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The plan OF drawing is similar to the single humble
schemes Of Wood Eddy Co.. Of Georgia, one Of whicl
was given in illustration above The Georgia method
to rol the printed numbers corresponding with the
hers Of the lottery in tin tubes aud place them wheel
The slips Of paper containing the amounts Of the prizes il
the scheme similarly enclosed In tin tubes aud placed
another wheel One boy blindOlded that he canno
possibly see, draws tube out Of the wheel OF numbers
while smother boy similarly blindfodcd draws tub,
out Of the wheel containing the prizes The numbers and
prizes then shown to the asseabed audience and GER
tilted to by the commissioners. The commissioners arc
DISTINGUISHED nen aud certify under oath the
ness Of the drawing The managers have nothing more
TO do with the drawing than the spectators precisely III
the same way in the single number lottery Of Wood
Eddy Co. in Delaware.
The lottery business has remained undisturbed in Della
ware for twenty years In February 1857 howpvcr cri
attempt made to pass bill In tho Legislature nrl
hibng the business but sgnally failed as at the
session there was presented bill providing for the raising
by lottery Of one hundred and fy thousand dollars to b.
applied to the completion and extension VI the Deaar,
internal improvement systeH and such other purposes IS
| the Legislature might direct.
In Louisiana, lotteries for many years egalizrd
but were finally abolished The sale of tickets lotteries
in other states was SO extensive however, in spite Of the
laws that NJ the last session OF the Legislature the cO
tuition proposed be amended rs To give legality il
the sale The following In extract from an article In
the New Orleans Pcayuno on the subject advocating III,
amendment
The constitution, in abolshng lotteries meant to do a
good thing but has failed, as such prohibitions will fail
until there very different state OF feeling ON the subject
much more widely diiused The laws which have been
enacted TO carry Into execution broken hourly and
dreams that they could be enforced The remedy
for this anomaly of constitution and law which are
treated with habituh disrespec Is alter bOth-abolisl
tho constitutional prohibition and the prohbitory law,
then secure system Of lotteries in the State under stc
regulations will secure the public condcncein tho fair.
ness OF the schemes and the integrity Of the distribution
The large sums which now sent abroad will retained
to circulate at home the profits which belong to the bust
ess will be kept among ourselves aud made subsidiary
to public improvements and benevolent obectg and tc
State aud municipal authorities will acquire what both
media source of revenue which unlike most Others will
be productive and will cause no complaint
The fact was that lotteries which had acquired the con.
dence of the public, would necessarily 10 paronized by
the public and the State bound have the sales legal
and derive from it, when II could not he pre-
vented The amendment to the constitution only pre-
vented by the shortness OF the session.
The New Orleans Delta also contained the following
about this time
We are told that at least half million dollars annually
goes from here for this sale Of Havana tickets help sup
port government and army foreign and hoso Ia ~ IL
every respect Until within the past two or three wears
there for this, had here no reliable
concern for those to invest who felt inclined but within
that time lottery drawn and owned by responsible men,
has been in successful operation in the States Of Delaware
aud Georgia We allude to the lotteries Of Wood Eddy
Co, which have rapidly grown into public favor aud
pize after prize distributed many them Of large amounts
and but few weeks ago their capital paid parties
in this city.
1t has within the last few months rapidly increased in
favor with citizens but do think in the same
proportion should compared with its great rival the
Havana The latter has been amongst us for so many
years that has become ahabit with many to invest III L.
without comparing it with tho Georgia. studying the
chances and advantages Of the latter the former
Arguments like these finally convinced the Louisiana
Legislature Of the necessity OF egAzing the sale Of the
lottery tickets other States and the New Orleans papers
ptedlet lha Tue constitution VIII probably be amended
al tue next session Of the Legislature
THE LOTTERY BUSINESS or THE PRESENT DAY
There are now only four States that have legal lotteries
These are Georgia, Kentucky Missouri and Delaware
Kentucky has three, including the recently purchased
ia MCrakin county, by Mr., Benjamin Wood, known as
he has agreed TO pay to the academy $50 OOo aud which
in the conrse of few mouths it said will be carried
on as extensively as the Georgia lotteries The follow.
Ing Is an extract from the paducah Herald announcing
the fact!-
PADrcAn LOTTERY GRANT
Mr. b. Wood, Of the city u New York recently purca-
sed the lottery franchise granted by the Legislature Of
Kentucky for the and benefit OF the male and female
academies Of this city The arrangements made with Mr.
