The Sun (New York) Newspaper, January 24, 1870, Page 1

HISTORY OF A CONSPIRACY. INTEREST WHICH THE WHITE MOUSE HAD IN IT, on the Stand—Gonld and Intiom of the Pri BrothersineLaw—Coroto’s Influen Keeping th iterfold’s Interest tn the Oper Tint Old Thief Cordin=V Gould Expected to Make, 4] Despateh to The San «, Jan, 23,.—James Fisk, Jr., testi- S turday before the House Banking Com- If the crops of the country are if the crops are held back and t moved forward—our receipts are diminished; ast June, Gen, Grant was going on ron to the Tubilee, and was going over our as by the way of the Fail River; we made \:—Mr. Gould and I—that we shonld go with him and see whether we could not learn sto be the policy of the Administration for thecoming (a1; gold was then selling at 135; we New York to go to Boston with Gen, Grant at pout 9 o'clock ; we Ove MA serpen; he conversation at supper was, of course, on the Alempor'ant the topte of Onarees; we talked, I sup- t three or four hours. Vho were at that supper beside Mr. \d Gen. Grant, and yourself? Fisk—Why, Billy Porson and others; it was entirely an aformal ¢ there were some eight or nine was the first Interview we bad with uzht we would sit down and have a square (alk with bim to see what were his {teas on be first thing that | mace up my mind Ring Informe STUDYING UP THR FINANCES. Be was mak'ng up his mind on the subject, and was studying into the Anance he would of conree excrt a ccrtain amount of power, or rule. thing which jit struck acreas us withagreat deal of surpris | We went into an argument with him, to show that if gold was sent to 12) the large crop of last year could go forward at all, and no one would consume it, home consumption would not take it all ap. Ji struck wcross us like that, and we went into an argumcut to convince him that SOMETHING SHOULD xe to get off this crop at high a price. Grant made after we had out an hour and a half, that anyway the vight a8 well be pricked at one time as As much a8 to say, if the crash had to ight as well come at one time as another, of acrash, is to have it all milk and honcy .and to let the next fellows stand the brunt 1! long and let the new ¢ remark Gen, all the furry. WE WANT ALL THE FUN, and let the next fellow have other words, we want to make the money, not to Gen, Grant did not seem to reason After we came back from Bos. ton along in July we went down to Long Branch There was no opportunity to talk there; but dar- Ing thts time Mr, Goold had become acquainted with Mr. Corhin, wno married the President's sister. Mr. Gould could not disabuse his mind; he p ya to it than I did, though Tam dotag all the He could not disabuse his mind that this policy they were pursuing was one which was going the trouble. It quite that way, cP WITH A ROUND TORN, us oxactly where tt has brought estruction of every mercantile interest nt, so that to-day there ‘king a dollar who is trading in any. self was to see whether we could not purening of this condition of things; we could make them understand it, they fall in with our w e went down to Long Branch, but did cess in getting an vwell, but we got to rnin us, to brin interview ; we nothing satisfactory when we went to Long Branch tt seemed ut Was travelling for pleasur to business, to pleasure, not more than five or six ulate to spend jong in July he was he did not c: im work ; Tthink ° running two lines to Boston, one by Fall not calling at Newport, and the other via Newpo't which landed there, and which left New Mr, Gould on the afternoon to come down to the boat at the went to Work and wrote @ which he explained to im that we had «& on our tuble show!ng there were 30) sail from the Black p the Mediterranean, loaded with grain nd Liverpool; he told t hulf past fives what we had 4 loWork; gold Was selling at about $a wtrong letter ked me to take it to , and fT saw fl the Government pages, and be jrant and have a talk to Gen. Grant, if would not sell gold, this transportation for the mj lopment for our 17,04 or 18,000 men Ne had for the purpose we had to pay wheth tthe pohey was of moving this we moved It or not— visable we would go t where we cold +1 went dows to Newport, rd in the inte nething about 1 vea conferenc art of the week th utwell, and we did pout the frst Gould bad deco e subject; I learned ¢ had not heard forward at an ear- person for Assist ems they thought than this as urer at New York be mater now, ir, Gould had mad ey Wasa plain one to put up gold, and gold, not believing end the Govern’ 4 off; not thinking Cather man, they concluded to light on wood, and substi Butterfeld, through CONBIN'S INFLUEN: Preasurership ; the crops sh 1 be moved off at bi went ove step further, that a good could be mad and { tuppone know that when he goes into anything y Wants to take ali ; 1g he wants take everything there ts on ee noteven | ave the shelf; be you know that ucts; he probably never nd myseif who did s both ; Core Yone but Mr G € came very nvar Kiling ived the dew that ue having BUTTERY IELD Butterfield toting der more or less obli- nd deal of money to } understand he wus speculating largely « he was turned out, they conceived the our power of earryiny the Government, a ge de; the whole tide of the countr; Hs gold going Up; all looked ri lt get himagit UP; tb seemed. Gould had weveral INTRIVIEWS WITH CORUIN, (allio bad Interviews with Gea, Grant, and Od wae ntraduacd to Gen, Graut, Me, Cor gold, If they 4 deal of money ito 4 position for before I knew anything bin waa very firm in the belicf that be contd rega- late this whole Government matter, and there was the beginning of this purchase of gold; Lexpressed some views in regard to the dimcnity of running goid np, and at the commencement I was left out, hot but I could Lave gone in if Thad wanted to? Mr. Gould, T uncerstaud since, had bought about {wo and m'balf millions of gold, he commencing at 197, at which he told me Sir. Corbin nad told him that MRS, GRANT BAD FIVE HUNDRED THOCSAND Aollare ; Gen, Porter liad five hundred thousand, and he hada miltion and a half himself; It was at'this point I got into the matter; Mr. Corbin told me this afterward; It ran along to about Sept. 15; gold during that time had kept settling down to 191, "and Mr. Gould bad got nis own carpet-bag full of it; I could see from the way he wa TRARING UP LITTLE PIECES OF PAPER and throwing them aroand the floor; every man has his peculiarities ; you know thatthe