Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-12-10
GAMBLING IN VIRGINIA.

ORSAN HYDE.
GAMBLING IN VIRGINIA.
| This evil his reached an enormous heigh,
in the Old Dominion. The Richmond Com
pile cons ;ders the Gamblers an organized
tody, Rising funds and sending Populations
'o.o IL the towns in Virginia, and to the
Court Houses Of the different counties on
their respective days. A party, only two
or three in number, have, within the last
week or two, visited Lynchburg and taken
way with them twenty thous md dollars,
The prize money oftheir adventure. Their
he'd quarters re in Richmond the pa-
per JUS named gives the following remark
..ble communication from reformed game
|ster-B 1t. Gaz.
IL was born in the county of Orange, in
the year 1890 my parents died when was
between 10 and 70 years Of age, and on a
division of the estate, after selling off all that
belonged to it, the portion which fell to my
share was $,,245 81, which the executor
p id me in cash and bonds, in the I'D wear
of my age.
''My first object was to turn nv bonds in
to cash, and then TO get me a wife, both of
which accomplished in the 23d year of nv
age, having married the eldest daughter of
Mr. -, Of the county of Spottsylva-
MIA, who, 4 few weeks after, gave me check
on the Bank of Virginia for $4,000, know
ing it was My inter tion to locate myself in
this place for the purpose Of eng ging in mer-
chandize. This, added to what remained
Of my own legicy made me capital of
800, with which opened, as thought,
> splendid grocery, and soon commenced
selling very rapidly; but, unfortunately for
me, trusted too much in the country, and
neglected my collections until found my
self getting behind hand. This at first eau
sed me miny restless nights, but was soon
relieved by some good friends who advised
me TO drown dull care in a 81 SIS of brandy.
which determined to try. lthen common
ced making my daily visits to an oyster
house, where met m4ny friends. Cor those
who pretended to be sucn) by whom was
very soon invited from thence to Faro
B-nk. The first night | won $50, which
my mind very much, thinking il
would bal nee my brandy account then
dete,In ned th;.t would 60 no more; but
had 90, So fond of running TO the oyster house
every d y, that found i, impossible to break
OFT, p -r;icularly IS it afforded a temporary
aniidote TO the blue devils.
$50 continuc d my VISITS. until nv bran
dy ,.ccoun, goi SO lerge that determ ned to
try my luck at. erwards ag in. | set out.
md about = O'clock the next morning SET
tied up md found myself $40 g liner, which
did not p y the br ndy account. but had
no doubt that IN W nights more | should
b lance II, md have some TO sp.re In this
way bee. me regular visitor to those hclls
almost every n gh1, leavng sick wife at
nome in bed, -nrii found had lost several
thOus nd douIrs, which l knew must ruin
nae, unless could win it back. Buoyed
up with the hope of dong so, | continued
my visits until found that IL the goods
ne d left would not ply my debts; so de-
to sell out. The proceeds of nv
ssle, with all debts due, left me behind ha nd
about $500 and how to pay this l knew
not; but after seveEl d ..ys of painful ref1ec-
ion, determined, unknown to my wife, for
he purpose Of raising stake to 90 to Fara
again, to make conditional sale to a negro
buyer Ola fivorlte house-miid given her by I
lcr father, and by this means got the sum Of
$500. And off went to Fara again. and
before next morning had not one dollar; in
was comp lied the next day
o confirm the sale of the girl; and when she
Vas taken from the house, the distress it &C.
my poor wife md children would
rave almost brought tears from the eyes of
;avage. |,
''ldetermined then to end nv existence
~ dose oflaudanum, and bought an ounce
or th'-t purpose; but nav heart failed me,
nd threw II away, determined to try and
efonn, for the sake of my dear wifi. and
,hlldren, whom had brought to beggary by
ny impfude nee, and VINO are now depend
mt on herf ther for their d4ly bread.
but with all my i'll fate, have the con-
olatlon Of rejecting that l have seen the
.Hor Of my Why's. During the time that II
vas In the habit of visiting the Faro Bank, al
'outh from the country of Gloucester was
'ent up here by his father to sell the only
title negro boy he hid, for the purpose oil
ilscharglng an execution against hun. Inl