Wood mighty advantageous to theceStui QueteS the
grant, and the friends Of these growing and escryedy
popular institutions of learning will be graed to know
equate price Mr. Wood has entered into bonds securing
the payment Of prizes and the price agreed given for
the grant, with security, WORTH us s shown ut least three
hundred thousand dollars.
Now that 50 few States legaze the business there is
great scramble for the franchises when for SALE
case in this Puducah grant, Indeed, the owners Of the
Wood, Eddy Co grants in Georgia claim that tile late
onsaughton them led by jealous rivals who had
JAILED to secure the Paducah grant The following extract
from Delaware paper in 1857 will give idea vi the
money and influence which brought bear to secure
these grants in the legislatures
auADRANdULAR PIaHr.
There has been considerable excitement In Dover be
past week in regard to the passage of the lottery yrst
which have heretofore alluded to- In order that our
readers may understand the matter properly we will re
mark that there three applications for lottery grants
to extend period Of ten years One Of these was known
the Wood grant and was advocated by Hon Geo Reaj
NJ tho Pea,
grant, and was advocated by Messrs Stats Broadbent
and others while the third was represented by ex-Goy
efnor Tharp and others The present company opposed
the passage of any new grant and represented it is
said, by Goo G. Gordon Esq, Hon Martin W. Bates and
others who had received large fees for their services Tue
contest therefore triangular one and was carried an
with considerable ingenuity each party striving get the
advantage Of the other.
CHEATING THE LOTTERY MANAagRs
Before the electric telegraph invented lottery man
ayers were in the habit Of selling tickets long after the
drawings In cities distant from the place Of drawing ina
king due allowance for te time in which express would
carry tho Of the successful numbers The lottery
managers then the energetic expressnen Their
expresses ran far u advance of tho mail and the early
progress journalism was much indebted to them for the
rapid transmission Of news They Of course run some risk
in selling after tho drawings took place. and were some
times overreached by the the sharpers who would succeed
IN learning what were the drawn NUMBERS and buying
ne tickets afterwards before the branch offices closed Tho
utmost ingenuity was exhibited in these arrangements
They sometimes established telescope telegraph lines for
hundreds Of miles the successful numbers being read from
ono station to another by means of Telescopes
coored rockets which could DO read far as sight
could operate selecting the highest points of land for the
staoaa in all cases There also carrier pigeons EN-
oyed but the most ingenious and successful plan was by
means of shooting lights each shot counting ten and ne
odd numbers being communicated In like manner after
pause, to make certain of the correct numbers IN
ms way, Il T. s the pious Connecticut gentlemen sue.
'eedcd In swlndng manager out Of lty thousand dol
ars in the Rhode Island lotteries.
rHE Use or rRLRaRAPus FIRST ADOPTED BY LOTTERY MEN
The early history Of tecgraphns records the fact that
before lottery managers Of IT, species Of visual
telegraph had been established and the prize numbers
earned in time 10 purchase lucky tickets in places distant
rom the scene OF drawing Large sums at frat lost
~ lottery managers In this way. Among the best sun
0flers Of the electric telegraph IN It's infancy we'll
more recently, have been the managers Of lotteries
LOTTERY MANAGERS PUBLISHING ASri-lor1ERY TRACTS.
II Ia curious fact in lottery history that when appea
ions have been pending in States for the issuing of
grants the managers Of lotteries already In legal ex
'tence have been known to publish and circulate large
arge Of money for them, intending by these means
defeat the applications Of rivals while they were sure
continuing thenseyes-p reierng the damage OF pub.
opinion against lotteries TO the competition Of rivals
Bodus LOTTERIES.
The fabulous profits ascrbed to tho legal lottery busl
ess has Of late years. introduced system OF bogus lot
cries. which has tended much to inufe the regular bust
esS,
They got up by unpnepled and irresponsible men
Tho issue flaming advertisements OF schemes orin inn
iense prizes at small priced tickets or course If tey
ayeanything like what they promised they could MT
and one drawing They have no legal existence and 4
eneray advertise to have subscriptions sent where there
re no lotteries authorised They have no drawings hut
the time when they pretend to have drawings they j
ake up list Of drawn numbers and give small prizes n
the buyers to further ventures and at Inc
me time securing good round profit. Occasionally d
ey distribute prizes equal to their receipts but never
nythng the $780, 900 prizes the legal concerns
was this kind OF lottery which broken up at Nor
ich, Conn, and on the stoppags Of which Swan Co.
rote letter OF congratulation 10 the Mayor Ii