, 1864-07-06

dealers get the dead. stripped OF their clothes,
they load the bodies pe-mell in the vehicles, and
drive them quickly to factories, where they put
them in enormous boilers to extract tho lat,
while the casoonizeo bones afe used foE sugar re-
s'Tbis Is IN awful deed, which makes the hair
stand on the head. It is, nevcrthe!ess, deplota-
bic truth. Of which more than one commercial
correspondent can give the proof in Nantes It.
An OUTRAGEOUS PROCEEDING.
How the Stock Gamblers
Operate.
AN INTERESTING EXPOSE.
The details contained in the subioined ar
ticlc, which we copy from the Chambcrsburc
(Pa) Repository, are Of such character that
We think they ought to open the eyes ofmany
persons to the disgraceful tricks constantly
resorted to by stock gamblers to distract
public attention, and depress or raise partic-
ular stocks. We think that the mere attempt
to lower Cumberland was not all that
lay at the bottom Of this ncfarious
conspiracy. 1t WAS intended to mise the
price Of gold, and it is BY no means clear that
more important parties than those named By
the Reposito'y were not at the bottom of it:
On Monday morning Of last week man giving
tfftts;r and representing himself as Union scout
came here IN the 1aecrstown train, and while the
cars were waiting he gave Mr. Gilmore, The tele.
P1nph operator. the following dispatch:
CHAMBrlsBuRa. June 20 1854
Denn1ng puer, s. William street, New YORK
Cumberland must lose twenty before n1rbt Rn1-
letins viii chronicle startling eyeats this afiernoon
Jos. II. MILLER, Neuark AdptrlIseT,
The above dispatch seemed upon its face to
be mere business affair, aud Mr. Gilmore
laid It aside to be forwarded After the train
left, he sent it to philadelphia, but in short
time the dispatches given below passed over
the Wires from Hagerstown, and his sus-
picions we're at once aroused that Mr.. Miller
was the agent Of m association OF stock
gamhic1s, Hno hal resolved upon creating q
paaic in stocks BY reporting the invasion of
Cumberland Valley By the rebels, and he
held the HnserstoWn dispatches here and
stopped Mr.. Duer's dispatch to Philadelphia,
suited about them. The dispatches signed
"Union Scout'' and "scout'', were, be ascer-
tanned, all sent by Miller, aud the fact TINT
he WIS giving Information of rebel raid in
this valley, and passing the headquarters of
Major Gen. Couch, the officer In command Of
with him, made It evident either thlt he was
publishing false statements to create panic,
or that he did not want the military authori.
ties to know Of the rebel advance.
The dispatches sent from Hagerstown were
n5 follows:
rres:, New York-Look for importast letter from
this place ly mail, uHIoN ScoUT.
The same dispatch was directed to be sent
to R. l. Davis, Inquirer Office, Philadelphia,
The other one Was as follows:
HAqERa1owN. June ao;aMsyor N Mills, Trenton,
over below Falling Waters, and stored two miles
this tide Potomac. Eleven thousand more Will be
STORED ut came point III few days as fears exist
Scout wii leo Curtin in person today Is to
other matters. Winchester has been occupied by
the Coufederates.. Sigel has force of one-hua-
dsed day men at Martinsburg, and Couch is at
Be- the drsi In market, If you can. as you have
new news = to contract. Fs1tsf's laboress "a b
The same man had sent q dispatch through
the previous Saturday to man In New Jer-
sey, stating that "We can get Us much grain
as We want" The dispatches and facts con.
nected with them were submitted to General
Couch, and as ths representation. Of rebel
advance In this direction were wholly false,
he very properly suppressed the dispatches,
and retained them ia military custody, and
by permission Of the military authorities we
give them publicity. 1t Ii eminently proper
that the people should know how their tran
guilty has been Threatened By reckless gam
blers, III desperate. attempt to depress the
prices Of o particular stock in New York.
Had the dispatch been published at p. m. on
Monday in New York and Philadelphia, MS
WIS designed, panic wonld inevitably have
followed in Cumberland Coal stock, and be.
fore the falsehood could hare been corrected,
the gamblers would have brought "tWenty''
below the ruling price.
