VOL. 2.
ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1S70.
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Judee S. H. CLACGHTON Lebanon.
PETER HUME, Esq Brownsville
W. R. KIRK. Esq
E. E. WHEELER. Esq Scio.
T. II. REYNOLDS, Esq.. Salem.
Geo. W. CANNON, Esq Portland.
L. P. FISHER, Esq 'Frisco.
BUSINESS CARDS.
A. WHEELER,
o t ix i y , I u b 1 i c
BROWNSVILLE, OREGON.
LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS
made an t attested. Conveyances and col
lections attended to. 1269
J. IIAXXOr-Y,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
ALBANY, OREGON'.
FFICE On Main street, oppofito Foster's
Brick.
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Xliltabidel b& Co.,
DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PRO
visions, Wood and Willow Ware, Confec
tionery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc.
Main street, adjoining the Express office, Albany,
Oregon. 1
E. A. Frecland,
BrEALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
' School, Miscellaneous and ltlaok Books,
Stationery, Gold and SteL-l Pens, Ink, etc.. Post
office Building, Albany, Oregon. Books ordered
from New York and San Francisco. 1
S. XX. Claugrhton,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE
AGENT. Office in the Post Office building,
Lebanon, Oregon.
Will attend to making Deeds and other convey
ances, also to the prompt collection of debts en
trusted to ui v care. 1
S. . IITCBEI.L.
J. 5. BOI.PH.
A. SMITH.
ZSIitcaell, XSoIph & Smith,
ATTORNEYS isd COUNSELLORS at LAW,
Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad
miralty. Office over the old Post Office, Front
street. Portland. Oregon. I
JAMES A. WARNER,
Civil liiinccr fc Surveyor.
TS PREPARED TO DO SURVEYING AND
JI Engineering. Uses improved Solar Compass.
Orders by mail promptly nttt nded to. Residence
on 4th St., opposite Dr. Tate's residence, Albany
Oregon. nl9-fim
rOWtll. L. PL1KX.
Powell & I Mini,
A TT1RNETS 4 COUNSELLORS AT LAW
J; and Solicitors in Chancery,
(L. TTinn, Notary Public,)
Albany, Oregnn. Collections and conveyances
prompiy attended to. 1
P. M. RRTriELD. P. W. SPISK.
F1. M REDFIELD & CO.,
CONSTANTLY on hand and receiving, a
large stock of
Groceries and Provisions,
Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Con
fectionery, Yankee Notions, Ac Ac, Wholesale
and Retail, opposite II. C. Hill tt Son's drug
store, Albany, Oregon. " 5oct9
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
Corner First and Washington Sts.,
ALBANY, . - OREGON.
XI. BRENNER, Proprietor.'
WITH A NEW . BUILDING, NEWLY
Furnished throughout, the proprietor
hopes to give entire satisfaction to the traveling
public. The beds are supplied with spring-bot-totas.
The table will receive the closest atten
tion, and everything the market affords palatable
to guests will be supplied. jan29-21
ALBAM BATH HOUSE.
TnE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi
cinity that he has taken charge of this establish
ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying
strict attmtit 3 to bnsiness, expects to suit all
those who may favor him with their patronage.
Having heretofore carried on nothing but
Pirst-Class Hair Dressing- Saloons,
fee expects to give entire satisfaction to all.
. Children and Ladies' hair neatly cot and
shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER.
Sevl9y2
'"ON TO HIT "
WADSWORfiT & KUHli
Are now ready to execute all kinds of
Plain and Fancy Painting !
such as
Signs, Carriages, Buildings,
as welt as .
Orainins;, Paperhanging, Calcimining,
and in fact all kinds and styles of
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL WORK,
that can be done with Paint and Brush, at
FAIR, LIVING RATES.
Kuhn "damswagon bopf
aug21-u - .
CHEAP SEWING MACHINES.
GL5 Q. H0ME SHUTTLE SEWINGs?, r r-
0O Machine. A double-thread 5S!2H
$20
Machines
lockstitch Shuttle Machine ; stitch alike on both
Blue. f
sj Osf 1 - c,c"vci vummon-senss
fpWJ i-amuy Mac bme. Both
cbines luuy armies ior years. Machine
sent to any part of the eoast by express, C. O. D.
