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Show 68 'ROEBUCK. 1· 11 front o f t l lC Co"' ll't-l1onse. A crier of the oourt, stana ·1 130' b e~!; clc hirn ' so1icitct1 attention·1 by sh· outing .. -=> • • • • Ovcz o~:cz ! Sl onee lS com- ' 'rlth stentonan 'olCe- J ' J ::] I \ · · • beo- p·lrnon-nl: tndecl, on pain of llnpn~orlunehni~·t 1 ~ ·1 , E ~quire b 1~ Ovez O"ez! 1 no· ~ 1 z Hl,g l , . , ' tn1:-e that :-tc '~-- J '' J G 1 tl C m ·r.ll no'v ac1clress the people, :1nd :roc saye lC o - '\ 1 . ltll. and this " rorshipful conrt-I beg pnnlon DlOllW ea d v· . . d I'll no·nl'n-bnt I 'vill say, Gocl save ol Irguua, nn " ;:,·l d ,, n~ver take it b:-wk, pardon or no p:1r on. . l 'Vhether t 11 e cu.· m. l1 •n• u::J 4n~ des• ioo ·n or nlcrely bln.n clelell . to an accustolned fornlttb. of his onice, hls fin[t 1 ~~·ayer for the Commonwealth, utteret1 with enmes~ ernphasis, sont a thrill through the cro\v~. ,A_ scOl e 0: . cr·!'ed "three ch('Crs for old \ Hgmw.- Go 1 VOIC.CS · · ' · 1 t tlt bless her ! " and aU the people re:;ponc1ec1 ;,:vlL 1 a un:t . of cheerino-. \Vhen there Yvns silence, :B 1tzhno·h s~Hcl. "It is -p=> ropose(l to r:n• ~e a colnpnn y of volunteer. cavalry for the defence of the State. I ho~d n, pn~)~r prepared. for the signntures of .those 'vho ~vtsh t~ '~li nnteer. ]~et then1 no'v co1ne itn:wanl. If ?thCl~: panlon 1ne for taking the start of thetn, I 'v1ll set Y name do,vn :fir::;t." .. ''"'{"{Tell clone lin o-h!" exela1nu~cl the ohler crL1zcns. vv ,, o f the "Wait for 1ne t \Vait for n1c ! " shouted n1nny o . younger. "Three cheers for H ugh F 1· tz1 1 ug1 1 ·r " cned one-" three cheers for the cavalry ! " aclded another, and "three cheC'rs for the Olcl D01ninion ! " \V:l.S a ~en· e1·n 1 ca1 1 . All the cheers l)l'Ol)Oscd were oo ·i yen w1th·n a ,Yill and while the Ina~-ts fanned itself into a flmne WI d1 its o' wn breath, the young 1nen \vcre stepp1· ng f or· wn• r. and enrolling their nmncs. Dut it bccan1e nece~s.m! to retire fr01n the portico, for \Vithin the temple of J.ns· tice the voice of the crier "rns heard con1numdlllg silence in the forn1ula 'vith "'hich the sessions of the noEnucrc. 69 conrt were op"ne1l. The conrt wn.s helcl by five jnRtice~ of the pe:-tce, respectable f:u·mers, and the presic1. ing jnstice \Y:l Cnptain "\V nll-er a v-enern.hle n1an of ninety. IIc 'vas r01narkn.ble for vigor of 1nind nnd body n.t that age. Fe\v n1cn of seventy carried their burden of ye:-~rs ·with as unbending firn1ness. In tho c:uliest years of the century he \Yas a leading citizc~11 of the connt.y, re poctccl for his uprightness, his energy nncl his ability. Increase of years ndded nll that shonld acc01npnny old age. Ilaving once served as a captain of volunteers, he 'vas sti11 called " captain." The fictitious titJc of colonel, often courteously or joco8c1y conferred on conspicuous citizens by popular brevet, could not snperRede the renl rank of actual service. A fiction fasteneLl upon his name 'vould J1ave oft'ended the genuine csteCJn felt by his neighbors for a charncter so ruggedly sinrerc. It \vas apparent that no judicial business could be transacted that clay. The Comn1on,vealth's attorney, :Thfr. 'VilHams, rose to address the court, and, after alluding to the coinmcnceln~nt of 'var, observed that in the :first instance the counties \Vould probably havo to provide for the immediate expenditures required for the public defence, for the equipment of volunteers and for the support of their families in the eases of poor men during their absence from h01ne. At his suggestion, the court ordered n.ll the ju tices of the county to be snn11noned to the next monthly tenn for t.he purpose of considering this subject. lie then stated that the peoplo desired to hear a eli. cn~~.;ion of publie affairs, and particularly of the question snbn1iLted to the1n by the conveut.ion-that of seccs:ion. In orde1· that the court-house n1ight be occupied for this purpose, the court, ou his motion, adjourned for the day. |
