, 1866-09-07
Nem advertisements.
TO TICKET HOLDERS
IN THE
Unjof National Gilt Concert
AID TIE PUBLIC.


As r,rch comrtnt ba bceu nzuc IN tho puhc prc<s,
as we'll "a On tho Streets By iutriddAs EAo hare pro-
bahly formed optErs founded 81 pafe statements,
wt deem due TO ourselves, As velas to III who lave
purchased tickets Ct u.s. to give Ills public sfater1eu
ol facts: Our Concc;swas held, A. per Annogncemsa
At tie Old Boar1 Of Tr74e ssouaa oTharsdsy evening
last and was sttendeo BY large Ater the
Concert. s. II. K1S9. Es1:. ieaNet' 10 the Chs1r,
and Committee. conss1uE q CLEVER Rantemsn, ap-
pointed to euperfntend he drawing Of Prizes from
the wheel Before proceeding With tie drawing, the
mster Of compensation t. the Committee for Services,
CAME up tor discussion, ah finally It watsrzeed tEst
Asbut three or four men ~eu1d be nccdca u continue
the drawing. after TINT night the committee might Ee
lcct from their own body stat number ami thAt they
shcald be paid BY nj reasonable compensation for
tae!r time. The met19 further dlrecsei tat after
that night he drawing should he adjourned to on Of
ice. TOO Madlson-sr.. and the1e conrtnuo un:H CON-
p}ete3.' TIE drawing tltu confinement, an3 AFTER
about 40 Or nc checks hsd been sWn from the Ehee
IN adjournment wss moved and catrie1 IN accottance
with The wishes beiorr expressed. The wheel, In
charge Of the Committee, was carefully lockej tsd
<eAlcd and conveTcd to cur otcs; TheEcs Oh Friday
morning Tie dra1 Ing pEocdaded without Interruption
until the question ofcoxFxssA11oS again arose.
The wl33c ELEyEy 1t WAS clstmett twc7e entitled to
pay for eTezy day consumed In the Craving and the
sum ct Is Ttraay for each demanded. To THIS We,
OF eour<e. d-:nurttd. we'll On our own account As
On that OF oar patrons not present. wto wou3 not be
krl{ to ss1coa what We dc ac. Of extost4on.
We EcTc lot prepared to submit to AEe.lh1 Of SIS
per day Tor services which would hava becn amply
qutcd by ~ OF e per day each tor tafeeen the totsl
number required IN rap!etlng tie drawing sHere Is
where the shce pinthed-wAetn the "troub1e' and
evidences Of "Ir1ua began to manifest terselvez-
20 freely comManted on by the press. 1tMts at THIS
POINT that It WIS 'diecovcrcd tbat check bearing
number lesa than 10000 had been drawn Gen tie
wheel. and 1t Wis II eref1re .sewdy suspected that
lower numnera hst ever been placed there. IN exam
inatton IVES suggested lpoared out on the
floor In our absence sud aet tctfy seven.te!ls had
been replaced In the wheel. casual :e1aminkton Of
tie remainder failed tc czAutnc The Low numbers This
WAS considered ooSctr.1yE erldcncc Of fraud, and
the eadezs tn conspiracy to BLACK NAIL sa1sed
the cry OF wolrr and caked meeting Of ttcEe'hold-
er9 on Monday evening to eeewhat should be done.
But fer, other than those PEzssEp by the Committee
or the occasion responded; E<t the result Of their DE-
proceed without any further examination Of the wheel
until tic 10000 numbers be raxn; and the drawing
Is proceeding accordingly At enz office.
Much stress has been plaeei uoa the fact that our
Mr. Rosbro0E refused to let the Wheel be examined
rc1no7cd. This conceive n Ind right to do, ND
tat 1t his DCrT, as well to the sn AZ 10 ticket
holders. II wAs the expressed will of tho latter tha
the dITing should psocced nud be completed at our
Office, and no one CoEnu.ttpce-nan.-fur they
were nl more or less rKesoS A1ET INTERESTED tS TIE
RESULT TIE nEAWrSG-hal aEy E18hri to select or
otherwise manipulate The checks IN the wheel they
had been thus received By the audience of Thursday
night, as al1 right" npon our assurance to TINT effect
Mr. Rosbrook suggested that the Committee proceed
To tho conclusion of their wo1E, md examine the
wheel Tor evidences OF fraud. II AHy were apparent
holding himself responsible for the RESULT THIS Is the
understanding under which rhe drawing fs pro-
c7rss1n and We pledge ourselves that crcEythns ts
tir and SQUIRE far u We concerned The whole
nunlber Of cheeks from to GG1 were placed In
the wheel, md thezeyc except such ~ have been
drawn on: By the Committee ThcalIgat1on that NC
ourselves he1 ai1 the numbers above 10aa. and hA
sold all the 1o7er numbers, is simply Esc and trivo
lons almost my tckrholdcz CAN ntcst and ~ We
thw In less than nvc lnnnto, to any one disposed
10 learn The facts.
The fact tr, tie whole difficulty Is the fruit Of an
ahortye attempt the part OF certain members Of the
Committee and their ATTORNEY to bruEocat Us aud
cxtort SUN OF money to which they were not entt-
tel The o1awns ia row progressing smoothly and
farly and completed, the result will bc
nounced and al pgzcs drawn be paid ovrr to the hold
Of the lucky numbers. All VIC ask fa1s play. 70
enable you determine whether we have.not acted IN
perfect good faith With you In this enterprise. Passing
over the unjust unk1nd comments Of portion OF
tic prtes reference to acticn IN the premises, VIC
refcr yon TOR further Hight the subject to the Eub-
1oncd card from :ac CouEa4ttcs nov engaged In draw
| Ing, Respectfully,