The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-21
LIZ DISPATCH
NAY u. 1922
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$3.50, !, rur Nrv YoaK BOARD VI ,s~..,..n
r.. Rev. Mr.. Cayier, ie letter '" ~ a Walt
,a,.,,,s.ucrr. gives the foiiov'ns "A v,,h a
n. n.id To The New York esoAe
friend; ~o,th avery masters
"The Board Q. And several Of hts conaregae
visiting; ne -ould be surprised TO nod nov aiis
tioa .se' mar looks while De - hstenios 20
i ereu, and .seveuthy from what ne does ~niie
hAg onT Il bid one hundred for the iot, seller
roaring oo' The minister might &c, few lessons
sssrnestn mesa of manner, too, for OF all animated
.aaaIara know Of none Who can ssrpass the
Rad Of Brokers, whom New York Central 10 un>
der discussion.
change place. ia place o. difficult 10 get INTO, o'
ont Of as Aladdtn's cave. In the lobby are se"
boys, and apple womeu, aud busy 'se
sepdins dispatches up through tuoe ~. 49,
mission TO Boston, Phiiadelphis aud bs.inc
The moment GALE takes place within, 'be young
mercury hints the TACT by Lightning W ~.
bers three hundred miles off, Al We ea.s. 20
Board.room We are ssiufed by bse's upIosI VI
yoieas We ano about one hundred and twenty
santIaman Assem- bled with their hats on Ike the
Eng,ish Psriiauest) Ia sort OF Legislative ha'i.
Each man has hn desk, NJ wnieh ne sts untH
sone cali of a new stock starts him 10, aud then
he rms on, toward the centre OF the room, shake
tng bis anger violently and vociferatng. IN take
yan mo- .ssventy-five for the lot, 'thats my bid
Seller thirty days
"Im.siue score Of excited men all shouting
together sach short ejAcuistions as the above To
ma II ia confusion worse cohfouaded. Bat the clerk
manages TO catch all the bids apd sales aud at er
the TEMPEST subsidies he quietly calls of tue list.
Then the President we'll salaried officer--an.
uouuces a new stock. Sometimes he VIII call q
doxen stocks with no bids, but the moment that
he strikes some speculative stock like Pacific
Mall or New York Central Railroad there is an
explosion Of excitement. Men leap 70 their feet,
Il asers are shaken and pointed back and firth and
the roar Of voices are deafeuing. The arSdmajor
of the. Stock Board 10 . celebrated bioker whom
We need not name. His financial fame Ia world
wide While the bids are made the workings OF
his countenaucs remind as Of Brougham ia the
snaps his finger towards another broker, calling
uns sTll take your lot at thirty days.' 'fhen,
whispers my friend, sby that simple operation ff y
Thousand dollars changed hands The thought
flashes upon our miud-what noble church that
would build In fact, We should not ask more
than the avails of a single moments transac tion,
TO build herewith q church for the people that
would gather and gladden. two thousand souls on
God Sabbath.
"rhe most noticeable things to rs in the Brokers'
Board were the intensity Of excitement &C Certain
times when contested stocks were called, aud the
llghtniDg-ike rapidty with which decisions were
made, and great transactions carried out. Men
minds play there like piston rods In steam engines
The strokes cannot be counted. To in experienced
eve there il only loIirl but the accomplished eye
secs perfect system working results with vast ra
pid,ty. do not envy the man who lives IN such
q Babel OF conflicting sounds, and draws his daily
bread from such hot oven OF excitement Ii
REQUIRES strong and resolute religious principle to
hold fast to ones moral moorings wbeu such suds
den gales of selfish temptation are constantly
striking the canvas. A man ought TO be a firm
Christian before he becomes q broker.
"rhe converse Is true. broker may De nrm
and healthy Christian.