CHAPTER I.

MY DEBUT IN WALL STREET.

Results of the Panic of 1857.—Creating a Revolution in 5

the Methods of Doing Business in Wall Street.—The Old

“Fogies” of the Street, and How They were

Surprised.—Their Prejudices and How they

Originated.—The Struggle of the Young Bloods for

Membership.—The Youthful Element in Finance Peculiar

to this Country.—The Palmy Days of Little, Drew and

Morse.—The Origin of “Corners,” and the “Option”

Limit of Sixty Days