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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-12

HAIL STORM On Saturday I'd inst, de:
structive and wide spread storm Of wind and
hail passed over the central portion of this Dis
trict, from South West to North East. The in
jury to the growing crop in its track was severe
In many places the wheat crops are entirely de-
stroyed. The damage to the fencing Is also
heavy. Many persons dependent upon their
wheat crops for bread for the next few months,
have been placed in deplorable condition
On Tuesday, another terrific tornado passed
over US from :he same direction, uprooting trees
and unroofing number of houses number
Of old wooden buildings were blown over, with
out injury to the occupants, as far as we can
learn The handsome hotel building of Mr. w.
E. Rose, Was partially unroofed The streets
aud sidewalks Of this town are literally covered
with the debris of the storm porhUiUe En-
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-12
Raleigh & CASTOR II. X. Co.,

RaIeEgh a GasIOn H. Rs .OUs, !
GENERAL SUpERINTENDENT's OFFICE,
Raleigh, N. c., June g, 1866:
CHANGE OF TIME.
IN and after Thursday. June 7th, 1893, Trains
will nm as follows the Raleigh and CASTOR Rail-
road
Mail Train, going North. leave Raleigh SIS A N
!" arrive at Weldon 90 N
4" South, leave Weldon II 90 d
/" i" +" arrive at Raleigh 90 NJ
Freight Train going North leave Raleigh 8 90 N
d" 4" arrive at Weldon 90 ~
q" South leave Weldon 4 90 ~
&C. arrive at Raleigh f5 u
ALBERT JoHNS0y.
lime II, 1866 II Gen' SaP't.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-12

CHOLERA IN NEW YORK CITY.
New York, June 9.-Mrs Reed and E. A.
Frazer, whose death from cholera was reported,
are not the only victims. On Wednesday night
a German girl in the house attacked
with same disease but recovered.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-12

HURRICANE AND LOSS OF LIFE.-On Satur-
day the Goth ultimo, hurricane of consdera-
BILE force passed over portion Of this county,
about miles south of this town, doing con-
siderable injury to the timber and fences in its
course 1t struck the house of Mr. James NJ.
Bishop, and took off the upper part of it. Mr.
Bishop had left the house, and was standing
outside, with his child in his arms A piece Of
the falling timber struck him on the side of his
head and felled him to the ground, killing him
instantly. Providentially the child was only
slightly injured --HWsboro Recorder.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-12
= MARKETS.
CHOLERA IN NEW YOl

= New YORK, June 9.-Cotton quiet and un.
changed at 80 and 40. Gold 800.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-12
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.

June IL, 1866.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

HENRY CLARK, EsQ.-The Brattleboro
Record contains a portrait of Henry
Clark, Esq, accompanied by a biographi-
cal sketch, the latter Of which we ex-
tract and give to the readers OF the HER
AID:
Henry Clark, son Of the Hon. Merritt
Clark, was born in Middletown, Rut-
land County, Vermont, February, Is,
1928. The family of his grandfather,
the late General Jonas Clark, emigrated
to Vermont from Connecticut. After an
attendance of several years upon the
common schools Of his native town, Mr..
Clark commenced preparatory course
at Burr Seminary, Manchester, in 1912,
and entered the University of Vermont
at Burlington in 1916. His health fail
ing. he left the University in 1S4S, en-
tered into mercantile business. the
chosen pursuit of his father, and fol-
lowed it for eight years. But merchan-
disc was to him an uncongenial avoca-
tion. He left it, and since that period
has devoted his time assiduously and
successfully to public affairs in connec-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

