New-York tribune., 1867-07-31

NICIA Roy" IN TROUBLE.
On Thursday and Friday last seven OF cIghU
policy dealers arrested through the
" the Society for the Suppression OF Gainpns 'A" ~
jefferson and Market Police Courts d! ec'scu'
hold 10 bail IN The sum of $500 each TO answer az inc 0euc
rl Sessions and DISCHARGED Fortified with The thoUght
uat heretofore IN the City and County OF NeN'A e
officers OF the law have been extremely emo"t '"",NV
their industrious gud these men hattef Ieiuse''eS ,
ue entering Of bail is the extent ol tue P"'i9i'"'
which they viii he subjected and indulge m huch O'nl
ration accordingly at the futile ohoreo So1"s 'oS
40 ,lestroy their timehonorcd trade WIN tAtih IiEh
nthers-the men that preside at i"4o '"u0S
heir decoys, tlCir runners theT ue"lcrs 'noil
nafRere and an the rest Ol 'heH "hm"'0u
lao,s who live al move and have them being y answer
pr promptly like the Italian iantOccm, or the ancient
r,ek neuoasts every touch Of the masters wire Ihe
,oor miserable haggord wrinkled men who hang night
Iy around the tables watching with hungry eyes every
ftn Of the card, ard the deposit oI every stake whose
veins thrill at the sound Of the crsp note erped In Inc
payors hand; who but few years ago, perhaps, were
weodo in the world til tie demon Of play took posses
their souls and led them to inevitable rum whose
days are nights and Tcmerse; whose seepless
nights are spent be brink Of the dark abyss over
which they the young and old the neh ana poor
slowly but surely faug-they laugh, too, that bitter,
hollow laUgh which siekens the heart TO hear
n is fine Joke for others, as Weu
men in high places to whom the peo-
lle have gwen honor and power; men who nave
than taken oath TO respect ana obey the laws
tie Commonwealth yet who at the bar ON the Deneh
and in the legislative halls, lend all the weight OF 'H
SnaueDce shield class Of malcfactoTs TO whom society
is indebted for a vast amount of sorrow and sin Ihere
Fe others who smile loudly at this attempted REFORM
These are the domacoguos in whose bands the govern
ent Of this city has for many years Ibey nave
not undCrosmated the power Of the gambling fraternity
nj the polls They know by experience that without their
MD Tie corrupt Of tie community can never attain
the positions they seek hence the tenderness with which
the sharper is treated when he ls brought TO the bar
hence the gOOdfellOwshp existing between those who
should be the eonseryatos Of our municipal peace and
morality and those whose EciaCUs business is tending
and every day 10 bring about our social desra
datiOn and rum.
These arc the classes who rdicule the apparently hope
Ress attempt 70 eradicate tie noNOus weed which has
taken such strong root III 0Gf soil.
There is another class however, and by no means an
insignificant one who look upon tins, the first popular
movement toward crushing out the gaming institutions,
rs worthy Of every encouragement, demanding the
EaInest cooperation of every lawabdng citizen These
Mre the mothers whose sons have gone down, step by
Rtep from the purity Of honest manly hOmetaugh boy
hood TO the unspeakabe degradation OF early old age;
wives who watch night after night til the stars grow
pale for the coming Of infatuated husbands sinking lower
and low er every day the slough OF ruin sisters VINO
mourn the downfall Of brothers dear TO their hearts;
fathers whose noble boys have become The associates
of the vest OF caIts creatures, outcass ron me com
panionshp Of an who honor deeency and truth-these
welcome the movement; and those too fathers mothers
sisters, brothers, whose loved ones ale ia Gar VI @ @p
coming victims of the fascinating vice when mas reu
We c6nyeTsed for an hour yesterday with intelligent
young who for five years has been regular re
cpono H. "' In ta tine he has LOST tCc0 He refuses
himself with the Association INST becase ne
does not wish 10 be known publicly secondhand tms IS
an objection which many because he thinks
1t uninaniy TO prosecute gasber who fas played fairy
money Would itIot odd if the professional gam
bier should prosecute his customer when me later e1I
spersonal matter that there Was no possible chance ior
the proiesonai ever had cause TO 6ewa the result Of
game with outsider; that the society was instituted
20 that Young men not Yet contaminated might not be
epeed within tic sphere Of ticir PerciouS influence
heart but cannot jonit. Mas worth little 20. .tuEe
nNe SSans al2 Nm t nov f SelT INV ~ sI% ~ Svecy M one
year in closing these places in order that ard
MY selflCspect, and feel once more entitled TO TIC
position il society which have lost through NY cursed
blindness tt not the loss Of money which troubles
Al is the fact that for so long have given myself mp TO
vice wSa & S the IN % sSe To1S m%ECs eI Inc c1 & eA
day into night and night into day, brings sadness aud
jcnds in nine cases Ct o ten drags TIC Infatuated man
down, down. down, lower and lower, until lie becomes
"SaBsf De yoS SMS stiI M piay yS5S = we assed.
