Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-10-01


ctme up every time soifiy ana sqirIrsfy,
baytag miliiou- mors Of Eoid than There wss
10 she m Tke,-snd taking al N they
cont reach. C0nsteruktiOu and despair
seIkrG the bears, and in the midst OF the
Furious din, above the Tu1r and the tumult
Was heard the voice OF Albert Sp,ysr. q
prominent broker, II SAINT ons millioa Of
gold AZ l60." The price Eaa thea l3J.-
Again up rose the balboa yet few dared 10
take Mr.. Sp-Ysr at his word A feeling Of
iistrust deferred sOecul4tiOn, aad many
turned away from of.rs that wouIf have
made them frrtu1e5 il the Contrasts lad
been honestly KEEP. New-st. vas thronxpd,
a tumnltuJus sea Of sKcirsd men surxed
through II. shuutir 9 and carrying On excited
eDuversat 90. The merchaat suf RUG Keen
" from the confusion 10 the exchange mar
ket, vaIchsd the differing indicator IN
despair. Busiasaa OF nearly ell kinds b.
cane saddenIy staZnant, and all ciassas aad
professions mingled ia the thrOag Ia Gold
r ou and on sidewalk An itinerzut ped
SIer, With tor bail that toss. its horns
and beloved GRITTY ia ous hand, and
growing bear in the other, foHnd plensy Of
customers In the rival fOrcsa Eh1 strugx cd
tor the mastery In the market, and many
placed the miniature beasts ia promineug
positions in their Offices. 20 prove that Lhzy
had not dserted their faSvriEes in this try
ing hour.
In the G. ID Room, Just beksrs the ruuor
Of the dispatch frum Ws-Lington which
caused the bulls 20 Iower horns and OUT The
contested field, no pen can Do The slLf.et
Justice In the various Offices 4 mixing the
street exciting scenes were taking plaes.
Margins that had disappeared in The tenn
pest we're batiled gJr by THOSE who eDusend-
I'd thts the brokers' 10 vain endeavprsd To
compel customers TO make good their losses.
Harsh words passed between men u-uaily
calm, and excitement Kept pace With the
pulse u tie gold barometer. The fry va.
At its highest point Tae bulls seemed more
firmly united than ever. Speyer's sdvInse
ton TAR into the snsmy's lines broke cnuf-
dapcs in his leadership There vas a sAEsr
4 fufter aioug the Z les, And thea the Fumor
came that tue Government bad ordered
M4ssrs. Duncan, Sherman 4 Company To
sell th rteeu millions OF gIld. IL fell Ike =
thunderbolt into the ranks Of the "cliq1e. -
Men bowed before the storm Ike reeds Ia 4
gale, right and l-ft the Wounded fell, and
down 10 I39 Eeut the market All through
this txciteuent, from the Erie ring were
tie pet lambs Of the fsmmany orVsniza-
siou, and scattered here and there along the
street we're men &C promint ucs in the
Democratic parry Aldermen ard cOune !
nea bespastered the marble or with to-
baeco juice; deputy sheriff. without num-
Der leaned in Convenient d0orWsys; Con-
gpsmeu and A4sembiyuen we're IN earnest
eonclave; ard the red9gbtable James Fisk +,
j.. aud John MorrisseY exchanged cordial
greetings on the curbstaae.
The thunderboIt feli. The GoVerumeut
With a strong arm thrust itself bstxeeu the
"A =.
blow that pIraly zed theG. For an hour
there came a ealm-the biow taggsred all /.
bat the rest was merely 10 reeoyer, and then
the excitement beg uzaIn, bus ia another
shaD-. Directly opposrts The Sock TX
changs Is the utise Of Suiirh, Gould s Ntr
tin, Wbo we're saId 70 be TIE lea,i-rs o. the
gold clqI- Rum,r also rad u that the
firm of William I-ah s c.. were employ
ed By Ms rs Smith, Could Co. to distrib-
ute the orders for the purchase Of the gold.
At , o'rFck, a. IL by mutual understanding
both Offices we're besiegsd BY men clamor-
ing To be paid the differences on their sales
At nson James Fi-k, IT,, and liam Bel
den, who we're said g., have been the chief
movers in this panic, left the street togeth-
er in cArriAgp, and this TRIVIAL circum-
stance in itself Was magntdsd into Al i'm
portAat event, directly bearing on the event,
n the events Sf the ioHr. A
5uirh, G 1d & AarJn's office, Mr..