The following letter published in the
Boston Journal some time since in reply
to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, presents
so many facts for public consideration
on the subject of representation of the
Northern and Southern States in Con-
gress, as seen from the standpoints of
Congress and "my policy that we have
determined to copy it for the benefit of
our readers:
BosroN, Sept. 10, 1866.
Rev. Henry W'drd Beecher.
DEAR SIR Il have been accustomed
to look to you for guidance, but | can
not follow in your present course with
out more light upon the motives which
influence you. You, like all other true
Republicans, desire the restoration of
the Southern States to their practical
relations in the Union; you desire their
restoration at the earliest moment. and
in this again, you are not singular-so
do all good and true men. But in this
one thing you are singular, in that you
would restore the lately rebellious
States in such manner as to degrade the
loyal men of the North-the soldiers and
freemen who have fought our battles
to a position beneath that OF the late
slaves of the South. / mean this not as
a mere figure of rhetoric, but as clear
and undeniable fact.
Congress demands single condition,
precedent to the restoration of the late
rebellious States to their practical rela-
tlons in the Union, viz; the ratification
of the constitutional amendment. the |
main condition OF which is that repre-
sentation in the House of Representa-
tives and in the electoral college for the |
choice of President shall be made equal |
in proportion to the number of citizens
TO whom the right to vote is granted by |
each State. Congress demands that, if |
any State shall choose to limit the right |
TO vote to its white citizens, its white
citizens only shall be counted in esti-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

CHAMPLAIN VALLY FAR.-Tne annual
fair of the Champlain Valley Agricultu-
raj Society, held at Vergennes on Thurs
day and Friday of last week, was a de-
cided success. The attendance was large
and the articles on exhibition exceeded
the expectation of the most sauguine
friends of the Society both in quantity
and quality. President Angel of the
Vermont University delivered the ad-
dress on Friday afternoon, and we hear
it highly spoken of as an able and schol-
arly production.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

GoLD.-The Bennington Banner says a
stock company has been formed, of
which DR.. j. Scranton of Bennington,
is President, and J. H. Cushman, of the
same place, Secretary, to develop the
riches Of gold mines found in Pittstown
in Rensselaer, County, N. Y. DR.. Scran-
ton, and Geo. W. Hall, Superintendent,
have for some time been engaged in
thoroughly testing the value of the ores,
and certify fully in the company's pros
pectus to their value and great richness,
yielding as high as $500 per ton, gold,
at par, and richly of silver. The Board
of Trustees contains the names of
wealthy and reliable citizens of Lansin-
burgh and vicinity. Mr.. Hall has been
for some years experimenting quartz
mills in Colorado. The Banner says it
does not see why the Pittstown mines
will not rank among the richest yet dis
covered.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04
Miscellaneous Items,
The paper mills of Great Britain
manufacture $500 tons Of paper weekly.

The paper mills of Great Britain
manufacture $500 tons of paper weekly.
"A Lockport, n. Y, druggist was re-
Gently fined $500 for incorrectly prepar-
ing prescription.
"A donation Of s250,0O0 has been
made to the New York Methodist Col
lege by Daniel Drew.
Miss Fanny Forrest, sister to Gen.
Forrest, recently lost her life by the cx-
plOsion OF can Of oil
A man in Chicago didn't put rev.
enue stamp on a thirtY-siX dollar re-
ceipt, and paid the justice fifty dollars.
1t is said eX-Secretary Harlan, who
ten years ago was not worth $1,000, has
accumulated fortune OF nearly half
million Of dollars.
Hugh J. Anderson, ex-governor of
Maine, has been appointed sixth auditor
Of the treasury. in place Of Isaac n. Ar
mold Of Chicago, resigned.
Geo. NJ, Snow, who was for - wears
and until quite lately commercial editor
of the New York Tribune, died at New
York, Thursday, in mis- ffty-tlfth wear.
Geo. H. Hale, postmaster at Laurel.
Mary land, the only Union man in that
place who hoisted the United States flag
during the rebel raids in Marylant in
1868, has been removed and d copper
head appointed in his place.
There is hill near R0muev, West
Virginia, some 800 feet high, called Ice
Mountain. On one side issues a stream
OF ice cold water, and on the other ice
may be found in the middle of summer
by turning up the loose stones.
E. H. Nelms, ex-billjard champion
Of Pennsylvania, who has challenged
any man in America to play him a
match, recently made an average run of
III in nine innings, and one run of ATS.
He made his 1000 points when his op.
ponent had 70.
The Quartermaster-G General will sell
at Alexandria next month, 10000 cords
of wood, the balance left of the fire in
the Governments wood pile some two
months since. An Investigation was Or
dered concerning this fire and the actual
size of the pile burned, which has never
been reported.
1t has been often figuratively said that
the South had forgotten the results Of the
war,-and now it seems actually begin
ming to come to pass. The Mobile Reg
lster says, "When did Grant whip Lee |
We recollect that he once smothered him
to death with quarter of million of |
Irish and Dutch but we never heard of |
Gen. Lee being whipped by anybody.
"A man named Convoy disappeared
at New York, several days since, and a
fellow whom he had hired to row him to
The New Jersey Central railroad ferry. |
ana with whom he was last seen. was |
at Jersey City on suspicion of |
loul play, but denied all knowledge of |
the matter. On Friday afternoon the
oody OF Convoy was discovered in the
naroor, near the place mentioned, with
his throat cut from ear to ear.
WIN. Fl. Eder of Maryland, one of
,he most faithful postal clerks between
New York and Washington, has been re-
moved from office because, at the late
election, he, as judge of election. refused
% allow a rebel to vote; and, E, l.
hyde, also route agent, formerly Can |
ain Fourth Maryland, has been removed
lnd his place filled by a soldier to be
ure, but by soldier who was dismissed
he service.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04
Rebel preponderance,

