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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1835
Page
2
A letter to the Tarboro Press from August 1835 objects to a frivolous hand-bill signed Rosin. The writer refuses to engage, chiding readers to avoid games with "monkers" and urging fair play. The brief note reflects local newspaper discourse and personal reputation concerns.
Election results show Pettigrew trailing Pettw by 76 votes with Tyrrell yet to vote, a result seen as unexpected and mortifying by local residents. Pettigrew had claimed support for Gen. Jackson and State Rights while opposing the Bank Tariff and Internal Improvement, yet Doctor Hall’s supporters remained confident.
State of the Poll shows Senate Sharpe 311 Barnes 282 Commons Deberry 645 Pippen 728 Daniel 671 Congress Hall 1320 Pettigrew 75 Pitt County Alfred Moye S Macon Moye John Foreman Senate A Moye 349 Dickenson 298 Commons M Moye 769 Foreman 646 Clark 343 Congress Hall 60 Pettigrew 533 Administration backed by Moye Dickenson Foreman Clark Opposition noted.
The piece notes copies of anti-slavery publications dispatched from the North reached the South via stage routes and post offices in Virginia, with news of receptions in Raleigh Norfolk and Richmond. It mentions a Virginia convention planned for September 15 at Lewisburg and riots in Charleston as crowds burned pamphlets. It urges vigilance to expose those involved in distributing such material.
Gov Runnells urges county police to organize efficient patrols and arrest suspicious persons after a confession by Murrell, a former inmate at Tennessee Penitentiary, identifying a gang active across slaveholding states. The list counts 456 names by state with missing given names and residences.
Disclosures from Mississippi describe Cotton confessing to a nationwide slave revolt plan led with Muriel and Marcel. The scheme named attacks on Vernon and Livingston in Madison County followed by Clinton and Claiborne, aiming to massacre whites and empower a black insurgent army, with arsenals placed nationwide.
Reports from Vicksburg and Madison County detail violence among gamblers and insurgents. Seventeen men and women are cited as murdered in Mississippi on the 6th as disorder spreads. A mob in Natchez on the 14th expelled gamblers, destroyed their tables, and ordered residents to depart or face ruin and eviction.
The Amendments to the Constitution adopted by the State Convention are published today. The Raleigh Register lists the Ordinance outlines for carrying the amendments into effect.
The Convention declares that Governor will submit amendments to the people on the second Monday in November with thirty days notice. Polls open at sheriff run precincts for all voters to ratify or reject. If ratified, Governor’s election shifts to July and August. Assembly elections follow. The convention orders 21 250 total copies of the constitution and amendments distributed to counties districts and libraries.
The Cincinnati Daily Gazette reports E A Brown of Ohio, former Minister to Brazil, appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office replacing the resigned Elijah Hayward.
A dreadful affair occurred in Warrenton on Monday. Details are promised from a highly respected source. Mr. Charles P. Green, editor of the Boydton Ex- is referenced as the source of the forthcoming particulars.
In Warren John Bragg and likely Thomas Braby with others confronted Mr Green after an Expositor article, striking Green at the Plummer store. John Bragg and Somerville were wounded as Green fought back with a pistol misdirected, then Green and Theos Brage were wounded in a dirk fight before separation.
We are authorised to state that the Merchants' Bank of New here is now a readiness to commence operations, and the Board of Directors will meet every Monday night for the purpose of discounts.
Salem notes two items. First, the body of Malentine Miller of Davidson County was found in a creek and the inquest ruled death by drowning as a self-inflicted act. Second, Captain Read faced a court martial for cruelty to a midshipman and received a one year suspension, approved by the President.
On Saturday John Whitaker a well known county man was fatally beaten near the city by Merril Miller and his son Levi. An inquest returned a verdict that Whitaker died from the blows. Merril Miller is in custody while Levi remains at large as Real Reg notes.
In Virginia probate records the late John Randolph’s will leaves Nathaniel Macon a set of silver candlesticks a silver punch ladle with whalebone handle silver tankards with crest engraved hard metal dishes and plates bearing the crest the option to choose four of Randolph’s best mares and geldings the gold watch by Roskell Tudor’s with the gold chain and a blessing naming Macon as an exemplary man.
A New York Evening Star letter from Kingston dated June 22 reports Jamaica in alarm due to the insurrection of the emancipated slaves known as apprentices. Daily trials of the supposed murderers are noted as part of the ongoing upheaval.
The event at the Morest Institute promises a lecture by Stan Fuselaw Speiches on the Fit November date. Anneal Nuits is scheduled to deliver the program before the Philomarch, with Edo as a contributing participant.
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