The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-04-26
Ruins Rey al Road.

issue Of the N.w York Herald has the
following graphic description of the
scene in the gold room Of the New York
Exchange on the 31st ult:
Gold made many men sick yesterday +;
it has been making the business inter
csts Of the country sick since tn G middle
of January. The bulls" have succeed
ed in rnising the price of the precious
metal in two months over seven Fer
cent, aud yesterday they climbed up
another round in the ladder.
A visit TO tho Gold Room recalled
many of those exciting scenes familiar
20 tho seeker of fortunes in a lump
This royal road to ruin was crow ded
with the gold cormorants, and the dis.
NAL vcstibnle, strcwn with paper frag-
mcnts, foul with fstid air, and sh:iek
pen of the superlative rank, contained
the chieftains Of the Wall street Vox.
1t was field day. All the scenery
of a great gold spice" was perfect ut 2
p. M. Arouud the circular railing
inclosing the l,,le brouzc fountain
whose pcIlucid jets of water have so
long fallen into muddy spray after
gathering the dust Of the atmosphere,
was crowd of sellers and buyers they
were Of all .ypos-'ypes of the hoarse
voiced, broad shouldcrci, nustache
;wis'ed being, whose business is gold.
A type cnters. He wears Bismarck
ollsr, blue scarf, aud a spring style
silk hat, aud crovIing through to the
railing exclaims, "a quarter million II,
Ia
\ wild roar of voices follow at 49,
and the type moves fr,utically about the
restibmle, note bouk in hand seeking
purch .,es at his rwn. figures. The telc
graph instrument clicks those fatal
figures viii have driven so many Ken
to wealth or poverty change, aud gold
| is quoted at 1881 ~
What howl follows. The shriekers,
isirg on their toes, seek for new note
iu the human voice. They extcud their
hands, as if they were c1pounding the
most exciting passage in wr i.clln,
'inn, while tie typicnl broker puts
io'war" his longest arm and pyoclaiins,
''275 coo at lS!, !" He does no, tie .
| sle"t to turn his long, white hand over
scvrra! tines aud himself bestow glance,
, of silent admiration upon it's form and
whilencss while the indicator moves
back to lSl, and he advances the price
of his coin. Duri < this transaction
below, two rough, !armerlikc men in
tho gallery discuss their profit aud loss
Give oIdcrs to sell, tell you then
you'll know how you stand tonight,
Don't you see the price will tumble and
tall below lS tonight.
Yes, but it must go up"
"Sell, sell, | toll you |"
Annther NAH stugsets into the gallery
and begins to defy the rules by smoking,
when the pcre'np.Yry voice from the
pit issues forth:
Put out that cigar"
The hhrickers stop-;hcy always stop
for a little lun-and when he pursued
drops his cigar the auction proceeds
There is one tall, smart character
there who deserves Immortality if he
always howls as he howlsd yesterday
the crier. He is perfect artist on
calling names, aud SO arc tho weary, toll
worn ccrks who sit ia the tribune AMI
relapse SO handsomely into fashionable
lasstude-artists in sighs and yawns.
What a wrarisomo occupation is their to
liston to the shouting OF millions, to
vi ness the nomen:ary transfer Of for
tunes; to behold The poor become ricn
aud the humble become arrogant anl
yet, like the apple woman in the streets,
live from day to day their same routine
lives But every interests in the Goll
Room yesterday. The curbstono brokers,
, Who are content to accept commission
of one thirty se.ond Of one per cent, for
their operations; the i'll clad country
man who sells cut his farm for few
thousand dollars and comes to the city
with all Ills baggage in a small hand
parcel, i'll the hopc-that he may become
a Daniel Dew or Jim Fisk, Us he has
read the story of lhoir rise in the vamp
cd up wnekIies the victim of several