The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-16

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there was 10 legal impediment to hi.
marrying certain fair daughter Of Eve
put probably the Sun upon Mecklen.
/ burS and the Moon in the valley o
Philadelphia did not stand still al The
command of this Joshua. Under
what commission this cirH Court
Sand such only il continued to be. was
held and how the arch-rebel. Wait-still
Avery. succeeded the loyal John Dunn,
IN the most rebel'ious district ip
America, when deposed and bani.hed
by the Mccklenburg Committee. shall
be shown in a future communication
But we must now return to the task in
hand.) Secondly. The 2ls. MAY. l775.
was not Sunday IN old Mecklenburg A
Sunday deed is, and was then. without
validity. Then if we show that such a
number of the old Meckienburg inden-
lures were Sunday deeds as must carry
the conviction that it was not BY clerical
error, this truth is established also.
These deeds. we may here saw to Law
readers, were all proven in open Court
upon the oaths of subscribing witnesses,
or grlntors, respectively
The readers patiecce and iheaprinter'.
typc-htnc Wo lochrimo shall te
spared.
The second deed brought in at April
Term, 1774 is from Thomas Polk, Abra-
ham Alexander and jeremiah Met afferty
to VIM. Patterson, October 10, i773. If
the 2ist Nav, l115, was Sunday, 50 was
this day, but it was proved by the oath
OF James Foster, and ordered to be regis
tered The same offt nee ?) was re-
peated n the succeeding Sunday n BY
the same plantOrs executing another
Deed to one James Bel. O,t)ber II.
l773
How was it in l114? At july Term.
G14, from james Case and wife. &c.
Feb. 6, lTT4. Perhaps the pe,ple were
then to- much excited about their posi-
tiom in the Alamance canl aign TO keen
dates correctly. Take up. then. 1853
John Mitchell to Archibald Ram ,ey Dec.
10, 1869. Well, then, at random. and
spare the IriEter on the names OF par
tics thereto: Here are tsco more Oct |
10, 1913 Dec. l174; Oct. % I174 |
Jan. %, l774 Feb. =, liza &c; and now
on The brink, IN l7l5 April %; Oct. s;
Ami ,; Oct. Is How was it in l776?
Here Is one executed Oct 6; another Dec
-, &c In LII? March 90, May 25,
&c. When then did the Mecklenburg
people revise their hebdomad? Not un
il her ship ofstate, launched from her
eted light house was nearly lost
o sight, though bravely riding the whirl
Wind and the storm with her own fleet,
md twelve others, as gallantly following,
n her wake.
But did we find the old gentlemen hold
ng Court at any time on our SUNDAY :?
No. How did they a. ola it? Ia way
which was doubtless then. and should
yer be, rcbuke to illibcral bigotry.
i've days out of seven were required for |
1ourt business, and their charity 80 Gov |
red the other two as TO allow any one to !
hOose either for his holy day. Court open I
d on their Monday, which was the Eng !
sh Tuesday adjourned on their Friday, |
7hlch wa. the English Saturday. AS
night have been exs'ectcd we found the a
word sometimes migltier than the pen.
lere Is a Fhusddy-a little OF both. But j
heir independent sentiments would come a
l9ht out IN their independent court. !
lpril Term l176, there is II thursday, L
7th April, for that 18th was the Eng c
sh Wednesday. 0
Ire Kings commission. were all an j
ul.ed as to Neck lenburg IN a certain q
ay in May, 1875 The Mecklenburg Z
Committee appointments were held suffi y y
lent till July Term, l777-over two !
ars-being twelve months before the
me at which the father of his country, I,
ON whose well merited glory we have u
o desire to detract an iota. sees that
othing else will do. Mr. Craighead saw
in l743. On the third Tuesday in "
uly, l777, the old patriots relinquished , =
leir independent and provisional com n
issions of J. P. and accepted appoint ',
ents at the hands of Gov. Caswell q
hey started off on time, n s., thus g
Thursday, 18th April but were slow u
learning new tricks. as here is Fri q
y, Oct. 10 in l77S, &c, &c. d
But we must leave home to get tie II
eve, even five return for the truth. q
Before doing so, we here restate our ID
-oposltlon: THERE WERE THREE Mss "
MECKLENBURG IN MAY, I775, ALL u
ECLARING INDEPENDENCE, SPECIAL OR =
OF GREAT BRITAIN, But NOT Il
CONGRESS, NEITHER ALLUDING, IN
MANY WORDS, TO PRECEDING PAPER Ia
THE SAME KIND. AND NEITHER OF
lem DATED NAY, 3lsT How then did
c change occur? Either BY accident, RI
by design. he reader can form his to
70 conclusion, while our humble task is 10
furnish important facts, hitherto over
Dked in the heat Of debate, by both ~
les. &
Presbyterian and Episcopal celebrities IN
d been interviewed to the entire salts Or
ction Of all who We're Creduious enough ol
bnlipya tcs t;mOp.- On : VI
their unim eachable characters. La the CO
session OF Geo. ". S. Hart, E,q., au RI
tOrney at I6rkville, S. G. there Is a pa
bearing this quairt title memo 60 g
ndum containing some of the most re an Il
.rhable occurrences in Providence By pi'
unworthy traveller toward the New ,
russlem, who desires ever to esteem 10 ~
nselt stranger and sojourDer in this J"
airy Wilderness. By Oliver Hart. a.
!, pastor Of the Baptist church in
aries Town, South Carolina His ga
edecesscrs had been too queer FOR the co,
ople of Maine. and we're forced to emil ex
lte hither. in body, with their pas ns
:, in l6S2.) Mr.. Hart was pastor from bic
- to the c.oSe of the Revolution, and an
5 widely known in hi< sacred calling Oh
1 also as patriot statesman, who 10 pr
IS eanvassed The colony with Messrs. lid
ayton and Tennant to prepare the peo an
the impending crs. th
Here is 1852: ) turday, January We pa,
h" and Saturday, I, bruary ye Sth . no
&c. These ,lntI call COZ
May 2lst, l7715 on .Soturdoyt ley
When was their hebdomad chanred2 no
c Act OF Parliament providing for it
If in advarc>, is "a Geo III. l-5I
rn. ther, to Mr. Hart's Memorandum
I773, and bewai e Of Friday On Fri be
We 2ti 1873, | hecan courtship with col
worthy Mrs Anne Grim ball. widow. ne,
which continued with some inter ella
'tioDs and various snccess Tor twelve td
ntfs. and then terminated in mar Or,