The sun., 1872-11-12

rur Guntr ,NHitcN> RENrrru
raised hs horns among the bulls and looked
cut for = chance. when he saw IL. he put his
delicate foot upon II. and held it there. Frank
Ilillatd, though he looked stolid and unCon-
cerned, was cool and slow and sure. lie doesn't
speculate, but lives, as Longfcllow counsels, for
the present. The elegant A. u. Smith felt the
away from hin with outstrctched hand. and
eqse @ eS G r pFs H. and mad iaT %%P
not heard lie was on the briny sea, feebly
wailing for the. steward and basin; senior DE
lva was watching his fsyorites, the Lake shore
aud Central. Mark Anthony of memory not
particularly blessed. was cool aud collected.
derman Chas. \. Juhnes was particularly active.
George Brodhcad bought and sold with aristo-
Harry Horton, just from Europe, said he
NrvEu SAW ANYTHING LIKE IT IN PARIS.
The Hon. Peter Faves. the doorkeeper looked
ain't the Grst time" Gen. +. u. Wallace, one Of
the biggest oi the bears, growled around Jim
NcCprmack. walked around with an elegant
gait, which he brought with him from the Euro
Invalid. looked sick. but NOT so sick as some
healthier men on the aoor. Monte isaacs went
around gaily. and served his friends. The gal-
liant Capt. Geo, Fly went into the fray Ike a
warrior. just a. he went at the two footpads on
Fulton street the other day who told him to
stand. lie did .tand. and the footpads went
bury slid around. aud was heard hut not seen
Freddy Jones one of the handsome blondes
tuck 81 Saturday. lle;says
AnuRNT CHIGD pREADs rHE FIRE.
The ton. ". =. Smith was as nervous and
r.-tle-s a. ever. He dew around like a bee look
At about II O'Clock the elegant Vice President
called the board to order and announced the
failure uf two firms. A lull followed soon, how
ever, 10 bc succeeded hv rs great a hubhuh as
,vcr Things now how.yer were getting easier
stocks that had fallen So ominously At the
outset hogan to recover, and men began to look
more like men and less like demons. But still
Iha "a
chuckied to his broker over his foresight and
good luck. There one man fairly hugged another
vortex Nonder man stood leaning against
the wall, with almost ghnstly glare IA his eye
and the pallor of death In his face. His failure
had just been announced.
At2P. NJ things were spoken Of a. better and
e. they continued until the Board closed
LADIES GAZING ON THE SCENE
During the early tumult ON the door several
elegantly dressed ladies looked on from the Wis I
urs' gal cries. Did they recognize In those CON
to-tcd faces, in those conyulsed aud stormy
forms below them, the gallant, smooth-iaced,
sTmes Ss Sap,Iy tIS Sn n6a 0r
kissed them goOd-hy IA the morning and called
them daughtery Whether they did or not they
gazed down with absorbing interest, and when
the gallery was iammed some Of them tried to
scale the windows Of the passage and steal
When the Board closed. men who had eaten
.~hing all day went on to get snack and take
drink. Hut the majority hastcned TO their
qire- To -crutinile their notes aud calculate the
aJ-ults Of the day,
THE SCENE ON THE STREET.
All iay long an excited and hurrying crowd
swept through Wall street and lruAd street. and
iu and ont of the stock Exchange. Many ot
these were staid. sedate business men who did
not seem to care financially whether Boston or
az. other city was wiped out OF not. Others,
panic on Change was No, worse than the panic
In their own breasts. Men making notes in
their books passed along with greedy look
nNed on the figures they were jotting down.
Men grasping tightly slip 81 paper hurried up
OF down shaking their heads, talking 10 them;
thfccs strolled along conyersing earnestly.
snCers from the country looked on with a
drove up Ia carriages to the sidewalk aud waited
looking out al the window anNiously, until a
clerk or mt-seng came breatAless through the
Exchange decor and dashed for the occupant n
tthe carriage with slip OF paper in his extended
Up ANp powN tNp ACROSS THE STREET
In every direction young men and BOYS were
Ishing. The dandy laid aside his dignity. and
I' stoII, heavy youth - undue breadth E p
g. D. all over with the violent action neediu! 20
ltt h'u into motion. From broadway, fIuW
&,-5 Sire o. frnr Wall street. fr liu New street.
