The New York Herald Newspaper, October 23, 1869, Page 3

THE GOLD RING. The Conspirators Against the Administration Microscopically Examined. Baffled Attempts to Concentrate Circum- stantial Evidence on Govern- ment Officials. eap the ‘The baMed ring of gold speculators still continne ‘to use the columns of several daily newspapers in the Gesperate effort to link President Grant with their abortive scheme of plunder, and to exnibit as glar- ingly as the world would care to see what a depth of cunning, treachery and fraud can be masked under the name of speculation. “I am & specu- lator,” says Fisk, ‘I am another,” exuitingly de- clares Gould. The Italian brigand takes a pride in his profession, and sees a halo of romance and glory surrounding it not quite so visible to the rest of mankind, The speculator, mounting over the ruing of other men’s fortunes to yan unsteady pinnacle of i-gotten wealth, sacrifices truth, principle and honor, and stands before the world in defiance of ita good opinion, glorying in his shame and blazon- ing it forth as something worthy to imitate and admire, The ring of speculators who sought to suddenly enrich themselves by rushing gold up to an abnormal standard would have com- placently retired and fellcitea themselves upon their brilliant exploit had they succeeded in securing the profits, though the consequences might have been to shake the monetary credit of the nation abroad and spread a panic at home, the disastrous results of which no mere figures could measure. But the profits were not realized; the fruits were as Dead Sea apples, pleasant to the taste but turning to ashes on the lips. There was a walling in the camp of the conspirators which soon turned to the sharp accents of complaint andrecrimination. Then followed a flood of insin- uations artfully framed to divert attention from the real culprits, the real organizers of financial dis- aster, and to fasten the odium and guilt upon the administration of the country. The conspirators felt the fearful character of their position, and exactly as Macbeth sought to shake off the burden of conscious criminality that weighed upon his thoughts, and in every effort made his infamy but still more apparent, 80 did the folled, chagrined and self-oppressed speculators seek a@ solace for themselves and a security against indignant ac- cusition by turning the curious and inquiring gaze of the public in the direction of the White House “in that flerce light which beats upon a ruler’s head @nd biackens every blot.” This was skill. What did the public care to know avout such small fry as Corbin or any other lobbyist and stock- ihe but make i appear that in 1 backgrouna on the supreme eminence of official station there was one who stcod darkly conniving at schemes of unhallowed import; in confidential communication through an exposed ex-lobbyist with notorious speculators, and tne in- stinct of public curiosity becomes at once aroused, the petty rascals are forgotten and the great alleged criminal absorbs all the attention. THE MAZES OF THE RING. To follow Corbin and Fisk, Gould 4& Co., with their attendant satellites, through the torturous maze of statements, misstate- ments and machine-made affidavits poured through the congenial channel of certain news- gr would be as naureating as it would certainly tedious and profitiess. But let us glance for a moment at the latest effort, as it is the most au- @acious that Mr. Jay Gould has yet made to drag the Unief Magistrate of this nation down to his own Jevel. Corbin, let it be premised, is past all hupe of moral recovery; but there 18 a imit to the extent of his being made the scapegoat for the sins of Fisk and Gould. Both these gentlemen seem to think that, h aving succeeded in crushing their co-conspirator and leaving him without the credit of a convict, he can now be made the pivotal point of ali their ex parte statements in the future. Securing the obse- gues aid of some Bohemian writer Mr. Jay Gould furnishes fis organ with recollections of a pretended letter from Mrs, Grant to Mr, Corbin, followed by a long rigmarole from himeelf, in which there is a painfully suspicions attention todetails, This is the letter from Mrs. Grant to Mr. Corbin which was shown, as it is stated, to Mr. Gould: — ‘My husband is very much ann: at your ns. SUS ete Pears te een Another reason why they must be closed is becauso Cuban matters will soon come up in Cabinet, and the action ot our government will influence the price of bonds, ‘There is no neceasity for authoritatively pranding the above asa flagrant forgery. Its very wording, substance and the circumstance under which it is [ea are ogc to show its counterfeit cnaracter, rbin was not quite so indiscreet as to show any such letter (if he received it) to Mr. Jay Gould; and the latter, with all his financial skill, is hardly gifted ‘with such @ memory as would reproduce, word for word, a letter at which he casually glanced over a month ago. On the other hand, of course, it is quite Possible that Corbin, whose devious ways no one seemed able to fathom, might have written the let- ter himself and attributed it to Mrs, Grant, for the obiect of impressing Gould with his influence at ‘Washington. But, in eliher case, where Is the con- Bptracy of the President with the gold ring, and where the startling disclosures announced by ibe Bohemian press? . CORBIN THE SKINNER AND SCAPEGOAT. ‘There was little enough patriotism and an ample enough absence of principle among the Fold specu. ators to seek to stab the reputation of the Chief strate to shield their paltry selves, Here is a sample of their cunning story, Jay Gould ws Mr. Corbin stated to Mr. Gould that he had received a Raargin of $10,000 or 812,00) from General Grant, with which to of government bonds, which Corbin said carry, $300,000 Were held for the account of General Grant by Mesars. Stone, Nichols & Stone, Mr. Corbin’s brokers. All very well. Mr. Corbin 1s thus quoted in every paragraph, and might be correctly quoted, too, while, with the duplicity that marked every move of his life, not a statement he makes having reference to the President could be safely relied on. But it 18 wafe to quote Corbin now. He flatly denied, some weeks ago, having seen Fisk in his house, when that Individual had an affidavit made out that a re- Porter saw him go in there’on the day in question, This dental of Corbin fell flat. Fisk was believed and Corbin’s reputation for veracity went to the wall. yet the latter might have been right and the other wrong; for Fisk might have gone in, stayed awhile down stairs and then gone out with- out ever secing the other, who was up stairs in bed. Anyhow, even Corbin’s aiidavits, so stropng is the force of fret impres- sions, would hardly tell in his favor now; Fisk and Gould have the fleld 10 themselves. On Corbin’s devoted head they are piling Pelion on Ossa. Every statement in which that unhappy person’s name appears may bea lie of the broadest Magnitude, but who 1s to contradict it? PULLING THE LONG BOW. F “Learning of & movement made to inauce Secre- tary Boutwell to sell gold, Mr. Corbin procured from General Grant a letter to be delivered to Mr. Bout- weil pp ey tustructing him not to sel) gold.” This is another puragraplt of Jay Gouid’s story, but as Corbin is dead to society it lies with the Secretary of the Treasury or the President himself toexplain the trath or falsity of the statement. But don’t you think Bir Knights of the Wall street Round Table, that you have tried the tension of the long bow just a little too much? Mr. Corbin may have had considerable scquaintance with Genera! Grant, but the latver was hardly made such a puppet of by that astute specu- lator as you would make us believe, gentiemen. Try again. All through this elaborated narrative, with ite precise dates and miscroscopic minutia, burden is | “Corbin said this’? = an “Oorbin said that,” and not a scintilia of proof 4s given that the President had the slightest Know- ledge of the gold ring schemes. Snade of Corbin, here you come in! This thrice unbappy man, it weemns, sent a letter to Washingion, Pa., by a mes- r of Gould’s named Chapin, addressed to Gene- Fai Grant. The uninitiated public would at once sup- ee from the circumstance that the letter going at at time to that destination, andfinjcustody of a spe- ir, must have contained something that he conspiracy in gold. Gould says he read the letter; but wherefore ia it that he fails to enlighten an ee ei Public as to its contents, and et gives us, verbatim et literatim, the lewer of a Indy, from whicn proceeding one would think his native delicacy would have recoiled, “even at the risk of disappointing a vengeful and self. ish instinct? Is 1t not within the range of pos- sibility that Corbim, still desirous of showing Gould his influence with the President, might have said in the letter that he, together with his friends Gould and Fisk, was engaged in @ heavy speculation con- cerning gold and bonds, and tbat he hoped there Would be no interference on the part of the eer istration, and is {t not possible that this impudent communication was put in the fire by General Grant and Corbin invormed | by return of post that no more ndence of that kind was desired? The desperate strain that affects the narrative shows to what straits the compilers are reduced in Weir attempts to haul the President into their con- grey by the use of Corbin’s mythical influence at ashiugton, THE RESORTS OF THE RING. The pliant Bohemian at Gould's elbow records from dictation this dubious paragraph: ‘Whether auy actual cash has bean paid 0 o noe Mr. Gould has paid Ar. Corb} 00 nt anothers 4 appear but it not fen valuable lots, situated in Huduon Clty, hareor lave boon conveyed to Mra. Grant by Mr. Corbin.” fea iton so, ta repay Appreciating invalvg, kor ere 18 Buch & thing as subterfuge in the innuendo, and the assertion may be taken at any value the ‘Mre. Grant’ ‘one time aad waserted that OCTOBER 23, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, ant taste of the reader may please to put apon So far all this scandal has been con- veyed by baseless Innuendo, save where tho Jost and outlawed Corbin ts a in to say whatever the conspirators chose to put in bis mouth. Another word about Corbin, and thea let his epitaph be written by the same hand that first made his name known to the inhabitants of this: planet. Let Admiral Fisk do the posthumous jabor of recording his virtues. OCOKBIN IN A NUTSHELL. Corbin was the Mephistopheies of the ring. He undertook the Titanttc work of managing certain newspapers, with one sole end in view, to influence the market and the administratian and make his pile, He undertook to decetve the sharp set of fel- jows that composed the gold ring, and who can deny that he failed? Who can deny that he made Fisk, Gould end the rest of the ring belleve that his voice was all potent at the White House, else wherefore this blind faith in his leadership, till rain alone opened the eyes of his trusty followers? ‘This professiopal lobby jobber of course cared nothing for the consequences to his confederates. What cared Napoleon for the sufferings of his soldiers? To stride to vicwry over ruin and misery needs a heart of sterner stuiT than ordinary men And what cared he for thé administration, for the country, for anytning-under heaven but nis own sordid self? Let Grant go by the board and the memory of his great victories be wiped out in the repronches of an indignant nation rather than Corbin should lose his margins on gold, Of such was the creature with whose slimy exudations these active contributors to the Bohemian press would fain besmear the reputation of our Chief Magistrate. Bat nous verrons, 'These laborious scandal mongers have their tume of trial, too, and the future is not too dark to see that the labor of their prerens pnd reek Put have a recoil from which they may vainly desire to escape. . ‘THE RING THIRSTING FOR OTHER VICTIMS. Casting around for other victims after the slaughter of Corbin the ring discovered that General Grant and one of his appointees, the Assistant Treasurer in New York, could be assaulted at one and the same time. General Butterfield was selected as the most tangible target for the poisoned shafts of calumny, and a united effort was made to drag him, body and soul, into participauon in the secret designs of the conspirators. The adroitness of the manceuyvre cannot questioned. Here comes Mr. Frederick,A. Lane, henchman to Jay Gould & Co., with a a addressed to his employer of the various interviews he had with General Butterfield, in all of which he struggles hard to give the impression that the General was in the pool and Teluctant to pay losses. It may not be uite irrelevant to inquire who 1s Frederick A. ine, and whether he be not identical witn the at- torney who sold out the proxies of the Erie Railroad to Fisk & Gould, by which they were elected, the money for the purchase of the proxies being fur- nished by Daniel Drew, with the understanding that he was to receive them in his election. It is well rememoered how Uncle Dan was counted out, though only for his kindly helping hand the world of Wall streetand the teges of the Erie Railroad might never have heard the names of Fisk and Gould. Did the transaction redound much to the honor of Attorney Lane? The curious in the matter can inquire for an affirmative on Wall street. There are a good many little incidents in the attor- ney’s careeer which throw such @ curious reflec- tion on his highly spiced account of General Butterfield’s relations to the ring that it would be weil for General Grant, for whoae especial eye the story was concocted, to inquire about the character of the author and the relation he holds towards the controllers of Erie stock. This is not meant by way of defence of General Butterfield, for he needy no volunteer in that regard, being amply competent to prove, in the Deeper Place, his entire in- nocence of the charges preferred against him. The public, however, might like to know from what sources come every day these torrents of ready made affidavits, letters, reports and statements, and of which the supply seems never likely to stop. THE LIES OF LANB. Lane in his letter to Gould starts out with this statement of his inverview with the Assistant 'lrea- surer the day of the panic:. I stated to General Butterfield that I had called in refer- ence to the one million and a half dollors of gold he had in the pool, which, with commlasion and interest, stood in about 140 per cent. T'told him that he must either put up more margina or take up the gold entirely, or it would be sold out for his account and in his name. The General repifed that there was some misun- derstanding if you bought for him; and while he did not admit hia legal liability (for they did not have his signature to anything, nor did they have a scrap of paper in his handwriung), yet, whatever his friends had done for nim he felt in honor bound to stand up to, and he would do 80. (1 peg leave to state that the General must excuse me from giving his exact words, as his conversation was so inter- eign with profanity that no gentleman would re- peat it). The sentence in parenthesis needs no comment, Lane was Gouid’s confidential agent that day; and if General Butterfield was in that pool, where was the necessity of saying there was some misunder- standing? Jay Gould parades a check he says he gave General Butterfield for $10,000. iow is Mr. Gould pre} to swear he did not give that check to General Butterfield to accommodate him tn meet- ing an account at his banker's, as he might give it to any old and intimate friend with whom he came in contact datly, and whose means warranted bim i expecting punctual payment? And now what meant bv the long-winded yarn that Lane tells about calling on General Butter- fleld to pay up 000 or run the risk of being sold out of the pool, tries to make it appear that the General a the pool with the Tosh and that as Matters aré going contrary to ex) ion he must par up more margins or take up the goid entirely, or it would be sold out for his account, How like the tone of Shylock this sounds. As my orders from you were peremptory, says Lan make lim give ‘margias or take up the gold, Or hare ft sofa, f asked him if he would make {ta matter of honor, and if I would take the responsibility of not selling him out would he without fail give me acheck for at least $10,000 by three olclock, and more on Monday, and agree to mortgage his tate for any balance to be found due on the transac- tions when they were closed ? Gould in his straits wanted back his $10,000, and he sent Lan® to have the money or the pound of flesh, The whole tone of this story as told by Lane is strained and malicious, but told with 80 much pI bility a3 to catch the atventicn of the unwary reader and make the subject of it appear by inference implicated in the operations of tne ring. As to the mortgages on General Butterfleld’s real estate they prove nothing but a prurient curi- osity on the part of those who love to hunt up the private transactions of public men and spread them in cheap print before the public, hinting at the same time that any man who mortgages his property and holds an oficial position must certainly be engagea in illicit speculation. What a farce of reason and logic. : ACTION OF GENERAL BUTTERFIELD, However, General Butterfield 1s not asleep in this matter. He has informed the President and Secre- tary of the Treasury that, as certain allegations have been made against him, he deems it incumbent to call for a court of inquiry to prove his entire inno- cence. He utterly repudiates the idea that he has been concerned in any of the gold ring operations, and, as he Is still an officer of the United States army, he requests that an investigation be instituted by a court composed of the highest officers in the service, and his character, both as a citizen and a soldier, be cleared of any aspersions cast upon it. He denies every cl made against him as being wholly and unqualifiediy false, and eagerly asks for an opportunity to prove the same. When the officials +o whom the documents are addressed sig- nity their pearare the full correspondence will be given to the press. A TILT AT THE RING, Where Does James Fisk, Jr.. Reside ?=Which Is Which t—Does He Live in Boston and Stop in New York Occasionally ?—Butcher, Barber and Grocer=His Penchant for an Actress, The case of Orlando M. Joslyn against James Fisk, Jr., impleaded with others, came up yesterday before Judge Daly in the Court of Common Pleas. The action was brought by the plaintiff to recover differences in sales of gold made vy Joslyn to one Albert Speyers and Livermore & Com- pany, on the 2th of September last, amounting to $522,450. There are three actions brought, and in each of them an attachment was taken out against James Fisk, Jr., a8 & non-resident, This motion now comes up on an order to show cause why these attachments should not be set aside, on the ground that James Fisk, Jr., 18 @ resident of the State of New York, Mr. Dudley Field, on behalf of the defendants, moved for the vacation of the attachment, and pre- sented the following affidavit in support of his mo+ uon:— AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES FISK, JR. City and County of New York.—James Fisk, Jr., being sworn, says:—Prior to the month of May last I was a resident and citizen of the State of Massachu- ‘Betts, and had no settled home or domicli in the Mate of New York; but finding that my business re- mired my constant attendance in the city of New ork I took up @ permanent residence in the State of New York. I now reside at No, 313 West Twenty- third street, in the city of New York, a private house taken and furnished by me for the purpose of a rest- dence, and which has been my home for some months past. Iam in every respect a citizen and resident of the city and State of New York, and a freeholder herein very large amount, greatly exceeding the amount of all the claims against me tn the above entitled actions, and I have made the change of residence above set forth in good faith, with.intent that it shall be permanent, and before the commencement of any of theseactions, or of un: of the transactions upon which the same are founded. I have never had any dealings with the plaintiffs above named, upon which these actions or any of them could possibly be founded, so far as I know or believe, and not having received an: complaint ia any of these actions I have no iaea of the nature of the plaintif’s claims; but lain confident that 1am not indebted to the plaintiffs in " ax a BS FISK, J Sworn to hefore me this 11th day of October, 1805— MonTIMeK SMITH, Novary Public, New York, AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN ', COLE. City and County of New York.