Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-05-11


Gus manner, the people Of Rockville. The
Rev. Mr.. GILBERT, who was most shamefully
yilified in that article called at the Chronicle
Office, in the company of friend, to obtain
PREPARATION by a public denial Of the charges
against him, or else by suit for libel. The
chief editor (FoRNEY) was not in the Office,
but the assisssnt editor, W. S. HMELINE, gave
the following certificate
CHRONICLE OFFICE,
Nay 4th, 1866. I
hereby certify that, on the 9th of April
last WILSON HENsIKe, of Rockville, Maryland,
called at this Office, in company with friend,
who vouched for him, and represented, sub
s:antially, the substance contained in the
subjoined article that appeared in the Wash
ington Chroaiele, of the 10th ult.
W. s. HINELlNE.
EVIDENCES OF DIsLoyALTY.--Rockvill Mary
land, evidently needs reconstructing, If we
are allowed to Judge from the actions Of the
pardoned rebels in that locality. Daily the
discharged soldiers of the national army, and
friends of the Government, are subjected to
abuse and outrages from returned rebels and
their sympathizers Recently soldier OF
was assaulted and stoned by a party Of ex-
rebels, who accused him Of being the enemy
of the South. On another occasion colored
man, passing quietly down the main street of
that place, was attacked by two ''graybacks, >
and in self-defence wounded one of them,
whereupon he was beset by gang of ruffians
and brutally treated, arrested and held in con-
finement, for having protected himself
The latest information received from this
quarter is TO the effect that, on last Sunday,
the preacher of the NJ E. Church, Rev. Mr..
Hobbs, appointed by the Northern Conference,
was attacked by Rev. Mr. Gilbert, designated
by the Southern Conference to fill that APP
pointment. Those present in the church re-
present that, after the singing OF the hymn
and delivery of the opening prayer, Mr.. Gill
bert interrupted the exercises BY attempting
toeject from the building the regular preacher,
but was expelled himself Nothing daunted,
he started in search Of some Southern friends,
and was on the point of making further de-
monstration, when company of United
States cavalry came TO the rescue and pre-
vented them from carrying out their design.
The Chronicle of the 9Th instant published
the following article:
A Card from Rev. y L. Gilbert.
With reference to the following, we have
only to say that our information was derived
from Mr.. Wilson Henning, of Rockville, Nd,
now clerk in the Indian Bureau of the In
terror Department:
WAsHIsaroN, May 4, 1866.
TO The Editor Of the Chronicle
In the CHRONICLE Of the 10th ultimo / find
an article under the caption of " Evidences of
Disloyalty,' in which, among other equally
unfounded assertions, it is said that upon the
Sunday previous to the publication made an
assault on certain Rev Mr.. Hobbs, while he
was conducting religious services in the
Methodist Church in Rockville. and made an
attempt to "eject' him from the building,
but was expelled myself and that after
making other violent movements / was pre-
vented from doing mischief by company of
United States cavalry. So far from having a
conflict with the Rev. Mr.. Hobbs, in the
church or elsewhere, | have not seen him
since early in the month of February, nor have
there been any troops of any kind in Rock
vile for several months Will YOU please do
me and the community in which | live the
justice to publish this communication in your
paper, with the name Of the party or parties
upon whose authority the assertions in the
article were made.
Yours, &C., JOHN l.. GILBERT.
The Chronicle showed great delight in pub
fishing the slanderous article, as it Away
does in publishing its vindictive lies against
the people of the South, though it seems that
the editor did not know WILSON HENNIxa until
he was traced out by others, nor has his in
dorser as yet been certainly identified But,
in publishing the card Of Mr.. GILBERr, it does
not apologize, in the least, for the infamous
lies il spread against the people of Rockville,
but rather tries to bolster up WILSON IIENNINa,
by calling him Clerk in the Indian Bureau
Of the Interior Department. As to WILSON
HENNIsG and his loyalty, we will only say,
that he joined some company or other in the
Federal army during the late war, deserted
and came home under the pretence that he
was discharged; was carried back by his
father, and served the remainder of his time
in some capacity amongst the wagouers As
he is quite q young man and might, probably,
amend, We will refer him to his Catechism,
where he will find this command: "Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbour" and to the 18th chapter of the
Proverbs of SOLOMON, verse 5 A false wit
ness shall not be unpunished, and he that
speaketh lies shall not escape - and also to
the 9th verse of the same chapter, where it is
repeated: A false witness shall not be I'M
punished, and he that speaketh lies shall
PERISH
Mr.. GILBERT did not learn the name of the
. man who accompanied and vouched for the
truth of WILSON HENNEG's statement, but
learned that he was clerk in Government
office in Washington. He was described as q
much older man, thick set, with iron gray
hair, and, as the informant thinks, with q
short pug nose.
We will only further remark, that we think
1t quite ungrateful for WILSON HkNNIsa,
whose family was raised from the depths of
poverty by the people of this county, and
whose father and sister and brother-in-law
now hold Office under the Government. to in
vent aud propagate such monstrous lies
against those amongst whom he lived, aud to
whom he owes so much