Tarboro Magistrates Elected and Hanging of Edmund Butler
George Howard elected Magistrate of Police and five Tarboro Commissioners for the year. Edmund Butler, a free Black man convicted of burglary, was executed as scheduled but the rope broke on the drop. a second rope killed him. The crowd estimated at 3,000 to 5,000, with many women present. The paper defends the execution as a lawful act despite local moral concerns. Butler had additional pending indictments and prior depredations.
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George Howard
Messrs
John Lawrence
Daniel Knight
James M. Redmond
Francis L. Dancy
Robert H. Austin
Tarboro
Edmund Butler
Julia Gatlin
Mark Bennett
Nicholas A. Purify
Butler
Negro Ben
Naval Schools bill and land debt amend rejected in Senate
In the Senate on the 25th Mr Mangum reported a bill for Naval Schools and other aims. Rives offered an amendment to Clay retrenchment resolutions suspending the Land Bill. it was rejected by one vote with Mangum and Graham against. On the 23rd Uriah Brown's Illinois memorial described a new inextinguishable fire device. Clay bade the Senate farewell on the 31st as the Globe notes a secret session on the 4th.
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Congress
Senate
Mangum
Rives
Clay
Messrs
Graham
Young
Uriah Brown
Illinois
Brown
Committee On Naval Affairs
Globe
Monstrous appointment debate and loan bill passage in Congress
The House received a written message from the President urging revenue reconsiderations and the use of Public Lands proceeds to service a five million loan. The Loan bill passed 105 to 86 authorising five million more bonds for twenty years. On the 21st Mr Stanly moved to study connecting Albemarle Sound to the Atlantic by canal or other means.
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House of Representatives
Stanly
Committee On Commerce
Albemarle Sound
Atlantic Ocean
Retrenchment in House Contingent Expenses Faces Scrutiny
An 1823 to 1840 span shows House contingent expenses rising from 337 843 to 343 261 with 245 members averaging 24 reams of paper and 28 steel pens per member. The current proposal caps stationery at 25 dollars for long sessions and 20 dollars for short, aiming to save thousands.
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House of Representatives
Greensboro
Patriot
The Cabinet Dissolution Rumor Denied by Authority
The Madisonian reports rumors of Cabinet dissolution are unfounded and baseless. It asserts unity on major measures and urges public clarity, while noting distress in Alabama from Mobile correspondence describing severe misery.
Native Coin Minted in 1842 Davidson Silver
A reader reports a new half dollar coined at the Mint from Davidson County silver bearing the 1842 impression. The note from Ral. Heg. describes the coin’s origin and authenticity as seen yesterday.
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Davidson County
North Carolina Banks Prepare to Resume Specie Payments
The Richmond Enquirer notes NC banks claim readiness to resume specie payments in November, awaiting only a general resumption in the northern states. The Wilmington Chronicle reports the same readiness and expects a nationwide return to specie.
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North Carolina
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Richmond Enquirer
Wilmington Chronicle
Escape of Edmund D. Martin from Rockingham Jail
Edmund D. Martin, jailed in Rockingham for six months after murder conviction in Anson County, escaped from the jail Saturday night and has not been retaken. He was found guilty of murder at Richmond Superior Court in September, appealed to the Supreme Court where the judgment was affirmed, and was to be sentenced this week if not escaped. Reports circulate that the guard of four citizens on the night were plied by various means.
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Rockingham
Edmund D. Martin
May
Anson County
Richmond Superior Court
Supreme Court
Prisoner Freed After Suspected Drugging and Break-in
The Fayetteville Observer reports that a prisoner was released by disguised attackers with hammer and crowbar while he was allegedly drugged by a third party. A fourth accomplice reportedly called off due to a story about his horse’s sickness. The escaped man fled with a horse provided by friends and has not been traced accurately.
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Fayetteville
Murder of Colonel Potter and Rose in Panola County
The account from the Caddo Gazette describes the fatal feud between Colonel Potter and Mr Rose over land on the south side of Caddo Lake in Panola County. After a siege and failed capture, Rose and his party killed Potter, who escaped to the lake but died as pursuers closed in. The report notes the violence and revenge that defined their long rivalry. Resumption in New Jersey banks resumes specie payments, signaling improving business and public trust as times grow stronger.
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Robert Potter
Caddo Gazette
Colonel Potter
Mr Rose
Caddo Lake
Panola County
Rose
Potter
Austin
Congress of the Republic
Power
Congress
NO. Picayune
New Jersey
Trenton Emporium
Texas invasion rumors spark calls for Houston led expedition
Reports on the Mexican force being only 800 to 1000 strong amid a claimed invasion of Texas. Texans plan to invade Mexico, with Gen. Houston proposing expeditions for supporters to share in spoils. Southern towns like New Orleans Mobile and Augusta host Texas sympathy meetings and fundraising efforts.
