Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-07-19

| u SUsssK coUar Hou,K. March 4th, 1850.
| NY Dear Collier
Y,'us letter this mo'rent handed me by Mr. Charlie,
C",ng. End hasten reply your inerrog s,ores-In
tbs noah VI Msy. tho hrs, of June. met With you on
board the steamer Thomas JeHern aud on then d.clo
sed TO me your intention Of making known the world
the extensive system Of swindng carried ON at esrds-
You p-o requested few days after that time To vis,
you At your oice-l did and you read me an say
which then iutondsd making public IN which you
tempird To denons,rH. the different IN DIES of cheating
You hen declared II TO be inenon expose ind
Siduas az Much more taid but this think oil which
Jour letter Of the III ut calls or. You did several time.
aee'fe you did not intend rspong ind vua aid tho
pape, wn,rn you read was but rough drsusht" Any
service wh'ch may he able render you, would done
VII" p''''"''' n"' very respectfully. your friend.
Tho ieAt was Written in 1886. aud more especially,
previously, was not aud had boon thu
roughly land inJced not u ALL opposed to gam.
ing whit was b'ini enough consider every playing
altar encounter To the sSkes had by deg
an insight into the dephs Of the niqIity Win the
reader allow TO here, though IL not ntely the
night connection. that II IL # almost ~ , that he
nSPt the very instant knowledge Of the character e
another With whom he has been flinnis' imported 4,
him. Ia regard that knowledge. IN s scupe a.. discov.
cry OIL own s'gac.i,! Il would rlnce tie mIrrto
kn'w i,s 10 the ful which the p,rsonasts To-,
alhdes to have fallen into discsrem, they have been
brought tn their low estate by the saac Others. aud
moi by any Suggestions uf his. hitherto.
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end 81 knew many six membors OF the General
Assembly OF Virginia, in the n tiak it wasl VI
le3'-3, to be constantly engaged service. Two
o ihein were O not only respectable but high stand
ing IN thu House q! Delegates have known yeTa and
have Lean, from credible sources on this subject that
as many us en) ncmbers OF Congress- cen the years
ioZ5-31 during single session OF that body the repre-
scn'nives ed the people and the States engaged in
his service Ia the gaming houses Washington Guy
s'I, these facts simply TO this extent, To show tho
10 winch the Nlincs at cards carried on-the extent
10 the rcspecaby o the staLdng lin public and
popular es'maon) OF the persons engaged tor gam the
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h have had no fears Of any injury unless very tran
from any Ut those characters acting of themselves.
Their policy is to keep dark aud sentin their black
ship, TO hug the shore They right well that sinpl.
syllable o slander reaching my through any friendly
sentinel ON the ramparts OF good morals land they also
know tnat my lrieGds will let be siandored would
b. sudden Destruction and perhaps the whole crew.
not only 20 all 'hom but also TO those who have retired
from the labor but not from indirect participation ia the
profits ut the pfatical expeditions. AID that have
sad ,hu much, they may change their policy, deenng
'aJr the better part VI dncTotuG Ii 80, be Ny
only iosr has been that Tommy Wsddic under the
cover ct aiep'e cunning msh, undertake. Tor them let
oil their poisoned arrows me- Such one might in.
voSe whom he would serve with himself IN ruin.
o. "ill here adj that there is gentleman who
largely sufferer under the wies and dcxterites the
gentry whose practices taking task who is nov
living IA Petersburg aud the initials of whose are T.
T. H., Ia whom never fully disclosed my purposes but
who remembers he has days past voluntarily
stated tn that told him, eighteen wears
ago, that was then engaged discovering aud intended
10 expose, those heGri!ess and infamous practices. did
hHt hcN'E me ant mercy, chief,
Practices o the exhibitors Of FaTobank, who protested
spor'smcn These angels OF light pared with non
protesting gamblers. The former by s proie son. saw
Be"a'e whereas the latter, like Joab gives the shake
o! friendship with hand and holds the ether dag
ger, conc ea!ed. will here repeat have often said
that an yet To know OF the first who has first
injured seriously IN his fortunes by play Faro The
invaaGc progress such s that the man lnes AT
short games with HE trieHds-oses until his estate Is
wreck anu himei IN despair, and then he Is carried
fa lnd ms JT'eads make haste t. make the impression
ara put the report admit and often actually persuade the
ruined man himself, ihat he las been ruined by betting
against FnTObaRk !-And will also sa,e here I'm con.
