Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-11-18
AN EMINENT SPORTSMAN" DEAD.
The Great Gambling House in Washing
ton-A Senator Breaking the Bank.


WAsHIseroS, Oct. %.
One of the most celebrated and successful
| sportsmen Of this or any other country was
buried in this city on Sunday week. The
occasion of his death affords me an oppor-
tunily of giving your readers a sketch Of
the man and description of his gaming
house. Let it serve as a warning, not as
an example.
He had been q resident of Washington
some fifteen or twenty years, during which
period he amassed great wealth by gamb-
ling; or. 10 use the mild and honest language
of The avenue, "he realized an ample for
tune out of the successful operations OF his
house." His 'house' being the most ele-
giant, and his bank the most weighty and
substantial in the country, it has been for
years the fashionable and fascinating resort
oil wealthy planters, fast congressman, as
piring diplomats, and ambitious sportsmen
from every part of the world. For many
years past he has lived in the most luxuri-
ant style, having, like a certain other rich
man, '.been clothed in purple and fine linen
and iaring sumptuously every day" In
person he was above the medium size, fat
and sleek, OF pleasing address, and gener-
Gus disposition; exhibiting in his general
department 10 strangers the characteristics
of welI-led, good natured clergyman, rah-
er than those of hearlless, unrelenting
gambler.
His reputation FOR generosity was widely
established. If college Was to be en-
dowed, church built, or private charities
10 be dispensed, his was sure 10 be among
the most munilicent of the donations. His
wife, now a widow, was Of good parentsse;
woman of rare beauty and accomplish
ments, possessing social qualities which,
combined with the dazzling allurements of
wealth, insured her troops of admirers and
courliers. Rolling along the avenue in her
magnificent equipage, which far exceeded
in richness and style that of the President
Of the United States, or that Of any other
gentleman of Washington, she looked a
very queen-being quite undisturbed by
any thought that her presence sent dagger
to scores of hearts, whose patrimony, un-
lawfully obtained, had contributed TO her
enjoyment, in the same proportion that its
loss had added 10 the woes and wrethedness
of the beholder.
His establishment" was upon Pennsyl-
vania avenue, between the National Hotel
and the Capitol. Let us approach and look
at it.
You enter by door of variegated stained
glass, which, by gas light, reflects all the
colors oi The rainbow. Ascending a flight
OF stairs you reach door, pull the bell, and
instantly sr all aperture opens, and you
are greeted with pair Of red eyes and
double row OF ivory, sci in black, which
nominally belong to Sambo, but which, IN
TACT, are the property OF the proprietor. A
glance sufices. You have filled Sambo's
eyes and are deemed passable. The door
is at once opened and yol are ushered into
an anle-room-the vestible of hell! This
room is not large. but elegantly appointed
the chief attraction being the side-board,
which is Of solid marble and white as d.
ana's breast. Here are arranged in long
and glistening columns decanters Of cut
glass, sparkling like brilliants, filled with
the choicest nectar, and blushing to the very
necks with the glowing vintage of the old
en- time. If you pass this Rubicon without
tasting its sparkling but dangerous waters,
it not from any dearth of hospitality on the
part of your persuasive host. The spa
cious "Sporting Hall'' is now visible
The floor is covered with carpeting from
the Orient, Of immense cost and marvel
lous beauty. The walls are adorned with
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