Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
Even The Enemies Of Fhe Louisiana State Lottery
Company Pronounce Its DRAWINGS Fair
and Honest.
50 SAYS THE new YORK WORLD. f."
Mr.. VIM. Shaw Bowen Visits New Orleans
and Gives a Graphic Account of wha'
He Saw in the Creole City-Pen Pictures
of Generals Beauregard and Early.
Their Supervision, Says Mr. Bowen, is an
Absolute Guarantee of Good Faith.

II somewhat sensational account of the las
| monthly drawing OF the Louisiana State Lotter,
| company, from which, with some slight modif
| cations, the following excerpts are taken Mr.
| Bowen prefaceS his description, which occupie
over page OF the World in its issues of Marcl
18th and 9th, with interesting reminiscenct
OF Lientenant-General JubaI A. Early, who
with Cen Beauregard, regularly superintend
the drawings.
~ saw him first, - says NJ Bowen. ''undej
the following circumstances -
When the Confederate army overran portion
OF Maryland the sensation at Washington sug-
gested the probable feelings of the Romans
| when the hordes of Attilla poured in tremendous
1ide INTO the territory OF the decaying empire.
The national capital threatened. An army
corps appeared before the north side of the city,
and sklrmishing went on beneath the fortifca-
tons. The gray-clad pickets were stationed
within sight OF the unfinished dome of the capt.
toll.
Engaged in especial work, 1 endeavored to pass
from q point in the vicinity of Fredericksburg,
IN Maryland, to the Chain Bridge, above
Georgetown. The task was perilous. If cap
tured by the Confederates my life would have
undoubtedly paid forfeit. For two days I lay
| concealed IN forests and in low underDrush
moving cautiously by night and avoiding camp
| hres and wagon trains. Phe sun had just gone
| down behind the blue Virginia hills when l en-
| deayored to cross the high road between Point of
| Rocks and Georgetown. All was still alrloup oh
the road had been traversed within an hour by
| the supply wagons and small attachments OF the
| enemy l paused as | stood among the low
| shrubbery which ianked the way, intending to
proceed along it, trusting to eyes and ears to es-
| cape danger. The rattle of military accoutre-
ments was heard: Quickly fell back into the
| tnlcEet and, lying close to mother earth, 1
watched the passing cavalcade. Two troopers
| arrayed in rusty gray homespun uniforms, with
clumsy yellow facings and mounted very fair
horses, led the van. The men carried Uncle
SamuePs sabres slung from their waist belts
and their SLOUGH hats tapped over their ewes
with the motions of their steeds.
Next came a commanding figure on horseback.
tan, thickset man in plain gray rode beside
subordinate officer with whom he conversed.
His bearing was intensely military, notwith-
standing his shoulders were slightly rounded.
The face was martial one, fierce and energetic.
Keen eyes CLEANED beneath bushy, overhang-
ing brows and the mouth was firm and posi-
tive. The insignia on the coat collar which
was seen as plainly as is the paper on which
write, told me that the warrior who passed, as it
were, IN review, wa%e Acknowledgement in the
army of the ConfeaerAcy. recall the thoughts
which crowded thfeughsmy brain as lay prone
on the messy earth Ysu could, fancy, have
heard my heart th9Rp AGAINST its pericardium
and even cause shpcks TO the ground with
which it was in cloSa coufact as gazed with
stony eyes on the rSbel ksneral and hi quite
Inc story winch the s4det1f-camp was yfrathe
act of relating must haze been humororfstfre
for the sun-browned, satnraine countena HeS&af
the commander relaxed lffto a smile Essis |
horse bore him out of sighE Some dilapid5f ~
looking Virginia troopers5 followed = totzf5N u
weather beaten fellows, wIfokcdrried all mafraf
Of traps and plumber at theirS&ddle bows. Use |
Of them said something aBslnt a streetpm |
Lynchburg and comrade IausfietE In a cSEhN |
OF minutes the clatter of sabeHsslts away katsfe
distance. S.sG -ss%{F
The officer of high rank was tsseit ~, sfuba1
A Early, the brave soldier nokt mi TitSry STRAIT
egist, but bold and indefatigabf&Tin the rexecil-
ton of orders in the field. It was cold Jhbal -
the warrior. e.
