The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-22
TlsE REGULATION.
Hnsband's Book.

IN Impartial ReIaiien II lie Hrsf Rise
saf CsNsf y IA Prtssaf llelrnlIiss n Puklis
1g-asts &c gsssi-ss n !fsiA Ca siaa. Gfa
sGsaliausSl
Says ], ifInsy 20 home. I ~iIT proa-
ise not 70 eeneefn myself any more
whelher you lake TOO large fess or DOT.
&cs i lcok wiIh him; and. afifr hum-
ing l'Hle. he rspesled over aha. MOS,
promises whieh. - near Is Feanrsuem-
Der. sas 90 tiis eject:
:. You promise never 10 gre your o.
'pinion OF The lawsy-nor frsausni assem-
bling yourself smohg psopls--nos show
any Jral0usies Of The officers taking ex.
lraofdinafy ieess--snd IL VOC hear any
'efhsrs ops sking unexpectedly, or hint
ing shy jeslousies Of that ralure. Of off,
.fefs. lhs, you all reprOss cod caution
ln q; and Ihsl you .sia TILL lhs people
sou ave Satisfied al lbs lakes are agrees-
bic 10 law.-ahd do every thing in your
! psver 10 moderate and paeify them"
All which promised. VII. . psrlieu.
lar exception, that when any eleelIon q as
on hand. reserved liberty TO assemble
ny.elf among people. and 20 have liberty
70 cohvsrse:--And 10 ihis he said. 10 be-
sure.
i This was 90 bsrefaerd, iha, % there
was twenty az thirty of ihe country peo-
lple 70 guard us. looked every minute
Tor them 20 cry out. and release U.S.
y Dat flaming went and wicked 20 and
iro few minutes by himself; then came
10 us. and said. ne must enter into ball
so some Of themselves tailed me-; and
took me for Buuler's bail. They had ex-
,csrd,ng hard work before Bulilcr would
,cCnsens--when they told him very seri
ossly, that il he went 10 Newbern he &C.
iuslly would be hsngrd. lie paused .
while. and ssid, have but one life, and
freely can give that up for shis cause;
for. God above knows. our cause is just.
And he dad not consent al last oil Fan
ing promised 10 clear him Al The Cosrt.
without cssi.
i, was now dsy-break. and about sun
rise we got Tie tecognizances done. and
were buried away 10 stop the people from
coming afllr We.
| Nov vixen the Governor and country
flelfous. and he 20, 70 enli,iing and swear.
ing men,--snd Morris Moore's leiler
was handed about 10 show he was scared,
concluded 10 sell my laud, and raise
money TO clear my bail, and so iesvv tle
province; for | wss now leI, alone; the
Regulators. some Of them iusul,ed me,
that il dad not join now, they would lei
the Governor do as he pleased with me.
was for my safety obliged TO sbscond
from them IS well ss the Governor, and
took the woods for two weeks, aud had
got Eileen miles from my habiiation. snd
bad sent Tor my horse, clothes aud mon.
ey, TO set Of in day or two. This
messenger. luckily Tor The province. met
JOHN Wilcorks at my house;--and my
vile senlured to infnrG him where he
might see me. lie gave me encourage.
meni TO stand trial, by assuring me. a
grea, number Of good honest gentlemen
were coming Up TO- see that justice should
be done, among the rest a lawyer.
Wllcocks lsf, meat John Pyle's, while
nc aud Pyle went 10 town To see il the
lawyer, or sny OF them had come: bu,
flaming could tell them the lawyer was
not coming; and ordered him aud Pyle
out Of town.
Upon this, Wilcocks was almost out
done; bu, engaged me to stay till he rode
down TO Cross-ereck TO meet or hear
what had become OF them. He never
returned till the nigh. before Court, and
heard nothing Of his lawyer. or friends:
but BY lair promises from some If the
Council and head officers. aud the Kings
Attorney. tina, should get justice, he
would have me veatue; and had orders
from The Attorney General for me no, TO
come in to town. but stay among the Re
gulators. ill he came oIt to US.
Alter the Attorney. General had come
out, the Regulators would no. let me GO
into town. unless every budy ha,f'lberly
to 60. a. usual in all courts; and Wilcocks
being discouraged. consented TO lie. me go
of; and when i, was dark he. accompanied
Twas not so much mistaken here in the
people as was afterwards informed; for they
had messengers coming AVID going all night,
carrying intelligence To the country below
town, who wtre gathering in companies on
every part Of the road TO watch their moiians;
for there were people below town who bad
been led into the secret oftheir designs, which
was absolutely to hang two or three Of us, at
all events, TO scaie the rest. And these plans
were laid down below, aud these orders sent
up Tor our ufii,ers TO bring down two or three
OF us. They had attempted this same thing
before, while faning was below in more
formidable manner; for they had ordered Sc
veral Captains below town 10 have companies
under them on the road a, several sta ges. and
appoiaicd muster abeye town; at which
muster they were 10 pick out. such number
us were suitable, aud 90 and take tive or three,
aud with NIL speed convey them below town,
aad deliver them to these fresh companies
staged there, TO prevent being overiakeu.
Nothing but the hascnrss oftheir design could
have given them such suspicious Of being col.
'owei. However, some cute fellows, at tho
muster above town, raised rrport, that three