Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-08

ofa crime; It has become an art, a science and mas usurped the place of legitimate trade. As usual the people of the south and south- west are the sufferers. and much of if ;s dre to thelr own gullibity, the desire to become sud denly wealthy and disposition ofsome of them to patronize every thing that originates at the | north
 We select three cases as Illustrative; the lot terles ot Swan & Co.,, located ostensblv at Au- gusta, Ga., but owned and controlled in New iork; the Wisconsin land company and the retired physician.
 | From the New York Post The Lottery Dealers Smoked Out-Mayor Tiemann's Studies in Georgia Law. The mayors war upon lotteries and policy dealers Is destined to be not without its trophies. Ills office was in great excitement to-day in consequence of intelligence received from the State oi Georgia, whither he had dispatchea one of his confidential officers to see what could be done to check the evil at its source.
 It has been supposed by the officers of Geor gla that their lotteries were legal; but the may or, upon examining the subject, discovered that they were not, the law upon which they profess to be based having expired long ago by its own limitations.
 One of the most extensive lotteries in the United States IS the one called the Sparta Aca. demy lottery, located at Augusta, and sending Its agents to all parts of the country. It was owned by Samuel Swan, Benj. B. Wood and George P. Eddy. Benj min P. Wood is of this city, brother of Fernando Wood, and is said to be one of the heaviest propretors in the con- cern.
 Two weeks ago last Saturday, Sergeant Bir- ney was dispatched to Georgia, with letter from the mayor to the attorney general of that State, in which, after referring to the laws of our own Slate on this subject, he says:
 " Information has been furnished by me, and l believe truly, that the lottery in question is not authorized by the laws of your State; that the statute under which it was created is long since imperative, either by its own limitation or non user, and that it is a fraud upon youI State.
 Its continuance is source of great trouble n thls city, and from the fact that instead of sell ling tickets only, an infamous business known as pocles which is sort of insurance upon the drawing of certain numbers on particular days, IS mainly dependent upon this lottery for its continuance the same persons who pretend to
 
 terested ill the policy business"
 Sergeant Birney, duly armed with inroduc. tory letters and certificates, vert to Washing ton, where he received letter from Howell Cobb to Governor Brown. When he arrived in Milledgevlle he called upon the Governor, who upon satisfying himself that the mayor was cor rect, and that the lotter,es of the State were illegal, promised to use all the power in his hands for iha of ba ,,,,ic,,oa birney then went to Augusta, where he arrived on Saturday last, with letters to the attorney general. The grand jBy had just adjourned; but another jury was immediately snmmoud and met on Monday morning last The partie were arrested, the papers and witnesses lroduc- ed; at eleven o'clock proceedings commenced and at four o'clock on the afternoon of t,e same day the jury returned true bills of ind ctment against each of the following persols:
 Samuel Swan, Benjamin Wood. George P Eddy, owners Of the lottery.
 Frederick P. Barber Leon P. Ducas com. mlSsioners, protesting authority 10 draw.
 James A. Eddy, Charles A. Lathrop, clerks All the parties, except Mr. Wood, resides ir Augusta, but Eddy is absent and is believed to be in this city. The remainder of the partic named were held to bal in the sum of S2O0C on each indictment, making $lO,000 Der head as five bills were found against each man. Il IS supposed that an officer wi!l be sent to this city with a requisition for the arrest of Wood The affair created great excitement in Geor- gla. Lotteries have long been regarded as nui- sances by the better class of citizens, but it was supposed they were protected by law, and must be indorsed
 1t Is stated that this concern receives hun dred and fifty thousand dollars week. It pro- 1 esses to give out over two million dollars a 1 week in prizes.
 This news will suprise many who have been paid small sums prizes drawn. But in no case that ever came to our knowledge was more than five hundred dollars paid, either done to keep up appearances or because they could fix lp no combination of numbers that would not, with the immense number of tickets sold, drawn small prizes.
 Think of the enormous sum of S15O,OOO each week, amounting U fer seven millions yesrly.
 We also give Samuel Swan & Co.'S .denfence A Card from Samuel Swan & Co., to the Public.
 l The extraordinary course pursued bv the rival managers of different lotteries to iljure us be- cause our liberal schemes, and prompt manner of doing business, has materially affected them, compels to call special attention to the facts. which all who deal with Us know already: that IS, that our lotteries are legal; the manayers and trustees honest and honorable men; that we have sold more prizes in the last tw elvc months than all other lotteries in the Union; and that they have been promptly clshed, in all cases, on presentation.
 The effort to ihjure is aimed, not only at our business by our rivals, but is also intended to act politically on one of our partners, aud we aSsnre our friends and the public, that WITH OUR CONCERN ALL Is RIGHT, and thjs the legal in- vestiSatIon, which we shall urge to hearing, will fully demonstrate. In the meantime our business will be conducted as usual
 SAMUEL SWAN & CO,
 Lottery Managers'
 A'yusta, Geo,gia. | The next on the list is one of the many land swidles, entitled the "American Homestead Land company" which was advertised in all the northern papers:
 The advertisement states that 100000 acres of land in Winnehago, Marquett, and other counties in Wisconsin are to be disposed of in tracts of from forty up to five thousand acres by lottery, the ticket for chance costing but five dollars. Ex- Governor Barstow, of Wisconsin and Alexander Spauding of New York, are advertised as the trustees, and the governor as well as all the ex- Governors of the State ard of the Territory are referred to for any desired n- formation in the premises. An Ohio gentle man, desiring to be informed concerning the matter, addressed letter to Governor Randall, of Wisconsin. who answered that he had no i knowledge of such company except that derv- ed from an advertisement in the newspapers; and the reference to himself for information in regard to the quality and value of the land to be sold is made without any authority by the pretended company. The institution, he says, seems to have head in Washington, although the operators are somewhat scattered. He adds