Treasury Order Maintained to Preserve Specie Payments
The piece argues that continuing the Treasury Order to require specie payments for public lands avoids financial panic. It cites Van Buren's firm stance, backlash from Federal Whigs, and support from the public, noting cabinet discussions and a decision to keep the order in full force according to Mr. Butler’s suggested reasons.
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Treasury Order
Petersburg
New York Sunday Morning News
Washington
Treasury
van Buren
Butler
Banks and specie crisis in 1837 debate
The piece reports warnings by Mr Butler and supporters about repealing the order on government deposits fearing a bank crash. It cites risks of specie loss, increased bank issues, and higher land speculation, plus letters from London and Liverpool. It notes bank counts rising from 330 in 1830 to 813 in 1837 and capital growing from 145 million to 378 million amid modest surplus reports.
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Butler
South Western
New York
England
London
Liverpool
Bank of England
United States
Mr. Stevenson
Ireland
Woodbury
Treasury
Gloomy Money Market Reports Collapse of St John House
The North money market remains bleak as another explosion hits New York. The St John firm halted payments, dragging about a dozen piers down with it and impacting nearly ninety New York houses with liabilities around sixty million dollars. The troubles may last two more months.
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New York
Constellation to Begin Weekly Publication May 6
Petersburg editor H Haines plans a new weekly Constellation beginning May 6, priced at 2.50 per year with advance payments or solid references, to be filled with reading matter except new ads. The paper will complement the tri weekly and be printed on a mammoth sheet. Washington Whig notes a fire relief donation with praise for Tarborough citizens for their Five Hundred Dollars.
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H. Haines
Petersburg
Constellation
Tarborough
Washington Whig
Gen Jackson Reaches Hermitage in Safer Condition
An official report from Gen Jesup dated Fort Dade March 18 states Micanopy, principal Seminole chief, has joined the band and approved the March 6 convention by chiefs two through four. He requests Capt Page accompany his people West. Micanopy and allies expect to bring in remaining bands soon, Jesup believes the war nears end. Straggling Creek Indians still hostilities in Creek country.
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Jesup
Fort Dade
Micanopy
Page
Sam Jones
Apoke
St. Johns
Alligator
Globe
Wake Superior Court Hears Barnum Murder Trial Details
At Wake Superior Court last week Dr Richard Barnum faced an indictment for murdering his wife Tabitha Barnum by poison. The Register notes the high standing of the parties, the alleged heinous nature of the crime, eminent counsel, and the substantial effort invested in the case.
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Wake Superior Court
Richard Barnum
Tabitha Barnum
Register
Respectable Witnesses Help End Case in Poison Trial
Respectable witnesses in attendance including many ladies conspired to weigh the case. After State witnesses were completed, the counsel for the State abandoned the prosecution as evidence showed the deceased did not die by poison, deeming further press of the matter unjust. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Petersburg Market Report April 10 Cotton Prices
Petersburg market notes little cotton offered for sale and no demand with prices ranging from 8 to 11 cents. Z né.
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Petersburg
Gloomy European News and Assassination Plots Abroad
Late European dispatches detail a continuing economic lull with a slight cotton market decline. Royal assassination attempts rise daily as Lord Melbourne introduces abolition of church rates in the Lords. In Lisbon a French mercenary throws a stone at Prince Ferdinand near Adjado Park. Maximilian rumored poisoned. Sultan Mahmoud narrowly escapes an air gun shot near Constantinople as a Janissary and nine others are captured and sent to the Bosphorus.
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Europe
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Lord Melbourne
House of Lords
Ferdinand
Portugal
Lisbon
Mercier
Adjado Park
Maximilian
Sultan Mahmoud
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Elder Osbourn Preaches at Multiple M. H. Missions
Baltimore pastor Elder James Osbourn will preach at Conetoe M H on April 11 and 12 Tarboro and Lawrence M Hs through April 20, and at Autrey s Creek White Oak Union Pleasant Hill then repeats across several towns with dates. Com Elder G W Carrowan listed for May 1 to May 7 at multiple chapels including Log Chapel Cross Roads Tarboro Conetoe Gem Swamp Great Swamp Greenville Red Banks.
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James Osbourn
Baltimore
Conetoe M. H
Tarboro
Lawrence’s M. H
Williams’s
Old Town Creek
Autrey’s Creek
White Oak
Union
Pleasant
Trade terms in archaic price list fragment
A fragment lists per-unit prices including Tohacen merhanilice and Cotton per bale, Merchanilise per peck, Flour per barrel, Mavafaet'd telacen per Sali, and peer seek, reflecting historical commodity rates in cryptic terms. The readable items hint at a 19th or early 20th century trade record with obscure units and spellings.
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Tohacen
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