hatchet was in him very near upto the bandie, and that about all of his consolation was when he heeame thin and Wonk, (0 go off and counsel with this high-minded friend Mr. Corbin ; when he caine dowa to the ofice he would stop every morning and. take ‘a dose” of Corbin; about the 1th of September, in the morning, 1 came into the office; Gould said tome, + There is no use talking, this gvid Is vurchased too hign;” he told me wh Neulty this pure chasd was; T told | had so much, 11 were go loaded up with it, T should invite my able- Dodied friends in to help me bear the yoke; Thad not said much about gold for four or five weeks, for the reason, that We almost always speculated to- getlier, and he did not seem to say anything to me about ‘it; 1 went #0 far as toget ftinto my mind that he had a good thing and would not let me in; I dertermined T would not say anything aboutit; he had gone in deep, and secmed to maintain a studied silence about it; he did not wish to say anything about it; 1 saw that if I were to do anything by which old was to co up we hud to put our shoniders to the wheel, and with the drop. ping off in our earnings, I mate up my mind, do What I would, no Government gold would come ont, though gold ‘had settled at 191 and marchcd to 125, ‘and that if there were only fourteen millions of gold in New York, we could raise it and hold it; Tatart. in that morning through Heath & Co., and bought gold; after 1 commenced to buy gold, i sald to Mr. Gould, * Where are you? Have you any understand. ing with Mr. Corbin? Has he carried out any of these theories with Grant as far back as July? he said “Yer ;" that everytuing was undrstood, and that Corbin bad told him that no gold was to come from the Government; there was 0 much gold here, and we can put it up to 145, and we shall not lose anything; he said, “We are regulating along *0 as to keep it up to the fall and to eecure transportation for our road by the movement of the crops; he said the idea tn sending up this thing was to go throuch with it; on that position I starced in myself, without any understanding with him shat Lwas to shure in his losses or bis profits, or he if mine; T made np my mind that it needed ail the power of the bulls, and you couid get all you wanted to carry, axa it benooved me to load up to what I could carry; 4 started, and f found L got what T could carry, every bit of it; gold when Tevaried in was 1064; it bad been down to 131, but got up there again before I got in; Gould bad gold enough to half sink 2 ship; T never knew all, but he had plenty said to ht after I commenced, “ Give me o letter explainng to Mr. Corbin that [know all about this affair, that he had Butterfield appointed that he should get all the information from the Government and from Gen, Grant, and that he was plelged that there shouid be no gold sold on the part of tue Government, #o that I could talk to bim: I siarted off to Mr. Corbin and he explained to me that everything wes all arranged; that he had stock with r. Gould, who bad for Mr. Grant which had been sold out received a check for $25.00) whieh he hal forward: to Washington; he said that everything looked he Was contident we were doing a gret nal good; good for the country Sssisting the road to secure tlis transjo the last be tried to. make out, but Tike agit it w not the last consideration with bin, that he coud see more money in it than he ever before saw in one transaction at any time tn his life; I told tim I thought he could; he really impressed me that he had lis own hidden thoughts, and with his eye cocked over his nose you could’ not tell what he was louking at or which way Le was it was at once sug- gested to me whether the old thief would not rath a than tell the truth; he seemed to understand Mr, Gov was R arrangement, and a. Deen done, and that this was the only chance they had to make this money. whied they had been look to while accomplishing this good of starting up trade of thi: countey; Iwas inclined to Lelie that the oid man had the whole thing fixed wu started of to use the wires to get rood bag of gold if’ it was going up; this wes about Monday” or Tuesday before the black Fridey, Sept. %—that ts nt Sept. 21; I iound when L got around there at ve and Tt the office, I feli like stepping around and talking to 31 Corbin again when I got away from the old ma did not so much beiteve tn the imiaens: which he said he had with the Administration expressed himself to. me 1 aM RIGHT BENIND Tie THRONE you need not give yourself at ness.” [felt a great deal plowanter talki than when I was away from him, and sot went on; I saw him two or three times assured me positively that the thing wu that the Governinent would not pyt any go! market; I. think Mr. Goold used to se bim on hie way dows his house; we could pass right by Corbin's hor on Monday about 8 o'clock Gould said, I want yc the man you send on tue wort miric c man you hay take letter from Mr, Corbin to Gen, Grant at Wish- ington, Pa; L gave him Mr. Chapin; he said to Mr. Chapin, * YT want you, tomorrow morning at half-past 6 o'clock, to be at Mr, Corbin’s house, and he will give you aletter directed to Gea. Grit at Washington, Pa. Then | wisn you to take the frst train out to Pittsburgh, Pa, from whieh place you will have to ride eighteen miles over the n. Grant tn mountaing, and deliver this letter to person, Hear whut be has to say. ¢ frat station and telograp ean communicate anyching rots Which should not be known than ourselves; 1 thougit he wou over the time, and T told my brotuer-inlaw to take Mr. Chaplin the earringe to Mr, Corb u's house and to see lim on pourd of the traiu 60 that when T came to our office at 9 o'cloek Lmight know tuut he war on his Way; my broiher-iu-law went with ilu t Corbin's house; Mr. Chapin went in; Old Hamiet came down stairs aud atbalt-pust six le delivered to Chupio @ LETTER ADDRESSED TO OR. GRANT Chapin gcame out und drove down to the New Jer sry Cetral depot where he took the train for Pitt then it was 5 o'clock; he travelled nigh aid and never stopped til he delivered that letter to Gen, Grant at Washington, Pay when he arrived it Was curly in (he morning about 7 o'clock ; he rung them up und sent his card * Win O. Chapin from Mr, Corbin,” he went into the parlor and #oon the Genera: ¢ Gen, Grant opened the letter und read itpart through, and then went out, evidently as 4/ he Was going to show it to Mrs. Grant or wom