once il While the temptation is toO strong to resist,
md risk dollar or two without aUy thought Of winning
AZ losing but with the GA desire 10 ny fortune can
b B0t play where did once when had money. One
. night lost SEQ, and asked the banker for te loan Of
dollar 20 take me home. lie almost sDa IN my face The
Ipassed ont lhearG than jeering alnsion 10
my cheek klgt was Ny lgst nigh! IN first class"
make max yo6i @ 6SSd l S ScS; 5 as e$tS, & u y
some altar Of Satan 9r an9thcy tgeIe e poor devil
asSss 1eSg. Fc s ea.E sGfs M ys Hy t5q 4S Sp
Ihe press fight these pests,wLsther square" Ieyer.G
'skDncrs" You can't expect tic courts TO punish them
shcy dare not do it unless the people imtratively de-
snand IT, Cali Tor vigilance commit tees such rs they had
nCalfcna when the gamblers Iued They ale the cor
We have never seen a man so terribly in earnest While
he l. 10
notice s until he began 10 speak Of California, wien he
paused for . moment and asked MS
Yes; but nOtIIng shall be printed which may COM
promise you IN any way"
printing, but don't my name. That would DO no
good but my experience know WORTH reading Make
good EngSh OF it make 10 strong that % will blister
The eyes OF every man that reads IT, Tel your people 20
hght this eN!i IN tnins W. ~ ,i9 ~ Ell % .n 20 @ tT
BE- fOnnd IN almost every street. and lct them Ntc truth
fully what they see Bows. Sir, boys of l3 wears are
gambling here every night. Where docs The money come
bout Nhere ere they going t0l Why, IN The name OF
of Toiee I'm fie ,ify Opcl every man of VLS1 from,
superintendent Kennedy down 10 the youngest patrol
man is well aware OF the existence Of ose places, and
yet You hear OF about three arrests month only, when
there should be 5Oj/'
in your visits 10 gambling have yOn heard
the bankers dealers on 1htr professionals SPEAK OF the
police, and IN what way =
" In the downtown shops they some what afraid OF
tbem; uptown they don't mind tllJn 4 tell yOu, sr,
the gambler who pays 5000 rent and keep wine and
authority in the metropolitan District il ought TO DO
ventilated. On Twenty iomthst and elsewhere IN the
northern part Of the city, Members OF Congress state
Legislators, Judges and other dnItties have thcir
lOugng places the sofas, and their seats at the faro
tables OF the splendid saiCons Ny ne on H. S more
Than one criminal dressed n purple and Ic linen Lds SAT
fece 10 face at eOu MO1iscys with the GuSe who sen
fenced him two months before Isn't THIS commentary
upon our social y ,emI Many Of these gambler are
good hearted men-there's no mistake about 10. They
Will give dollar 10 sufferer as soon ~ e parsons; but
see how easy the money comes They toll not neither do
they spin They win fcqucpty IN one night what You
ehd LNoMd DC glad 10 earn ~ year 1hey i've inAu-
aOasS h0ohC9 - WIN hiN o.! GHr Ciy athgIs ana Joke