Tarborough Nominations and Local Elections Report
Democratic Republican State Rights nominations listed for president and governor. On Monday last Lorenzo D. Bell was elected Police Magistrate and Theophilus Parker George Howard Henry Austin John Williams and Ely Porter named town commissioners for one year in Tarboro.
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Lorenzo D. Bell
Theophilus Parker
George Howard
Henry Austin
John Williams
Ely Porter
Tarboro
Orders to prepare for sea at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Report from Washington states orders have been received to ready all ships of war under cover at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for sea deployment.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Washington
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Intercepted Letters on Frontier Indian Coercion Questioned
The Globe says a Detroit paper's claim that British authorities in Upper Canada intercepted letters to raise frontier tribes near Lake Superior is unconfirmed. The note suggests the idea arose from Indians being invited to British territories to receive presents rather than direct British inducements to hostilities.
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CPA
Upper Canada
Lake Superior
Globe
Detroit
Senate message on frontier troops and British force
The Senate received a presidential reply to inquiries about military and naval preparations on the northern frontier. Gen Winfield Scott reports 20,000 British regulars in their provinces, with one third arriving since spring 1838, but no major fortification increase. Webster proposes a uniform bankruptcy system. the Senate acts to secure public money. The House focuses on election freedom bills.
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Senate
Norvell
Winfield Scott
Webster
U. States
House of Representatives
Extra Globe announcement and subscription terms
A proclamation for the Extra Globe weekly to counter Federal party influence with full political discussion during the presidential campaign. It notes May launch, six month run, Baltimore Democratic Convention coverage, and subscription rates with notes on payments and bank notes accepted.
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Extra Globe
Federal
Baltimore
United States
Subscriptions Urged for Notes of Banks 1840
Notices urge subscribers in the Northern and Middle States to remit payment with orders. Money accompanies orders. no credit or attention without payment. Subscriptions should be sent by May 15, 1840. Blair & Rives, Washington City, April 16, 1840.
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Middle States
Blair & Rives
Washington City
Resumption in Pennsylvania Banks Resume and Forfeit Charter
The article explains banks must resume operations on January 15 1541 with penalties if they refuse specie on demand. Charter forfeiture is stated, and a third resolution imposes penitentiary imprisonment for bank officers who make false statements. A fourth resolution requires suspended banks to lend or pay the Commonwealth up to three million dollars within a year, with stock certificates issued to lending banks. The fifth lets banks issue their own notes and declare new loans and six percent dividends as if they had continued payments in gold and silver.
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Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
The Third District affair ends with Conrow testimony
A Philadelphia Spirit of the Times report cites William G. Conrow, an election officer in Spring Garden in 1838, asserting that Naylor admitted not being elected and signed a false return under misapprehension. The piece argues the Whigs cheated Ingersoll and his district, while Washington Rep. notes Dems in Martin County back Asa Biggs for Senate.
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Naylor
William G. Conrow
Spring Garden
Harrisburg
Conrow
Mr. Naylor
Third District
Whig Party
Philadelphia
Spirit
the Times
Hill convicted of manslaughter in Sorrell murder case
The week at the Superior Court opened with State business. On Wednesday Henry S. Hill stood trial for the murder of Thomas Sorrell. He had been convicted previously at the Fall Term and sentenced to death, but the Supreme Court granted a new trial. The jury retired after 9 PM and returned a verdict of manslaughter.
Death by Own Action Shocks County Family
Mr Thoms Stokes of this county, a man of good character though in moderate circumstances, died by self inflicted gunshot days ago. After ploughing all day he went home at sunset, took down his gun, and family heard a discharge. He was found at the fence with his head blown apart, a newly cut twig beside him believed to have triggered the shot. No reason given for the act.
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Thoms Stokes
Wheat prices then and now in Torch Light record
The Torch compares current farm prices with 1838 rates under John Quincy Adams. It notes wheat at 72 cents a bushel, rye 35 cents, corn 32 cents, and oats 20 to 22 cents, as it critiques the so called great regulator and ongoing price concerns.
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Hagerstown
John Quincy Adams
New York
Federal leaders and the push to replace the president
The letter denounces Van Buren and federal leaders as trying to impose changes on the country. It argues farmers and workers must resist, praising virtue and intelligence of the current Democratic president and opposing a replacement with an unqualified opponent. From the Hagerstown Maryland Democrat.
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Rency
van Buren
Hagerstown
Dem
Thomas acquitted man arrested for highway robbery
Amos G. Thomas, acquitted recently at the Superior Court in Middletown Conn for murder and robbery of Jared Burr, Haddam, has been jailed for a highway robbery. The robbed money was found on his person in his coat collar and he is said to have confessed to a crime for which he was acquitted, with details of the tragic and barbarous event described as outrageous.
