The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-29
GRANT ON CHANGE
An Hour With the Bulls and Bears Of
San francisco.
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strange coincidence, Grants visit to til
San Francisco Stock and Exchange Boar
was fixed for the great Jewish Day c
Atonement "a day which orthodox HI
brews should pass in sackcloth and ashes
fasting and prayer. Although there are
good many Hebrews 6h tho Board,
would appear th&tnone of them are yer.
faithful children Of Israel, for they ali
with one accord, participated in the re
CeptiOn, some, however, abstaining from
the transaction Of business.
Messrs. Colt, Smiley, Turnbull, Lassal
and King formed the reception committee
The chief session OF the Board began a!
usual at II. What was unusual was tn,
crowd OF fair faces in elegant toilettes YhC
thronged the Hallefies l1he lobby, TOO
was crowded, and the lobbyists We're Ar
arayed in their Sunday Best, even thl
clippers being determined to signalize thu
occasion.
As for the,bokers thei gOFeeousnesa o
their raimeht defies description, add theii
behavior was good beyond all expression
There was no hat smashing, no ,thrdR,
ing Of paperpeIlels no cfea ton 81 niinia
ture bOnfres on fellow brokers' craniums
no pinnfng Of quadFupsdal counterfeit
presentmeptg 70 each SotheSs Spat taA
Order reigned supreme 'S1 NgSN w
At eight minutes past II the call in Bo.
nanza Consolidated Virginia wasointes
rupted. CallerS Golf tapped hisJ sona
thrice, and in stepped General Grant, his
son Ulysses, Governor Low, John Russell
Young, Colonel Henry Smith and Superl
visor Wyse. President PeeEham led this
guests to the center of the arena, those a..
cred precinctsusually' y'reseIyed ID exclusively
for the brokers, and there Id an excelIsntly
worded speech introduced the General to
his fellow brokers. THE bulls aud bears
cheered and shouted inlpnison tof ,oncai IN
their lives, and then Peckham conducted
the visitors to dais,. eanopiedA Withrrich
flags Of Catiiprnig silk ( spfigs, eyefgreens,
ferns aud verdure IN general. aSO
This dais, little to. the callers right,
commanded q fplltyiews OF the proceed.
ings, which thefeapon fee6mmenced N
good earnest. There was the ordinary
hustling and jostling Of the. apparently
infuriated maniacs as they str6Se 10 o5.
tain their needed number OF shares at
FIVE or ten cents below the market values.
Grant was much amused as he beheld
them swaying to and fro, sellers in pur.
suit Of buyers, and rice rersd. He played
with the long list OF stocks in his hands,
and wondered how they could get through
so much business in such brief space Of
time.
To-day the whole Board room was ies.
tooned, wreathedsand Fbegarlanded, with
punches OF bright fresh roses, forming q
particularly tasful decoration. IVA
The week closing tonight has indeed
been a remarkable one for San Francisco.
The presence ofyone, American citizen has
served to hhah The Soice 6t diSssnsion, q
stihe, at least temporarily, that acrimoni.
Gus teelingSwhich has been such q curse
to this State, and toSpeETnit mien to unite
in one object who had for months, If not
for years, been alienated by political diff.
ferenCes, which, on this coast, too often
result In personal enmity and estranGe.
ment. T. u q
During the past week, however, the
hatchet, II notcburied, has BEEN hidden
out OF sight, din this place, aborndiug
in prominent and wealthy-ex-G Confederate
soldiers andSsympathizefs, those formerly
most bitterly opposed 70 the. cause repre-.
sented by Grant hgSe Sought todo hin
the most honor.
Grant mhst have, needed AlL, yhiss well
known unassutningne Of character the
last few days Abroad he might consider
the honora shopete ed .upon. hint 6RereJ thSse
accorded to representative American
citizen. Here however, he canslotl bui
acknowledge the spontafeous populai
reception as being given personally to the
man Ulysses S. Grant; hence his gratifca,
ton cannot but be great, and should q
like reception be reserved for him in the
other chief cities OF the Union, one can
not but foresee that the intention OF him.
self and Mrs. Grant expressed TO your
correspondent so late as this morning, Ia
settle down to housekeeping in Galena
may be rudely broken in upon by circum.
stances. - IlNE
Many prominent politicians here con,
slider that Grant will be nominated in the
Convention, by, acclamation.s That he
himself, however, Is doing nothing toSt6n'
tribute TO. that end, no reasonable man, can
doubt. Sdffeited with ihonofs, hsi fecog.
nizes that nothing in the future could add
TO his laurelB or his repntationl SIT ~,
On leaving the Stock Board, Grant visit
ed the Anglo California Bank, and, s1bse,
quently the California Market. "'"'''''
EyKNnie yRSrERIArSMENF.5 "a
About 8 o'clock he ACCOMPANIED Ms
Grant to the. California TheaIep toWitasss
the last acts OF the Color G Gdatd, /" and Is
night, before;S o'clock ythey were again al
the same theater with General and Mrs
McDowell, and Mayor and Mrs. Bryant
The performance consisted OF an opera
"Never," or perhaps more correctly
"Hardly Ever, in which Emillie Melville
tonight played Josephine, and Frank I'm
ger acted the Admiral's part. After Sil
Joseph had vocally narrated wholly un.
familiar story he was so loudly applaudeC
that, removing his hat and turning TO the
proscenium box to his left, he sang:
"Aud now, as ruler Of the QuseasatTSNA!
lm pleased our honored guest toSecsa ~ ~ ~
Who has SAlled the briny ocean Ger,
But has never seen the good ship PinAiore,
Hes the only man ln the world, do you Iee
That has never met ne ruler Ot The QASeaS ravSe:
Whereat the audience aapplaudedA en-
Il ISAA9Aes'ASahJ 0AA hAA6s IlAub ~
there were noUphydcians sabodt, bit'saii1
possible to give diagnosis OF Grant
symptoms alter seeing dPinafofe. p Sui
fee It to sayrhe,si still an, American; AM
it's greatly to his credit.
At this moments 10 o,clocle1 the icatir
FIRE Of the Federal and Confederate soI
diers and sailors Se Mechanics Payiliofli
furnishing the grand wind.up OF the week
Only ex-sOldiers are admitted to the floor
and 1t Is estimRtea that there are ave thou
sand Of these present. while the sallerie
are crowded With spectators. Not ofili
coffee and hard tack, but beer, cheese
crackers and plug tobacco are iorminl
prominentfeaturesot the entertainment
It is noteworthy that no attempt has beel
made to remove any Of the bunting 9
other decorations along the streets. Pee
pie seem perfectly willing they should n
main to testify that their feelings OF regar
for Grant have by no means cooled dowr
though he has been here q week. Thi
testimony Is further confirmed by Ii