New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-29
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slice xx....wALL-srREEr.

write the words-one Of descending noton' "neh VIC
think Of all the million deceits and desrsdanons ana
hvpocrises and rniseries played OF here as N some
shostly farce another proud and esvatins IN mus
taxing fuisrly the point OF our per the great purse
string Of America-ihe key Of the Triton As money
rule. the world 50 Walstreet rules money and IRON
IL dngy dens 20 forth the mandates bich make plenty
or misery. peace or war and stamp the whole chArac
e- Of the nation and the destiny Of re people. i may
have been thought strange BY many small victims and
outsider, that We passed Wk 'ireei while treat
ing OF the Gambling House. OF the metropolis NOT so.
II il true that gambling Is carried on b, the chief ous1'
ness there but il IS upon gigantic 50 systematic
scale that il reaches the dignity Of history u rather
deserves place in cur history OF '~olutions
Wsllstrcet Who shall iaihom ;ae depth and the rot
tenness Of thy mysteries Has rsou passed through
thy winding labyrinth. turning with his smile every
thing 10 stone-hearts well houses Art thou not
the valley OF richie. told OF by the veracious Snd5ad,
where millions OF diamonds Jay yistenins Ike hery
snow but which was guarded IN sides BY poisonous
.erpents whose bite was death aIi whose contact was
pollution
Let US look from the front OF this oiy temple 70 God,
down Wal stroet-whst do we see Nothing bu, dim
confuson-a rrrbid stream OF painful nfertwisted mo
u
either side That is al there is Of Wal sireet-abso.
uiey nothing but some heaps Of granite a. they might
be molehils with men running about Ike pismires in
and out and about and shout
But let US look again. Wal street. after AL cant be
so dreadful place all this comes 70. You must at
easi admit that it has set the town noble example Of
what ought % b. done in the way Of architecture.
Whatever may be is fauits-snd doubtless il has a.
many Of them pretty womai-li IS beyond 81 odds
the handsomest street the continent In the length
Of half a mile from the CustomHouse there is a
greater amount and variety Of architectural taste than
10 many an entire city. The Custom House itselfis a
grand tructlre quite worthy Of being the central gate
AZ t were Of the gigantic commerce that pours through
il the wealth and luxury OF the world be distributed
/ IN a thousand avenues through rich and prosperous
empire inhabited by twenty millions OF eNtrsvagant
people This edfcc, with is busy yet quiet inmates.
will perhaps day claim cur especial notice. At
present viii pass down is interminable steps re-
mindng orc OF the descent from he Pyramid Gizeh
AMI stumbling over a row Of learned canary birds,
pitching into repository of carving knives and upset
| ting a kennel OF young puppies pursue our way.
on either side the street presents graceful and
broken line of classic fronts and Grecian porticoes
of lofty steps aud dizzy colonnades Il would seem
| 10 We had found an avenue Of tempcs-and so we
have only they all erected divinity and de.
voted 10 the worship OF one god-Nammon. Midway
stands the massive Exchange, looking a II 1t had been
hewed cut Of solid granite mountain. It supported
on one side by the inevitable fancy soap aud shaving
/ cream man and on the other by oyster-wagon. Up
is steep steps and through is labyrinthne halls snd
chambers rush eager throug Of men, as If they
went vhirling about in some gigantic puppet show
while a concealed hand pulled conyusvey az le wire.
Within the pnermost range Of columns, we pr sh open
a massive door and enter the Rotunia-almos. Coli.
scum in IL magnitude and spacious proportions, and 10
every way a perfect work OF art This IS the very
sanctuary of Trade and Commerce. those Titanic
powers which rule the world But they must only be
glanced At today To examine and describe in detail
what l. taking place here would deain Us too long
from our walk 4 thousand busy beings are in hum
ming motion and activity within these walls and upon
the low halfuttered hsllindcaed dialogues going on,
the wealth or poverty of hundreds Of thousands-the
price of stocks the quotations of four and cotton,
the plenty or scarcity of money-all will be de
cded In such a scene this the mere operations OF
the money making faculty lose the commonplaceness
OF their character. and become almost poetical and
sublime This is the heart Of radeand such heart
On the southern corner stand half score of ex
cited faces many OF them with the lsraeltish nose so
provcrbia for smelling out good thing in embryo or
bad one Just beginning 10 faint These care the famous
Third Board-mostly lame ducks who have been dis
abled for life in their passage through the more secret
operations of the regular Board up stairs. and green
horns who are very anxious 70 come in and be caught
They are az present unable 20 deal in realities or FAN
cies" either but they still take the keenest interest in
what transpires in the former field Of their abors and
in brisk and animated discussions of the prices and
prospects of stocks to derive melancholy pleas
ure in lighting their battles DER again. Poor fellows
While grayely debating questions of millions, many Of
them would find a mos, inconvenient tghtness in the
money market If they to attempt treating them
selves 10 shilling stew
It's now high tide in Wsllstreet Every cellar vom.
is It's pale young man with calfskin memorandum
book grped firmly as he hurres away to one Of the
nnumberable Banks or swallows some wild looking
short who rushes down and Historically inquiries Of
his obging neighbor Mr. Smith, whether he has Mt A
few hundred over. u Il halfpast two o'clock and the
crisis IL fast coming on From cellar 10 cellar he speeds
a. If he bore the blazing brand Of Roderick Dhu and
feared that il would 90 before it had performed
.ts mission. No help no help everybody seems
strangely enough as short himself In thirty min
utes ne who yesterday comm anded his thousands,
will be ruined and a beggar-s mark set upon him
which will forever debar him from gaining credit there
again. lie passing in swirl perspective his splendid
establishment Above Beecker given up the hands Of
the Sherif-hs heartless wife and spendthrft daugh
ters loading him with complaints and reproaches at his
altered state-his friends one by one deserving him
his position lost aud himself outcast. Who wonders
that in moment Of despair he seizes whatever is left
him defrauds his creditors Of his remaining assets and
olopes, ora still more quiet and gentlemsny way
applies razor the ugular aud thus frees himself at
once OF earthly lis
But bark The clock strikes three. As If by magic
the hustle and confusion which but now through
the street. ceases and the whole neighborhood rapidly
subsidies into the calm Of Sabbath Stiffness reasserts
her empire Wall street IS locked mp and gone home for
the day The omnibuses in Broadway expand with their
double fsres-many mount the step preicrrng the
chance Of being thrown oil rubbed Oft against CAB
splashed deplorsbly and the whole living dsap
pears-eaving nothing but the gray stone walls and
regular pavements and nnumerabe tin sgns Of all tina,
which was so lately noisy and lively Wall stree,
NOTE.-The writer Of these sketches acknow edges with
grateful pleasure the reception, through The Editors Of The
Tr5une Of letters approving the general tone
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