Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-21

On Tuesday evening last, this town
and surrounding country was visited by
one of the most violent and destructive
hurricanes ever known 70 the oldest in
habitants. Its sudden and disastrous
effects were mostly on that portion of
Elk Ridge running from the Columbia
turnpike, at Hilton, and following the
high ridge extending to the Patapsco
at Leicester and Relay House, On this
PLATEAU or high land are situated the fine
farms Of DR.. Michael Pue, George Il.
Stockott, Esq, Mrs. Charles W. Dorsey,
Samuel Wethered, Esq; and Geo, Il,
Gather, Esq. At DR.. Pue's the hurri-
cane swept down in moment fine
modern barn, 100 feet long and 5S feet
wide, scattering the fragments like drift
wood over acres of ground the ice-house
was blown from its site, and the carriage
house blown down, as were also the CHM
ncys of the extensive stone mansion, to-
gether with all the fruit and shade trees, |
and fencing. The damage on this farm
is estimated lat S., 500 At the farm of
George L. Stockett all the out buildings,
fine orchard, and shade trees that had
stood fifty years around the homestead,
we're swept away in few moments.
AT Mrs. Dorsey's farm large tract of
woodland was felled suddenly to the
ground, and about 900 pannels of fence
blown down, as well as considerable
injury to the out-buildings and orchards.
Messrs. Samuel Wethcred, Dr.. Arthur
Pue, VIM. j Timanus and others, also
had their woodland cleared as if by ma
gic. DR. Arthur Pue's barn, 100 feet
long, was lifted from its foundation and
destroyed. On the farm of George II.
Gather, Esq, a new brick mansion
house, just being topped by the brick
layers, and 60 feet front, was in part
blown down, as was also the fencing on
this farm, and the sheep blown from the
pastures in some places to the adjoining
plowed fields. Indeed, this section Of
Elk Ridge exhibits such a wreck as was
never looked upon before The forest
trees, and considerable amount of wood
land, belonging to Mr. Gather, were
Frustrated. On the farm of Mr.. James
Clark, some building were also blown
down and trees uprooted. The storm
came from the west, and extended over
track of about half mile in width. -
1t commenced, it is supposed, near
Woodstock, some fifteen miles above,
where the house of Mr., Davis was blown
down, and considerable other damage
done The fury of the wind was terrif-
ic, but happily there was no loss of hui
man life. The principal effects of the
storm were spent in the vicinity of Oak
land mills.
On the high lands on the Baltimore
county side of the Patapaco much dam
age was also done. Mr. Peter w. Glib
bons had fine barn and fencing blown
down, and the orchards and shade trees,
surrounding the house, torn up by the
roots in an instant of time. The Gray
Manufacturing Company received dam
age to their farming property, and lost
the roof from their large stables.
Other parties surrounding the above
received much damage, but the manu-
featuring property and the town of lei.
licott's Mills, from its sheltered position
did not receive material injury.
REVIVAL OF LOTTERIES. There is a
prohibition in the present Constitution
against the existence of the Lottery sys-
TEN after the year 1859. 1t is well
known that that species of gambling has
been brought to the highest possible state
Of perfection under the present Commits
soner and Contractor for Lotteries. In
1856 law was passed, at their instance,
to give them monopoly of the profits
of " Lottery Policies" The Act has
proven even most lucrative than was first
supposed. Its treasures are almost fab
ulous. Its riches may shame Golcon-
da or Gaudalajara Thirty thousand
dollars to one, and Fifty thousand to an
other, are generally understood to be the
clear profits of the - Policy System" to
the happy and ingenious inventors of the
monopoly. 1t is gambling made easy
brought down to the dullest comprehcn-
sion; accessible to the school boy of
tender years, and the maid servant of
credulous and romantic temperament. ~
1t holds out its golden lures to the weak
est portions of society, and its victims
have been more numerous than those Of
Juggernaut. For from those who could
just buy ticket for quarter, or
dime, or a haij-dtme, the greater por-
ton Of these enormous gains Of the 'Pol-
icies' and Supplemental Lotteries Of the
present management Of Lotteries, are
we understand wrung; and the princcly
fortunes starting up in a night, to the
fortunate finders Of this Aladdin's Lamp |
are composed Of the pennies of thought |
less childhood, the hard earnings Of
widows and the homeless, or the despcr-
ate cast of those without hope, or q flu
ture. We are told they have effected |
more harm and done more to demoralizo |
society in Baltimore than any recent in
vention Of rascality and ayarice. 1t has /
been made useful to its masters. The
Know -nothings, by the act Of 1856,
gave monopoly Of this gambling to the
officials Of the State and the money
produced to them by the monopoly, gave
the clubs the means of subsistence and
organization during the campaigns of
1856 and 1851. The Clubs placed the
prcsen! Executive officers where they arc
Therefore Know-nothingism is largely
indebted to the " Lottery Policy" gam
bling for its present position in the State.
DO they desire TO leave out Of the new
Constitution the prohibition Of Lotteries ?
The money Of tho Contractor and Com