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VOLUME I.
THE FALL OF THE MIGHTY.
William C. Ralston, the late pres
ident of the Bank of California, was
a man who had, in a comparatively
brief period, attained tho summit ot
financial greatness, and was looked
upon as one of the leading bankers
of America. His success had been
won not so much by careful calcula
tions as by brilliant coups in the
world of money, by dasli, by bold
and unparalleled strokes. He was a :
man who risked all lo gam his point,
and who, by native shrewdness
which gave him an insight into men
and the stock operations of the day,
was enabled to carry his point at all
hazards. Ho was a man of perhaps
00 years of age, and his early life was
not characterized by any remarka
ble examples of enterprise such as
his later years developed. Coming
ap as ho did from an humble walk,
he pushed himself along by his inhe-
rent genius until lie finally grew to
be one oi the acknowledged money
kings of the world. Throughout his
career, which was, at best, peculiar
ly varied in its character, Mr. Ral
ston has occupied a position which
has been a perfect anomaly, and
which has defied a thorough and suc
cessful analysis.
his first steps.
As far back as 1855 and 1850, im
mediately subsequent to the argonau
tic days which filled Lite Pacific slope
with a raco of adrentureome and
daring men, ha is found in the mines
of Southern California, in the Ama
dor district, eking out an uncertain
existence, cither as an" employe of
one of the many mining companies
which abounded there at that period
or.soon aftc:ward living in compar
ative ease as a superintendent;
'Shortly afterward, and wh6n tlio for
tunes of the new State had been os
tablislied. 'and he had won for him
self a degree of independence, ho is
to be traced to San Francisco, where
he secured the position of purser up
on a steamer owned by the Pacific
Mail Company and plying between
the Golden State and the bay of Pa
nama. It was here that he began to
place his ieet with firmness upon the
rungs of the ladder which was des
tined to lilt him subsequently to a
summit of financial greatness. Ilis
life as purser was one which, while
altogether congenial to him, at least
threw him iuto contact with the lead
ing business men of the Pacific coast,
and it was not many years before lie
found himself called upon to ex
change the rather precarious life of
an ocean purser for the more active
position of a bank away over in the
Sierra Nevada mountains, in the
then comparatively new mining camp
of Virginia City, Nevada. The dis
covery of the Comstock ledge, with
its score of paying lodes, had sound
ed the koy-nctc for an almost unpar
alleled stampede for tho new mining
district. Virginia City grew like a
mushroom in a night. From sage
bush plains and alkali desert, sud
denly sprung up a mining center
which has held to its name and pros
perity ever since with an almost un
precedented tenacity.
THE BANK OP CALIFORNIA
was already an institution in the
slope, aud under the direction of
careful managers had achieved at
least an enviable reputation. It was
at this juncture, in 1859 or 1860, that
Ralston was invited by tho directors
of the bank to leave bis ways of wa
ter and take to the more arduous and
skillful duties of running a bank in
this new mountain town, It ,YfU3 a
DEMOCRATIC JE' NEWSPAPER.
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA., SEPTEMBER 24, IGlo,
position which called for the display
of a peculiar order of talent. It threw
him into contact with
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moved by insane
petually fanned into flame by the
strongest passions. Everything at
that place in those days was wild
with excitement. The discoveries
were accounted bonanzas, and the
j people who came in to carry on the
business which was thus suddenly de
veloped were of the most exaggera
ted type. It was here, as manager
of tlio branch of the Hank of Califor
nia, that Ralston began that accele
ration of life which has lhu3 sudden
ly plunged him into eternity. He
was surrounded by fast men, dealt
with fast men, lived a that life, and
became in a short time a man of fast
principles. That is,., ho acquired
those habits which were peculiar to
the peaplc in that latitude in that
day. “Nothing venture, nothing
gain,” was the motto of the people.
Risk all, win all, was the principle;,
lose all—busted was the result 1 .
MONEY WAS ALMOST AS FREE AS AIR,
and its commercial value was com
paratively unknown. Surrounded by
such influences, growing up under
such peculiarly fast surroundings, it
was not to be wondered at, perhaps,
that V’m. C. Ralston became imbued
with the -aamq fast principles
found the peculiar gambling, risking
element engrafted into his very na
ture. Ho botight bullion for his
bank, lie invested money for his bank,
ho speculated, he gambled upon the}
stock board, until lie was finally lock
ed upon as one of tho “financiers oi
the ’slope, aud, fortunately, being
successful in his ventures—owing
perhaps to the fact of his being in
the ring of operators who then began
to control tho stock market he
achieved a largo reputation among
financial men of tho coast.