Agents wasted is every town on the Pacific coast!
luberai eomnusstoa.
Horn Shuttle Sewing Machine Co.,
Jy Q. i. TRAVER,
131, First b't-i Portland.
UNION KEPUBLICAN CONVEN
TION OK OHEGON.
The Union Republican voters of the State of
Oregon will meet at the City of Portland, at 10
o'clock A. M-, on Thursday, the 7th day of April,
1S70, in Delegate Convention, for the pnrpose of
placing in nomination a State Ticket to be sup
ported at the approaching election in June, and
the transaction of such other business as shall
properly como before said Convention.
Counties will be entitled to delegates as follows:
Baker 7
Benton .......10
Clacka-nas. 12
Clatscp 3
Coos 4
Curry - 2
Columbia 2
Douglas .... ..12
Grant 7
Jackson . . ......... 1 0
Josephine... 4
Lane .... 12
Linn 18
Marion... 24
Multnomah. . 20
P"lk 11
Tillamook 2
Umatilla.. 5
Union 6
Washington 9
Wasco 6
Yamhill 11
The Committee recommend that the County
Conventions for the election of Delegates be held
on Saturday, the 20th dy of March, 1370.
By order of the State Central Committee,
M. P. BERRY, Chairman.
T. B. Odeseal, Secretary.
Portland, January 19th, 1S70.
PORTLAND CARDS.
S. D. SMITII. GEO. B. COOK.
THE OCCIDENTAL,
FORMERLY'
Western Botel,
Corner First and Morrison streets,
Portland, Oreg-on.
Messrs. SMITII A COOK have taken this
well known house, refitted and refurnished
it throughout, built a large addition, making
thirty more pleasant rooms, enlarged the Dining
and Sitting rooms, making it by far the
Best Hotel in Portland.
A call from the traveling public will satisfy
them that the above statements are true".
SMITH & COOK. Props.
N. B. Hot and cold Baths attached to the
house for the benefit of guests. 50
Portland, August 15th, 1S69.
coRSEB op-
Front and Washington Streets,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
XV. P. W. Quimby, - - - - Proprietor.
(Late of the Western Hotel.)
THIS HOUSE is the most eomraodions in the
State, newly furnished, and it will be ths
endeavor of the Proprietor to make his gueste
comfortable. Nearest Hotel to the steamboat
landing.
The Concord Coach will always be fou?
at the landing, on the arrival of steamships ar
river boats, carrying passengers and their bur
gage to and from the boats free of charge.
llnnse supplied with Patent Fire Extinguisher.
COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL.
(FOEIIERLV ARBIGOSl's.)
Front street : : : Portland, Oregon.
THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING PUR
chased this well known Hotel, are now pre
pared to oflvr the traveling public better accom
modations than con be found elsewhere in the
city.
Board and Lodging $2 OO per day.
The Hotel Coach will be in attendance to con
vey Passengers and baggage to and from the
Hotel free of chtirge.
- J. B. SPRENGER.
Office Oregon k California Stage Company, B.
G. Wbitehouse, Agent. 2tf
Aeiv Columbian Botel,
Ns. IIS, 120 and 122 Front street,
PORTLAND, t : t OREGON
ED. CARNEY, PROPRIETOR.
The Largest, Best and mott Convenient
Hotel in Portland!
Located in the center of business and near all
the steamboat landings.
Board and Lodging-
From one to two dollars per day according to the
room occupied.
Rooms newly furnished and well ventil
ated. Snperior accommodations for families.
The New Columbian Hotel Coach will be
in attendance at all the landings to convey pas
sengers and baggage to and from this Hotel
17 Free of Charge ! C9
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. ME A LEY
DEALER IK A MANUFACTURER OF
IT" TJ JEt. INT I XT H. 3D !
and
CABINET WARE !
Bedding-, XDtc,
era er First and Broad Albin streets,
ALBANY, OREGON.
