Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-08-28
HAYWOOD'S
HISTORY OF TENNESSEE.
TCoNTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

ICONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK
Article the seventh. And whereas
it is not improbable that many horse
thieves aid fugitives from justice may
come from d iferent parts, expecting
an asylum amongst US, as we are desti-
tute of regular government and laws
by which they may be punished, each
and every of us do oblige ourselves to
aid and assist the officers of the differ.
ent state or states, or of the United
States, or any description of men sent
by them, to apprehend such horse
theft Or fugitive from justice. And if
any of the above characters should
now he lurking amongst us or shall
hereafter be discovered to have taken
refuge in this quarter, We do severally y
bind ourselves by the sacred ties of
honor, to giveinformation to that state
or government from which they have
fled, so that they may be apprehended
and brought to justice.
Article the eighth. United applica-
tion shall be made to the next session
of the Assembly of North Carolina to
receive US into their protection, and
bestow upon US the blessings of gov
ernment.
Article the ninth. The Captains of
the respective militia companies shall
each of them procure a copy of these
articles, and after calling the company
together for the purpose, shall read
them or cause them 10 be read distinctly y
to said company, and each militia man
or householder after hearing them
read, if he approve of them, shall sub.
scribe his name to- the articles as proof
of his willingness to subject himself to
them, and said articles shall be the
temporary form of government until
we are received into the protection OF
North Carolina and no longer.
The application to be formed into a
county was not yielded by the legisla.
ture of North Carolina, and these peo.
pie were suffered to remain in the situ
alton in which they had so indiscreetly
placed themselves till long afterwards,
The real character of the times can
not be represented more to the life
than by exhibiting in the expressions
which the people themselves used, the
prominent evils they recapitulated and
endeavored to provide against at the
very moment when they were suffering
under them.
The Assembly of North Carolina met
at Fayetville in this year, 1888, on the
third of November, and continued theil
session to the sixth of December. In
this session they added part of the
county of Washington to Sullivan
namely, all that part of Washington
county included in the following
bounds; beginning at the head of In
dian Creek, where the line divides
Washington and Sullivan counties
thence straight line south of David
Hughes; thence straight line south
of Francis Hodges to the Watauga
river; thence down the meanders oi
said river, to its junction with the Hol
ston river; thence up the line which
divides Washington and Sullivan Coun
ties, to the first station. They author
lied the commanding officers of the
four western counties to fix on proper
place on the northern side of the Ten
nessee river, for establishing a station
for the protection of the frontiers, anG
to insure safety to travellers on the new
road to the Cumberland settlemen ts
The guard was to consist of one captain
one lieutenant, one ensign, and thirty
three commissioned officers and pri
Yates, to be kept at the station for on,
year. The men to be raised from th,
respective counties by voluntary enlist
ment or an equal indiscriminate draft
The guard to be subject to the regula
tions established by the militia law
and to have the same pay and rations
The commanding officers of the coun
ties were empowered and required t
appoint some one person commissary
and paymaster to the guard. in who's,
favor the Governor was to issue war
rants for the pay and raticns of tn,
guard on the public treasurer, payable
out of the funds arising from the take
of the said four counties and out of n,
other fund whatever. A restriction
which at this time, and for some year
past, occupied the greater part, II no
all, the appropriations for the western
people. They likewise at this session
extended the act Of oblivion to all per
sons who desired to avail themselve Q
of it, and pardoned all crimes of
similar nature committed since tn
passage of the act of the last assembl,
in 1887. The persons who committe'
them were freely restored to all tn
privileges of citizens, provided tha
they within three months, should tax
the oath of allegiance to the State o
North Carolina, before the Judge o
the Superior Court of the District o
Washington; provided further and ex
pressly, that the pardon then givel
should not extend to crimes, offence
or misconduct, which might be don
subsequently, to the passing of this act
And they further provided, that tn