The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-20
THE SUMMER RETREATS.
aDur E.uPsrs Corr sgson"cnce.
krwPoaT X T. July TO- 1854

aDur E.Sypsrs Corr sgon"cnce.
NEWPORT r. T., July ID, 1854.
Gysof Find as.osg he Flslioaatss-Tae Nao
Sluh-G Gambling nd as Regulations, &C. Sc.
The bulk Of the msscane society in this delight
fuI watering place, embracing nen from I'll parts
AZ the United States, became sndaeaIy d vided in
two hosti campo, and viii very likely emain 50
Sor the whole season TIE excitement oyerboiIs, and
Who knows 4 It win not resul in some violent 0 az
hsssks or fashionable, thus called, aAir- Of honor"
Hot politics, lot fashion not beauty not no S3hny-
hrs the Eastern question are at the bottom bat
simply card playing. f trr
That you may understand the notnentpus affair, |
VIII begin ab ORC. For many years there exis ed
hare daring the seasln kind Of club bearing the
name OF the /" Travellers" Of which Dearly every
ven-drssssd and we'll moneyed MAJ could have be-
come member, paying for the season tue sun OF
Ian doiiars. The location was ia QUE OF the cluo
houses surrounding ths Ocean House, one single,
rather small room, plainly furnished with feH
newspaper, withou, corner to read them in qa,-
ely, ku, filed with card tables, ~ tne prin pal
sbjtc here was Shist playing Years ago the table
bes was limited 70 i've dollars game. But as
sumo Of the summer visiters crayed for an ex-
Saement refused 10 them ct the tables o.
regular clubs in other ois,es, others, whose
stuey and literature In Life ID c0afued TO diiy
peTusmg the hftytwo leaves of pack Of cards,
eOnh0Lg la this manner IN their sklt feckVneu on
then gans Tor paying the cxpenses u the Watering
season, tie stiAea E01n Increased, and often, very
sfsen, sage Individuals lost in single sitting
h2n'reds O, dollars. Aside from whist eaa,se was
heartily moulgsa. aid !gsses .were sastaiasa Qatpst
ding the su1i witch many Intended 70 devote t.
amusement Aud pers nal entertainment during ~
season. "a one word, the Newport Travellers Cidb
~. Seed thus into Respectable gambling resort.
- md fha.p .Naatn
be men who made this charming isLadd their per
nanent home erecting here more or les spleudid
Sssidences, combined together, purchased q com
f1stabte house, received charter from the Ri Nle
Island Legislature, and, with q capital oi $4,000,
divided IN shsrs, eeta6li,heia regular ciuh-such
q one ~ the place needed--wish al the comforts
exciting and required in like establishments. The
Saunders informed thereof the greatest number Of
Ne regular summer guests OF Newport, most Of
theD Subscribers to the ancient Travellers sClub,
inviting them to become shareholders. Nearly all
ehus invited heartily aoqniesced. 80 far, 40 WELL
Tue present season began, shareholders aud guests
arrived, gathering in the new club, and there was
- Idea TO resusc,tate the old gambling Travellers
fssd tey5f CONQUERED by every ancient member
= dissolved, and buried under the old used packs
e cards. stti
The original founders or governors of the new
chartered cub to avoid the disgraoefu occurrences
unavoidable by gambling, established rule by
which NO more than five dollars could be staked ut
Whit By any single individual, and no more tnan
AN Of y at kca,tt, al other hazard games being
psohinitd. 1t would seem that this rule OBJ servei
every wtere eise, ought TO have been gladly &C.
copied BY the members; quite, however, the reverse;
Grcst II NOR discomfort, and fnally secession,
headed by those ~ho sure by their skill to strip
he others Of their money, aud BY a few Did, very
rossectabe fogies some Of whom, making money
wiih seilty ID Wall street. enjoy In the sensation
70 pour the sinners in the pockets of their auiable
asd wbeedhng whist ecarte antagonists For
ibis purpose sbe Travellers Club OF the club house
became evoked again, and 1t - said that gambling
gces there ~ their hearts aud pockets contslk.
The ancient In the opinion Of many, dissolved
clCb, has had three hundred dollars Of residue
lands. At general meeting Of ali it's former and
present members in Newport aud belonging to the
nev erected one, 1t WAS drcioed that the mass Of
ancitlt subscribers should within n fortnight make
known their intention if the above three hundred
anslsrs should be given 10 the poor or 10 some
here soIent establishment Of Newport. This was
seEiTn.d by . majority, either personally or by
proxy; but IN the course Of the same fifteen days,
me gambling seceders organized at their new
resort which they represent ss beng the ccntnia-
ton Of the defunct Travellers Ciuo, claiming
vo>iitfously the residue money, Of which, in thls
manner, the poor OF Newport shall become deprived.
the other party, believing TO represent the will
of the majority, resists. The feud begins TO be re-
echoed III Me streets pronsenades, hotels, a.
private pa, ors and saloons, and thus reached evcl
The ears OF the solitary OBSERVER.