ele; he Was gone fifteen minutes, and w evme buck Le said to Mr, Chapin * All right,’ bs elim go d morning; Mr, Chapin huriied to the firs tel graph station, aud about 11 o'clock we re ceived. his’ desputeh, “Delivered all right;" that Wir all the despaten sald; ‘Thursday olubt’ I was wround to see Curbin, und Corvin wuld everything working all right: aud the letter which ad goue frward had chnehed the matter; be sail that th Ji.torest of the nation and the intere the matter ail around Was #0 great Chat there could be no ship up whatever; that we were safe in getting EVERYTHING BELONGING TO OURSELVES, and that we would also get eversthing belonging tu evergtody ela; that was the wubstuuce of whit he conveyed to me; about Thursday aiternoon we had not been to Wait street before we went into Hetden’s oles to give an order tor colt; gold was 130% when we struck the treet, and when we lvit the street on that might it bad Closed at 11; there Was & good deal ot excitement; there was'a bull who was heard to say that be knew the Government was interested, that is, there were rumors of that kind which got out that there was a sirup, quick corner on gold, wud the Government would not geil uny; during this time Boutwell had come on: the beirs in Wail #treet and the Union League fellows cot up a dinuer at the Union League, a self aduira tion dinner, where they sat around with narrow fureheuds aid bald heuded way back to their shirt coll they had one of these self admiration dinners ino witch they pointe! out Mr Boutwell as one of the Anest finuifeicrs en the fuce of the earth, and he told them that he was DOING A BIG THINY FOR FISK Boutwell kept a close mouth, evidently not know ng where he dul stand; be thoy ter than to show on the fice what’ his nos ght be; he thought he had better kee » not think at all out of on't beileve they got enough to PAY THK DINNER, Itseomed atter this dinner that some of them hate bears, bel ong the true bears newer cover util Uiey ave gone down the Delaware forty miles, «ith thelr white hats of and thetr stockings down to thetr becls ; they buy along until 1¢ to the highest pric’; it was about this atterno the Toursday before the black Friday, betore ( other half of i ows began breaking and be gan to cover, wd ut gold up to 41 together With all the help tuat we could give them on Kri diy morning or Tharaday evening; Mr. Belden, then of the Orm of Wm. Belden & Co., who ‘had a brother-in-law of ming, a partner of bis, who had done wore or lest business for us all the’ time, had geen enough, nothing having been aid about this water, and he made up bis mind we bad #@ much gold on Land that we knew exactly the positio, G) else we Would not be caught In wuch # position } he wald on the evening before, "If you Lave all the gold you Want and you Want any assistance what ‘over you had better let me Come in to ussist you." Teaid y Fr, Boutwell IF YOU WANT TO GO IT, 00 IT, and give your orders, Hesaid “1 bave not time enough to see to it, and hope you will attend to it forme, In the morminy when you come down Twill bring my broker into he back oMice of Heath & Uo, wed you may give hua whatever orders you NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, THE QUARANTINE’S DEAD. oo THE HORRORS OF THE SEGUIN'S POINT GRAVEYARD. Robbing the F Cotine-Pitching ‘Trevohes—The Op Complete Coufirmation of Tae San’ bany Despatches—Bodies wil =The Sun Reporters Interview t Thero appeared in Tux Sox's Albany cor- respondence of last Wedne the astounting charges that against Health among these was one, which if true, put the boast- ed civilization of the age to the blosh. effect that the bodies of the emigrants who died in the quarantine ship had ny out cofing, but trad actu Ttold him that he must thority, and he did give me tt ter of authority: ive men letter | harvest? Fisk—T aid vory well on my atock opera- ‘The next day T opened on Central, aud soid seventeen shares, and broke the market down to came to a clear apot. The old trenches for the fi f the rain, we known by the mounds “Which shall we go for first?” said the little “Well, there dead, onder the i in, while the new ones we Mth, A. Midas. F Esq.—Dear sir: Thereby authorize you to order the purchase and sale of gold ou my account dur- ing this day to any extent you may deem advisible, and to report the same to me as earl; It {8 to be understood the profits of al and that Twill bear any lose which Wa, W. BeLigy, day morning, When T got down to the oflice of halfpast 10, Mr. Belden brought in people eenerally attribute the depros 9 your con luct In the gold corner last is not Just. because we tred to avert this very condition of thirty-one to over forty, and Hf we becn allowed to keep tt up everybody would have made money, and ‘he grain which 18 now bern burnt in the West for fuel, would have been sold to ‘ot the freight, and the nO nee opening those new ones. Probably they've cot wind of this thing before naw, wid buried the last on i soine of the older grav belong to mi ting gold up froi ndless Immigrants of their their Bodies tnto the a of the Graves— e must take "his companion replied. * Now 1 can tell yon there uint much grave about You'll find trenches hi Heath & Co. this business, Europe, the railro West good prices, and the depression we have come last sntimes ont Coffins ¢o through them, That's what wo have come here for, and we ean't get out of It,” said the Stn reporter, Anil so pick aud epade went to work, and uncov- undergoing woul whom I suppose you have heard of; Introdaced Mr. Speyers and said: © Mr, Fisk, Mr. Speyers will exo: cure any orders for my account you may give him;"" he then turned to Mr. Speyers and ever yon have executed those orders you will report then about 143, and I told Speyers the quicker he got there the quicker he rice; Speyers being one of belonging to the German order, felt that as soon as he could (il Belden's or- ders he would fill bis own gut with the stutl; it then got to be about balf-past 10 o' Speyers to go it, and BUY ALL THE GOLD TR COULD. Away he started ; but by the time he got there gold had reached 160; Speyers could not see why, When it had gone up from fifteen to twent .it should nos reach hence he beean to load ap at 140, and, judging from ood cart load of ft; t'do sou propose now? Fisk—More cur. ands to do business with, ay. a hasty narrative of had been preferred There are not SECRETS OF THR DEAD. ‘There was no frost in