Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-12-02
THE BoURSE.


and market reports, have all read of the 'Bourse,
though the number that know just what it is, we
suspect is somewhat limited. We infer it to be
/ sort of Merchant Exchange in Paris like that
in Wall street, New York. a Bell Smith, the in
structive and amusing foreign correspondent of
the National Era visited it and thus writes about
it to that paper:
While looking at the trihers on the pave
ment, | heard above the uproar Of voitures,
stages, street eriers, and hand-organs-a din
of voices sounding like the supernumerary
huzzas of the stage, on the entrance of some
royal parsonage. | could scarcely credit that
they came from the interior of the beautiful
cdlfcc before us, yet such was the fact The
Bourse was in full operation of a Frenchman's
idea of business. l was SO impressed with
it, that insisted upon inspecting the singu-
lar concern closer; and, esame day, we made
the visit. Going to the front, We passed two
imposing figures, cut in dark stone and pur-
porting to represent the genius ofCommerce
and Peace. We assembled flight of steps,
gave our parasols to an attendant old lady as
we entered the door, and proceeded up "a wind
ing flight to the gallery. The sight and
sounds were startling. We looked down upon
what seemed mob in black, running, shout
ing, crowding, and gcsticulating. In a circu-
lar pen near the counter, protected by an ir-
on-raI, We're a few bald patriarchs, whose
chief business seemed to be to receive slips
OF paper, and LOSS them out again. Out of
the confusion | could make nothing. For a
while | kept the rum Of a little fellow in q
gray coat. He darted through the crowd
he faced eorpulent men, and dared them to
the combat-he danced wildly-he seized
slips of paper, and shook them at the pen
he rushed back, and deliberated with FIVE or
SIX, who negotiated by shaking their fists and
performing sort of shaker quadrille- flew
back, but like Cuffs speckeled pig" he be-
came at last too active to count, and / left in
perfect despair. ! remain to this hourin ig-
norance of what the little fellow effected
, what went up or fell, | leave to older heads
to know and TO remember.
This is the Bourse-the political thermome-
ter of France-indeed of Europe. While on
the ''Franklin," in the channel, the passen
gers gathered round the first London Times
we received, to learn the news, and hear wheth
er Russia had marched on Turkey. One o.
them said; Look to the Quotations-hoW
are the funds? That tells the story" And
surely it did. The slightest shock in the
most distant quarter of Europe, vibrates ii
that noisy hall, t. the death of many for
tunes
To- Mrs. FONDA, whose lectures on Temper
in this yet fresh in the minds of chose
who heard her, gives in the columns of the Wan
kegan Gazette graphic and interesting accoun
of her Wisconsin experience, That part relating
to her visit to this city, we append:
Mr.. Establishing | have given YOU q
part of my fall expedition in Wisconsion
somd of your readers may wish to know how
it ended.
| remained at home one week, and then
started out again. first stopped at Kenosha
our nearest neighbor; and have seen no street,
50 blocked up with loads of wheat, as were
the streets of kenosha; she is coming up il
the business line fast. Notice was given out
before my arrival. The Methodist brother
Ell wanted the first lecture in their church
They were very cordial indeed, more thar
hIIIltIG W Itl any DOllN Tain Oh VIC miami
Law. The house was very full and still. The
second one, which was on Saturday, occupi
ed the Presbyterian church.-There was :
full house. The same Methodist brother Off
ciated for me here in .opening and closing
the meeting, as the Presbyterian clergyman
was necessarily detained The third even
ing was Sunday. | occupied the Baptist
Church, and the Presiding Elder Of the Meth
odist Church, although it was his quarterly
meeting, and he had given out his appoint
ment, recoNedhis appointment, and said he
wanted to hear TIE Maine Law lecture, and
advised his audience to do so.-Oh. Oh =
thought | how different is this from tie
Methodist Church in Waukegan where Res
olutions of the Trustees" guard the door, lest
it should he opened to give vent to the RI
sing emotions of woman's throbbing soul, in
this, her own suffering cause.-Methodist
bretheren of Waukegan-do You know YOU
are getting the name of being ilberal by that
resolution" when do not believe You de-
serve it. | have had more Methodist church
es opened for me to talk temperance i'll than
any other denomination. They are liberal
people generally; but oh that an exception
should occur in my own town. much re-
gret it, Trus ecs ofthis Methodist church
think me not presumptious when | ask you
again, "can | have your church to talk tenn
perance in, some Sabbath evening"" can
pour out my full soul on this, to me, thrill
ing subject, under your banner? Itso, reply
to this solicitation through the "Gazette" of
next week.
But to my third lecturein Kenosha The
house was literally packed full. The Pres
byterian clergyman opened the meeting by
prayer. The Baptist clergyman was on a
visit at the East, but his church repeatedly
assured me that he would have received me
with great cordiality, had he been at home
The assembly was very still. | had great
liberty of speech, and the assistance Of the
Holy Spirit that evening; and Paul smiled
on me also, though he has been SO much
miseonstrued as to be quoted against me-
At the close, a highly commendatory reso-
luton was offered, rising vote was taken,