Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-07-20

(situatcd in Now Oritans,)
JACKSONVILLE,
0Msh FLORIDA,
by license Of the Legislative Assembly and BY =
Authority Of the c commissioners acting
under the same. .
: syLvrsrrR Co. lso Broadway, N. Y Sole agents
: The heder Of this Ticket j. entitled TO such prize As
= may be drawn to its Number, and will be put IN
possession thereof, UNINCUMBERED, imme-
diatelv after the Drawing; the Deeds of the Pro-
pertes and Stocks, transferred in Trust to the
Commissioners, according TO the Act OF the Lc
gislative Assembly Of Flor. ia, for the Security OF
s, the Prre-Hoders. o
seHnIDr HAMILTON, Managers.
% &C 90 . . 2 Q
In New Orleans paper we find the following cpl
MON on the legality of the lottery which also
sent to Mr. Norris
The asked his legal opinion upon the
right Of Messrs SCHMIDT HAMILTON organize and carry
into effect Lottery under the laws Of Florida 1t appears
that application made by them to the Legislative As
emby the Territory for such privilege which was granted
and Legislative Council and vetoed by the Co.
zsceained that by previous act IN force and
unrepealed therein named author
scheme schemes hey appropriate advisable
complete Court House and Seminary The have
deemed appropriate aud advisable to adopt this which
they right do long the act stood in io-ce and
without limitation to time II il is urged that such a. act,
obvious the Legislature has not specified the
the duration the scheme The discretion given to
who have acted upon he subject and is not
the Of the Governor legislature or Judiciary TO
hinder obsruc the execution OF such plan
the Commissioners shall agree upon.
Of opinion, therefore, that SCHMIDT HAMILTON have
the legal right the scheme agreed spon
WITH under leg authority Of the Commissioners
have seen the papers signed BY parties and consider
sufficient in law to authorize the scheme for the disposition
Jss. N. WHITE, of Florida
Now on all this matter we have opinion OF our
own. We never purchased ticket in any lottery
but once, and that was when we were boy-a fifty
cent ticket which came out prize. Neither have
4 u 4.
as the law presumes they do in Massachusetts,-so
on both scores strictly moral. We prefer to
make money by honest industry than by gambling or
| speculation and when want to be merry, we
never fly the bottle for supply Of wit, fancy and
humor "Thems our sentiments as the loafer
says; what are yours!
Mr.. STEVENS NEW YAcHr-ISSovATIoxs IN
SHIP BULDING.-A very singular and nondescript
looking craft now building at Williamsburg, oppo-
site the Navy Yard which is to with celebra-
ted English yacht, in the Of few months for
an immense Perhaps there never was q vessel
Of her shape and form constructed, for we never
heard of such model for yacht. On Tuesday last
we saw the vessel in question in ship-yard At Will
lamsburg, and she excited surprise fully much al
| did the little steamer II. v. Stockton, when we frs
| saw her in England.
/ This newly fashioned ana newly mooened yach
ana magnificent farm on Long Island, and perhaps
his horses are the feetest and best this side OF thu
Potomac. He is an eccentric man--quite an origi
| nal. Sometimes he is all for horses sometimes al
for the adies-sometimes all for steamboats, he
is all for yachts. He wishes sell his orchards
parks, his lawns his noble mansion and his stable,
together with all his blood horses. This is queer
freak Of fancy but his mind is now bent on nautical
sports, and his whole soul and body is with the IA
nous yacht which Mr.. Capes is to launch for him
next week.
the tall and twenty feet beam Her main mast Il
ninety five feet long, and she draws from eleven TO
twelve feet OF water but with the centre boards she
can draw ten feet more, or twenty feet in all
Her msdel is so singular that il is next 10 an i'm
possibility 10 describe il without diagram. Down
even with the cabin floor she is like all other beau,i
fully modelled vessels taperng to very sharp point
at the bow. From the cabin floor commences
swell which rounds or to the keel and tapcrs At the
bow and stern. This swelling IL from eight "a ten
feet from the cabin 20 the keel and Is 10
carry nearly twenty-five tons Of water for ballast.
which Is Tar superior to either stene or iron and
particularly IN a vessel Of this description. Her
Keel IS made Of iron, and weighs we are told thirty
tons Her cabins extend from stem 10 stern and are
NEST gorgeously fitted mp, with dark massive ma
hogany PANELS IL is divided of into four conpart
ments. the forward for the sailors which IL neat
ly arranged-and the three others are to be 20 the
owner hike suit Of splendid rooms shore. They
the whole arrangement FAR surpasses the cabins Of
any OF our packet ships not excepting the Ros-
cius or the England. Her name we know not. but
from the design on the stern which is stag bound
ing over wild prairie, and Indian after him with
bow and arrow, we should say that Mr. Stevens in
tends naming her the Stag and Indian.
We understand that she leaves for England very
soon after she Is launched. Her appearance in the
British channel will create some asionshment among
the nobility, who fond OF the sport Of Yacht
racing. Mr.. Ward, wealthy English gentleman. il
the owner Of the schooner that is 10 contend with
the Stag, or whatever her name may be- and for the
time being the excitement on the water will be equal
TO what ever produced the Ascot or any othsr
race We shall probably have an opportunity 10 sec
trial Of her speed and bottom before she crosses
the Atlantic We hope
LITERARY LoApERs.-About two bakers dozens
OF these animals, called loafer hffrafeurs put mp at
the Astor House. They float around every dish,
and buzz near every lady to pick up materials to
write letters to the newspapers throughout the coun
try. full catalogue will be given soon.
0,- Mr.. Clay has been reviewing General Scots
battle field at Lundy's Lane, near the Falls of Mia
garal What do you think of il, Mr.. CIayl
o. SARATOGA SpRises are now filling up. Its
expected that Mr.. Clay will be there about the close
Of next week. Possibly the President will he tbere