Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-12-03
CITY ITEMS

''rnE ANKRicAs RKruBtic" is the title Of a Journal,
published In Macon Ca devoted TO lotteries and tera
tnre An agent Is now In this city, solcitiug subscrip
son ana As an indueement tran.fers to each subscr
Der who PAYS s2 In advance" ticket purporting be
chance In some forthcoming lottery Now no Que can
DO more friendly TO Southern literary enterprises
selves but withhold disapprobation from
any scheme Of the Kind which makes sub-erv
ent TO the promotion Of any razng
pursuit. Such Is the character OF the American Repub.
hc h Is ostensiby literary paper but Is manifes;y
designed advertising aud putting organ of certain
lottery companies In Georgia. This Il the way TO
build up literature In the South and regret learn
that many OF our citizens in their willingness extend
encouragement TO Southern Journals have been persus-
ded to subscribe to the "Repubc and become indirect
purchasers OF lottery tickets We invite the attention Of
our citizens aud the agent aforesaid the folio ing law
1s52i ~
BE IL enacted etc., That the buying selling or trans.
the same Is hereby prohibited.
free person shall SGT up promote or be concern
ed In managing or drawing lottery rattle for money
or other thing OF value or knowingly permit such lot
terry In any house under his control or knowingly per
init money or other property be rallied for 10 such
house. or to be won therein. by throwing using dcc
or by any other game Of chance, or knowingly permit
the sale In such house Of chance or in or share
OF ticket IN lottery, any writing certificate bill
token or other device purporting. intended guar
antee or assure 10 any person. entte him a prize
or share o. or interest In, prize be drawn In lot
terry; or shall, Tor himself another person. buy sell or
frs"er or have in his possession for the purpose Of
or shall aid in selling exchanging negotiating or trans
ierring chance, etc. he shall be confined in Jail not
more than one year. and fined not exceeding $500
NEW foRK LxpGRR.-The paragraph in this column.
yesterday, commenting the New York Ledger was not
written by any connected with the establishment
found its way into the paper advertisements
make this statement to avoid the imputaton of in
consistency and because, prepared TO com.
mend any Northern periodical the patronage of our
readers nj this time IL be said OF the Ledger that
eschews the subject of slavery in all FORMS so far
We have seen, and while of friends NAV in
sist that 1t should denounce the abolition anatcsm so
prevalent Mt the North. think that it is point in IL
favor beng an exclusively literary journal that il has
not aided in the dissemination Of damnable doctrines
Inc motto OF the South is 'eave alone" and IL re-
CURES no logic to prove that f every newspaper In the
north would initiate the example of the Leiger that ari
aton would die out and fanacsm be circumscribed 10
narrow limits.
We hope. however, that the day Is not far iistapt
wnen Richmond may boast Of literary journal equal in
all respects to the Ledger. We be independent of
the North in all things. scheme has already been
oroached Tor the establishment OF n literary weekly in
TINS city and we should be all surprised ut its
muigaon In the shape of prospectus the course of
the present month. We have talent enough in the
south to make such paper interesting and valuable; ard
We have the men in Richmond who are capable of edit
ing it