PARTICULAR ATTESTIOK PAID TO "B
ORDERS OF ALL KINDS
in his line.
October 18S-8
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.. I AM PKIPARED TO DO
ALL KINDS OF TURNING 1 .
I ket p on hand and make to order
RAWBXBB-BOTTOmED CHAIRS,
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' Spinning- Wheels.
Shop near ths "Magnolia Hills."
JOHN M. METZLER
Albany, Not. 28, 1868-12
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T A LI, KINDS, printed at ths very lowest
rates, ss ordered, at tais stnes.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Religious. We learn from our City
Recorder, Mr. A C. Jones, that a revi
val of religion has been in progress in
Brownsville for the last ten days or two
weeks, at which some forty or fifty per
sons have professed religion. Quite a
number of the most promiocnt citizens
who have hitherto been numbere4
among those who wandered in forbidden
paths, have experienced a change of
heart, arrlr have enrolled : themselves
among the followers of the meek and
lowly Jesus. The revival is the result
of a union of the Baptisi, Presbyterian,
United Brethren and Methodist denom
inations. At last account? the meetings
were stiilprogresiug and gaiuicg in in
terest. Imposters Look Oct for Them.
The Oregonian says that parties are
traveling through Oregon, representing
themselves as agents for large English
mercantile houses, and offering to fill
orders lor various kinds of goods of Eng
lish manufacture at about oue-fuurth the
usual price in this country. They assure
their dupes that they can completely
revolutionize the business of this country
by introducing their goods. They agree
to furnish good three-ply carpet at 25
cents per yard, Brussels at 50 cents,
heavy grain sacks at SI per dozen, etc.,
and that all these gootls are " coining cn
the next steaa.er. They offer to furnish
cloth for men's clothing at a very fair
price, which they agree to cut and put
together for twenty-five cents a suit, in
timating that they have engaged a num
ber of tailors who are also "coming by
the next steamer." After ; bargaining
for the sale of these goods, the " bilks "
will, in a careless way, show some goods
which are, apparently, of fair quality,
and offer them at a moderate figure.
Having impressed their victims with the
idea that they are selling the articles at
remarkably cheap rates, they usually
succeed in making sales. The parties
have already operated to some extent in
Portland, and if- they have not already,
will soon push on through the country.
Look out for them.
An Editor Horsewhipped. AY. F.
Story, editor-in-chief of the Chicago
Times, was horsewhipped on the evening
of the 24th ult., by Lydia Thompson and
Pauline JI ark ha m, of the Lydia Thomp
son Troupe, which had been performing
at the Crosby Opera House, in that city.
The cause of the attack was a recent
severe criticism in the Times, coupled
with gross personal attacks on Misses
Thompson and Markhani. They, with
Henderson, the manager of the troupe,
were arrested. '
A Bloody Fight. Omaha specials
give particulars of a bloody, fight be
tween the Sioux and Crow Indians, near
the mouth of the Yellowstone, about the
1st of January. A party of twenty
eight Crows came down to steal horses
from the Sioux. They met two younc
Sioux and killed one, but the other es
caped and gave the alarm. The Sioux
warriors hastened, to the rescue, and in
the fight which resulted all the Crows
were killed, twenty -two Sioux were wiped
out and runny more wounded.
.
Woman Suffrage. The Senate of
the Minnesota Legislature has passed a
bill to provide for the submission of an
amendment to the Constitution, allowing
women suffrage. Women are to be al
lowed the privilege of voting on the
amendment, but their votes are to be put
in separate boxes.
Governor will sign the bill
It is thought the
A Murder EH Shot. Dubois, who
killed Kinney, near Burlington, Iowa,
was overtaken by the party of citizens in
pursuit, on the morning of the 20th ult.,
and shot. He was pierced by thirty balls.
George D. Prentice was born on a
winter's Saturday that was attended by
a gale that swept over the country far
and wide. On Saturday, in the midst
of an untoward winter flood, his stormy
life closed.
Missouri. The State Senate of Mis
souri has passed a constitutional amend
ment extending suffrage to the negro
and restoring franchise to rebels. The
amendment will be submitted to the peo
ple at the next general election.
