The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-13

preterment We must withdraw them entrely y
from the high offices which they SO grossly
dshonoring. Soundly rebuking them for thei,
folly, we must remand them to private life, and
there leave them unnoticed, free to rave and rant
at their pleasure, but with no power to harm the
State
BUYERS AND SELLERS OF N. G.. BoNDs.-At
the suggestion of a friend, (says the Raleigh
Sentinel) we give the following hints to the pub
lie, who may be interested in N. G. Bonds
IN. G. Bonds" simply, without any remark, in
the language Of the Stock exchange Brokers,
means old N. G. Bonds, with coupons attached
from July lst. 1861.
"New bonds" means bonds issued since the
war, with coupons attached from lst July 1866,
inclusive, e. three coupons of $50 each.
'Bonds eA-coupons" means old bonds, with
couponGs attached from July l, 1866, inclusive,
i. e. three coupons.
If either coupon is lacking, it is counted worth
$50, not its market value.
We caution our readers against buying coupon
State bonds, which have been registered in the
State Treasury, unless those bonds have been
properly retransferred to bearer. Otherwise, they
are not negotiable by delivery.
We are informed that, during the war some
State bonds, the property of the late Gen. Branch,
of Urias Baucom, and others, were stolen, as al
legged, by Federal soldiers, and are now in cir
culaton. All bonds of this class are estopped
and are not negotiable on delivery, and as the
Public Treasurer has been duly notified not to
pay them, the purchasers of them will find them
selves deceived.
Those bonds on which writing has been erased
should be avoided, unless the Public Treasurer
is consulted and pronounces them all right
and loss
GAMBL1No.-The World says that 10 New
York reside about four hundred and fifty men
who earn their livelihood solely by decoyipe
fools to faro. On the average, the ropers in Of
the metropolis earn about $50 per week each,
or, to speak accurately, about $1,000 per annum.
Some weeks professional may clear many hun
dreds of dollars, again for weeks he may receive
no commissions whatever; but computing the
losses and gains of the seasons, his yearly profits
may be estimated at the figures just given.
Taking these as basis, it is calculated that about
of dollars per annum (about $4,000 per diem,)
passes into the pockets of the ropers-in, merely
as their commissions on the losses of their vic
tins, which must amount, on the average, to
about three times these figures, or over 50 ,OO0,-
600 per annum lost unfairly at play through the
of agents. One of the largest
operations in roping-in occurred about three
months since, the victim being Southern mer-
chant, sojournng at the St. Nicholas Hotel
His loss at faro, as played on Prince street,
amounted to over $4,000; his friend, billiard
sharp and roper-in, receiving s2S2l money
down as commission. In somewhat similar
case the roper-in was himself cheated by his
principal, who paid him but S300-the one tenth
of his commission. A circus actor heavy out
side operator, recently enticed $1,000 from the
pockets of countryman into the Golfers of a
faro bank up town. These are specimens of
nights work among the unwary.