necon with ne reference Il. I. that have never
had any apprehension that the ycy Of my statements
wohd be doubted by whose and criticisms
do not doipIse. But as am divuging some facts the
existence o which, as respects myself, only usii-
ned or accounted for in the light my Interior designs and
OF the motives which inpclled me--iacIs which ii spt Of
those motives and designs would be u.scredItnble uud
crn'nal-ii Is deemed by be prudent L, throw the
shield Of other testimonies, than my sufficient aver
ine"t, around the integrity OF statements, and dong
this, 10 claim That done from no a.k VI enfe scltre
sPcc'.
(9 The determination early came TO- not to disclose
the Names OF the guilty pcsonagos have long been
chcd To believe error. fell into error, # II
be So, from the lear that II did disclose their Names my
conduct would be uuu,rs, ~ nat i
wiI' IL turns "ut that they quite wei! kaown
though they h-i been designated by namc-quite as well
known, not by any Of mine, beyond the tendency OF
what nave written 10 conduco the pubic
courses WIZ; nqnsye vigilance, but qUi;e well known
(as they had been namedi by Of the accurate ia
ieTcuces from irT lite which that public scti
M ct
u mine, say, beyond the above tendency az VIVA,
have published the subject brUught-or at least
can with certainty been intended by ind-
rccton, To bring those pcronsgss into and de-
testaiion. II IS true that have named them To several
gentlemen not with the design cIande Stinely subject
ilE them TO dsaNu tie Of individuals Of putting
them by dcgfecs under the ban OF Community It'll
an entirely different object This has been my object aud
M o"y object, in naming them several gcntrmcn OF
prudence aud high standing; namely: When my r-i
on IEc subject mad been before tue public through the
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hmc, perceived that the characters referred me-
had uuy, through their honorable associates, Produced
the belief the part OF SINAI. portion Of the community
that there were no such Characters among a5 downright
aud thorough paced gamblers vino passed oF gentlemen
and were IN request Ia gout,el circles The attempt was
iaus made 10 no small degree OF success, to suPeRduce
tile impression the pubic mind, that Iabofed under
some hal.ucinltIOn-iat my SOIL OH fire from the
eccentric celebrity o; Its movements in the pursuit Of some
object, dad not know what. and could tell 1t
was IA oder TO dsabuse the public mind of erroneous
impression about me- that named the characters referred
to- to several gentlemen TO the end that they might be
Hbic, WIN the greater certainly, than from suspcon
10 say that there Just such characters had IN
distinctly alluded To, IN this community And again
Il have more recently named them Others and have
publicly stated my Willingness, should be asked me- To
gave UP heir names because there other charac
tcrs who knowing who those gamblers the ruisc of gen
IcmoE are have lent themselves by IN business
and by familiar and the intimate intercourse TO give
them currency with less criminal ion injurious CT
f,ct than tile yolaor OF law passes OFT genuine coun
tCricit say, IL remove that erroneous i'm.
rossion and To head these characters who helping
others who saying by their conduct there such
pcfsonugcs here Collier refers to-who saying no
less ett cuay, because silently behold d" This man IS
not Oi tom, tor take him into business with
that man Is not one Of ihem for know him well aud lao
- my familiar friend, lit with such objects aver
that nave named to SEVERAL the guilty parties and Tor
the purpose OF undermining them secretly and demon.
sifnc that have not had it in design undermine those
men in the dark, have publicly stated readiness u
asked in the have publicly Indicated give up their
names to any extent OF publicity. ] announced my rcad-
ness TO give up this community the Of the guilty
gentry, ~ the and for the purpose pointed out on
tho principle that, five in and Of them
should say. pocket book IL missing, and know who
has stolen H. each OF the others would right e. de.
mand, " do you charge me with the theft
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