The Governor of Colorado has ap
pointed and the Territorial Council has
confirmed a full set of Territorial offi
cers, all Republicans, except the Terri
torial Assayer.
WlLLAMETTB FARMER. With the
issue of Saturday last the Farmer com
mences volume two. It is one of the
neatest printed sheets in the State.
' Sworn In. Mr. Revels was sworn in
as United States Senator on the 26th
ult
Death of Hon. An son Uurllngame.
The telegraph brings the mournful
news of the death of Hon. Anson Bur
lingame, at St. Petersburg, Russia, after
an illness of .four day's duration, of con
gestion of the lungs. The Emperor and
Empress of all the Russias have for
warded lettcrsof condolence to the
widow of the distinguished dead.
Thus is another eminent statesman cut
down in the midst of his asefullness. As
a statesman and diplomat he possessed a
remarkable talent, as is proven by the
high honors he achieved and !he btilliant
mark he made in history during his short
and busy life.
The father of Mr. Burlingame was
formerly a resident Orcgron, but re
moved to the East soon after the break
ing out of the war of the rebellion.
The following paragraph is taken from
Lan man's Congressional Dictionary :
Hon. Anson Burlingame, Ambassador
and Minister Plenipotentiary for the Em
peror of China to United States and
Europe, was born in New Berlin,
Chenanro county, New York, November
14, 1822. His youth was spent on the
Western frontier, at one time acting
with surveying parties, and at another
participating in the making of Indian
treaties, far beyond the confines of civ
ilization. He laid the foundation of his
education at the Branch University of
Michigan, but, removing to Massachu
setts, he entered Harvard University,
where he received a degree in 1846. lie
studied law and practiced in Boston.
In 1852 he was elected to the State
Senate, and in lSoo was a member of
the Convention for revising the Consti
tution of Massachusetts. He was elected
a Representative in the Thirty-fourth
Congress ; was re-elected to the Thirty
fifth, serving as a member of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs. He was
also re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Con
cress, serving on the same Committee.
In 1861 he was appointed by President
Lincoln Minister to Austria, and subse
quently to China, vhich latter position
he resigned in 1S67 to accept a diploma
tic appointment from China to the
European Powers, as well as to the
LTn;tcd States.
Charged with Forg.tky. We are
informed that J. L. Allison, late Clerk of
the District Court of Pierce county and
publisher of the defunct Western Star,
was arrested a day or two since ou the
charge of forging the name of Daniel
Collins. In giving a thousand dollar
bond for the faithful performance of his
duties as Clerk, he is accused of signing
the Dame of Collins without permission.
Allison is a bed-rock Democrat.
Snakes. An eccentric English coun
try gentleman has conceived the novel
idea of stocking his park with live snakes,
and advertises for a supply of all varie
ties of those reptiles. When stocked,
his park will make a charming resort for
people who have a constitutional tendency
to carrying snakes in their boots.
The British Colonist chronicles the
arrest in Victoria of one Gravelle for
stealing a load of woodland of his son,
ten years old, for stealing S180 in gold
from a private house. We believe this
Gravelle was formerly a resident of
Pierce county. W. T. Tribune.
Change for the Better. The
Polk County Times has winked out. It
is understood that the material-is to be
used in publishing a Republican paper,
D. M. C. Gault, Esq., assuming editorial
control of its columns. Success to the
new paper. .
Salt Lake Affairs. Letters from
Salt Lake state that Brigham Young has
scut a party to select a location in Ari
zona, to which Mormons favoring poly
gamy can retire, and that there is strong
probability tliat the doetrine of polygamy
will soon bo abandoned in Utah.
Discontinued. The Salem Daily
Press, Bciah Brown's paper, ha3 been
discontinued. Upon the retiracy of Mr.
Gault from the local editorship, Mr.
Brown found it " impossible to obtain
suitable help, therefore discontinued the
daily until further notice.
Alaska. The Senate Territorial
Committee have agreed to report a bill
providing a Territorial Government for
Alaska; but the House Committee at
present are adverse to such a bill.
