New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-11

NM, several occasions) in estment, IN. Y.
central" was the "tbing;" but for quick increase
- INV "pile," 4" Rock Island and Chez" was the
80. adding that they thought that II bad felt
sbottom and that there was nothing TO prevent ITS
go,gr 10 90 II did MT see the joke them 6ut nave
ssinoe that the news was favorable ana All
sLat. hut that as leetie safer chance, had better
Sny " 80 shares of Central and "oO Of hock
Rroter No kindly suggested that should sleep
=, Il and report my intentions III the morning. But
- Az Rock Island and Chick " had got too fast q
bold upon my imagination; and at that moment, a
mn having entered who was told had purchased,
DO doys Get0re fifty shares, since which time 1t had
advanced tTo ger cent. my determination fixed,
Ard therefore closed by giving them my check for
lifts shares" of this aforementioned stock.
The breyity of the acknowledgment Of the large
amount of money / had sunk y alas TO rice no
nore astonished me:
we have bought for your account fifty shares
OF Rock Is. and Chick, at SO. w. u W.
Now the reader is informed that l never dld ana
never expect to know anything about hyuTes; ana II
tbere is any style OF aithmetlca calculation that
have greater horror OF than ahoiher IL is u 'liuh
zIey call ~ the " fractions
Ipecketed the discontented piece OF paper, ana
proceeded to my office.
thjnk I bad hardly taken my seat at the desk,
Uhen heard the boys in the Park shouting out,
Here's TIE EXTRA TRIBUNE, Herald, I5meS-inll
,,eeonnt of the capture of SiideWeI and MGSGRg."
Presently our Office was filled with people, specu-
xsting as 10 the result of the captuIe-h England
-,ouid do anythiDg-and what effect the news would
have-upOn The stock market!
l suddenly came out all over in a cold sweat; but
a was TOO late TO back QUIT was about 8
,,'clock-aud must wait till the following day.
How cot through the remainder of that day, and
1be following one for it was Saturday,, don't
kuov: bat do know that at daylight on Monday
morning ordered 4 paper to be brought to my
eoom when nstinctively my eve rested on the fatal
Of xula no soil AZ tn atO are
70 be found, and with shakey fingers l traced Out
tie line, Rock Island and Chic. 55P' o, Tor; but
even then thought it might be mistake; or (such
wac my ignOrance), that it was still in my favor.
As soon as deoency would permit, was at the
door Of my friend in William street. and was greeted
somewhat as follows:
Well it's too bad, isn't it-that d Sldell and
Mason affair has knocked all into a cooked hat;
out never mind, just you hold on i'll all come
rght. You have II told you) to take these chances,
Out the stocks good it may he up again this
very day, but the fact is, nobody knows. :"
viii not detain the reader any longer with de-
scrpiOn OF the nervous sensations OF the agony OF
Uly mind during the ensuing week Of my holding
on 10 this wretched stockton two or three days it
went jumping up and down. like Jack IN the
5oX-until at last il reached the figure of 50. The
old adage, that " Half loaf was better than no
bread, came 10 my relief, and rushed down once
more 10 my brokers, broken-hearted, directing them
80 seIfmAaedtateiy. One of them feehIy suggested
that he thought Though it was difficult to advise)
I'd better hold on still;' TO which, driven almost
wild with contending emotions, replied, peremp-
torly, No; sell The cussed thing and give me the
balance" On the following day. piece of paper
was handed me, in appearan very similar TO the
one before mentioned the only difference being in the
word ." cold. instead Of "bought."
left Immediately for "up-town," and haven't
been Z" down since-except in the mouth
n. B.-I stop the press to state the strange and
somewhat melancholy fact that from the day Of the
fatal purchase and Of the capture of 'Sliden and
Mason Broker No was seized himself with vio-
gent sick OF fitness, and has never been seen or
heard OF since.