The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-04-17
NEWS ITEMS.

THE FREEDMEN. Clinton A. Cllley of
the Ereedmen's Bureau, thus addressed the
freedmen of Salisbury the other day, as We
learn from the "Old North State" He inform
ed them that the President of the United States
had issued proclamation announcing the rebel.
lion at an end, and that peace was restored,
which proclamation ipso facto restored the writ
of habeas corpus; that for the future they would
be under the control of the State government,
and they would only be tried in the State courts
for all offences, and that they would have to
seek their remedy for all injuries done them, as
through the same. He also EXPRESSED the opin-
ion to them, as we learn, that our courts would
do them Justice, in which opinion we concur.
The promptness of Col Cilley in taking this
step shows how ready he is to carry out the in
tentions of the government, whether its meas
ures meet with bis decided approval or not, and
is deserving of the highest commentator.
HEAVY RAIN AND Snow SToRM-For two
or three weeks previously, the weather in this
region was mild and summer like, until last
Saturday evening, when the sky was overcast
with clouds and rain began to descend, contnu-
ing without intermission all day Sunday, chang
ing to snow at night, which fell to the depth of
three or four inches This was on the Sth of
April. We suppose that the fruit is all killed,
if not the trees that were in bloom, and the
gardens have Jared bad! ,SotesviUe american
10Th inst
All the fruit is not killed in this section, by
good deal
s9y~ Considerable damage has recently result
ed to property in the southern part of this coun-
ty by carelessness In parties ma naging fires in
clearing up new grounds Much fencing and
out-buildings have been destroyed and in one
instance the whole of one gentleman's (Mr Ben
Teal's) uildings-dvelling, out houses, &c.,
were consumed These losses fall heavy upon
our citizens in that portion of the county, as
they were just beginning to recuperate some
what from losses inflicted upon them by the
Federal troops when passing through that sec
ton in the early part of last year 1Vadesboro
Argus.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-We learn that Mr.
Giles Christian, of Montgomery county, was
robbed on Sunday night, by three men, near
Cheraw, of 1926. MIR G. had been down in
South Carolina on trading trip, and had just
disposed of lot of mules, &C., and was on his
return home. When four miles out from Che
raw, on the Rockingham road, and while water
ing his horses at branch, three men, as men
toned above, with revolvers drawn and dressed
in Federal uniform, sprang from the bushes
near the side of the road, one Of them seiz;ng
the horses and the other two pulling him
from his buggy, one holding him while the 9th
er rifed blm Of the amount mentioned above
Hadesboro argus.
LINCOLN AND JOHNSON. Beecher, in
his lecture on Reconstruction, draws the fol-
lowing comparison apd contrast:
"The kind and patient Mr.. Lincoln was cud-
geled and whacked by Congress, and he bore it
with a patient spirit, reminding him of some
horses, who merely act when cudgeled, as
though it was to brush flies off. When they
commenced whacking Mr. johnson, they found
a pair of heels through the dash board, and
they left the wagon and took to trees and
bushes, crying "beast, BRUTE" but since then
they bad cudgeled more carefully"