The Umpqua Navigable. On the
evening of the 25th ult. the steamer
Swan. Capt Haan's new boat, reached
Roseburg, making the landing amid the
Bring of anvils and the cheering of citi
zens. The navigation of the UmpquH
to Roseburg is thus an established fact.
Letters of Condolence. -The Em
peror and Empress of Russia have sent
letters of condolence to tho widow of tho
late Anson Burlingame. - '
A Female Engrossing Clerk.
The Senate of tho Missouri Legislature
has elected Miss Nellie Raymond,' of St.
Louis, Engrossing Clerk,
The Cold Conspiracy.
riss, ja'a, story before the coxghessiosai. ix-
YESTIUATlNQ COMMITTEE.
Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould gave their
testimony before the Investigating Com
mittee on Saturday. Mr. Gould was ex
amined first, and occupied at least four
hours in giving his evidence. Mr. Gould
6eemed to be very reticent, and the Com
mittee could get nothing out of him ex
cept by continuous questions. Mr. Fisk,
on the other baud, began his story, and
went directly through with bur little
questioning. The following is the sub
stauce of his story :
Fisk and Gould desired to raise the
price of gold so that they miht be able
to employ their road in the shipment of
.rain which would remain in store if gold
was low. They accordingly determined
to interview PreJrdeotJ rant, and went
with him to Boston, where they gave him
a supper. They then learned that he
favored specie payments and cheap gold.
They argued against it. Fisk says : "I
remember one remark Gen. Grant made,
after we had talked about an hour and a
half, 'That, anyway, the bubble might as
well break at one time as another,' as
much as to say that if the crash had to
come, it might as well come at one time
as another. Our idea of a 'crash' is to
have it all milk and honey with us, atid
to let the next fellows stand the brunt of
the crash. We want to" sell 'lodg,' and
let the next man have all the flurry. We
want all the f un, and let the uext fellow
have all the trouble. In other words, we
want to liiuke the money, not to lose it.
But Gen. Grant didn't seem to.reason it
quite that way." Next Gould made the
acquaintance of"3Ir. Corbin, the Presi
dent's brother-in-law. They saw Secre
tary Boutwell, but got nothing satisfac
tory from him. When the President
started for New York, in June, Gould
wrote a "strong letter," which he gave
Fisk, Jr., to put into the hands of the
President. Fisk says : "Gould asked
me to take it to Gen. Grant, and have a
talk with him, and if I saw fit to say to
Gen. Grant, if Go. eminent would not
sell gold, we, for the sake of getting this
transportation, (for the sake of getting
employment for our 1,700 or l,8lXJ men,
whom we had for the purpose of moving
this crop, whom we had to pay whether
we moved it or not), would go in and put
the gold market up to a point where we
could ship this crop, and start up
trade here I went down and had a long
convetsation with Gen. Grant on the way
to Newport, and at that time, when I left
Gen. Grant, we promised that we should
come to Newport next Sunday, and in the
interval he should telegraph tor Boutwell,
and either have Boutwell come to New
port, or have siiuc decision of the matter,
so that we could tell something about it.
In other words, we were y l.ave a con
ference on the subject. I learned in the
latter part of the week that he had not
heard from Mr. Boutwell, and we did not
go up. Then it got to be about the first
of August. Meantime Gould made the
acquaintance of Mr. Catherwood, Mr.
Corbin's son-in-law, and he was talked of
for Assistant Treasurer in New York, but
was subsequently dropped for Butterfield.
Fisk continues : "It seems at that time
Mr. Corbin had taken up the theory that
the crops should be taken off at high
prices, and he went one slip further, that
a good deal of money could be made out
of it. If you know anything about 'Cor
bin (and I suppose you do) you know
that when he goes into anything, he gen
erally wants to take all. Wlieu he reaches
up for anything, he wants to take every
thing there is on the shelf, and does not
even leave the si.elf. He takes the nails,
the boards, and all. You know that any
scheme he touches withers. He proba
bly never touched any one but Mr. Gould
and myself who did not die, and he came
very near killing us both. Corbin then
conceived the idea that, having Butter
field in there, Butterfield, feeling under
more or less obligations to Mr. Corbin,
there was a great deal of money to be
made, as I understand he was speculating
largely at the time he was turned out.