The Cumberland Coal Company works val
liable miues near Cumberland, Nd. A COM
bination had evidently been made to depress
this stock, and as it would be senslbly af-
Land aud Cumberland Valley, 1t was arranged
doubtless TINT Mr.. Miller should act the part
| Of Union scout, and at the proper time
| spr1ng upon the bulletin boards Of the cities
the startling events''-tbat ia. positive und
! circnmstantial accounts Of rebel invasion
the holders Of Cumberland Coal stock while
! the panic lasted. Gov. Curtin was to be called
| upon sin person'' by the scout, and was
| doubtless to be impressed with the positive
INFORMATION that 1000 rebels were already in
Maryland, md II 600 more about to enter,
with the hope Of inducing him to Issue cali
for troops and thus add to the general excite
| ment. But Gov. Curtin seems not to have
bern taken In and done for'' In TINT way;
| and Gen. Couch took possession OF the neatly
arranged disFatches--so the speculation went
der il not wiser men about the time they
| twcnty!"
Part Of the grand plan was carried out,
but owing to the failure of the vital part OF
the scheme, the little parts that we're plnyed
arranged Tint q :" feeler" was to be thrown
out jrst before the grand tclegraphic demon
| stration Of Mr. Miller Was to be made, and
accordingly the New York and Philadelphia
| paper Of Monday we're treated to dispatch
| purporting to come from Newark New Jer.
ssy, doubtless from Mayor Mtllss-stating that
the one hundred day men at Trenton were
ordered to Harrisburg, and that "a small
force Of rebels bent on distraction Is stnted
to hare entered the Cumberland Valley.
They arc reported to be the advance guard
| Of a large detachment" The " 1000 bushels''
to be rendered 2000 rebcls-across the Po-
tomac, was to be posted on the bulletins ut
| Il .. n, OF that day, with the promise Of H.
| 900 more just coming, and thereupon Cum
berlpnd coal was to topple for the amuse.
| nent and profit of the combination of gamb-
lers. Relying upon this, an article appeared
in the Philadelphia Inquirer Of the next day
| importing to be q special dispatch from
| HagerstoWn, rs follows
| "uAGERsTowN, Md, Monday morning. June
2o-Durine last night rebel cavalry force Of some
two thousand forded the Potomac, (which is now
very .ow,) some TWO or three miles below Falling
| HalCAoa AuC cGOut HAU l1AuEN LAE4A l&V1u 1ux>
| roughfare Gap says the remainder, large force,
1eaz Winchester, which place has been In rebel
1 hands two or three oayF. No damage hss yet been
done to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad OF to tho
telegraph, bat the scout says they have the tee+'
l graph tapped between here aud MattiuBburE, and
| 70 Gen. Sigel does not use 1t.
:"They will destroy the railroad IA soou a. the
remu5nder OF the command Ia safely this side. For
| prudential reasona the enemy Is Keeping as uu,et
aB posetb!e at present The force 10 headed by
| Mosby. who eee1ps to be aiming only to secure
| lIeeh trpply OF cavalry horses. The news of tho
invasion just begins to be Whispered Id this place.
Some persons who became acquainted with Nose
| by while he acted as Provost Martial here during
the Gettysburg battle, seem quite willing to vel
/ como him again Among others the greatest CON
| etetnation PREVAILS"
The foregoing dispatch never passed over
the wires, but TTas evidently brought out in
| Philadelphia By some one who was into the
| operation and mast have imposed upon the
Inquirer. We have not, as yet, noticed any
explanation OF 1t In tho columns Of that
paper.
So ended grind scheme Of combination
Of stock gamblers to produce panic in prices
BY carefully laid plan to astound the cities
with details Of a destructive rebel force In
cur valley. The stock Of the Cumberland
Coal Company was little unsettled by it.,
but 1t did not decline one per cent, and the
gamblers had only disappointment and ex-
pense for their pains.
CBOPs-OFFIOIAL REPORTS.
The National Intsatgetseer gives the following