Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-06-01
Antique Papers.

Our friend, Mr.. r. G.. Tunstall, has AGAIN
| favored us with the perusal Of several old ard
curious records, found among the papers Of
Captain Paul Thilman of Hanover Court.
house. 1t is interesting TO glance over these
specimens Of antiquity and to compare the acts
Of our ancestors with those Of the present day.
Among them is Il certificate in July, III, that
Robert Graham, Of Caroline county, hath
taken and subscribed the oath or affirmation CT
allegiance and fidelity, as directed by an act of
! the General Assembly intitued An act to
ob!lse the free male inhabitants Of the State
above certain age to give assurance Of allc-
glance to the same, and for other purposes"
\ return Of sales by P. Voolfolk, admins
traitor of the estate Of Duncan Graham, Jr.
shows that negroes in 1893, brought low
prices, compared with modern times, w:
Peggy and child" about s2l7-"Jacob"
saG0-"Janc," 500, &C.
Our ancestors freely INDUCED in Barbecucs,
ac shown by rccount OF expenses The
Subscribers" were John WingGcld, Paul Th-
man, Thomas Garland, Holdenby Dixon, ".
0. Winston, Thomas Wingfcid, John Cooke,
and James DismukeS The rcpast most libe-
raj one, consisted Of Lamb Shote, Corn and
Wheat Bread, Shoulder Of Bacon, two Tur-
keys, Brandy and Whiskey, seven gallons OF
"Cyder," two quarts of Wine, &c. The whole
cost was IS. T., Of which the proportion iov
each subscriber was 81. Is, equal to about
50 go
But the most interesting Of these relics is
the following proclamation more than one
hundred years ago, which cannot fail TO star:le
the pscudoph phlanthropists Of Exeter Hail. by
disclosing the fact that under the Royal Gov
ernmcnt Of England lin the SD year Of the
Reign Of oCr Sovereign Lord, King George the
Second, any person was fully authorized to
lawfully Kill and destroy runaway slave,
'without being liable to any penalty for So
doing" The present humane laws on the sab
iect should cause blush Of shame to mantle
the cheeks Of British aholitionisls who talk
about the cruelty of the present slave sys
tenn Of the Southern States
EH2GOEcT,
By Richard johnson and William Taylor. -
Gcnt--Two Of His Majesty'S Justices Of the
Peace Of the said county
4 PROCLAMATION.
! Whereas, We hare been crcdibly informed
that one AIulla!to Man Slave, named NciSs, be-
longing to Duncan Graham, Of the County Of
| Caroline, mcrch't, isa runaway, now lying hid.
lurking and doing mischief within this county:
Therefore, in His MajcSty's Name We hereby
require the said slave forthwith TO surrender
himself or to return homo 10 his master. We
also require the sheriff Of the County aforc.
said to make dilgcnt search, and TO apprchend
the said slave, and him to deliver to his mas
ter or to commit to the Goal OF this County,
there to remain until lie shall be claimed by
his owner, or otherwise discharged as the Law
directs And the said Sherlf is hereby i'm.
powcr'd to raise and take with him such Pow
cr Of his County as he shall think fit & neccs-
sary for the cG.clual apprchcndng the said
outlying slave: And we further declare. II
the said slave shall not surrender himself npr
return home Immediately, after due Publication
of these presents, that then any Person whatso.
ever, may lawfully kill and destroy him without
being liable TO any Penalty for so doing Aud
hereof all Persons are required to take due no
tce Given under our Hands and Seals, this
18th Day Of April, 1860, and in the Thirty
Third Year Of the Reign Of our Sovereign Lord,
King George the Second
RICHARD JOHNSON.
WM. TAYLOR.
(,oi S.vn thn KIM