, 1870-08-24
THE VANDERBILT HOAX,
Stock .fsnmbf1nE Enbrfcuttun-Ex-
rttemen1 lu EEnI1 Street.
FINN $r+r I-ort 7.ihb.n< VI

stock k.tsnmbt1nE Fnbrfcntton-Ex-
ettenent IN Wnl1 Street.
From the .st7r Fork Tribune, Aug. -.
At an ea,iy hour yesterday morning the
in a stsse OF wild excitement. on the announce-
uent that Commodore Vanderbilt had been
pEoetEa'ed by = ssrcks Of apople1y. All were
eager 10 dispose Of any interest they might
l.ve in Whist ara known ~ the Vanderbilt
panicky air Orders to sell New York Central,
aud Hudson Cuurolidsted, aud Lake Shore,
came flying in to the operators; aud the price
Ut the former, opening At 9a,.t "a fall Of .
rtr cent a. compared with the closing quosa-
to SO. New York Central snd Hudson
scrip, which ha' closed At % on the
preceding evening, opened At 8s, and fell on
to s5s4@B6 aud Lake Shore, which had
clog at 913s. opened a. 907:{f, aud sold down
to .tok. ln adlition to the ADORE. : large pro.
Vanderbilt s.ock4. snd there MSS quite i gor-
ers1 dechno. which wss stopped by
EXPOSING the fs1altr Of tle tele-
gram (pullislied in the morning
leading operators in Now York Cau,ra1 and
Like Shore :: and on the strength Of freaher
intelligence from Saratoga, prices INSTANTLY
rallied. New York Central being quoted It
9ssS eerip at ssAs, and Lake Shore at SIX
meut Of Mr. Taudc1bilt's illness Was the fear
tEat in the event Of hfs death the immense
amounts Of railroad el.arcs that be possessed
would come upon the market aud force prices
10 their lowest The friends Of 31r. Wander
tilt arg loud In their denunciatiou Of those
who N1rh to kill him before his time. aud the
bulls believe that the origin Of the despatch
was due to the bea1s, who for : short time ae-
conpliahed their object. After the excite
mens, one very bearieh iudiyiiualin the Loag
Room was heard to wager that lr. Vanderbilt
Il
| citent ut did not last more than three houys,
and throughout the remainder Of The dsy there
was nc marked feature Of interest, prices hay
] ing seEsinesl the ansc-apop1eet.c standpoint.
commodore Vanderbilt arrived IN this city
| at 10 o'clock last evening, il his usual good
healtl and spinss. His return from Sarsiosa
"as not At all h4stened by the eanard con-
eesning his illness. but vas in accordance with
his previous Arrangements. He says that he
,cgEets the report Chiefly Oh account Of his
by Reason oft Az to its origin he has no
/ knowledge whatever, beyond the general fact
that it ~as undoubtedly fabricated by some
nnaerupulous clique Of ''beAr" operators in
| Wall street.
The Albany Erening Journal Of last night
| kaye. in reference to this matter:
The 1cpnn In the morning papers TINT Conn
Moaore Vanderbilt vas stricken dawn 1t sara,o-
foundation In fac1. and Is entirely nntrue The
stu!s w4s rutr fabrication. II it was started
WITH tcfrtsneeto @ Projected stock operations It
simply tllusfrASrs the resorts Of Wall stseet by1t
Is none iat !tss !esrfcab!e because It Is not un-
preretle nterl' = y
l.ast night fraudulent telegram WAS
delivered At tho Western Union o.
fce in this city. adlre-snd to the AS
tsxiatet frcss. stating thst Commodore YAM
sesbilt had been stricken with apor1e1y 1T
The despatch pnrported to have been cent by
] W. T.. His. elIt,urEh, cisy e1iisot of the TrnY