The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-24
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tE WAS DHnGGEb nY J4DY or HIdB soc1k
possfpoH.
The Lo,ilsyil,e Courier-JomndI of th'
18th publishes II letter from the Rev. Gilber
III Robertson, D. D., whose troubles through
alleged improper intimacy With fer,a
member of his flock have been noticed. TIL
first half of the letter is devoted to a review
and denial of certain charges made IN a let
ter to tho Courier-Journal purporting tt
have been written from DR.. Robertsons
early home. He then says:
"In closing, suffer me to make few state
ments respecting the terrible. cnIamity that
has SO recently bcfalleI. me- The lady with
whom my lathe has been 50 unfortunately
associated has always occupied the very
highest social position. | went to meet her
ut her earnest and repeated solicitations.
went from motives of pure kindness and
sympathy. In the whole sud affair | was
conscious Of
NO CRIMINAL INTENT
and no criminal act. | can prove beyond all
cayil her exact identity, hut | shall not he
guilty of such dishonor unless driven to the
point where honor tcI!Miids is revelation.
BY some drug or potion / was suddenly
brought under balctul and potent influence
that overthrow my reason, hcwildcrcd my
Judgment, leading me into such Insane acts
and into such rightful and certain exposures.
Out of the profound and awful gloom OF
these fatal hours memory can evoke but few
detached and insignificant incidents. shall
not grTltity a greedy taste for scandal by de.
failing them. When on my return home
that memorable Friday night: awakening
from my dpliritim, began first to reflect Oh
what had occurred. 1t all seemed as
WILD, UNNATURAL DREAM.
l did not realize the enormity of my ex-
posure until startled By the revelations Of a
reporter the next Monday morning. l was
filled with such sudden and muttelable dis
NAV that my courage and my manhood for
sock me, and denied the truth. The Pres
bytery will meet next Tuesday. | shall APP
pear before it and make full and honest
statement and confession, and TO its iudg-
ment shall submit NY case. ! Clnnot close
without acknowledging the deep personal
wrong and injury have done my friends
here, who gave me such confidence; and
also my unsIMakable gratcfulncss to them
for their ready and tender sympathy for
mine and me in this dark and dreadful hour.
A REMARKABLE DRUG.
The Conrier-Joprnnl editorialv says of
this drug explanation: "Thc phier distil-
ed by the witch Of VesurillS at the Instance
of Arbaces. administered to GaucuS by Ny
dia, was inferior in quality to this one Of to-
day. This soothes the moral faculties, puts
to sleep the sense of right and wrong, while
mentally and physically the victim is but lit
tie the worse. He cain engage sleeping-car
berths, cool ones for two; direct hackmen !:
take the greatest precautions to exclude visit
ors from his house while he is entertaining
Il special guest 'unawarcs,' as his explanation
would imply. 1t permits him TO travel on II
ministers half-farc ticket; to imhibe beer for
water ITO mistake the same woman for wife,
cousin, and niece mt short intervals; to cover
up his deeds with prcvarication to flee to
New York TO shape his story according to
disclosures before returning to confront the
committee. If the Doctor cannot put us on
our guard against this potion If ic cannot
give us the infi,llhlr mclns of detection,
heaven grant that he drank it all at Il