Reelection of county clerks and literary fund note
Solomon Braddy reelected Superior Court clerk and John Norfleet reelected County Court clerk with no organized opposition. Raleigh Register tabulates Literary Fund distributions for common schools at 34 608 99, county share 1 077 67. Senate approved the Bank bill with amendments. House debates Whig principles and a Wheeling petition to remove free negros.
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Solomon the Braddy
John Norfleet
Raleigh
Literary Fund
Whig party legacy and constitutional principles debated
The speaker rails against abstractions and defends constitutional integrity while recalling Adams era tariff debates. He cites Halsted of New Jersey and Mr. Gilmer, asserts the Whigs’ evolving stance from 1823 to 1833, and criticizes shifting policy over principle as dishonorable. The text contrasts Harrison and Tyler supporters with Massachusetts opposition and calls for charity and consistency.
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Fle
Halsted
New Jersey
Adams
Gilmer
Adam
General Jackson
Harrison
Tyler
Massachusetts
Passage of the Bank Charter in the Senate
The piece emphasizes the Bank charter passing without a majority vote, notes Tennessee's half representation, and critiques absences of Henderson and others. It questions the legitimacy of the bill, characterizes it as a political maneuver, and cites a prophecy that Clay will get the bill passed but Tyler may veto it.
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Pennessee
Bilt
Clayton
Henderson
Merrick
Plenderson
House of Representatives
Tennessee
Preston
Kindolph
United States
Clay
Tyler
Congress Adjournment Prediction Sighted in National Intelligencer
The National Intelligencer believes Conger will not adjourn before roughly September 10, though some expect the two Houses may finish their business by the 15th to start.
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W National Intelligencer
Conger
President Tyler Reinstates Clerks After Ewing Removals
A General Laws Office action led Mr. Ewing to remove fourteen clerks who were Democrats. President Tyler learned of the event and ordered their restoration to the offices they had vacated. The editor mocks Ewing’s actions and urges resignation if he had any real spirit.
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Ewing
General Laws
Tyler
Interference Cited Over Acting Authority in Old Dominion
Fragmentary report notes Mr Ewing assumed responsibility and acted for his own reasons, prompting intervention by Mr Tyler. Old Dominion area reference. This brief item reflects governance friction and authority questions surrounding local actions.
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Ewing
Tyler
Old Dominion
Wheeler Removed as Mint Superintendent at Charlotte
Col Wheeler is removed from the office of superintendent of the Mint at Charlotte and Mr Gaither of Burke appointed in his place. So much for the non proscription of the Whigs and the disinterested efforts of log cabin orators. Ha Stand Superior Courts. The following arrangement has been made by the Judges of the Superior Courts for the Fall Circuits of 1841.
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Col. Wheeler
Charlotte
Mr. Gaither
Burke
Superior Courts
Town Creek
Jo. P. Pitt
James Barron
Phere
Edgrcombe
Norh
Willie Atkinson
Elizabeth City Weekly Sheet Published by Mann
The first issue of a small miscellaneous weekly sheet titled The Elizabeth City Compiler appears in Elizabeth City North Carolina. It is published by William E Mann and priced at two dollars per year.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Wm. E. Mann
Whig
University Expands with Two New Dormitories
The Raleigh Register reports our university’s promising session. To accommodate students, the Executive Committee has contracted for two additional dormitory buildings, each with eight rooms, to be finished by January first. Local citizens increasingly value education offered by our native institutions, abandoning the belief that only Yale or Harvard could educate children.
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Yale
Harvard
Raleigh Register
University of North Carolina Figures and Alumni Milestones
The UNC history notes the college’s 1759 incorporation, 1795 student admissions, and 1790 trustees meeting. It lists matriculates by year to 1841, reports 674 graduates with 70 entering gospel ministry, and notes prominent alumni in state government and Congress. It also mentions no deaths among students in eight years and post office changes in Granville and Franklin counties.
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University of North Carolina
Fayetteville
Chapel Hill
Est
ISIS
Congress
Commons
General Assembly
Postmaster Geo Burns Named for Staunton, Granville
Al Staunton in Granville County is connected to Geo Burns Esq who serves as postmaster. The notice identifies Burns as the local postmaster and notes the Staunton linkage within the Granville area.
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al Staunton
Granville County
Geo. Burns, Esq
Secre tary of War’s brother drowns after leap from steamboat
F James Bell, brother of the Secretary of War, while traveling up the Mississippi about seventy miles below Memphis, on the 18th, in a fit of derangement, threw himself from the steamboat and was drowned.
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James Bell
Mississippi
Memphis
Great Western Arrives as Tory Majority Sets Government
The steamship Great Western reached New York on the 29th after a 15 day voyage from Bristol. Elections favor the Tories with a 50 seat majority in the new Parliament. Sir Robert Peel likely to be Prime Minister. Reports of vote buying: fifty guineas per vote in tight contests and one hundred pounds for three votes. Cotton prices show a slight rise despite electoral results.
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Great Western
New York
Bristol
England
Robert Peele
Cotton
Market price notes from Washington Market Aug 4
Corn wholesale fetches 2 50 while bacon sides run 7 to 8 cents per pound and hams about 9 cents. Naval stores show new dip 2 10 and old 31 65. Tar 1 10. Shad and herrings quoted with fish prices 3 50 for cut haddock and 2 50 for whole. Hep.
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Washington
Bacon
Tarboro
T. J
Elder Bennett Preaches at Old Church and Cross Roads
Elder Mark Bennett will preach at the Old Church on Friday night. He also schedules Cross Roads services Saturday and Sunday with additional preaching times listed for nearby chapels and locations.
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Eilder
Mark Bennett
Kelukee
Lawrence's
Tarboro
Autrey’s Creek
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