the ground, earth was thrown at the fect of Ti r, and the bright beams from his bull's-eyed lantern wero thrown into the grave, dy was strack, OCKLE MYSTERY, the gold to me;" gold wi ® SUN repor would get some at that those Roman Saxonians . Packs of Fare Ltt haa FL rey Within five minntes @ Shreds of clothing were brought to ight, but the shovels struck no wood, The un- coftined bodies lay within two teet of the surface of 8 of corruption, without ‘dinary rites of bur.al was ‘The ‘light from the lantern Trail Discoveret by Wyble’s Womans Te the Editor of The Sun. Siri In your report of the Wyneckie mystery that appeared in Tie Sex of yesterday, I read that nt from Paterson had been employed to Ald In the discovery of the missing Wyble children, or of come clue to them if they have been foully Now, it seems to me, that if a good diood-honnd Lad been employed, ft would have been If some garment that the little wn to afierce, hungry doe rike npon a trail that would There now lives ous Utterances t only been buried with. iy been thrown into thei some instances, the holes, or so-called graves, were not deep enough monsters entrusted with ob would crush them A festering n coffin or any #ign of the ¢ all that could be see streamed down on the scene, Another trench, and a third one were opened. iekening mass of ain the corpse the execution of this hellis! {nto their Inst resting place by dint of stamping on They denied the dead a coffin, oilara allowed by How lone this In- Sul! the same retaction, and rho men worke When the thir brought to light, the big shovel in apparent \ex- with will and vi uncoffined body gravecigger leaned upon to this point, them with taetr feet, In order to steal the feo of five that purpose, all appearances, he got a pretty during that time there appeared in the Times an article charging the Administration with Being In direct league with those who were putting up gol, and saying that it was shametul, &c,; going down town; Once that i would be telegraphed to Grant and nose curious articles el weak in the the State for much more sensible, ones bad worn were # of this kind, be might at once sclvé th 4 dog-trainer in Fifth street, who bas Were I a man, I’ would wis better than an opportunity to do my share in bring- ing the guilty parves in this afair to justice, I ven- ture to mukeé this euggestion, busing my claim to be h having been @ twenty years’ A MOTHER. I'm sick of this business. won't find any Coffins if you go through the whole of “You're no more sick of it than Tam, “But the thing has got to be done, and we've got to go through with it, other treneh, and 1 FIND A COFFIN IF WR CAN," And 60 the work went on, until eight receptacles for the dead had been opened, ana each one told the same story of neglect and robbery, sno sign of a coffin, information was first imparted not long ago to amember of Assembly from Kings county, under Ho procarod a friend Swinburne abouta year aco. A few months liter the Assemblyman met his friend street and said: “ What's the matter? by Dr, Swinburne #" roplied the other, “I left of my own ac it was one of which, when vou read it, made you it was ap article whicli, whee you read it, we made the remark that if the reporter, ar circumstances, tion under Dr. Id dwell on; it made us feel a little WEAK IN TTR KNEES atthat time when we read it, what woult bo its it reached Washington upon the Ht utwell and the Ul ates, who provably had never apecu- lated before this time; if we felt weak, how much Weaker Would they feel ? as we afterward learned, to sell strack, Spevers was still the first’ thing 1 knew clap strack there, and’ gold went down to 14, but Speyers, fecling that be was o tinued to take up gold at 160 Was Speyers rushing into tle office with his cravat off, and Without any shirt coliar, and his HAIN STIONING UP STRAIGHT, t little there was left of it ; he did not Lave over gon hairs; said he: yed out’; I haves fifty millions at 180, ay w selling at 1} my own afairs fi and Twas not ae busines as L was in my own ; I told him seriber to your bapers The idea of employing » Moodhound is a very nat oceurred at once to the people of Having no animal of thi ever, in the neighborhood, they were compelled to use such dogs as they had were taken up in the mountaln to join in the search, ood pointers among them they gave not the elightest #lgn of having found a Had bioodhonnda heen employed, the success er; for either the heavy ent entirely, or the whole the hickory nuts was a pure Have you been @' ‘There wa no #ign fined emigrants bad shoved Into the evidently been burt as if they had nc breed, how- d two years, while others look t been buried over #1x months, “These bodies mast have bi vodizger, as he opened the juring the smallpox time, two or three when the order asked the Assemblyman, It makes me shudder even to Ihave heard of DRMONS ON BARTI, bot I had to go to Quarantine to seo them, Lwent there [had beard that they robbed the poor ‘That was bad enough, bus what will you say when [tell yon that we took the dead bodies to the Staten Island shore; that we pitched them into holes and were ordered to stamp on them, so as to get them like to take you there some day, burried here,” More than a hundred “Don't ask me. the right truck, con- he neat thine t saw. | end though there were By the time the elghth trench was opened Tim Sun reporter was ax sick of the horrid the others, All groped their way back to the vorses, ‘Tho light in the lantern was nodded its sleepy head, pric! the road, and started homeward. party rattled into Q might have been no gre rowing dim. The team ed its ears, wheeled in Late'at night the ntine Landing, — TUE PORT JERVIS ants Who died there, or at any rate, thing that oceurred shortly afte TRAGEDY, d got a little disor erested in Mr orrivle? Iwould You could then see You won't Gud two fe t of sod over lute employee on board the quaran- From the Assemblyman's own lips our reporter learned that this was nothing worn she had been told by this man. Tie letter, be suid, wonld esit on bim and talk by the hour of his experience on the lower bay. id narrete the particulars of individual cases, revouting scenes he bad witne on questioned by our reporter concerning the man's veracity, the Assemblyman replied, that it was well worthy of belief, and that he hud taken the precaution to make a memoranda of name: in case the affairs at Qui ed by @ Grand Jury. Determined to