Election Returns From Pitt Beaufort Hyde Tyrrell and Morehead
Raw totals show Morehead leading Henry for governor across counties Pitt Beaufort Hyde Washington Tyrrell and Edgecombe form a 3rd Congressional district with Hodges and Williams strong in Beaufort Hyde and Washington. Overall 1842 state vote shows Morehead 36434 Henry 32266 Republicans gain seats while one Whig county loses.
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Pitt County
Morehead
Henry
Senate
Moye
Adams
Commons
Joiner
Foreman
Forbes
Ward
Benj. Selby
Beaufort
Hodges
Williams
Allen
Clark
Rodman
A. Grist
Hyde
A. Shanklin
C. G. Spencer
John Jordan
Israel Brooks
Selby Watson
J. G. Jarvis
Washington
Joseph C. Norcom
Tyler Whig
D. C. Guyther
A. W. Swanner
Mo d. Sau
Senate and House Majority Projections Across Counties
The Raleigh Stand reports that Carteret and Jones counties remain, with Yancey in the Commons unsettled. Rumor places Carteret and Jones for the Senator, yielding a Senate majority of about two seats, and if Yancey aligns with 1840 voting patterns, a 20 seat House edge on joint ballot. Morehead leads by 4163. eight counties left could reduce that by 5 to 600 votes.
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Carteret and Jones
Senate
Yancey
Commons
Carteret
Raleigh
Senate lays on table adjournment joint resolution
The Senate has laid on the table a joint resolution passed by the House to adjourn on the 22nd instant. The House has referred the veto message to a select committee of 13 members for consideration.
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Congress
Senate
House
Federal tariff bill ends in a stillborn outcome
The Federal majority after nine months yields a still-born tariff and an inquest may be needed. Debates center on whether the extra session lawmakers or the President who enforces the law caused the failure. The compromise and distribution acts are cited as guiding the big tariff, with disputes over duties above twenty percent.
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Congress
Federal tariff clashes spark veto and political brinkmanship
The piece argues the tariff and distribution acts provoked Executive vetoes, leaving Congress and the party united to adjourn without passing new legislation. It claims Democrats in Congress would revert to the 1840 tariff levels plus extra session duties to fund government, while Republicans push for manfacturerial bounties over revenue. Documents from the Globe reflect this factional struggle.
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Congress
Adams
Senate
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Federalists Dissolve Ohio House Over Redistricting
Twenty eight Federalists in the Ohio House resign to block a quorum and defeat a districting bill. They argue the plan fair ensures equal districts and preserves counties, while the move aims to cripple Democratic state representation at the next Congress. The piece links the act to broader federal efforts to disenfranchise Democratic states.
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House of Representatives
Ohio
Onto
Senate
House
Missouri
Georgia
New Hampshire
Congress
Letter from Col Benton to Detroit Friend Published
Col Benton writes a letter to a Detroit friend, excerpts published in the Democrat. The publication notes the personal dispatch as an insight into Benton’s views and activities, reflecting ongoing political discourse of the era.
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Col. Benton
Detroit
Democrat
Philadelphia City and County voters reject nomination
A quoted statement asserts the speaker refused a presidency nomination from Philadelphia citizens and county residents and publicly supported Mr. An Muren, distancing from the People for the Presidency. The remark emphasizes personal autonomy and a formal endorsement.
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Philadelphia
An Muren
Rowdy House Debate Sparks Disorder in Assembly
An exchange paper reports a tumultuous session on the 12th with a proposal to curb discussion. Mr. Andrews objects as Mr. Stanly floods the room with shouts. A heated exchange ends when Mr. A warns Stanly to stop or face consequences, then the matter is dropped. Beacon.
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House of Representatives
Andrews
Stanly
Mr. S
Mr. A
Beacon
Public Stock Sales Reported in Baltimore and Petersburg
A public sale in Baltimore last week cleared United States Hank Stock at two dollars six and a quarter cents per share. In Petersburg Virginia a sale of 20 shares of Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Stock brought two dollars fifty cents per share.
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United States
Hank
Baltimore
Petersburg
Virginia
Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road
Shocco Springs Attendance At Pleasant Watering Place
A gentleman reports a large, mixed company at Shocco Springs enjoying the waters. He praises Mrs. Johnson’s efforts to please guests and hopes for generous patronage she deserves. Reg.
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Shocco Springs
Johnson
Fatal stabbing affray in Leachville involving Dixon and Bishop
An affray in Leachville on Thursday between William K. Dixon and Samuel Bishop left Dixon dead from a stab wound to the abdomen. Dixon survived about 36 hours after the injury before dying. Bishop has been jailed to await trial at the next Superior Court.
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Walliam KK. Dixon
Samuel Bishop
Leachville
Dixon
Bishop
Washington
Rep
Horrid Murder in Cabarrus County Involves Blacksmith Kisor
A brutal fatal stabbing occurred Friday in Cabarrus County at Allen Bost's home. James Russell of Mecklenburg died minutes after Mark Kisor attacked him with a knife following a grave grudge. A $250 reward is offered for Kisor, described as about 30, 5 feet 10, blacksmith by trade, with dark hair and skin, and rascal-like features.
