Tarboro Meething Resolves Aid for Washington Fire Sufferers
An adjourned Tarboro meeting on April 6 1857 expresses sympathy and calls for funds and provisions to aid Washington fire victims. A committee to collect help is named, with prompt forwarding to Washington’s relief committee. Other Tarboro notices report local officers and a discussion on New York and New Orleans money turmoil and President Jacksons reasons for delaying a revenue bill.
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Tarboro
Court House
Washington
Peter P. Lawrence
Spencer D.iotten
Fiairman
George Howard
L. D. Wilson
Wm. Norfleet
Theo. Parker
Gen. Wilson
Danford Richards
Henry Johnston
Louis D. Wilson
Tarboro’ Press
Spencer D. Cotten
A. George Howard
Sec’y
New York
New Orleans
Gen. Jackson
Nahant Bank Director Debt Disclosures and Reserve Hope
A Massachusetts Legislature committee report shows Nahant Bank directors seek to shield the public from loss. The bank’s capital is $150,000 while President H. A. Breed is said to owe about $200,000, with $155,531.63 obtained via memorandum checks rather than ordinary discounts, secured by attachments and collateral. Kennebunk Gazette.
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Nahant Bank
Massachusetts
H. A. Breed
Kennebunk Gaz
Foreign Capital in This Country
Estimated by the Barings and London bankers, the amount of British capital in the country is discussed. The note highlights the scale of investments and the influence of British finance on local industry and commerce.
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Barings
London
North Carolina Appropriations Passages and Harbor Works
A Raleigh Republic summary lists North Carolina appropriations from the last Congress. It names light houses at Powell's Point Albemarle, Federal Point, and Pea Island and a new light boat at Longshoal with specified sums. Totals cover Civil, Army, Navy, Indian affairs, pensions, roads, river obstructions, and harbor improvements including Beaufort, New River, and Cape Fear navigation.
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Powell’s Point
Albemarle
Federal Point
Pea Island
New Inlet
Longshoal
Pamlico Sound
Army
Military Academy
Navy
Congress
North Carolina
Ocracoke Inlet
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
Beaufort
New River
Raleigh Reg
Mr Haywood declines Belgian envoy post
The Raleigh Standard notes Mr. Haywood refused the Charge dAffaires appointment to the King of Belgium. It asserts he never sought office, respects his reasons as personal and domestic, and hopes his talents aid the nation in future service.
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Mr. Haywood
Belgium
Raleigh Standard
Cotton Prices Decline in Liverpool and Local Markets
The Fayetteville Observer reports continued declines in cotton prices through mid March 1837 as Liverpool accounts to the 16th showprices dropping from 9 to 114 cents, with later letters up to the 24th revealing further drops to 83 to 11 cents for even the best quality. A New York letter dated March 22 notes North Carolina cotton on the market after several days of activity.
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Fayetteville
Liverpool
New York
North Carolina
Cotton market gloom amid scarce money and distrust
The text notes a bleak outlook for cotton selling with no buyers at 123, the highest offer at 114. It states a lack of willingness to express a favorable or final opinion on cotton due to widespread financial scarcity and distrust in the community.
Petersburg Market Report on Cotton Prices
Petersburg market on April 3 reports a dull sale with cotton trading between 10 and 12 cents. The brief summary notes subdued demand and limited transactions in the commodity trade.
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Petersburg
Fatal quarrel at Ocracoke ends in death
A quarrel at Ocracoke two weeks ago between Jacob Gaskill and Willis Williams ended with Gaskill firing a loaded gun into Williams’s head, killing him instantly. Gaskill, in a frenzy, faces confinement at Ocracoke and eventual transfer to Beaufort jail for trial and penalties. Newbern Sent.
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Ocracoke
Jacob Gaskill
Willis Williams
Gaskill
Williams
Beaufort
Newbern
Fuel-saving move replaces wood in steam mills
A Wilmington Adv report notes steam saw mills substitute saw dust for wood, reducing annual wood costs from about $2,000 per mill, totaling roughly $12,000 across mills. The relocation to saw-dust use is praised as a prudent, enterprising civic measure.
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Wilmington
Adv
Infant dies after clothes catch fire near Statesville
casualty report notes the infant child of Mr. John Steele residing near Statesville was severely burned on the 14th inst by clothing catching fire and died the following day aboard the Salisbury car.
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John Steele
Statesville
Salisbury
Southern Merchants Throng City Amid Shrinking Credits
The Southern trade presses in, buying little and tightening terms. Last season extended credits of a year and fifteen months have narrowed to six and nine months except in rare cases. Merchants face distress as bills from the South are protested. North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia largely pay, while Alabama and Mississippi fail their engagements, harming their merchants' credit.
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North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
V. Y. Express
Choctaw Chickasaw Accord and Creek Country Note
An Arkansas Gazette letter from January 20 reports a pact allowing the Chickasaw to join a Choctaw district with equal rights, paying 530000 dollars, and a demand by Apothlohola to expel all white men from the Creek country. Also notes Commodore Simonson’s six pound shad caught on Staten Island, sold for five dollars in New York Star.
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Arkansas Gazette
Armstrong
Apothlohola
Commodore Simonson
Staten Island
N.Y. Star
American Consul Seeks Redress Over Impressment
Reports say the American Consul asked the Governor for redress after Brit ish forces seized sailors. He sent word to Tangiers where an American frigate then moved to the Bay of Gibraltar and took two sailors from the British sloop. Two others were missing. The news, if true, promises further developments as Minister Stevenson works to resolve the impressment dispute.
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Sloop of War
Tangiers
Morocco
Bay of Gibraltar
Stevenson
London
Laborers for James River and Kanawha Canal recruited abroad
An agent of the contractors on the James River and Kanawha Canal Company has engaged 1000 laborers in Bremen to be employed on the canal this season. The men are already on voyage to the United States.
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James River
Kenawha
Bremen
Preachers Scheduled Across Tarborough and Surrounding Areas
Elder James Delk to preach second Sabbath in April at Tarboro Sappony Nash County on April 7 and 10 at Daniel's meeting house Halifax County. Elder James Osbourn of Baltimore to preach at Conetoe M H on April 11 12 at Tarboro 13 at Lawrence's M H 15 16 at Williams's 17 at Old Town Creek 15 Autrey's Creek 19 White Oak 20 Union 22 23 Pleasant Hill. Elder G W Carrowan to preach May 1 Log Chapel 2 Cross Roads 3 Tarboro 4 Conetoe 6 Gum Swamp 7 Great Swamp 7 Greenville 9 Red Banks.
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James Delk
Baptist Church
Tarborough
Sappony
Nash County
Daniel’s Meeting House
Halifax County
James Osbourn
Baltimore
Conetoe M. H
Tarboro
Lawrence’s M. H
Gum Swamp
Great Swamp
Greenville
Red Banks
Death of Mrs Sarah Higes in Halifax County
Mrs Sarah Higes died in Halifax County on Saturday, aged at an advanced age. The obituary notes her long life and passing.
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Halifax County
Sarah Higes
Impressed American Seamen Reported at Gibraltar
An account states four American seamen were pressed from a merchant vessel at Gibraltar by British authorities. The incident underscores tensions over maritime impressment and the treatment of American crews abroad during the ongoing disputes between Britain and the United States.
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Gibraltar
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