The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-11-11

were moi 90 Re :. boughl out / ks lIleir
aherslars. with .raSsi beef aud lee"
Cor M snnnrr acre lhe "roysl dsinnss''
ready. than lie pearlr. snsrllpR under his
measures 20 lapse lie horsnrs Of he
sismp.srt upon Them. IllIew. the Toasird
az irlo The Cape Fear. and delayed The
sr eis &c Wilmington silh iLe beer.
THIS open c.nl+mpl nf the royal ron
discussion txei ed spiiil .f rsteree
amung the crew II the slonP 81 ~sr Dill
gener. and an sll.rk Was made by them
upon the rIlizsns sni militia. pHchsd
banle ~ilh vsrinus sesrre skirmislrs.
rnslea. which lated ior several days. and
Wilmington btr4ne The ,heaire &c apen
and DECLARED war: several prr.nns arre
killed. and zmong il.em nnr 81 The Ulcers
OF The Dil'genre Royal and republican
blood was mingled in tie streets. and
Gap Fear Was aroused hy this highland
ed oppression Of tie GuteTnnr. n ILey
deemed q. and from that hour the Ashrs.
Waddvlls. Mame.. &r. saore vengeance
J agaInst The reysl csus,: add We msy
further remark. thai from this at mpl 10
massacre ihe mIll,ia. snl The ciIIzfns ~
Wilmington, ,praRg the germ III thai
pIihelrle ShIch burst inio l,lr and Sipnnr
a. chaIlaue. 10 Merkl,nbnrg county.
whfn our fathers made IN npen d,cl4ra
linn "l whai ihsy ssON ed 10 their hearts
III the ,lietis nf WILMINGTON. This Ie.
sis,ance ard cnnduc, of The ri,izens IL
WILMINGTON excited The indignation Of
i;os. 'rryon beyond al hounds: he csusrd
r u e person who killed the officer &c the
Diligence 10 he seized and uied lor his
l,ir beIare Chisl Justice Bsrty. ard nn
The irisl lie jury acquitted HIM. This
nnly served 10 rxaspsraie and excite tie
!, GoseanoI's lr,l ngs the more. aud he
! openly charged Chisf Jusuce Berry with
h.vlng fASnuTed the accused. and e,inced
: an undue degree Of Parlialnv Tor lin on
his trial. The alarmed Ch,ef Justice.
forgetting Tor a tine the purity Of The
ermlne sud tie dignity ufhi. siainn. sub
mil,ed 10 he n,l,gmly af sending % tie
! Governor his notes &c The irisi. but this
did not produce The effect nt sIlencing the
/ Gn,ernors denuneiailnn Of him.
l. 20 happened lha, Wilmington hav
: ing grown lnn aafm' for the Gntfrnnr,
} he convokrd The Legislature ., Edrnt.u
, .hnrilY after this event. and the Chiel
/ Justice on his arrival there, having r..
I ceived summons from the Council. was
induced to b,lieye, from the prr,iou.
reproof that he had received from the
4 Governor. that IL w.s for The purpose 81
: suspenjing him. lie mentioned hrs fear,
= To a gentleman al tie Bar al Edenion
r sollcnlng him a, the same ume To ga viii
u him 10 the Council. bu, b, ing engaged il
other business " hIch would not permit
: hlm so 10 do, he declined. The Chic
4 Justice then called, as was lie custom. Il
y pay hts respects 10 Governor T'yon, an,
u he Go,eInnr. upon his entrance. having
' made him, as thought the Chief Justice
, a cold and formal salulatiop. his lear
!. were confirmed, and. contrary q Ih,
!. advice al all his friends, he refused {,
> ohey the summons &C the Coune,l,-.
= although hey only wished TO consult al,
= ADVISE with hun on the ordinary bust
q ~ IS e the Prosince.--TeiItsd tn his owl
i rnnm. :" and discharged loatied pislo
d into his mouth. bGI tie ound falling &
J rraEe mo,ial. lie took out his penknlle
Z and rirp'up npen his belly. drew out BIZ
u rnrsrls aud scon slIer rxpued."
e How unlike, ~ tirnnrss, VAS this sc
j; to The c"nducl Of Tobias Knight. mem
E Der ol the Crurtil. who. in 1910. wal
i charged aud trIsd btlnre the Council. to
J. beirg leaeurd with, and aiding ant
Z abetilng. Tire celebrated pirate, Trache
e Knight bravely aud manIuily couironte,
1 hIs accusers. aud although The ,v denc,
s was strongly suspicious ii his gu Il. We
the Council dad nut believe II suifi'Hnl II
y consic, him, and he was according !,
= acqui ted. We believe there are NOV
living on The Cape Fear. srme nf III,
v dea en'lants nf Chief Justice Berry. M
. oue in his time believed hlm IN the less
Il gully oil the charges made by the Goser
i nor against hun, nS 10 any way CONNER
S ed With the rIoIers. but he uas uufor
i tuna'el, afflicted with deep aud morhit
g scuslblIty Of feeling. aud he Isll victim
: to il.
e II is truly unfortunate for the fame ant
honur Of our State. thar 20 little iegstt
L and attention has been and continues I,
Q be pa'd to The preservation ot the me-
e MORALS Of her greatness; for We are wei
f assured tha, if. like other States, som.
! native son had been enabled truly to wrl,'
Il her history, she would have been loun,
e In be The most prominent Safe in al
: those great aud lnighy measures upol
= which our liberty and independence wer'
o based. The INCIDENT in relation TO ,b,
y Stamp Act at Wilmington. which w
n have just Iecoun:ed, was from what W
a ran CLEAN from the manuscripts aud doeu
ii ments iu which we have had access, mos
d Intimately connected arh some ofsth'
IS great leading events Of our revolution. an
u gave an impulse IN those republican inca
% surts which eseu,ua,ed in our geners