Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-07-21
RICHMOND DAILY WIG.
ARTICLE No. q.
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Ricnsosp. March II, 1856.


received yours Of =, and must apologize for no,
responding sooner. My bad health i. my excuse. TIE
hft time ever saw you To know you We. st Faro Bank
in Richmond In 26 OF ~. You were betting against
man who is now dead. aud had made rule if the Ere,
ace won 10 bet $40 second: NJ that lost and tho
third won. to bet $40 tho fourth The Banker put up
cards 30 a. TO make the first wia the second loso. ths
nifd 10 win aud the fourth lose tho the first four
turns. fon OF course Lost then stranger TO you
anu ehdsvoted to you OIL lsuceeedsJ and Informed
you Of the game that wa. playing You were sensible OF
Of the tact tho suggested "a. aud then said
81 will ascertain and the tricks cards takes
tsn years of my life aud cost all WORTH" words
90 that elect vhsl forget the for the
fraud and your remark made dc, inpiesi my mind
and vas much pleased learn ssrwsrd. that tbs same
individual attempted to play the when you took
sdanisge Vt his own trek and recovered your losses
am. with great respect your,
J. W.
Thst the rcsder may fully perceive the import Of the
mark made In 1876. To the writer Of Of the
wall specially give in charge his sit.ni,r two
ihn' points whieh that ren,,k embraces; 10 II iske
tee Dssrs Of rsp Lfe" and n ff essfs on. all thu,
ava pfA IRON which 10 clear that lar back i2G
expsetsd 10 be long tims engaged In the task
tanning the frauds st cards. aud that calculated be To-
SER st tho conclusion OF tho unequal Each pro-
pheuc view VI tho subject IL fully verified.
Now let DO ob.etssd that II, that carly period az
my undertaking. had msde il known any home,
would have boon much likely leak out, than Il
has heen. having been thus made known To gentleman
who lives distance from the place VI my residence;
for though the letter addressed from Richmond
" W.
that direction from this place. will he:e relate the fact
that not VOID line has passed directly indirect
y between The writer VI ths letter aud myself auson
TO the remark OF the subject Of the remark since
Il 10 him, In 1876 z. unt my purpose
IN tho Enquirer and then. did ssy any thing
him about the remark ON the ssbJecf, until he had
named hrs Recollection VI H. To others and refer
10 this ac because Is strong evidence that there
soniehing iesruest and impressive in my MANNER which
fastened the remark on his memory; else, would
have been recolected by him. ten years alter IL was
he having the Il,
Of its issues.
Let be Observed also that did not fully make known
my plan VI operations, To any in any way TOR
had dono so instead Of ndsncy referring it, It would
have beeu more likely leak out aud then should have
been entirely cut oh from favorable oppor uncs vi
ainng the frauds NJ csrds, their entire extent And
YET now that have developed my original design evoke
these auds from the which shrouds and
hem the application Ut those indi,nc references
purpose camel be iairy resisted In the light oi this
mark, Will now Introduce Ut evidence 10 which
have not heretofore rcioueJ.
IL will be recoleced that IN 1899, published little
volume OF "Onznal Essays" of the whole contents OF
which have never proiessed have been the Author
VI the article beginning page 916 aud Guiding on page
ssI' was the Author aud put there, To be
this occssion This ac'c had been previously published
in te petersburg Times Two or three years before
Its Insertion IN the "rmcs (.nd the same man wss the
Editor oi each paper) hal published certain pieces the IN
intehgencer on the subject Of gambling and had offer
ed others which had been rejected aud had prepared others
which had been rejected and had prepared Others the
same subject, which withheld la some of Ties.
pieces had made illusions rather distinctly To my
purposes and wasconvnced by the apparent happening
vi certain events that certain personages were
sve of my searching into their schemes OF gain Hence
and being IN bad health besides considered it advisable
hot 10 mngle much in gambling scenes; and In the
article referred to. on ISL used this language 81
discAim tho only bad practice which dsorganizs my
mind and units me FOR the duties VI my vocation, when
renounce cards, and refuse agreeable evenings" With
the same view, nsmeiy, To ease oil the suspicion 1
Ind excited, began the article in this way: 81 have
said in some one Of the pieces which | have
recently written for paper that the and
the beneh phieh should derips from giping publicity
to my crude aud undgested thoughts, best confined
my own ooson In ths observation, an innocent efi0H
sort oil pseudotruth was Inadvertently embodied" &C.
Now. oil this susceptible Of the ciearest explanation
Although had made rather distinct alusion To uteror
purpose by strongly inveighing against gsmbng vet
mad made no anon o the fact that expected bene-
n'o ,esu 10 me from the publication OF my thoughts
e SUBJECT except INC inaaserient declaration that "ie
so anu eAen' o' soeh peheh' was best confined 10 my
BOSOM Ai'er Tue suspicion had been awakened DEEM
ca piuIen WIN seeming eareessness, to remove the i'm
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