It was'iff Virginia City that Ral
ston became acquainted with Sharon
and J ones, who were then inexperi
enced superintendents of nqnes, wor
king unon a salary, and with noth
ing more than this except a great,
deal of presumption. They built the
Reno and Virginia City railroad, -or
rather tlio Bank of California did,
which was a monopoly; the bank
reached out its tentacles and grasped
everything financially and commer
cially. It established branches in
every city. It put its money into
corporations. It finally got hold ot
tho quicksilver mines, in which busi
ness Ralston hadonce-.beenEmgagCjl
and ,-oon 11 in:i■ ’' l ' 'jJiWiyV
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its impregnable head
A MODERN CKOJSURT. "
Ralston at this time became gen
erally known as a business man, and
his social life was at tho same time a
matter of comment amongst the peo
ple of the slope. He was known as
the man who set all social conven
tionalities at defiance. He cared
nothing for public opinion, lie lived
only for W. C. Ralston and tho plea
sures which that individual experi
enced. Money came and went like
the steady, profuse flow of a deep
stream. He did nothing by piece
meal. In conjunction with his com
panions lie scattered wealth with the
lavish hand of a modern Croesus. A
circumstance which happened during
his sojourn in Virginia City will serve
to illustrate as well as could anything
else the prevailing characteristics of
this strange man, John McCullough
the tragedian, was in tho height ot
his glory on tho coast. Ho made a
played
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city.
trunks were packed and at the stage
station ready to make their journey
to Reno. It was in the early even
ing, and after business hours when
Ralston- and a few others conceived
the idea that it would boa capital
idea to have McCullough play once
more, so they sent word to him that
they wanted him to appear that
night in tho “Gladiator.” John sent
back word that it was impossible; lie
was prepared to go to San Francisco,
and he could not delay Ills journey.
This would not do; play he must.
Messengers were sent to bring his
baggage back, to light up tho thea
ter and make everything ready. The
theater was a small affair, and would
not seat more than 700 or 800 people.
McCullough saw that it would not do
to rein: o the men who had been his
patrons and bankers, and so he
made realty. There was no doorkee
per that night. It was tree to all;
but there was a man in the box-office
who sold tickets for the sake of ap
pearances. It was a grand blow-out,
gatten tip by the bank people. The
receipts that night amounted to the
unprecedented figure of $13,200, and
fl wards 11 contributed by three or
four men, most conspicuous among
whom was W. C. Ralston. In short
it was a grand drunk, and money
was as free as the air of heaven,
.The plan pursued was for ail con
cerned to go to the ticket-office and
buy £SOO worth of tickets each, after
wliieh all would adjourn to a wine,
celler and wager a basket; of wine
that each one could tear his tickets
up in,.the soonest time.,. \Yheu they
had.concluded this game the box-of
fice was out of tickets, there was
$13,200 iu the till, Mr. McCullough
had finished the play, the floor was
strewn with tickets, and the whole
party was as drunk as men can well
get. This, in short, was the grand
incentive which ruled the nature of
W. C. Ralston.
After the excitement of Virginia
City, Ralston went to San Francisco
and took charge of the bank as cash
ier. That he was successful there
can be none to deny. Under the
management of the officers under his
regime the bank was one of the most
successful institutions on the conti
nent. It was looked upon as a bank
as firm a3 the adamantine hills which
auiard the. Pacific slope. It was
|hkj^ri- ' i
atc of Califor
nia. ■ In short, the bank was the
State; it controlled everything —fi-
nances, industries, politics. It was
one gigantic combination, a great
moneyed ring.'
Ralston here began to expand his
extravagancies. Ilis residence at
San Mateo was one of the most ele
gant residences on the slope. It was
more like a palace than an humble
dwelling; it entertained people in all
the magnificence of an Arabia dream.
Its owner lived like a king. He kept
his relays of horses on the road be
tween the city and his country house,
and traveled in all the style of an Ori
ental priiicc. It was the resort of
distinguished visitors to the coast,
and was maintained with money
which was set aside for that special
purpose by the Bank of California.
Slany a one wUo has been entertain-
NUM BEB 1
cd beneath this hospitablej-oof has
closed his eyes and wondered how
long this stylo of extravagance could
possibly last.
Not only was Ralston extravagant
in lus manner of erftertainments, bul
lie scattered money
WITH* A LAVISH HAXU.
wherever it was asked, and often
where it was least expected, The
bank became identified with many
interests which were considered ex
travagant. The mining adventures
of Nevada were profuse and almost
unparalleled; it owned mills and con
trolled stocks to an almost unheard
of degree. Finally it lightened its
hand upon the mining stocks of the
coast and played with them at will.
It built the great hotel of the Pacific;
it ruled the State; it made and un
made Senators and Governors; it did
just about as it pleased; and in it and
above it all was distinguishable the
hand and connivance of the man Ral
ston.
It would seem that to every game
there must come, sooner or later, a
day of reckoning, and it reached Ral
ston when, after the failure of the
great money center of the golden
State, and the precipitation of the
avalanche of disaster, he stepped off
the wharf on North beach yesterday
afternoon arid ended his great and
peculiar career.
How She Won an Emperor.