Mr. Gould, I understand since, had
bought about two aud a half millions of
gold. He commenced at 137, at which
price he told me that Corbin had told
him that Mrs. Graut had S500,000, Gen.
Porter 5500,000, and ho had a million
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 kept
settling down to 131, and Mr. Gould had
cot his own carpet-bag full of it, as I
could see by the way he was tearing up
little pieces of paper and strewing t.ietn
aiound the floor. Every man has his
own peculiarities. You know that the
hatchet was on him very near up to the
handle, and that about alt of bis consola
tion was, when he became thin and weak,
to go off and counsel with this high
minded friend, Mr. Corbin. When he
came down to the office he would stop
every morning and take a dose of Corbin.
After.I commenced to buy
gold, I said to Mr. Gould : Whero aie
you ? Have you any understanding with
Air. Corbin ? Has ho carried out any of
those theories with Grant which he com
menced as far back as July 1' He said :
'Yes, that everything was understood,
and that no gold was to come out from,
the Government. ; There was so much
gold here, and we can put it up to 145
and shall not lose anything."
I started, and I found I had got what I
could carry, every bit of it- Gold when
I started in, was 136L It had been
down to 131, but got np there again be
fore I got in. Gould had gold enough
to half sink a ship. I never knew all,
bnt he had plenty of it. I said to him
after 1 commenced : "Give me a letter
explaining to Mr. Corbin that I know all
about this affair (that he had Butterfield
appointed ) so that lie could get all the
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information from the Government and
Gen. Grant, and that ha was pledged
there should be no gold sold on the part
of the Government), so tl.at I could talk
to him. I started off to Mr. Corbin, and
he explained to iiie that everything ns
all arranged; that he had this stock
with Mr Gould, who had held 8500,000
for Mrs. Grant, which had been sold out,
and he had received a check for 25,000,
which he had forwarded to Washington.
Hetaid that cverj'thing looked bright
and he was coufident we were doing a
great national good good for the coun
try, as well as assisting the road to secure
this transportation." On the Monday
before the "Black Friday" Mr. Chapin
was sent by Corbin as a special messen
ger with a letter to President Grant, then
at Washington, I'enn. Hu traveled night
and day till the letter was delivered.
"Gen. Graut read the letter port through; !
flrnl fhn npiit tint. vilK"it)v zl lit?
were going to show it to Mrs. Grant, or
some 6ne else. lie was gone about 15
miuutcsand when he came back hesuid to
Mr. Chapin "All right," and bid him
"good morning." M r. Chapin hurried to the
first telegraph station, and. about ll
o'clock we received his despatch. "De
livered. All right," was all the despatch
said. Thursday night I wrnt around to
see Corbin, and Corbin said everything
was working all vight, and that the letter
which had gone forward had clinched the
matter." 1- isk continues :
"On Friday morning or Thursday
evening Mr. Belden, of the firm of Wil
Ham Belden & Co., who had a brother-in-law
of mine a partner of his,'' who had
done more or less business for us all the
time, said to mc, 'If you have all the
golii you want, aud you want any assist
ance whatever, you had better let me
come in to assist yc-u.' I said, 'If you
want to go into it, give your orders.'
He said, 'I Lave fiot time to see it, and
hope you will attend to it for me in the
morning, when you come down. I will
bring my broker into tue back office of
Heath & Co., and you may give him
whatever orders you please.'' 1 told h;m
that he must give me a letter of author
ity, and he did give me the following let
ter of authority :
September 24 a. in.
James Fisk, Jr., Esq. Dear &ir :
I hereby authorize y-ou to order the pur
chase and sale of gold on my -account
during this day, to any extent you may
deem advisable, and report the baitie to
uie as early as possible. It is to be un
derstood the profits of all snch orders
belong to me, and that I will besr any
loss which may result. Wm. Bjei.don.
On Friday morning, when I got down
to the office of Heath & Co., at half past
ten, Mr. Beldon brought in occ Speyers,
whom, I suppose, you have heard of. lie
introduced Mr. Speyers, and said, 'Mr.
