New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-05
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Another chief attraction N the gambling table in tire
public Copy, rsations Hall which il licensed and has
a eertifcat. of good character from the Government
There j. roulette Ia BILE and rougcetnOir table.
think ! spoke at them in letter . THE TRIBUNE
date.i from Baden in 1851. | told that VI. Bena
get. who earns the privilege Of the games, has Oh
tanned ncw lease from Government only by paying
considerably than he does for the present one
whose tprm is about TO expire And Vet for the pre-
sent ka.e he and his father before him have paid
$50, GEO forms, about 500. 400. annually to the
State besides 10000 forms 10 the town Of Baden
Add TO this the cost of keeping up the establishment
the wages of clerks, croupiers and attendants, and
finally the handsome profits that fall to VI. Benazet-
all TO be subtracted from the pockets of the players
before they can calculate even chance oi WIN.
ming. IL il just to say that the gambling is conducted
fairly gambling can be. The managers OF the Ia
bic offer no other temptation 10 bytandeTs than the
is the victim of other deception tnhn practsed on
him by his own passion, the idohc persuasion that
he has bit upon a new method TO regulate chance and
command the eaprices Of fortune
The elder Bentzet died eight years ago universally
"lamented.7 / do not quote the phrase from his
grave stone which is modest than that Of Eques
Crescens and state only the fact that he knight
of the Legion Of Honor and an honorary citizen of
Baden. Il Omits 10 state that he Colonel of the
National Guard OF Paris, where he leased the MGsOHs
de eu until the French Government grew ashamed Of
licensing gambling houses II Oms 10 state that he
had troops OF acquaintance who went under the name
Of friends; that he occasionally made charitable gifts
from his abGndance-mOre than once paying the pas
sage home OF gentlemen who had left all their money
on his tables in the Conversations Hall. II does
not even say what is indifierenty true, that he was
much respected, aud was utterly Respectable map
prohing by speculation on the weakness OF hste0ws,
and keeping hiHse void Of ciiense director
al fancy railroad mining company. Not only Is
Benaze respectable per- Sc, but he has an eInnently
respectable connection in business The Grand Duke
of Baden is his sleeping partner and the Grand
Dukes cOnsin-in law. the Scotch Duke OF Hamilton,
is one of the boldest guests at the green table.
Speaking of these high persOnages, reminds of
King DagObcrt, who left standing at the opening
Of this letter. This snOt think the with that
DagObert, whose peculiar style Of wearing an mex
preside part OF his rament is celebrated in song
but King DagObert |, suTnamed the Great. He was
great hunter. In the division OF the Empire of the
Franks between him and his brother Heubert, the
Rhineand and consequently the region known No
Baden fell 10 his share. He had hunting lodge here
whittier he often 10 indulge his passion for the
chase: and there for weeks together the barking OF
hounds and the notes of hunting horns and the catter
of horses hOOfs and the shouts OF their riders startled
the high game that inhabited the forest IN those days
On occasion of one OF these visits his Majesty was
suddenly attacked with horrible fit of the govt and
was obliged 10 take TO his bed. There he lay some
times wailing and moaning like sick child, sometimes
seeking sOace for his tOrments III prayers and plous
calculations, and again. when the disease gnpped the
hardest breaking out into such astonishing hts OF
iers and the Oldest cOurers of his Majesty had heard
q large variety of that sort OF rhetoric. Physicians
were sent for in all directions who came, and looked
grave and prescribed dsagrceaole medicines, and left
the monarch much as they found him. At last one
morning holy priest begged admitance TO the sick
rOOm He was a monk sent from the Abbey OF WIS.
senbourg TO perform the Offices OF Gods worship at
Baden, whose population was too small and poor at that
time to support priest of their own. When the
monk stood by the unluchy monarchs bedside, he
spoke as follows: :" You seek comfort and cure for
"your sharp pains from far-ctched art, while the
"mOs efIicacOus remedy for your disease is close at
hand If il be Gods will that you he freed from
your bodily ills, they may soon he ended. Mark the
"vapOr that rises from the hot springs by the church
"yonder The Creator has mingled wonderful virtues
" those waters such do not lie i'll herbs nor III
minerals. The heather Romans knew these virtues
"long ago and built here city with baths tor the
healing of those who were wounded and fell sick in
their frequent Our time has lost faith in them,
"but experience has taught that these streaming
springs were created for the good of suffering hu-
"manity. Let your serving men bear You thither;
"bathe your members in their benefcent waters,
land, with Gods help, YOU shall be quickly healed
Dagobert followed the holy mans counsel felt better
at the first bath, and at the end Of eight days
horseback following the hounds again. With royal
gratitude he appointed the monk his faher-confessOr
and with royal gencrOsty-equally ineXpensiye-he
paid his bill by presenting the hot springs To the Ab-
hey OF Wssenburg. And so they have grown in fame
ever since.
The use of the waters, internally we'll as by
baths is highly recommended for rheumatism, govt
and scroiulous afections-wth what reason, the sub
joined analysis willhclp to show. A pound Of water
contains: