Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-12

THE HALus oE LoTTsET PnizE.-A new VT
leans letter n the Charleston Courier relates an
incident which illustrates in q striking manner
the evil that may be produced by one lottery tick
ct. A Young man Of good family 10 New Orleans.
who is passionately lind Of gambling. was play
ing With considerable i-luck. and ~ last throw,
having lost all his money. staked lottery ticket;
lie lnst. After the game was over. the winner
having no faith in lotteries. proposed to throw
dice f,r IL. ut twenty-five cents u chance. by
Islander. "a poor fellow who never handre dol
lars in his ife." accepted tho efer. aud won the
ticket. A few days afterwards the Havana steam
or arrived, and 10 tho ticket had drawn S25,Ooo
The original owner, who had thus thrown away q
fortune, on hearing the news. was taken with an
ATTACK VI brain fever and is even now IN SAD COLI
dtion II il feared he will remain an IDIOT
The lucky drawer Of the prize Immediately IN
vested round sum in assortment Of the most
fashy jewelry aud garments. and has been lead
ing ever since life OF continued revelry, he has
bccome fast man. and is following last tho road
10 ruin. The disbelievcr in lotteries cannot Tor
give himself, and whenever he meets triend,
stops him and tells him the story. IL has become
such mania with him that his friends avoid him,
AMI turn the corner as as they nee him com
ing. lie has had several quarrels at the gaming
table whrrc ihs sight Of the carIs inevitably
bring, the oft-t0ld tale ~ bis lips. Thds one prize
in n lottery has made one man an idiot, started
another one on the road TO ruin, and crazed third
A terrible price for one prize, certainly
Crnyn.L IsrglIIey>cs-A writer describing
Whitley court in England The seat Of Lord Ward,
says: 'Some idea Of the expense incurred may be
formed By the cost Of fountain, and by that for
the gliding Of one npariment-ths picture gallery
which il ,iit Mt El0,0O0. The whole Of the out
lay, inclndiug that for The church. and the fnrn-
ture for the mansion is estimated ut G55o,ooo.
The Chicaso policemen made descent upon n
notorious faro bank in that city last week and cap
turod quit" party oi '-"rt.' Ohe oi them stat
e,l that he wns from Now York. another fir IN Buf
falo, aud another from ST. Louis The Now York
leg was reported to have brought with him the
nice little of 500 900 with which To Zig lat the
tiger in Chicago. lie declared in the police
court that Chicago was too dry II place for him,
and he was going home
Most of the leading city clergymcn. A. well as
tho more fashionable PARTON of their congrega
tons, having returned Ia town from the watering
places and other resorts of health pleasure, the
usual annual "church openings were helIin Now
York last Sunday in Il number Of the sacred cd-
fees.
At the Portsmouth New IIampshirc) navy yard
the other day, the c",nnnndant issued orders that
all the cattle employed IN the yard should he fed
On cut feed. which were accordingly carried into
effect. Hut onc old OK who In been educated on
long hay could not Accommodates himself to the
new diet, and it was reported to the proper nutho
rity that the animal wouldn't eat cut feed. Not
eat it, exclaimed the hend teamster, filled with
holy horror. by thunder he must eat it. It's
tho commodorc's orlcts!'
We learn from the Mount Vernon Record that
tho work of putting Mount Vernon in good cond-
ton has been fairly begun. Since the first Of Ju-
", workmen. under the superintendent Of II com
tetcnt gentlemen, have been busily engaged in re.
pairing out houses, tracing and cleaning up the old
and almost forgotten paths mud certifying in some
measure the sacred spot against the rnvagcs of de-
cay. The Recorder also states TINT Is, 600 1T tie
fourth aud Last instnlmcnt for the purchase of
Mount Vernon Ia. been already paid to Mr..
Washington. leaving only about 100000 to he
paid To nplrlc the purchase.