New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-26
THE KSicxERBocxEm June. J. R. onmor.

One of the most enticng articles in this num-
ber is the continuation of Mr. Kimball's vigorous
story. entitled Revelations of Wall street"
wh'ch for ter.e aud clean-cut delioeations Of q
certain portion of New-Ycrk life is scarcely
equaled by any production Of cotemporary fiction.
The author holds the mirror up to nature" III
The following passage:
On the fror, Of Trinity Church. looking down Wall
street, should be inserioei in large letters:
"The rich u.u's wealth /. his sirlns city"
"Thc destruction OF the poor !, their poverty"
To 20 locality on the habfable globe these strik
ing sentences spplicate. Every Transaction
lung 10 money, from the legitimate Oscounls by
tie banks on, Of tie offerings at tie ordinary meetings
o the board. to the shaving OF iourfhcl piece Of
paper tie rate of quarter Of dollar day for
hundred dollars (n flyOIie standard pilce, ana n fI
yoIRe way of putting IL less calculated 20 shock the
nerves than plain bl1nt ''quarter per cent day"
which 10y the way ia only Lihetl -oie per cent per
annum tuereaboutsl; every movement OF tie stock
mai ket, every tTausler OF property, auction
eyery oleniion by the brokers, whether il bonds
bills, siockr goods merch ndise but confirms the
fact If The economical advantages of wealth and the
expenlyeuess OF poverty.
Our rympuhes are often tried by the recitals of bar
rowing tales C pauper life, of the miserable beings
who wear out IL degraded existence Ia miues and col
Ii Tle and shops ai.d factories. Some delIgt 10
tle these scenes Ia all their horrors, posiby not
agqcrliuQ In the aecOunt; and mAly of our pnpnltr
wnters have entered The field With success. IL they
could "a efeuco ten ycala in Wai street they would
di-pose Il thcir prcsent stock in trade, aud eagerly
seize on this. There exist in tia street those wl sui
feg more than the panper, and the men, women aud
c en in the mines and collicrs, AID shops and f.c-
toirs, fot they haye tharp.r sensibes Hnd kcencr
appn igiiJns and more vivid despair. The over.
worked wrttcncs Of too mandatory have, IL Is true,
no por,ble chance Of feleue except by death. Phyt-
icaliy they siok TO very lew sc,le, worn down by
hnfd labor. bad 81 e,r, hid stlied diet. But incl
lectuhy thtIe hs been no descent, Gud ignora,t as
they arc, they may enjoy the c0nroiliOns OF ei i1n
and be comloned Dy faith which affords Cue prospect
Of - happy ret hereafter. Bat the Wall street
into ne awivl feridom. Well educated, with ie.
spectatle aseo,i,tionr, with perhups n refined
and interesting faulty at lone, who have
10 cor cption of the desperate shifts and
expedirns Le habitualy employs TO feed aud clo,he
them; lied with the cord necessity 10 the chariot OF The
rie employed 10 gather gold for them I'd swell Il eir
,riumpls with Le power of reflection aud nl,prc Ia.
tion aud cons Ousuess too, his condition is infinitely
the worst. he must learn all tue tricks # the street.
the bow to lie and heat aud swiDde that il will
NOT isgaly be lying, cheating aud swinolng. lie
knows that lie degIacing his nature yet he has no
opportunity 10 stop even for one moment To- regard
himself lie glimpses of green fields, aud clear
sklss aud pure moral atmosphere away yonder but
he has no time to vrit them. Perhaps at last with
growing Of injustice toward him fom quar-
ter lie becomes derporate steps over tho delicate line
drawn by the law between moral aud legal guilt, aud