I'm tx hau-e place, came mon and boys, si~s-
li- hot and shot into the Exchange. soon Go
cr.rr-. l-aiu and start on the return trot hotter
tl'uthan before. IN and out Of the. telegraph
offices. a'-n. "A crowd was continually passing.
TIA, h,uher- were bcsceed. and the only men
that seemed 60 have nothing tp do wera the
saloon keepers. Men had no time for even =
The Rs llet aud the hurry IN the street lasted
mttl dark, aud 10 some mf the hauts ami b o.
kcrs Offices the cas was lighted and men were
NJ WORK far into the night.
Yc,iord15's scene in the Nrw YcrL City In.
surHuce Omces.
The insurance clerks were early nj their
ru-t- Yesterday morning. Indeed, most Of them
bad been hard at work ali night pouring over
books and preparing exhibits Of losses. Three
h.lrs earlier than usual the Presidents and ON
or, of the various companies put in an appear
anre, and prepared fnr tough days work. In
another hour the resident storAh1ldefs Were
rolled down broadway They dismissed theu
carriages. with orders TO the coachmen TO cal
al shutdown. They hastily entered the ON F.;
and We're soon busy Figuring liy nine o oclo, b
small knots II men gathered ia front Of th'
companies Offices. They held slips cut from
tho morning newslapeis, aud cards on whi.l
they were figuring. In half an hour these knot
were swelled To throngs, and al eleven O'Clock
'Av sidewalk was impass ble.
THE BUSIEST DAY or THR YEAR.
within the hustle had rapidly increased. Tele
grph boys daried in and out. Private messen
gers rushed TO and fro carrying mysterious
PAR hments and papers. Clerks were porinI
over map. ot Boston, and uttering eNclama
tons A. the lite Of some new risk was discoY
sfod. The stockholders began 10 pace the floors
The officers put themselves in POSITION to HnsWe
.l"sti'ns and dictated bulletins 20 he hunR ~
fa- windows. The excitement, which had been
lu' gse, well nigh eliminated in plric. IheI,
We.s hundreds of policy holders who were wild
"''h itrmeri, and anxious 10 learn now thell
HuduF stood. There were scores of Wer
chants AMI mercantile messengers who wanted
Q. KNOW whether the Insurance companies were
l-tp pay. There were dozens of reporter
,r'fu, h.urcs, and armies Of agents soliciting
advertisements ~ the afflicted companies, and
tIuld- # spies from other agencies pryns into
TIE affair, " their IlYals.
I'M LYING.
Absurd rumprs were set aNoat regarding the
'nIifou u companies, First IL Wa-, thI, one
ha ia led, ana t.eu another has gone under. and
now Third IL uu the brink, and must soon 60
The sples cried down their rival, and -et d
the own compuuie-. Then the thrung took
financial turn uf mind. and repeated long lists q
mercantile houses that have failed, after Wal /
new 1. .uic followed over the annpuucsueu
nat the Boston hrs was ltiI raging as nsrcs
ever
BY T. O'Clock nearly every company had poste
Abulletin which told the public that their par
tcultr Institution was safe. " Losses murh les
u4tu Surplus, said one. "Our loss 5000; a..
sets SjtLujJ,' was printed On another. " 81
lWragl for us said third, Not a dollar ID
bustOu:' This Company Il Risks take
here and hundreds II like announcement, al
tActed iumense throngs and provo ked al
kinds 81 comment.
LYING BULLETINS,
Pencil and note hook iu hand q St'S rsUprfe
stood ryclug one ~ Nh, ,e bdiletlus. 4 bu,ius-
man said 90 HIM, " DO YOU take those down :,
rrutf'
"Whyt"
"Becauss they are the ST parcel ~ He
ever put IN paper. Why, that company ther
lppu'lug to the burtiul say theirlu. sts $iUuW
and know IL is LHl,OOO. | know il. There
flar t.tf,f.F I..aa IA Ntft