Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-09-04
MISCELLANEOUS READING.
GAMBLING.

Good citizens, who attend to their own
business. 90 to church Sundays, and "sleep
O nights" have little suspicion what moral
diseases spread their poisons under the sur
face of society. The extent to which this vice
one of the most fascinating that appeals to
the depraved tancy-prevails in this count
rv, is Just cause OF alarm. The influence
of its indulgence upon the mind cannot be
calculated by one who has never yielded to
lbs stimulus. 1t is more tenacious than the
intoxicating cup, and a man or woman who
tastes it, rarely escapes. lttakes the place
of every sober and natural enjoyment, and can
only be classed at the head of the lists of be-
witching stimulants. from whose fiery bonds
there is no deliverance.
The infatuation of gamblingis not confn-
ed to any age or class We do not refer par
tcularly, in speaking of its mischieveous-
ness, to those who are black-legs by trade.
and who, having reduced the chances of cards
and dice as nearly as possible to a science.
add to it. for certainty. the grossest knavery.
These men are cool and calculating, and 60
in for success. They have all others at dis
advantage because cheatery strips the game
of half that stimulating uncertainty which
wears out the souls and bodies of the uninitia-
ted. But the young men, the clerks, the
merchants, the hard working mechanics, the
employees and travellers upon steamboats, and
railroads, who bear good regulations, and
have respectable connections, and often 9
godly pedigree, are those who should have
our solicitude, and for whose sake, all the
vigilance of friendship and love should be
exercised
Since the uprooting which took place un-
der Mayor Tiemann, and the enforced
change of occupation of several leading gam
blers. among whom was the famous Pat
Hearn, the business has been conducted with
unusual secrecy and tact With remarkable
skill-the greatest security has been sought
and obtained by carry on the illegal traffic
in unsuspecred and public locations. man
does not look for faro table besides
church, or next door to his own brown stone
front.
A single instance, known to us, is but an
example Of large class illustr ating the dis
astrous consequences Of gambling. A young
merchant, connected with q California
house, on the highway to wealth, and the
head of an interesting family, at last contrac-
ted habit of gaming. Irregularities in the
business attracted the attention Of the senior
partner in California, and brought him to this
city lie found the house absolutely y bank
rupt. The young partner, gentleman, too.
of honor, sensiblity, and education, had been
led so far, that within year or two he had
abstracted and lost from one to two hundred
thousand dollars of the capital of the tirm.-
Such facts need no cOmment.-N. !. World.
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