The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-30

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| numerous acquaintances viii unite if called
| onto clear him Of any such foul inputation.
."C. ]. CLARKE, Md. }rl
late surgeon Confederate States army in
charge of Alabama hospitals in Richmond,
Va" TJ 81 l#Ir"Tast OF =
The following letter is from DR.. Clarke to
the father-in-law of the gentleman referred
to:
"SELMA, ALA, October 9, 1868.
"Dear Sir,-I have learned thata report has
gained currency in Richmond that -, who
married your daughter, had been previously
married, and had left wife and children in
Alabama. Understanding that the report was
giving -- and his friends annoyance, I
write to You to contradict 1t. lived for
several years before the war, and up to the
time he entered the army, In the same county
calhoun with myself, and practiced his pro-
fession at Alexandria, q village only about
eeeyen miles from acisen Vile, my p3see OF re-
sidence. met with him often and knew him
well. He ,oas neuer married until he married into
your family, and has no wife or children in Al.
ALBANIA. The report is therefore entirely false
and u7lfo,tndsd
In my boy hood knew the father of -,
then residing in. Spartanburg district, South
Carolina. l have known the family from re-
putation all my life. IS family is avery
respectable one. have never known or heard
one word to the contrary. He has many rela-
tions in Ala bama. As class they are wor thy
and respectable people.
"- bore good character where he lived;
was moral, honest, and upright. ! regarded
him as young man OF talents, and well
educated and promising man in his profession.
He acquitted himself with credit as 4 medical
officer In the Confederate service. OF his SUBJ
sequent history and department, you and the
citizens of Richmond know more than do.
If any one credits the report that was
ever married before his marriage in Rich
mond, they do him gross injustice, and those
who circulate the report do him great wrong.
- write you, this letter unsolicited by any
friend. You are at liberty to make any use
youplease of it,. q; II -. ..fr 30 All ..gE
Yours, respectfully,
.5a.1 r.-&.>lrIi1)"Cg J. CLARK, M. D., 7.
slate Surgeon in Confederate States Army,
The following is from Rev. DR.. Curry,
who represented the Selma district in the
Confederate Congress, and Is now o pro-
fessor in Richmond College: .li 81
n RICHMOND, VA, October "a, 1868.
Having heard that there were some re-
ports in circulation prejudical to the good
name Of, take pleasure in saying that
I have known, but not intimately, for
ten years, and that his reputation has been
unstained during that period, far as I
have ever heard. His family is of the highest
respecrability. I'@'
|. "Dr. g. J. Clark have known intimately
for fifteen years. AS a physician, gentleman,
and q Christian, he is the peer Of any one in
this country. l know him to be cautious in
MS statements. he is worthy OF unlimited
credit. -s. j. L. M. CURRY.h
The following are extracts from letter
of S. W. Crook, Esq, of Jacksonville, Ala,
the uncle Of James Crook, Esq, the Demo-
cratic elector for that district. 1t is dated
October 18th, and was written upon hear
ing of the reports in circulation in Rich
mond: . aa
81 knew when your father moved to this
county from South Carolina, when, suppose,
you was about eight or ten years old. I knew
when you moved with your father to Texas
/ know when you studied medicine in Tai
ladega county. I know when you went to at
tend the lectures at Charleston, s.. g., and l
knew when you returned home and came to
Alexandria and located and commenced the
practice of medicine, quite young man. /
know, furthermore, that you did the practice
in my family and great many other families
of the most respectable in the neighborhood
for three years before you left to go TO the
war. And so fur us being married before you
left here to go to the war is concerned, is too
barefaced a lie to need any denial.
If anybody Is not satisfied that you wish to
satisfy, they can get certificates from fifty Of
the most respectable and responsible men in
this county TO what l state above"