Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-07-11
1908 Prizes
9,927 Blanks
100000
10000 Tickets at 10 dolls. each.
More Prizes than Blanks.

The prize OF 1000 dolls. floating ate: the
goth, and the DO, 600 dolls afterthe 3Oth DAYS
drawing. Allprises subject to deduction
oils per cent.
Forty drawings Of 500 numbers each.
The first two thousand blanks vii! be enti.
tied to u dollars each, and payable in cash
as soon as drawn: the next 5000 blanks to s
dollars each, and will be made into thirty
one thousand dollar prizes, and all put int.
the wheel and floating al the same time with
the 10000 dollar prize Also will be put
back INTO the wheel all the numbers which
may have drawn dollar prizes thus, every
holder, instead of Teceiving the cash COR these
small prizes, will De entitled TO a Sc coFc
CHANCE for tbe grand capital oil d, 900 dol.
lars. aud the thirty OF loco dollars. besides
what other prizes may remain ia the wheel
No scheme ever presented TO tue public POS,
sessed greater advantages than this, pariicu.
larry to early edveaturers. who, il is obvi.
Gus, may eacbhaye too chances ri,h ont,j oxs
tacket, if they adventure before Certain re.
Rod OF the drawing, " hen the wheels nav be
richest. Furthermore, the 70, 900 dollars. 8
OF 5000, 60 Of loco, 60 Of 500, Go OF loo. &c,
will all be FLOATING FROM THE Cor
MENCEb1ENT OF The DRAWING.
The National Canal Lottery being autho.
rized by Congress. the tickets can be sold il
every part ofthe United States, which cir
cumstance, it is confidently believed, will
enable the Managers, from the rapid sale Of
tickets, TO announce an cary day tor the
drawing.
Frederick May, Joseph Pearson,
William Brent, Thomas Law,
Daniel Carroll, Moses Young,
Richard PARROT.
who have given security TO the Treasury Of
the United States. Ter the payment Of the
prizes, IN the penal snrn of one hundred thou
sand doVars.
Prizes payable SO days after the drawing
is completed
TO THE PUBLIC.
Having been appointed sole agent, by the
Managers, OF the GRAND NATIONAL
CANAL LOTTERY, and bayirg opened
Lottery Office, two doors east OF Davis's fIo.
Tel, Pennsylvania avenue, Washington CITY.
1t may be deemed proper for me to set forth
the claims which this lottery has to The pat
ronage OF the citizens Of the United States.
Without dwelling upon the advantages len-
cfred to Adventures by the scheme. will
observe. that the object to be promoted By
this lottery, naiuely the connection Of The
Anacostla and Potomac rivers by Canal.
cannot fail TO be considered as truly national
by every one who iden ties ibe improvement.
OF The Seat Of Government, selected by the
great Washington, with the honor and graft
tude OF country enjoying all the blessings
OF freedom through his unparalleled exer
lions and virtue; who, ~h'le yet the metro.
polls was IN embryo, cxpatisted much on the
Canal. now IN part completed by moneys
raised from the drawing OF the two previous
classes OF this Lottery. To these console.
ra!ions may be added the fact. thafthis ca.
nal, IN passing through the city. approaches
the Capitol within few yards, and, at this
day, waters large portion Of National Re.
serve IN this city, enhancing their value, and
consequently iessening the burdens Of the
nation; a fact fully exemplided by the cir
cumstance that the sales of public property
in the city AMOUNT 10 more than all the pub.
lie buildings have hitherto cost the nation.
1 he Canal is so far completed that the
heavy materials tor building the Capitol are
now brought in boats, and landed within
few yards OF the. Capitol, thereby saving
to the nation many thousand dollars -aod
when completed the advantages derived fron,
1t will be incaculable, not only 10 The cit;:
zens OF Washington. but to the nof;on. as al
natif nal property passes the canal toll free,
making the completion OF the canal truly
national object.
BENJAMIN g. TYLER.
All persons DESTROYS of contracting for anv
number OF tickets will be pleased 70 forward