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As we have seen that the parish taxes so much for salaries of minister and clerk, so much for care of church buildings, so much for relief of the poor, etc. were computed and assessed by the vestry; so the county taxes, for care of court-house and jail, roads and bridges, coroner's fees, and allowances to the representatives sent to the colonial legislature, were computed and assessed by the county court.
The last time I saw the place the grass grew green where once stood the City Hall, the corn-stalks waved their banners on the very site of the old store I ask pardon, the "Emporium" of Jackson, Jones & Co., and what had been the square, staring white court-house not a Temple but a Barn of Justice had long since fallen to base uses.
"As the infantry continued to advance, notwithstanding the fire of our advanced companies, who were too few to keep them in check, it became necessary to withdraw them from the cross street, and form them in line with the troops under the court-house.
He showed me spots where this marked man or that had fallen, shot to death from the court-house windows, by assassins who had never been apprehended or prosecuted. "That is all changing," he said. "When capital comes the feud must go." Stolid groups of mountaineers, clad in butternut and jeans, eyed us with mild curiosity.
"I thought it would come at last," quoth the Governor. "What does he want, Harquip?" "The Ricahecrian starts for his wigwam in the Blue Mountains to-morrow as my father commands. He says: 'Shall I not return to my people with a gift from the great white father in my hand?" The Governor laughed. "Let one of your young men go to the court-house.
And you, left alone, will be free to join your uncle and the distinguished gentlemen who are working with him." The two great lawyers had not seen Philip Alston up to the moment that he turned to leave the court-house, when General Jackson's eagle eye fell upon him. "Why, there's Philip Alston now!" he exclaimed in an undertone and with a frown. "The splendid audacity of the magnificent rascal!
Sometime to represent her in the National Congress, and to do her service and credit there, was the highest goal of his youthful aspirations. For this cause, he settled in the obscure hamlet of Blackville, and opened his law office in one of the basement rooms of the county court-house.
It held the front along the Rapidan and Robertson rivers, from Madison Court-House on the left, to Chancellorsville on the right. Stuart kept his lynx-eye on all the fords of the two rivers, having his head-quarters in the forks of the streams not far from their junction. I should like to speak of the charming hours spent at the hospitable mansion near which head-quarters had been established.
As a cell in a prison-house, perhaps Joe's place of confinement was fairly comfortable. It was situated in the basement of the old court-house, where there was at least light enough to contemplate one's misery by, and sufficient air to set one longing for the fields. There was but one other prisoner, a horse-thief, waiting for trial.
Here all was silence, and the officers, using the lowest step of the court-house as a pillow, slept soundly till dawn. A pleasant restful day in the great cool house of the Deputy Commissioner, Mr.
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