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Cabarrus
James Russell
Mecklenburg
Mark Kisor
Allen Bosts
Kisor
Russell
Bosts
Russel
Carolina Watchman
Bankrupts: Supreme Court decision on Ziegenfuss Case
Report of a Supreme Court decision in a bankruptcy matter Ez parte John Ziegenfuss. An application for a writ of habeas corpus to discharge custody was granted July 22, with a petition filed May 13 seeking admission to the Bankrupt Act. Creditors were notified to appear September 1 to oppose. A capias ad satisfaciendum had arrested him after the petition. The judge referred the case to the Supreme Court for final authority.
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Supreme Court
Ez Parte
John Ziegenfuss
Battle
Wake County
District of
North Carolina
Wake County Court
Bankrupt law hearing ends with exemption denial for applicant
In a hearing before the judges, Mr Badger argued the case for the applicant. The court held that a voluntary petitioner seeking bankruptcy relief cannot claim an exemption from arrest merely by filing the petition and notifying creditors, before any decree declaring bankruptcy. The applicant was remanded to sheriff custody under the writ referenced in the return.
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Badger
Battle
Ral. Register
Distressing Accident in Iredell County Claims Young Lady
A severe accident near a Camp Meeting in Iredell County on Saturday July 23 killed Yeates a sixteen year old girl. Traveling with a brother in law and another lady the mule ran away throwing her from the carriage. Her head and neck were crushed trapped between the carriage and a tree she died instantly.
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Iredell
Yeates
Yeaes
Carolina Watchman
Tax levy proposal for state debt in Pennsylvania adjourns
The Pennsylvania Legislature adjourned after passing a bill requiring county commissioners to levy an additional one mill tax on real and personal property including stocks bonds and mortgages to fund the states interest on public debt. Proceeds are first to domestic creditors, with amounts estimated from half a million to one million dollars annually, insufficient to cover interest due to the multi million debt. Raleigh Star.
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Pennsylvania
Raleigh Star
Tennessee Legislature Calls For Resignation Of Members
The Nashville Banner reports Whig members of the Tennessee Legislature urged to resign with nearly all Democratic members having agreed except four. An unprecedented scene would unfold with an entire legislature resigning at once. In a separate note, the cap stone was placed atop the Bunker Hill Monument on Isreed's Hill, completing a granite column begun nearly twenty years ago to commemorate the first battle of the American War of Independence.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Bunker Hill
Isreed’s Hill
Boston Mercantile Journal
Response to the Tarbury Temperance Pledge in 1842
A partial poem from the Tarboro press letters signed by a careful subscriber who refuses to join the re organized Tarbury Temperance Society. The verse laments the pledge while praising the cause, warns of leaders with selfish aims, and states the writer’s past pledge and candor despite the social pressure to abstain.
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Tarbry” Temperance Society of
Ma. Puesipenr
Roanoke
John Campbell
Weldon
The Swallowing of Trust in Society Poem Fragment
A fragment lamenting restraint and the perils of reform, warning that zeal may lead to corruption within groups. It notes a conservative stance against new movements, citing danger in free speech and societies, with a satirical voice about moral posturing.
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Philo-Sober
Fragmentary Civil War Era Vigil Texts Describe Societies
A fragmentary historical line surveys tensions among groups described as the Mor mon Society and the Abolition Society of the North. It alludes to violence and bloodshed linked to church institutions across ages, portraying a charged, polemical scene.
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Mormon Society
West
Abolition Society of the
North
Market Prices in Washington August 18
Corn wholesale three dollars per barrel. Bacon sixty four and seven tenths cents. Lard sixty four to seventy cents. Naval stores new dip eighty two thirty five, old one dollar ninety. Scrape seventy cents. Tar fifty one ten. Fish shad sixty four dollars seven?. Herrings cut two dollars seventy five to three hundred, whole two dollars twenty five to two fifty.
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Washington
Naval
Col Battle Named Brigadier Candidate in 5th Brigade
The militia announces Col. B. D. Battle as a candidate for Brigadier General in the 5th Brigade of North Carolina Militia following Gen. L. D. Wilson's resignation.
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Col
B. D. Battle
N.co. Militia
L. D. Wilson
Forestville
N. Carolina
L D. Wilson
Bridgers’s
Tarboro
Williamston Wednes’y
Jackson
Crowell’s
Walker’s- Daniel ’S Crenshay
N.C. Milili
Joshua Barnes Named Candidate for Brigadier General
Col Joshua Barnes announced as candidate for Brigadier General in the 5th Brigade N C Militia. The Halifax Republican will publish the notice until the election and forward the account to the office.
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Joshua Barnes
N.C
Halifax Republican
Tarboro Female Academy Reopens Under Miss M. Ragsdale
The Tarboro Female Academy will reopen on the first Monday in October under the continued superintendence of Miss M. Ragsdale. Terms remain as before. August 16, 1842.
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Mys
M. Ragsdale
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Mr. Henry
Judge Saunders
House of Commons
Franklin
Tarburo’ Press
Tarborough
New York
Tarboro’ Female Academy
District Court of the
U States
Edenton
Sideriher
Sparta
John F Hughes
Edgecombe
Brouche
Northern Make
GEO, Howard
Urboro
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