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Show GOTHAM GATHERINGS. Phillips InsiNls Thnt He la Not a I-'alMilier. Tho True Inwardness ot the Conltlliig lutervlew. PHILLIPS STRIKING BACK, New York, 17. Wendell Phillips replies to ex - Secretary Fish's laat letter on the Sumner-Grant controversy. controv-ersy. He confesses and explains some of the inaccuracies in his recent letter exposed by Figh, but argues their immaterially to the issue except so far as they show the inaccuracies of Grant's memory as to dates. He fails, however, to throw any new light on the subject or to essentially weaken the ex-secretary's severe criticism. Apparently nobody has intended to falsify in the case, but Phillips suffers the most in the discueBion, by reason of his voluntary intervention without sufficient data. j THE CURLED SENATOR'S INTERVIEW. Referring to Senator Oonkling's quasi denial of the accuracy of the report of the important interview with him, published -in the Herald ol Friday, the 9th, in which the Senator sharply criticized the president aud his policy, that journal permits a correspondent to make the following iuggestions, viz: The senator did not, in fact, deny anything, though he evidently intended to produco upou the public mind the impression that he had denied or refuted the report. He remained in town all the day of the publication without having taken the least care to deny its accuracy. He made no pretence of denial until after the caucus of republican sen-! ators had been held on Saturday after-. after-. noon, at which the eflort to get united 1 action to oppose the president utterly failed. The caucus developed the fact that the president is stronger and Senator Conkling ia weaker than the latter believed. Conkling was beaten on Saturday, and revolving this disas ler in his mind on Sunday, he evidently evi-dently became demoralized, and on Monday made hia personal explanation, explana-tion, admitting that some of the remarks attributed to bim bad been more in private and casual conversation, conversa-tion, declaring that others never proceeded pro-ceeded from him, but failing to point out which was true and which falne. 1 It ia privately current hor that the : Herald's interviower on this occasion was Nordbofl, whose acquaintance j with and friendship for Conkling are well known. |