The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-16

| Frank Tack is a veteran of the civil war.
He is native of Philadelphia and served
under Thomas and Rosecrans Emil Schalk,
one of he organizers of the Exchange, was
on Gen. McClellan's staff in the civil war,
is graduate Of the Ecole Centrale of Paris,
where he studied civil engineering, and is the
auther OF two books, one entitled, 1.-The Art
OF War" and the other, "The Campaign OF
1929" He is wealthy, has fine country
seat at Piermont- -the-Hudson, and is
member OF the Arion Society and the Tx
change Club lii New street. One of the vice
Presidents Is Thomas l.. Watson. he is
Colonel of the Fourth Connecticut Regiment
and PreSid mt of number of corporations
IN New ork and the vicinity, aud OF the
BeHevllie, ILL.,, water works. He lives In
bridgeport, Conn, about an hour and
half from the city. and is member Of a
number OF leading clubs, such as the Union
League, Lotus, Exchange and Athletic. The
mil tarY element in the Exchange is quite
noticeable, more so indeed, than at the
other board. A. Morris Pryor, of this Ex
change, IS son of Col. VIM. H. Pryor, now
living in Lynchburg, Va. Col. Pryor COM
naEded the Third Virginia Regiment in
Flcketts famous charge at Gettysburg and
advanced up the cemetery hill three times
IN the face of HancOcks terrible fire. Morris
Pryor is a cousin of Gen. Roger A. Pryor,
the lawyer, and is a graduate of the Bethel
Academy OF Virginia. Col w. r. Moller,
one OF the directors was on the staff Of Gov.
Hoffman from 1869 to 1873.
The literary element is represented by
George Is. Gibson, who is contributor to
Harper'S Monthly, the Princeton Review,
the Bankers Magazine and other period-
cats. He is member of the leading clubs,
as well as the American Geographical and
Goethe societies; he has delivered add, esses
before the Bankers Association at Saratoga.
Ills greatgrandfather was one of the signers
OF the Declaration Of Independence from
South Carolina. Mr. Gibson himself came
from Illinois, but is o graduate of the Uni
versity of Michigan He is short, but of
muscular build, has full black beard, dark
eyes and handsome features. Ii. r. Louns-
bury was tOraerly engaged in mining oper-
atoms In Utah. Charles b. reene is a de-
cendant of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, of the
Revolution, is a grandson of Sias f. Bur
rows, the once famous diplomat and taveler,
and graduated at a university in Hanover,
Germany. j. w. Copmann is one of the
operators in oil. He is 30 years old, and
came from Hamburg, Germany; used to be
office boy for broker, but struck cut for
himself. James 2. Moore is a short, stout
young man who is the New York lieutenant
of Joseph Craig, the Pennsylvania oil oper-
ator who has won half million in the oil
speculation.
Finally, not to mention others well worthy
of word, there is the chairman, who rides
on the whilwind and directs the speculative
storm, who sits alOft on the rostIum like a
well-fed and prosperqus god in Olympus
viewing the movements of ordinary mortals
below This is Mr.. Augustus w. Peters He
weighs 225 pounds, and Is six feet and two
inches in height H came from New Bruins
wick, Canada, in 1863 and for time was
a broker in the old Gold Room. He is
mason of the thirty-third degree, is a MEM
Der of innumerable secret societies, and is
one of the Old Guard of New York, the
regiment that wears the towering and ter
rifying bearskin cap which figures so pro-
minently in pictures of the Crimean war
Meanwhile, it will be amusing to see how
much like wet hen the old-fogyish Stock
Exchange will act as the young chick kicks
at her, and perhaps finally drives her out Of
the barnyard.
OSCAR WILLoUGHBY RIGGS.