The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-07

manner that would require witnsss Of adjourned We
they could not q least did not, procure such, and
sufIersd . Judgment OF non pross.
and hss ss as RI st the ss :as. ens
tiemen came forward and stated on oath that they
had been under the treatment of Or. Brainerd, or
either Of them; that they did not believe he had
made such promise to any one. Hero II proper 70
s.ser that there Il not one respectable person who
warrant on charge they knew nothing about, who
viii dare come before any Justice of the Peace and
These same ladies and gentlemen further state.
oath, that they hare been benefited by Dr. Brainerds
treatment. All of which the Committee published
Now mark the venom-the prisoners spit at the
sworn statement of those ladies' and gentlemen
But before noticing their vndictive malice it pro-
msut Is the General report, which the Committee
was appointed to make. This is like some of their
other false positions That report is yet to come,
dndnent and that is little farther in the Book Of
Books than the prisoners appear to have read las
sr tS ths nn ne noo hey be-
equally ignorant of the whole moral code, and Of
course know nothing about the 18th commandment,
deduction of the whole. 1t reads thus: "Thou
shalt mind thy business and let thy neighbours
alone deal justly love mercy and walk humbly be-
fore thy God, keeping all his commandments blame
less") Prisoners, will you mind that?
Now, let US see how the prisoners dispose of this
sworn statement of respectable ladies and gentle
men On the Esd of March. speaking of those ladies
and gentlemen prisoners say: Most of whom, we
presume, had received his (Dr Brainerd's) services
gratutousy." And then SO arrange the libeous card
az to call Dr. Braiuerd 1.-THE pyisoner," and ailege
that these charity witnesses could not acqpit MIN,
but; were certain others could. But the tables are
now turned Bolton and Parker used the term as
sarcssm-they are designated prisoners from their
own example; and they, and not Dr. bTaineId, are
now the prisoners before the Court. But me &C.
outtal The prisoners said mot one" who have been
treated by DR.. Brainerd, have been beneftted. Blk
teen ladies' and gentlemen swear they hare been be.
neftted. TO these Mr. Joseph Carlton adds his tes
timony he had been afflicted with weakness OF ms
eyes more than 20 years. and was leg 70 use
saws promise to him. but to do the best he could
for hin and that after the third application he had
dispensed with his glasses without any inconveni-
ence But the prisoners cannot that this is any
benefit What malicious mortals and how wlirnuy
blind the prisoners, Bolton and Parker, are! They
ought to quake like Beshazzar, at the public wrath
that begins to thicken around them THOSE LADIES
and gentlemen swear that Dr. Branerd did not pro.
mise to cure either of Them and that they do not
believe he ever made such promise to any one. The
prisoners say he did Who is to be believed! Bolton
and Parker, Mr. Carlton and those Respectable Ia,
dies gentlemen against whose characters the foul
breath of SANDER had never blown, until the prise.
ners began their wholesale defamation. Prisoners
cannot be believed, therefore the others must be
Those ladies and gentlemen say they are prepared
to instance cases of improvement and cures in
cases of total blindness, by DR.. Brainerd For any
of these cases." the prisoners offered 500. Mr..
James Devlin stated the of his wife, and de-
manded the money. Prisoners backed out and refus
ed to pay on the sanderous and malicious CATION,
that Mr. Devn, they say, ''is common Irish Ia
borer" and then falsely and maliciously state, that
their friend and neighbor, Mr.; R. w Robinson, pro-
Mr. Robinson says he did not say SO, and that priso
ner Bolton admitted he did not! How is this9 The
prisoners only state what others prove to be false,
but put foul SANDER and fasehood into the mouth of
tb cir innocent neighbor!
