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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1841
Page
1
The Tarboroush Press by George Howann publishes weekly at two dollars and fifty cents per year in advance or three dollars for any period under a year. Ads under a square cost one dollar for the first insertion and twenty five cents for each continuation. Court and judicial ads cost twenty five percent higher. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
The New York Express and New York American discuss government borrowing as both state and federal financing options. Treasury notes face limited demand due to six month terms, though banks still buy them. Debates reference Van Buren era policies, with Whig and Democratic positions on public loans and government finance.
A Philadelphia letter dated August 5, 1841, reports a panic among holders of United States Bank notes. Discounting has surged in three to four days from 18 to 23 percent, with few buyers. Brokers sometimes buy at less than 25 percent of currency or 28 for specie.
Managers of the Bank and retainers claim it will pay all debts and leave capital, but public funds flood the market as deposits are withdrawn. The Journal of Commerce cites bank officer defalcations, warning of moral decay fueling vast financial losses and reputational damage from the revulsion.
Sidney Weller reports successful feeding of silk worms at the Brinkleyville establishment. He notes 20 to 30 bushels of cocoons killed with camphor, lime sprinkled daily, and praises lime as a cheap method. Vineyard yields grapes for ten to twelve barrels of wine at two dollars per gallon. plans to share grape varieties and wine making process later.
Dr George J Taylor a young physician of Newbern North Carolina has treated a severely disabled black man about 21 who was left crippled from infancy. The case featured club feet contracted knees a crouched spine and a spasmodic tendency. Using modern muscle division techniques the doctor straightened the limbs and within two months the patient could stand and speak with ease with hope for full recovery ahead.
The St. Louis Argus reports a large movement of Indians, negroes and mixed-race people from Florida positioned along the borders of Arkansas and Missouri, signaling a significant security and frontier anxiety at that time. The notice highlights regional tensions and demographic shifts near the frontier.
From Fort Leavenworth a report says about 600 enslaved people from Florida Choctaws Cherokees and some whites and a few Indians gathered west of Arkansas to hunt buffalo. Dragoons from Fort Gibson attacked the entrenched camp near Red River after cannon and infantry support broke the fort. The deserters fled as the Dragoon charge collapsed their works and captured the entire group. The engagement secured the frontier. dragoon bravery and tactics were praised. The informant did not provide exact Dragoon losses.
The St. Louis Republican reports that residents of Illinoistown opposite St. Louis formed a vigilante group to purge a gang of gamblers pickpockets and burglars. They demolished gambling gear and forced the proprietors and guests onto a ferry to St. Louis.
A Liverpool recruited 16 year old girl sailed as Billy Stewart on the Algonquin from Liverpool. She performed sailor duties aboard, then crews suspected her sex. Captain Turley moved her from the forecastle to steerage and she adopted female clothing. Described as a destitute girl seeking friends in America.
A Cincinnati man claims a new ink to prevent bank frauds. He jokes that to be effective, presidents must be headed in hogsheads and soaked a week. An earlier Bank of England secret ink failed against water.
The Albany Advertiser reports H Rawls & Co of Albany have prepared philosophical apparatus bought for missionaries in India. It notes the Brahmins’ ban on animal use creates conflict with natural science in spreading Christianity and highlights efforts to reconcile science and faith.
The text sketches a contrast between scientific observation and religious dogma, mentioning a missionary using microscopy to reveal life in water and referencing Brahmin beliefs about eclipses. It alludes to suppression of prejudice and the reception of religious truth, with garbled phrasing from an OCR extract.
A pretense paper claims a youth of 15 in 1724 France faced a tyerillrys punishment for a nine year term. In 1824 a related case notes a man in good health after severe hardship, discharged at age 40. The text is garbled and names or clear details are unclear.
Mr Pitot Aghos of near Savannah died after a runaway horse threw him to the ground while he sat beside the horse with both legs on one side. His wife, the sole eyewitness, rushed to aid but could not save him as he expired in her arms.
New Orleans July 23 sentence of Won Hl Williams an individual found guilty in Alabama for bringing twenty four slaves into the state. He is to forfeit the slaves be fined 12000 dollars and imprisoned until payment of costs and fines.
In Richmond on Thursday evening cabinet maker Robert Harris and printer James McDermott fought while intoxicated. Harris stabbed McDermott repeatedly, slashing throat and chest as bystanders did nothing. McDermott later died, with surgeons unable to save him. Nearby, a cart accident on the South Bank of the Basin killed the driver and another person. The Rev. Mr. Bagans of Philadelphia was convicted of larceny in the Sessida Court for coercing a wife to steal money for him.
The Cincinnati Chronicle editor analyzes six decennial censuses since the Constitution’s adoption. He notes US population rises by about 34 percent each decade, doubling roughly every 24 years, enabling a near forecast of 23 million for 1850. Regional variation shows New England grows at a different rate.
The excerpt notes unequal growth rates between free and slave populations in western states, with slave numbers rising and free numbers growing more slowly. It argues that if these trends continue, slavery could vanish in the region while the black population concentrates along the Gulf of Mexico and the Southern Atlantic within half a century.
The Norfolk Merald reports visitors at Ol Point Com fot witnessed the crew of the Delaware 74 at anchor about two miles away. A regular fight with Nak cartridges was conducted, cannon fired from all parts of the ship, while musketry rattled from the tops and quarter deck. The spectacle was as powerful as it was terrifying to onlookers unaccustomed to such sights.
In Portsmouth Ohio a gang attacked a dancing party breaking windows and stabbing several people. Henry Stamshorn, an undefended German, was killed by a wooden club. Suspects fled but were chased by sheriffs. three were captured and jailed.
The London Magazine reports the Bishop of Exeter warns that Unitarian and Universalist ideas spread rapidly in England and may overturn the national church. He urges reunions with large dissenting churches to defend against a common enemy, favoring Methodists as aligned with his views and renaming Dissenters as Separatists to soften reproach.
The Bite of a Snake article notes a simple remedy using a piece of Adam the size of a hickory nut dissolved in water and swallowed. It claims repeated trials on humans and dogs with universal recovery and mentions planters keeping it ready in their pockets for rattlesnake bites.
An 1841 Tarboro advertisement touts Dr Peters' Vegetable Pills as a mild yet powerful remedy for cholera morbus dysentery nausea and bowel torpor. It claims universal satisfaction claims scientific basis and broad popular adoption. Pills sold at the Post Office and Printing Office in Tarboro.
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