The state chronicle., 1891-08-09

and break up and hinder
the proceedings of this present
court and as it is carried OH in such
a secrete manner that we cannot at
present apprehend and bring those
offenders to justice.
You are therefore commanded by
the court to summons a sufficient
number of able bodied men of your
Bailiwick if to be foundto attend in
order to assist and protect the
Magistrates and officers in the
execution of their office at this court
for the better preserving the peace
and good order of this court and
the county in general" This
would probably confirm those who
believe, like Mr.. Gilmore, that claw
and religion were unmeaning
terms" to North Carolinians. The
unprejudiced might see it other
wise. The court was new, its
first session was held less than a
year before. In May, the preced-
ing term, it had been ordered that
the constable summon the taxable
persons to give in their lists ten
days before the August session.
Doubtless there were squatters and
hunters who had never been reached
by the tax collector when the coun-
ty was part OF Rowan.
Many of these had never
seen court room. One can easily
imagine that men Of the Daniel
Boone stamp might pay but scant
courtesy to constable or a court.
AS a proof of the large attendance
at this session of that class of men !:
there we're thirty odd wolf and 20
odd wild cat scalps brought into
court. Since there is no record of
any disturbance during the rest of
the term nor even Of contempt of
court for several years afterwards
the inference is that there was no
organized opposition to authority.
These old records show the work
ings Of the Revolutionary spirit. In
August 1777, GA B. being
charged before this Court for Speak
ing disrespectful words Of the Uni.
ted States and after hearing the
Evidences and NIaturely delibera
ted thereon it's ordered that he be
acquitted, On taking the oath o.
, Allegiance which he accordingly
, did" AT the same term John Lee
was cited before the court and
made to take the oath of allegiance
{ Again: "Robert Tate being charged
, by the Oath of Austine Blackburn
and Richard Thompson of Speak
ing contemtable words against th'
State. It's ordered that tn,
Said Tate Enter Recog in th'
! Sum of 9100 and his Secu
: rity in $50 each for his Coco
f Behavior toward the State for si2
. months. The said Robert Tate i
+ admitted and took the Oath o
f Allegiance TO the State.' SO 0
others. In August, 1898, :sWhere
| as certain papers Importing Falls
5 and Dispiriting news of and concess
r ing the success of the British arm
) and those Of the United States hav
) been droped in the Streets of Rich
|. mond tending to detach the Goo
: people from their Allegiance to thi
# State; And in order to detect sucl
: offender or offenders and bring ther
n to condign punishment, 1t is Oh
dered by the Justices in this pre-:
ent session, that the Clerk of thi
# Court do Advertise a Reward
J. one Hundred dollars to any perso
y or persons who shall Discover th
i author or publisher of such papers.
ID At the same term is recorded a
" order that all those who had r,
t. fused to take the oath of allegiane
y should ''depart the State with
lg sixty days to Europe, or the We
70 Indies.''
te The confscation act passed /
le the Assembly in IT, went into e
,h feet in October of '78. Later Il
ly court of Surry appointed a con
Id missioner, whose duties were to r
a ceive and sell, under a bond
100000, the confscated proper
n of the county. That Surry Whig
y. irrespective of the commissions