—John 'r. Cole, being duly sworn, says:—J am well acquainted with James: Fisk, Jr., the Lo dpe above named, and have been ao acquainted for more than a year last past; | know the said Fisk to be @ resident of the city of New s York, living at No, $13 West Twenty-third street, in the said city, and he has resided in that house cou- tinuously within my knowleage from the latter part of May last up to the present time, and during all that period he has never been absent from the said city more than four nights consecutively during that time, and on that occasion he went on a vislt to the city of Albany in this State; the said Fisk is the owner in fee of a large amount of real property in this city of the value of about $500,000, and bis busi- ness is in this city, NT, COLA. Sworn to before me this 14th day of October, 1860. MORTIMER SMITH, Notary Public, New York. AYFIDAVIT OF P. GOODRICK. and County of New York.—P. Goodrick, being duly sworn, says:—I am well acquainted with James Fisk, Jr., the defendant above named, and have been 80 acquainted for more than ten years last past. I know the said Fisk to be a resident of the city of New York, living at 313 West Twenty- third street, in the said city, and he has resided in that house continuously, within my knowledge, from the latter part of May last up to the present time; and during all that period he has never been absent from the said city more than four nights con- secutively during that time, and on that occasion he Went on & visit to the city of Albany, in this State. The said Fisk 1s the owner in fee of @ large amount of real property in this city of the value of about $500,000, and-all his business is In this city. P. GOODRICH. Sworn to before me this 14th day of October, 1869— MORTIMER Sard, Notary Pubitc, New York. Judge Daly—Has Mr. Fisk a wife and famuy re- siding here with him? Mr. Field—He has a wife, but she is separated from nim. Mr. James ©, Spencer, in proceeding to read tho counter affidavit, said it would appear by them that Mr, Fisk had sworn to his residence at different places and at different mes; that up to the first of May last his residence was in Boston, Mass.; that since then there has been no change in his way of living; that his family still continue to reside in Bos- ton; that he is now there himself, ana that his man- ner of living here and doing business here is pre- cisely as 1t Was at the time that he himself testifled that he was a resident of Boston. Mr. Spencer then read the affidavits of the follow- ing persons, the substance of which is given in the preceding Btn age pe Betts Metcalf ana George H. Butler. The aMidavit of Mr. Butler con- talned a statement to the effect that the sald Fisk had residea at No. — West Twenty-fourth street, where deponent had frequenuy calied and trans- acted business with him; that he had seen Mr. Dan- tel Drew coming out from there, and that at this time said house was posnpled by Mra. Josephine; Lawler, sometimes called Mansfleld, the divorced wife of Frank Lawler, the actor, and her mother, Mra. Warren, from California; Mr. Fisk generally dined at that nouse and generally drove from there to the Erie offices in the morning. Other affidavits were read showing that Mr. Fisk was on terms of “close” intimacy with Josephine, that he had been seen walking with her in the street and that he has been known to sleep frequently at her house. Warren Chapin, Jr., in an amMdavit sworn to on the 2ist day of October, says:—That he resides in the city of New York, and prior to April last he resided at No, 359 West Twenty-third street, which was owned by deponent’s wile, Harriet; that in the fast EARTHQUAKES Two Distinct Shocks in New England Yesterday Morning. Everything and Everybody Badly Shaken. The Puritans Terribly Scared at the Phenomena. INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE VENT. THE EARTHQUAKE IN MASSACHUSET Two Shocks Felt in Boston and, Vicinity— People Roused from Their Slumbers at Five @Clock in the Morning by the Violent Shak- ing of the Earth—Massachusetts Slightly Oscillated. ‘ Boston, Oct. 22, 1869. The under pinning of New England and the British Provinces was terribly unsteady at about daybreak this morning. It swayed to and fro and rumbled and grumbled for several sevonds, and then after a momentary pause there was a severe shake, louder and clearer than before, and one Which threatened to upset everything earthly and send all the inhabitants of this section of the mundane sphere forthwith to kingdom come. There was unquestionably a genuine earthquake, am, from accounts thus far received here, it ex- tended along the Atlantic coast all its way from New Brunswick to the furtherest western section of New Engiand, In Boston and the surrounding country, especially in the seaport cities and towns, It was quite distinctly felt, Im the interior of the country the vibrations were not 80 sensible; but at many points along tho coast the shocks were so severe as to disarrange all things portable and shake a few buildings from thelr foundations, causing, of course, the greatest fright and consternation among the inhabitants. ‘The evening previous was unusually clear every- where where the quake was felt, but at about mid- night there was a sharp rain, which lasted with brief intervals until about half-past four o'clock. ‘There then succeeded a beautiful starlight and a part of March, 1869, James Fisk, Jr., called upon deponent, in compat with some other gentlemen, | Clear, balmy atmosphere. At between twenty and and said he was looking for two or three houses. for thirty minutes past five o'clock, just as daylight was his friends, and examined said house, with a view to purchasing the same, and requested deponent to call and see him the next day at the Erie Railway office; that deponent, acting as agent for his wife, after sundry interviews with said Fisk, finally agreed to sell said house to the parties represented by said isk for $40,000; that a contract for the sale of said house to sa:d Fisk or his assigns was prepared by Mr. Shearman, who acted as counsel for said Fisk, and signed by deponent; and afterwards a deed of the said house to Helen J. Mansfield was executea by deponent and his wife at Mr. Fisk’s request and delivered by deponent to Mr. Shearman, as attorney for Miss Mansfield, and he gave deponent several checks, amounting in all to $20,000, being the amount of the price over a mortgage on the prem- ises; that deponent is not acquainted with Miss becoming visible, the first ghocks were experienced, and from all reliable accounts they seem to have been feit simultaneously whenever they were feit atall. In Boston the sensation was most sensibly expe- rienced. Thousands were awakened by the ratuing of windows and doors, the shaking of thelr beus, the ringing of door belis and the general smashing of stone and china ware. The early risers, Auch as marketmen and milkmen, were frightened into a deathly paleness, and they were generally united in the opinion that the millenium Mansfield, and never met her nor had any dealings | had come. The sleepers, so suddenly awak- with her, except as aforesaid, ened, rushed madly to the windows to Watson B, Farr swears that last spring, or carly | ascertain the cause of such early and in summer, James Fisk purchased and fitied