The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-15

quarter for Cumberland;r Tbreeeighths for
P1tis;" whats Northwest preierredm Fort
want rce s. ihe V e Soston TSSy
lover N .Thelcrdwd hae LARGELY increased, and
every member of u is shouting outin the most
excited manner, tbrustiug up above their heads
ole hand, with extended fingers, TO attract at
teniiOn. The din and confusion are tnconceiva-
bic, aud the strange sounds are altogether inax-
plicable. But let him have few shares OF Can
Ton, or have taken "6yer" in old Southern,
and his ear will catch distinctly every word that
is uttered touching those stocks. Tue mob is
swaycu about IRON one end OF the vast hall to
the other; the noise and confusion are increased
by the constant click, click, click OF the tele-
graphic operators, who occupy an Office mid.
way, and who are constantly sending off mes
,sages announcing purchases and sales. Now
and then ragged little Mercury, Nth the
badge OF a teleRraphlc Office on his cap, runs
up to the crowd, and cries out with his
shrill voice;-"Heah;" Austin;" "Kimball;"
Lawrence" or some other name OF the
denizens of the room, until the person he is in
pursuit OF is found, and then he subsidies. Every
one Is not excited, however. There are old
stagers, who quietly lounge about as though
they were strolline In secluded grove, where
nCtbing louder than the murmuripg OF rivulet
or the rustling of leaves could be heard; Others
lounge easily and smoke their cigars on the
benches ranged along the sides of the room, and
discuss the prospects of the cotton crop or some
other remote subject; two-thirds, at least, of the
1requenters of the hall have cigars in their
mouths, and their tormenting smoke ascendeth
for ever aid ever, in business hours: Ever and
anon two men retire to make entries in their
notebooks of their bargains; and now and then
q youthful member of the Board varies the
noisy monotony of the scene by playfully
lamming somebody's hat over his eyes. In
the midst OF the excitement pause is pro-
duced by stout gentleman, in a sort OF "Fra
Diavolo" hat mounting the iron steps at the
further end OF the hail. and shouting Gentle
men, il you want TO buy Erie, now's your tune.
I'll sell any pert of thousand shares, seller
ten, for sixty" AS II has just been selling tor
siXty-one, tremendous uproar is at once occa
stoned. Everybody rushes towards the great
bear, and instantly stampede takes place, not
only in Erie, but in everything else; for there is
wonderful sympathy in railroad shares, and
they go up or down, not so much of their own
momentum, but in accordance with this lead
ing stock. Thousands OF shares, of all sorts of
stocks, at once change hands, margins are
wiped out and parties slaughtered. The bear
operator, having accomplished his object in de-
pressing the market, quietly steps away; aud,
as 1t is appl oaching towards 8 O'Clock, when the
room is closed, the crowd gradually disperse.
As you are about leaving, you see three or
four rough-looking men, in red shirts and
slouched hats, walk in and yeu wonder what
they can want in such a place, when the mys-
tery OF their appearance is solved by their seIz-
ing hold of the great mats OF Coir, which they
begin to drag preparatory TO thorough du3tng
and scrubbng Of the premises, which m ust take
place every night Emerging into Broad street
with the Gre wd, you notice a great number of
buses at steamboat landing, waiting to convey
home the wearied, excited, and over-worked ope-
Iators, brokers, and Spectators, who are ex-
hausted by the excitements and labors they have
undergone. In another half hour the neigbbor-
hood will be as silent as a cemetery, and only
here and there clerk at his desk, or a woman
dusting an office preparatory for the next
days campaign.