The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-22
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The Late President II The RscAuasnA. Fred
ericksburg and Rssemac Railroad Cen
This city was startled with surprise on
Tuesday, by the rumor that M Ep~.s NOS
IMsoN, President Of the Richmono' 'eus'-
icksbure and Potomac Railroad C0mpenyWas
deliuo uent TO that company TO very iarke
.mount n vas vsrtously stated Al from
atl2oOo to s,.o.Uoo. The rumors were 30 va
r,o,. and The s.a sements touching the man.
ner Of the appropriation OF the companys
money. by the President, 10 unauthorata-
sive. that we deemed 1t prudent to defer
= notice of the matter until the Direct
or., thea industriouely engaged In the invee-
rieation Of the amount and nature OF MI.
RoB,xeoN's delinquency, should conclude
their examination. This has been done; but
the Directors, for reasons satisfactory to them
selves, We learn, decline making public their
proceedings At this time. We have. neverthe-
less, obtained reliable information with regard
to the surprising and painful Development
and publish 1t in our local column. The early
rumors, we are sorry to say, are borne out In
their most extravagant character.
Mr. ROBINSON was brought up business
man under the beet tutors OF the day in COM
merce, and is a gentleman Of valuable bust
ness and administrative talents. He has man
aged the affairs of the Fredericksburg Road
with ability. He was, however, q man Of en-
terprise, and delighted In planning and execu-
ting schemes for improvement and profit, and
his plans were generally marked BY forecsste
and sagacity but, rs with all that class OF
energetic minds which the world calls "vision.
ary" but without which there would be NO
great achievements in the way of improve
ment in the world, he sometimes oven shot the
mark, and exceeded, at the same time, the
bounds Of prudence and reasonable results, by
his eauguiBe Gale MA atoms. A scheme which
wa. the establishment, Of the we'll known town
% Ashland, on the railroad, sixteen miles
from Richmond. This he planned with great
TASTE aid pushed forward with surprising en-
ergy Soon after building the hotel and ar
ranging lis beautiful grounds, he projected the
Ashland rae. course, which was designed and
Is .abiished upon an expansive scale, and i.
one OF The NEST admirable race tracks. Us well
tr,
the Union. Ii involved u heavy outlay o.
money.
These projects, which were the pets of MI
R which he expec ted to make highly benefi-
ciai % himself and advan :ageous to the Rail.
road Company. had n> yielded the income he
calculated upoo, aud he was unable to effect
sale Of either for reasonable prices. Thus
disappointed, he endeavored 10 meet bis accu.
nuiatiEg liabilities by using the credit OF the
company. The manner and the extent to
which he did this will be found in the more
detailed account OF his transactions. This
mode Of conducting his schemes, of course,
had 10 come to an end. 1t did come to the
end, after, however, involving n much larger
amount than could have been anticipated.
That Mr. ROBINSON, in what he has done,
had any criminal intention, we suppose no
man in the city believes He had full faith in
his scheme, and believed it would yield large
revenues to the company, as well as become
profitable to himself. This mode of reason
ing is Of that kind which often inveigles the
best intentioned men into the appropriation
70 their own use Of the monies of others. The
FIRST step in the career of the defaulter is taken
with the belief that little help in that irreg-
ular way will he sufficient to give relief and
that before it can be discovered it can be wiped
out, as with a sponge. BY the restitution which
anticipated good fortune will enable him to
make. at il the first step which costs'' and
leads him into that labyrinth out of which
there is no delivery. That anticipated good
fortune which is to make all safe and straight
seldom or never comes to him, and exposure
and ruin is the end Of the fearful path upon
which he enters.
Nor did Mr.. ROBINSON undertake his extern
sive schemes from ayaricious motives. He is
one Of the most liberal and generous men We
ever knew. He was kind and generous to a
fault, and had NO such feeling as avarice in
his heart Like all men of enterprising dispo.
silions. he was vain of his plans and proud of
their success. He had the disposition to enjoy
much more the eclat Of his undertakings than
any profit in money they could have conferred
upon him. So far a. he is concerned, he is
sadly disappointed, and woeful is the denoue-
ment OF his measures. The railroad company,
however, has derived very considerable ad-
vantages from them, as an Investigation of the
local fares and the receipts for special trains
will, we are sure, make manifest.
In addition to what indem nifty II has in this
way, Mr.. ROBINSON has transferred to the
company all Of his available effects, consist
ing Of his Ashland and other property. BY
judicious management, the extension Of the
residents ticket for q liberal term, &c, the
Ashland property may be enhanced in value,
ard help much 70 reduce the amount OF the
defAlcatiOn.
The fate of EDWIN ROBINSON has excited
universal ~ mpathy. No more noble. hearted
gentleman ever fell in the snare Of tenn pta,ion.
The grief OF friends il the more intense that
NO effort Of theirs can retrieve him from the
circumstances that surround him.
Question for the Lawyers.
The United States government had deter.
mined TO purchase the old Middle Dutch
Church, - In the city Of New York, for a post
once, for which purpose 1t is ut present leased.
The church Is one Of the few remaining mon
uments Of the "good old times in the Em.
pire City; but . di1icuity has occurred In re.
gard to the title. 1t appears from the New
York corresp ondent Of the Richmond Esquiy.
err that there 10 q sort Of proprietorship in Ger.
lain vaults In the church yard, many Of which
are very ancient and the title Of them belongs
to the descendants Of those who became the
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