up No. 359 West Twenty-third street lor Mrs. Mansfleld, and that after such purchase he repeatedly saw Mr. Fisk going as if to and from that house, and on several occasions saw his Erie cab standing at its door. He states that from What he saw and heard he came to the conclusion that Mr. Fisk frequently lodgea and ate his meals at No. 359, and occasionally lodged at 318 West fwenty-tuird street, Henry 8, Hewson gave his statement under com- pulsion that he and Mr, G. G. Garibaldi, an artist in iresco, had a contract for doing certain frescoing with the Erie Railway Company, and also did work on 313 and 359 West Twenty-third street, and was paid for it by the officers of the company. Mr. Hoes made affidavit that he had examined thé records and trom them found that Mr, Fisk and Mr. Gould bought Pike’s Opera House for $700,000, the mortgages on it amounting to nearly $500,000, ana that the rest of the real Ht eile standing in Mr. Fisk’s name was leaseaold. Records to show the ownership of the Boston House to be on Mrs. Fisk, and that Mr. Fisk has assumed mortgages on it, were produced, The United States internal revenue return of Mr. Fisk, made in Boston April 14, 1869, was produced. He returns taxable income of $62,500, and pays fourteen dollars on his watches and biliiard tables. The Boston assessor says be him asa resident of Boston in May last. Samuel F. McCleary, of Boston, says Mr. Fisk haa been registered there aa a voter. Ezekiel 8. Johnson, the grocer who suppiles Fisk’s Boston house with groceries, says he was always aid either by Mr. Fisk or by his wife, by drafts on New York, for goods supplied on tne credit of and charged to Mr. Fisk. Mr. Fisk’s Boston barber testifies to shaving Mr. Fisk at his Boston residence twice during October, and found his doorpiate on the door. . M. Smith swears that he found Mr. Fisk’s horses and carriages to be kept in Boston. Other affidavits are produced to the fact that Mr. Fisk’s wife sull lives in the Boston house, that his name is On the doorplate, and that he pays the bilis of the family, The affidavit of Samuel Levon, who conducts a [Me detective agency in this city, stated that Mr. Fisk does not occupy the house in’ New York, No. 313 West Twenty-third street, more than once a year, and that he still continues his visits to Boston. Mr. Spencer next read the income return of Mr. Fisk, which had been put in in Boston on the 14th of April last, and. in which he reported bis income at ‘cbehe hat which he paid taxes, It was further shown tnat he resided at No. 74 Chester square, Boston, where his butcher and cer, &c., Supplied him with domestic necessaries in obedience to his order. Mr, Field, in reply, contended that this attachment could not be upheld upon a summons for reliet. There could not be an attachment in any case except that of a money demand on a contract or an action for the conversion of personal property. That this was not an action for the conversion of personal property was shown by the affidavit on which they had taken attachment. He saw nothing whatever inconsistent with the position Mr. Fisk had taken in all his aMidavits, Judge Daly said that the affidavits showed this to be @ case involving a claim for unliquidated damages, in which an attachment would lie. He thought that Mr. Fisk’s residence in Massachusetts up to May last had been fully established, and nothing, in his judgment, had been produced by the defendant to show that that residenee had been since changed. On application of Mr. Field the further hearing in the case was adjourned over to the 5th of November, in order to give him an opportunity of presenting further affidavits in answer to those of his opponent. strange confusion, but they were only met by the inquiring faces of their neighbors, which filled nearly every window 1n their street, where dwelling and lodging houses were numerous. The rumbling and undulating movement was quite unmistakeable and the shaking was extremely violent, A gentleman who resides at the Pavillon Hotel he was awakened by the shock and he noted three distinct shakes, sufficiently marked to induce him to think thatit was time to dress. A domestic ina house in ‘Tremont street arose at half- past five and awakened the housenold, declaring that some one was under her bed and had lifced it, The shock was very distinctly felt in East Boston by various persons who were suddenly awakened from their siumbers by the shaking of beds, doors and windows, and in one family the entire house- hold was aroused by the unusual phenomena. One gentleman, whose/occupation often calls him upon the sea on being shaken up from a sound sleep by the strange motion communicated to his bed, and his returning senses convincing him he was not in the heaving main, deliberately charged his spouse of rudely disturbing hia slumbers; but the general testimony of the family as to the cause of the agita- tion disposed him to retract the charge. The shock was quite severe in Newburyport, shaking the doors ana windows and many movable things in the houses, The peopie generally were awakened by the commotion. An old brick mansion house, built seventy years ago, having the thick, massive walls so common in those days, was shaken from the roof to the cellar, rattling the doors and windows and creating general alarm among its occupants. The people in their beds were very sensible of a vibrating motion beneatn them. One man who lodges in Lindall street, near the Boston Post Office, rushed up State street about a quarter to six o'clock, partially dressed, and thus accosted a policeman:—‘Ten minutes ago I was in bed in my room alone, in the fourth story of a brick building near the Boston Post Office. I had been awake for perhaps an hour or more when I sud- denly felt that the spring mattress beneath me was swaying to and fro, This continued for perhaps half aminute, until 1 was fully conscious of the mojon, when it ceased, and then, after an interval of a few seconds, was repeated and for the last time. I could hear the door of my room gently swing wo and fro, I should think three or four inches. I immediately arose and found that my door bad been left ajar, which was unasual. The motion was easterly and westerly—I should judge nearly parallel with State street. The time occupied by both shocks mght have been only a minute, including an intermission of perhaps ten seconas.”” Th great Coliseum, which was so terribly shat- tered by the September gale, did not escape a wrenching by the earthquake. The watchmen em- ployed there were startled by tne creaking of the tumbers and they ran frantically outside, velieving that the vast stracture was surely tumbling. The historical edifice is to be drawn for to-morrow, and the 70,000 ticket holders are in great ecstacies that the butiding escaped the destruction which the ele- ments of nature have from time to time seemed to have in store for it. In Cambridge, as well as tn other places where milk has been builed up to nine cents per quart, the morning dispensers of the lacteai fuid