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vince ratlier than to inform the public, and tlie jonrnalism of that 

 period made no substantial progress except as an instrument for 

 the development and exploitation of writers of force and influ- 

 ence. Whatever power 

 XirOY,_LAIf£!NGBURGH AND WATERFORD the press exerted in shap- 

 .^,,.. NAVIGATION LOTTERY. . ■ events, whatever it 



• accomplished in swaying 

 the public mind in the 

 days when nullification 

 was scotched and terri- 

 torial expansion was ac- 

 cepted as a fixed policy of 

 the majority, should be 

 credited to the genius and 

 individuality of the lead- 

 ing writers of that time, 

 rather than to a full pres- 

 entation of facts. The 

 years of agitation of the 

 question of slavery still 

 further developed individ- 

 uality in journalism. The 

 newspaper became an in- 

 strument for educating 

 the people on certain pub- 

 lic questions, and an influ- 

 ence upon public opinion 

 by means of editorial writ- 

 ing. That" was the period 

 of so-called great editors, 

 of whom Horace Greeley 

 may be mentioned as a 

 conspicuous example, who 

 made and unmade poli- 

 ticians with their praise 

 or criticism, who shaped 

 the policy of political 

 parties, controlled conven- 

 tions and nominated can- 

 didates, changed the cur- 

 rent of their country's his- 

 tory at critical points, and in many ways wielded an influence in 

 public affairs greater than that of the leading statesmen. The 

 editor of that time was greater than his newspaper, and the power 



10,788 Prizes. Dollars 225,000 



26,712 B/a.nks. 



37,500 Tickets at 6 Dollars, is DUs. 225,000 

 . Siihjecl io a Deduction of 15 per cent. 

 . K^ Less than two and an half Blanks to a Prize. 



The Managers will ccruinly commence draw- 

 ing in the City of Ncw-Ycrk, on tliejirsf TwsiUiy hi 

 May next, and will continue to draw 750 Tickets 

 each day until completed, as they liave disposed of 

 theLoTTtRY to a Company of Gentlemen in this 

 city, who are to sell the Tickets at the orisinal 

 price of Six Dollar'', until the fcs: of December. 



This Lottery is for the purpose of niising ThJrt-j 

 Thousand DoUurs, to improve tlie ^Javigation of Hud- 

 son's River, between the City of Albany and the 

 Villages of Troy, Lansin^hrrgh, and VVaterford- - 

 Agreeably lo Three several Acts of the Legislanut; 

 cf liiis State. 



DAVID GELSTON, ^ 

 PHILIP TEN EYCK, V Manasen. 

 JOHN BORDMAN, > 

 Til? Tic kets in the above Lottery are for. sale at 

 Gain .t TtN Eyck's Book-store, No. 14&iPcarl- 



strect. Priz(,-Tickeu i.i the New- York. StJJt. 



Road Lottery taken in payment. l^v-i 16 • tl',, 



Fkom Till-: Xkw York Evening Tost ok Novemueu 

 Hi, 1801. 



