Year: 1865

may be noticed knot of spectators in gold circular
piece OF the parquet Is fenced oil by baustadc, and
the parties To transaction gather around the bauscrs
but not allowed within enclosure as if the sole
object OF the pale the spec
eaeh other and anticipate the occurrence Of occasional
Pi'ched batue by this ingenious c0Dtriy i is Ut
efy impossible for broker to get his advcrsarys head
q IN chancery," and the most Formidable embryo de-
ial'er cannot "ht from the shoulder al a bidder with
the slightest chance of Thus the dispuanls
enabled to discuss with words and with blows and
probabiy the phanthropic invention above allud TO
mas prevented many individual of paeisiie noorety
rom dngfacng the scene Of speculation in other ways
'hah ny his mere presence.


SIGNAL CORPS.


~ uhe oiiha goddess to whom anthology and Bohe-
man poets make such frequent auson possessed
voice 70 MAKE known her DEGREES she could be
heard In the gold rhc uncoasng turmoil and ex-
citement would render sentoran lungs Of no avail and
sne oIasn VI !he thunder would not produce more
ssaI'ng ehecs ,lan the explosion OF percussion cap
The sense OF hearing being thus exclusively enrrossed
recolrse ls had 10 'he sense OF sight; and very nge
straw hat and alpaca sack used TO inerpre the de.
srees OF fate to the worshppers below Directly above
the heads OF the gold spectators is placed large black
frame on which the fluctuations OF the prec metal
are noted with unfaing accuracy II the goddess by
the noarse voice Of the crie proclams unntegby
that the rated at one-forty three ighthsn
touch OF the interpreter in the straw hat reveals to
the eager multitude at his feet the true state of AFFAIRS
without the hitherto unaling accompaniment Of hoarse
II the price decline the fractions at the extreme
right ana the units and decmas at the oxtreme left fall
with much precipitation would the onrc system Of
stock gambling II honest people took fancy TO look
into ITS details On the contrary IL the nabob-like pur
CHases brown, DTlns IN
cal mercury, Jones the bear, will be Immediately noii
fed of the triumph achieved by his neighbor by i'm
mediate change OF base OF units and ALL 10 The intense
disgust OF his numerous parsans. Moreover the signal
corps attached to the machine informs the public OF tho
stock which is being ''caed' by the cricr and that SO
accurately that The few respectable visitors Of the gold
room prefer addressing their bids to the at tho
board to turning towards the tribune and its occupants
Tor information. AS the contrvance is always in excel
lent working order, and considerably than
any o, the .scisuss Of the Evening Exchange may be
and should be esteemed accordingly.


THE GOSSIP


As general thing the attendants chat but little among
themselves Few Of them smoke. All are absorbed by
the one dea-specuation. The greatest victories Of the
I'm on army rarely discussed at the and now,
in this weak piping time OF peace, the OF tho
day are scarcely the lips OF the hob, ase Ev
the immense deiacaons which doubt partly took the
The prevalent feeling is that OF indifference TO all such
tling matters Discussion such subjects Is left for
the hour whied away In the billar the nights
Of orge which oft spent in houses Of the vicinity
which the neghbos consider far less disordery than the
Evening Exchange In word, the frcquenters Of the
gold room who are not sated with the transactions Of
the day hardly content with their dealings by night
and although gossip be comparatively discarded, and
business receive their sole and undivided attention. is
with extreme reluctance that they prevailed upon to
leave the building after two hours scene Of continued
excitement.


PUBLIC OPINION.


II the votes OF the property in the vicinity were
taken they certainly would not be in favor Of the con-
nuance Of the evening sessions In fact thevery gene
raj idea that the money made and lost during twelve
hours should content the most untrng Of business
and, is sagcy observed, Sufficient for the day 10 the
evil hcreoi,r without adding thereto the foes Of the
night The ncgborhood OF the Stock Exchange has not
been Improved by the presence OF the speculative
muny, and business 10 TO be transacted up town as
wcl down town It would be better TO have the laft
known at once and thus enable the community 70 axe
which will prevent the universal recognition
OF the evil