ascer: seom to mark the but tiself as the resting place of One of tho Wyncekisus ace thrust bis Dor Of the cabin, and ran I into the soit earth Upon whieh the womin—Joe Fellows on the Threshold of his son Life — Bidding Outer World. Warren Fellows, who hos been sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment for the murder of (der Swinton tn Port Jervis last yer taxen from Goshen, the plice of trfal, to Sing ‘The only Heing the man most regretted sepa- ration from is his child, a boy of four years, who has been placed in t'@ hands of friends who have ‘The man's wife has been . On reaching Newburgh crowded in such numbers into the ferry house to doors had to be locked re were some there who had once been friends of the man, and they thronged Some desired to apesk to him con. lis son, but were checkod and hushed by ars that rose to his eyes, and the emotion with He expreesed his heartfelt thanks for the sympathy and interest displayed by his friends during the trial. ——— Shocking Sutctd Yesterday morning the report of heard in FJ. Merz’s saloon, at 14 W Newark. The door of the room whence the report vod Joseph Hauer was found sit. ting in a chair, Lis life-blood pouring from nis ‘The walls and ceiling were beapattered Mr. Hauer's mouth and face lip and moustache Iving on ‘The suicide took up his real ‘wark about 13 yeare ago, and from that About a year ago, being was discharged from bi the cuiltren’s if you have not any better sense than to be etand- old at 16) When 16 was down to any ainusement in it, 1 suppose keed right straight of ; Speyers ind before I knew anythin bid for more gold wn to 141; but his voice bad parae that no one could the thing got of our friends fot Leneath a foot or £0. ing there and buy 11, when you dn are buried ther No remark wad at made expressive of an! ds were remembered a went out the f d to other th! le that if buried any Taking up the floor tt is in the ew ‘a great many wanted to shake ha wanted to abake thelr Oste ume; I told G and the many promised to ca vek in the afternoon of at night, none of the d that the story of in OuF faces, about this "Day until 8 0° neighbors were usar the the hickory nuts, and so forth, may be true, and may not, we wil see that the the children When our reporter wa to the cabin asa centlem: ied in an uneasy manner, e would come from TING VERY HOT at the prisoner, that t GETTING VERY HO’ we were, we had petter go to some milder door from the office, wh ¢ first ting I bulletin boards of broker Spyers, and that his e was plenty time to ‘and all traces of them. the woman iu there was a back n oUF Way ap tow saw were the account ‘auline ever came to be sift. about him now, i whether there was fonnda- tion for the charges, # SUN reporter was on Friday He was instructed to hire men anda team, proceed to the burying ground, near Seguin's Point, open the trenches, and ascer- rants were buried in cofins This was the only way to reach the truth, Men might ie, but GRAVES COULD NOT LIB, ‘The secrets of the carth might be hard to reach, but when reached they speak no double tongue. \d the revaletions extorted thing I heard; we went ap town feeling that we we ifwny one did, auything about it; Of overwhelming gri under te circumstances, there last sent to Quarantin mother would feel Was Wo (race. No cflorts are deing made to investigate the mys 4it wil probubly soon d knew whether tain whether the eu when we liad said, 81 will ata and see vhat he |i ‘nd the old man came down ; Iwas pretty mad this time: wuen be came into the door Tsaid: THIS 18 A DAMNED PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS you have put on us now, ain'tit? ist trick to wipe ux off the f lave you Jone? told him that 1 thong! tdown sometine | ronnd to that old I went into his came Wus opene The bi-weekly assembly of the members of the Comus Civic Club was enjoyed lust evening. The halls were bandsomely were filled to overflowing by the lady friends of he members of the Comus—the beauty and fashion of our German population. At the western end of the ball was the crotesquely arranged stage. At the eastern was a festooned gallery, occupied by the “Inner Counei!" of the Mayence Carnival Bund. ‘Their language is pl unmistakable, shout 65 years old, ation, and thereafter he conducted AT QUARANTIN®. On Detdaw morning « sum reporter lef thie elty om the ferry boat Westfield. After consultation with ew the island thoroughly, a team was cngaged, shovels, pick axes, and a dark lantern were procured, and two men hired to turn over For seventeen rded in the same house, aco, being in debt to Mr, Merz insurance on bis live to the credit of Mr. Merz to the amount of $50) to sccure the debt. ahaa Son in Church, for us after all your piedgee—after giving you a eck for #25,00), wnd after drawing another and after your positively assuring persons who k 200, he effected an 1 the occasion, sat the Inner Counell,"* Placed in the reo caricatare of the Sachem— In frons of cach was without fear were Between Sand 6 k P.M, the reporter drove from the Quaray tine landing in a*covered wa: for Seguin’s Point. Occasionally the moon came out from nd threw a pale light over the {sland, The two grave diggers One wasabig.burly man,w and sinews of a Thor or Grand Sacheme of the trenches. Queen Victor Wasinyotos, sembied in the Church of the Epiphany this morn- @ antiotineement having previously been made e Arthur would sttend service, icemen were preent as i 10 guarantee The assembly, however, Was altogether peaceable and actuated Tle took the road ‘The might was rather cloudy. s you tad you w ¢ bow! of sparkling Rheuish, ed as Bicchaw’ y carleatures. dis air was chilly At aoout TI e. walking In ‘clock he made his appearan Thornton, Mr. the suite, and the British following them, They were escorted from the sidewalk into avd through the v opened the way cupied & pew with Mrs. and Mr. Thoraton, the " Comus and agile as a cat, m of the wagon also a pick, wille on a seat revorter was a dark lantern, To THR pRAD, Away they went, through the dark and gloom of . burly man drove, and the slim ton the back seat beside Tux Btn man s too serious to aduit of much conver- Jead ts n0 ples Shortly before seven o'clock a country tavern loom. ed up on the left of the road. @ word.tail been spoken, knew thelr business, age so Well expresses notabies of the day, tibule by two The Princo oc: 4 him T would be past seven; that somethin me to talk to Mr Gould, and if 1 1 WOULD GO TO WASIIIy gola with ira ON THR ROAD ——___ FLASHES FROM THE OCEAN ©. 