The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-26

ptl0r institution instance party oeerhlg ~
| sssabIsh aeadeay, and tho town N which it - %
be 10, aied being unable 10 raise the itnds, o.'
try IL established and tickets soid tho rroceeds
10 prlas deduction Of fifteen per cent beng
retained on al pra from the winner 10 be paid into the
fund for the establishment Of the acaemy whatever
msy be- Where required that $l2 900 should be raised
g. carry tho project After the lottery has been
started number Of tickets issuei scheme,
flr instance 70 be drawn every three mouths The
cep,s for each quarter being f1j 600 about $4,000 -
divided up into prizes the remainder kept TO the
necessary expenses incurred in carrying on the business
When the drawings made, fifteen per cent then de-
duce from the prize money which realizes 81 600 or The
quarterly drawing and $4,000 IN one year in nis way,
carried out shown above, and reliable appointed
10 carry the iotery, t would he far Investment,
hu, as hundreds found ready . purchase tickets,
the lotteries changed hands and others were esao
lshed 10 dcraud the public, 10. eighth of the
p2cs being awarded The following i tle aopy Of
~ act authorizing the rasns VI - 900 Tor hc ba"ut o
certain academy IL the State Of Georgia.
| .craoRlzE rue TRUSTEES scADrsV,
Isn RAISE @ BY lottery ,,s ss or ff
BE enacted ny the Senate House RcpresenIaiseso ~
enacted BY he horly q he same a The trustees oi
he md INV h ~ n M hepan s aubors ~ raise bv ia.r, " = aa
NOT exceeding 1--we Thousand dollars fer the bene oI sd
sec ? Apdb i further enacted That -, Eslrs r.
% u1 aan and % eonct s sd % ana be ali
hereby authorized divide sad lottery iao
shall interest Acaaemy ami any
s1s's By f Ss as H.
sspenses q said lottery shall be BY them naa over = the trs
''1S Sssenisd . Dee B. isas
/ The 0I conducting the lottery business on
large scale is IMMENSE ca,afof nearly two hundred
thousand dollars beng required IhecSpenseof printing,
clerks agents. together with that Of ccgaphng and post
age, VIII amount IN year 10 nearly the above SUM- ~
Of the Southern lotteries twenty printers are kept
constantly At work printing schemes, tckcts &C. SIX erls
continually engaged in cutting tickets ani dong them
up IL packages. u general iug schemes n,ed
ahead, and are kept in iron safes, that they can
be deslroycd BY ire The number If agents employ
cd throughout the states very large. There i hardly
town but What has person employed il i selling
lottery tickets. The following q certificate which each
| agent receives
| MASAsERs OFFICE, MARyLssp STARE LOTTERIES
IS regular licensed venier for ne sale oi tieset7 Y
the Mary and state lotteries Persons a. distance Who oer
irori hi may rely on recesng none my the managers A
| r. FRANCE Il Co, Managers.
At the institution number Of girls also employed IN
directing letters with schemes enclosed. Tho postage on
the would make quite little fortune IN the course OF
year two Directories Of every city town and vii
ase throughout the United states procured by the
managers and from these the Of parties
tned and circulars Of the schemes and draw ngs giving
s OF the prizes, mailed 10 thousands Tho result
Is that out Of every hundred a least eighth are in
duoed try Their luck accordingly their money
for tickets Should fifty thousand circulars be sentabroad
and each ticket be- valued al dollar the probability Is
that from that number yc thousand persons soNd remit
for chance making the receipts tine above number or
circulars distributed $4,000 Should there be but one
scheme a week, nj the above ratio WoGld
amount to 600 per year Dedncting tho amount
| which, the managers claim, u requires to carry
the business (s200ooo and they have profit o sdn 600
and above all expenses. There two drawings
day, which cannot fail TO make the cash receipts tex
cts 81 900 per day the very lowest igure1nd with
the Havana lottery drawings Saturdays making in al
| seven drawings wcek-the receipts amount full
~ eco week and 1864 900 year.
