Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-08-31
Life i'm New York.

Life i'm New York.
The New York Tribune is publishing series
of articles entitled New York in Slices" in
which various hidden things in that large city is
brought to light and are exposed. The following
is an extract from one of the latest numbers:
If you wish to visit first rate gambling house
you had better make the acquaintance of some
gentlemanly blackleg-" sporting man. is the title
by which he prefers to be known in his profession
and put yourself under his protection" Ifthis
is not convenient however, it will make no partic-
ular difference. Walk down by yourself. any
time after ten o'clock at night, to one Of the finest
looking HOUSES in ark-place, and ring the bell.
A coored gentleman will open the door, and, if
you proceed as if you knew what you are about,
he will take it fo- granted that all right, and will
Immediately .disappear-leaving you to make yout
own way. You open the door of the parlor in the
right hand, and saun,er carelessly in-probably
meeting one of the proprietors who asks you in
tone perfect and unobstrusive hospitality you
win take supper. You generally declne-but on
this particular occasion you may sit down at
luxuriously furnished table and may mention to
tie waiter. who is Instantly at your side. what you
would like. You need not hesitate to. consult
your finest tastes. Game, according to the sea-
son, of every variety and exquisitely cooked-the
farest French eniremets- anything in short you
have fancy for will be instantly forthcoming
A bottle of iced champagne genuine Held
sick-is at your elbow; and il you hare. fancy
for glass Of fare Burgundy Of old Side MADEIRA,
you have only to make it known, and you viii be
supplied directly, -. -. ..
Having supped leisurely-for which rembember
you are to pay nothing. (uness you choose to "tTY
your luck" fighting the tiger)-you saunter le;ss
ufely into the other parlor, where group of Is OF
20--seldom more except during the races and 9th.
er times OF unusual exctement-s gathered about
long low black table, in the centre of which is
a cloth containing. separately fastened down by the
backs. all the cards of the I" full deck" At one
end of the table is seated little crooked man, with
fingers like eagles claws, who has little tin box
before him. from which mysteriously slips one
card at time, which he lays on one or two piles,
which grow imPartialiy by alternate distribution
beneath his hand. Every card that is dealt. oc-
casions commoton and great change of places
among sundry heaps Of large ivory buttons---some
white. some rec, d,-lying promiscuously about on
the stationary cards on the table. You see nc
money except now and then when one Of the play
ers is broke" he passes V or an K up to the
dealer. and receives its equivalent in buttons.-
The white ones count one dollar apiece, and the
rod opoc ilv boxu ocy
is for man with bad run luck to lose several
hundred dollars in the course Of an evening.
And thus the game goes IN. from night till morn j
ing-ihe pallid. eager, dull, beaming, reckless and
despairing faces gathered around the table pre-
sentinga panorama of human passions whchitis
interesting yet painful to contemplate. This is
the very inner shrine of the temple of marnmon
and the devotees you see here are actuated solely
b. the SIM. uudsguised, almost dem0nIac, lore
Of money No scene or phase of unadalterated
human selfshness is below or above this. The
robber who stabs his victim to get at his pocket
the incendiary who fires city in the hope spoils
lis not more the slave of gold than that gray
headed sinner, or that brighteyed nervous youth,
who stands leaning over the faro table, watching
every card as if the destiny of his immortal soul
hung--and so perhaps it does upon the issue.
We have here pictured only the tip-top estah-
shment, where gambling is carried on upon the
most gentlemanly and aristooTatic principles. A
brief glance at other and far different institutions
for robbing fools of their money we must reserve
for another number
POWERFUL MAeHET.-A leciurer was dila-
ling upon the powers Of The magnet. defying
any one 10 show or nsme anything suspassing
lis powers, when man mounted the stand and