A correspondent thus relates the
romantic way in which tho Empress
of Austria captured her Emperor:
Tho Empress'is the youngest daugh
ter of Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria,
and sister of the ex-Queen Sophia of
Naples. Francis Joseph was to have
been affianced to the Princess Sophia
to make acquaintance with whom he
went to make a visit to Jus uncle’s
pastle ot PQssenhoilen, where his four
young lady cousins had been born
and brought up.. The Princess Eliz
abeth, then in her sixteenth year,
and remarkably beautiful, was not to
have been allowed to see tho young
Emperor, both on account of her
youth—she was not supposed to be
“out” —and also because being much
handsomer than her sister, the wily
Duke desired to secure his imperial
nephew for his eldest daughter be
fore the former should have been al
lowed to catch sight of his youngest,
as he felt very sure that the hand of
such a beauty would be sought far
and wide when it should bo in the
matrimonial market. So tlio young
lady was told that she was to stay
with her governess, and not to pre
sume to show herself in the dining
room during the visit of the Austrian
cousin. But being lively, spirited,
and brimful of curiosity to seo tho
youthful Emperor, who had so sud
denly succeeded to the troubled but
brilliant crown of Austria, tho Prin
cess Elizabeth had contrived to give
her attendant the slip, and to hide
herself in a corridor, along which
the imperial guest who had arrived an
hour before, and was then dressing
for dinner in the rooms set apart for
his reception, would have to pass in
going to tho banquet hall.
As the young sovereign passed
along this corridor, the Princess, who
was watching for him, sprang outoi
her hiding place, laughing at the
success of her maneuvre, and cry
ing gaily, “Cousin Franz! Cousin
Franz i I wanted to seo you and
they wouldn’t let me, and so T hid
myself here to seo you go by.” It
appears that Cupid’s bow, so inno
cently shot off by the merry girl,
who had no object beyond the grati
fication of hgr curiosity to see the
&hc snin frti^
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grand young cousin, whose quality
as Emperor had excited her imagi
nation, went straight to the mark.
The young Emperor fell over head
and care in love with the gay and
beautiful vision had presented
itself so unaffectedly before him.
What passed between tlio two young
people has never transpired; but a
few minutes later the imperial guest
entered the sumptuous drawing-room
with his pretty cousin on his arm,
and presented her to tho amazed cir
cle of relatives and counties who
were awaiting his appearance as
“the Empress of Austria, my engag
ed wife.” The anger of the elder
sisters is said to have been quite live
ly, as was, perhaps, natural under
tho circumstances. The young Prin
cess dined that day in the banquet
ing hall, seated beside tho “Cousin
Franz,” so suddenly metamorphosed
into her “Imperial spouse;” and' tho
Duke, though vexed for the disap
pointment of his daughter, had at
least tho satisfaction of having this
splendid match secured for his youn
gest. The marriage took place
when the princess had reached the
mature ago of sixteen, and all her
husband’s subjects were enchanted
with her youthful beauty and her re
markable grace and kindness.
HOW TRUFFLES DID IT.
From the New York Observer.]
I returned to Ashvillo after an absence of
threejy.ears and foundmy friend Truffles growu
fatgukl jovial, with a face the very mirror of
peace aud self-satisfaction. Truffles was tha
village baker, and ho was not like when
I went away.
*‘Truffles,” said I, •‘How is it? You liavo
improved.”
“Improved! How?" §
“Why. in every way. JFhat have you been
doing ?" , „ ,
Just then a little gfri'eame in with a trtt
teped shawl and barWhoted, to whom Truf
fles gave a loaf of bread. “Oh dear, Mr. Truf-
Jes,” the child said with briininiug eyes, as
she took tho loaf, of bread; “mamma is get
ling better, and she says she owes so much to
yOu. She blesses you, 1 indeed she does.”
That’s one of the things I have been doing,
ha said after the child had gone.
You are giving the suffering .family broad?
I queried. ,
Yes.
Have you any more cases like that ?
Yes, three or four of them. I give them a
loaf a day, enough to feed them.
And you take no pay ?
Not from them.
Ah ! from the town ?
No; here, said Truffles,- laying liia hand on
his breast. I’ll tel! you, he 'added, smiling.
One day, over a year ago, a poor woman
came to me and asked for a loaf of bread, for
which she could not pay—she wanted it ;for
her poor suffering children. At first I hesi
tated, hut finally I gave it to her, and as her
blessing rang iu my ears after, she had gone,
I feltmy heart grow warm. Times were hard,
and there was a good deal of suffering, and I
found myself wislun.', by and by, that I could
afford to give away more bread. At length
an idea struck mo, I’d stop drinking, and
give that amount away in broad, adding one
or two loaves on my own account. I diet ’it,
and it’s been a blessing to mo. My heart
has grown bigger, and I’ve grown better evo
ry way. My sleep is sound and sweet, aud
my dreams aro pleasant And that’s what
you soo, I suppose.
Rolls (French). — Take half a
pint of Jeast and a pint and a half of
warm milk, add sufficient flour to
make it the thickness of batter; put
into a pan, cover over and keep
warm. When it has risen to its ut
most height, add a quarter of a pint
of warm water and half an ounce of
salt; mix all together. Hub into it a
little flour, two ounces of butter,
then make tho dough not sd
stiff as for bread; let it stand three
quarters of an hour, when it will bo
ready to form into rolls; then lot
them stand until they have risen, and
bake in a quick o v