The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-20

added to the demO0lac roar by beating Stur
dily upon his gong with the drum-stick anC
upon his counter with the gavel, crying
"Orderl Order, gentleman" as loud as any
of them.
n the course Of my various studies o.
the human being under various excitements
| have penetrated to those unhalloweG
chambers devoted to the joyous but expen,
sive games of faro and roulette. Likewise
have | witnessed the playing of bag and po-
keruponthe turbid bosom of the Mississippi
but nowhere have | seen card gamblers who
would tolerate the insane, the graceless
and avariciOus confusion that characterized
this meeting Of the outside board Of stock
brokers. Hitherto my idea Of down town
bu inesE. had been associated with some no.
tons Of heavy respectfully and quiet i'm.
portance; but such notions are shattered
and scattered forever, can only gmembel
THIS scene as Mfype Of bedlamitew financial
deb luchery, and fummery irretrievable.-
lnStinctively buttonedmy pockets-a some
what needless precaution, perhaps, but a
scrutable avarice permeated the atmosphere
ard had vague fears of losing the coat of
my back, my hat my boots my senses,
anything and everything that | might pos
| sess,
| There we're many boys present of ages
! from fourteen to twenty. Some Of these
| bought and sold heavily, exhausting their
! shrill treble voices to degree of hoaAeness
| quite painful. Most of the Youngsters,
however, contented themselves with taking
notes Of the fluctuation in price of the diff
! torent stocks. Such were probably sent
| there by their employers, for that purpose
was told that they often acquired great
| skill in judging the market thus, and come
out strong as brokers on their own account
| ere long. One such, known as Little Char
ley, was pointed out to me as knowing far
more about stocks than his employers, of
the firm Of e. B. K Co.
The noise soon wearied me. do not see
for the life Of me, how this sort Of thing
can be endured more than year without
fatal results. would not pursue it for a
longer period without some surety of gain
ing larger fortune than the majority ever
gain. | passed out, then, only to find a
still tlenSer, noisier crowd surrounding the
door steps. Men were dropping in for Il mo-
ment, and returning with new quotations
from the sales inside, which they vocifera-
ted stentolianly, offering to buy or sell to
the thropg below -"unhappy wretches,
who had not the key to those mysterious
portals.
Trying to wedge my way through this
dense mass Of humanity, was accostcd by
young man Of good humorcd appearance
who asked me if it was going hard or soft
inside. Not quite comprehending the
phrase, | said | rather thought it was.
sincerely hope that he sold no valuable stock
on that statement.
Crossing over to Dehnonico's close at
hand, | found many Of these gigantic gam
blers refreshing the inner man with strange
and stimulating compounds An acquain-
tance whom Imet there told ME that [ co d
pick up thousands of dollars worth Of in
formation, if Wished to ''operate," by SIM
ply listening about. / am not averse to
thousands Of dollars, 50 ! acted upon his
suggestion and hearda stout man say Bub-
bic and Squeak is fetching. thilty-six, buyer
ten To which thin man replied; Don t
see it, no how, I've made a corner III Smash
er and SGngwhecl. y I'm going to sell
short on Persimmon Valley" remarked an
other. AT this moment hccame bewiider-
ed and unhappy. | had the information,
but saw nothing Of the Thousands OF dollars,
so | came away, determined to adhere for
the present to my legitimate profession.
A correspondent of Boston paper asserts
that these scenes are mildly repeated among
the ladies who live at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. 1t is not Impossible, but | hardly
Ike to thlak taat the other sex is so quite
lost
This correspondent, however, seriously
gives the following as his experience among
the ladies Of that hotel.
They were all taking stocks. A Parcel
Of young brokers live in the house. and every
avenll 6 hey are sent TO over the coal hole
to execute the comm mlssonS of the ladies. |
did not ask any Of their husbands what they
thought Of this arrangement a look took
me in tow and we sailed down the drawing
room, looking and listening to what was be-
ing done and said:
Jenny, said very pretty women to an
other, you'd better buy some Michigan
Southern it's sure to go up to l40
Now, Lizzy, replied her friend its no
use for you TO be bulllng the market don t
believe any such thing
"Oh you holrid bear, you, retorted Liz
zy, you've been selling short, you know
you have!''
80 We passed along, hearing conyersa-
tions Of this sort from women, who held
stock lists in their hands, and eagerly in
Quired if their brokers had returned from
the coal hole, and what they had done.
If this be true, what are we coming to2-
Are we about to turn into a nation of gam
blers, and make second BaSen of n Y?
If both men and matrons indulge in this
dangerous game Of beggar my ncighbor, the
next generation will come honestly enough
by a wholesale mania for throwing dice, and
will undoubtedly erect statues to Fortune
fckIe-goddess, instead of the heroes Of war.
Perhaps, however, Secretary Chase may