Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-02-08
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

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direct the attention Of our rea-
ers to the advertisements of the cars, for i'm
ortAnt changes in the running time Of the
rains
Roy A man and wife without children) are
Tanted on farm near Wilmington. Apply to
/. D. Hicks, Third aud Orange Streets, in this
ity.
s6SH A Book of Deposit of the Wilmington
savings Fund, belonging to Bridget Tucker, has
,een lost, aud application has been made for u
lew one.
MonR ABOUT LorTEnIEs We copy the follow
ng from the East Boston Ledger of the I'd inst
Our little State is fast becoming infamous By
reason Of the lottery system which it legalises.
And yet another lottery bill is about to pass the
Legislature at its present session;
Mr.. EDIToR,-lt is really astonishing to see
the amount Of cheating done by lottery dealers.
And it is equally astonishing to know that 80
many people are weak enough to he cheated by |
the rogues.
The following letter. received by gentleman
in this city, will, in some measure, explain how |
these dealers gull the feeble ones.
OFFIoE OF DENNY Co.
(Strictly Private
January 2lst, 1861.
DEAR SIR,-Desiring to introduce to the people
of your neighborhood, the State of Delaware
Lotteries, drawn under the liberal management
of Messrs. Wood, Eddy Co., by authority OF
the State Of Delaware, and believing that the
surest and quickest away to do 80, will bs to
first, send Handsome Prize to some one living
there, we offer to you the refusal Of a Full Ger
tfcate of 26 Sixteenths of Tickets in the Gu
closed rich aud brilliant all Prize Scheme in
which we will truly bind ourselves that if ii
does not draw you at least Fire Thousand Dollars
over and above all cost and expense, we will
send you another Certificate in one from Extra
Lotteries, for nothing. After we send you the
money it draws, 1--WE are satisfied that you must
have the money to show you nre to make it
known that you have drawn Prize at our Office,
and use your influence to increase the popularity
Of these Lotteries. We urge you to avail your
self of this proposition, as another such chance
may never again present itself Please keep
this Letter strictly private until after you get
your Prize Money, and send $40 in your letter
(use the enclosed envelope) to pay the Managers
for the Certificate. Let us know upon which
Bank in your State, you would prefer Draft
Send ut once, and should you from religious
notions decline, please hand this letter to some
friend who needs money, and tell him to send
without delay. This lottery you will observe, is
to be drawn on the 23d of February and your
immediate reply is necessary to secure the Ger
tifcate. See back of enclosed Scheme.
Sincerely Yours,
DENNY x co.
Wilmington, Del
This is the way we do il Denny & CO. in
order to increase their business sent on the 9th
of December $4,000 Prize to Mr. Edward Lane
of Van Clearsyille Berkeley Co., Va, and to Mr..
Thos. j. WaxfOrd of York Centre, Du Page
County, Illinois, they also sent on the ID OF
January prize of 50 900. Both of these parties
have given Denny & Co., permission to publish
their names, and orders are now coming in fast
from both of these places, as we expected they
would.
These men propose to send Prize to thi.
Boston gentleman, so that the prejudice which
here exists against lotteries may be removed
But If the lottery is to be drawn fairly how car
they make such promise 10 any man? How
are they to know who are to draw the prize?
II these men are sincere in their pledges t.
give prize to certain person II shows they
are able and willing to cheat other ticket hold
ers out of their chances
The object is to induce people to buy ticket
in the hope that they are to draw large prizes
In this those who invest will certainly be dis
} appointed, and their hope will prove to be
false hope.'
, Beware of those who come to you with out
ward promises of large prizes, but inwardly nr
} ravening wolves who would make you prey.
MEETING or THE Minute MEN.-The Mnut
Men of go held their regular monthly state
meeting on Friday night last. The atlendauc
was slim.
The President, Mr.. Joseph Pyle, presente
the following which was read and adopted, viz
WHEREAS, The time has arrived in our histor
i as nation, when il becomes the duty of ever
: lover of his country, to publicly express hi
views aud his attachments to his native land, an
=, WHEREAS, The bright and brilliant history {
1 the United States of America is now threatene
: by desperate and designing demagogues aud pc
o litical gamblers, who for power and place {
, office would destroy this, the most free and en-
lightened nation Of the earth, and forever bla.
the hopes and expectations IF every lover of fret
dom, and quench the light of civil and religion
liberty in fratricidal blood; and
= WHEREAS, We, the Minute Men of go, VIII
II nobly struggled against ianaticism during III
i political campaign just closed, and resisted alk
n the unconstitutional acts of the Republicans ,
the North aud the traitOrous cry of 1isunion ,
: the Democrats of the South, and nobly, thong
q unsuccesafully, batted for the "Union, the Con
! slitutiOn and the enforcement of the laws,
= should now, ia the hour OF our country's peri
q show to the world, that as we then advocate
a this patriotic platform, that we still adhere wit
n undying devotion, (amid-what il supposed
y be-the death-struggles of our beloved country
q to our principles and TO our platform, therefor
" Resolved, That we, the Minute Men of go 1
:, now, and will ever oppose the dissolution Of tn
, Union by all the means that God and nature hi
n endowed us with, believing, as we do, that o,
y greatness ms nation, our safety as n peopl
our happiness as individuals, our civil and r
ia ligiOus liberty, as well as the great problem
lie mans capacity, Tor self government, all depen
a upon the perpetuity of this glorious this bapp
N United States of America, and that we look IN,
; all who favor disunion as traitors alike to q,
>, and mnn,
II Resolved That while we are in fnvor Of Ii
n Constitution as it is, believing that il all Of
m requirements had been faithfully executed
"a letter and spirit both North aud South, tb
m under the benign influence all sectional auno,
ii ties and sectional hatreds would never have be
D. engendered, and it would as our fathers intend
m it should be, the means of perfectng a mo
ID "perfect Union, establish justice, ensure dome
tic tranquility, and secure the blessings Of libC
At ~ TO ourselves and our posterity," yet as DO
"a North and South have violated its provision
Id and both by disregard Of its plain requirement
10 duties and responsibilities, are equally guilty
ID the deplorable condition of our otherwise hap
O. and prosperous country, and as the constitute
re itself provides way for alteration or amendme
Z. in cases Of emergency, we, as constitution
- Union men, are in favor of an amendment thei
ut to, binding alike upon North and South, gyi
TO justice to both, in person, in life and in prop,
,u ~, and which will baniah forever the distiact
ne question of slavery from our national Leeisl
m ture, aud from the political arena.
Id Resolpsd, That We are in favor of faithi
" enforcement Of the laws, whether violated
" traitors at home or despOts abroad. belieyi
= that Republican Government can only
,v maintained and respected by u just und prom
ia execution of all laws upon the Statute boo
We and knowing that should they be wrong or t
On ranical, the people have the inherent power
= abolish and cause their repeal aud if they n
us just and right selfrespect us nation denan
le their enforcement at all and every hazard.
rs RESOLVED, That we, as Il political party, us
all legal and honorable means to prevent I
l., election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presiden