5 att Clanr Makers stil! Out, ids Bee ance and have all th he said matters could be arran: din thet I agreed w balt-rast seven Y went back whi we Mrs, Corbin, with who © interview; she came dow cisely Uke same opinion mistake had occurred, Seward reviewed De Hlavans, yesterday All disorder attending the strike of the workmen at La Crnzot has becn repressed by the troops aud the Strike ts at an en n against the excesses of laymen wh heen drawn ap and 1 in the Ecumenical Council, an amnesty for Against the press laws ts ao0n to. be that a new Iw for the regulation of the press ts to" bo submitied to the Corps Legielatit. Henri Rochefort, having been convicted, has been fenienced to #ix month's imprisonment dentives him of pol tien though he remains adeputy in the Corus 1 mber of 3,000, now on al members o tion Union, who nave been attempting The employers demand « reduction of sand, and the employers shave heen T tot him should and was of pre thouen commit'« appolnted to confer upon the eulject, neith rty Waa disposed to con: that Boutwell had sold the Up to this time hardly gold probably without consuiting the Presideut; whe The team bad gone ata Five miles of the distance hat been sc signed by the fath They raid there tad i of cigars, therefd the manufuciurers’ demand was without just founda heen no redu . GRANT TAD WRITTEN MER A LETTE: I that she hoped this a4 8000 as Posatbie, LT watd something Get oUt Of this serape “Ler vs STOP HERR, “and get some cigars.” No z said Tae SUN reporter. Advantages of ¢ ‘clock Inst evenin Gerwrans were playing ¢ on in Porty fret Tenth avenues, Con 4 Excise Law, while a number of ds in the rear of a liger ‘The barroom was well fy @ stove on the lett of the entrance, Lut no chairs. ‘The bar was on the right p that the best thing tor bim te do wa NTO THE WHITE HOUSE along with Mre. Corbin, and see what if they are to sell this gold the the better; they said they would pack up i start on Saturday next morning. to pack up, and KOOKLYD A Kessler of 439 West Forty: as Wagner of Twenty-cighih became engaged in n, during which Kessler struck With @ Inger Leer glass and fractur cl vue Lospital, and Tt was about twenty feet und the wall beyond was well supplied with er Was probally one when the purty Plymouth Churet w: ual Heury Ward Beecher supplied the Long Island Saints were enjo: their brethren of Withians of adultery t0& ¢ In Grand stree y yesterday morning the poltc ona one-horse faro bank, Kent hy Predari Atlant cand Unt they were pd thot they had telegraphed that they Would breakfast with the President's fauily at tie House on Sunday morning § would be back the last I ever saw of them Do you know whether Gea, Butterfield was ted in these spec and was well-buitt *Have you got any good cl selves in. Paldwinevi | nding up tie a , Was locked up in the West Thirty-fith street Police Stution, sf" inquired the he told me he morning, and that was replied the barkeeper. need a doilars’ worth,” sald “How mich are they apiece, vers Arrested. © Weil. Lguoss w Povoukenrss rested dames P . Janes Turney, Felix Wan and James Wilson, Wud Were engaged 1h pl Lee, und Peter accused of attacking Robert ‘Thorn, the county farmer, who las sire died “Give us ten,” F note upon the cou per threw a handiul of cigars upon the counter, aud the reporter made his sele way ure you going!” usked the bar. y the reporter, laying @ ¢ New York State Eclectic Medical Avaociation int adopted a code ot by: h Hcttion, and have Me Sinith; Vice RPIELD HAD A SHAR 1 in speculations at this tim Vit, they neve Batter tield ; ‘they expected a bulwark wp around him tat 40 Myrtle avenue, or the government of elected President, The Town Hall in Webser, Mase . was burned on Saturday nigh leighriding party, a jocose tanue de hat watered the horses kere gave him ten cent purty crept within the cover of tue w Di seeretary, W otvet him and coming nearer the rapliaal a Te Rawisty, Me piled one of ates to the ‘National Acsocia: Sinithy and re Wisby, Huylar, Watson, Henderson, Broughton, Sat: Meantime ® boy out et of the gray Butterfield furnish you with be bad received to Mr, Fisk—He was in com knew be hat a milli I of gold with us; we bad a messeng:r go down, three or four tim e back with word trom Ge The MeMeckin Hous ened yesterday morning. 009. vate news of Li Lose 8,00); iueured for SPARKS FROM THE TEL ation with us; we Away once more throu The Chicago name! Paint Shop, wna burned last nie hn OG. Codding'* carpenter shop. In the second and third atories, was damayed about yrman's Mackeinith's hi amazed to the. ¢ ckaniith's shop, stables, and dwel ing of At 9°, were damaged 61,000, on St. Charles h Boston will open soup hous to Mr. Buttertielu’s every tne he cal brush grew thicker and ve road, Dut 4 make inguiries, be gravediggers ice-bound between Cats silt and Huds Dion hans defented Decry in a billiard match in Sea Francisco by 1.500 against 5°3 points, Fiza P. Buckley sued the st for $25,000 damages, ai EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGUT. About 11 o'clock when he went there he did rot Batterseld; wheo beg gone about thirty minutes Taxed him where nt he sud, * Teould not « notion, wid when ekene | perceptibly Ne party conversed 2, and Were Lo} @ success of the expe o'clock the purty on the railroad, pwarded 5,00. 1 of arson tn Vin Toronto for extradition the devil have you b use there was such & I did be pointed me to another man who held a pateh ordering the sale of ‘our milli: iuformation ti Prinees's Bay Thomas Smith's liquor store at 88 Myrilo avenue Rrooklyn, was on fire last ev the wvper rooms were nently Mower tor Bugine No. 4, was crushed bet ween Hie’ was severely Injured setts, has been commit The National Committee of the Union Ls els in Weshington ou the 10th of February. of Pittsburg, hoa heen onment tn ‘th a frame cottage on the left of the was behind @ cloud, It was very stark rter clamber ovked at tue front do Seeing a Hight tn th bent bis steps int on the window eo and @ hydrant. Alderman dw 4 to other parties m tnuieated to us, —— HOUKS OF LEISURE, fore it had b Q. Did you state that yc carried some gold for Gould carried ‘Q. What became of the $100,000 gold. ports from O. present that moet. Of the dissenting Mormd Are bold there daily, urtsin was lifted, nit on ‘The anniversary 4 Burns Club is to be eaten inthe A ‘on