And when we come to the next Presi-
dental election, at which no test oath
can be applied, the 40 votes of the
1896, ,l91 loyal and true men of Illinois.
Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin will be
neutralized by 2,198,685 rebels in Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana Mis-
sissippi and South Carolina; and the
33 votes of the 1881 ,73O men of the En-
plre State of New York will be nearly
neutralized by the 80 votes thrown bv
Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland. North
carolina and Texas, with only 1,983,O92
white inhabitants.
And If you say that at that time the
inhabitants of the late rebellious States
will have ceased to be rebels, and demand
that We should trust them-I reply that
we are ready to trust them with power
equal to our own; but we will not
tempt them to think that we fear them.
as you by your course would do, by Of
fering them twice the power we retain
ourselves, when they know and have
once admitted that the only rights they
have are the rights ofthe conquered.
Such men as they are cannot appre-
ciate the magnanimity which would give
them more power than they ever vet
possessed you delude and mislead them
by Offering it; you tempt them to crack
their whips over your head, and if not
upon Bunker Hill, yet in the church you
have built up by your devotion to free
doom, to point you out as one of their
slaves.
God grant that there may be sufficient
insight among the great mass of religi-
Gus and honest minded men to prevent
them from sacrificing justice and equal
rights to such false magnanimity.
e. A,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

mating the number of representatives.
and consequently by adding the number
OF Senators thereto, the number of elec-
tors to which such State shall be en-
titled.
We have been accustomed TO count a
slave as three-fifths of a man, You
would count free citizen of Massachu-
setts as less than half man7 Do you
deny this2 If you re.admit the State
Of Mississippi with her representation
unaltered, so 0557 white persons in Mis-
sissippi will choose an elector, and it
will take l0l, ,7S9 in Massachusetts,.
Are you willing that your vote and
mine together shall be neutralized by the
single vote of the murderer Mayor Mon
roe of New Orleans?
Are you willing to see all the hard
work you have done to secure the rights
of the freedmen utterly lost by the re-
election OF the man who now disgraces
and dishonors the Presidency, and that
reelection secured by giving in the cleo
toral college two votes to the unrepent-
ant REBEL and only one to the loyal SOL
dier of the North? That such may be
the result you cannot deny; for while
the House of Representatives for little
while will prevent the admission of reb-
els among their number by feeble at
attempt to enforce the test oath, (an ef-
fort Of courage which can hardly be ex-
pected of them if they shall give up
their only power Of control,) yet
they cannot enforce the test oath in the
choice of electors-rebels and rebels
only will be chosen to that office, and if
rebels can now succeed in binding the
eyes of such men as you, it is hardly
to be hoped that they will not secure
the submission of a sufficient number of
fractional parts of men elsewhere in the
North, to re-elect the man who now
stands at their head and gives the word
OF command to them to begin the
slaughter of the few unprotected loyal
white men among them.
A business man like the writer often
thinks In figures, and give you some of
the results of my thoughts.
The present House of Representatives
consists of 242 members, apportioned
among the States upon the basis of the
census Of 1860, the slaves of that day
enumerated at three-ffths their number.
If their representatives are now ad-
mltted, 900 voters in Mississippi, Louisi-
ana, South Carolina and Alabamai will
have as much power in the House as
100 voters in Illinois, Indiana, Massa-
chusetts or Michigan; and when the ap-
portionment is made by the census to be
taken in 1870, when the blacks will be
counted in full, 1000 men in those States
Will have more power than 1000 men in
the Northern States, unless the loyal
colored men are allowed to vote, or the
number of Representative from the
South is decreased.
If re-admitted, as you propose, with
out any security for change in the ba-
sis of representation, the proportional
power of'some of the States in the pres
ent House of Representatives will be as
follows, with ten or twelve more repre-
sentatives to be taken from the mag
nanimous North and presented to the
rGpentant South by the census of 1870):
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04
Local and state Items.

