Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-04-23
F,eht,ne The Tiger.

Dispatch I was in gambling house in Cincinnati, a
silent lookeron at game of faro In those days such
operations were carried on rather openly and almost I'M
der the eyes of the authorities with unbarred DOORS so
that any one could walk in either, in the capacity
of better mere spectator In the latter capacity
found myself midnight when the door of the den
opened. Just as the game began to flag, and not a
sound was heard bat the click of the checks and the
rattle of some dishes darkey was placing table, in
walked tall, rawboned, eountryooking chap, In gray
satinet coat and coon-skn cap. He walked right up
to the only vacant place at the table and drawing from
side-pocket an enormous calkin wallet which looked
as if it might contain at least thousand in lives and
tens addressed the dealer:
Look here Mister I'm going to fight this here tiger up
to the mines Understand me, alters fight to the dealt
that is until I break you, you break me "
Every good" said the dealer you are one of tn
kind we like to deal for And his eyes fairly danced at
the certainty of depicting the pethorcookng pocket
book
But understand me-" continued the rough customer
there is thing you must first agree to- and that IS
if you break me, you must give me money enough to
carry me home"
"I'l do it," said the "leg"
"You, all on you hear, gentlemen said Rough, that
have the word Of an honorable sporting man, that if
he wins all the money in this yere pocketbook ne gives
me money enough to carry me home"
"Yes yes! yes" responded the entire party.
Here the darkey announced supper and the keeper OF
the tiger" announced recess for half an hour The
crowd went in to the good things prepared and Rough
was not whit behind the rest He dived into the ven
ison the oyster pie and the chicken fxins," until he
could eat with any degree of safety to himself
forgetting to wash down the whole with liberal po-
tations of brandy.
Rereshment over, labor babe fair to commence in
right down earnest The dealer took off his coat rolled
up his sleeves and seated himself Rough squared him
self at the table, and again drew the ponderous wallet
All eyes turned upon him for spectators pat
of the establishment and bankers Themselves
looked for a tall game Rough drew from one of the
pockets of the wallet a greasy and rather suspicious
looking five dollar BILL and called for the worth of it in
chips After scrutinizing it a moment, the dealer toss
ed it into his drawer and passed over stack of ten
chips to Rough He next gave the cards sundry scen-
tc firts" placed them in the box and announced "Al
ready! Rough placed his ten chips on the ace, and
the deal went on Some eight ten cards drawn
out when came to view, on the top of the box,
and the dealer Immediately put ten more chips On the
top of Rough's pile. Rough let the twenty chips lay
upon the ace and it was not long before another
made its appearance but this time it fell by the side Of
the box, and the dealer raked down " the entire pile
He then waited few moments in expectation that
Rough would open the pocketbook again, but that in
dividua continued resting his chin the palm of his
hand, and gazing abstractly on the ace.
"Wel," said the d" leg, amt you going to bet any
more?"
"Nary red-rm broke-hat !" said Rough.
The leg laid back in his chair and in tone of the
most profound asonishment said "The deuce you are
ry you home, in case you got broke -
"YOu did that same, old hoss"
Where do you live?"
"At Brownsville, up the river
What will it cost to take you there ?"
CAT the present stage of water, think can get up
for about fourteen dollars"
Such shout as went up at this juncture was never
before heard within the walls of aroroom while with
great good humor the leg" counted out the fourteen
dollars
,, bo q
one meets patron like you. Go and help yourself to
another drink of brandy, and a cigar.
"Whenever you come to town again, give us call.
Call oten-you will find the latch-string out. wish
you safe journey Give my respects to your wife and
the children. Bye, bye!"
Rough didn't shrink iota from this rallery, but
took the proered drink and cigar. say" said he as
he held the door ajar wish you better luck with the
next greenlooking customer that along; but be-
fore you make such bargain with him, Jest ascertain
where he lives, and the size OF pile -and so saying
he disappeared amid the outlaws Of the crowd, in which
the dealer himself heartily joined.
| The New Orleans Bulleton of Monday contains an
elaborate buresque of the African stories in which
of the journals of that city has been indulgng. 1t pur
ports to be disclosure of the facts of recent mporta
ton of ourang outangs into Texas The story as fol-
lows A Frenchman having been shipwrecked on a
desert coast of Borneo found himself surrounded by
multitude of ourang outangs whilst he was refreshing
himself with little food which he had managed to
among which some SALT In his alarm at his being
thus surrounded he split some salt among the animals
whereupon he observed that they Immediately became
quite tame 1t Immediately occurred to him that these
animals mig be domesticated and made useful to man
he became persuaded after while that they could b
made available laborers in the tropical countries fol
the performance of the work usually done by African
slaves He accordingly determined to try the expert
ment of bringing a cargo Of them to the southern parts
of the United States and having induced capitalists t
embark in adventure with him. he fitted out vesse
and went to Borneo for load. The result that h
succeeded in getting fine cargo, which has just beer
landed and disposed of in Texas and " the accoun
adds, the experiments already made 60 to show tina
beyond doubt ourang outangs can plough dig ditch
es drive wagons pick cotton, and in word do amos
anything now done by slaves" The Bulletins artcl
thus concludes
awe forbear to comment upon the revolution whicl
this remarkable discovery and scheme are designed to
fect the industrial of the south. We dar
not trust pen the theme is too exciting, the pros
poets too sublime and wonderful for us to say NOR
about them at this time The developments of the schem
will be watched with intense interest and the DURAN
outang question will become before which all other
, will pale their Intellectual fires.
The BEAUTIES OF THE CoTToN TRADE LOTTERY
The fate OF cotton is very much at the mercy of til
winds and and the last season the lwnds ble
them abundant evil numbers have been victimized
the tune of fortunes each by the prevalence of unuck
eastern winds in the Atlantic We heard one of thel
growing yesterday shipment of twenty-one hui
dred bales, on which he would have cleared $4,000
the good ship D." had made an ordinary passag
of forty to sixty days; but she did not she ninet
five days from port to port and before she arrived til
decline had ensued, and he was lucky in even maxim
nothing $4,000 lost by an East wnd-who wouldn
feel savage? Two weeks ago he would not have take
$4,000 for his profits.
Then he told of another mana man of straw, fc
such there are on cotton change who managed to max
shipment of cotton to Liverpool to the amount
$4,000 on the presumed profits of the operation II