Fisk, Mr. Speyers will execute any or
ders for my account you may give him.'
He then turned to Mr. Speyers, and said,
'Whenever you have executed these or
ders, you will report the gold to me.'
Gold was then about 143, and I told
Speyers the quicker ho would get some
at that price. ' Speyers, being one of
those lloman Saxonians, belonging to the
German Order, felt that as soon as he
could fill Belden's orders he would fill his
own gut with the same fc!nd of stuff. It
then got to be about 101 o'clock, and I
told Speyers to go it, aud buy all the gold
he could. Away he started, but by the
time he got there, gold had reached ICO.
Speyers could not see why, when it hud.
gone up from 15 to 20 per cent, in 30
minutes, it should not reach 300, and
he began to load up at 160, and, judging
from all appearances, he got a pretty
good cart-load of it." Fisk called on
Corbin that evening and asked to see his
wife. "the came down, aud she was of
the same opinion as Mr. Corbin, that
some mistake had occurred; that Bout
well had sold the gold, probably, without
consulting the President. She Slid that
Mrs. Grant had written her a letter, in
which she stated that she hoped this
gold transaction would be over as soon as
possible, as it made her husband uervous.
I said something had to be done, that 1
we had to get out of this scrape, and into
the best possible shape we can. I said
that the best th'Dg for him to do was to
pack up and start down to 'the White
House along with Mrs. Corbin, "and see
what all this means. - If they are to sell
the gold, the sooner we know it the bet
ter. They said they would pack up and
start on Saturday night. I went around
the next morning, and they told mc that
they were packed up, and that they had
telegraphed that they would breakfast
with the President's family at the White
House on Sunday morning. He told me
he would be back on Monday morning,
and that was tho last I ever saw of them."
The Committee put the following ques
tion to Mr." Fisk over and over again :
"Will you state to this Committee wheth
or riot, during the time from Sept. 21 tt
27, any Government officia s were con
nected with you in gold transactions in
the City of New York ?"
Mr. Fisk's answer was invariably : "I
beg to state to you that I have told you
in good faith in wVat connection I con
sidered the Government officials were fig
uring with me in that gold speculation.
I have stated to you the jrecise position
in which I have considered Gen. Grant's
family in this gold transaction, on the
information I derived from Mr. and Mrs.
Corbin, and that is all the answer you
can get out of me, for that is all the in
formation I have got."
"Do you know whether Gen. Butter
field was in these cold speculations. Mr.
Fisk 1"
uYes; I understand Gen. Butterfield
had a share,- or was engaged in specula
tions at this time in Wall street" ;
"Did Mr. Butterfield furnish you with
the immediate news of the dispatch he
had received to sell Government gold ?"
Mr. Fisk He was in communication 1
with us. We knew ho hud one and a
half millious of gold wilh us. We bad
a messenger go down to Mr.l Butterfield'
office three or four times, and every tirno
lie came back with word from Gen. But
tcificld that everything was "all right."
About 11 o'clock, when he wcut there
he did not find 3Ir. Butterfield. When
lie cauie back, after being gone about 30
minutes, I asked him, "Wheie tho devil
have you been ?" He said, "I could not
get in, because there w:is such a commo
tion, and when I did he pointed me to
fl,Wltlw.t Ilt4rt mtrl.A l.l.t .. .It ..U
ing the sale of four million of gold."
Evidently that information had been re
ceivod by Gen. Butterfield, and indicated
to other parties before it had been indi
cated to us.
"Did you state that you carried some
gold for Gen. Butterfield V
Mr Fisk Mr. Gouid carried some.
- 'Wi s. r-ae'of'th SfcOO.OOO goU
carried for. Mrs. Grant, and $500,000
carried for Gen. lVrter, aud 81,500,000
for Corbin V -
"Oh ! that has gone with all the rest.