The result OF each drawing IL Maryland is known in
almost every city just the result cfn be tee-
| grapbed over the wree Aner the numbers have been
printed where the drawing takes place they
the telegraph Office and forwarded 10 varons agents bn
instead Of sending the numbers, they telegraph words and
figures. A. the other end ofthe lBc boys always
waiting at the hour the drawings expected As
| received they transferred TO Tho regular
bers and printed, and within twenty minutes after Their
receipt in this city slip he fond in each policy shoa
regular set OF boys, called runners,' lake them
soon printed and circulate them among the vcnders
for which they receive twelve and half cents from each
| shops day.
THE PoLIcy SHOPS YORK.
From the reports made by Sergeant Croft there be
tween four and five hundred policy shops thi. city,
mostly located the lower and portions the city
In erccnwich street, West broadway, Church street Cen
trc aud Mubury streets. and along the
portion Of the town, bc any number o
them, well known TO almost every policeman in their
spectve wards yet with two exceptions the cap.
tans have been known TO interfere try break
them up Tos. who carry these places and sell slips
| generally well known among tho lighting fraternity
and leading politicians in the wards. They have no
fear The police the wards they have thor
friendship most instances, by aiding them politically
and therefore in return they permitted 90 IN
moesscd, only tearing nterruptoa from the Mayor and
| h IS squad
There arc classes of policy hops in this civ tho
first being paronizcd by merchants, dry goods clerks
and hotel men Three Establishments arc nearly an n.
Gated on Broadway and found thr Of ror,.n
exchange Offices. Al OF these places S5 IA
money is daily exposed window and hundreds who
pass by led 10 suppose that the business cninc,
within Is that u money brokers' yet reality their prn
cIral business il that of vending policies and lottery
tickets Though these places very secluded there are
many who cannot he durcd h. vist them, though they
have great appetite for playing Tor their acnmoia
largo building Worth street thriving trnas
Is carried Those who visit the above place seldom
invest less than ono dollar, and snct,ncs high as
lfty dollars, in hopes Of winning large amount.
The middling class q players generally cartmen
aborers and mechanics They are generally Induced
invest from quarter v ono dollar ~ imc Tboy yi-t
what might be called The second cass policy shop whore
seldom money T. exposed IN tue nfovs, but Simply
, shade or curtain. with the word
tktuANSr
,sS>,>s~>>s,>s
painted ON 4 IN large letters There generally some
of these places 10 be seen, owing th fc that sgns
always hunr out conspicuous possible, as 10
attract the attention ~ players.
The third class 81 foey shops oura mostly ID tho
Fourth, fh and sixth wards. The locatsd moro
hoycs and ricsctty deus, and faranized only by
negroes, prostitutes and thieves For ! dsgut,c ost
segar boxes oficn placed 10 the vnapws now ami
then image Of sort other made plaster can
be seen To- make the place a. secluded possblc aud
as 4 only occupied ~ some poor csOn. the doors and
windows are covered With green bszc % old curt stun
w these shofs the naycrs can cxSud any amount from
penny upwards. Df this cl4ss. a model Is
found N West broadway. iooaied n
an old r,cketiy building, AM entering d pcr.
~ ordinary SIZE compelled s,oop ic-t his head
might come IN contact with The b,p The oor Tue place
j. not twelve feet square partition runnng har
way up the ceiling, being erected about three from
The door Behind this partition thc players their
turc and large black board adorne the walls ul,n which
is chaked down the numbers ~ thc larcnt as
they are brought IN by the raunrr ask ex,enis aop
The north side of the room where ss The vendor ant
over his head hangs snail s.Sn with The olowing
BHs rup 1otp ~ HsNk,kA NoSEy ErN
tvENiS4
..-,,<,>->e<r~.S,1s< ,.<s,e.<>.>.s,,,ss ,S.->,,.
Not less than half dozen n,rocs ean always be cao
~ tbs place. While a. the above hop, very ID
tcfcstsng grl, apparently about Hieen wears IT.