New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-14


A. r.ry 70 oo0 circulars have been disps,ched in
single msl. sri s. they sent in sealed envelopes
sad charged letter postage tie postage on tbs, single
oorsignmept would be 500. Indeed 1t is es,insted
that it costs sacoc0 per yesr beside ;he prizes. 70
carry on the Sparta Academy Lottery alone. sres,
psrt Of which goes to lie printers ana ;or postage
sad .ne rest IS pad for rerts ss,sries OF clerks AMI
seert', travelling eIpepses Of Managers ami numerous
other II avoidsble ircdeltals.
AroLer iten Of 70 mean Importance in the lis, Of
e1pers.s Of lottery estsblisrn.nt the large sum
paid srIusy for teleGrsph,rg. And This pan o' the
business i. by means let 10 the chsnces OF prece
derce 10 which all other busiress ps'sing over,he lee
graph res 5 subjected on tie contrary, every tele
grsph Compsry the whole route, from the plsce Of
drawing of the Georgia lotteries, snd those OF Mary
lar d. to NewYok, TO Boston, 10 Philadelphia and 70
sll others cf the principal cities in the Un States
is subcred by the lottery managers snd propretors
70 keep the line clear o; the Transmission of lottery
Intelligence at certain hours Of the day matter how
gr,at or how urgert nsy BE- the Importance of the
tusiress OF other parties. How this mater il man-
eyed have To tine 20 eSplsn, though cur readers
will hardly need to be Informed that money is
At the bottom cf It sll. We give clue when
~e ueItion that Messrs II. France & Co,
tie owrers Of the Narylsnd lotteries,
also heavy stockholders in the House Telegraph Com
parry, and that Ffsuk Morris at present of the House
COMPANY, was frnerly the manager OF the lotteries
o, r. France & Co. When It was found that he could
render more efficient service to the lottery interest IN
the Telegraph Company thsr in his other position, the
trsrsftr easily accomplished. This telegraph fact
il Al episode in tue history of the lottery trsie in
which The public most particularly interested, aud
one which should receive the most rgid scrutiny. 10
will doubtless sstonish very many ot our readers to
lear that tie lottery propretors hsve sufficient inter-
est TO con maud the Telegraph Companies; but when
they learn the fac that France Il Co. pay the State
of Mar lard the sum o. $40 0oG for the privilege
Of drswirg the Consolidated Lotteries in their Own
uslue, they will ready comprehend thN the business
is of much Importance to let any money consiera-
tor stand in the way the thorough carrying out OF
tteir plsns.
Tie State of Maryland and the other Ststes where
lotteries claimed to he gal take snch an interest
u their suppor ard protection ths' TO the counterfeit
Jog or alteration If lottery tickets they apply the same
severe pensltes TO sima' cOunteiieng or tsnper-
ing with bank uotes. L. the State Of Nes-fork, AMI
IN other States where lotteries not recognized ~
lawful it is no ffcnse to counterfeit sitter lottery
tickets aud no greater penalty attaches for stealing
them tlan for the larceny of so much blank paper.
In Tie time Of the Nea-York Stats lotteries, num-
Der Of tie great pubic works of the State were built
b, sum, OF mouey raised by the lottery plan Among
H. prominent ones Of them Columbia College, ct tins
cy was bult ard endowed by tie tep of the lottery
enterprise some iitythlee years ago. In those days
tire Commissioners Of the Lotteries we're elected bytne
reop.e, as they Iow il Maryland. AZ tie hme OF
the revival Of the Sparta Academy Lottery Grant in
Georgia, tie movement was strongly opIosei ny tre
better class Of oitizens, and was Unpopular with grea
majority. The place OF drawing was nr-t e,faoirhed
at Atlanta, bnt such was tho state OF feeling IN taat
city tbs, il ater.ard deemed expeiient to remove
the scene opersons Augusta, where all the bas-
ness is at present conducted.
The Missouri State Lottery Of which we do not
tesr 20 much ~ We shall when the Delaware grants
run cut, is owned by "Wool, Eddy, Maury Il
Gregory" The Gregory of the firm is Mrs. 3reg-
cry, the widow Of Walter Gregory, who former'y
the leading partner in the firm of Gegory& Many
THIS is At present very quiet in that quarter;
but in the Of year or two, unless some legal
obstaces are interposed, operations this charter
viii be commenced on a large scale.
There are rot unfrequently strange proceedings
in the dealings Of the lottery with each other
Tie following nssrce tells story against of SIR
Ben. Noois Sparta Academy Commissioners that
might be mentioned with a number of very emphatic
adsctIyes. Some seven years ago, Messrs ID. Paine &
Co.were lottery dealers in the State of Maryland and
Mr. +. {. Barber agent of theirs, hsyag
charge of Office in Of the minor cities VI the
Union. One day, Messr,. Pare & Co received notice
from Mr. Barber that OF the tickets sold by him
had drawn pize Of 80, GEO. and Mr.. Barber desired
have the cash RENTED that he might pay over TO
the fortunate holder oi the lucky ticket Paine ~ Co.,
not being wiling to pay 20 large a sum on the mere
word of their agent, dispatched lawyer named PAtten
to Savannah to shout the matter They suspected
that the prizecke had not been legally soh IN the
legtma course Of business but that Me. Barber Wa
erdeavoring 10 make handsome speculation on hs
own individual account.
Mr. Patten reached Savannah and called on Mr..
Ba,ber the agent and announcing his basine asked
to see the prize ticket which Mr. Barber a. once p'o-
duced. Mr.. Patten then deman;ed that Barber pro-
duce the holder but Barter could MT 10 a, nor
has he even been abe to find the msn from that day
TO this. OF course under the circumstances, Pane q
Co. could come to but conclusion, which wa, tnat
NJ. +. {. Barber had attempted 70 swinde tnem out
OF so OC0. Tie money va, never paid, but now,
seven years later this Mr.. f. C. Barber turns up
a. ole Of the Sparta Academy Commissioners, being
hired To I'LL that rerpoptioe post by Mess.s. swan,
Wood 4 CO.
There sIe very few persons who have any idea OF
tie extent to which lottery gambling IS carried IA the
cities wherein 1t is forbidt-n by law. IL is estimated
by those who know the business thst at least s3,oD
ere spent in the City OF Newiork every day Tor lot-
tery tickets, and than go 600 for policy mum
bes. This last is very low calculation, as there ere
a thousand polcy-shops in the city.
To one point would call the special attention OF hr
Wu. NJ. Evar., the counsel 10 the Governors OF th-