The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-12-04

lFRDN OCE OWN COkKESPOSDk>I-l
Nrw Yozx, Oct. 1, 1869.
S..w York boasts OF grand sensation Mt the
r,,uens moment. IL is the great gold furry,
xbieh commenced q week ago to-day, a storm Of
,h:eh the billows are still heaving strongly,
,hourh the stress OF the tempest has blown over
vanderbilt and Flax are supposed 90 have been
N, principal movers in the panic; but they both
di~reetly keep out Of harms why during It's con-
snuance, fearing to provoke the commission of
,sanlt anil battery upon their own persons by
anne Of the many men whose pecuniary ruin
,hev have accomplished I happen TO be nc
uainted with one OF the vietims,-a gentleman
,rbo uas worth 600. 100 Inst Friday morning,
when the price Of gold jumped from 133 to l62
and then fell as suddenly. Those terrible leaps
threw him he is almost penniless to-day; and
,n.tead Of the trip to Europe which he planned,
he /. forced to begin agnin Mt the bottom Of the
Hill. Several cases OF insanity are privately re-
ported a. having occurred among prominent
brokers. Speyers, the broker, one Of the most
notorous among the men who have endeavored
o. make money at the expense Of personal honesty
and of the government credit, was happily
among the chief sufferers. Barring Brothers, Of
Iondon, during the height Of the excitement Of
Inst week, telegraphed 10 their broker in tie
New York Gold Room To sell 10000 200 on
ther account. Speyers bought nine millions
Of this amount nc I6O; bat the Barinys
% cover" nc I30, making n profit OF 80 cents
upon the dollar, or s2,700, 900 upon the whole
of the LITTLE transaetion-supposing. OF course.
that spsyers pays for his purchase Whether he
can do so or not it is at least eonsoing To reflect
that his ruin viii put him out Of the way OF do
ng harm Tor the present. Upon the sudden fall
u the price OF gold he was rushing wildly
pbout Wall street, inviting gentlemen to shoot
him upon the spot Z. @. Stedman, the brilliant
pet of the diamond wedding, celebrated " Israel
Freyer's Bid meaning Speyer's-in q timely
poem, published in the New York Daily Tribune
pn the 18th alt lt is not often that q monetary
risis proves in-Speyering to n poet
Meanwhile Fisk, principal deus eT machiaG
pf this unparalleled pecuniary conyulsiOn, keeps
himself barricaded in the inmost Offices Of the
Erie Railroad. To have exposed himself upon
Broad street or Wall, any time during the past
week. -ossid have been to be torn to pieces by
khe @ Bears not fguratively, but IN literal
eense, as far ut least regards the tearing
Whether justly not, Fisk is regarded as being
khe prime mover in the recent attempt to force
hp the price of gold; and not all the "a Bulls :"
-, :. g. -, ,,..--.,,,,o-,
here mt the very focus Of artificial civilization,
Y - Friday Saturday last, his life would not
. hvc been worth moments purchase. This
veek Fisk lies perdu, and his victims are serving
k attachments upon the opera-house which now,
Ike n strong tower, holds it's owner and its
R prisoner. Fisk is n man OF many resources,
however. and Is not ikeIy To be SHARED at present.
his victims are forced To console themselves with
h, rrsee,,,nt of IIudson- the E,,l;.h raiIxuv
King of twenty wears ago. who fell from n higher
state than ever Fisk commands, and who was
pund. noe n wear ago. living in miserable poverty
little French town whittier he had fed from
liz creditors. Cruel-minsied =. Bears look for
.k a, ~, br,agbs tim. low -o,pe dsv. and 70
ind eaeb other OF the mean extraction of this
dclcn millionaire, who drove n peddler's cart,
sy -av. but n lew wears arp. with his own and
wife's name painted upon It's parcels But
Nv Fisk Is y man OF many enterprises-a man
railroads, opera-houses, steamboat lines, ferries,
etc. and is was reported not long ago that
wns about 10 purchase n eity-car route for the
Lrpose Of veiocipeic track But there was
Gle need that Fisk should collect ten-cent fares
pm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., when he could make ten
lion OF dollars by n single well-manipulated
IN in the stock market.
Fisk is a show advertiser. The most eousn;eu-
. object in New York. bv NIGHT. /. tbe, mann
bth sign Of the Erie Railway. nainted upon the
rth side Of n Broadvav hotel Tn. will r;.ss
above the roof of the adioin;no bu;ld;n, n
sruendicular surfae, a, moscow 60, e..
uare Fish .aw ,bs onr.,,,r;.-, us
o wall for n mammotb .;,n hoari IT. -,
white, and covered is with gigantic blacL Ie,-
=, setting forth the merits of the Erie road
enumerating its principnl connections Tben
th the anproacb os r;,h, - - -.
riaee the fnIl glare os a poxsrs,,I &c.,, It.
tioning an operator for the purnosr nron ,hn
BIZ of the ,di,;,; I,.. y '