Tuoeday evening. Ml of Company I, Twelfth Infuntr evening fn Apolio Hall, rteentl annual ball of the Young Men's \in ald of the Roman Catholic Orphan. Vent in the Acade fentiy frightened, and did not ry y of the Eleventh Cavalry, re Haute, committed aulcide by fin the head yest “States monitors Miantonom: rrived {i Portanit « ana ex: Treasurer of T shooting bins Where is Prince's Bay station?" shouted the re- £500,000 oniried for Gen, Porter, and $11 ¥ . Oli, that lias gone With & orvin? Mr, Fisk: where the woodtbi Q. You stated that Corbin was paid $25,000 Mrs, Grant; was that in a cheek, or in money ts eck. drawn by Mr. Murtlo, 1, or order; Mr. * You're on the road now," anawes * Ts only a little way off,” po: direction of the station dd the terrified n Saturday @: 11 wife arrived there yesterday, »me prominent We (his evening Saturday Solne Of our most respected clus 10 GOUDE Of ILs eDLire suddess, + First Regimen their annual bail A short driv: and the party + then knew Ihode tsinnd, ¢ ting himeelt An ord: has bee Gould endors Corbin, who deposited t to Mr, Gould's they were on the right tr are about a quarter o| driving quickly said, HUNTING FOR THE TRENCHES OF THE DEAD, Not a house was to the right, undert dull murmur of the sea coming up nd banded itto Mr, his bank for collection, and it we drawn, and deposited to the credit of Mr, ‘This showed that there Was something un avi ubout the transact ein New York, nioney was paid Mrs muleated in China which it ¢ further emigration of Chi to this country, except rom Hong Kon; The big, burly man AC ean be dove witha musket D k, the lightning Zouay coon pany Mins Klie Vaulting, orwiik, Coun, ‘Tombs tu de Tt was a wild, enced in PHiadelphia te nient and to pay a Gus of $40 for puslishing obscene books. INTELLIGE from the beach “You hold the horses,” sald SUN man tumbled. aynin, ar His companie disappeared in the durknes, minutes passed, and the reporter was ¢ sound of returning footsteps was heard, and the rs anproache of six men, supposed to be from the THAT OLD TIIKF, CORBIN, says A don't know of my own knowledge. Fish, do you know what Chapin carried frou Mr, Corbi Graut, at Washington, Pa,, and whiel wuld hid elinched ko we made; thats where we Were overreached; we ought to have ound out what the gravendixe Lae Michigan #ome Weeks ago, COMUY CAN MaborO hear Sheboyy ninent eltigen of Albany, has fr + has inercased ton of the Feejce Isl spoke on Tempera tated witel Mr moon Was still behind a cloud, called, 10 meet tn this cit i New fealand @ and w Military Cou bumbers Lo er concluded by Mr Dited Stites. wh Cummings, 48 ‘those suspected of frand by forms of the Burlingame between * Have you fuund thy trench: which 1s emood: 1 eagerly inquired © of Cincinnatl is nomi » Engutrer, the Journal of ed wn autograph letter of Corbin's arer of & cominunics r, Follard did not go at the time he was giveo the letter, consequently he did not only a little way off," replied the old est gravediguer in & hoarse Well, le the team, and let's the gravediy, and pitched out the gements are: Owero, a bank and dust 1 nnd (Wo Olhery Were ickaxe and the spades, wh ey, Of Mipsiaaiy ph teil on the ground with a sharp, metalic ring: WING THE DEAD, ‘The team was Ued, the lantern lighted, and the clambered over a fence in dead furge and brush, after his guides, Mr. Morea 14 ing the North Pol he gave Mr. Ful: Q. Mr. Fisk, how did you come out of tho affair? TUE the latest discoveries, will Iustrate the discourse, Fish—I have duly got one account wetted, there 1 ought to have made a million, itil my sixty gold had been Caken olf my hunds ; but Tonly made twelve thousand, Q. Do you mean (hut patties did not take t * Lroubled in the same wa; @. Thea ou the wuole you did ao! d woud Have mude ie office furnitnre of R. M, Por in New York om Friday, roy, who was | olected the following ginslew ut his brother, Mr. George 10m Hudeon County y ito Mr, Mueller, who ¥ au Occadloual ‘ou wold gold at sixty whi isk—Yes, and my obuer u Brewont year: President. lien) ady, verley Club. of New York; Firt Vice Shon, of the Gulick Clad, of Now York ; ‘The reporter stumbled desolate in the last i Phe wind moaned through the fences and wmivug the reeds, After walking 30 yards tho party ‘The Impression in Cinctan on business in the dei took to carr Feporter of that pay veruy & Co, whos eyudeuued (he prove Fort Loues closed oa tue ret 9F ON OTM Oa Dra Me TULL uf thp'Allautic Club, of Hob reap a verysicn LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS, a DASHES TERE AND THERE RY THB SUN'S REPORTERS, A Lively Time among the German Ratt in New Jorsey—Another Chance f Duel-The Code of Honor in Hoboken. One day last week, Tre Svy noticed adifficoulty between Mr. J. Muller, editor of the /udson County Vo'kstlatt, and Mr. Pashach, of the Hudson County Journal, in which the former had sent the latter @ challenge to meet him and settle their grievances, As Mr. Pasbach did not relish pistols and coffee, bo declined the honor. It i said that Mr. Pasbach fe not editorially connected with the Journal, but only A contributor. In the Journal of yesterday another article appeared relative to Muller, who {5 said to have been much annoyed by it, and determined to have revenge on Pasbach. On Satarday evenin Mr. Muller Was in fearch of the offender, deter: mined to make him retraccor fight. Mr. Pashich being a member of the Hovoken Quartet Cinb, Mr, Muller took @ look into thelr quarters, but for- tunately Pasbach could not be found, Up to last evening no serious tronble had occurred, but it is haderstood that wher: the mon mect there will be time, — Tho Erle Crnsbing Out the Strikers—Tactios that may not be Succossful, Asan inducement {o the employees of the Erie Raslroad along the line not to juin their Jor sey City brethren in the strike, they have been given fall working time at increased wages. Twenty men and boys are working In the Jersey City shops, and the Company say that they will. not hire any adie men antil the strike is ended. ‘They adit that they will pick out their men, rejecting the leaders, The repairs to the rolling stock are done at Port 1 Susquehanna, and the Come pang professes to have abundant motive power to rausport ail Its freight and passengers, ebay The Hoboken Luch Grnbbera. For a long time past the Chosen Frecholders of Hudson County have been seriously bored et thett regular meetings by # horde of grubbers from Jersey City, Hoboken, and Hudson, who are always ready for the Freeholders’ dinner. A resolution has beom ed by the Board cutting off all. tite Phey tay now go to the Alms-house. prada ‘The Portia of River Navigntion. The fog on the North River was heavy yestor+ day morring, ‘The Hoboken boats were over one hour making one trip, and twice they narrowly e# eaped collision with the Jersey City boats, A small Dont was run juto by a tug boat, near the coal wharf, Hoboken, and te eccupant, Mr.