Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-09-22
From tie Nsw FORK Journal.
GAMBLING.

GAMBLING.
If the desolating effects of this spe.
cies of iniquity were confined to the n.
bandoned few, who devote their whole
time and souls to cards, and dice, and
wine, il would not afford the good citi.
zens SO much cause of rejoicing when
the career of a notorious gambler il
checked. But when we consider that
such are the most heartles and unfeeI-
ing Of all beings; that they allure
youth, and honor, and virtue, to GER.
tain destruction; that they entiee men
Of reputation and property to the spot
where glaring vice is predominant, y $,
every moral confederation troddenG
der foot, and having rified them of
the last crown, send them forth penny.
less and bereft Of self. respect, to meet
their wives, children, parents, or 70
seek oblivion Of their woes by commit
ting suicide; we feel that the arrest
and punishment Of devoted gambler
are cause Of public congratulations
We agree with the remarks of a cor
respondent, .bat the cause Of virtue il
not generally promoted by giving in
the public papers the details Of crime.
but it is beneficial to state the face
when slaring vice is feretted out, as il
operates to deter others by holding ND
the punishment and infamy that await
them it they consent to go in the way
of the destroyer.
From the ~. 7. National .4dyocate,
COURT OF SESS IONS.
John ). Moore was convicted Oh tho
18th Instant for keeping house for ga
ming and cock fighting. The cireum.
stances attending Moore's case were
rather remarkable. 1t was given jn
evidence that he kept his establish
ment at M. II Nassau. street. After
the trial and conviction of Gautier. for
the same offence, which was on the in.
formation Of Moorc's brother-ih-Iaw,
AID with Moore's knowledge, Moore
pretended to abandon his profession,
and pat q bill on his house to let: and
at the same time opened u gaming es-
tabiishment, more privately. a few
doors below the Fly-market in Water.
street, where suppers were furnished
by hlOore * Co. 10 such persons as
could be selected and allured there
gratis. 1t was in evidence that q
merchant, Of respectable standing ia
this city, in short time lost at pharo
so large sum Of money as to dispiris
him, and he destroyed himself by poi.
son. 1T was also in evidence, that the
game of pharo is so ailuring, that,
when once tempted to play, ruinous
repetition follows. Moore continued
The Watershed honss after he was
indicted. The case presented scenes
OF dePravity, insomuc! as to induce
the counsel for Moore to abandon his
defence,
COMMON sCOLD.-Catharine
Fields was indicted and convicted for
being common scold. The trial WAS
excessively amusing, from the variety
OF testimony, and the diversified man,
ner in which this 1asiippe pursued
her Virulent propensi,ies. "Ruder
than the March wind, she blew a bur-
rienne;" and it was given in evidence,
that after her having seeded the ia.
mI'y individually, the bipeds and qua.
drnPeds, the neighbors, hogs, poultry
and geese, she would throw the win.
dow open at night end seold the watch
men. Her eounteuance was an index
TO her temper; sharp. peaked, saIlow
aud small eyes. To be sentenced ON
Saturday week.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, SEPT. 6.
The Circuit Court OF the United States is
now IN session in this town, hi. honor Judge
Byrd presiding: Judge Todd being conf,