Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-29
Correspondence.
OUR .s'BIy' rOHK LsrTE1.

THE "BULLs'' AND "BEARs" PREPARING
FOR ROUGH AND TUMBLE-THe LOCK-
UP" IN ooLD-HAPPINEss OF THE CAN'T
GET AWAY CLUD-JoURNALIsTIo NOTES
JoTTINGs.
From our Special Correspondent.
New YORK, Aug. 27, 1873.
THE LOOKUP IN GOLD.
a petition is being extensively circulat-
ed for signature addressed 10 President
Grant, asking him 20 give assurance that
the government would use its power,
promptly and effectively, to break up and
destroy all cliques or combinations "form-
cd TO derange the finances and njure the
trade of the country" There is no doubt
that this specializing in and locking up of
gold is disastrous to certain persons; and
that it seriously affects the mercantile COM
munity cannot be questioned. The gov
ernment is now disposing of its surplus
gold at the rate of million and half a
week. An old broker says-"The truth of
the matter is this: For the last three or
four months the bulls have been manpu-
lulinS luC HOiu IidihOt, anu ldNl EGltIIN IL
was thought they had given up the fight.
One firm sold a million of gold another
house sold two millions another disposed
of a million, and so on. One of the oldest
houses in Wall street sold two millions.
Altogether, the bears offered between eight
and ten millions Of gold which was quietly
taken. Before the bears could withdraw.
they found, to their amazement, that the
bulls had bought up all the gold they could
get hold Of. The general impression on
the street is that the gold was bought up
by various brokers in the interest of one
man. Gold is ISL to-day, and shows an
advance of ls since Friday. Talk about
the Government interfering! Why, don't
believe they would interfere even if gold
went up to 'fifty."
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
If this sort of weather is TO continue, the
hotels at the watering-p places may as well
prepare to wind up the season suddenly.
Probably the majority of people who are
out of town for the summer have engaged
their rooms until the first of September;
but what is the pleasure of shivering un-
der single blanket far from the comforts
of home, descending to smoky wood fires,
and looking out upon landscape drenched
with rain and overhung with clouds? Hap
| pier are they who, chained to the city by
business or chance, never lose sight of the
changerul panorama of urban life, and in
whose cars the roaf of the busy herds oc-
cupation is always sounding. The sum-
mer has been so remarkably cool tina! the
city has been pleasant home to all classes
and we suspect this is more than those
out of town can say for their dwelling
| places. At the same time, we must confess
that there is such thing as having too
much of one Kind of weather, and if the
wind would sheer around 10 milder point,
and the sun put in an appearance for lit
tie while, the happiness and health of the
masses would be increased.
JOURNALISTIC NOTES.
TO the making of many papers there will
never be an end, therefore blessed he the
man who nvents anew one. Charles Hal
leck has Just commenced The Forest and
Stream, Il paper devoted 10 the sports of
land and water, with some little aim at be-
ing an authority on all such matters.
OF another piece of metal is The Scythe,
a weekly paper specially devoted TO the in
tercsts of the Patrons of Husbandry
throughout the United States. The Scythe
promises ITO cut clean swath through the
fields of exlortion and monopoly" and as
the men who have undertaken this good
sized contract are veterans in the journal
istic world with abundant means, there
will be u lively time pretty soon among
"ring' monopoists and all other species of
extortioners. The Scythe has secured cdi-
totial rooms in Herald Benefits grand
buildings corner Fulton and Nassau streets,
and the new announcement of the enter
prise is bringing thousands of letters from
Oranges bidding them good speed. The
success of The Scythe is already assured.
JoTTINGs.
Among the French of this city, subscrip.
ton lists are in circulation for testimoni-
al 10 be presented to NJ. Thiers rs a recog-
nition of patriotic services and of his poll
cy, by which a speedy deliverance of the
French territory from foreign occupation
was insured.
Mr.. L. Steiger, who collected and furn-
ished for the Vienna Exhibition, a great
collection of American newspapers, repre-
senting all the States aud Territories, now
proposes TO print classified catalogue of
American periodicals. 1t will include
about eight thousand titles.
Among the Engishmen coming TO this
country this season to see how much can
be made out of the "blasted Yankees is a
Shakespearologist and Shakepearoloter.
His name is G. Linnaeus Banks. He is
only one of large cargo, the most eminent
among the others being Wilkie Collins, the
novelist Charles b Bradlaugh. the "English
Reformer;" r. A. Proctor, the astronomer;
Gerald Massey, the poet; Hepworth Dix
on, the "historian,' and the.Rev. Newman
Hall, ]. NJ. Bellew, Mrs. Scott-Siddons and
Professor Pepper. GOSSIP.