New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-04


ted. thew are 10 be the leaders and the prime
ministers. Everybody else Is TO be gulLo.neo'
and their Golfers are 70 be Appropriated 70 Tue
service Of the State. Is It reasonable 20 suppose
that any person OF property, position IN sOS'eJ,
of influence In the community, IS 70 De seduceu
into repubcanlsm by such prospects as 'he
The more the demagogues plot, the more WIZ
the nation hesitate, and the longer Will be de-
layed the advent OF pure and honest reploNc
/ eyery UNDERGROUND manifesto every nocturnal
conyenticle, every bulletin eInanatlng ifo Nci-
man or Italian refugees In Pans, or rom Ishcl
and Italian refugees IN London, VIII lnfo" 'o."s
untold into the electoral urn, frelgh'ed WIN -Nd-
| noleon's second term, and II the COnsttuiioh Oe
| not revised with his perpetual fresloency. feO-
| nile rnust have strong Government, sure,
| safe Government, even If II be bastard or mon
| prel They will agree 70 waive discussion as 10
form and such like trlvialites, content win me
assurance that the republic can IND no resting
! place for the sole OF Its foot IN France ne
| National the organ of the Socialists, expresses
its belief tha, the "Instructions to the League
| is a forgery This is equivalent 10 dlsavo wing
| all connection with its authors Nevertheless,
| the republicans Will have 10 s1fer tor y. II
will be laid 10 their door, and bear It they nnsf.
The Lottery Of the Golden ingots Is idiHng mo
| state Of confusion from which 1t VIII De ulHlcuN
to extricate IT. The sale OF tickets was hfst an
nounced 10 close upon the Isl OF August, Dut WIN
tho permission OF the Minister OF the Interior, an
extension was granted TO the Isl OF september.
Rut on the 9th Of August the central Office shut
It's doors pasting upon the panels the nteli9ehce
that the tickets were all disposed or AT the
same time the windows OF all the tobacco shops
glove stores &c. in the nelghbOrhO0d were nung
with vast sheets of the scrip OF the establishment
They were principally tickets Of the last hall OF
| the seventh million: and 1t soon came out that
| the administration had sold the last 100000 TO
company OF SPECTATORS who had commissioned
| the small dealers to resell them at an adVanc
upon the first cost People bought freely al -,
Is, and even 30 cents, though the par rate was
franc This created some little dissatisfaction,
which broke out into positive uprising OF the
million and half stockholders, upon the dlScoy-
cry that several of the numbers were double.
crowd of persons. who had nothing better TO do.
were looking In at t0baccOnlst window, Whefe
were displayed a vast quantity OF the deluslve
shlnplasters Suddenly man exclaimed, Why,
there are two tickets bearing the number 4,Ilf,-
236l" Four others, thus similarly stamped,
were Immediately discovered IN close Juxtaposl-
ton A crowd unruly and violent, soon collect
ed together the Commlssary OF Police was sum-
mOned, who, on investigation OF the facts, memo
riallzed the Project on the subject. Yesterday
the public sale Of any ticket, al an ddronce on me
| first cost, was iorbldden-a severe penalty being
| attached to any infringement OF this edlct The
large holders of tickets are In state OF no little
| perturbatlOH and IT is stated that the Minister
| has been pettloned for a further postponement
| OF the drawing, which he peremptony refuses TO
! grant NJ. LanglOis the Director, has been dis
! missed for thus lending himself to such deplo-
rabe system of speculation. In fact as lotteries
are forbidden 10y law, except such as the Govern
ment chooses to patronlze, any sale OF tickets 10y
| private Unauthorized persons is Illegal, and an
ofiensc against already existing statutes. 1t is TO
| be hoped that this additional eyldence-ii addl-
| tional evidence were wanting-Oi the lmproprl-
| ETY. and immortality of lotteries, even when under
| official auspices will put an end TO this danger
Gus practice. The extreme low rate at which
the tickets sold the seductive glitter OF the
monster prlze-a solid lngot OF the value OF $780,
OO0-which was publicly exhibited for a time,
has drawn IN many a 26-cent piece to their over
flowing Golfers which ought to have been spent
IN the necessaries of life. There are stories al
| ready circulating of families undergoing voun-
tary staryatlon--of children sent supperlesS to
bed-of encroachmcnts on funds intrusted to the
Savings Bank-0f visits 10 the pawnbrokerS-to
scrape together the means OF embarklng IN this
ack % lantern scheme. IL has been aptly sad
that any one mans chance OF drawing prize is
no greater than his chance of being struck by
lightning. The object of the lottery-the gratu
ltous conveyance of 5000 laborers to California
meets with many opponents. Ii seems like the
transportation of so many wretched criminals,
convicted for the objectionable crime of poverty.
0dlllOrnld, SAYS lUt NWtoHNf, - is al pest a
pretended FL Dorado" Veins of human blood
are as often opened there as VEINS OF virgin gold
| The drawing will take place before the LIST OF
October, when the blind goddess, with her usual
perspicacity viii probably give the biggest prize
to the one that wants II leaSt-M. de Dellssert
or Baron Rethschd. The latter has taken over
| 10000 tickets.
You will have heard by the last steamer, of
the ith, of the seizure ofthe Ereaement, and per
haps of the trial and condemnation of the &C
cused The sentence is the seveTest yet inflicted
upon any member OF the press. The writer OF
the article lncrlmlnated, Francois Victor Hugo,
ls,condemned to nine months imprisonment and
1000 francs fine, and the responsible editor OF
the paper Paul Meurce. also TO nine months
imprisonment and to 1900 francs fine. In addl-
ton to this, the journal Is 10 be suspended for one
month. Few events of late have excited the
sensation that has been felt at this savage politi
Cal vengeance Even the reactiOnary journals
unite IN deplOrlng Suchumneces sary severity. The
edltorshlp of the Er,ncmenf Is the pos, OF honor
IN French journalism. OF It's slX editors, five
have been condemned to prison Victor Hugo'S
two sons, his only sons, have both fallen at the
breach. The one rel lnS the other at the Con-
ciergene. Charles Hugo and Parads are now
In confinement. Victor Hugo and Paul Men,
nee are on their way there and NJ Erlau Is on
the point of reaching the expiration OF his term.
during the short space of SIX months, the Ersne-
mint has been condemned IN the persons of Its
editors, TO twenty seven months imprisonment,
and TO 10000 francs fine They are all Young
men. and write with the enthusiasm, the iervor,
and often the indignation, natural TO their years
the interest felt IN their career, and the sympa-
thy expressed for their mlSiorunes, are much
the more lively.
1t is stated that Victor Hugo, Jr, and Paul
Meurlce have appealed from the verde, OF the
Court of AsslzeS. But think II probable they
will finally decide to pay the tine and undergo
the imprisonment, rather than To run the risk OF
an aggrsyatlOn OF the sentence, IN case their ap-
peal should be rejected.
The Esfaurad DE- Pans, welknown coffee
room, has this week been the object OF the al
tentions OF Nj Cartier. SIX or eight Policemen,
IN their official gaTb, sat, for several consecutive
hours, and on two successive evenings. al a.
many tables, drinking beer and conversIng on