The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-16

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Ksarasy, Tharsday. Oct tn.
~. Eprros:-W. lett Fort Kearney on sum
lay after dinner, and drove about seven miles.
.Amuape On the Platte, without wood.
On Monday drove about Is miles. COPYRIGHT
md Peck Killed buffalo during the morning.
A. noon ~ saw four men direct from Cherry
Creek. They showed Us some Of the gold, ana
aid the prospects were first rate. They are
going back in the Spriag. -
We canned here Tuesday evening. During
The evening gun vas fired, which stampeded
the cattle, but We succeeded IN bringing them
all in by IL o'clock. Aboat 4 o'ciock tney
again. aud We have loss thirteen
head. -
A man named Smith is with Us, from FORT
Kearney. He Is packing through horse-back
to Cherry Creek, and Courtright will 90 through
with him to select winter-quarters.
It's IL o'clock, time tor my watch, ana
must close for tonight
Friday morning. We send some Of the ooys
back TO the Fort this morning for two Or three
woke Of cattle, and they are about ready TO start
COPYRIGHT and Smith have gone ahead, ana
We of the main parry, will again be en- route IN
about half an hour. Yours Truly,
SAN. 5. Curtis.
Later from the Gold Seekers-ssM isfor.
tunes never come stngIy"-FOOr S@Ma'
OMAHA CITY, Oct ZStn, 1000.
Nm. EDrroR:-I am informed by reliable re-
ports from Kearnsy, that on or about the 10Th,
INST. your correspondent, SAN. s. Curtis, Was
brought into tho Fort with a broken arm or
colIar-bone, reports differing,) having been
thrown from his horse in chasing buffalo.
The train, ii is further understood, was de-
tanned one days journeying. SAM had the frsc-
tured limb bound up and FASTENED to rejoin his
party. He will never say die.
Yours Truly, H.. G.
ON. OF the washington Gambiins
Houses.
fCerrespondence OF the Boston Post
Washington, %, 1853.
One Of the most celebrated and successful
sportsmen OF this or any other3 country, was
buried On Sunday week. The occasion Of his
death affords me an opportunity Of giving 70
your readers y sketch Of the man and de-
scripsion Of his gaming house. Let it serve a.
. warning. not ~ an example.
He had been . resident OF Washington somc
fifteen or twenty years, during which period NJ
amassed great wealth by gambling, or to use
the mild and honest language OF the avenue,
"hs realized an ample fortune out Of the sue
cess!ul operations OF bis housew His "houssG
being the most elegant, and his bank the most
weighty and substantial in the country, 1t has
been for years the fashionable and fascinating
resort OF wealthy planters, last Congressman,
aspiring diplomats and ambitious sportsmen
from every part of the world. Fer many years
past he has lived in the most luxurious style,
having, like . certain other rich man. been
clothed in purple and hne linen, and faring
sumpsueusly every day" Ia person he was
above the medium size, fat and sleek, pleasing
address, and . generous disposition; exhibiting
in his general deport acnt to strangers the char
actsristics Of . we'll led, good natured clergy
man, rather than those Of . heartless, unrs-
lsnting gambler.
His reputation for generosity WAS widely es-
tablished. Ii q college was to be endowed, q
church built or private charities to be dispensed.
he was sure to be among The most inun!hcent
Of the donators. His wife, now a widow, was
Of good parentage-a woman ct rare beauty
and Accomplishments, possessing social quail
ties which, combined with the dazzling allure
ments Of wealth, insured her troops OF admirers
and courtiers. Rolling along the avenue in her
magnificent equipage, which far exceeds in rich.
ness and style that of the President OF the
United. States, or that Of any other gentleman
in Washington, she looked very Qusen-bsing
quite undisturbed by the thought that her pre-
ssnce sent a dagger 10 = score Of hearts whose
patrmony-unlawfuily obtained-had contri-
buted to her enjoy ment in the same proportion
that its loss had added to tho woes and wretch"
edness Of the beEoldcr.
His establishment" was upon Pennsylvan
Avenue, between the National Hotel and the
Capitol Let US approach and look at it.
You enter by a door OF variegated stained
glass, which, by gas Light, reflects all the colors
of the rainbow. Ascending a flight OF stairs
you reach door, pull the bell, and instantly
small aperture opens and you Ara greeted With
pair Of red eyes aud double row OF ivory,
set in black, which nominaily belong TO Sambo,
but which, in fact, a,s the property OF the pro-
prietor. A glance Suffices. You have hlied
Sambo's eye and ar. deemed passable. The
door is at once opened, and yoa are ushered
into the ante-rooni, the vestioulc OF hell. This
room is not large, but elegantly apponted-'he
chief attraction being the sidebOard, which 10
of solid marble and white as Dianas breast
Here are arranged, in long and giistsning col
umns, decanters Of cut glass, sparkling ike
briliants, filed with the choicest nectar. and
blushng to the very necks with the glowing
vintage of the olden time. II you pass this
rub;con without tasting its sparkling but dan
gerous waters, it is not frsm any dearth OF hos
pitality on the part OF your persuasive host
The spacious sporting half is now visible
The floor is covered with carpeting from the
Orient, Of immense cost and marvellous beauty.
The walls are adorsd with superb paintings of
the old masters and the new, while pendant from
the windows are curtains Of embroidered lace,
covered with golden tapestry OF Oriental mag
nifcence; with mirrors OF mammoth size re-
dectpg your form and features from score of
cleaning embrasares. Along the hall, At con-
venent distances, are ranged circular tables Of
polished rosewood, around which are seated
numbers of thoughtful, anxious, darkly yisaeed
men, who heed you not-their eyes having
another and stronger attraction. One would
L. he n haaf ro for
drollery aud song, or bscchanalian revelings,
or pugilistic encounters. Far from it. On the
contrary, all is hushed, silent, sepulchraL
No real voice or sound,
Within these cherries walls ia found.
You are oppressed with the fearful stiffness
and awful silence which pervados the place. A
laugh a joke, or even curse, would be SEN
sible relief. But you hear nothing Of this. An
occasional long breath or half subdued sigh 10
all that tells the ear that these mad dsvotees
are possessed Of lungs and life.
An hours inspection satisfies your curiosity,
and you are about taking your departure, when
soft hand taps YOU on the shoulder, and = low
voics--.Plsase don't leave, sir, supper will be
ready in a few minutes" At precisely half past
ten o'clock the doors of the dinping hall are
thrown open, and 'supper's ready" proclaims
an immediate n.mstce between the combat
ants and invites to a more healthy and rational
duty. The long tables groan beneath their
burden of gold and silver plate, and the heaps OF
dscacies which surmount aud adern them
Here are venison from the brown forests of
Maine, turkeys from the broad savannahs Of the
West, canvas-backs from the placid Potomac,
trout from the Superior, and salmon from the
st. Johns; together with fruits, flowers and
wines for every taste and from every cline.
The repast over, you are permitted, with
patronizing invitation to "call again" to make
your retreat to the open air, there to thank
heaven that you are not a worshipper within
this magnificent yet cherries abode.
One nights work, few days previous to the
close Of the last session, made havoc among
the Golfers Of this den. 1t il said that dis
tinguished Senator won on that night SlS0, 900,
which broke the bank and caused . temporary
suspension. A new house, however, was soon
purchased by him, and was magnifcently deco
rated, when the liking Of Terrors," the great
anbeaten and unchalienged, stepped in and
closed the game forever.
A NEW TARITr.--It is noticeable among the
signs of the Times that Senator Hammond Of