experienced some pecullar sensations. These early risers had a good opportunity of jadging whether or not the phenomenon was a quake in the earth, and those of them who were not riding in their carts experienced the sensation, and in many instances they remarked it to their patrons, no small number of whom cor- roborated their statements—especially the Bridgetg who could not account from any philosophicai rea- soning of their own why the windows jarred, the bells tinkled and the doors opened at the early hour of halt-past tive o'clock. Some of the Bridget’s, too, were a little irregular in getting the morning meal, the feeling of superstition that came over them creating a nervousness that Was unusual, The phenomenon were also distinctly felt by the professors and the students of Harvard College, and {ts duration was marked at sixteen seconds, as near as could be calculated. The conductors of the early horse cars also noticed the phenomena, and their opinion was strengthened by passengers going into Boston from Cambridge. The most marked man- ner in which the shock showed itself was demon- strated in a glazier’s shop, where an apprentice boy on the might previous had accidentally or carelessly left five panes of glass lying almost poised on a shelf, This morning when he opened the shop he found the panes of glass lying on the vor in frag- ments. It is not often that the people of Cambridge are so sharply reminded of the unseen powers contained in the bowels of the earth, At firat the people thought that an explosion had occurred at the arsenal in Watertown, a few miles distant, but the motion of the earth was 60 en- tirely different from the effect following a powder explosion that it was voted by all that tie sensa- tion was a sort Of Weak edition of some of the piea- santry experienced by San Francisco several months ago. A gentleman living a little north of Harvard Qol- FIGHT.NG FIRE, Noval Exhibition at the Battery. Yesterday afternoon @ large crowd assembled at the Battery to witness the exhibition of a new fire extinguishing apparatus, The invention consists of @ retort for the manufacture of carbonic acid gas from carbolic acid and marble du st, alarge tank or receiver and an ordinary gasptpe. About fifty yards from the enclosure containing the above apparatus @ small plank building was erected, and a huge bonfire of tar parrels, saturated with kerosene, kindled inside. A two-inch gaspipe led from the gas tank to the fire, and when the flames were in full headway, inside the building the door was closed and the gas turned on, extinguishing the fire in afew seconds. The apparatus is the property of the Empire Fire Extinguishing Company, who pro- pose to erect large receivers like ordinary gi tanks in the city and introduce pipes into buildings in the same manner as waterpipes are distributed, It is claimed that with @ gas tank in Harlem, a pres+ sure of 100 pounds to tne square inch can be pro- duced at the battery, and that by turning on the gas ina building any may be immediately extin- guished. The pipes are to be under the control of the occupants of the buildings where the gas is in- troduced the same as ordinary gas pipes. BASE BALL NOTES. The Empires were defeated by the Unions on Wednesday, after a tough fight, with a score of 17 to 16, in seven innings. ‘The Hariems defeated the Stars of Pleasantville on Tuesday last at Mount Morris, with a score of 40 to 17, in seven Innings. . The Soctais of this city have received an invita- tion to go to Troy and be mowed down by the Hay- makers. The Young Gramercy of New York boldly “tackled” the Mutuals yesterday. On Tuesday they gave the Ya ad of Jersey City “a turn,’ and were de- feat by only three runs, the score standing 16 to 18. The Hope Club of Aariem will play the Actives Sax, at Hoboken. Play is to be called at two o’clock. To-day the Mutoals and Orientals will play that return game at the Unions grounds. On Tnesday next, 26th inst., the plucky Orions Will take the 2:30 P. M. train from Twenty-aixth street for Melrose, and arriving at the latter piace, ‘Will play the'Unions of Morrisan! The game of base ball at Boston yesterday after noon, tween the KEckfords of Brooklyn and the Lowell Ciub of Boston, resulted in favor of the for mer, the soore being Bekforde 38, Loweils 38, Jege was suddenly awakened out of a sound sleep, and at first thought the Watertown Arsenal had blown up. His bed was quite violently moved, first horizontally four times from north to south, and afterwards up ena down the same number of imotions, A female domestic in his fam- ily, who had great fear of ghosts, and for the first time had been persuaded to sleep in a room in which an aged lady had recently died, was 80 fright- ened at the shock that she came wildly rushing to her mistress, exclaiming, “Oh, missus, missus, the old oman 1s under the bed ; the old ‘oman is under the bed)? In Charlestown the shock wag felt with equal dis- inctness, The old fogies there looked upon the Movement as the result of the annexation meeting held last night to join the city to Boston, People living in the vicinity of Bunker Hill monument, who had not yet left their beds, heard or thought they heard the plle of 220 feet of granite all with a crash to tne ground; but upon thrusting their heads out of the windows found the sacred column standing erect and undisturbed. The report circulated in the city about six o’clock that the Monument had been hurled to the ground was probably started by some wag who was Nard up for @ sensation, The sentinels at the Navy Yard ais- tinctly felt the shock, but at first thought an explosion had occurred at the Watertown Arsenal. On the 1st of June, 1638, an eartiquake took place in the New England States in the afternoon, and it ‘Was sufficiently vioient to shake movable articles. On the 29th of October, 1727, a shock, which was of two minutes’ duration, took place, and was felt all along the coast. February 6, 1736, another sock took place, and November 18, 1755, the earthquake extend- ed from New England to the Wes) Indies, damaging towns throughout the whole extent of the coast. On the 12th of March, 1761, there was a violent shock in this and adjoining States at half-past two o'clock in the morning. The Shocks in Worcester. WORCESTER, Oct, 22, 1859. About five o'clock this morning a distinct shock of earthquake was experleneed in this city. The shock lasted apout three seconds, and the motion appeared to be from east to west. A movement of lesser vio- lence followed, about two seconds interve ning. Springfield Slightly Shaken. SPRINGFIELD, Oct. 22, 1869. A slight shock of an earthquake, lasting twenty seconds, was felt in this city at five o’clock this morning. THE EARTHQUAKE IN MAINE. Shocks Experienced at Portland, Augusta, Eastport and Other Points. PORTLAND, Oct. 22, 1869. The earthquake this morning was felt here. Re- Ports received show it was felt as far cast as St. John, as far north as Kendall’s Mills, and south as far as Paris. AvGusTA, Oct. 22, 1869, This morning at balf-past