A RAsCAILY TRAYsAoTroN.-A man ac.
eompanied by woman, with a child
about three weeks old, arrived in Rut,
land on the midnight train from the
north on Friday night, putting up at
the Bardwell House. and registering
their names as Wm. C. Smith and lady.
They took separate rooms and nothing
unusual occurred to attract the atten-
tion OF the employees Of the house at
that time Mr. Cramton having retired.
The man was up in the morning and at.
tempted TO leave on the early train with.
out settling his bill. This was discov-
cred by Mr.. Cramton, who sent a clerk
to the depot calling him back, when the
amount Of the bill was forked over and
he allowed to depart. After he left Mr..
c, was first made acquainted with the
circumstances connected with the case,
which developes a degree of inhumanitv
and crime seldom transpiring outside of
our great cities.
1t seems that the man whose real
name is Hofnnicle OF Willsboro, N. Y.
by trade a wheelwright, about two
years ago became acquainted with his
victim at his his sisters in Peru, N, Y.
where she was living, and an intimacy
sprung up between them. Her name is
Elizabeth Child, and if her story is to be
credited, up to her acquaintance with
IIofnicle she had borne respectable,
character. Under the promise of mar
riage he succeeded in effecting her ruin,
which was unknown to the family with
whom she resided. About five weeks
since, knowing that all must soon be
known, he took her from his sisters
and conveyed her to the town of Bangor
in that State, where she remained until
Thursday and where the child was born.
On Thursday they started for Rutland.
and arrived here at the time above sta
ted. Upon arriving here at midnight he
attempted to get possession of the child
for the purpose Of getting a place for it.
as he said, by leaving it upon the door.
steps Of some Of our citizens, but more
probably for the purpose of making
away with it. This proposition was too
repulsive for mothers nature, and she
would not give up the child. but he
made her promise to start early in the
morning and find place for it,
He is evidently deep,dyed rascal but,
is said to have some means and ought
to be made to atone for the wrongs
done this supplemented girl in bringing
her into her present situation and then
her Off among strangers and
3eserting her.
Upon arriving at our depot in the |
darkness, he gave her some money. rep.
resenting that the amount was ten dol |
ars, but daylight revealed the fact that
The contribution amounted to only five.
and this with one dollar in currency, |
which she had constituted all the woman
lad to sustain herself and child-only
hree weeks old-among strangers, and
he too feeble to work.
Mr. Cramton very humanely gave in
lis bill and put her on the afternoon
rain north, to return to her friends in
Peru.
We hope to hear on her return that
'rompt measures have been taken by the
authorities of the State to bring the cul-
)rt to justice.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

NARROW EsCAPE.-During the freshet
last week, while Rev. Cyrus Liscomb of
East Calais was looking at the water
pouring over the dam in that place, the
dam gave way, carrying Mr.. Liscomb
down the rapids below and over two
dams, distance of ten rods and fall
Of seventy to seventy.fve feet, and at
last landing him on small island, COM
paratively unhurt.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

GEN. FoRREsT.-There has been of
late, aud is still, so much talk Of hang
ing people, and of people as deserving
to be hanged-in many cases to be
hanged as high as Haman," which ap-
pears to be a peculiarly degrading or
painful form Of this punishment-that
when we say Gen. Forrest late of the
Confederate army, ought to have been
hanged, We still probably seem to be
guilty of violent language, and meet
with no attention. Aud vet there is
no question that, for the massacre of
Fort Pillow, he really and literally de-
served summary execution, both accord
ing to municipal law and the law of
war We will go further, and say that
there is no other country in the world in
which this man would, if he fell into the
victor's hands under the same Circum-
stances as those under which he fell into
ours, have escaped condign and imme-
diate punishment. Yet he is today a
free man. and actually presided a few
days ago, at a meeting at Memphis,
called to ratlfy the Philadelphia platform,
and had General StOneman-our Stone
man-seated beside him. If two wears
ago, foreigner had asked ninety-nipe
out of every hundred men OF the free
States whether this thing could ever
be, the question would have been resented
as an insult.-Ihe Nation.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

