Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-05
Mayor Tlemann and the Georgia Lot
tGries.

terios.
The recent onslaught Of Mayor Tiemann
upon the lotteries Of Swan & Co., Of Au-
gusta, Geo, does not seem, thus far, to
have been productive Of any great result
At first sight it would seem strange that
Mayor Aiemaan should Jake the trouble to
| SO down to Georgia to inquire whether Gle
laws OF that State were enforced or not.
Why, it may be asked, did Mayor 1iemann
feel such a remarkable interest in the affairs
Ct or southern friends? Tue expanation
=o FAYE heard foy taais remarkable *sss.etch
q Authority on tie part Of the Mayor il
the fact that enc of the members ofthe fam
# Swan 4 Go. is Mr.. Benjamin Wood, of
this city, a brother Of ex-Maycr Wood, his
political antagonist. All sorts of rumors
are rife that this onslaught upon Swan 4
20. is only concealed intention to influence
the election for Congressman uhi5ll comes
Oft this fall. Of this we know nothing, Let
we do know that these Georgia lotteries
have been used in this city for the purposes
.2f political persecution. The former pro-
prietor Of this paper was arrested ont Of
pure males for publishing the advertise
lnentsof these lotteries, and harrassed and
annoyed at the very time thai other news
papers in the city we're publishing t!so came
advertisement without being ino,estel Aud
at this very moment Mayer Temaan IS
passing over abuses in our own city to at
tend 10 the affairs of the State of Georgia |
There ere vitlin sight Of the City Hall at +
least BALI q dozen mock auction shops ,knoWu
well enough to Be open and undisguiso1 !
winding holes, where innocent and unsus-
pecting people coming to the city are ileec- |
ed Of their money. There are also bogus
Offices for selling tickets to California, where !
strangers are every week in the year liter
ally robbed, yet these, and many other dis /
graces to our city, are left untouched and
the tax payers put to expense to find ont |
whether the citizens Of Georgia caforee
their own laws
Now, we have nothing to say il faror Of
lotteries. Some States have authorized
them and some have not The Legislature
of Louisiana, we believe, at its last session.
came very near repeating the prohibition
there against lotteries. The question nov
"alsed. aGd The enc upon which swan 4 O.. /
have been il aictea, il whether they have
,he legal right to carry on q lottery in
Georgia. 1t is not denied that they had u
franchise to that effect, but whether it is
good now is the question, and one which
vii soon be decided by a Georgia jury In
he meantime, we understand there is no
Interruption to the business; indeed, it is
very generally conceded that Mayor Tie
nann has advertised these lotteries to an
extent they never could hare had if he had
got distnrbed them. There is also another <
faact which the present investigation has ]
brought forth, and that is, that these lot
'eries have been fairly and honestly man
lgea. "he public generally have little con-
idence in the fairness Of these institutions,
ht Mayor Tiemann has not only brought
b charges against tie integrity If Swan Il
e.. but in fact be lag thus directly estab-
HE'D their business character. In this view
othe case, His Honor las fairly oyershot
hllnar6, for we take it that al Who are !
Sly enough to buy lottery tickets only wish \ Y
tole assured that perfect fairness n the I
drfing AID distribution viii be Observed
SAh y Go. may thank Mayor Tiemann fer
demonstrating This, as the only charge, it
seeE, be could make against them was $
thathey are not entitled, according to the :
l la Georgia, to draw lottery in that +
Stat If, therefore, Mayor Tiemann has
lnstfted these proceedings in a spirit Of
reveEe against Mr.. benjamin. Wood, who
IS va known in this city to be in all bis
busifss relations man of integrity, he
will I've made a very poor speculation.
he y probably find. in the end, that he
lad tter attend to the mock auction shops,
the tket sWindlers, the burglars, and the
cnt-tlPats who infest cur city and who,
with e nuisance Of our present lazy, in
effciei Black Republican police, are rem
derlnaaNew York bye-word and a re
proach There is nothing like every I.ra
attendg to its own nest. - sDtayy Booz.
TMPreachcrs There arc at present
in M. ! Conference, in session at Nash
vile, I'm, some pretty lengthy speci- !,
mems ofeverend humanity the Rev Mr.
Young Missouri, 6 feet inches Rev I
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