The Trinity journal., 1856-02-09

nection with this building, we take from the
San Francisco Sunday 7imcs of Jan. Goth
1t cannot be matter of surprise when
we daily behold so many merchants apply
ing for relief through the Insolyent Court
owing thousands and having no assets or
bankers repudiatng their depoSitors funds,
and not showing balance sheet sufficient
to pay few cents OF the dollar, when it is
known that they were and are habitucs of
the above pa}dce of deSt1Ucttcn oad ruin. -
Nightly are to be seen the class of men men
toned, with Others whom they have lured
and enSnarcd by their wileS into this den of
destruction, playing for thousands of dollars .
and leaving at early dawn hceccd. by the
most vile and infamous means. There is
also another class of men who are admitted
thereto, (brokcn down politicians, lcho rope
for The g0me,) who, having no ostcnsiblc
means of living, loaf around the fashionable
drinking saloons and hotels, ever on the
alert to allure the man who they know pos
SeSSeS money, to go to this abode of open
robbery. ThiS class of men beyond all
doubt are in the pay Of the Keeper of the
establishment we refer to, else they could
not drive thci: fast horSeS-drcSs elegantly,
sport their expensive watches, and parade
their diamonds.
"a l,n r IL,
, ycnccs that has occurred among the mcr-
, chants, and failure Of some of our bankers.
e to their passion for gambling, and loss of
n money in the establishment whose name
d heads this article. \ princely mansion on
/ Commercial street, fitted up in gorgeous lux
d ury so that the eye can be thereby tempt
a cd-tables loaded with the most exquisite
n Injuries and expensive wines sufficient to
+ crafty the wishes of the most sensual syb-
j orltc, and every temptation that can lure the
J weak and yaSclIating yotary Of pleasure to
t venture the money Of the State county and
o city, or the hard earnings Of dcpositorS, and
c means Of conlding creditors, at the death
: dealing tables Of this princcy hell The
supper alone costs nightly over two hundred
dollars, and it requires no wiScacrc to tell
= from what means. or by whose money it is
y paid for.
Go there nightly and observe the fire.
qucntcrs of this abode see how their every
want is pandcrcd to-obscryc the rctinuc Of
obScquous lackcyS, well trained to their du-
ties and hanging like jackaIs around the
prey that is to be deyourcd by their master
notice the cool dcmcanor Of the proprietor,
and his well paid card dealer watch with
what dcXtcrity he plays how they gloat
over the thousands that are staked at his
, tables only to find resting place in his
strong Golfers, and swell his already iltgot-
ten gains
1t is not sufficient that an establishment
of the vile and Infamous character it is
should be open to the merchant banker
State, county and city official, judge, law
yer and client but lorsooth no other person
is permitted to place his foot within the por-
tai Of this Temple If Ucstrp1loa anil Ruin !
None are admitted or allowed to pry into
the secrets Of this pandcmoniun, unless the
Cercbus who guards the wicket, is assured
he is a pigeon come with golden fleece to
be plucked or one Of his masters conredcr4
atcs.
The Argus eyes Of the proprietor and his
pampcrcd satellites, are too alert to be ta-
ken by surprsc-thc know their game, and
play it well. SO thoroughly is his organiza-
ton, 50 completely are his schemes arranged
that none Of his own calling are permitted
to enter his sanctum-thcy know too much
are acquainted with the moduS operaadt H..
with the means by which the vile and mla-
nous robbcres are pcrpctratcd-by which
the golden eagles are made to pass from the
possession Of the players into his, and arc
therefore intcrdctcd and excluded We
ask is there no remedy for the evil +? Is
there no means by which the baleful inauen-
ccs which emanatc from this building can be
suppressed? Is the majcstyand power of
the law 50 weak that this man, the proprie-
tor of hclP cannot be reached ? Are the
men who have been ilecced so devoid of prop
cr feeling as to be accessories to the moral
destruction Of their fellow beings or, are
not some of them i'm his nav and his ronfod
crates! Is the Police not aware that gam
bling to an enormous extent is carried on by
day as well as by night, and that open rob
berry is hourly perpetrated or is it rcqui-
site that they must be in possession of the
password, the Shibboeth that is to enable
them to gain admittance and DO their dnty 2