Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-20

q Co., the owners Of the MARYLAND Iotter;es
are Also heavy stockholders in the House Tele-
graph Company, and that Frank Morris. at
presenttof the House Company was formerly
the manager Of the lotteries of K France q Co
when IT was found that he could render more
emeient service to the lottery interest in the
Lelegraph company than in his other position
Ine transfer was easily accomplished II will
aouotiess astonish very many Of our readers to
near that the lottery proprietors have sui cient
interest TO command the Telegraph Companies
out when they learn the fact that France q
Co. pay the State of Maryland the sum of $40. :.
wy ior the mere privilege Of drawing the Con-
s1ildated Lotteries in their own name they
VIII readily comprehend that the bu siness Is Of
too much Importance to let any money consid-
ersuon stand in the way Of the thorough car
rylng out of their plans .-.
The State Of Maryland, and the other States
where lotteries are claimed to be legal. takes
sS an interest IN their support and protection
that to the oounterfeiting or alteration of lot
terry tickets they apply the same severe penal
ties as TO similar counterfeiting or tampering
with banks notes In the State of New York
and other States where lotteries are not recog
nlzed as lawful. it is no osnse to counterfeit or
alter lottery tickets, and no greater penalty
aetacnes tor stealing them than for the larceny
Of 80 much blank paper.
In the time of the New York State Iottari.s
anumoer OF the great public works of the State
we're ouiit oy sums of money raised by the lot
terry plan. Among the prominent ones of them.
Columbia College, OF this city, was built aud
endowed by the help of the lottery enterprise,
some nfty-three years ago. In those days the
Com mmissloners of the Lotteries were elected,
as S tney now are IN Maryland. At the time Of
the revival Of the Sparta Academy Lottery
grant In Georgia, the movement was strongly
opposed by the better class of citizens, and was
unpopular with great majority The place
Oh drawing was first established at Atlanta, but
sucn was the state of feeling in that city that
was after"ard deemed expedient to remove the
scene OF operations to Augusta, where all the
business is at present conducted
The Missouri State Lottery. of which We do
not near So much as We shall when the Della
ware grants run out, is owned by Wood, Eddy.
Maury Gregory. The Gregory, of tho irm
Is Mrs Gregory, the widow of Walter q ireporv
VINO was formerly the leading partner in the
hrm OF "Gregory d Maury." This concern is
at present very quiet in that quarter; but in
the course Of year or two, uuless some legal
obstacles are interposed operations on this char
Ter Will be commenced on a large scale.
Ihere are not unfrequently some strange
proceedings in the dealing of the lottery men
with each other. The following instance tells
story against one of Mr.. Ben. Woods Sparta
academy Commissioners that might be men
TONED with a number of very emphatic adjec-
OOAO eO'ou ycdIe dSO- MoeSr5. ~. Paine
q 20. were lottery dealers in the State of
Maryland, and a Mr.. f. C.. Barber was an
agent OF theirs, having charge of au Office in
one OF tho minor cities of the Union.
one day, MeSsrs. Paine & Co. received notice
from MI Barber that one fthe tickt t. sold by
him had drawn prize of 81, 200, ,,and Mr.. Bar
Der desired to have the cash remitted, thar he
might pay II over to tie fortunate holder of the
lucky ticket. Paine Il Co., not being willing
TO pay so large sum on the mere word of their
agent, dispatched lawyer named Patten to
Savannah, to see about the matter They sus
Pected tnat the priZe-ticket had not been le-
gally sold in the legitimate course of bns;nsss
out that Mr.. Barber was endeavoring to make
a handsome speculation on his own individual
account.
Mr.. Patten reached Savannah and called on
Mr. Barber, the agent, and, announcing his
business, asked to see the prize ticket which
Mr. Barber at once produced Mr Patten then
demanded that Barber produce the ticket-hold-
er, but Barber would not do il, nor has he been
able to md the man from that day to this OF
course, under the circumstances Paine d Co
could come to but one conclusion, which was,
tha' Dir. h. L. Barber had ATTEMPTED to swindle
them out OF 80 900. The money was never
Pald, but now, seven years later, this same Mr.
r Z: Barber turns up as one of the Sparta
Academy commissioners, being hired to Eli that
responsible past by Messrs. Swan, Wood & Co
There are very few persons who have any
idea Of the extent to which lottery gambling Is
carried in the cities where it is forbidden by
law. 1t is estimated by those who know the
business that at least s., 900 are spent in the
City Of New York every day for lottery tick
ets, and more than 5 10 900 for policy NUM- bers.
Ihis last Is very low calculad' n, as there are
a thousand policy shops in the city