Opposition to extravagant government spending and taxes
A political piece argues against lavish appropriations and urges reducing the Treasury surplus by cutting receipts rather than expanding expenditures. It insists on lowering duties, restraining public agents, and maintaining economical governance to avoid wasteful wars and needless projects, noting retirement of Indian titles and costs of recent campaigns.
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Treasury Bank
Congress
Mississippi
United States
Kidnappers Suspected as Travel Details Emerge
A Democrat report from Columbus Georgia describes a traveller, named Tate, who brought a negro boy to a hotel room and secured a bed for the night. The pair left by morning and days later a sheriff pursued a man accused of stealing a slave from Merriwether. The traveller’s description matched the kidnapper.
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Uwe Columbus
Geo
Democrat
Tate
Merriwether
Unclear pursuit ends with transfer to mulatto girl
A fragment notes a pursuit leading to Columbus where a man named Mr Tate is taken prisoner and a boy Ned is handed to a strikingly described fourteen year old mulatto girl.
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Lowed
Columbus
Mr Tate
Ned
Election Returns Show Dudley Majority and Assembly Shifts
Returns from 37 counties give Governor Dudley a margin around 10,000 votes. Democratic and Republican gains in the General Assembly tally 13 to 16, with gains and losses listed for Senate and Commons members. Totals include Sheriff and local races, with Orange County noting Republican gains of 3 seats and a close race for ex Senator Mangan. The total poll stood at 805, and final results will be published when complete.
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Dudley
General Assembly
Nash
Senate
Samuel L
Arrington- Commons
Ford Taylor
Toth
Arcing Wn
JU. Drake, Jr
F.taylor
Gen
Tl. Blount
James Kicks
Sherif
Wm. W. Bryant
Hardy Tisdale
Martin
Jesse Cooper
Latham
Carnavoris
Raleigh Roebuck
Piemas H. Phillips
Las
Smithwick
Fed
Sueriff
Bertie
Branch
John Freeman
Orange County
Mangan
Supreme Court Decisions Noted in Raleigh Register
Among recent Supreme Court decisions, the Raleigh Register reports on notable rulings and directs the lower court to proceed to judgment in State v Hathaway from Edgecombe.
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Supreme Court of
Raleigh Register
State
Address of the Democratic Republican members of late Congress
Attention is invited to the Address of the Democratic Republican members of the late Congress. The document argues the true issue is Bank or No Bank with reestablishment of the Bank of the United States and presents explicit views on Abolition, urging attentive consideration for the country’s republican institutions.
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Congress
Treasury Bank
Noonal
Bank
United States
Secretary to receive bids on Smithson fund stocks
The Treasury Secretary announces that the James Smithson fund of about half a million dollars will be received this month for investment in state stocks yielding at least five percent per year. Proposals are invited from holders of such stocks for sale, under the 1838 Act.
Bank Purchases First Bond For Par Value
The U S Bank bought the first of its three government bonds due in 1839 at par, not millions. The third bond, due in 1641, has also been negotiated.
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U.S. Bank
Bank loan pledge to Texas government stated
The United States Bank has engaged to make a loan of five million dollars to the Government of Texas for twenty years, with an understanding or accord guiding repayment and terms.
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United States Bank
Texas
Bank notes deemed current in Pesas for cotton consignments
Fragmentary text indicates the notes of a bank are to be current in Pesas and used to credit consignments of cotton to a bank in Liverpool. The passage mentions ibid. and suggests a financial arrangement or transfer of credit between entities, with emphasis on currency and shipping of cotton.
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Liverpool
Banks of Charleston and Columbia to resume specie payments
The Banks of Charleston and the Commercial Bank of Columbia have determined to resume specie payments on September 1.
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Banks of
Charleston
Commercial Bank of Columbia
Resumption of Specie Payments by Ohio Banks
The Columbus Register reports that Ohio banks held a convention and resolved to resume specie payments on August 13. This reflects a coordinated financial move across the state capitalized by key banking leaders and followed by other state banks.
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Ohio
Columbus Register
Growth of passenger demand on Wilmington and Raleigh line
The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad reports rapidly rising passenger applications and inability to accommodate all. The company is extending facilities, adding six coaches and sixty horses, to speedily serve those who prefer this route. The new steamer The Governor Dudley is hourly expected in Wilmington.
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Wilwington & Raleigh
Dudley
Wilmington
Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Fatal Incident
The Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road reportedly ran over a Black man near Mrs. Little's area Sunday evening, crushing him to death, per the Par-sent report from Parrenton.
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Raleigh and Gaston
Death notice of J S Raborese of Prankto county
The melancholy death of Mr J S Raborese of Prankto county is recorded after a mule accident near Louisburg. Found barely conscious, he was transported to the city and laid to rest by a large circle of friends. He was about 72, known for temperance, integrity, and staunch principles, living quietly and pursuing his own duties.
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S. Raborese
Prankto County
Louisburg
Alligal
Drought Worsens Across Regions With Grasshopper Plague
The drought grows extensive from New England to Maryland with patches of rain soothing Virginia and North Carolina. A Jersey traveler reports parched grass and grasshoppers devastating buckwheat and oats, likely halving yields. A soaking rain soon would be worth millions to protect fall crops, otherwise many harvests may be light or fail.
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New Engeland
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
North Carolina
N.Y
Resumption of Specie Payments by Banks
The Thirteenth of August marks a memorable day in U S financial history as banks resume specie payments. Banks at Richmond plan to commence paying specie that day and their branches will follow, according to the Norfolk Herald.
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United States
Richmond
Norfolk Herald
The Exploring Squadron Readies for Sea Departure
The Exploring Squadron is prepared to sail with today’s fair wind. Officers are aboard and optimistic, aiming for peaceful scientific triumphs rather than grim warfare, believing a bad start may lead to a good end and foreseeing success in their expedition.