But Mr. s. NJ Zachrisson-he, too, must come in
for an epthet and sarcasm from the prisoners His
impartiality and competency must be impeached-
They think that because Mr. in his first card left
the public to decide whether the prisoners intended
~, a1ohp nf he nr IN cla
Dr. Braineld; and that DR.. B. pays the printer is
conclusive as to his impartiahty. The public were
prisoners as Mr. Z and the decision very proper
" left to the public. So am certain this court will
decide. As to paying the printerIit was DIR. Brain
erds proposition to pay all the expense of the
| investigation when Mr. 4. accepted the appoint
ment, and if the prisoners had been at the public
meeting they would have known the fact and yet it
is fortunate for Dr. B. that they not for there
can be doubt they would have tried to double the
| expense. But their days are numbered, for am
thorized to say that the general report is-neary
| ready to be submitted. Now for the competency Of
| Mr. to be judge. They say Mr.. admitted that
/ he knows nothing of diseases of the eye Admit
that he does not does that prove that he cannot en-
qure into facts as to cures and the means by which
the cures if any, were effected That is about as
/ erd claims the discovery of new method of curing
diseases of the eye, without cutting, pain, wash
and that is what aroused the wrath Of the prisoners
If this be true their old system of cutting and
Cling suffering humanity must be abandoned This
would be too bad and therefore, the new system if
| it even is must not be proven true-and though DR.
Brainerd has now been in our city for months ma
king most astonishing cures yet this must not be adj
mitted and if any dares swear to the fact, of
| their own knowledge. the prisoners commence a IT,
| rade of SANDER to destroy their credulity.
May it please this court, before the punishment is
ton of the court most especially to the particular
SANDER by the prisoners in this They urge the
mittee not to endorse DR.. Brafnerd whom they call
vile impostor" to live and fatten upon the hard
earnings of the poor and afflicted of other commune
ties before making out one case cure and then deny
fhpt r,1fh Ofl n ta hus
table ladies and gentlemen we have in our city
and this they assert they intend to publish in every
Southern city DR.. B. may visit. Could the old evil
himself father of lies, as he is, have surpassed
this malice!
DR.. Brainerd's charity has no parallel He has
all hs s0 sys S him.
ottesve, two young men came from the Institution
at Staunton, to obtain relief he gave them instru-
trbution to pay their expenses giving S. himself and
sent by them offer to bestow on that institution
all the unfortunate inmates Of that humane asylum
The grateful poor whom he has cured benefited
in Richmond have offered to divide their hard
ings with him, and he has peremptorly refused to
receive it. because they were poor and would be de-
prved of some of the little comforts that falls to the
lot of the laborng man: These facts can be proven
select, by Mr.. Joseph Carlton of Richmond and Mr..
Steele and Dr. Farrar of Albemarle, and other wit
nesses whose veracty they dare not question. And
here, may it please the court, will state case of
recent occurrence, that came under my own obser.
VaLlon ana woe TO them II they dare deny 1t. When
Dr. Branerd in Farmville, the 18th ult there
came to him poor lrishman, who was totally blind;
Dr. B. procured for him free ticket on the S. s. R.
r. t, Petersburg, and gave him money to pay his
passage thence to Richmond and now has him unde
treatment gratuitousy doing the best he can to
store this poor blind man to his sight.
Now may it please the court, the above account of
Dr. Brainerds works of charity ia notorious and the
prisoners dare not deny them, nay, they know they
are true! And shall these prisoners be permitted
without suitable sentence of public displeasure to
assail this man, whose works of charity are models
for christian imitationl Here we see him not only
refusing receive the hard earnings of the poor but
opening his large soul in compasson and his purse in
benevolence to of the poor blind Irish laborers
The producing laborers the yeomanry coun-
try, and who than the Irishl They form
large embodiment of the bulwark and pride Of our
country. When the tocsin of war 10 sounded, the
laboring Irish with patriotism ai valor that does
honor to their native isle, rust - the battlefield
and noby bravely shed their blood in defence of the
stars and stripes that proudly over the homes of
their adoption-sthe land of the free and the home
Ct the brave" And the prisoners to be per-
mtted, without rebuke, to asperse such beneyo-
lence and slander the patriotic Irish because like
honest men, they labour for their living and conr.
butte more to our productions and the development
of our country than tan million of such vile consu.
mers As these prisoners, Bolton and Parker?
Now may 1t please this court in bringing this pros
ecution to close, must be permitted to remind the