The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-01

mss. and allowed. ior more th.a si1iy
yfs,s, snons other ara sf rrsns,. n
sssss evsna Zee iInm every one N Ihsm
ministers. Who ss.lemnizsd manage.
The people wrre wskeiul 10 ne seics II
bngh publIeshd psivsls haehing; and Il
ne esniest II The religious antagonists
sxeiisd snlnosilies. -~h.sh length Of days
we're not fully able 10 snbdur, :. il l.somol-
ed shtedom al shanshi and spirit ef IN
suify smeRs The psepl. ! !, shsrpsn. q their
'usdsisiai d'hgs. and became 20 % ne e.
irni. sthsliins. Tor ins;rnrIion."
lasysar Ills may be ser1nnisd an
epoch 10 IfosI rrHsr improvement. Fiji
sy-sssea ltglsisnse sels ssie rss.ed and
rs-fnaeisd; many OF whleh remain in force
Ia The psssns day. and . sfe mansnrnls
Of the pol'ncsl ~isdam and legal learn
ING Of that time" They sFs The oldssl
si4iuies, Which have uulliyed IA subse-
qasnl chaLges. The colonial fecnrJs.s
snltcsdendy mni,aIrd snd defecri,e, APP
pear iron this period 20 be "a. regular
series and in good -ssJer. The inter-.
ss.s Of enterprise and industry were sn-
saulsged; The government he'd become
noIe seItsed; The 6.ld &c edacs,icn only
Inv uaeulh,alsd. there weee .psIps,n.
d collisions between The High Church
party and the Dssenisrs: he Proprislots
aud rsovinsisls; the Indian tribes were al
wsys jrsiVus aud often hostile; pirsirs
seIe fequeDIly iroublesomt; the people
were scattered and INDECENT; books wsre
sesrre aRd school teachers scsrcer. The
library 81 common man seld,m contain.
ed mole ihan a Bible. Trst,snenl aud
Psaiier; ard Numbers had neiiLer.
The population s0d prosperity Of The
colony began 10 increase r.pidly siler The
crown bad received from the Lords Pro-
prietors. in 1929, . surrender OF their
right 10 soil and signioly. and erected
Provincial administration. The courage
u ile High Church sas embOlIen.d; an
pc ws passed Zoe the preservation Of
Does. Bray's library, beques, To the IN.
ierssss Of lilsI asure; aud this sppssrs 10 be
oil ms, Vas though, sc 10 p,omots The
cause Of education. Tie a. meters Of he
Gsspel aud the lawyer. weIe almost The
only men Il letters IN me province, mos.
Of whom were educsieJ IN England, or
its doninions. The ore class had lev
hooks on Theological suhiee.s. and per.
haRs sone Of tbs Grrek and Ran q. L.
sies, and the other q lev trrstises on Law.
These ~eie settled in Edenton. bath.
Neabsrn, and Brsuiuri, the Tour only
corporate towns in the Province--snd
these extremely small Gov Jehnstnn.
in hi, speech 10 The Legislature. 10 1896.
laments that " no care vas taken 10 in.
.pue The youth wnh generous sentiments,
worthy principles. OF the least ,inrture Of
iiiersmie." To advance the in,ere.ts Of
the High Church. Tie province was di.
vided BY Las inio fourteen parishes. and
provision made for eiecmns churches,
and procuring ministers. There seems 10
have been shout hi. sims, shor, Lrms 81
privste srhools. and generally Presbyie.
riln minister. were ,he teachers. "WHh
them the poor Young men, who wished
to preach tho Gospei or plead the Law,
received their humble sdGFaion y
One evil. which appeared to be Vi iVer>
saf, was lhis:--mrn Of letters aad prac-
-i,esl sk,R had never elirc0slly tried
their ingenui'y to pferars book suited TO
teach the 6si rud,nelts IN learning. The
famous Spelling Book Of Thomas Dl.
Forth. vas not published in England. I'll
h740, nor was u generally introduced in
no the colonies. ,iIi aruch la,er period.
Its merits we're cernfied by Dnc,oy In ID.
sini,y, learned Professor, Of Colleges and
famous schoolmas,ers; and even the Muse
ssngin praise Of its suthor.
The ERE, printing press in the P'ov;ncs
was setup al Newbetn, in l749. By Jas.
Davis, from Virginia. ii,herio y dos
rumsn, or paper was in msmu.crip'. The
leg slalive enactmcnis, transcribed, were
primarily published 10 the people. a. the
next County Courts, after The manner oil
the Anglo Saxons in England. These,
which had never been printrd, where ON
Iooss written sheets. in the haads OF the
inhabit,n's. Hence iour learned men
were put into commission by The go-
vernment. in 1852. 10 tesise and publlsh
an edition Of the statute Laws; il Was hand
somely printed and bound in ssn,alI ioIic
volume: and from the yeIIowish cas-, gi'
zen 10 il by i,s leather binding. ii receIv.
ed the homely name of YeiloW Jacket
winch il never lost. There were al tina
period. leaned lawyers in the province
Thomas Baker. who VAS IN that CON
mission, va. one; and Thomas Childs. III,
Attarney General. was snoihet: aud III,
number Of clerical and legal men OF learn
ing vas increasing.
| II was expected OF Gov. Dobbs, who
va. man OF irtlcrs and enterprise. ,hs
afer he had taken the char, there woult
he excited stronger emotions than had ex
is,ed. 10 favor Of popular educsti'sn. J'IA
aniicipsiion was not wholly disappointed
Some 'irisg was done; yet IN his address
TO the Legislature. IN 1850, he says, a,
in The Sec, ntatv,a nffsee Slate HoHse Ra