The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-06
THlRTY-FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUSDgEI
i. AND TWENTY-FIVE TICKETS SOLD.
TIE PRIZES SCALED FIFTY PER
CENT.
hr. James Reid, OF Norfolk, Gets the
$4,000 Gift.
9TH ER PRIZES.
Particulars of the Drawing, 3e., dc.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch. ,

"nieu SnMe oH to-HISut was uuQer authority
OF special act Of the General Assembly OF
Virginia, passed March s, 1873, cenfer1ipg
corporate privileges upon the Association.
On the 18th of January last the secretary
OF the Board Of Directors of the Association,
Mr.. Henry V. Moore, published card to
the hasons and the public generally, an
nouncing that the Gift Concert had been
postponed from the 18th Of January to the
9th OF May, on account Of the financial panic
which swept over the country and paralyzed
go many business enterprises. The panic
interfered very materially with the sale of
tickets, and this alone, in the opinion of the
Board, prevented the entire success of the
undertaking at the appointed time.
The following gentlemen composed the
board of ..-...
DIRECTORS OF THE ASSOCIATION:
John l.. Roper, president; John b. Cor
prev, treasurer; James Y. Leigh, Walter
d. Taylor, George S. Oldfeld, John A. Ros-
son, Daniel Hustled, William q. Wales, II.
ID. Stevens, S. We'll, John T. Redmond.
The above list comprises some of the best
ci5lzens Of Norfolk, well known as "solid
men, distinguished in the community by
energy, intelligence, and integrity, and in
the craft BY their devotion to the tenets Of
the Order.
In addition to the directors there were
also associated with the board the following
gentlemen, constituting an
ADVISORY BOARD:
his E1cealency e1-Go vernon Gilbert G.
Walker, Colonel Kader Biggs, P. FL. p:
john 4. Mcdaniel, ?. q. Commander j. j.
Burroughs. Captain Samuel L. Watts. Yir.
glnla Leg isature Robert E. Withers, G.
N. G. 81. P. and D. G. c. of G. c.; Colonel
Thomas F. Owens, P. G. NJ; John B
Whitehead, Esq, e1-Msyor; Colonel ". H.
Taylor, State Senator, ]. G. Balm, G. C. G.
&C.
Some OF these gentlemen reside in other
parts Of Virginia, and the high reputation
Of all, both as men and Masons, is guaran-
tee that the enterprise was conducted on
honorable principles, and that everything
connected with it was done /" on the square,"
TO PROVIDE MEANS FOR TIE CONCERT
it was proposed to issue 100000 tickets OF
| admission at IS each, and to be sold, num-
| bering from to 100000 respectively. Every
whole ticket consisted Of two halves, cacl
having the same number, and could have
been divided into Its two fractional parts b!
cutting through the divisional spaces lel. il
the tickets for that purpose.
| The purchaser of whole ticket, unde
the original plan, would have been entitle
to admission to the concert and to the Who'll
OF any gift that might have been awarded
his number. So the holders OF half ticket
would be entitled to admission to the concel
and to one-half of any gift that might hay
been awarded to their respective number!
Thus, should two halves OF the ticket O
which was the number that received th
award Of the fifty-thousand-dollar gift b
held by two different individuals each on
would be entitled to twenty-five thousan
dollars on presentation of his respective ha
ticket at the office Of the Gift Concert an
SO of all other gifts. The payment of Gift
will commence on the fourth dav after til
drawing, and will continue for three months
after which time gift not claimed will +.
vert to the Association.
1t was originally proposed to distribute
10000 cash gifts, aggregsting $3.50 900 t.
| tickct-holders, As follows:
| LIST or GHTs.
One grand cash gift OF $4,000, one o
s25, 900, one of $500, one OF $40 900, on
of 81, ,oso, one of $4,000; "a cash gifts, $50
each, $4,000; so cash gifts, $500 each, s12,
500; so cash gifts, $500 each, $4,000 10'
cash gifts, $3.50 each, s15, 900; $50 cash gifts
500 each, $4,000; $50 cash gifts. $50 each
&29, 500; 5000. cash gifts, $5 each, s45, 900
Total, a250,00O.
| THE CONCERT
was held in the Opera-Houss, which va
crowded to its utmost capacity by fash
ionable and highly intelligent audience. L
! was under the immediate supervision Of th'
directors, and was grand affair.
THE DRAWING
was by blindfolded children from two glass
wheels, the contents OF which could be seer
by the audience. One wheel contained tht
gifts on printed slips in sealed circular tube:
and the other leather tags with numbers or
them corresponding to all tickets sold
After the contents Of both wheels had beer
thoroughly mixed By revolving, the child al
the first drew number therefrom, and ther
the child at the second wheel drew gifl
therefrom, and the gift thus drawn belonged
to the number drawn Immediately before it
Thus this process was continued until the
gifts and numbers were drawn. The oficia
registry OF the gifts IS drawn was kept by
four Of the most accurate bank tellers tha
could be obtained, and when the drawing
was finished the great wheel containing the
leather tags was placed In the hands OF
committee acting on the part Of the ticket
holders, who examined for themselves te
ascertain whether all the tickets sold were
represented in the drawing.
The New Hampshire band discoursec
some excellent music to the audience in th'
opera-house, the building being literally
packed.
TIE PRIZES SCALED.
After the concert was ended the drawing
| was commenced, and everything carried ou
In conformity with the programme. Ar. )
L. Roper announced from the stage tha
| there had been sold s4,9s5 tickets, and tn
prizes would therefore be scaled fifty pc
cent. This announcement Of course create