Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-17
STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

eVCh IN b u u b u D.
STATE OF THE TsxRxoxr-xp.-Ths thor
nomesef, In our counting room, at IL o'clock
~-oAy, stood at 70 degrees above zero.
LOTTERY POLICY BUsINEsS.-This business,
which formerly was done in the utmost secrecy,
Is DOW a common trade, the operators being
we'll known and not the least fearful Of being
regarded As such. They make money at it in
abundance drive fine establishments flourish
at the large hotels, wear the best clothes, and
are literally covered with jewelry We hear
that the business is carried on in Washington
as high figure. In Baltimore it has called
for an exposition in the American, which NAV
apply here. That paper thus speaks on the
subject:
The Infamous Traffic TN Lottery PoIieie,
But few OF our citizens are aware of the ex an,
to which the fraudulentsystem of lottery policy
gambling Is conducted in this city, nor Of the
amount OF misery, crime and destituiion IN al
Is occasioned by its deceptive allurements
we could point out a dozen or more back.
rooms, sham lottery Offices. (where LOTTERY
tickets are never sold,) barber shops oroS
geries, DO, in which this business Is carried
on from one grand centre, the managers heino
mostly broken down gamblers and Suspected
oankrupts, skilled in the art of eyadine the
Ia" and eluding its officers. To prevent dis
to sell except to colored persons, whose testi.
mony being of no avail sgainst q white man
they Of course escape with impupitv Some n
them are so guarded in this respect that they
make their white customers send colored mes.
sengers for their tickets and for their prizes,
whom the latter anomaly happens, there being
about one prize to one thousand blanks
Is managed somewhat on the principle of
the roulette table, the purchaser of a policy
betting three, four, i've, and six cents, or q
dime, or quarter, against a specified number
or numbers to be drawn or to be q speci fed
drawn number or numbers in a specified lot.
terry The victims, when they complain OF
railing to obtain prize, are deceived int. the
IDEA that other name.ess persons are eonst an.ly
drawing prizes, and prize policies, purportina
TO nave been cashed, are daily exhibited by
these vampires to their victims, to induce them
TO make further sacrifices, to deprive them.
selves and families Of the necessaries of life
to steal, and use other fraudulent means 10
obtain the necessary funds to continue thai,
purchases. They have also in their service
boys, some OF them their own children, who
induce other boys to fitch from their parents
or employers the means of purchasing policies
These juvenile emissaries are also the onIv
parties against whom the law can generally
be brought to bear, as various devices are used
60 prevent their parents or EMPLOYERS from
being distinctly known in connection with the
business, unless We include their black ennis
saries, who SCOUT the city to draw in moro
ignorant victims of their own color.
A case is now before one of our magistrates.
where father discovered tina. his son had
been robbing him for long period to obtai n
the means to purchase policies, and with the
boys testimony to sustain his suit, had two of
the senior vendors arrested. The case has not
yet been made public, and 1t is alleged that
time Is being allowed to compromise the law
by buying off the party who has brought the
charge to withdraw the suit. We shall wait
for the result with some interest, to see wheth.
or Justice can be thus openly cheated.
We know Of ne fraudulent practice that can
oe conducted OF is conducted in our midst that
Is productive Of more misery and restitution
than the vending of lottery policies, the par
ties who are made its victims being those who
at best have but meagre means of support.
The gambler generally makes the intelligent
= ana wealthy his vIctims-men who should
know better, and who have other resources,
or wealthy friends to sustain them in their
adversely, the lottery policy gambler on the
other hand furnishes victims for the moor
house or the penitentiary, or for restitution.
starvation, and prostitution of all those prin
eiples of virtue, honor, and honesty, which
should be the distinguishing characteristics of
youth.
LANP-LIGHr WANrED.-We hear much COM
plant that no provision has been made by the
proper authorities to have the streets runnino
south through the Mall lit with gas. Tba.e
streets pass through Government grounds, and
are sklrted by trees whose foliage makes it
doubly dark when the moon does not please
to shine" We freakly hear of assaults CON-
mitted on persons who reside south of the Mall,
and whose business detain them until late
hour IN the city, by parties whose intention i,
Is to rob. The darkness and loansomeness OF
mn OH h.. Il.
are not honest We perceive that there are
lamps at some Of the bridges, but no burners
attached to them, and have never had spy
since they were put up, and of course have
never been lit. If lamps were placed at all
the bridges, and were occasionally Lit, We
doubt that the Coroner's services would be re-
CURED quite 20 often along the line of the
canal
The YoUrH STUNNED BY LIaHrs1sG.-We
have received a note from Mr. James Daly,
correcting the report in regard to the youth
who was stunned by lightning in the late
storm, at the corner of 14th and L streets. 1t
appears that when the youth fell under the
porch Of the grocery store of Mr. D., that he
ran to his aid, and held him under the water
spout, and that he then sent for Mr.. j. P.
Hilton, who came to his assistance. Doctors
Wilson and Smoot, whom they sent for, came
while they were doing all they could for the
recovery of the boy. Ne pump was used.
This correction is made to do justice to Mr..
DAILY, to whom the first credit is duo for his
humane exertions in the matter The youth.
II will be remembered, is Horace Anderson.
sged about IA, son of Judge Anderson, Com.
missioner of the Customs. He has recovered
from his injuries.
THE kuyKEL TROUPE AT THE NATIONAL
That universally favorite troupe of Ethiopian
minstrels, Kunkel's Nightingales arc to omen
at the National Theatre, on Monday evening
next with full corps, having made several
additions of talented performers to the com.
pany since their last visit to this city. Thsy
closed at Baltimore. with tho Maryland Insti
tute hall (Which will hold over i've thousand
persons) filled t. overfowing-it being the 90.
caiion of George Kunkel's benefit A general
welcome awaits them in Washington. The
National Theatre is the only place in the city
that will accommodate comfortably some Of
their large audiences.
WANT OF WArER.-Pumps Drv.-There
has been much complaint of the want Of water,
several pumps being dry, rendering it some.
what difiult to obtain sufficient su1ply of the
pure element One might suppose that on the
adjournment Of Congress, when 50 many persons
had left the city, that water would have been
plenty for our suffering /" cts" who remain,
but it seems that their absence does not helm
as drop. The members and others therefore
did not effect US much in the drinking of water
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