Election Returns and Municipal Changes Update
The document lists election returns with multiple named individuals across Beaufort, Pitt, and Jown of Newbern districts, noting names like Williams, Smallwood, Spencer, Wilder, Johnson, Davenport, Sherrard, and Foyt among others. It also reports the dismissal of William S. Sjemmond as superintendent of the rebuilt hospital project, with Thomas Bragg appointed in Warrenton, plus a Raleigh police meeting resolutions affirming confidence in Drummond. a glimpse of national news includes the President's health and judiciary reform proposals in Tennessee. local temperance progress in Robeson County and NH property assignment law changes are noted, alongside warnings about spurious gold coins and canal tolls in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort
John M' Williams
Clarke
Samuel Smallwood
Fryde
Caleb Spencer
Benjamin Tyutson
John Swindle
C. Johnston
Hillary Wilder
James Yohnson
Josiah Holder
Pitt
Alfred Moye
Luke Albritton
John L. Foreman
C.washington
Charles Phelps
S. Uri- Swanner
Absalom Davenport
C.wayne
Gabriel Sherrard
S. Calvin Or
William Foyt
C. Jown of
Newbern
M. E. Manly
William S. Sjemmond
Thomas Bragg
Warrenton
Raleigh
St. Drummond
Tolls Totaling Nearly a Million and a Half Expected for Year
A fragment notes that the season's navigation yield will be proportionate and that tolls for the year will approach one and a half million dollars, attributed to an expansive system of internal improvements and liberal policy.
Supreme Court Decisions Span Reversals And Decrees
Ruffin and Gaston deliver opinions in multiple North Carolina cases reversing judgments or affirming them. Notable rulings include Williams, Featherstone, Dendem Avery, Littlejohn Isler, Crowvy, Bradley, Greenlee, Brayhill, Shipman, Hardy Bryant, Chaflin, Ward v Stone, Buncombe Turnpike transcript certiorari, Camp not decided, and Downey v Smith. Also entries on Bank of Newbern, Goode v Hawkins, Marsh v Scarbrough, Clancy v Crane, and Carrington v Sims. In other news gold deposits found in Lancaster County and Duane honored with a commemorative plate. 270 of 820 deputies favor the French administration ensuring 25,000,000 francs indemnity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruffin
Leigh J. Williams
Admin Pasquotank
Featherstone
Littlejohn v
Greenlee
Tate
Burke
Brayhill
Wmn
W. Welborn
Wilkes
Daniel Shipman
Jonathan Mears
Bladen
Hardy Bryan
Equity
Lincoln
Ward v. Stone
Costa
Rusfin
The
State Bank
Locke
Rowan
Buncombe Turnpike Company
Allen
Buncombe
Gwinn & Waugh
Stokes & Wellborn
Iredell
Camp
Rutlin
Samuel S. Downey
Ann Smith
Maurice Smith
Daniel
Robert Collier
Bank of Newbern
Pettyjohn
Adm'r
Beasley
Harris
Chowan
Dempsey Powel
Gaston
Carrington
Immense Egyptian War Vessel Pacna Built in England
A steam boat of vast size, ordered by Mehemet Pacha, to serve as war and transport, is being built in England and will be named the Pacna. It measures about 211 feet in length, 56 breadth, 42 depth, and nearly 2000 tons, powered by two 130 horsepower engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Egypt
Mehemet Pacha
Hillsborough
FPMUE
Hillsborough Rauces
Jockey Club
Danville
Portmouth Rail Road Excitement Mirrors Visionary Project
The Roanoke country gains 100 miles in distance and 5 to 10 days in time, as horses power the inaugural car due to locomotive delays. Enthusiastic observers from Norfolk and Portsmouth foresee Norfolk becoming a commercial hub, linking southward produce to the Chesapeake and James River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Suffolk
Roanoke
Norfolk
Atlantic States
Mason and Dixon
Chesapeake
James River
Albemarle Sound
Middle States
New York
Maryland
Baltimore
Norfolk Herald
Treasury publishes letter to distinguish new gold coin
The Treasury Department releases an annexed letter to help the public tell the new gold coins from the old. It notes that while the date cannot be altered by law, the cap and motto may be legally omitted, which would clearly identify the new impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Mint coinage changes and fugitive slave ruling
The document notes changes to U S gold coin design under new law, including Liberty head without a cap and removal of the motto E Pluribus Unum from the reverse, with weight and diameter adjustments. It also covers a New York court ruling deeming a state writ for recovering fugitive slaves unconstitutional and void, reaffirming federal procedures for reclaiming enslaved people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
New York City
United States
Congress
New York
Superior Court of the
City of New York
Fanaticism and Folly in New York Featured in The Liberator
A specimen reprinted from The Liberator of New York denounces fanaticism and the disturbances it causes in the city. The excerpt critiques zealotry and urges calm, framing the debate within broader social tensions and reformist discourse of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City
A Wife Wanted Advertisement in the Liberator
An abolition era notice seeks a wife through four insertions in the Liberator. The ad declares the proposer serious and generous, an estimable man who would be a good husband. It claims support for equal rights, condemns color prejudice, and notes the author is a white man seeking a suitable opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Massa Editrs
Nashua
Skeller
Cox
Bobo
Chappel
Friend of Equal Rights
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Billsporouse
Supreme Court of
Wythe C. H. Argus
Cave
United Sities
Hermitage
Herenitage
Washington
Tennessee
Isi
Judiciary Department
Que
Henrietta
Milnington
U.S. Bank
Fayetteville
Robeson
New Hoanpshire
Phil
Gaz
Supreme Court
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Duane
Treasury
Chamber of Deputies
Berks’ Journal
Messrs
John
Daniel M. Keim
J. B. Konklin
Messrs. Reims
Paladilphra
Sam’l Moore
Mint
Levi Woodbury
the Treasury
Lever
E. K
West Chester
Presbytery of
Orange
Greensborough
Wednesley
Synod of
North Caroina
Aford
Sun Ue Ponsiste
David Yarbrough
Orange County Superior Court
I'Ehrough
James Webb
ICE
Eame
Phonas Clancy
William E. Anderson
Ecle
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