President Grant has been seriously, though most unjustly, sus- pected
of complicity in the gold speculation. The keystone of that speculation was a belief that the Treasury would not sell gold without giving notice in the papers. Mr. Fisk said he had assurances of this from Mr. Corbyn, brother-in-law of the Presi- dent, and, as he asserts, the originator of the bubble. Mr. Corbyn denies this, but Mr. Fisk persists, and the matter will be investi- gated in Court. So strong, however, has been the bruit, that the President has written to the Ledger to esy 'that Mr. Fisk did ask him on board a New York steamer for private information, that he refused it as "not fair," and assured him that due notice would be given to everybody of an intention to sell gold. Un- fortunately, this was precisely what Fink wanted to know, and as no notice was given, he thinks himself betrayed. General Grant, it seems clear, answered in all simplicity ; but there is a strange want of dignity and shrewdness in many of his recent proceedings, and he has "a very greedy lot" about him.
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