Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-08

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owned 1t, and in year gambled 1t all
away. Having lost the last acre of the
estate, he came down from the saloon and
got into his carriage; went back; put up
his horses and carriage, and wn-house,
and played. He threw and lost. He
started home, and on a side alley met a
! friend, from whom he borrowed ten
guIneas, went back to the saloon, and be-
! tore great while had won twenty thou
sand pounds. He died at last beggar
in ST. Giles. How many gamblers felt
! sorry for Mr.. Porter? Nho consoled him
! on the loss OF his estatep What gam bier
subscribed to put stone over the poor
mans gave? Not onel
Furthermore, this sin is the source of
uncounted dishonesty. The game of
hazard itself is often cheat. How many
tricks and deceptlons in the dealing of
the cards The opponents hand is Oft
times found out by fraud. Cards are
marked so that they may be designated
from the back. Expert gamesters have
their accOmplIces, and one wink may de-
eide the game. The dice have been found
| loaded with platina so that doubets come
up every time. These dice are intro
| duced by the gamblers un0bserved by the
honest men who have come into the play,
and this accounts for the fact that ninety
nine out OF hundred who gamble, how
| are found to be poor, miserable, haggard
wretches, that would not now be allowed
to sit on the doorstep OF the house that
| they once owned. In II gaming house In
| San Francisco young man having just
| come from the mines deposited a large
| sum upon the ace and won twenty-five
thousand dollars. But the tide turns.
Intense anxiety comes upon the counte-
nances OF all. Slowly the cards went forth.
! a.A No. ,..,1 L. a
until the ace is revealed favorable to the
| bank. There are slouts of "Foul! FOUL"
but the keepers of the table produce their
pistols. and the uproar is silenced, ana the
bank has won ninety-fve thousand dol
! lars. Do you call this game OF chance
There Is no chance about 1t.
But these dlshonestles in the carving
| on OF The game are nothing when com.
| pared with the frauds that are committed
! IN order TO get money to go on with the
! nefariOus work. Gambling, with its needy
hand, has snatched away the Widows
mite, and the position of the orphans; has
sold the daughters virtue to get the
means to continue the game; has written
| the counterfeit signature; emptied the
| bankers money vault, and welded the
assassin's dagger. There is no depth Of
meaDness to which it will not stoop.
! There is no cruelty at which it is ap.
| palled. There is 40 warning OF God that
| it will not dare. Merciless, unappeasa-
BILE. tiercer and wilder it blinds, it har-
dens, it rends, 1t blasts, it cIushes, 1t
damns. IL has peopled our prisons and
| lunatic asylums.
How many railroad agents, and
| cashiers, and trustees Of funds IL has
! driven to disgrace, incarceration and sui
! eide? Witness years ago cashier OF the
| Central Railroad and Banking Company
of Georgia who stole one hundred and
three thousand dollars to carry on bis
| gaming practices. Witness the forty
| Thousand dollars stolen from a BROOKLYN
bank within the memory of many of you,
and the one hundred and eighty thousand
dollars taken from a Wall street Insur-
! ance company for the same purpose.
These are only illustrations on a large
scale OF the robberIes ommItted for the
| purpose OF carrying out the designs OF
gamblers. Hundreds of thousands OF dol
| lars every year leak out without Observa-
tion from the merchants till into the
gambling hell.
A man in London keeping one OF these
gambling hOu-es bOasted that he had
ruined a nObleman a day; but il all the
saloons of this land were TO speak out,
| they might utter more Infamous boast,
for they have destroyed a Thousand noble
men year.
Notice also the effect of this crime upon
domestic happiness. 1t has sent it's ruth
less piOug ghshare through hundreds OF
| families. until the wife sat in rags, and
the dau Sbters were disgraced, and the
sons grew up TO the same infamous prac-
tices, or took short cut to destru ction
! across the murderer's scatf0ld.
Home has lost all charms for the gBmb-
| Ter. How tame are the children's
caresses and a wiie's devotion TO the
| gamblerl How drearIly the fire burns on
| the domestic hearth There must be
! louder laughter, and something 10 win.
and something TO lose; an excitement
/ TO drive the heart faster, flip the blood
| and fire the Imagination. No home, how
ever bright, can keep back the gamester.
| Tue sweet call of love bounds back from
| his iron soul, and all endearments are
consumed in the fire of his passion. The
family Bible will 60 after all other TIRE as
ures are lost, and il his crown in heaven
were put into mis- hand he would cry
Here goes; one more game, my boys.
| On this one throw / stake my crown OF
! heaven"
A young man in London, on coming OF
| age, received fortune of one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars, and
through gambling, In three years, was
thrown on his mother for support.
An Only son went 10 New orleans. lie
! was rich, INTEL lectual, and elegant IN
( manners. His parents gave him, on his
! departure from home, their LAST blessing.
| Inc sharpers gol hold OF him. They fiat
tered MIN. They lured HIM to The gam.
! iDg table and let him win almost every
time Tor good while. and patted him on
! the back and said, "First-rate player.'
! But fully in their grasp they fieeced him,
and his thirty thousand dollars were lost.
! Last Of all, be put up his watch and lost
! that. Tnen ne be an 10 think OF his home,
and Of his old father and mother. and
wrote thus:
! "My beloved parents: You will doubt
less feel momentary JOY at the recep-
! ton Of this letter from the child Oi your
| bosom, on whom you have lavished all
| the fayors OF your declining years. but
/ should a feeling OF JOY Tor moment
spring up In your hearts, when you should
! have received this from me, cherish IL not.
/ have lallen deep, never TO rise. Those
! gray hairs that should have hon0red and
! projected 1 shall bring down In sorrow
/ TO tho grave. ! will not curse my de-
| stroyer, bat, Oh, may God avenge the
wrongs and impOsitiOns practiced upon
| the unwary In way that shall best
\ please Him. This, my dear pa
/ rents, Is the last letter you
! will ever receive from me. / numbly
| pray your forgiveness. 1t ~ my dying
I prayer. Long before you will have re.
ceived this from me, the cold grave Will
| have closed upon me forever. Lie 70 me
IL unsupportable. cannot, nay, J will
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