The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-26

:sseethe wires to get good jog of gold il
ri vas going up. . ,,u,,., .ss,z.4 !
Fisk dwells at some length on the matter
sfrof 1.-The, alleged let ter from Corbin to the
President OF Wa shington, Penney wanna,
sent blythe trusty man Chaplin, but he docs
not say what was in that letter which made
everything (" all right" According to Fisk,
Corbin was well satisfied with his epistola-
ss-sery effort, and said that the interest both
rof. the nation and the interest in the matter
yausaround was so great that there could
"a be no Slip up whatever; that we were 50 70
! in getting everything belonging to ourselves
anu fiat we would also get everything be-
tlonging to everybody else ~ -.'.. ~
THE UNION LEAGUE FELLOWS.
Fisk, Jrs, description of the g dinner to
Dgutwsll,'' when he came on to New York,
IFS rich. He says: NThe bears N VOL
Street and the Union League fellows got up
dinner at the Union Lesgue-a seit-ad,
=. lniration dinner where they sat around
with narrow foreheaas and bald-headed
way buck to their shirt-collars. They had
.soone,of these self-admiration dinners,' in
(which they painted Mr.. Boutwell, as one Of
1.-The finest fnanciers on the face of the earth,
and he told them what he was doing to
Fisk. A big thing out of the sea. Bout
lywell kept pretty close mouth, evidently
mot knowing where he did stand; he
thought better than to, show on the face
what his position might be; he thought he
hadsbetter keep still. and do not think
they got at that dinner any information at
all out Of Mr.. Boutwell,. don't believe
they got enough to pay for the dinner"
rT.es. FIsK AS CRITIC.
Tn regard to an article published in New
York on the morning of the memorable Fri
.aday calling the speculation shameful"
6Fiek& SAYS We read that article going
= down town, and | knew at once that it
would photographed to Grant and Bout
well. = 1t was one of those curious articles
(which, when you read, make you feel weak
Fin the knees. It was an article when you
iuread it YOU would dwell on it. We made
""'tlie remark, il it made us feel little weak
.A.inathe knees at that time when we read il,
what would be it's effect when it reached
rtaMashington upon the Hon. George Bout
well and Honorable Executive OF the United
States, who probably had never specr-
latelsb before this time. It we felt weak,
how much weaker would they feel. AS we
Aafterward learned, Mr.. Boutwell,, about i0a
.sso'olcek, went over to the Executive man
sion, and not exceeding over fifteen minutes
after he came back. There was athunder-
"a Clap struck us in, the shape of information
~ that the ub-trcasury had received an order
=. 10 sell four millions of live gold, while our
sales had been tshort.' l would rather
:, carry forty millions of short gold than four
- millions Oh the real stuff, for the latter is O
GOOD deal heavier. When the order to sell
e struck, Speyer was still picking up gold OF
~ '''-H. SEEKING A COOL PLACE. ia.
s'Z*'Fisk deyotes good deal of his talk to
the subject Of Speyer, as given heretofore,
adding that Speyer has only ten or fifteen
hairs on his head, and when he appeared.
with his shilt-collar torn of, each gone Of
~sathese1 hairs was standing on end. When
Fisk and Gould got scared, and thinking it
s!2was too hot, says. We went up town feel
ing that we wanted cool place, if any one
did. When gotup there no one knewanY-
.rthi1ng about it. No one knew whether be
.sswasTin orrout, for there had never been any
=, excitement Like it. = .c- , ~ ~
,FasyA =. W GOLDEN FLASHES. 80 .a7
1.-The committee put the following questions
to Mr. Fisk: o., .~ IL, g<sars /,
eaDosyou know whether General Butter
field was in these gold speculations, Mr..
Fisk? * Gs ii IS b.. ;;a5:,
Yes; I understood General tButter6eld
had share, or was engaged in speculations
ut this time in Wall street.
eng Did General Butterfeld furnish you
with the immediate news of the dispatch
he had received to sell Government gold (.
Mr.. Fisk: He was in communication with
us. We knew he had one and a half mil.
lions of gold with, US. We had messen--
ger 90 down to Mr.. Butterfeld's Office three
or four times, and every time he came back
with word from General Butterfeld that
every thing was "au right About IL.
O'clock, when he went there he did not find
: Mr.. Butterfeld. When he came back, after
:, being gone about thirty minutes, asked
him: "Where the devil have you been?"
He said = 81, could not get in because
sQthere was such a commotion, and when i
did he pointed me to another man, who held
"a. dispatch. ordering the sale of four mil
lions gold.'' J. Evidently that information
HAD been received by General Butterfeld
.ss,and indicated to other parties before it had
a. been indicated to US. 5,;!e
.9t Did you state that you carried some
.agold for General Butter6eld? Ss,ss
.IASMr. Fisk: Mr.. Gould carried some.
40 What became of the $50,0o0,000 gold
saoarried for Mrs. Grant, and $500, 600 car
RED for General Porter, and 81 500, 900 for
Corbin? a.te, x
-.Oha that has gone with all the rest.
Where the woodbine twineth.
You stated that Corbin was paid $25, 900
for Mrs. Grant. Was that in check or in
Mr.. Fisk ri was IN q, cheek drawn by
Mr.. Martin in favor of Jay Gould or order.
-yMr. Gould endorsed it, and handed it TO
SsAIr.' Gorbin, who deposited it! In his bank
slfor collection, and it went to Mr.. Gopld's
bank, and was drawn and deposited to The
credit of Mr.. Corbin. This showed that
thereT,,wasr something unusual about che
transaction, for il is not the, WY, men do
business in New York
yasA Do you know IL any money was paid TO-
ssAas Grant !? a: 80 :..;s.,sf
&ssgMr.s Fisk: 1 only know Rbet that old
a stlllsi, gorbia Hays.I dent know OF my
IOWA knowledge 4 .ai.rsii FIs5.psi; q ~
MR. Fisk, do you know what the letter
c8ntained which Mr.. Chaplin carried from
DIT. Corhin to Generals Grant at; Nv ashina-
4 s sen, o., and which Mr.. Corbin said hah
95csiDeLes the thing g ~ 5ts.,t,3;5
Mr. Fisis:s 10: that is the only mistake
made /. that iss where IRE were pserreacheds
FIVE ought to have found ont Mhat that lettes
contained ,ST&E Gi4.H aSsSsgS7SK