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Exploring Squadron
The Weather Highest heat records in climate observed
The Weather notes that the highest degrees of heat ever known in our climate continue to be observed, signaling sustained extreme warmth across the region.
Drought Remains Severe with Hopes for Rainfall
The article notes continued light abatements since July first and a drought threatening corn crops and kitchen gardens. It cites massive cloud cover yesterday as a sign of imminent heavy rains. Some say this summer drought is unprecedented, yet not as bad as 1830.
Election injury in Bertie as cannon misfire wounds Blount
The Edenton Gazette reports Jacob Blount, a Bertie Whig supporter, severely wounded by a premature cannon discharge after victory celebrations. Arms were amputated below the elbow, his face and leg injured. His wife and five children were living as of Monday.
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Edenton Gazette
Money business shifts favor to the People at large
New York on August 11 reports incurrent money profits declining for brokers while public advantage grows. Small state bills from New England New Jersey and Pennsylvania near par with Western and Southern money improving. Domestic exchanges slowly rise especially for Louisville Cincinnati and Richmond as Western and Southern banks near resume draw specie from the city.
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New York
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Gen Taylor Returns From Okefenokee Front
A Tampa Bay dated letter from July 15 reports Gen Taylor expected back from Okefenokee in four to ten days. It says the enemy remains hostile and determined to fight to the last, killing messengers and those who advocate surrender. It notes popular Indians have been killed by their own people this summer. The St Augustine Herald on July 21 estimates about 400 Blackfoot warriors in Okefenokee swamp strongholds led by Coacochve.
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Plorida
Tampa Bay
Taylor
Okefenoke
St. Augustine
Coacochve
Texian Loan Rumor Moves Texas Future Prospects
Rumor claims the United States Bank has taken the Texian loan of two million dollars, a development said to have substantial impact on the Republic of Texas and its future prospects. The report rests on pretty good authority.
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Republic of Texas
Tts
United States Bank
France and Texas Amity Arrangements Near Completion
General Henderson the Texas envoy has nearly completed arrangements to conclude amity and commerce between France and Texas.
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France
Texas
Henderson
Gold production value in US mines over ten years
The total value of gold taken from all United States mines in the last decade is said to be thirty million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Notorious Lynching Exposes False Testimony and Vigilantism
A Mississippi mob lynched a white man based on a black woman’s claim of knowledge about theft. Parker, watching, cried the thief has the money, and was later found with the full sum along with the woman who testifed against the innocent man. The event serves as a cautionary tale against mob justice.
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Kosciusko
Mississippi
Parker
Exile from Society Sought in Anxious War Rhetoric
A fragmentary Louisville Journy piece depicts calls for harsh exile and divine wrath against foes, urging immediate punishment for imagined traitors and enemies amid wartime fervor. The language hints at prophetic strife and social ostracism in a period of political tension.
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Gog
Louisville
Bey
Lynch Law Seightens Public Outcry Over Brutal Crime
In a heated reaction the community gathered to punish a man for brutal assault on his wife, expressing that such acts deserve harsher penalties than the crime itself. Public outrage and calls for decisive action filled the crowd as authorities moved to restore order.
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le W.— Lee
Tie
Yaing
Infamous and inhuman act aboard the Merchant wreck
A Philadelphia reader recounts Captain Dy the she Henry Camerdon of Philadelphia rescuing several passengers from the Pulaski wreck and notes a Wilmington bound schooner merchant refused aid. The vessel’s captain allegedly justified by fear of catching up to the same port, painting him as a murderous monster. The Philadelphia Exchange urges Wilmington papers to publish the man’s name and infamy.
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Henry Camerdon
Phiphia
Wilmington
N.C
Jlis
Elizaly
Pulaski
Philadelphia
American sers convicted of treason in Upper Canada
News from Toronto reports sixteen persons tied to the rebellion at Short Hill were convicted of high treason and sentenced to death. Four Americans Linus Wilson Miller George Olney Norman Mallory and Wan Reynolds faced execution on the 25th with twelve Canadians to be hanged and quartered. The report condemns the act as barbarous and a reproach to civilization.
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Upper Canada
A4ews
Toronto
Mel Coly
United States
Linus Wilson Miller
George (Oley
Norman Mallory
Wan
Wan. Reynold
Sylvester
N.Y. Rey
Petersburg Market Prices Report
Petersburg market note dated August 10 shows no sales yet. Buyers bid 9 to 11 cents for prime corn. Floor price listed at 750 dollars. Hog round back prices quoted at 1 to 15 cents per pound. wholesale corn price 3.75 to 4. GO figures appear.
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Petersburg
Washington Market Price Ledger Note
Washington Market data for August 14 records prices for several commodities. Twice fine product shows $2.95, old price $1.90, scraps at $100, tar listed at $170, with Whig as the source.
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Washington Market
Whig
Norfolk Market Update for August 10
Cotton ranges from 1 to 104 cents and corn trades 73 to 75 cents. Late trading is dull with prices moving 8 to 9 cents.
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Norfolk Market
Deaths in Nash and Alabama families reported
Obituary notices from Nash County and Alabama list multiple deaths. Weeks P Headles dies aged 41 after illness at his Nash County home. Capt Francis Drake dies at 55 leaving a large family and friends. Filline Drake dies at 60 with neighbors and court mourning. Gr W Drake, formerly of Nash County, dies in Alabama aged about 95 leaving a wife and young children. The notices note deep regret and broad circles of relatives and friends.
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Weeks P. Headles
Nash County
Francis Drake
Filline Drake
Isle
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