The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-03-21

rofi fnarfly n enr inventory: and n
ilannsh We were expert nrsuifi pansmen
! yei II looks ~ more Than Inrlnighl q
ihree weeks. from hefnre sunrise IN darI
, rteFy day. . accomplished this arlunu,
work. notwithstanding lie ts0sernnr W..
usually ihrre Or four l,mss 4 DIV n aul
nfi.rr. and with compliment smiles III.
snurisous language urging 10 ~ II Ill,
completion III Tie work. This ,!anr. ami
Tie papers packed n IN large trunks
hoaes and rl,rsis. and ihree wagons pro
rnrcd Cor lher removal u The palace ii
NrWhern. fhis ExrelIrnry departed ii
seeming triumph and satisfaction Al lie &c
qnisilinn II What he no doubt deemed ~
immense prize. and The favor lie shonli
thereby confrr on The ronrly heirs ii
I.nd Genyillr. ! presume This enor.
nous hulk of papers was Immediately
shipped 70 England hy Gov. Martin. Ia
the legal representatives af The old gran.
Ier; hui their receipt awaited them MOI j,
III. for in lille more Than Two years after
y. Carniina became an independent Stale.
and framed her own Constitution. virtually
ron6sraied this immense irarl Of rnunlry,
hy rlanse IN that instrument which saws
-" thai The snIl helnnes ~ Tile good PEG.
plr uf This State" which also included The
vacant Or unappnprialed lands belonging
70 The crown. They cnnhscaled also. nv
act of Assembly. all other estates belong
ing 70 British subjects residing IN Great
BnIain, or any Of is provinces or irrrilo-
ries. And Thus The heirs of The Eal of
t;renville, The original paieniee. lost fnr-
ever The preaier part Of what remains 10
North Carolina. and iwo.ihir,ls Of what
now constitutes The State DC tennessee.
snd these by far The riches, porllons, as
10 soil, situation and value, in both The
States.
When The news OF General Gage hav-
ing arrived II Boston. with fleet and ar
my, and shn. M ,ha, port, reached North
Carolina. The Captain u a company at
Halifax. where The narrator then resided,
and 10 which company he belonged. re-
signed The commission he held under The
King, making nj The same lime public
declaration. that he would no longer
serve his Majesty either IN civil OF mi
liiary capacity. until American grievances,
were redressed." Ills suballrrn officers
followed hi. example, and presently afier-
wards the field officers Of The county re-
signed their commissions also, and thus
the militia Of THAT county, NJ least, were
LEFT in state Of anarchy. The late cap.
tain Of The town company. however. lost
no lime IN converting the citizens Of The
place AMI lis vicinity, who had formerly
rompnsed his command. and after making
short harangne, proposed lha, they
should form themselves into an inlepen-
dent company, and elect their own Off
GERS, in defiance Of all regal authority.
] his proposition was highly relished and
arcetled 10 by al The company, u few ex.
reptetl, who were Scotch merchants aud
their clerks. when they proceede, 10 head
them, and most Of their late snballern Of.
licrrs. and immediately went into arpurse
nf rigid training. But being somewhat
deiiclentsin the knowledge Of military tao
tics, al This period, Robert Washington
WIS invited from Virginia, for the purpose
of disriplining this corps. lie had served
As i British sergeant during the Whole Of
The preceding war. and was well skile,lin
manuaex exercise and The various crolnlions
introduced into the Prnssian armies hy Free
derrick lie Great, whilst he had been pre-
sinusly trained in the antiquaied discipline
Of Hand. an English aulhor. And thus,
AS Tie writer nf this narrative believes and
then understood, was formed The fist In
dependent Company in America.
North Carolina, like her neighhor Vir-
gini,, and the other provinces, had her
committee Of correspondence also in l774,
for The purpose Of Recommendation
and as snun as il was determined 10 hold
a general Congress NJ Philadelphia, in
September Of tina, year, appointed her de.
legaies 10 attend thai meeting. These
we've Joseph llcwes. Of Edenion, ,irlu-
ons man and an old and highly respecta-
hlr merchant, of grea, experience IN meI-
camille commerce Richard Casaell. oi
Dohhs county. in The District Of Newbein.
very respectable lawyer, and William
Hooper Of Hlllshrruugh. also a lawyer,
and Tie most pleasing speaker have ever
seen At any bar.
The General Congress ac-
cordingly met al Philadelphia. on The 9Th
Of September. ~. all the provinces being
duly represented except Georgia, which,
for prudential reasons, approved Of by The
other colonies. declined sending delegates
i, Ibis time. The FIRST thing they did, was
To enter into a non-importatlon agreement
whereby I'LL commercial intercourse be.
tween Great Britain and The Colonies was
suspended. Ilwasrecomme peo-
pIe 10 discontinue the use Of Tea, their
favorile beverage, and merchants were
iorwarned not 10 sell. II was recommend.
ed 10 The people also, 10 increase their
focks Of sheep. killing lambs but sparitsg-
IL. and then those Of the least profitable
kind. They peiilioned the crown for re-
dress Of grievances. and drew an Address
10 The people Of Great Britain, "a pro-
drctinn Of the finest pen in America.
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