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Texas
Mexico
Houston
Maddog
New Orleans
Mobile
Augusta
Republic
Renounced Faith by Maryland Episcopal Prelate
Rev. John Alber ger, an ordained prelate in Maryland, renounced the Christian religion and declared himself an infidel. The church to which he belonged has pronounced sentence of degradation upon him.
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John Alberger
Episcopal Church
Maryland
Exit, Harry Clay Foretells Political Sinner Farewell
A satirical poem from the TAKBORO PRESS bids farewell to Harry Clay. The verse labels him a political sinner and foe to the poor, calling for his exit from the stage and declaring no encore for his deeds.
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Harry Clay
Harry
Kentuck
Adieu to the plotting financier and his coon skin charm
A heated critique targets a powerful banker politician, accusing him of slavery to the poor, monarchical ambitions, and bank ownership that would strip rights. The poem vows resistance, denounces corruption, and proclaims the public’s demand for resignation. It laments past noble deeds and predicts defeat at the polls.
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Fars
Lariffites
Washington Market Prices April 6 Report
Corn wholesale ranged to 2 dollars per bushel with spread. Bacon sold between 6 and 64 cents. Lard noted from 6 to 7 cents. Naval Stores showed new dip at 245, old 32 05, serpe 70 cents. Tar at 1 dollar. Fish prices for shad and herrings varied with cuts and whole forms listed. Lep appears as an incomplete item at line end.
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Washington
Naval
James J Vaughn Candidate for Brigadier General
James J Vaughn of the 14 Regiment is announced as a candidate for Brigadier General in the 5 Brigade of the North Carolina Military. The notice names Vaughn and the unit involved and signals a formal nomination process within the state’s military structure.
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James J. Vaughn
14 Regiment
5 Brigade
N.C. M
Religious Preaching Tour Dates Circulated by Elders
The message lists multiple preaching engagements by Elders Wilder Temple Puckett and Parham Puckett across Tar River Falls Sandy Grove Tarboro Cross Roads Cunetoe and surrounding towns in April May and June. It cites specific dates including 26th 28th 30th 1st May 2nd 3rd 4th night and numerous locations with planned stops through mid June.
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James Wilder
Falls Tar River
Burwell Temple
Sandy Grove
Hardaway's
Tarboro
Cross Roads
Cunetoe
Lower Town Creek
Upper Town Creek
Toisnol
Contentnea
Little Sister
Parham Puckett
Lawrence’s
M. H
Kehokee
Parker's
South Quay
Buckhorn
Mount Tabor
Pleasant Grove
Conoko
Conetoe
Death notices from Pitt County and nearby county
Died in this county on the Sth instant Miss Tildicha Edmondson aged 22 beloved by relatives her wedding day marked by her death leaving a mother brother father-in-law and other kin to mourn. In Pitt county on Monday the 28th ult Mr Sherrod Tison merchant aged about five years was reported dead.
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Tildicha Edmondson
Pitt County
Sherrod Tison
Notice to settle accounts with Constable James Staton
All persons having receipts against James Staton as Constable are requested to come forward and settle immediately. The subscribers are desirous to close the business.
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James 4. Staton
L iaison names listed in a damaged note
A fragmentary OCR line presents a list of names including Jonathan Furman Gabriel Griffin Mary Hunter Charles Howell Harrison Richard Jones Samuel Johnson William Land Charles Lyon and initials SAML E MOORE P M indicating a postmaster designation in a damaged note.
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Dew Liaison
Jonatha Furman
Gabriel Griffin
Zachariat Griffin
Mary Mrs Hunter Charles Howell
Livi
2 Harrison Richard Jones
Samuel Johnson
Wm Land
Charles R Lyon
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Sol'n Pender
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Harrisor Blount
Susan M Kiley
Jonathan Bradley
Willie Bennet
Mark Cobb
E Eliazabeth Crenshaw
Gon Cobb Mary Daniel Jenin
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Long
Suebster James W Magee
William 2
Moore Elizabeth Mercer
T N Martin
Edward Moore
Edwin L Mariner Thema Manning France Be “Wis
J Vines Mary
Pirker Weeks
Pittman Spier Hirt Robert D Stewart Sharpe
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Dennis Taylor
William Vines
John Williams M Wilkins
James Warren Ivey Williams
Elijah Williams Drew
E. Moore, P. M
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J. H. Dawson
Wm. L. Lundy
Edgecombe Cavalry
Cromivell
David C Bell
James Ellinor
Walt
Jackson
Northampton County
Thomas Bragg
Sen
Ethel
J Peebles
Samuel Calvert
Henry J Cannon
Henry K. Burgwyn
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Dhorn
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Raleigh, Mare
Hale
Hi Potter
Greenville
Bury Chamberlain
Geo. Howard Arhorn
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