it looks as II We were ruined this
| would not have been so # you had managed your
| part ss you said You would We could not tell
knew anything about IL; l tod him that had
| come around to a-k lin whether tAe whole thinl
| had been
from beginning to end; there did not seem 10 bt
! any language strong enough for him TO use to sus
| tain lis posiuoni he sad he hal all his arrange
mcn,s made m good fii'h, rs he hsd promised that
| no gold should come out, the old feluw seemed to
| quiet me down this WAS about rNc O'Clock. aud |
| told him would be up again Tonight az about hilf
past seven; that something had to hc done he wish
me to talk TO Mr. Gould, and # he thought II best
HE WOULD 90 TO WASHINGTON
and lave all the goll withirawn from the mlr,,t;
he said matters could be arranged at least rs q
| save something; and In That agreed with him; nl
| lalCrast seven went back when told him shoul,
like to sec Mrs. Corbin. with whom had heretofore
| had one interview; she came down and was OF pre-
| Cisely the same opinion "a Mr.. Corhin, that some
| mistake had occurred, that Boutwell, had sold th'
lly he sslf
| said that
| MRS. GRANT had WRITTEN HER LETTER,
| in which she had stated that sls hoped this co',
transaction would be over as soon as possible, q,
to he done. that We had to get out Of this scrspe
and into the b, st possible shape we cam sIi
nat the best thing tor him 10 do was to pack up ant
START DOWN TO TIE wnTK HOUSE
along with Mrs Corbin. and what all thi
means Il they are to sell TN. gold the sooner !"
know It the better; they said thoy would pack nj
and start on saturday night; ! wen! around ,S tl
| packed up and thnt they had telegraphed that the
would breakfast With the President. family at a.
| White House on Sunday morning; he told me h
would be back ON Monday morning, and that wa
| tie llst ! ever saw OF them
Q.-Do YOU know whether Gen. Buiternoli wa
| interested In these speculhtlonsf Mr.. Flsk-lts,
understood
GEN. BuT1ERFIgLD uAD SHARP,
or WAS engaged IN speculations at this time in Wa
street; until he admitted It. they never thought
| removing Gen. BuItcrneld they expected to tut
| bulwaIk up around him, so ~ to protect him an
| to keep the information from coming nearer ia
| White fIouse.
Questionable Mr.. Butterhcd furnish you Wit
| imine iate news of tue despatch be had received
| sell Government gold' Mr.. Fisk-He was in con
| municltOn with us; we knew lie hat a million an
| balf OF gold with u We had messengtr 60 dow
| to Mr. Butcrheld's once three or four umes, an
every tine he came back with word from Gen. Bu
| torLed that
KvERrTuINo WAS ALL RIGHT
| About II o'clock when lie went there he did rI
1nd Mr.. Datterled; when he came back af
being gone about thirty minutes l asHed him wbcr
the devil have !ou bslnt he said, could not "a
In because there was such q commOtion and whe
| did he pointed me TO another man WHO held
despatch ordering the sale of our millions Of gold
Evidently that Information had been received
Gtn. Butter1ed, and indicated to other partj
before 1t had been indicated TO u.s.
l. O. Did you state that you carried some gold fC
Gen. Buttcrheld.t Mr.. Fisk-Mr. Gould carrie
some.
q What became OF the 100000 gold.
. CARRIED ron MIS-, GRANT,
and $4,000 carried fer Gen. Porter, and tli,
| for Corbnf MIR. Fisk-Oh, that has gone VITA
| Ttst-weTe the " 90 lbine tNineth.
| q. You stated that Corbin was paid $4,000 IT.
Mr.. Grant; was that in check, or IN money! a.
| Fsk-It wa. IN u check. drawn by Mr.. MARTIN,
favor Of Jay Gould, or order Mr.. Gould endorse
| H. and handed II to MIR. COrbin, who deposited
in ls bank for collection, and Il went to Mr.. Gould