Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-08-04
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Editors Correspondence.
From our Baltimore Correspondent. ]

| BALTIMORE, August 3-lOp m.
The great capital prize of $67, 900 which was
drawn in lottery here few days ago by three
of your Washingtonians has produced consider
able excitement, and is, am told, already q bone
of contention. The ticket was brought to the
city to-day, to be cashed, by q party outside of
: the original purchasers 1t seems that, soon
after the drawing was made known, q pretty
shrewd parsonage here slipped quietly over to
Washington and negotiated with one of the own
ers for share in his interest to the extent OF
$1,000 lie was the first to apprize the pur-
chaser OF his good luck, and the first, too to take
advantage Of having a finger in the pie. This
party now holds possession of the ticket, and, if
mistake not, will make another lucky shuttle
when it is cashed to the drawers. The mana
gers have not yet paid over the money, and are
not disposed to do so las they have forty days
grace until all things are made perfectly clear
and satisfactory
1t was purchased at the lottery establi shment
of Mr. IRWIN & Co., under Bamum's Hotel; and
l understand that Mr. Irwin himself will visit
Washington tomorrow for the purpose Of arrang-
ing with the fortunate owners 1t is but fair that
they should give him another chance for having
bucked fortune on their backs so unexpectedly.
The evil effects of the sale of this prize will, in all
probability, be greater than all the good it does
Hundreds will be induced to suppose that fortune
may smile upon them. Money will consequently
be spent for paltry blanks by those who cannot
afford such investments
Prizes in lotteries are scarcer than CANCELS
visits" and come more seldom than the gorgeous
blooming Of the centenary plant-uncertain even
rs the chances Of General Pierces election to the
Presidency Let me advise your fortunate Wash
ington friends to hold fast to what they have.
The Wings Of our city are in admirable spirits
have conyersed with several who attended the
great celebration at Niagara They say it was
decidedly the most enthusiastic assemblage ever
before congregated in the United States. They
have come home full of bright hopes.
The recent developments in regard to General
Pierce's opposition to the fugitive slave law have
startled many Of his friends Their confidence
has been shaken very considerably NOT so much
at his entertaining really the sentiments attrib-
uted to him, but at the apparent deception in his
letter Of acceptance, wherein adverse sentiments
are avowed, merely to dupe the South. man
who thus, on the very threshold of his career,
attempts to disguise his real sentiments, cannot
and will not be trusted The evidence against
him is too conclusive to be gainsaid He has
made total mistake.
The weather for several days past has been re-
markably cool and pleasant The health Of our
city is unusually good. 1t would be well. how
ever for all to be cautious, rs the cholera seems
to be gradually approaching us from the North
and West.
Business is steady for the season, but not ac.
tye and prices Of leading commodities auctuate
but little.
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