The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-07-21

brought here. He goes bareio6ted most
OF inc tlme, and takes things cody and
puletly. His manners are not very
conclliatory, nor calculated TO attach
friends to him. l am told that lie has
not lately expressed any fenrs as TO the
PRESIDENT pressing Il pardon upon him.
THE SARATOGA GAMBLING HELIs.-
The Saratoga correspondent of the New
York World, writes as follows about
the gambling facilities and prospects at
"The Springs" this season: t..
The present promises To Bc the flush
est gambling. season ever known.
Greenbacks are plenty, the facilities for.
gaming are ample and enticing, busi-
ness Is dull, the war is over, time hangs
heaVily-in short all things are pro-
Pitious for the sporting element, and
the taste for hazard is spreading under
the adrOit influences set aSu emotion.
9C.eInnin,T SSsh q moral eIInejfS re now
been expected to follow S,Eirg nm
of a grent, cIlaInitous warsyI believe
lhat there are now about fifteen or
twenty of the fiery furnaces in full
blast here, and at the lake, whittier all
visitors Mt the hotels take frequent
rides about sundown or twilight. In
order to transact business without risk
Of coming to n sudden deadlock, these
banking institutions have to hold a
large cash capital, varying, of course,
in amount, according to the class of
gnmesterS who patrOniZe them. 1t is
probable that upward of So, 200, 900 is this
season invested in this usually highly
lucrative trade; and as fifty per cent,
profit is but IL moderate estimate Of the
average actual earnings of these estab-
ishments, 1t follows that, if the season
nnntinnnG hRiClS
thousands will be deposited to
the tigers account within the
period dating from July l to Sep
tember 10. The luxurious style on
which the club-houses nre conducted
renders them places of curiosity for
nearly all persons. The hotel tables
are simple as Nlmshouse boards in COM
parison with the epicurean displays
made at Hills, MOrrissey's, and else
where. The choicest Heidsick, Mumm,
or MorceauN flows in streams as the
tempting game, fresh from the Adiron-
dack region, is served up hot on silver
plate that II duke might coVet. While
poor liquors and abominable cigars are
sold ut old Richmond prices in the hO-
tells, the most fragrant Havanas, Figa-
ros, ana EsPanolas, and the coStliest
brandies, are urged upon the guests at
the ugrine mansions. The parlOrs and
rending rooms are carpeted q la Fifth
avenue. and rich fresc6ing gives life to
the walls. The furniture is tempting
to the weary or the lazy droppe-in. The
easy, quiet manner of the host, the as
siduity and promptness of his corps of
trained winters, and the genial atmos-
Phere of high respectability and refine
ment, prove all powerful charms to
youth, 10 matured men seeking relaXa-
tion from the turmoils of business, and
especially to those who have borne the
hardships of camp life, and are once
more free to follow caprice or inclinn-
ton. Let the reader fancy another pic
ture, if he c:n-wherein heart broken
wife, II ruined family, are seen, cast
from position, from comfort, from
friends, by the hooking demon of the
cards. Let him reason out the dismal
sequel to the glittering chHpter of fast
life mt the springs, and draw such
moral from this rapid sketch rs best he
can.
COMMENT UNNEcEssARY.-T The At
lanta tGa.) Intelhgemcer vouches for the
following: