The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-03-17
HYDE COUNTY
Correspondence of the Standard; ]
HYDE Sunerior Court.

4 States. Yes, General Grant, the most sue
cessful General of this or any other age, las
| "huno up " his sword and entered upon the
RESPONSIBLE duties of Prrsident-not of a
| Railroad or some learned Institution hut
of this great, powerful and gigantic Repub-
! lic And, Mr.. Editor, instead of being in
Washington to witness his Inauguration,
and see the great men of this Nation, 10 say
nothing about the pretty ladies that will be
/ there, l am here IN the county of HYDE as
one of the Grand Jurors of this (Spring)
Term of the Court.
The presence of Judge E. W. Jones and
Solicitor Jos. j. Martin, in the streets of Swan
| Quarter on Sunday evening last, made all
the people believe in this section that they
were humbugged in their Almanacs Our
| Law Book turner's Almanac) informed us
! that the Court in Hyde County was to be
held on TIE Sd Monday in Match, but here
was the Judge and the State, ready to hold
Court on The first Monday. We were quite
disappointed but upon being informed that
/ the Legislature had changed the time of
holding the Spring Term of Martin and
| Hyde to suit the convenience of P a.
| Winston and James Edwin Moore, Esqrs.,
we were satisfied and went to work to get
up Grand Jury so that every body that
had been doing ugly could he indicted.
! We however reserved the right to abuse our
| friend and Representative Tilman Farrow
for allowing the Legislature to make this
alteration without saying word or even
putting in an amendment so the change
could go into effect after this (Spring)
| Term. We people here have come to the
/ conclusion that Mr. Farrow was concerning
himself too much about the new county of
Dare sih 1i'S
This change of the Courts was great
outrage upon the people of Hyde, because
the people were wholly unprepared to hold
court, the suits were not ready, witnesses
were absent and thousand other evils had
to be commended against one, important, of
which was, Landlord Creole was unprepared
to entertain his guests Creole is a good
fellow and would have done great deal
better if he had only had time to have pre-
| pared For all this trouble and annoyance
| Tilman Farrow, Esq is in some way.respon-
sible.
Mr. Editor, this county was, formerly, one
OF the wealthiest in the State Now, owing
to excessive rains for two years past, it is
among the poorest. Lands that, in former
times would produce Is barrels of corn per
! acre, win not now raise 2. The lands have
been oce,5a0aon, inundated, and completely
saturated with water The bitches and Ca
nails could not carry off the water, and the
consequence was, the farmers had to stand
and endure it and see their corn drown, with
no remedy to prevent it. But, notwithstand-
ing bad crops Gndeed, no crop) for two
years past, the people are in high spirits, all
seem to be going ahead, getting ready to try
another crop. hope we may succeed in
making one more good crop "
The politics OF this County are Demo-
cratic, but the Republicans are on the in
crease. Several influential citizens have
lately joined the ranks of the great national
Republican party, and am sure more will
soon follow. billiard Gibbs and Dr. Jack
Glover are wheel-horses in the party and did
valiant service in the late election that ele.
waited the great military chieftain to his pres
ent distinguished position. There are other
working Republicans in this county. who
are always on the lookout " watching the
Democrats and keeping them straight
You will pardon me, MI. Editor, for say
ing that we are nearly out of the world
and if the present Legislature will help us
build, what is known as the Turnpike
Road" it would be a great public benefit.
1t would bring US in contact with Norfolk
so we could have communication with a
portion of the busy world. This turnpike
leads from the Dismal in Washington county
to the Pungo river in Beaufort county The
distance from Plymouth to the head Of
Pungo is 10 miles. From the head of Pungo
to Swan Quarter is % miles, which makes
80 miles to Swan Quarter from Plymouth
Now the nearest possible way is II miles
over the worst road in bad weather in
1 America. H.... sia ....... e
Besides this benefit to the travelling pub
lie, it would throw vast quantities of valu.
able lands, owned by the State, into market
which would command fair prices, and
would he readily bought up. The State
owns these valuable lands which will never
be worth a penny unless some steps be tn
ken to have the lands reclaimed, which Car
he successfully done by constructing this
turnpike" aud having the lands properly
drained .. -a
am aware that the State invested five OF
eight thousand dollars in the construction
of this road several years ago, which proved
a failure and a loss; but if the Legislature
will lend us $4,000 more, my word for it, tht
public shall have good turnpike"
Some of the railroads chartered at this
Legislature perhaps will not be public
benefit. This turnpike" will he a lasting
and permanent benefit and Improvement.
Before closing / must say u word about
the Court, Judge Jones and Solicitor Mar
tin. The Court was opened on Monday
but owing to the fact that no one was pre-
pared, no business was done.
On Tuesday, Grand Jury was drawn
and sworn who were charged-by His Honor
in his usual forcible manner and agreeable
style. The Judge was particularly hard or
overseers, 1 suppose owing to the fact thai
lie found the roads in a very bad and almos,
impossible condition on his way from
Leachville to Swan Quarter. 15 Il 3g
Col. David Miller Carter, r. B. Sattm
thwaite, Esq, Maj. Thomas Sparrow ane
Nathaniel Beckwith. ESQ.,, composed ths
bar The three first members of the bar re
side in w ashington, N. G., and friend Beck
with lives in the village Of Middleton il
this county. ai4f tsl.a.
No one being prepared for Court, there
was but few cases tried. One James Tap
pin, colored, was tried for larceny, and
for burglary, and was charged with being
the father of two bastard children. Tht
bastardy warrants were quashed ON motief
of his counsel, Mr. Satterthwalte, which wa
not resisted by Solicitor Martin, he seems
that these were irregular and improperly
made out He was also acquitted upon tEs
two other charges, larceny and burglary
He, no doubt, was guilty, but the witnes
against him was attacked by Mr.. Satter
thwaite in such way that the jury woaI(
not convict upon such evidence. as zt
The name Of the witness withhold, bu
l never, in all my life, saw witness NOR
completely broken down. Heiwas assailet
on all sides and at every point, and the ilr.