Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-06-15

the iiaScrStoWn Torch Light states on
private information that Mr. Arnold the other
day ON entering the hall ofthe House of Rep
resentatives deliberately took out of hispock-
els a pair Of large pistols and laid them on
his table. Benton, Benton-yerily thou
art prophet!
From votes taken inthe Senate on amend
ments, it is thought the Bank Bill will pass
by decided majority-the N. Y. CONNER
cial says 81 to 81.
The Railway from Philadelphia to Ger
mantown was opened for use Il few DAYS ago
The ultimate termination of the road is
Pottsvile
Gen. Sampler of South Carolina, hero
OF the Revolution, died on the lst inst.
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Our readers will remember the circum-
stance which we briefly mentioned few
weeks ago, of the levying OF distress war
rant in Woodstock The following letter
has been addressed TO us in consequence of
that publication. 1t was evidently written
under misrepresentation of what we had done
in the premises We did not transfer to our
columns "the slanderous publication writ
ten by the editor of the Sentinel of the Val
ley," but merely stated few of the alleged
facts, and expressed our adherence of the
outrage purposely emitting the name Of
MIR. IIickle, until we should be fully salts
fled that there was no mistake in the matter
and that he, like "Burke," was truly enti-
tied 10 the infamous distinction Of being the
author of new crime agains! humanity,
and of giving TO it his own name We are
rejoiced that we did so-because the COM
plexion OF the transaction is materially chang
ed in our estimation.
Null CREEK, June Sth 1889.
DEAR SIR AS you have thought prop
er TO transfer TO your columns, slanderous
publication written by the Editor of the SEN
tinel OF the Valley, TO injure my reputation,
| hope you will deem il your duty in Justice
10 me 10 publish Major Miller's certificate
also, which appeared in the same paper of the
Goth ult Respectfully yours
CHRISTOPHER HICKLE.
The following is the certificate of Major
Miller.
On Monday, the 9TH day of May, inst
Christopher Hickle, as guardian TO Rebec-
ca Cav, came TO me and observed that he
wished to place in my hands distress war
rant for rent against James III. Darlington.
l was very busy at the time, il being court
\ day, and observed TO Mr.. Rickle, that it
could be done at any time within twelve
months, and that thought there was no
danger. Mr.. Hickle, replied that it must
he done now, that he had not time to come
down again TO sign the distress warrant, and
if he deferred it, he was fearful the debt
would be lest.-Mr. Hickle lives about II
miles from Woodstock, and his saving chat
it must be done now" | understood 10 mean,
that thed distress warrant must be signed then =,
not that it should be levied then. had
warrant prepared, and MIR. Hickle signed it
lat the time Designing it, either Mr. Hick-
} lie observed to me that might wait ten DAYS.
or mentioned that would wait ten days, /
do not recollect which.-If ! mentioned it
MIR. Hiclde asSented TO it; he also mention
ed that Mr.. Dinges held a note for some
f repairs done to the property in a former
year, which he would receive as cash, ifMr.
Darlington would take it up.
On Tuesday, the day after the wife of Mr..
r Darlington was buried saw Mr. Darling
ton on the street, and calling him aside, in
formed him that | had the distress warrant.
and supposing that he might not wish il TO
be known, mentioned that | should say no
thing about it that if he would take up
the note which Dinges held, it would be re-
ceiyed in part payment of the rent NV
object in mentioning il TO him, was, 10 give
him an opportunity of settling it, and TO SUI
percede the necessity of levying IT, Some
short time after, Mr. Darlington came to me
and observed, that che did not wish it kept
, secret, ne did not care a damn who knew
1t" On that night Mr.. Darlington brought
to me the note which Dinges had held, and
paid me the balance in money.-THe distress
warrant neUer ,Uas LeUied, and when named
1t to Mr. Darlington, it was not with view
to distrain, but as told him, that he might
Heterogeneous osettle it without the nc
cesSity of resorting TO a distress.
PHILIP MILLER.
May %, 1892.
Aswe publish the foregoing,i it is but prop
er that we should insert the following GER
tiicates which the editor of the Sentinel in
PRODUCES, TO rebut Major Millor's state
ment
On Friday the llth Of May, Major Philip
Miller and myself met at George Letholtz's
on Toms brook Some conversation took
place between US concerning the overseers
of the poor lie then observed to me thai
s Christopher Hickle was very much spoken
r OF in Woodstock respecting a distress war
rant which he had caused to be issued against