The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-04-10
MORNING. 10,


cod. Ihe h1Snt Splr1ts
The State of Maryland has been the victim of
good many jokes, cracked by the Bostonians
since Marshal Tukey seized whole quantities of
tickets for Maryland (real pretended lotteries,
near the close of March. The Baltimore Sun
having copied some of the Boston Bees remarks
on the subject, has received deeply interesting
letter, which, with the Suns introduction, we
now publish
LETTER FROM BISHOP WHIrrIsGHAM-Lot-
terry Grants We received the following letter
from the Rev. Bishop Whttingham of the Pro,es.
tant Episcopal Church, relative to a remark we
copied from the Boston Bee, in our account of the
arrest of lottery yenders in that CITY, and the char
acter of the tickets found in their possession. The
lottery alluded to, the proceeds of which are de-
voted to the erection of an Episcopal Church, il
drawn in the State of Delaware, and the church
is located at Georgetown, in that State:
To The Editors Of the Sun:
Gentfemen--l have seen with regret, in your
paper OF this morning, extract from the Boston
Bee, alleging that of the objects of lottery of
which tickets had been unlawfully sold in Boston,
was 9 to finish an Episcopal Church" in Maryland
know of no Episcopal Church in Maryland re-
ceiving aid from such a source and have diff.
Guilty in believing that such aid has been asked
and received without my knowledge. Believing
the system of chance distribution Of gains, in all
its FERNS, from the polite art-union" down to the
"policy insurance, to be fraught with evil to the
community, ! have deemed it my duty uniformly
TO refuse it my sanction in any shape and to dis
courage 1t by every means in my power. No
church built from the proceeds of a lottery ever
has been, or ever shall be, consecrared to the SER
vice OF God by me, with my knowledge Or suspi-
clon of the source resored to. To my knowledge,
IN neIghboring diocese, consecraton has been
refused to building erected for the worship of the
Episcopal Church, because it had been paid for in
part by the gains of lottery. Multitudes in this
Stale can bear witness to my repeated expressions
ot deep regret that resources so improper should
ever have been deemed available for sacred pnr-
poses, and of anxious socitude, that neither lot
iery nor raf1e" of any form, under any dis
gulsement, however specious, should be employed
as means of raising money for any end pertain.
ing TO worship, or the proposed maintenance Of the
service of Almighty God.
rejoice to learn, from your informa tion that the
Convention, now in session at Annapolis, is likely
to take measures to abolish lotteries altogether, and
hope that the measures taken will be of sufficient
scope and strngency to suppress that species of
gambling in all its forms, and deliver from its
snares all classes of society. Your obed't serv't,
w. r. WHTTTINGHAM,
Bishop of the Prot. Episcopal Church in Maryland
From THE CHEROKEE NATIoN.-The following
report of a meeting is given in the Cherokee Ad-
vocate of March 25:
Old Settler CouncH.-The Old Settler Council
met on ihe II h instant, at Tahlon .ske, &C.
CoiuliIS u COl. D6eHn6n notICe. After Inc usual
tormalities, the Convention was called to order by
the Hon. John Thorn, whereupon Col. brennan
presented the following questions:
Are the Old Settler Cherokees willing to take
the census from the date of the treaty of 1885, in
cluding the dead and rejecting the births!
Which was unanimously answered in the mega
tive.
Are they willing to take the census from the date
of the treaty of 1916, including the dead and re.
lecting the births! Which was also answered in
the negative.
3 Upon what basis are you willing to take the
census, and have your money paid
l Ans. To take all that are now living, including
| the latest births and rejecting the dead-takipe
Judge Browns roll for basis
They then decided not to send delegation IL
Washington, but leave the business with Col
Bremen, to communicate TO the Department by
writing.
They then appointed new Committee or Board
to investigate claims against the Old Settler Fund
consisting of five persons, viz Joseph M Starr,
u. B. Wolf, Richard Drew, Daniel r. Coody and
Ellis F. Philips.
The said Committee or Board, when convened,
will hold their sessions at Mrs. Bells, now residing
at Mackey's old place, on the Illinois River.
LATER FROM bermuda. - The British Mail
steamship Merlin arrived at New York on the
morning of the lst, from St. Thomas 22d, and Ber.
muda 9th ult. She had files of the Befmudian
| and Royal Gazette to the 25th ult. The drougb,
at the Islands had been relieved by copious show.
ers of rain. The Legislative Assembly was te
| meet on the 7th inst. The schooner Henry Lea
| of Brandy, Delaware, was brought into Ely's Har
bor on the 22d of March, by Capt. Staples. 1t ap
pears that the Empire City, on her last passage
| Chagres, fell in with the schooner in latitude 34
| deg As min., abandoned, with her mainmast gone
| foretopmast broken of, and otherwise damaged
Her matches were off and water was getting into he