Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-17
10000 Tickets at 10 dolls. each.
More Prizes than Blanks.


More Prizes than Blanks.
1he prize of 90, 900 dolls. floating after tie
2Oth, and The 10000 dolls. after the seth day's
dtcaawIng. All prizes subject TO deduction
OF Is per cent. -,
Forty drawings Of 500 numbers each.
he first two thousand blanks will be entia
tied to IL dollars each, and payable in cash
as soon as drawn: the next 5000 blanks to s
dollars each, and will be made into tbirty
one thousand dollar prizes, and all p uiin.,,
the wheel and floating al the same time with
the 10000 dollar prize. Also will be put
back into the wheel al the numbers which
may have drawn 3 dollar prizes thus, every
holder, instead OF receiving the cash .or The Sc
small prizes, Will be entitled TO a SECOND
CHANCE iior the grand capital OF 10000 des
lars. aud the thirty Of loco dollars. besides
what other prizes may remain IN the wheel.
NO scheme ever presented TO the pubic pcs.
sessed greater advantages than this, particuA
larry to early adUenturers. who, ii is obyi.
our, may each have tao chances pitk onju one
1cNe1' II they adventure before certain re
ROD OF the drawing, when the wheels may bs
richest. furthermore, the 10, 900 dollars. 2
OF 5ooG, 20 OF LOCO: 90 Of 300, 80 of loo, &c.
will a. be FLOATING FROM THE On.
HENCEAENT OF The DRAW ING,
lhe National Canal Lottery being autts,
rized by Congress, tie tickets can he SOLO In
every part OF the United States, Which cha
cumstance, 1t is confidently believed. will
rhaoie the Managers, from the rapid sale Of
.ckets' 10 announce an eaIy day for ibs
frederick May, Joseph Pearson,
William Brcnt, Thomas Law,
Daniel Carroll, ; Moses Young,
Richard Parrott,
Who have given security to the Treasury q
The United States. for The pav,nenI cf tbs
irIzes, IN the pena! SUN OF one hundred tbou
sand dollars. WV"
frIzes payable Go days after the drawing
is completed.
TO THE PUBLIC.
=, HavILg been appointed sole agent. by the
1na1agers; OF the GRAND NATIONAL
CANAL LOTTERY, and having cleneda
LGt'9iy olnce, two doors east OF Dayis's Ho-
te'' fenhsyiPan'a avenue, Washington city,
J. may Oe deemed proper for me to sci forth
The claims which this lottery has to The pats
T ron OF the Citizens OF the United States,
"ltnout dwelling upon the advantage len-
otleo 10 acVenturers by tie scheme, will
observe, mat The object to be promoted by
this 'ot'ery, na.eiy, the come ctlon IF Tie
AnaCosla and Potomac rivers by Canal.
cannot fail TO be considered as truly oo,,oaot
by every one who identifies the Improvement
OF the Seat of Government, selected bv Il a
great Washington, with the bonor ard graft.
tude OF country enjoying all the blessing,
OF freedom through his unparalleled eyer
lions and virtue who, While yet the miro.
polls was in embryo, expatiated much ON the
Canai, now IN part completed by moneys
raised from the drawing OF the tw O preyjon,
classes OF this Lottery. TO these console.
rations may be added the fact that this 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 lessening the burihens of the
nation; tact fully exempllfed by the cir
cumstance that the sales OF public prupertv
IN inc city amount 10 more than all The pp6.
Inc buildings have hitherto cost the natirn
Ihe Canal is so far completed that tho
heavy materials for building the Capital ara
now brought in boats, and landed within =
lew yards OF the Capitol, thereby saving
to the nation many thousand dollars. and
when completed the advantages derived from,
II viii be ealculable, not only TO the cit;-
zens OF Washington, but to tho nat,oa. as eli
nali' nal property, passes the canal toll free.
making the completion of the canal trulv
national object. "'''
-, BENJAMIN O. TYLER.
All persons DESTROYS of contracting for snv
number OF tickets will be pleased to forwar1,
their orders TO
IYT,ER'G