Smirh appeared and stated to the excited
fhrs 10 that owing TO the immrnse business
~ the az, ss5 .ke sss.sG s-as delays "
ha G. rid Exchange B tnk, thsg we're obliged
to refuse To transact bushes { g ths day
hot woald pay all their liabilities in tbs
mnruing. The ellmornus crowd u brokeri
we're not TO De pus Of, and two Depaty
Sheriff, spBssred At the door, and guarded
| Il on the Inside. At that momsns . clerk
Of Smith, Gould and Martin, By the mans
% Bsnjanin +. Armstrong Who WA kerp-
| inr back the crowd fruu with0ns, VA
struck in the face by Herman A. Crugsr
a clerk for another firm, who was attempt
/ ing to get in the door. Armstrong retaliA
/ ted, irving CrGger q powerful bluw in the
/ face, and out poured the drst blood II ths
/ B o a It war. The crowd nov svelied O.
/ thous nds, auf the beIiigsrants we're col
/ Jared by policemen, who harri-d them away
/ Threass o. Vengeancs against Pix aud
| Gould were freely uttered, and matters
/ foekrd serious, when Rafds Hatch Of NJ.
/ ~ Bcsad-st-, leaping upOu . railing, said
~Iw Il bet one Thousand dollars TO noe that
/ this house will pay every dOAIr." This
| US received With slight cheer, and tbs
| eyo0d, as II half ashamed drew back, and
/ tn. pressure n the door decreased.
| B4h o. the parties WAC we're eu-agsd ID
/ the drht OF the door were taken % the
/ second Pr~ciaet Station House b. Ohicsl
i Gilbert. + rtunately for the N the the SER
xsant was Disposed 20 be lenient with them
and an elderly gsnsiemaa Who went in the
station house Wifh the eulprits quietly
pleaded their cause By stating that tue dAJ
lad been one OF intense excitement in tht
nrret no one scarcey knew what he va!
about. The yourg men we're perfect atran'
gers u each other. They probably Eoale
respect each other Il they had been &C
aaainted, and be hoped they would boil
snake hands and DR. the matter. To thsi
credit il may be said the young men AZ Onc,
embraced the rffsr Aad each other, and ID,
sergeant gladly discharged thsm. Whei
The Young n \ who went Out aru-in- arr
reached BrOad street sg1in, the houas o
william Heath 4 Co. had been charge,
mon. and excited men we're demandin,
rptrancs Of t~e more q putty sheriff. vi,
Kuard-d the closed do r.. Sons men la
gained admil ttnce, and we're excitsdly an
furiousy demanding lecks; they YER
met By one Of the Usa , n Of the arm, NhI
qlistly stated that the house Usuld max
Z sod all ts tFAnsactious to-day, and tha
lheir assets sOuld more than cOSer demand
against them. kumors Of the 4 zhE Of Ger
i tain DEOtniuf ~ uAdu Nu htAH stLNsk tam
thick and fast, aud a dozsn drms we're sal,
60 be broksn. Vat did he do ?" ga a on
hook uos=d trader 20 Aaother IN crow
ia font Of Smith, Gould Z MArtin's olics
Il guess he stois railway shAFes. aud ope
rated nit dem IN de gDit roo0,- sAs "a
; int-Ilizeat response. The most kb-ar
stori.s aoatsd above the tumulE, and q
matter nov moustrous the statsm-nf, 10 va
, swaIiosed easily BY the crowd. B.ah Brm
unite IN the sfatemeat that their Business a
the Clearing -Hsuss vas immsnae, and q
returns had been maze. Very larg
amounts u gnld had been sold in ihs mot .
ing A. from $50 70 100. In the regular VA
aad 10 returns had been seat from th
Clearing iuse And Consequently, n
kaoEing 10 wat eoutitioa their aecodal
.ers, they would not ensck against an N
: esrtain.y. william Heath 4 ca. elaine
: that up sAri q 81 coo, 900 sas due them
; he rid Bank, and that you'd more Una
cover al demands. Riports teE from moui
10 mouth that a num5er Of hogaes ha
= z .....,.. roFar - hat IL NoutN - mani 2.