--> TICKETS are sold by J. JENKS, D. JENKS, J. HATHORNE, J. DABNEY, and W. CARLTON, Salem. * * * * * Major Benjamin Russell, in the "Boston Columbian Centinel," March 26, 1791, says: The _National_ and _State Legislatures_ being in recess, there is a "plentiful scarcity" of domestick occurrences, at this time.--This is locally remedied by the Lottery, which seems to arrest the attention of all ranks of citizens.--To describe the symptoms of the _disease_ is impossible--all are fascinated--all expect to be the favoured children of Fortune.--The rich court her smiles, as eagerly as the poor--and whilst, O! fickle Goddess, the _Young_ pour forth their supplications for thy favours, "_With falt'ring pace, and feeble knee, See_ Age _advance, in shameless haste; The palsied hand is stretch'd to thee, For_ Wealth, _it wants the pow'r to taste._" The delusion is general--and general must the mortification be. But as attention must be paid to the infatuation--we have endeavoured, by a regular publication of the fortunate numbers, to alleviate its frenzy. * * * * * On March 29, 1814, Messrs. Bridge and Renouf, the well-known brokers, of 79 State Street, Boston, gave notice that a prize of $500--No. 3,394--"had" been "drawn in the Plymouth Beach Lottery." This number had been "sold by them to several young Gentlemen who purchased 30 Tickets;" and they also announced that the drawing was "suspended until the next Tuesday, when the first drawn ticket will be the highest prize, _Twenty thousand Dollars;_" and besides this, that "there are remaining to be drawn four prizes of $1,000 each, and four prizes of $500 each." It should be noticed that there was, even in its most flourishing days, a difference of opinion among individuals in regard to the morality of the lottery, as men must differ on all subjects; so that it is perhaps only fair to cite a specimen or two of the communications which appeared in the papers in reference thereto. A writer in the "Salem Gazette," June 29, 1790, says:-- _OF LOTTERIES._