Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-07-08
Qaantico Canal Lottery,

No. 4.
1 TAKE pleasure 10 stating. that | ar
d 'nv,nCed have be en- iIi error OH b,
subject ot tni, lottery. From all expana
tod iorw arded to u,e by !dr. A. M'iETYRE
the Manager, tie calculations OF gentle
men OF this place, in whom have conf
deDce; and my own calculations. so far
as am capable OF making them, believe
the pah OF combination and perturbation
10 be equally taIr as that Of simple Comb-
nation; aud that all the prises must, Of ne.
cesstty, he draDn from me zuheet. make
TINS explanation injustice 10 MI NJ 'lntyIe,
wno thinks have injured his Lotteries; al
the same time promising, that a II The nDu
ny done ny me may be fairly attributed 10
tie sensi't0e aatHre Of his .dSenl in This
place--uut tor whose iDdlscreet publica.
ton, am certain rot more than twenty
persons would have known lDat | eutei-
tanned All opinion uniavorabie IL me.
Scheme offered TO the public
The annexed certificates prove that se-
veraf schemes, on the same plan as the
Quantico scheme, have been completed IN
Philadelphia. and lue prizes all drawn and
PAID ~ a lair and honorable manner,
think, if know myself, am one OF the
last men VINO would falsely ind mali
ctanSly' inJure The reputation Or business
oi any man. 5. SNUWDEN.
PETER J. DEcKEa, Lottery and Ex-
change broker, o. the CITY OF Phladel-
pima, 0eiDg duly sworn, deposelh and
sallh-ihat be hos purchased and yended
number Ut tickets ~ The 9Th, 9Th, 10Th,
ltn and l2tE Classes of the Union Canal
Lottery Of Pennsylvania, under The ma
nagelneM Of Archibald Mcintyre, all of
which classes We're lotteries formed by the
combination, and FORMULATION OF numbers:
Ihatstrom, what be has seen and heard.
alter The drawing OF each Of the said class.
es, he sls well satisfied that the high prizes,
as well as all other prizes mentioned in the
schemes. respectively, have actually been
drawn: That in the said Eighth Class, the
hlghestpriz therein was drawn TO ticket,
| No 2IO4-3, IL, 4, purchased, amongst
others, by the deponeDt ircm The Manager:
hat SAID ticket was divided with others
by deponeDt, into shares: That he sold
three quarters OF said prize, and bias the
remaining quarter on hand, unsod-ADG
experience he has had oil the system oil lot
terry by combination and Formulation, ne
bas n a doubt Ui its enllle tanness and
corr ctness. Aud urhrr the deponent
salta oot. T. j. DECKER
Sworn before me this Cd day July, 1894,
4. pETTlT, Alderman.
JoHs Ely, junior, OF the city Of
al nh kaip Il ~
and saIth-That he is employed 10 the OF
fee OF the Manager of The Union Canal
Lotteries ! Pennsylvania. and that be is
acquainted with the manner OF max ing up
lotteries on the principle OF combination
aud perturbation Of numbers: That FIVE
| such lotteries have been drawn in the city
Of Philadelphia during he present year
name y the 9Th Glass of the Union Canal
Lottery 10 the month of February last;
the 9th Glass in the month ct March; the
10th Class in April; the | lth Glass in May,
aud The 18th Class in June last: That in
the SAID 9th Class, The ticket with the re-
gis'er No. 22O4 and combination and per-
mutation Nos. 3, /. 4 was sold by the
Manager to Peter l. Decker, a lottery
dealer in the SAID city, and that the said
ticket drew The highest prize in that otte-
ry or class: That ticket, No $40, AID
combination and Formulation Nos 6, 10,
9I, n the said 9Th Glass, was sold by the
Manager TO p Garfield, lottery dealer
in the said city, and drew he highest
prize in the said class: That the ticket
with the register No esq, combination
and Formulation Nos. 4, /, IL, in the
said 10Th Glass, was sold by the Manager
10 John Gibbs, lottery dealer IN the said
city, and drew the highest prize 10 the
said class: That ticket with the register
No. 542O, combination and permut-tion
Nos. Z, Id, lU, wa, sold 10 he ! lth C,ass
10 William Rice, lottery dealer 10 Belb-
ebem. in the state of Pennsylvania; and
that the said ticket drew the hlghes. prize
in the said class: That ticket register No.
! 1916, combination and Formulation Nos.
Is, IL, is, in the said 18th Class, was
sold by the Manager to Levi Collins, a
dealer in the city OF Hartford, Connect
cut; and that the said ticket drew the
highest prize in that class Aud this depo
nenl further says, that all the Said tickets
! drawing The highest prizes have been pre-
sented 10 the Manager, and duly paid by
him, except The SAID ticket IN the l2th
| Glass, the payment OF which wil not be
due till The 24h day OF July instant
| And this deponent turher says, that il
| the whole oil lottery made up o0 The
principles aforesaid be sold by lhe Mana
ger, prizes to the amount OF the scheme of
| such lottery, dednctlg Is per cent there
| from, are payable 10 Tie public and holds
J ers OF the tickets; and that IN all cases the
highest prize, aud all other prizes enuIne-
rated IN. the scheme Of any such lottery,
must he drawn to the tickets thereof
JOHN ELY, Jr.