The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-23

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day by, the Secretary 81 Boafd, thstI
mania had bufst firth afsw sli III
and knowing from xperis,ce shat tHs dold
Room sc sucK Pretty fsr fatiirs df
pandsmqn i9n1 sen 4 h6tHday occasion, Il the inps
of satsn and HE ofitaren Of the Devil can be sup.
posed shsvs sa day We celebrate" took up iny
line Of march down B1oadt,eet towards the scene o
action IT was verify scene OF aohon-os action
exa ggerated to distraohon-bund Of gentlemen
bawlng to the extent Of their voice. and gescuatng
with ell the frantic ardor Of confirmed lunatics-some
Offering to buy gold, some 70 sell gold. atone
price, some at higher figure, sonea at 81 figure
whilst high above the horrible din and tabellike conn
fusion, worse COMPOUNDED, arose the voice Of an en-
thusasaes gentleman expressing his Willingness to
borrow ten gold" Moultre not precisely understand
IND the financial teohnioaites Of the Gold Room was
the point Of agnifsng his readiness to accept loan
ofa smaller amount. say even Of the triaing sum OF
"hve gold' tthe word thousand always understood),
but checked himself IN time to avoid an exposure
Of his innocence As the Secretary Of the Gold Board
Is native Of your city. and particular friend Of
your innocent correspondent received uoh valuable
information from him. He informed me. In the
st place. that st hardly any time during tho war had
che huotuaon in The gold market Been greater or the
ezoitement more intense. The interior of the Gold
Room u large rotunds. in which is crowded dense
naus OF epeoulators each and al armed with pencil
and book and eagerly bawios out their bids and offers
70 the very utmost extent of their power Of lung In
one corner Of thu room is placed circular plate Ike
diai on which an attendant he receives from the
eeorstary the changing quotations, varying each
second founded on actual TRANSACTIONS marks them
the DIAL that all may perceive and know the amount at
which the latest sale has been made. The Secretary
pointed out to me gentleman who had in the course
OF the last hour mads ten thousand dollars clear;
other who hsd In the last ten days. lost over two hum
dred thousand; and many gentlemen were Mesent who
were destined TO be ruined enriched by the rise or
M OF gold al this existing crisis Gold opened 16sA,
anotusted and at ono time sank to 1bs1. closing at
ave o'clock Of lb7, Any speculator. there-
FORE who may have sold $500 900 In the morning and
bouht1t back IN the afternoonand II is not unusual
for suoh an amount TO change handamust have made
clear profit In . few hours Of $4,000
The cholera is making but Glow headway in this city
oaly one new case WAS reported 70 the Bcard Of Health
yesterday In faot begin to doubt the existence here
Of the real bona de Aslato cholera In midst II
is remarkable that this dread disease should not
spread more rapidly. THERE'S elAinly some probabi
~ that the few reported in reality be nothing
moro than plain ohoYera-morbus OF some such kin.
dYed disease. The physicians, hwevar usist that the
cases reported are the real aion putt satio visitor
shd of ourso they should be better than ana
Tho e.ot enaent has been transferred to WASH
ipRon, whittier the two Head Centres, STEPHENS and
ROBERTS, have betaken Themselves The telegraph In.
forms us that ROBERTS has been introduced into the
Senate Chamber where he has been cordially received
Uncle Sam 70 be treading dangerous ground
and nay perhaps, step upon the toe Of Mr. John Bull
and raise his ire. We earn too. that old Trad STE.
VEINS has been dipping his meddlesome finger into the
Irish pie Let us hope that said finger may be painfully
burnt by the hot Fenian stew.
A. T. STEWART is leaving no stone unturned in his
endeavors to render bis palaal mansion the Fifth
Avenue In oil respects one Of the most magnificent
palaces Of odern times. he has In bis employ agenta
and ar sts in all parts Of the civilized world commits.
stoned to purchase the finest paintings and statues that
can be prooured-the celebrated POWERS is among the
| number STEWART can we'll afford to lay out little
money-he paid HE Government tax this in round
little check OF four hundred thousand dollars
| ApAH IsAAo MENKEN HEENAN-the lady Of many hus.
bands, Of much address, and scauty dreas-haa pur.
ahased fine residence the Central Park, which
she has entitled "Bleak House, doubt account Of
The "dic kens of curious method in which Rhe made
money In her .'dickens' Of curious stage costume.
The City Libraries now in most hourlshng condi-
ton are no less than sixteen now In operation
here-amongst them nay paricularize the following
Astor Library one hundred and thirty Thousand vols.
Mercantile, eighty thousand; Free Academy.
twelve Thousand Ave hundred; American Institute, ton
Thousand; New 70 rk Law Institute, eleven thousand
volumes The annual subscription fee to these libraries
ia hut triflng amount allowing a classes to benefit
by the advantages offered
It s proposed change the site of the Postoce to
mope convenient and suitable location. Aporton Of the
CITY Hall Park is about to be surveyed for that purpose
and this location will no doubt be the one selected
seyoral German veteran societies held grand mill
tsry land Lager Beer) festival yesterday at Hamilton
Park and returning therefrom at late hour OF the
uaht, crowded the Third Avenue cars to such an ex
tent as sent thrill of JOY to the hearts Of the gentle
men of the pickpooket fraternity Moultrie however,
feared them not as recent experience has taught him
to travel unenoumbered by pocket book time-pece OF
other valuables.
On Last Sunday evening" at II O'Clock, seated