five o'clock a shock of earthquake lasting more than a minute was felt in this vicinity. Nearly every one was awakened, door bells were rung and buildings shaken. It extended all along the river. ROCKLAND, Oct. 22, 1869. A slight shock of earthquake was felt here at half-past five o'clock this morning. There was a very sensible trembling motion of the earth, and in many cases dwellings were shaken so as to rattle the doors, windows and furniture. Eastport, Oct. 22, 1869, A shock of earthquake was felt here at half-past five o'clock this morning, It was the most severe ever felt in this vicinity. THE SHOCK IN NEW HAMPSTIRE, ConcorD, Oct. 22, 1869, ‘There was a distinct shock of earthquake felt here at half-past flve o’clock this morning. It was also felt at White River, Littleton and heavily at Welis River. Various other places report having expe- rienced a shock. THE SHOCK IN CONNECTICUT, HaRtrorD, Oct. 22, 1869. A shock of earthquake was Gistinctly felt in this city about five o’clock this morning. It was also felt at Windsor and other parts of the State, TROTTING AT THE UNION COURSE, A trotting contest for a purse and stake of $1,000, mile heats, best three tn five, in harness, took place yesterday afternoon at the Union Vourse, vetween the chestnut stallion Burger, the chestnut mare Louise and the chestnut gelding Dreadnaught. Five heats were trotted without a result being arrived at, Burger winning the first ana fourth heats, Louise the second and third and Dreadnaught the fifth, when on account of darkness the race was postponed until this morning at nine o’clock. The race created the greatest interest among the spectators. Before the start the horses sold in the pools at equal Ngures; but after the first heat, which was won by Burger, he became a great favorite over the feld. When the mare won the second and third heats she was the favorite at ten to one. The fourth heat was given to Burger after Louise had won it by two good lengths, the judges stating that the mare ran too much on the backstreteh; but there were few others who were of this opinion, and considerable dissatisfaction was expressed in conse- quence, one of the friends of the mare going so far as to threaten the judges that if they decided in that way again he would “put a head on them,” which, im the vernacular of the Nineteenth ward, means an embellishment of the human face divine, And this threat would no doubt have been put into execution had Burger won the fifth heat. As the race has been postponed until this morning the probability is that now judges will nave to be appointed, as those who served yesterday will hardly dare to trust themselves again in tne stand. ‘The following are the details of the race as far as it progressed:— TRE RACK. First Heat.—Louise won the pole, Burger the sec- ond place, Dreadnaught taking the outside, After a few scorings the horses were despatched on even terms. Dreadnaught then drew out anead, but soon broke up, and Burger took the lead, Louise second, Dreadnaught several lengths behind. Going round the upper turn Burger led two lengths, which he carried to the quarter pole in thirty-eight seconds, Louise second, six lengths ahead of Dreadnaught, There was no ag of position on the back- stretch, although uise closed up a little of w daylight, Burger passing the half. mile pole in 1:17, one lengih and a half ahead of Louise, Dreadnaught six lengths behind, having broken up a second time. Louise closed gra- dually around the lower turn and was at Borger’s wheel when he entered the homestretch, but she soon afterwards broke up and fell of a length. Dreadnaught trotted rapidly up the homestretch and slut up the daylight quite fast. When near the dis- tance stand ne again left his feet and ail his chances Of the heat were gone. Burger came in an easy winner by two lengths, in 2:36, Louise second, three lengths In front of Dreadnanght. Second Meat,—Burger was the favorite, Loutse the second choice. She had the best of the start, Burger second, Dreadnaught close np. Louise made a skip on the turn and Burger took the lead of a length, Louise second, two lengths tn front of Dreadnaught. ‘They went in this way to the quarter pole tn thirty- nine seconds. Dreadnaught then broke up and fell off half @ dozen lengths. ing aloug the back- stretch Louise made several skips, but she held her position close to Burger, and approaching the half- mile pole took sides with him, and they passed that point head and head in 1:18, Dreadnaught eignt Jengths In the rear, Burger then broke up and Loutee left him and led four lengths around the lower turn, and came on the homestretch all of that distance anead of the stallion, He, however, trotied rapidly when he got into straight work, aud closed well up on the mare, but he fet all to pieces again, aud the mare came in a winner by eight lengths in 2:35. Burger was ond, one length ahead of Dreadnaught. Third Heat.—Louise was now the favorite against the field atfourto one, Paulding was taken from behind Burger and Hiram Howe substituted in his place, Burger had the best of the start, Louise second, Dreadnaught close up and under’good head- way. Soon after leaving Burger broke up and imme- diately afterwards Louise leit her legs. Dreadnaught got a commanding lead by these mishaps and went around the upper turn and to the quarter pole four lengths in front of Louise, who was eight lengths aheadof Burger. The time to the quarter pole was thirty-nine seconds. Dreadnaught then broke up and Louise took the lead, and was four lengths in front on the backstretch, Burger breaking up a sec- ond time, but keeping in front of Dreadnaught. at the half-mile pole Louise was six lengihs ahead of Burger, who was four lengths in front of the geid- ing. Time, 1:18 Louise kept four slengtas ahead of Burger around the lower turn and carried that advantage into the homestretch, Burger second, four lengths ahead of Dreadnaught. Toe javwer broke on the homestretch and fell of badiv. Louse their twenty-fifth annual to-day. The meeting wiil last two grammar and primary school eS won the heat by five lengths in 2:35, Burger second, two lengths ahead of Dreadnaught. Fourth Heat.—There was no vetting after the third heat. Louise had the best of the start, Burger second, Dreadnaught third, but close up. Dread- naught broke soon after the start and fell off ten lengths. Gomg around the turn Louise led two lengths, Burger second, ten lengths ahead of tl gelding, At the quarter pole, which was passed forty seconds, Louise was about three-quarters of length ahead, Dreadnaught eight lengths vehind. Burger yoked the mare on the backstrevch and for & moment showed in front. Louise then broke up and ran alongside of Burger and passed him, He collared her again and they passed the nali- mile pole head and head in 1:19 ‘ae mare the stallion kept close together around the lower turn until Burger broke up, and the mare was half alength in front at the three-quarter pole, Dread- naught eight lengths beiind. Coming up the home- stretch the stallion fell off all the way and the mare won the heat by two lengths, Burger second, oue length ahead of Dreadnaught. Time of the heat, 2:37. The judges gave the heat to Burger, on ac- count of Louse running too much on the back- stretch in this heat. Fifth Heal.