Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-10-21
From the Philadelphia rnq'iiret.
THE YOUNG VI'CTIM.
A Sad Story Of Gambling.
$50 young, and ye, so lost

4 VIZ Have diVd,y gwen Que or INV
illustrations of the sad effects Of gam
bling. Their publication has, We have
reason Ia believe, net been without sal
u,ary effects. l'his.v,ce is, generally
I>prakinr, practised in secret. and there.
fore j, is, that the rain, despair, crime
and suicide, which ii so frequently
lcau>es, escape public no,ice-ihe sur
viving relatives and friends Of the VIC
inns being anxious 10 draw the vel! OF
oblivion ovti :he errors and inhrmi,ieS
of :he tempted and the lost. We have,
; however, herd of another case, which
See,nSto us full Of admoni,ion. II
bears, too. more particularly upon the
esror in which so many indulge, that no
harm can arise from caId-playing mere
" fo, amusement, or with a'trifIe only
at s'ake.
! A few years since, Mr.. Green, the
! reformed gambler, took passage on
board a steamboat at Louisville, bound
for New Orleans. 4 short time after
the boat pushed off, it was discovered
that there Was no less than twenty gam
hltrs on board, and much disSa'i>tac,
lion was expressed, because so many
had chosen the same boat. 1t was
soon aoreet! that ten or fifteen should
return ashore at the first opportunity,
and wait for another boat. Shortly af-
Ter, this determination was carried info
effect, and it Was while Mr. Green was
Standing on hurricane deck, noticing
the landing Of II portion of his old
friends, thai his attention WAS atresfed
BY Young man. looking anx!ou>ly n.y.
on the departing gamblers. He was
pale and asitaieel, and a iea1-drop gfs.
tened in his eye. HIS whole appear
anre was so remarkable, that ever
Green became exti'cd and Interested
He sought the youth, and asked with.
err he was gong? He replied that he
"knew not where" and as If to shun
further notice, left the deck, and de-
s:,nded INFO The cabin.
Green, still more curious, followed
him, and hy the expression of sympa.
Thy finally infiTreft. trim s.nh~=An,
himself. He said ,ha, his first r+pl,
was cotrecI-':at he really did not
know whittier he VAS going. He wa,
the son of tspu'ab's parents III Boston,
& had lt.tt tia, c,ly few weeks before
t"s ,hr purpose of visiting Louisville
(which place" he continued, ''we have
JUS, passed" The reasons for ,hi,
course wrlr sad. ONES. He had sis
ter Il, Louisville, who bad married ant
removed ;iithrr, while he was Vet /;
child. The death of the sisters hns
band had induced her TO write for hrl
brother .n come on, 10 protect her II
her uidowhood, and assist in setting
an the e>ia'p. HIS parents provided
HIM with AL the nec.>sarleS for hl:
journey, and gave him permission ,s
,arry a few days at New York ant
Philadelphia, should he think proper
: and also gave him about Two hundred
dollars in money. All went smo"ih!,
and pleasantly until he arrived in Phil
adtlph!a. Here he took lodgings at ;
) loading hotel, and soon formed an &c
quain'ance with tw" y"nFg men o
geatrel exterior, plausible manneis..n'
captivating address. Accompanied b,
them. he, during the day, visited sev
.rai Of the lie ding 'n>ii,u,inns, and a
| night acrrp Ell an in,i'ainn 10 play
game of whist, ihr only game Of card
: with which he was iamiiaI.
Several days and evenings, were oc
,upied in u similar manner. He the
determined TO continue his jonrne,
which he did. b, taking passage in on
It ,hr lines for pi',>bnrg. On appear
ng Il. thr depot 'he next morning, i
Was delighted TO find histwo rompan
rms. They also had business west
md :hpy regarded il as a PLEASURE +
have so agreeable companion. Ate
.xhansting The ordinary topics Of ID
day, THE game Of whist was agai
Ithough, Of and renewed. They frs
played fu;r The cards, then for liquor, an
) finally for small sums Of money. Th
n youth bpcame exciteds and ere the
; rrarhcd the iron city NJ bad lost eve1
dollar ,ha, belonged 10 him, With III
exception of sum just sufficien, = pa
his passage from Piisburg TO Louis
/, vile. But again the s:saaGers mad
4 their appearance on boar - bio riy
/ er sieanes and n the bel 6f recover
+ ing vha, he had iost. NE delude
young man played again, xien bis gol