The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-16
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Tic historical contributions of Capt
Graham are attracting very general at
Z tention. and we congratulate linn uroI
:, the blushing hOnors which are crowdin:
: thick upon him in his new field. NJ
man Of his rank (and he rose from pri
vate TO captain in the A. \. Va. wa,
more confidently relied upon 10 lead Is:
company and regiment i'll a forloyn hop,
than the bea.dless boy. who now, enter.
ing into the prime Of lie. takes ur the
gauntlet for an historical Cause" moi
) Lost" but heavily bombarded by BIG
guns. 1t was hopeless effort many
persons thought to contest the long,
accepted, and universally cotemporane-
ously printed, date Of one of the Neck
lenburg MSS-but with the irresistible
force of facts and logic, lie has so far
carried his points very gallantly. We
expect TO hear of his Alma Mater
conferringa degree of Bachelor of His
tory? Mecklenburg. if his forthcoming
article in proof of three MSS be as sat-
lsiaciory as the present one upon the
date, &C., must own him the champion
of her story. Isn't it about time some
fair daughter of Eve" should take the
same privilege? Tie following corro s.
pondence clearly presents the pont
at issue as TO one of the papers:
LETTER FROM PROF. .X']
Mr.. Editor. We should hail with
pleasure every attempt to settle the vex-
ed question concerning the date of the
famous Mecklenburg Resolves" of
1775. | understand ''R. d. g." as sug-
gcsting that the first printer of that re-
nowned paper made a mistake by set
ting up" May 3lst. 1875" for Nav
2lst, l115, and so introduced variation
from the common tradition instead of a
confirmation thereof. A great difficulty
attending this suggestion is that Nav
2lst, l175, fell on Sunday. Has r. d.
G or any other Antiquarian found an
instance of a political meeting on Sat-
urday in the troublous times Of 1775. or
| OF passing OF political Resolves. on
| Sunday by ministers and elders of the
Presbyterian church in Mecklenburg
county? Now May 3lst. l7715, fell on
Wednesday, and May Goth, 1775, fell on
Tuesday. 1t is much more probable |
that the memories of twenty-five, and
thrty-five, and titty-five years after 1875 |
mistook the Goth and 2lst for the Both |
and 3lst, than that the printers of the
day mistook in the opposite direction
The 3Oth May, l175, was "a Tuesday off
court, "a day on which it was very
probable that the yeomen of Mecklen-
burg assembled ard appointed a COM
mlttee TO prepare Resolves for their
consideration, and that this committee
through their secretary, the soldier
scholar. Ephraim Brevard, reported
these on Wednesday. 3lst. and that
they were published in Charleston. S.
G., as soon as possible thereafter.
WAS THE BOTH OF MAY. l775.A TIES
DAY OF COURT" AND WAS THE
''2lsT NAY, 1775, A SUNDAY,
IN OLD MECKLENBURG? 2"
Mr.. Editor" Y ou may have seen
other Generals beaten with only de- .
tachment, but when we fight Gen. Grant,
find that 1t takes every man. and then
it is all ce can do to whip him." Thi.
language substantially, if correctly re- I
peated to me at the time. was used by {
Gen. Lee. in his characteristic way. a. {
he returned the salutation of one Of his {
best officers who, through some miscar- )
riage of plans and the stubborness of I
his foe. had just signaly failed for the t
first time to make good his boast. that. I
while his men had no taste for building |
breastworks, they always took from the !
enemy such improvements as were re- .
quired in that line. They are now re- t
called. as through the dust clearing I
away on the outer edge OF the Mecklen- !,
burg Wilderness. we recognize our adj
Upon first sight, the article OF
y. was attributed to Charlotte gentle a
man whose long and success .ful Presi- q
lency of leading banking institution
has not debarred him from the pleasure q
ot playing an occasional joke on friend
On his disclaimer, came the evolution of !
unknown numbers. with old and pleas
mt associations, but not before there !
vas time to perpetrate the following in y
'eply. which the dignied Professor =
rom whom was learned the best part of :
our art OF war, figuratively speaking. y
must class with the voice of the small :,
Oy. which is heard in the land with his :.
-hrlstmas horn. For his last intricate Z
problem in the printed lesson. requiring ;,
,U'mdfire answers to our two leading i
questions, we follow his excellent mode :;
If teaching, and substitute the follow
ne, as analogous:
a. meets a little boy and a Girl. y
nough like to be twins. and is askel: -
low IS this. sir: Her mother is my -
mother, her father is my father, but She = =
5 not my sister. =
Well, begin thus: C is equal to the ii
nswer. q. to the truth, and 5. to the -
mall boy. The result is: IS !,
7; that, is the answer. with the truth. is =,
quail to small boy without the truth. +
lis conclusion was not supported bv the h;
acts. Just so. in the conclusion. taken ,r
Or granted by our friend. The Both of NJ
lay, l776, was not Tuesday of Court. Ct
or was there any session of Court here y,
that month. There was An Inferior pt
'ourt of Pleas and Quarter Sessions be- q,
un and held on the third Tuesday" in to
April. July, and October. A Il
ersonal inspection has just verified W,
his statement for the years liza. l775, an
30, &c. lE&cuSe thlS aggression: il I l.
$50 verifies the fact that this Court ex- d.
rciscd both civil and criminal iurisdic- 70
on prior to the time alleged for the
Iecklenburg Declaration, tut only de- II
ermined ciri matters after that time. or
he last crown case tried was the King IL,
5. James Clark at a preceding Term.
tut the record after a long silence. mp TT
cts (:) the 4th July, 1776. Declaration. 70
y putting Joshua Jennins long after r,
le ''4th of July was an accepted fact. in