Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-08
From the Pennsylvania Enquirer.
The Young victim; sad story Of gambling
$50 YOUNG, AND YET so LOST"

$50 YOUNG, AND YET so LOST"
We have already given one ortwo illustrations
of the sad effects Of gambling. Their publca-
ton has, we have reason to believe, not been
without saIulary effects. The vice is generally
speaking, practised in secret, and therefore it is,
that The ruin, despair, crime aud suicide, which il
so frequently causes, escapes public notice--the
surviving relatives and friends of the victims be-
ing anxious to draw the veil of oblivion over the
errors and inRrnities Of the tempted and The lost.
We have, however, hcardof anothcrcase, which
seems 10 US full of admonition. 1t bears, too,
more particularly upon The error which so ma
ny indulge, that no harm can arise from card
playing merely for amusement or with rltie
only al stake.
A few years since, Mr.. Green, the reformed
gambler, took passage on board steamboat at
Louisville, bound for New Orleans. short
time after the boat pushed oil, II was discovered
that thero were no less than twenty gamblers on
board, aud much dissatisfaction was expressed,
because so many had chosen the same boat. 1t
was soon agreed that ten or fifteen should re-
turn ashore al the first opportunity, and wait for
another boat. Shortly atler, this dClermation
was carried into effect, and it was while Mr..
Green was standing on the hurricane deck, not-
cling the landing Of portion OF his old friends,
that his attention was arrested by young man,
looking anxiousIy upon the departing gamblers.
He was pale and agilated, and tear drop glisten-
ed in his eye. His whole appearance was so re-
.1narkable, that even Green became excited and
interested. lie sought the youth, and asked him
whilher he was going! He replied that he "knew
not where" and if TO shun further notice, left
The deck, and descended into the cabin.
Green, still more curious, followed him, and
by the expressions of sympathy, finally induced
him 10 unbosom himself. He said that his first
rcpIy was correct-thal he really did not know
whither he was going. He was the son of repu-
table parents in Boston, and had left that city a
few weeks before for the purpose OF visiting Lou
isvills, (which place." he continued, 1--WE have
just passed." The reasons for this course were
sad ones. lie had a sister al Louisville who had
married and removed thilher, while he was yet a
child. The death Of that sisters husband had
induced her 10 write for her brother TO come on,
10 protect her in her wdowhood, and assist in
settling up the estate. His parents provided him
with all the necessaries for the Journey, and gave
him permission 10 tarry few days al New York
and Philadelphia, should he think proper, and al.
so caye him about two hundred dollars in money.
All went smoothly and pleasantly until he arri-
we'd in Philadelphia. Here he took lodgings at a
leading hoteI, and soon formed an acquaintance
with two young men Of genteel exterior, piausi-
bic manners, aud captivating address. Accom-
panied by Them, he, during The day, visited sew
eral Of The leading nsututipns andat nighl accep-
ted an invitation 10 play game Of whist, The
only game Of cards with which he was familiar.