Where the woodbine twiuoth I"
"You stated that " Corbin was paid
S25,000 for Mrs. Graut. Was that in a
check or in irouey V
Mr. Fisk It was in a check, drawn
by Air. Martin in favor of Jay Gould or
order. Mr. Gould indoited it, and hand
ed it to Mr. Corbin, who deposited it in
his hank fnr collection, and it went to
Mr. Gould's bank, and was drawn and
deposited 'to the credit of Mr. Corbin.
This showed that there was something
. i . . 1 . .. .
not the way men do business in New
York.
"Do you know if aDy money was paid
to Mti. Grant V
Mr. Fi.-k I only know what that old
thief Corbia say; I don't kuow of my
own knowledge.
"Mr. Fisk, d you know what the let
ter contained which Mr. Chapin carried
from Mr. Vpxh'm to Gen. Grant at Wash
ington, IV nn, and which Mr. Corbin
said had clinched the thing."
"No ; that is the only mistaka made ;
that is where we wore overreached ; we
ough t to have found out what .that letter
coutained."
Bills Introduced. On the 21st
ult , the following bills, among others,
were introduced in the House: To pay
tho loyal citizons of Tennessee for prop
erty taken by the military; to settle the
expenfes of Montana for troops in 1867;
for erecting public buildings in San
Francisco; to grant aid to the construc
tion of u railroad from Vallejo to Hum
boldt ; 0 settle the title of the Govern
ment o Goat - rsljnd in Son Francisco
Bay; abolishing the Bureau of Educa-
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political disabilities in tho States; rati
fying the Fifteenth Amendment; mak
ing it a misdemeanor to fit out ships or
spII munitions of war to be employed in
the service of any foreicn power, against
the people of auy province, district or
colony in armed insurrection against such
foreign power; to abolish the office of
pension agent and provide for the pay
ment of petition by postmasters; reduc
ing the income tax to three per cent.,
and exempting two thousand dollars; in
creasing the w hisky tax to a dollar a gal
lon ; incorporating the Southern Trans
continental Railroad and granting land
ia tid thereof.
i The bill granting aid to Oregon for
the consfructton of a steamboat canal
around tuo fulls of the Willamette, was
uduptcd.
Boston Has a Tkmi'ehance Dog
One dsty la.st week the animal's master
got " tight," for even in the prohibitory
"Hub" men will indulge a little too
freely in whisky. The master went out
on a regular spree, with no companion
save- a faithful dog. Finally, the mo-
uient arrived when tho reasonable canino
made up his miud that his master had
t.ken enough ofthe "critter." The
master was about B enter another drink
ing saloon, when the dog cauyht hold tf
his cnt aud pulled him back. The in
ebriated biped spoke angrily to the sober
quadruped ; and the animal, with a sad
look and a tear in his eye, released his
hold. The man entered the saloon, fol
lowed by the dog. He called for a drink,
but had no sooner done so than the dog
raised himself on his hind 1 feet,; and
placed his paws on his master's breast,
made a dumb but eloquent appeal to the
loan not to drink any more. ' This was
too much even for the drunken master
In liM-ir Ha i-l.-isnorl llin fill'' about the
neck and ki.-sed him repeatedly, aud did
not take the drink. That night he at
tended a temperance meeting and signed
the pledge.
' Acronlin'!-to a riterof luiture, the
work done each day by the right ventri
cle of the heart in .propelling the blood
is equal to that necessary to lift 341 tons :
one foot ; and the energy of the left ,
K ventricle would lift S9.7 tons 1 foot;
making in all 124.2 tons. This single
muscle, then, docs more than a third as
much labor as a laboring man during his
ten hours' toil ; aod it is calculated that
one ounce of the heart does all and more
labor than an equal weight of the inusclo
of the arm during a severe boat race. It
is calculated that the heart's energy ia
equivalent to what would raise its own
weight (about 01 oz.) 19,754 feet in an
hour". But 1,000 feet per hour is about
what an active pedestrian climbing a
mountain can acomplish ; while, at a
trial of locomotives on an Alpine railway,
the successful engine lifted ita own
weight but 2,700 feet in one hour.
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Gigantic iusnkl. u is anuouoceu -that
the Kiio Railroad Company intend
crossing the river, at Jersey City by
means of a gigantic tunnel under the
river.