, 1874-04-24

ne WAS merely fined $40. Cole, the Secretary,
attacked Nelson in the lobby Of Congress. which
was breach Of privilege; and John Randolph
said that, It such indignity were to be- per
mitted with impunity, members would be liable
to be kicked from their seats
Bailey then vent to
| BERKLEY STRINGS,
with his coach-and-four broke every bank that
was open there, and won $4,000. He then
chartered ship filed with an assorted cargo Of
| -four; negroes. horses carriages, aud COWS. and
set sail for New Orleans. The venture netted
him $40, 600. He then made deposit Of 940. 600
| in the bank, and set up for gentleman. Here
! he fell out with Turnbull, and foggod her,
| which set him on q course of dissipation, and he
lost 353. 600, which was all he had. Then l18l0)
the poor wretch Was beheld on the leyee OF New
| handkerchief bathe1 with tears, "and nothing,
| he says, ''left with me but my bitch Countess,
| which cost me $50 for her tuition"
| For some time he was 1unch-fend, picking
up anacks at gambling houses, carrying gold
headed cane, and followed by his pointer, but
without cent in his pocket. Through all my
experience" he eayB, II had this much respect
for myself, never to part with my watch or any
thing which wore; deemed it degradation
| to which never could stoop."
Getting loau, be agaln broke bank. The
ignorant fellow accounted for his bad luck after
| the first landing at New Orleans by saying, IL
suppose my play might have been considerably
impaired from the motion Of the ehip-" .-->,
/ RETURNING AGAIN
to the District OF Columbia, Bailey radiated to
the Race Course aud neighboring cities, and SAYS
"that he won, in the course OF his banking, up-
| wards Of half = million Of money during bis ife"
u 1914 be took apartments ct the Mansion
+ use, Philadelphia, pairing s25 day. and
at Berkley Springs, upon style mexampled in
| all that region. and much OF the improved coun-
try in that wild spot is due to him. He set up T.
merchauts' mill. sax-mill: disti1(e1y, and =
/ n. had ~ al ao+
! one time. Another season,-probably in the
| year 191G,-he boarded ESQ persons q. $40 a
week, besides 86 servants at IS week, and 405
horses, at IS week. His receipts we're Sc, GOO
| sons who go to Berkley nowadays, and sso the
quietness and Sabbath eolemnity prevailing in
that pleasant vale. will find it almost impossible
to realize such degraded society as 1 frss-class
hotel Of national renomn, kept By gameste1
Meantime the profession OF gamblers WAS pay
ing him sloo for the use Of bis patent
faro-box, aud he rigidly e1acted
the money, for he could whip any
man in the country, and had the ferocity Of .
high head, rather narrow forehead, enormous
nose disposed to be aquiliue, and large and
coarse in the region Of the nostrils; his upper |
lip WAS square, Like q stone wall, and the jaw
beneath It was Lie Gen. Washingtons. A hook |
Of royal dignity WAS imposed upon this rather /
vulgar countenance; the Bwagger OF ulngnan- |
unity and hanor was expressed in the poise Of |
his head. He wore standing collar, With q |
hair Was invariably powdered. That stamp Of |
man still exists among the gameste1s Of Balti-
more, Richmond and Naw Orleans.
TIE SWEDISH MINISTER,
Mr.. Daschof. disputed his bill st Berkeley, when
bailey took from his carriage his trunks and I
locked them up. Resolving to open large hotel
in Washington City, Bailey put his 400 bedzteads,
etc, On two natboats, and started down the
Potomac This sudden cruise gave some OF his
creditors in Maryland the idea that be was run
ming away, and they pursued him to Harpar's
Ferry. where pitched battle nearly happened
in the middle Of the Potomac.
Tho second session OF the Thirteenth Con-
gress WAS near at hand, and Bailey rented one Of
Daniel CAROLS hne housos, opened splendid
hotel, and promised that gambler should
ever play on his premises. The stages stopped
at his door; his cooks and servants wore the
best; members Of Congress took day-board at
Us many as six houses, with eighty -si1 beds. He
imported his own wines. and, when the season
was done, the furniture was transferred to
Berkley Springs, ana poor people lodged in the
City Hotal gratuitously.
GOOD COMPANY.
Amongst his boarders IN Washington we're the
Chief Justce OF the United States, and the AS |
eociate Justices Some old creditors pursuing
him daily, the Supreme Bench advanced him s700
for their board Just at this time after many |
years Of profigacy, the gambler lost his luck.
He took the benefit Of the Inso1yent act in V1r-
ginia, and attempted to do so in Maryland
when his creditors in the latter State closed
around him, and tied him fast Yet, in this
position, when they put him on q horse, he
started of ats gallop, knocked a man down
With his arm half free, aud escaped to Virgins.
His bail surrendered him at Washington, and lie
WIS committed to Jail. At that time the
mills, and . distillery, lots in different towns,
slaves, and Judgments. Amongst his creditors
were Thomas Law, Daniel Carroll, Richard
Coutts, Elisha Riggs, William Worthington,
3oaton.. Put in the debtors cell, his companion
vas Methodist preacher named Jones, whom
he cursed and swore at profanely. His account
Of mining through the Jail and escaping is Is
interesting ss an nything in Robinson crusoe.
DEFIANCE.
Tsnch Ringsod the Marshal Of the District,
offered $500 reward for the absconder, and de-
scribed him as follows ''He is feet Q or 10
inches high, well set, and about so years OF age.
he generally has bis hair paEted aud put up be-
aind with comb. He Is the same Maj. Bailey
> no had the Berkeley Springs hotel, and the Bell
Tavern in the City Of Washington. He is gener-
lly known az notorious gambler and blacklos."
To this Bailey retorted, from Martinsburg Va,
Sept. l, 18l8 With offer Of $500 reward for
ilnggold, the Marshal Of the District OF Coium-
,ia. He says: IT will give $500 for the deliy-
,ry Of said Ringgold to any jail in the State OF
Virginia. He il about feot 4 or inches high. |
IL
eference to the records one can see where be !
ately ewore out under the Insolvenr act, as the
,rnater part in the District have done before"
lection aus npon t5e .exsv to to b.
olks. The audacious blackleg says, in this
" To be sure, I, like other gentle
nen. in intervals, have gained but whom with
Fith members OF Congress, with members of |
be State Legislatures, With members Of Courts.
Judges; and, BY every respectable gentleman |
hat does sport, my company has been courted. {
shall not come to the City Of Washington
Without an elected to Congress, Every child |
nows Maj Robert Bailey Ia Yireinia and
hall net disguise myself
For weeks and weeks this
DESPERATE WRETCH
wandered up and down. pursued for the reward I
rhich had been offered by his own ne,ehhn1s
nd even bis mistress colleaguod against him. !
1e Was armed to the teeth, and only saved from {
committing murder by the fears OF his pursucrs, I
ct, when ne heard OF horse-race in any petty
lll9En bin nronAn sitv fook him fbaro s+t.-3 | &