, 1869-09-23
NEW YORK.;
Itsy.L :.
fes!e1saEa. Ei j. ttatIas Dayia Ran
: '--e, !, :t2f10t&s .-~'-'-f
Heavy Decline in Stocks and Ad-
yance in the Gold
Premium.
many smal1.Fry Operators and
Brokers Wiped Ont.
Special Despatch TO The Chicago Tribune.
NEW YoRKt Sept =,

Special Despatch 10 The Chicago Tnbuue.
NEW YORK. Sept =.
-. WALL s1RKxT,
To-Day was the noat exciting in Wsu street for
nan5 months, both tn the gold room aod 1t the
STOCK Exchange. The Vanderbilt px.tJ haa been
woftiug for some it1e to catr5 up the stock Of
the New foEk Central and about twp months
sgo thcJ put out story Of consolidation Of the
Central and Hudson, with ec1t2 dlvtdends. This
adEanced the stock, and theirs was slight fal1
when II WAS fourd that the consolidation womb
not come OF Immediately. This game has been
p'aJed About oncs week for two months,
AID the Vanderbilt pa.t7 has protted
largely 1t each operation. Yesterday
many Of them sold short through thelr
orofcrr, and we're er1dertlJ preparing for m.g-
nideent haul Various Euuors were a1oat kSuut the
consolidation, and 1t was generally expected that
there would be fun today. This morning the call
began rainer quietly, though there WAS consldeta-
bic excitement among operators, aud, On the nr1t
call, Cent1ai began It 1e5f. While the call Has
progressing. one Of the FAndsxbtlt pzYty entered
the room aud announced to his friends aud others
that Judge Barnard had 1saued an Injunction pre-
venting the consolidation Of the Hudson and Cen
tsA- At tha: moment several brokers began SELL
ing short, and panic commenced.
ING oee!ioe WAs 10 rnp1d that there
wM I've TO ten per cent difference
IN sales In various parts Of the room. T1nd par-
ties began ceiling through fear Of R7ea, {ali,
ana money brokers who were holding stocks on
margins went to selling ont 10 eave themselves.
The aggregate Of Ea!es VIA greater than ere. be-
1ofe N Inc eane time On Wall street, md II most
OF them were unzecorded 1t Il Impossible 10 make
an accurate statement, The whole decline In New
fork Central WIS n per cent, and On Hudson 1s
per cent The excitement w.s Increased hy m.
Mofa o! counter tntuuct,onu md tie sudden destb
o. sanuefhut b falling from carriage. The
aecnae "as less on other stocks,
but the whole list sTrnns,hizrd
aad went doEn, but al rallied before the close.
large number Of small operators and brokers he
wiped ons' anc there will be large number Of
IallnteA announced to-morfox. There IL a large
crowd II the Flh Avenue uorel to night .ttscuss.
ang the operations Of the day and endeayornR to
Suesf Tie course Of events tomorrow. 1t II cor
fect!y reported TINT \ consolidation has been
made, but 1t Il not positively known.
TuK GOLD Roox.
In the Afternoon the gold room xaa the PRINCIPAL
scene Of amusement, and there vAs 4 lively deht
over gold The besrs hare been selling short Tor
several Gays, and some Of them we're heavily
short At 136k. In the forenoon, today, the
panic al the Stock Exchange caused about
i,oco 600 OF fhort sales In gold, but there was
ohly a Eight decline. Tho bears became alarmed
ana ehdeasored TO cover In the afternoon and
Just ss Intersections we're becoming rapid, cable
despatch came Aunnubrino fha nh3nrans ~ tbrnn
ut.i,ona In mil frn,n orso, - - -. ~ ~
failed ia nffert ,he ,n.rte, ~ ,.,-,.,.,.a,,.
the etoria ef the l,c,r, ,he n,sr,.nr, t,..ras
yerJ fast Bids we're ont M cne fro. fc- so,.+.s ~
millions Of cuI. nrd n !. nrcs,an1s ,n.t ~
gate Of transactions was greater than anr nther
day this Jear The excitement WAS tnc,rasrd 1v
reports Of war with spaIn. and tntt sacrs,.-r
Fish had sent an u1tjrnatnn, IN ,hc Wo,t,1S S.hi'
net. Dozens Of eold oner.to,, wara I.,s m, 49,,
their nnancta1 funryn,s VIII nrohani. -ors ~ ~
mor1pr. ~.s3e ~ ~
uoxrv
Tie pressure In rnoner Va. rA,p oavo-. .,a .,.
premiums for tnTn,rg stocss 80 ~ ~. sa1
per cent Dlscoun,a ar con,n,s,s,r .,on,.1 80
eyer, thing tna,r.1., ,n.+ raar.. .n ~ ama
ttonf for wnJfe Tns-s 49,. ".a ~ '1s..uns
~ -....h..,. T.. . - A"o's " = tosA'op
" sleeooasAs' out operators Nsre too busy over
so'u anu a1oeks 70 tnrestgate money matters
closely.
AKHrr4fs rRnx rr-pnrv
Nearly MI III. .ta.,nara fror, r,,,,., ... s,
To- 1st" ~ - Ao34 I'oiop' alo osl0g-
t1S 41tkt nataoe1 u passengers, chiefly Amef1-
cans. coming home. The Scotia brought 800. and
the 1nman steamer Is we'll tiled.
con.,,n,, ~.- ..,,r. ~. -
e!auuoa tety est"e1 ana tae CITY IL I'LL or b1J-
el& Nearly Al the hotels arc crowded, and some
Of them were last night, unable to Accommodate
4rplcaut4
rur Nxruon,.- poor cox-,,.
..rHo1s nooA eoHNAAN FaAtNs-
iae9e alaefence OF opinion between Thomas
Carlton and John Ianahsn, the agents OF the
Metbodttt Conctrn In rrpari IN th4 fr,1ts n, tts