Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-11

cIcumhsancesi tney pi v lOA anu Beeec. nui sS''
"crack leu,' "odd or en," "heads and tails, vel;
ssdge" or any ard c. thing else they can play
Well from all accounts that must have been lonesome
time Noah and his family had floating the dreary
of shoreess waters and is not quite pFobatl
that Shem and Japheth resolved that they would bav
little excitement and played 'craek lieu" for the whole
of the cid mans estate and the who was only TO
Lave had the Elstefn Hemisphere also won the Wesser
and as be did not az hat time have force encushu IL
clear aud feree in this q woods, be dOub.
cuded to let itly out foi = and the brothers pre-
tending that there WIS pecsl necessity for the:r
separation at that time persuaded their good old father
to land Ararot and Re did Bet you cal on me s'e
for the proof that Blslbas and Matthias were rival cau
didates, g.. Well it seems that they had both been
with Saviour aud his Disciples al the time he went
in and out among them" They both knew Of the va
cancy, and il they both did not want it why were
their names both given forth in lotsY fnobody wanted
i: why did they put in only thcs, two names? 1t no'
usual for candidates to their own posullnty
or bs present. when their nomination occurs. Src
matters arc still managed in these days precisely as the!
were in those-not personally but by preIJ; and vhih
il Is compliment 10 their mo-esty that they we're not
present when their lots cst, is does not follow
sire success But when we lock ino the matter We fac
that there Just much evidence that they were pret
cnt as there Is that they absent. Where, tir,
your evidence that they were not present. You sa!
they did not gamble for it. cay they did They sub
mitted their names to the arbitTament OF chGnc
Their II oective chances for success was ssked on'
against the other-Barabss les', Matthias won. Bu
you say il was not gambling because it wanted the car
dina ingredient OF gambling to wit: the getting Of somt
thing for nothing Tina, Is not sound general posi-
ton ip the first place. and II it s it may not ir the ec
ond place be true 10 this Instance, for it may have beer
the ouIy means by which MItthias could have goHei
hat oi 20 at al and if it wac Re did gts something
Tor nothug. But you say gambling consists in tho oh.
tanning Of one mans money by another Without col.
sidera,ion. What is consideration? LaW-Tr.ers say
/. s that which gives Of one thing in exchange
for another thing 10 the commercial world there is
known what is technically termed chsrces, and when
specuor purchases of these charc the courts have
always held that tho chance legal aid valraoe
consideration; and whenever a stakes i've hundred
dollars upon the of card, which, II Il comes biz
way wins that for him. ard which is liable to vic
or lose he has siupy purcta'da chance to make fSt
hundred dol by riski"g not paying that sum for IL
Do you reply that the chance IL not worth the price
paid foril? will answer you with the old Lstn KIM
"7anslz, bona golsHt, gEanilm e,nd pssiant Thing
are worth just as much they will cell for.)
You altogether msspprehend ard misreprssent my au
sion to Cay Pfentiss Fox and Sheridan. did no; cay
that because such ganbed it could not be pu: down
or that they popularzd il. referred 10 their indul
gencs as not eGtss but an evidnes, of lie p,pula-
ity as well to illustrate the power Of it, fascination,
and ergo its capacity TO resist upon it. For sue
ly il it could slbdue such giant nteects those
had il will be vain piece Of presumption In Of lett
Intellectual strength to attempt and expect to subdue it,
Therefore you got 10 FoII shirt bosom, his mistress
and his general habits Of debaucdery at the wrong tim
and place aud, sir respectfully enquire OF you wbr
did you insert and comment only part Of my quo.
tltion from the lips of Brutus? Why did you not
plets it. and deny that when men Of rank gamble "chas
ssemeat doss therefore hide s head - This sad
ard yet incoaoyeFlaole truth and yet your aveuging
thunders sleep VIII VIII you leave echo to an
swer why Your slip up is literally astounding-
What do you by ss.ing that public opinion hs,
put down gambling .1l HcGey, among females Thai
may be true in good oil 2 9iourt. doub very much
whether the cultivated eEomen Of any portion o
Virginia. or any one of the Confederate States ever die
gamble, and trust they will bu. nothog is
notorious than that SaIasoga Springs, there Is s
dys Roulet room where gambling has ragged for yea e
/. was ke9t by a whose name was Grndls.-
Where have you been aud wha, have you read for sew
era wears ast past that you should have stumbled upon
such an oEregioul errcr9 Visit the fashionable sumne,
resorts OF Europe and you aai zee that the Ho
men gamble more to-day taa ~ did before the sat,,
Of Addison written; aye, while that same pas.
Qunads is staring them in the face from the eagleeyed
pages Of the Spectator. Rad the "Souyenes OF ou
accomplished and universally admired and beloved ccur
try woman Madam ie Vert, and you will lad that sb
plints a picture Of female gambling, at Btdel Baden
from which the good aud gentle ought to shrink with
horror Female gambling 10 the l7th century was con-
fued to the nobility and private parties whereas now
women in Europe visit public gaming houses and fgh,
the Tiger" like wild ca:f. Funny triumph, that Of Ad :.
sons.
Again. you entirely misconstrue my inter-ogatory,
when aid where was gambling ever pu. down ," and
the matter precisely you ought have treat:e
it III had asserted gambling coui not and ought not t
be put down. Whereas am abs ,!uely advocating tho
only policy by which he's been or ever can be 81
1ioished Pat doom, seriously apprehend it never CO
be- and may say, know it can as long as IL
not licensed. You contem ptuousy at my reftr.
enc France and Germany aud denouncs them as in.
adel nations deny that they inHde nations bul
f tb are is it not burning, blasting commentary up
on hollow and impoient laws OF your christian
count ry, that If gentleman sits down to an evs
Mugs amusement at the card table, he may be swim.
died 1t of thousands without having open to him au,
form Of redress he can honOrably invoke waers,s Il
| he loses only one penny among the nf5els, by fou
means, tSeir laws Immediately interpcs,, a.d prompth
restore it. Pray, sir, how much do you IN ke then b.
your infd 'ly sensaon' But fad shall be eompee,
to resume the dicusson tomorrow; when shall d.
what you have not yet thought proper to DO that com
doso in earnes. upon gambling aud gamblers, anc
p,ove as think clearly can, sir that instead of assa