INTERFERING TO SPoRTsMEN. The
present season, it is said promises to be
a remarkable tavorite one for sportsmen.
Large numbers of deer are reported
in the Southern forests, particularly
those Of Virginia, while an abundance
OF smaller game is to be found iu the
Northern States. This is especially true
OF New York. Some of the interior
counties are ovewun with squirrels, and
the crack Of the spor'sman's gun can be
heard from early morn till night. At no
period within twenty-five years has
small game been SO abundant as now.
This fact is doubtless owing to the alb
sence in the army for four years Of the
larger portion Of those ltond of cunning.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

THE LAW OF NUIsANCEs-A SUMMARY
ABATEMENT. - Hon. D. E. Nicholson,
Railroad Commissioner of the State.
while lately on an official tour, in course
of business, occupied seat in passen-
ger car filed with ladies and gentlemen,
next to a passenger of the swell-head
type, who, with an air of contempt for
the surroundings, fired up his inevita-
BILE cigar. The commissioner admins
tered look OF rebuke upon the delin-
quent, who returned an impudent stare.
Whereupon, the honorable official, with
Characteristic gravity, took the cigar
from the mouth of the dandy, and threw
it seething hot out of the car window.
The spontaneous expression of the pas.
sengers followed. "Served him right"
A PASSENGER.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Our thanks are
due to Hon. Geo. F. Edmnnds for valua-
BILE public documents
-Mr.J. w. Bailey of Plattsburgh, N.
Y, will accept our thanks for a delicious
lot of Adirondac grapes.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

SUCCESSFUL SPoRTING.-Mr. William
Thrall and DR.. D. ]. Green, brought into
our village on Saturday evening string
of twenty grey squirrels. They were
fat and sleek, as we have reason to know,
having been placed under obligations to
those gentlemen for portion of the
string, and to whom we doff our beaver.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

An OLD VRTBRAN.-Deacon Robert
Barny of Rutland, aged so years, voted
at our last State election for the fifty
ninth time. He has always resided in
town, and voted at every State election
here since he arrived at the proper age.
He, OF course, voted the Republican
ticket.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

SHEEP.-Henry Stafford, Esq, of Spring
field. has recently sold % rams and 7
ewes, of superior constitution and fleece,
to Mr.. VIM. F. Foster, to be shipped to
Texas,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

ES William Ringgold Cooper, late
acting ensign in the navy, who was de-
tected in extensive forgeries on the gov
ernment, and convicted, has been dis
honorably discharged from the service.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

eINIA.-The question of repudia-
/ being discussed in the Virginia
F. The State debt Of old Virginia
put sf2,oOO,OOO the assets, in the
F Of the State Treasurer, consisting
pally of railroad stocks, amounts
'ut sl5, 900, 900; the present popu-
oi the State is about one and a
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

quarter millions-of thtse half a mil
lion are freedmen. The mineral and az.
ricultural wealth of the State Is meal
culahe, and in the hands of an indus,
trlous and energetic people would yield
revenue that would speedily settle the
question of sOlvencv.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

A ''ToU5H UN." I'm March last w.
G. Drew, of West Concord, was fined
S270, besides costs, for selling liquor,
and the other day he was fined $40, be-
sides costs, for selling fomented liquors.
Cyrus Hadley and one Marshall have re-
Gently been held to bail in the sum of
$4O0, for making threats against Drew.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04

The RUTLAND & BURLINGTON RAIL
RoAD.-In company with Mr.. D. C.
Pierce, train master of the Rutland &
Burlington Railroad, we last Saturday
inspected two fine new cars,-one an
express and baggage, and the other a
smoking and mail car,-which have re-
Gently been turned out at the Company's
shops in this place, under the able super
intendence Of Martin Crooker, ESQ. They
are intended for the through mail route
between Burlington and Boston, are
built in most substantial manner. and
furnished with all modern improve
ments.
The company has recently been re.
building and repairing most of its roll
ing stock, and the road is now one of
the best furnished in the country.