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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1838
Page
2
On Monday last, Dr. Ephraim Dicken was elected Magistrate of Police, with Randolph Cotten, Henry Johnston, John Lawrence, Nathaniel M. Terrell, and Robert I. Austin named as Commissioners for the town for the ensuing year.
The text thanks the Hon. Edw. Stanly the Hon. J. A. Bynum and the Hon. Wm. Montgomery for several important documents and extends gratitude.
In the Senate the main subject is graduating the sale of public lands. In the House Arkansas memorial on Texas boundary draws discussion. The Army and Navy Appropriation Bills advance. Montgomery and Wise favor limiting the Exploring Expedition. Cambreleng argues for broader reductions. The question remains unsettled.
Senate passed the Independent Treasury Bill on Monday by the same vote as before. In the House the bill was laid on the table 106 to 98 on a motion by Mr. Patton, with Democrats voting against and Whigs mostly in favor. The Globe notes 32 members absent during the table vote, and projects that if all present the final tally would be 127 to 115 in favor. The bill moves forward, leaving bank note reception to pre suspension law terms and aligning government relations with state institutions as the old U S Bank did with state banks.
Debates on state banks and federal influence show the Bank of the United States seeks to control state issues via specie notes and Treasury credit. The author argues against any tight fusion of money and politics, warning such power would corrupt banks, invite abuse, and threaten public confidence, urging reforms to separate government from banking.
The city mourns the death of Isaac McKim a Maryland representative who died yesterday after a short illness. A wealthy Baltimore merchant with exemplary character benevolent disposition and urbane manners he served in Congress for about fifteen years.
Superior Court convened with Judge Pearson presiding. Geo W Daly of Richmond, Va., was arraigned yesterday, confessed to larceny at Guion's Hotel in January last, and received 39 lashes in the afternoon under the court's sentence.
A report by Charles B. Shaw Esq. Engineer of the Literary Board of this State on the drainage of the swamp lands of North Carolina. The document will be published in full in the newspaper’s next issue.
The Charlotte Journal reports details about the Branch Mint project with notes on location, administration, and expected operations. The brief mentions local implications for industry and regional finance as plans move forward.
The piece notes coinage beginning at that place with a design like the 1834 issue but with a distinguishing letter. It cites large bullion deposits at the mint from various mines in the state and South Carolina, and mentions a Mecklenburg County mine yielding nearly pure silver.
The Western Georgian reports Cherokee delegates say Mr. Ross urged them to return home and work not to remove. They claim the 1835 treaty was not made by him or any other body and is fraudulent and void. Responsibility for the Indians’ fate rests on Ross and his accountability for outcomes.
A government demand orders four companies of infantry under Gen Go vernment to be in immediate readiness to aid in the removal of the Cherokees. If the volunteers offer fails to materialize, a draft will be necessary.
The university reports about 150 students with strong satisfaction from both faculty and pupils regarding the recent appointment of Professor Feuer.
The Bask Bank of Cape Pear’s Fear Branch began operations on Tuesday, announcing a future regular discount day. The branch aims to provide modest loans in line with its interests. EE Wingate Jr of Wilmington is cashier. the directory lists Beverly Daniel, Rochard South, Bernard Dupay, Seth Jones, William C. Packer and Parker Raw. Gen Daniel serves as Board Chairman with no president yet appointed.
An adjourned Bank Convention will meet in New York on the date nearest the last, to decide a practicable day for resuming specie payments. It is understood that the nation’s banks will be represented at the gathering.
The Neptune bound for New York rode out a Saturday storm of the 17th off the Capes of Delaware with twenty two hours of peril. Passengers report the hull tilted at times to forty five degrees and a stove pipe blown overboard but the ship suffered no material damage and returned safely to Norfolk.
A couple of days ago James Sterridan and John S. Crocker, seamen, were brought to the city jail from New York charged with maliciously destroying the Scr. Aurora within waters off North Carolina in June last. The next Federal Court session in May or June will hear the case at its Lern.
UF Stephen Henderson Esq of New Orleans dies after years at White Sulphur Springs leaving an estate of two millions of dollars. He distributed most to charitable associations and left a bequest of 2000 dollars per year to aid the poor of his native town in Scotland.
A local notice from this county records a slave capture in the Log House Landing area. Benjamin Eborn junior was gathering enslaved people with two enslaved individuals when one slave fled and ran to Major John Clark, uncle of Eborn, to relay the information. The fragment notes a “most met circumstance” arising Monday around ten o’clock and implies further details follow in the original report.
A limb fell killing Mr Eborn in the woods. Mr Clark found him dead with head mashed and brains exposed. Clark suspected his slaves of murder and summoned a magistrate and neighbours. The magistrate sent the negroes to jail to await trial at the next Superior Court. Eborn, about 26, was well liked among friends and family mourn his untimely death.
The Rit Rev Dr Ives has continued discourses on Christian truth delighting the community. A Bishop’s remark confirms Christian integrity, noting Europe and America lack of Christians in poor houses. The piece cites David about the righteous never being forsaken or their seed begging bread.
Messrs Dick inson and Morris of our town have built a two story Cypress Shingle factory at Cully, 23 miles from Wilmington. Water powered, eight machines now, to rise to ten, with a daily output of 25 000 to 30 000 shingles. About £100 000 already invested seeks rich return from abundant timber nearby.
A British brig Charity captained by Charles Hubert faced a harsh Virginia charge for a breach of laws and potential harsh penalties short of capital punishment. The vessel, en route to Barbados with staves, docked at Hampton Roads with four crewmen deserting. Efforts to seize deserters led to a forcible entry dispute with a landlord, resulting in compensation. A runaway slave hidden in the hold was exposed by local informants and removed. Captain Hubert was jailed in Portsmouth pending trial. The four deserters had fled on Thursday night as the events unfolded.
A Norfolk Herald report describes a brig detained in port with a slave aboard. The master faces fines and possible imprisonment. penalties total up to $150 plus costs, with the slave’s status and owners liable for damages. The article condemns abolitionist agitation and notes the case awaits judicial decision.
Reported cargo movements show the Dismal Swamp Canal trade active with March passages through the South Locks, including 74 schooners 18 lighters 6 boats and 1 raft arriving full 23 navy yard pieces and 42 schooners 1 sloop 5 boats partially laden. The mysterious affair recounts a London gentleman's wife’s lodgings scheme and a theft by George Hunt later identified as Reuben Swift leading to arrest.
Augustus Owens of Girat Alabama was killed near the entrance to the race course in Columbus Georgia on the 27th. A man named Fox fatally shot Owens after a prior encounter in which Owens had won. Fox, beaten in that earlier clash, drew a pistol and killed his opponent on the spot.
A short note reports a counterfeit five ounce note from the Virginia Bank at Norfolk observed recently, prompting caution. The brief item notes the denomination and origin as the warning point.
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