Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-13
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MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER IL, 1883
GAMBLING,

GAMBLING.
The Senate bill to suppress gambling passed
th.. Senate on Saturday, with but four dis
,su,inc yctes. The bill as it passed the SEN
o., will I've found in today's Enquirer" The
b;l is . good Que. aud in the place Of better,
which would have whipped the wrcsches, may
A much .coa The bill has yet to pass the
U,u.s ri Delegates, but we have no fears that
;,wj;! not pass, unless the gamblers'are able
70 exert influence enough to prevent the bill
,eu. reached before adjournment. We hope
some gentleman will call up the bill, and let
the public see whether there is any truth in
the shameful rumors that members have been
retained hy the gamblers to prevent its pas.
sage. We do rot, cannot credit any such ru'
mor--we are unwilling TO believe that any
representative of the people of Virginia will
fail To meet thi great evil or permit the ses-
sion to pass without action upon this Senate
bill.
|. may not be known that there is said to TO
4 Gambling house in Richmond divided into
the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Into the former only invited guests are ad-
mi,el-naen known to have the handling Of
large su:as Of money-such as quartermas-
.ars. cnmmissaries, the clerks Of large mer-
camille establishments, planters, &C., &C.
These Lords of the Brass Key admit themselves
bvs particular door, which moves only to the
e nHh ol
ton one Ct great pecuniary responsibility.
The House of Commons is for larger but
not 80 selcci body-memters of Congress and
Legislature, officers and privates of the army
and navy, men generally of reduced means.
The entertainments in these two chambers
differ a, much as the pecuniary responsibility
Of their guests demands. The House of Lords
spreads al the lu1uries and dainties that can
temp; the palate of the most fast!dious thief
that ever stole money from his employers
Here are 10 be found the wines of Burgundy
and France, the fruits of the Tropics, all the
expensive dishes Of Paris restaurant. For
the House of Lords the precarious trade of the
blockade incur. all its dangers, cure of finding
enumeration and profits. In the House of
Commons Confederate dishes and liquors are
spread. iut the most excellent Of these kinds
are there to he enjoyed-even amidst all the
apparent waste of money there is degree Of
.tonomy practisel worthy of better. employ
neH. The refuse dishes Of the Lords are
spread the next day for the Commons, and it
is no uncommon spectacle to see member OF
Cong:es. ar Legislature, or other gentleman,
regain. himself upon the cast of dish which
aquar.eEmaster or comniissary refused the
dar before.
In such times as the present the people of
Virginia haze no use for the Houses of Lords
and CoGmons-the Senate and House Of Del
ecste, are all the State wants. We believe
thar whipping i. the most eficacious punish
msnr and we would infict it on both sides of
the tahe-hut we are not welded to our opn-
ions, and readily support the Senate bill. We
hope the House of Delegates will pass the bill
immediately.
TllE SITUATION,IN EAST TENNESSEE.
The Rrst Advocate" of the Sth instant
says the cloud which for some time has OBJ;
scurea Upper East Tennessee from our vision
Is gradually passing away. Our troops had
a!Tanccl, at the latest accounts, to Midway,
Come sixty miles from this place. and some
eighteen miles firm the Rogersville Junction
Bulls Gap, where it was supposed the enemy
would make a stand, is this side Of the juno
aoa. Same of our troops, commanded by
COonei J f. Carter, hM pretty severe
skirmish With the enemy, near the Gap, on
Saturday last, and routed him completely
Two Yankee prisoners were sent back from
this engagement: it is also reported number
Were killed. Nine prisoners, chiefly officers,
E@re captured and sent back from Green
Vile, As our army passed on through that
place
We are informed that the Yankees induced
aaiarsr number of recruits to join them in
Upper East Tennessee. The number ia esti-
Maed at from three to four thousand. We
Understand that the Rev. Hon. N. G. Taylor,
with his two sons, has gone with the enemy,
ani 'ihat Grisham, of the Jonesboro' "Ex-
press also went as Captain of company of
tec'n!ts-numbering l04-for the Yankee
army. Hon. I. A. r. Nelson left with the
nile ''' '>'>' '
=. General Carter and others moved their fam
.Iles ard effects, az they fell back, before our
""F'' indicating some uncertainty, in their
gr,'nation n, as to the final fate of that section.
ine number Of horses and the amount of other
s"FE taken of by the enemy is said to be i'm
saeHse. This we can but deeply regret, yet
searc glad to see that the Yanks are trying
fsq<. viz "" VI '" i
ihe rctakinS Of Cumberland Gap by our
s;s $.res Is consummation very much to be de-
,he! at this time, and one to which our au-
aoFl'les cannot attend too soon. In order to
,;e save the pork and other supplies from the por-
Mahs Of Virginia and Tennessee contiguous to
w ,as zap, we should at once reclaim the posi-.
Gun Gun without waiting upon the movements Of
General Bragg,