Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-06
GAY MEN M NEW YoRK.

GAY MEN IN NEW YORK.
To the rural sight.seer, tho most at.
tractive persons on Broadway are the
gentlemen who fight the "tiger,' whose
resplendent attire and fascinating man
ners exercise a dazzling influence on
the unsophisticated imagination. The
stranger Immediately concludes that
they are milionaires, and for q little
while is in doubt which is A. T. Stew
art and which W. B. Astor ; but finally,
recollecting that both Of these gentle
men are above middle age, while the
persons before him are still in the flower
Of manhood, he mentally decides that
the one on the right is undoubtedly Mr..
J.. G. Bennett, Jr., and his companion
young Mr.. Vanderbilt
The application to these brilliant per-
sonages Of the saying, "They SOW not,
neither do they reap, yet Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed as one OF
these" is exceedingly appropriate, and
it is o proof of the barbaric tastes OF
country people that they are profoundly
convinced that thunder and lightning
waistcoats and chain cable watch guards
are the sure evidence of gentility. We
have heard of q servant whose master
was inquiring about the personal APP
pearance of a visitor whom he had
missed seeing, and asking If he looked
like q gentleman. ooh, l m sure OF
that" was the answer, Z" for he had on
| poold studs" The same opinion seems
to be entertained by u country friends
as to the outward signs Of social posi-
ton ; but unfortunately they are too
| often made aware Of the ease with
| which q gentleman can take advantage
| of misplaced confidence.
Tho gamblers, however, are quite
regular in their operations, and never
attempt anything which Is not profess
sionally legitimate. Most of them, be
it said to their credit, will not stoop to
crime, and many undoubtedly think that
their occupation is perfectly honorable
and proper. They deem themselves a
higher class, associate only with each
other, and never mix with those with
whom they despise. The police speak
we'll of gamblers as regards criminal
practices, and seem to hold them quite
in respect.
Gambling bells are to be found in all
parts of the city, but particularly on
Broadway; and in spite Of the efforts of
the Anti Gambling Society, the practice
will probably continue as long as human
nature remains unchanged. With every
nation and race Of men the passion for
games of chance 10 found to exist, and
il seems to be much more widely ex-
tended in modern society than it was in
antiquity. The faro and other establish
ments in New York are we'll %patronized,
and hundreds of persons regularly fire.
quenters of them. The larger gambling
operations whose centers are in Wall
street and Broad street, are likewise
constantly frcquented. The habit is
seldom abandoned when once acquired,
and almost every one that follows it
firmly believes that there is q certain
mode of playing which always brings
luck, and which he is on the eve of dis
covering.
The Broadway gambling places are
usually fitted up with great s~plendor.
An abundance Of liquors and the finest
suppers are furnished without charge,
and every e is taken to dazzle the
victims who are to be plucked. Some
of the proprietors, rs Mr.. John G.
Heenan and the Hon. John Morrissey,
are we'll known men, and the fnct of
their carrying on the business is no &C.
cret. Among the most dospised and
unprinciplcd classes in the city, how
ever, none is more despised than the
pimps whose business is to decoy stran-
gers and young men of means into
gambling places, and there assist in
winning their money. These are re-
spected by no one, not even by their
employers, and are as wretched a set Of
persons as one can we'll imagine.
It has been very common Of late years
to get up games Of cards on the cars or
steamboats,, and to inveigle travellers
into taking a hand, 'just to make up a
set )" but so many persons have been
swindled in this way, that many Of the
managers Of railroad and steamboat
lines have forbidden card-playing en-
tirely.
Fraudulent gambling Is carried on in
tue WOSL Opcu uuuuOt. nio OuiSts
and dice boxes, loaded dice, cards that
can be read from tho backs, and other
receptions, are manufactured and ad-
vertised openly with the most unblush-
ing ~effrontery. Not long since, on adj
vertisement Of this kind was put in eve
ry box in the postofice, with specimens
Of cards, and a minute description Of
all kinds Of tricks Of this character. It
seems strange that the police should
not prevent this kind Of thing, but it is
usually rather difficult to discover who
the offenders are.
Next to intemperance, there is no vice
more injurious than gambling, whether
ut the faro-table or at the stock-board.
1t destroys all stability Of character,
keeps a man in r~uinous state of excite
ment, and is altogether demoralizing in
its effects. What is needed to overcome
it is not legal prevention, but some
counteraeting influence, and this our
philanthropists and reformers should
seek to discovery. Y. Sun, June %.
A GAY TINE AT REESE RIvER.-In the
Reese River ReyeiM of Friday evening,