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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1840
Page
1
The Tarborough Press lists annual rates two dollars and fifty cents paid in advance or three dollars at year end, twenty five cents per month for shorter periods. Advertisements up to a square priced at one dollar for first insertion, twenty five cents per continuation. Court orders and judicial ads are twenty five percent higher. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
A 1640 advertisement extols Dr Evans Soothing Syrup as a universal cure for infant teething pain and convulsions caused by dentition. It claims early application prevents fevers and seizures, notes the syrup opens pore via gum contact, and provides testimonials from grateful parents and agents in New York and Tarboro.
The act extends the 1837 treasury notes framework for one year, allowing notes issued to replace redeemed ones up to five million dollars at any time. Redemption requires sixty days notice, no interest accrues after that period, and the measure expires after one year.
An Oswego Union association has taken control of Gen. William Henry Harrison’s campaign, appointing a committee to read letters and craft replies. They question his stance on abolition in the District of Columbia, a national bank or currency standard, and a general bankrupt law, signaling heavy public interest in his future as a presidential hopeful in 1840.
Yale College professor Kingsley challenges the Blue Laws of Connecticut as fiction. He asserts they were fabricated by an author of a history of Connecticut to portray colonists as tedious era colonists. The claim appeared in the Louisville Banner and Pioneer.
A Cincinnati dated 1840 letter from the Oswego Union Association explains General Harrison will not issue new public declarations while in office. The letter argues this stance, cites precedent from the national convention, and asks supporters to accept the policy while urging generous confidence in Harrison if nominated. Signed by David Gwynne J C Wright O M Spencer H E Spencer Cor Sec’y.
A Western New York abolition meeting endorses William H Harresont for president, denounces voting for Martin Van Buren as inconsistent with abolitionist principles, and urges united activist effort to advance the cause before the election.
In a report from Tagusta Maine an intelligence note says 5 companies of the 1st Artillery, then in New York, are to move to Houlton. The existing force at Houlton totals 393 men under Col Pierce. The piece discusses the Maine New Brunswick boundary crisis, the President’s aim to protect Maine’s rights while seeking peace, and minimal commentary on tea and coffee related sick headache with medical quips.
A Canada based letter from March 1840 notes preparations for warlike actions. It reports survey work on Lun dy’s Lane and Chippewa, now surveying Fort Erie for fortification and orders to recruit 3000 men for five years with a 40 dollar bounty. The Buffalo Sentinel published the note on March 27.
Charleston Patriot reports a Lagrange Tennessee festival celebrating the start of the Lagrange and Memphis Rail Road. Stockholders plan to join with the South Carolina and Georgia Rail Road, promising Charleston vast Mississippi valley trade. Memphis sits on the Mississippi River near Mississippi state line. completion is eight miles from Leagrange. A festival toast hopes CharlestonDC gains internal improvements bringing 32 hours to the Mississippi river.
The Savannah Georgian notes that last week the Rev. Mr. McRea of the Methodist Episcopal Church was killed by Indians while riding his circuit near Micanopy. An express at Garey’s Ferry reported a wagon train captured and destroyed in Middle Florida. the sergeant in command was mortally wounded.
A gentleman from Florida witnessed the first bloodhound experiment. The hounds started four Indians from a hammock in a short time, and one Indian came in and surrendered.
In a dramatic pursuit Col Twiggs and Lieut Darling pursue prisoners through hammocks and trails in the Everglades near Micanopy. The dogs chase the Indians from concealment into open plains where they are captured. The howls signal success to the pursuing party. New York Star.
Mr. H. Gage of Chautauque county was accidentally killed when a loaded gun discharged as he turned in his berth on the Monongahela while descending the Ohio. The weapon belonged to other passengers and had been placed in the berth.
Texas reports note killings of white settlers at Austin by Indians and a letter in the Austin Gazette from William C. White claiming to have met an American prisoner in a Mexican mine who said he was Col. David Crockett. The veracity of the claim is unclear.
The Mobile Planter's Journal details a suicide by a young man who registered as Francis P Ely on the Invincible at Selma Alabama. He boarded in Portland, claimed to have stolen money, told locals of remorse and asked to be taken back to New Orleans. He stripped and leaped from the cabin, sinking after surfacing briefly. Authorities report a Massachusetts origin, about twenty years old, with two to three hundred dollars left in Captain Allen's possession.
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