With this striking pen picture Of Gen. Fly
as seen some ON years ago. MT Beygs fairly comes
On Tuesday, March flSf sat IN tlas balcony of
the Academy of Musie,xf New OrlSsf;ss and be-
held spectacle whiGs5;in one sense almost
as interesting as the dahgerous mill Episode
of the far-back war days. The 9EbeIauous
scenery was cleared away as to ekR6ss the
entire stage area. Ai1simmense drum of&Sahog-
any, with glass place of the al
sheepskin, waSn1issffen an axle passing through
its centre on< woo&en standard. The axle pro-
ended msfrank of is1nsyith wooden handle.
The diarister of the fixs1n was about FIVE feet.
emily one-haif the diam tTsp pS door aPp ten
inches square was formedsR the circumference |
On the opposite side ofTthe stage and resting
smaller wheel It was 4&fSAly polished brazen |
affair, with plAte-glass Aads. Through the |
after an axle ran, but unIiEe the LARGE drum |
here were no cranks. small trap, about six |
inches square, appeared in the periphery. Sew |
ral chairs stood in the center of the stage in the
ear OF the mechanismS above described.
By the side of the first drum stood white
headed old man, He was of large stature but
he progress ofyears weighed heavily upon him.
md his shoulders were bent as to throw his
iorid face, with its full white hirsute covering
onward towards the floor. Gray blue eyes,
lerce and penetrating, cleaned beneath bushy
brows. A suit of Confederate gray
lothing, well cut and neat, covered the aged |
nan. he paused a moment, with one hand I
1 a..
is head back, he swept his eyes cursorily over t
he eager assemblage before him. had seen '
hat marked countenance before, It was the ex- |
confederate warrior. Lieut.-Gen. Early. l
AT 10:45 o. clock another historic parsonage an
cared on the scene. He was clad in black, and | L
handsome face crowned by snow white {
losely cropped hair was poised proudly above | p
n elegant, dignifed form. His shaven cheeks n
ere cold, his eyes were cold, his couutenance t
the Gallo cast, was impassive You might b
asily mistake him for commander of a French q
orps d. Armee in multi. j
ThoT1 foil E,a n
art OF MI Bowen, comparing Gen'ls Beaure- 1
ard and Early to "Croupiers,'' which, though | a.
lvacious, out ofrespect to these gentlemen, as u
ell as for lack OF space, we necessarily omit c.
ON our digest.
Two small boys in knickerbockers took their ii
nall brass wheel. With the utmost solemnity fr
en- Early proceeded to blindfold the boy beside q
m. Located near the brazen drum Gen. Beau III
gard, with corresponding gravity, tied white q
over the eyes Of his Juvenile assist 10
It. Several white canvas sacks were placed Ia
ar the great wheel. The contents of each sack
sumed the bulk Of bushel of grain The til
tnered neck of each sack was tightly tied with pr
cord over which strip OF white paper was -
avn and sealed with red wax. Gen. Early gr
retully broke the seal Of one sack aud poured 10
e contents through the trap door opening into ~
e great wheel. There was rafting sound and a hi
ap of small white and black cylinders appeared bl
rough the glass side of the bottom of the drum IN
ne sack after Their the other empties until ga
e little cylinders filed the drum exactly half cy
II. In other words drum, five feet in diam | pr
II and two feet six inches along the ans con- OF
HCu we Conbe1t8 OF the canvas sacks, In bulk | W
o feet SIX inches deep at the thickest part by
ter closing the door Gen. Early motioned to
o negroes who stood in the wings, They ap-
oached. one on each side of the drum and BY Ju
} axle cranks they slowly revolved it three i1c
ies- Then they reversed the action and turned sht
drum three times in the opposite direction DR.
e little black and white cylinders ratified mer- "a
: as they whirled about. Then the regroes IN
urned to their places IL the wings. cal
IN the other extremity scene almost identf- |
was enacted, There was, however only
gle canvas sack-a small one-and there were
sable assistants to turn the brazen drum
n Beauregard poured the contents r.,
little black and white cyIin- lin
s-through the trap door, and leg
se1 it, and whirled the drum three times in | NO
diyecion and three times oppositely. -
be balcony was nearly filed with women eie
larglr proportion were evidently residents of ser
city OF New Orleans. Many OF them held 20,
concealed printed slip Of paper. They e
purchased tickets in the drawing and could u
curb their impotence and await At home the Jol
ngs Of the lucky numbers. Some of the
men Fere stEangers-Northern visitors to the J.,
D. tropical city. There were all sorts and 1
q Of men on the parQnet door. There were | ord