The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-12-06
DKOF. HALK. AND TIE MYsrRnY


kBKOF. HALE, AND TUE MYSTERY
SOLVED.-It is an uapi e4sant mat er Tor ma
10 nave TO appear before any community in vindi.
CO lyn OF my character, BUTT ia especially 50 when
nave - appear Cefole strangers 10 answer 10
charges OF grave import, alleged by the ranorf-r
for bic journal, upon the simple assertion Of
on entire strtngCr 10 lie. say it is hi.hlv unues.
SAINT md painful to me thus to have u appear be
lore the Community, because knew ii is too oft
The case that If the any circumstances how.
ever 81. ht, calculated TO arouse suspicion, ihev
may at once be tortured into tie guilt of the party
50 suspected
Reporters for the press, in their eageraees to set
into the possession Of news good or bad are often
misnormcd either in regard to their facts or cir.
cuInstances, or both and by assuming some things
and pTesuming little upon fancy, may excite sls-
ptrlon against the best M n in the land
1t Is my misfortune upon this occasion to be both
young aud mex erienCed-rever having had a
newspaper cuntrOvtrsy-but conscious of no fault
CONSCIOUS OF my innocence Of the charges pre-
fhrIed against me In the articles which appeared in
the Richmond Dispatch and Petersburg Express,
which have been Jped into other j0urnals-I SUBJ
nit plain statement 81 the world, aud fear not
that an intelligent and generous peope will NEE
our to me simple, cVenhanded justice THIS Is all
| ask-this claim at their lnds.
On tn 29h Of October arrived IN Chal.Jttec-
vile, where MADE arrsn Eements 10 give course
Of Lecture, commencing on the 18th Inst. In tie
mean time went on TO Fayetteville, N. c., where
business called ne When, on the morning OF my
departure for R8)ei. b, was asked TO take charge
Of young Mise Who, it represented to me,
was going to Philadelphia TO attend school |
was requested to see to her as far as might go
towards Rlchm0nf, as she would stop there and re-
main until her brother joined her, who would ac-
company her 70 Philadelphia. The stggc, on
arriving at the huel with Miss Mitchell in, entered
IN company with gentleman also going to Rs-
Ie On Arriving at Raleigh, registered he's name
tr IN Chera5Y, where, learned from her, Teaid.
ed-procured room for her, stating she was
placed under my care at Fayetteville and go.
ing on to Pailadel ps la to school. | saw nothing
OF her until Sunday before tea, whom she sent
tor me, requesting me get her bill, FlviI at
the same time the money to do so. paid Her bill
and returned her the change, wnen she II qUe5ted
Inc to get her ticket. | replied could MT do SO
then but would accompany her to the the
following morning, which did, and procured a
ticket for her with money she gave me, aud placed
her under the OF the conductor. / saw no
more Of Miss Mitchell until arrived III Richmond,
when saw her accidentally at Mr. Buffers while
looking Tor my baggage Feeling 1t my cuty to zee
her properly cared tJr, requested Mr. Butler to zee
TO her until her brother arrived who would take her
to Philadelphia, where she was going to attend
school-and that she was placed under my care at
Fayetteville Mr. B. said he could not accomuO-
date hcr, but, solicitation recommended board
ing house above him as very respectable one.
proceeded to i, and seeing The lady esceEtaned
it foil. But my urgent quest, max g tie
ssme statement to her had 10 Mr. B2tier, and sta
ting that could not look further, bur must leave
Miss NJ, to Get along rs best she could as / Was
ing, az. had business in Richmond tbst required
my attention that night aIsJ stated, that wished
10 discharge my duty towards Miss NJ. so far as
could, and would like to leave her IN the house OF
a respectable lady. who would care Tor her uCt Ill
her brother arriy Upon these representations the
lady consented to receive Ter. then returned 10
Mr. Buffers and told Miss NJ. the result. On the fol-
lowing morning, Friday, le!t Tor Charlottesville,
where | arrived sane day, l2th vi November.
Rersr have been in the company Of Miss Mitch.
ell, only from the Satu day morning we LETT Fay
etteyilIe IN CO npany with gentleman OF ny ac-
gusintance, TO the evening OF that day when the
stage arr vtd in Ra eg as the next day Sunday
| was oat al day. Only at the hotel at dinner end
tea spending tie evening with some friends; Miss
Nj leaving Raleigh early Monday morning. not
leaving until Wednesday, my baggage then being
checked through TO Richmond, with the exception
of one trunk, containing two or three cid articles
of no value, the handle Of wlich trunk, wi the
KEY attached was a card on which my name was
written. The said trunk vas TO have been left at
Petersburg for The purpose Of putting IN some post
ers and circulars, which MI Martin, job printer,
wss executing for me, and 10 tie sent on to me at
Charlottesville as he could get them done-
On my arrival at Petersburg had the trunk put in
the office OF JarTetGs hotel with the Petersburg bag
gage, my other baggage going on to Richmond that
hight which expected ~ fJoW. ] then proceed
ed to Mr. Martins office but not finding him in,
hurried on y the carj; meeting an omnibus,
the driver OF which, ON enquiry, told ME the cars
had left then weit to Powells hotel, opposite
Odd Fellows Hall, where procured Ioom-re-
tired at az o'clock end did not leave the room IN
til O'clock next morning | then proceeded to
Mr. MAJ tiu's Office ani there remained all tay, only
leaving long enough to get dinner, returning again
said hotel to tea settng my bill and leaving in
the eye mag train for Richmond, which tram
met friend also going 10 Richmond. lett him
on thu arrival OF the cars, to lind my baggage
which came on the evening previous. and on going
in to M Buffers, supposlng 1t might have Gesn
lett therenot finding itin the baggage room at the
depot l. for he first time, since seeing her 10 the
ears in Raleigh saw Miss Mitchell. On ascertain
ing my baggage had been sent to the Washington
House = Richmond | sen; for H. with direction TO
be taken To the Exchange Hotel. then saw to
Mise II, az above stated, thence proceeded TO the
Exchange HOTEL where my friend had registered
my name, taking room together. | met my
friend at said loom, remained with him scers mSs-
ute until left next morning for Charlottesville,
lccturing there the following Monday and Tuesday
evenings. On "Wednesday my attention being cali
ed 10 the first article in the Dispatch al once
suspend my lectures left next morning Tor hieh-
nond proceeded from thence Immediately on 10
Fayetteville to get certificates, aud TO solve the
enigma which could not understand. On my af.
rival in Fayetteville, | found oat when miss II
got iuto the stRge-calsd--sHW a lazy VINO said
Miss Mitchell was her daughter ana hsd returned;
had los. her trunk-took anl Their which she mis-
took Tor her owndii not zee the mistake untii IN
Richmond when che tried to open il with her key.
Failing to do so, she saw key tied to the handle
with which she opened It, saw nothing in 1t but
tsw old article.-the trunk having been taken from
the Office and put on The omnibus by the servant
She said she would keep 1t until her brother ar-
rived. Her mother and uncle regretted the trouble
had been pu. to, aud would do anything they
could 10 colnteract the njury-gave me her depo-
alton that her daughter had be n placed under my