—One hundred to twenty was now offered on the mare, which was taken, It was now nearly dark, The horses had a very unequal start, Burger having the lead, Dreadnaught second, Louise third. Dreadnaught trotted rapidiy away from the others on the turn and was three lengths ahead of Burger at the quarter pole in thirty-nine seconds, Louise two lengths beliind. Going down the back- stretch Dreadnaught opened the gap and was five lengths ahead of burger at the half-mile poie tm 1:18, some persons declaring that he Was running, although we could not see itfrom the stand. Gomg around the lower tarn the horses were entirely out of sight, and nothing further could be underst about the race until the horses were well up the homestretch, Dreadnaught being several lengths in front, Burger second and Louise third. They camo home in this way, Dreadnaught winning the heat by three lengt Burger second, two lengths ahead of Louise. Time of heat, 2:36. The judges then post- pone the race until this morning at nine o'clock. ‘he following is a summary of the race as far as it progressed :— SUMMARY. Ux1on Course, L. L—Trotting sweepstakes, $1,00 in harness. A. Patterson entered ch. g. Dread- naught... is or - 333321 J. Paulding entered ch, 8 Burger..... 1 2 2 1 2 4. Murphy eutered ch, m. Louise. - 212128 TIME, Quarter. Half. Mile, First Heat.. 38 1:17 -23365¢ Second He: «638 1:18 = 2:85 ‘Third Heat. 39 1:18-2:36 Fourth Heat 40 1:19-2:37 Fifth Heat. . 39 1:18 2:36 The Prospect Park Fair Ground Association have @ grand trotung carnival this afternoon at their grounds for premiums, the horses engaged in the various races to be owned by the members of the association. The gates will be opened free to the public, and a large attendance will be the result, THE AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB. Extra Day at Jerome Park—Four Races— The Sale of Pools. This afternoon four capital races come off at Jerome Park, the occasion being an extra day of the regular fall meeting of the American Jockey Ciub. With fine weather, superb roads, an excellent track and a splendid programme, a magnificent da; sport is anticipated. The following are the races:— Grand steeple chase—A handicap sweepstakes, $26 each; $1,000 added; two and 4 naif miles, Entries—Zigzag, 150 lbs.; Lobelia, 149 ips.; Robin- 8on, 144 lbs.; Eminence, 140 1b: Gayo, 138 Ibs.; Oysterman, Jr., 136 lbs.; Mitchell, 130 lbs, Free handicap sweepstakes—$25 cach; $600 added; one mile and three-quarters. Entries—Metairte, 103 1bs.; Jubal, 99 Ibs,; Sarah B., 96 Ibs.; Albuera, 93 Iba Cottrill, 90 1bs.; Niagara, 90 1bs.; Tasmania, 85 Ibs. Selling sweepstakes—$15 each, $300 added, one mile and one eighth. Entries—Siecty, 96 Ibs.; R. B, Connolly, 104 Ibs.; Bonnie Doon, 96 Ibs.; Tycora, 90 1bs.; Spotted Fawn, 90lbs.; Weidon’s entry, 96 aud 95 1lbs.; Rapture, 82 lbs.; Ouida, 77 Lbs, Mile heats, purse $400, entrance free. Entries—Lancaster, 118 1bs.; R. b, Connolly, 114 jbs.; Simple Simon, 105 lbs.; Cottriil, 95 lbs.; Lizzie Rogers, 105 lbs., and Sandford, 108 lbs, The following are some of the sales of pools at the American Jockey Club rooms, by Dr. Underwood, and at Kiley’s restaurant, by Dr. Jouuson, last night. FIRST RACE, Underwood. Johnson, Mitchell... $50 $100 ¢200 $50 «$40 «$60 0 60-110 co 3040 10 2 655 40 15 20 8 20 45 40 15 20 8 2% 40 Field. 6 1 30 62 6 40 SECOND RACE. Underwood, Johnson. $225 $213 $212 Field, 200 300 Jubal... Underwood, R. B. Connolly FOURTH RACE. Underwood, Johnson, $120 250 350 — 100 205 310 $240 240 260 80 165 245 - 65 135 210 140 164 144 40 85 165 = Stumple Simon 20 40 55 Field..120 144 120 THE BLOGD HORSE ASSOCIATION. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 22, 1869. There were two races over the Blood Horse Asso- clation’s course yesterday. The first, for the wel- mont stakes for three-year olds, two miles, entrance $100, purse $800, was won by Bulord's Versailles, beating Nannie Douglassin two heats. Time, 3:53— 33524. The second race was for all ages, mile heats, for a purse of $300. It was won by Carlisle's b. f. by Uncle Vic, in three heats, beating John Kiigour, who took first heat, Beitie Bay, Big Bobtail, Grand Duchess and Morgaa Scout, Time, 1:56)5 —1:66y— 1:55 3g, 1:6535. To-day Charley Walker waiked over for the Asso- ciation purse of $5,000 for all ages. The race of mile heats, vest turee in five, resulted as follows: Donovan. Lancer. Melton. +. . ean b. c, by Loyalty. ‘Wme, 1:53 4 —1:51 45 —1:54 {—1:57. The winner was the favorite. The track was heavy and rain fell all the time of the races. Satur- day's races have been postponed until Wednesday. VIRGINIA. Arrests for Counterfeiting Tobacco Revenue Stamps. RicHMoND, Oct. 22, 1869, The case of the parties charged with selling coun- terfeit tobacco revenue stamps promises to lead to important disclosures, Two more arrests have been made tn connection with it, one of them being Charles Jackson, @ tobacco manufacturer of Peters- burg, who is charged with furnishing a genuine stamp to make counterfeits by. Thomas W. Roche and Frederick Bannasche were before the United States Commissioner to-day and held for trial. The United States District Attorney, in urging that heavy bail be required, said that this was part of a wealthy gang, the principals of which would take them out of jail if $20,000 had to be forfeitea to do it. The Commissioner fixed the bail at $10,000 each, and Bannasche stave it. The factory of Bal nasche was seized to-day for violation of the rev nue laws. The other parties have been balled to ap: pear on Wednesday. ‘The case excited much inte- Fest from the fact that all parties are well known as former revenue oficials her MASSACHUSETTS. Extensive Fire at Indian Orchard Viliage~ Paper Mill at Dalton Burned. SPRINGFIELD, Ovt. 22, 1860, A fire at indian Orchard village this morning destroyed the Su’phur Springs and Indian Orchard hotel. ered by ins ‘The loss, which 19 $15,000, is partially cov Ce, er mill at Crano’s pa Daiton waa burned this morning. The Joss is $60,000, . Death of a Well Known Temperance Lece turerSchool Teachers’ Convention, Boston, Oct. 22, 1869, E. H. Uniac, the well known temperance lecturer, was found dead in ved this morning, it is supposed from an accidentai overdose of opium, Aman supposed to be Martin Hasia wag killed to-day by a train while walking on the tr; Boston and Fitchburg Ratironde aabctand The public school teachers of Massachusetts hela meeting in this eit; lays. The nig deiezations held parare meetings to-day, uniting in the evening at £ be geal se and promenade concert in Horticultural Tremont Temple, whi Lipo a daghir by tage Woodmai and another by George W. Minn: ton, ie latter on the “Seuools of Oaidfornia’ o™ To-morrow @ gene} ‘al meeting will be held in ich Will inelude the election of if Dart-