The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-26

t,,ney rave Y"t tho'e 10 whom blind for,u,,s
mas W" o"en 10 boun'ifni. ar anxiosls once more
TO io"0;t ner mrrctFic'ous fmies. In t.e}
1t may nc declared without any e-,svrr,,i',..'
or without any Intentional fatirr, tE5, tha c..
OF the Wui'a'n q Mary Lottery has Dro,,,'.',.
as much coaveriation, wr.nsl,nr aid -,
arguwont as the deftru stion Of Z ;is,n ~, ' 80
Earthquake, or the eugaa ersent Of ne ". 4
tia gcets.
TEs'e two important points have been !, r.
i'ie a prize OF 1000 Dolls. was u.iaai:& e.
one of 500j and tnc ''ticAet lat taLea our
the Lottery WAS confid., sd 4 the lsf draw
ticket though ana,her number was never drsw.N
aId no account could tc given Off"
The origin ofthe ir1 riii axe fteu. row IN
have received Il fa;isfactcry, SplanaSion. There
being one mere than the neceiIsry numl.r az
500 dol. prizes, & The 10000 dol. prize never
having been called st All, what other copci,,i;.,n
was there than that it lad been mifaken for
one otthe 5eodol. prizes Should IBIS have been
tlie origin OF the fra miaake it is c-rta;n:v
in.cepiieie of a very ea!y correction. Whoever
has oceo fortunate enough to make on of theft.
Hapiug Hoearth-iISe crouds. that wall ,inco
the wheels OF lottery and watch the r,,i. :
ard pregrets of the .gahae, mutt have ,een tbat
the little Sybi!lne hts of paper on which 80.
marSed The DEGREES of fate, are IoreGiy rrr-
ierved ant trung: the numbers Of the tickets
on one t,riug, and the correrDopd;r, ~. =, 80
than to 20 backwards Ia this operation; ana bv
taking theie Papers fucreiiivey from their
itIlngs, find at lat the 10000 dollar r-;zc
winch had been To itrangely q, graded inso = soo
dollar one, with the Correfponding TICKET ON tb
other fring:--In one point of view, inJeed.sthr
origin oil hisniitake has cer:ai,iy rsceiveia flt;t
factory explanation" On the fuppoftion
,na' one prize had been nidakeD, and n.iica!-
led Tor another, the resion 10 Immediately mad
out, WHY the 10000 dollar prize ihould have 70
itraiseiy dliappeared. But the myllsrioms dr.
tcstY fill remains, how il suet notI;h,s /.
mlitake ore prize for the other. This is -
t'in!y among the mott iingular illu6onrI -.
ever was produced. when ticket i ,a.
OUT or the wheel IT is inipecied and 1,l,sd -,
o',e iiiaii i,yfim 1t Ia handed II c.con,i
who checks the obierva.ions off,.
ii is lat of all conEgned to the ,,rd. rs ai"
gent, who reyiiters it OF his r.-;nq. Wa, ' ~
can ne more fnsular than ,h,+ l., L.' 'he'
with the interruption OF l0ooo nm :. a ~ ~
Eiitascn by three dif.erent mir cf '.'ti.o DC
M QUO Shte'T fuch curious ;,,y.r;,,.;,,
10 worthy OF oe'ig pref-rvea anore the ~
iyiI,',SS Oh Egyptian antiquity Griffin -.
pc "'ei II innocent ofthe fault, ijIcb c,,-;r.,
oecgp'-on OF The eye ought certainly 70 I've w.,
LED IN the next edition cfthe Lo-onor1i1. =
lar Spectrs. OS"-
/ i he iecond mifaEe which Ihaye rner+;oro,:.
eaEcrot explanation, equally iru,or,ant ~ us
lu'E, oH' mn more difficult tobecor,ea.a re-
fortunate holder the iaf drawn firkst = 80;
tied by the f:heme to 2 prize Of 10. Geo doll,
ne point At Iiiue then is whether the lo.,,ry
has been vIfiated blythe falling iliort ofonp. !.
50 OF "nslner me holder of The 79oeth ticket
Is properly eutrled to the pr;ze. of 10000 a..
! IF we abide b. the prevailing rplfnn, ;, w.
gnha, the determination of tiis a., Zion is e,c-
~ mace. When The bJh LOTTERY was dr7vp =,
richmond, the fame mfslSe oc, rr,e,i a, 81.
Z c'"''ery was reHra~D. The fine cal. "a 90,
iane r'fnlt took place at Hsmpdrr ana s..
EoHese aoont Is years ago. No; fat;ssa5,,:.,
'.l!0I.' VI our ''ate, hOwryer fi.- C.--.,
honers OF William and Mary Lottery h.y- J.,
cafe, where their private 3r.,rerev n,;,h, ~ -.
greatly expofrd, prudeutiy determined TO :fl.,.
the ADVICE Of the law. Jhey have in cor.le-
quence coniu!ted tom. of the law IN nj
r'ond, who have coufui:cd ~ their r~rr 49,.
Volumes of the Eugii.b ,ieciRops. o.. -.r.
o'iy was found, preciiyiy fulr in is r.r-
7 cumFances. This vas me cafe of Sch -aotti NJ
&@'Hh Bum:ted and Others, decided before the
'Gr' OF mig Bench 1T 1896. The curious
reader will find THIS fnIltary an,; i1s0;,,5l,,r..
/a'e IN the 9Th. Vol. of Duntord and F,a's ~.
ports, VOL 6. fol. 616
Keaioning from this cafe. il feens that w.
Call has given it as his opinion that tke Ia
drawing is valid and that Aou oJ7;o, r,o' -
""'"I"'"ed Gg0igR the eo'1wilgner5 oft%si
tefy J'r nor G6i'"yi4g a b,ise to t5e Ioly of n
| fieHes f"f'f"ea ~ rseSiz'e it," Mr. Randolph bse
pronornced diaeren, opinion. He kinks tbs,
me dec'ion Of the Engiih bench is not
"nns&Iory,'nc confederation of,heperiod At hich
was made and that tire reafoniog of ,k..
Judges, which is The only part of the ,ernr, '.n
titled to reipcct. is flfcepti5le of rrfp,tior
rs the Virginia Court might however give the
,''i'e ueclion as the EnR'iih bench has done 30
! mas advlied tie comnilIioners not 70 1900
'helr private fortunes to any lofs by ,edr5x,in,
[he Lottery bat to poGpone it until 4 dec,ii.
non non mas e been had upon the validity of the lat
one. Should the comnlinopers tbint NJ
Perto Iurfetbis fugsefion, the path Of nrs{ic-
Is obvious before them. They have onlv ~
Periuste fome holder of fortunate number ~
,nhInte iu,t againf them for the value Of the
OF appeals atits next O9ober term. 80 N0"''
" No !; On "TEEToUR TO THE wFs1n
IS unlvoid1biy Fonpon,d.