The New York herald., 1866-09-07
SCENES At THE HoMDuaG TABLES.
The "DecOmpOsed Eight" and
the Players.
Celebrated Charlottesville and
Female.
Ia &c. &c.
our HoMsuRG CORRESPONDENCE.


charming of German watering places, where nature
and art have seemed TO vie with each other in the
ssmpt realize the idea Of earthly Paradise Lying
= tho Of the Taunus Mounts ains from whose sum.
mts invigorntng breezes blow down. with or and OAK
covered hills the SIDE and broad plain stretch
tnc far away tho other; with beautiful walks, and
gardcns and groves and charming bosqnet, in which
wicked little cupids may without great stretch OF the
Imagination, be supposed to dwell possessing Ave min
ssi springs Of world wide reputation and capable OF
curing aevatng of tho Ills that flesh Ia r
would suppose that sufficient attractions offered
IN all these induce searcbers for health pleasure
- cast their summer lives In Homburg
hut Of these tho principal Inducements held
snt to visitors. II is neither the mountains tho
~ocds. the pnre air the invigora;ing waters
acr the charming walks which bring Of tn sum
guests TO Hombnrg but tho fact stated In large
'tsrs In the advertisements that hero the "ropgeet
s~iy Is played NTH dem redi and the roulette with
single Lest however, your readers most Of whom
probably suppose that people to watering places 10
drink the and breathe tho pnrc air do not under
ssAnd this cabasic explanation, viii endeavor give
dssn little insight into the mysteries of Homburg.
Fronting ON a magnificent garden, bnilt in a SENT
Oriental style, and splendidly furnished and deco
rated, Ia the I" "Kursaa" OF Homburg. the temple dcd
flock every year by the thousand BRINGING
their gioengs Of silver and gold which they deposit
~ her shrine The visitor, in entering through
sng hall, side Of which is q and
The other a reading where all the Journals OF
Enrope arc taken and ont OF this into the splend
rooms devoted 10 roulette and rou7c-ennir The high
studded walls decorated with profession Of gliding
sad carved work. the ceilings painted IN ,rcsco velvet
Aad siiken lounges and chairs placed around tho
rAes and IN tho midst Of the At end is the
roulette and at tho other the rowgset nof table each
surrounded with eager anxious excited crowd watch
ing participating in the nuctuating chances of III
Svama
iEoulette" Is q very simple game, and particularly
Dstrsottve, "because," a celebrated old New York
~sport" used to say about faro " "because many
play AZ Il" Nv first initiation into its mysteries re-
collect, many years ago. the Hoboken Race
Course, whero individual with very flash
gorgeous watch chain spinning the little ball and in
vstsns custom with the not very attractive to
bis patsons that .'The they put down tho less
heyd pick up." He was right as to the fact, however
lthe whoel known .rwenty eight roulette"
tSth sdvnn ages' to the bank Of double and single
,ssro and s'eaglen which, II the game were played
Untrely con tho square, would give the bank per
ssntage Of three In thirty about per cent But
vhen taken into consideration shat beside these
nsg'tsmae advantages the game was played with
"a nap wheel" upon which the gentleman who presided
fDver could produce "biack' 'redn at pleasure "
si BE- readily understood tina, the probabilities OF
ing n that game about equiv alent being struck
~ lightning . clear. shining day They
Ass things botsr here, however and there ~ doubt
JAAt the game is played with perfect fairness
tho roulette played here consists OF III rty SIX
1su placed In three columns Of twelve each, and
nt tha TIM TWoc thoee
bsrs marked upon them, placed at either end Of
isng table, around which the players either stand sit
n the oentre between these is the wheel this wheel Is
Avided by little bars INTO thirty soven compart
nsnts, numbered from 70 ihirty-sx. and
ahs zero. Half the numbers red ana half black.
~ wheel Ia placed large Of basin in the
sse Of the table, pivot 80 that II turns easily. The
payers having deposited their stakes turn Is given 70
The wheel and little ivory ball sent tho time,
spinning round In the opposite direction As the ball
loses ia momentum desconds toward the numbers,
aad after rsttng along the edges OF the bars Will
separates them finally drops into ono Of them, and
shis Is the winning number, and upon depends the
SHINING or losing Of all the stakes upon the table
presume that the majority Of your readers idea
u rouette" Hrc a. stated Is played with single
Srro, which gives the bank advantage Of one IN
Dirty -aeyen iitle less than three per cent For
me SIX 'smpe chances' Of black, rcd .pair, = "m-
psr" 'manque" and ''passe," there - but half this
percentage the sskes upon 'hec whom zero ,urus NJ
keing put ''n prison and depending upon the next
ism tor their being taken ou or lost.
SHINES ar mr.
II IN curious scepe of these Raming sbes. Around
from FL ven ocork m tho morning ti eleven ~ shi,
ut or stand the players, exceedingly mixed
blage Of people There males and females old aud
70 ng leaders in the tgrand an leaders and satellites
In IN dcmi mondo,n people who play because thry
bsve pcnty OF money and Wish 70 amnsc themsciye.,
ard people who play because tbay have but little md
yieh NOR arc faf ID rtpu md
women. who make rambling profession, aud who iyc
sero for tho purpose of PLAYING These peopis usnhly
h ssystcms' for hunnt the bank and ~ patiently
~ the abe, frequently for hours without making bot
"a ung Tor The combination 10 come which T. embraced
with winning certain and small amount daly and
Of thcm u s md, succeed in doing ths years
although of course, finally the sper certage' OF the
.gnne, small a. Il is, must eat mp their capital
piE "nx lpNYosrp ug.I.
One Of the favorte iystns played 10th against
Iesio' and rosge notr y what known a. the de
composed eight" The principle of this system
VERY plausible and a, rst glance would bc apt 70 strike
very favorable II o that Of iho eeaulIbrinm Of
shsnccs, and practically assumes that no eight o.ps
dccsons, ether NJ the roulette ro,lys NOR will
sone precisely the same twice in succession Thus Tor
Instance, a roulette during ght turns ~ the wheel
rcd has twice. then black wcc then rel once and
Zen black three times IN succession, The plNySr hpou
tbis svstem assumes that tho following eight turns will
no. he ty the same In order profit by this he
BETS tho minlmum allowed 10 be played which Is ono
horn upon the blark 1f II win be hiss won his no-n
and prepares TO bgin again II he then bots two
aorins the black n that lo. he then plarse four
upon Inc red u That ose h. thcu puts eight the red
II that lo-e, sixteen 90 tho back, and on doubing
each mr he ioses and always in opposition to the cor
responding turn 10 The previous Of etsht n VIII
d. soen that ny this system unless tho two
O. precisely the same. he must nj some tina
before he reaches the last number of the second series
xin aortn A book has been written uppp tbis
syasn showing concnslscly hos = rnan with csrial
ef . few hundred aorns can make hundred aorins a
say.
sinsnlariy enough, however the inventors Il ,he.e
systems, like physc ans mover take hclT medicine
snd prout ny Tho ramarhabe discoveries which
Ia NH uh4f efNs ia
o. tis any o,bar system succeeding IN beating
. banking game II v vefy evident that " there we've
limit W the amount slowed " ho bet, man With a
tsrrc capital coud Inevitably and surely win By begin.
uing with very smal ani continually doubling tii
he won, IN which csse he would be the ganer to tue
amount of his orirnsl stake
Hut the bank Il TOO wise - psrut his II h.et re
min ~ bcss a. 'ropi>t on" and ~ rtHg = nor
n tao forms forty and eighty crntsl, aud ths
ma Nimnm The --..fAnle rLAn-ne- nl rnnnlla be