Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-19
Partisan Correspondence u The Comrir d, Eais Uai,
The.nxohange.
TRANSLATED Pa rnE WHEELING INTELLlaEkcER,
nv MISS nARRiETTE RANNlka READ.


lwent the Exchange at one O'Clock 10 see
POhsi II sleeps elsewhere, eats elsewhere, but
lives there.
The fnshlful sounds that reach you from within
are enough 10 nuke one believe that all the con.
denned soulsin bell ere boiling before slow Gre
on the grdron Of Guatimozin, without, people are
walking under The Ionic columns Of the persiyle,
as The sages Of Greece wandered, through the gard.
ems OF the Academia. Here ole capitalists and
there cSrters, but very possibly the richest has 10
mole cash In hand than The poorest. Al the Rx-
change more than anywhere else "lhe cOwl does
not make the mona" Millionnires aTe dRssed
like begsars, aDd besgas like Brummels.
ltishalfpast one; suppose now that some mod
ern Asmodeus should esq otl you beneath tlsshad'
ow Of these Gtecian capitals, as his ancestor con-
Quoted Don Cleophss over the roofs OF Madrid
"Do you see that fair young man" heasks you'
"wlih the delicate nouslRche and fresh complex
ionl He is moi twenty five years old one NOR
ming when he was scarce OF age, lie arrived upon
the boulevard, dess sd in the latest style Of his dis
trict, Six months after, The rustic had won three
millions: everybody addressed him hat III hand
At the end Of the year he had lost two millions
above The three he lad gained. lie Is Low upon
his fourth adventure Of the XII i, but do not think
either OF plying or envying him: he is not more
happy os a millionaire than as beggar.
Look at that harsh, bony, witheted man; Is he
not the very same sombrs parsonage Of whom Alio
speaks Of 10 "Robeh the Dewitt" With hishend
on his hand, his back against ihs wall, Lis eye
on vacancy, he is lost In meditation. Thus we
imagine Nesselrods weighingthe Eastern question
This old man is forty years OF age. He slone forth
sun, and vanished like o flash Of lightning
Within ten months lie has been the lord OF Peru,
and the insovent tenant Of garTet. His fall has
crushed him. Pale and silent, he now relieves his
misery by fantustio speculationsi he pursues the
rise and fall as In dream, and calculates in his
nccOun; bOOk the winged SANS which he loses In
the fluctuations Of exchanges, or the oLimerical
advantages he reops.
Look out there You were about 10 jGstle FAT
chap who hides his wealth beneath his embOnPOink
Respect lis yellow waislcoat. You would not bid
thirty SOUS for his rusty hat; yeti pocket-book is
bursting with bank rotes. Nevertheless he Dor.
rOss all the cigaFs lie smokes. He dreams Of te-
firing 10 MoTly or ChatUn. and, with an Income OF
fifteen hundred lyres, 10 divide his time between
his wife aud his poultry. Should fate take him al
his word, he would die Of despair
Give place 10 successful impudence. This fine
gentleman, so perfectly dressed, who elbows the
crowd, with cigar in mouth, stick in hand, and
glass in eye, is a capitalist in Asphallum. He
has castles in SpalI, and farms in the Island Of
BsTalans. His carriage and hotses are from the
most fashionable dealers His apartments are
hung with broeGteiie. His father (has he iatheri)
It is pOssible-Lut lie las something better thun
that; he has credit. He will soon reach The
heights Of foriune-if he does moi go 10 BrusSsis'
| Do you see that little man, with ribbon oil
many tnts al his button. hole;' moustachios and q
gold headed camel He is called Tue Count
Count whnti He does not know himself. lie is
of no particular oge; twenty eight OF fifty, as you
look at him in font OF in pIohIe. He may be q
Russian, unless he be an Austrian OF Portuguese
He has been acquainted with oaverard, aud II would
not Je surprising il he had supped with Barras.--
He is The Count 81. GeTnlan OF the EGchnnge.
Over there is tue literary corner The MUSES.
have passed The PIuth OF the Exchange. The nov
ellst buys annulles The writer Of Vaudeville sells
railroad stock. They no longer write articles
they imWOpiSe them. The most astonishing news
originates in this cornell Europe is lost aud saved
twenty lines In on hour. Listen:
1An action hos taken place in the Black Sea
the RuSSsn feet Snnihiuled." That is wall
This LurUs Of ships you may be sure, hOs sold five
bundled aiITvad shares. lie is down: excel.
lent news has reached Paris and LOnd II. Il lie
Car has consented u treat; the penipotentiare'
ATE appointed" TkisiS peace. You may be cer'
tain that lie has bought 10 The tune Of sixty thous
and francsj he Is up. At the Exchange peoples
belief Is founded on their specualons.
| The Bankers department has but shabby
opinion of the Journslistsj but lie last reyenges
itself in sarcasrns. Cne Of the bankers OIL being
complimenied on his fortune, assumed a smiling,
modest air.
"Twenly francs 10 Eve millions" said he.
al have none"
"well," said a journalist, "dOn't forget 10 come
10 me v hen you're ruinedj shall always have o
outlet for you"
The story OF The outlet went the rounds, and up
10 this day The writer never fails 10 askthe bankers
"Shull have my outlet realyA6.mOHowi"
"NOt yet" is the+rp'c.' So The bets are still
oprn; some for, some against. the "cutlet."
But lei us leave this Court Of Miracles fol- 4
scene in lie market Of st. HOnOie. There walked
on day, an Englishmdn, rich as mine Of gold
who, having thing 10 do, was looking uIte
prawns. Now II ere frequented the said market
in those days, lretty glh, twenty yearS Of age
called Honorine. She had charming features, 1
low forehead, hOir as wavy as RomaD Empress
small hands, though something reid lips thai
nigh have been stolen from basket Of Strawberries
We cam Lsaf -FauehE Honorine's education
She neither played the piano, nor spoke very goot
French. Her voice was pitched rather high, hei
gestures somewhat abrupt, her words rather AMI.
mated, her Ietotts prompt and sllerPj but her wais
was as round and elastic as q young poplar, bel
njphls. lsstJSaSa lmalb Saef smile frank and merry
and II YVES easy 10 see that she must be the queer
Of the market OF st. Honore. All the farmers and
fishers were dying in love with her, and many q