, 1868-05-15
Gambl,nr,n New Yo,k.

The prevailing vice. among New Yorksrs is
gambling. Men gamble In stocks and gold,
and when the stock market is ciossdthey indulge
In lhs healthy PAStime Of "6ghdng the tiger" /"
Otherwise called faro. In many Of the down
togn business streets gambling thells" are 10,
cetsd, IL order 10 accommodate merchants with
= flittis game during the houra Of toll. Up
town, on Broadway, from Spring street even A.
tertortieth street, two or three gambling saloons
er on each block, and the side streets are In
NAed With them. lowering about these door
linen, shiny silk hats, and dyed mustaehes,
waiting ready Gsd snxious to pounes upon the
uhWary, and lead them todestruetion. To what
extent gambling Is carried on our police records
will show. Bank clerks, cashiers and treasurers
become defAulters, and the origin Of the crime Is
traced to one cause-gambling. The police
know this aud are coguiEAnt of the whereabouts
Of each SHE'LL" yet no effort is made toward
their suppression, It is true raid is occasions
ally made upon some poor unfortunate, but the
"big guns" like John MorriSey, John c. Heenan,
George Beers, Joe Hall aud others, 20 scot free.
What is "sauce for the goose is sAnee for the
gsnder," s an old saying, and the matter Of
gambling is no exception to the rule. The wives
and daughters Of our most wealthy citizens are
afflicted with the mania, and play as deeply and
heavily as their husbands and fathers. In
Twenty third street, near Madison avenue, is q
gambling house, patronised exclusively by fe-
males. With the kind permission Of your readers
We will visit.
1t is q modest, unpretendiug looking house,
the entrance SerupulonSly clean, and presenting
no different appearance, externally, than those
adjoining save the blinds are all tightly closed.
Ringing the bell we are admitted BY a gorgeous
y apparelled woman, who acts as ianitress.
On the side Of the hall iS q superb painting of
Leda and the Swan, on the opposite lie another
painting equally good, Of rising from the sea-
Ascending the stairs, we are uShered into the
parlors on the frat floor. They are elegantly,
even luxuriously furnished. The person who
fitted up these rooms must have had exquisite
taste. The paintings hanging on the walls are
rare and valuable, but the the most conspicuous
and the one that first strikes the eye and rivets
the attention, is the painting by AIRY Schaffer
Of the gambling scene from Bulwer's play Of
"Money," and for which it is stated August
Belmont has offered $40, 900, and been refused.
Seated around the room aud at the gaming
table are a number Of ladies all of whom are
dressed in the height of fashion. The players
are flushed with excitement, but the dealer, in
her Pompadour waist, half revealing, halt con,
cealng an ample bust, sits calm aud collected,
and rAkes in the "chips" with the utmost sang,
froid. Ever and anon, some player, when a
heavy bet is lost calls for wine, which is speedily
supplied by an attentive and demure looking
Hebe. Demute2 Yes, bnt 1t is the occurrences
of cat. Offend her, and she will quickly show
that she has claws.
That lady at the center Of the table sitting
between Anonyms and AspasiA, is the wife Of
one Of our most wealthy merchants. ! could
tell ysu her name, but tales must never be told
out Of school. Observe that young lady, with
bonnet no larger than a coz kle she'll and Bis
mark brown RIBBONS; the one who is now tax.
ing of her diamond ring to stake, and which
she will lose as sure as eggs are eggs, is a
daughter of an eX.Judge. Ah our wealthy
merchants wife is a loser see, she rises from
the table biting her lips till the blood comes to
conceal her emotion. Come let us away such
scenes do not make our opinion Of poor, weak
human nature the more exalted.
Ia it any wonder that we 80 frequently see
rewarcs offered for lost diamond rige, necklaces
and bnclets If we had the power Of Asmodeus,
we would see these "lost" articles in the safe
of some gentleman who has for bis sign the old
Lombsrdy emblem of three balls. The thirst
for gambling will be satisfied, and money must
be obtained. Yes, yes, Hamlet was right,
"Thers are more things in heaven and earth than
are dreamed in our philosophy. Cor. of Syria
euse Standard.