‘ asey, was upsel in the river, —— ‘The True Relations of Captial and Labor Several weeks ago, Mr. J. Bach, the shoe man ufacturer of 66 Vesey street, was made the recipient of agold-heated cane from his employees. On Sate arday afternoon the employees were handsomely entertained by Mr. Bach in Bangs coffee house, Cordial speeches were delivered by Messrs. Lewid and J. Bach, Ji 0 by the foreman, Mr. John Green, Jr. —o— Presentation to Shoriff Watters They bad a very neat reception and presenta tion yesterday afternoon in the old Kings County jail, The admirers of Mr. Walters, the lately elected Sheriff, *ho has also been Alderman and Police Justice, gathered there in lurge force, and gave him & beautitully wrought twenty-two carat gold badge, — The Repent of the Excise Law. A ‘mass meeting” of the lager beer dealers of Brooklyn was held tn Ocean Garden, Concord and Bridge streets, yesterday afternoon, and resolutions were reported for presentation to the Lazislature, demanding the immediate and uncondional repeal of the Excise Law. ————— THE DISTINGUISHED DEAD, steal amd The Death of Henry Plactie. The veteran Henry Placide died yesterday, af 2A. M., at bis residence, in Babylon, Long Island, For some time past Mr. Plaicde had been an invalid, confined to his room. Mr. Piacide came from an eminent theatrical family, He leaves a widow. who or along time officiated In his bachelor days aa hia jouxekeeper, and finally becane brs wife. Mr. Placite died chililess, Mrs. Kufus R. Blike, the eminent actress, ani the witow of Wy KR. Diace, is a ister of Mr. Piactie, and bas been visiting him at bis residence during the past few we Mr. T. Plicide, ais brother, is also well known in. the theatrical worl boards he has retired. Anothe sister, Mise also connected with the sino, died ¢ ug in Now Orleans, Mr. Pia vas born inthe est India Islan is. parentage, but at an carly age was removed to Clarlator, S.C, where he was eduented with lis brother. ‘He was long connreted with the Park ‘Theatre, under Mr. Simp: son's management, and was contemporary with the citer Booth, Fiyon, Jick Reeves, and. Hackett, Mr, Placide retired ‘from the stare tn 1855, at the conclusion of his engagement in Burtou's Theatre tn Chambers strect Death of » Prominent Newarker, Mr. John H. Stephens, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Newark, died yesterday forenoon, at his residence on Broad street, Newark, aged 62 yoars, Mr. Stepiens was highly esteemed, He was probably the largest real estate owner in Newark, being worth $2,000,000. Born tn New Jer+ sey, nearly life he came to Newarle and enzaged tn active Dnsiness life. When he settled in Newark 16 contained about 1,200 inbabilanta, About ten ye azo Le retired from business and apent his closing Fly, among which was the tion with his sony in-law, of All Saints’ Church, at the Highlands of the Neversink, A superb lone structure, at a cost of $30,000, About fifteen y phe lost a Son, a prominent pubile man, Secretary of Legation to in unter the ad- miaistration of Presiseut Pierce; and abont two years azo his venerable wile died, He leaves two children, daughters, wives ot Charles B Mil the tirm’ of Morton, Biss €& Co,, bankers of York, sud George Wastington Great Washington, who res. —— JOTTINGS ABOUL TOWN, - Rose Hughes died anddenty carly yesterday morn- ing at $42 East Thirteenta street Sergeant Folger na eraons as prisoners ta his den on Mulberry « erday, Crime—poverty, ‘The Dark Gazelle, from Demarara; the brig Felipe, from Salt Cay; ant tho schooner J. M. Mot Fales, from Maracaiyo, arrived last hight Rodney M. Pomeroy, the confidence operator, who bas bwen awintling our city a Is, Wats held Co bail Widay 1m $10,000, At and gene Avstrian and tog in (he Spring ttreet police statl An injuretion from Judge F man on Satu atonpoil the mert wie by anction of tue eam ine ratus or (he Baden Maden Club of No. 1%) Broad: The steamer Centipede, from Philadelphia for Portland, walle passing Uirough Toll Gate ye Fan into the echooner Eclipse, knocklug” in he board quarter, The clipper ship Baltic has made the pa tween Sin Francisco and Liverpool if the unparacelled Umeot 16 days, carry.ng the tcuuarkadie cargo of 3,40 tons of wheat Mrs Dla Goat, 9 partially ins who lived at Ish Forsyth ate usslon Of the brain from ® blow 0 UU herself with @ hatchet John KE, Cookman rman woman, W Saturday ob he hea, have Methods evening to mn Nand Cy iil, to God. abor ures 165 males and Superintendent Losce, of t! reports iat for the week end NE Ja $5. femare, a1; aituatio fut uished to 99 nates, aud Bie cf The Coroner's jury in the Logan murder cut? dered a verdict against Jerry Dany brineipal, and. his (wo compations, As acconiptices, They tccduniended vt §1,k0 reward be offered for the wt ot the murderer Quimbo Appagihe Chinanan who wae arntenced to death ven years ngo for the mnurser of his lantiady in thin city, Which sentence Was eubsequently commuted fo inaricouinent was on Saturday committed 0 the Ulbof bail to keep the peace toward Lis ‘The Gorman bark Apenrade, whieh arrived bere on Satarduy fom Mhainpos, China, was boarded by Chincae pirates, near Macao, ‘The Captain and fre taate were wounded. © soauian Was killed. ‘the Vonuders were tr ghighed olf by the appearauce of @ iy wteainer A Conziess of the Fenian Brotherhood has been hoon on April 19, 180, tention of tha F.I-on. Mondays ND. 10 Weat Fourth streot, preparstor an active Trogramine o Ji the significant word ight." ‘The American Geographical and Statistieal Soctery will bord their annual mecting and election of ofieer® On Tuveday eventny, at (helt rooins ftituto. Tho Hon. Chas Daly, the P Cie Cooper Ine esident wil dor the princloal eulject 1 Livories fOr rowel WY 4%, COULRARS a addross, of wai the recent exploratio: Als The udson Amateur Rowing Association bad Moers for the 0. J. Walls,” of the Veauer C od esponding and Recording secretary Geo. Wy ofthe Wayeriey (lua, Tressurer, Teo ie oy