The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19
THE do1p EXCITEMENT.
Amusing Scenes "a the BaniS!aE
Housc- ia Boston incidents,
Sc, &c.


I've received despatch from
out special New York Correspondent at
about II on Thursday, aud accordingly
stepped down TO State street at u, TO
"see how things looked" Even at that
hour, every body that had saved ten dol
lars in gold seemed 90 be visiting State
street 10 sell it, How the news beanie 50
quickly aud so generally circulated was
marvellous, foe the brokers Offices were
thronged, and, Ethe scenes, dialogues
and Transactions were most amusing.
Laborers, Irish servant girls, sharp oper-
ators, clerks, small iradesmen, lin fact,
all sorts Of people besieged the buyers
and sellers Of money with nil sorts OF
quesiiOns, and ended in selling out their
hurdes in all sorts of amounts. The we'll
known Banking and Exchange Office of
j. W. Davis & Co., was the theatre Of
quito a number Of amusing scenes. Mr..
Davis does an extensive business in buy
ing and selling money, and as he is al
ways ready to buy Or sell at some price
or other, bis Office was a sort of head
quarters for this business.
A charcoal man, whose entire suit, not
withstanding the high price of rage,
would have been dear AZ five dollars, en-
tiers.
"What dye give for goId?'
"One hundred and sixty FIVE
"Ah be-gorrs I'll not sell for that any
how" (Exit)
(lc.eutcrs nrtor fitesn minutes ahsanee. during
which time Dee hao visited several othor establish
menB.)
"Shure I'll take sixty-Gve for that
gold"
(Astonisbnisnt ls5a dozen seliers orwhom DAVIES
c,eros are buy ing a. ixty t"o)
Cant take it now, sir, at over sixty
iGst had telegraph despatch from New
York"
(Chucke ,f SELLERS over the saving of two per cent
iudis "a OF veodor of charcoal
"Ah lbad luck to it, Til go back to
Misther Clapp for the sixty wahn he Of
fered me" (Exit)
After the elapse of few moments en-
ter charcoal dealer once more, with a flush
of anxiety showing through the coating
of coal dust on his vissage.
"Arrah yee's may take the goold av
rue for hundher and sixty, if yen give
no more"
."Can't give that now, sir; take il at
hundred aud fifty five e
"Diyil bit (enrased)shure didn't We
offer me a hundher and sixty only five
minutes ago Z?
eyes but you refused, and the price
has fallen since" ti
Pat in despair, drew forth an old nit.
ten from some hidden recess in his gar
ments, and takes out. ten twenty dollar
pieces, and receives his roll Of greenbacks,
but hangs about the place as 10th TO de-
part he hears offers, sales made, sees
money, slips of paper, notes and memoir
andums pass back and forth over the
brokers' counter for ten ora dozen 'miu-
utes, while q stream OF people are going
andcoming; finally be beckOns the bro
ker t0him and in confidential whisper
says, "Couldn't We afther maxim tho
price We gave me fifty-sixY'
"NO! ify you are dissatisfied I'll sell you
back your gold at fifty four"
Perhaps even this singular transaction
might have taken place if at that moment
one of the trade had not popped his head
in with
"Hallo, Davis, here's thousand gold
III sell you for fifty" which seemed to
ulAhC az hul VI any iulthSi tIduSdCtiouFs
AS the day advanced, however, and
fresh kilograms arrived from New York,
another set of customers made their APP
pearance on the street. Their inquiries
appeared to be for sums of quite res
pectable amount, and as they came into
the field the price appeared TO mount out
of their reach in most astonishing man
ner.
"Vat will you geefme for five thousand
gold Misther Dayish ??
."Give you ftty-three."
"Bah! will geef you fifty-fve for ten
thou and" ~'
"Have you any TO sell p
"Ya's, leetel-say vivo or six tOus-
and"
"WelI, I'll give fify-eisht for ten
thoussndN ~
aAhlno, ! shall not sell him.
"Sixty y
'No, radher buy
"SiXty-twow
81 will call again" (Going out)
"Sixty-hye for your ten thousand"
"No! / radher tink | shall hold on
you have got der news from New York,
Misther DAVIS"
And the sharp buyer left, having been
unable to catch the broker on the sudden
change in the market
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