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Amos G. Thomas
Middletown
Conn
Jared Burr
Haddam
N- Haven Herald
Burr
Acquittal for Wood in Daughter Murder Case
F Wood, a Philadelphia confectioner who killed his daughter in September for marrying against his wishes, has been acquitted on the grounds of insanity. He remains in confinement.
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F Wood
Philadelphia
Execution dates set in Iredell court cases
Last week at Iredell Superior Court Judge Settle presided. John Hoover received a death sentence after an unsuccessful appeal from the Fall term. execution fixed for Friday May 15. John Klutts was found guilty of feloniously seducing away and carrying off a slave of William Morton Esq. and condemned to be hanged on Friday May 29. Azel Yates, 16 or 17, convicted of horse stealing and given twenty five lashes.
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Iredell Superior Court
Settle
John Hoover
Supreme Court
Iredell
John Klutts
William Morton
Azel Yates
Whig Banner
Disastrous State of Jamaica Owing to Emancipation
From New Orleans American and Cornwall Chronicle reports Jamaica in ruin after emancipation. Former slaveholders see property collapse as laborers lose value of capital. estates sold at deep discounts. Observers argue colonial policy destroyed plantation wealth and soil cultivation capacity.
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Jamaica
New Orleans
Cornwall Chronicle of the Sthult
West Indies
Montreal brings London papers amid dull cotton market
The packet ship Montreal at New York delivers London papers to March 6. The cotton market remains dull and trade prospects look gloomy. Political intelligence is described as unimportant.
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Europe
Montreal
New York
London
Cotton prices tumble as freight costs bite into profits
New York on March 30 reports cotton down to seven cents for good grade with ranges from 64 to 94 cents. Freights from New Orleans add 14 cents, leaving net proceeds of about 44 to 105 cents per pound after expenses. Exports to Europe hinge on freight declines. large foreign arrivals could boost shipments, but planters face year with one third to one half less income. The depreciation hurts the Southern agricultural sector and wider trade.
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New York
New Orleans
Europe
Petersburg Market Report April 2 Cotton Stock Deteriorates
Petersburg market notes little price movement with inventories mainly inferior in quality. Demand appears for prime grades though remaining stock is of lower quality.
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Petersburg
Description Reads Prices Demanded and Quoted
A fragment notes demand for 82 and 9 cents and mentions other grades quoted as 6 10S ets Stat.
Norfolk Market Prices Report April 2
Commodities listed include corn at 184 cents, an entry for 4510 50 cents, hog round notes M to 11, and lard ranging from 10 to 12 cents. Credits indicate market activity and regional pricing signals at Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Washington Market price report dated April seventh
Market notes list corn at 200 dollars. bacon sides nine cents. hams ten and one half cents. Naval stores show new dip 2 10, old 200. Scrape 75 cents. Tar 5 to 110 dollars. Fish prices: shad seven dollars. herring cut five to fifty five dollars. whole eighty three dollars. Republican item printed as the source ends with Stepublican.
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Washington
What think ye poor Loco's of risings like this
A Whig correspondent boasts of a convention and answers a Federalist critique. The verse rails at the opposition for ruinous bills and bank speculation, praising Van Buren’s popularity in the West and Bank Henry Clay as the foe. It frames political struggle as moral and economic certainty. LOCO FOCO.
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Loco
Van
Great West
Loco Foco
North Carolina State Course Jockey Club Officers and Races
At a Raleigh meeting on March 6 1840 the club elected officers Joan McLean president Robert W Harwoon vice president and J A Campsent secretary. Races on the State Course start April 4 for five days with purses ranging from 200 to 700 dollars and various entrance fees. David McDaniel proprietor Raleigh March 20 1840.
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Raleigh Jockey Club
Joan McLean
Robertr W. Harwoon
J. A. Campsent
Jockey Club
Jockey Club Alters Spring Meeting Date in 1840
At a called meeting on March 30 1840 the Jockey Club unanimously decided to move the Spring meeting at the State Course to the third Tuesday of April instead of the previously advertised fourth Tuesday. DAVID McDANIEL Proprietor. March 31 1840.
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Jockey Club
WHESE Pills Gain Wide Reputation Across Regions
The WHESE Pills are claimed to have left dubious trial lists behind and built a broad, respected reputation across the United States, Canadas, Texas, Mexico, and the West. With over twenty thousand certificates, including five hundred from regular physicians, the pills are said to cure a wide range of ailments and are marketed as a reliable family remedy. A testimonial from Theodore James praises dramatic recovery from Peter and Ague after limited use. The product is sold in tin boxes of 45 pills for 50 cents, available at the Tarboro post office and printing office.
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United States
Canadas
Texas
Mexico
West
Eli Todd
Connectcut
Prine Pal
Hurlford
Joseph Priestly Peters
Yale College
Sam
Theodore James
Tarboro
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