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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1837
Page
1
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A fragmentary old poem depicts the Winds as mighty yet unseen agents of Liberty. It envisions their boundless flight across mountains and seas, their ever changing forms, and their role as instruments of the Almighty. The speaker calls on readers to reconcile fear and awe with divine will guiding wind and fate.
Extracts from a private letter attributed to the late President, printed in the Globe, argue against the Whig portrayal of changed views on a National Bank. The text asserts a policy of gold and silver coin, minimal government banking, and avoiding entanglements with commercial interests to prevent mercantile aristocracy.
The letter praises Executive Government for resisting bank influence and supporting a plan to separate revenue handling from corporations. It argues Treasury drafts on deposits are constitutional, warns against Treasury notes, and highlights a vast plumbago find noted by Professors Olmstead and Dewey.
An article notes English reports of Borrowdale mine exhaustion and asserts Raleigh area may yield plumbago. It presents an extract from a North Carolina Geological Report prepared for the Legislature, aiming to confirm the claim and provide authoritative details.
The Richmond Wing reports Guinea Negro longevity with Africans among the longest rivers in southern latitudes. Jimmy, an African enslaved by Mrs. Margaret Marshall in Nottoway county, died at about 140 years, believed by his mistress to be that age. Jimmy kept a key, trusted as a sentinel, and claimed to return to his ancestral land after death.
A colonial-era notice describes a female slave aged one belonging to Mr. John Craig on Keowee river Pickens District. Since age seven she allegedly changed from black to white with a delicate transparent complexion on neck, chest and shoulders, eyes not pink, and not an albino. The Columbia Times notes this is not the first such case of Ethiopians changing hue.
A man wearing a false bosom marked H. C. K. Gannett is accused of eloping with the young wife of Mr. Babbin of Sarre Mass. The incident is noted for its oddity and social intrigue, prompting questions about patriotic single ladies who might have been targets in that place.
The St. Louis Republican reports that on a Wednesday night three well dressed men and three equally dressed women boarded a steamboat at the St. Louis wharf and seized part of the cabin. They were discovered around 1 o'clock when the crew confronted them and took them all.
A Louisville Journal remark condemns a wave of lynchings in which women are striped one by one at the capstan, each receiving a hundred blows with the rope’s end. The piece laments the supposed age of chivalry returning and signals public horror at such acts.
The Athens Whig reports an attempt to poison a wedding party at Mr. John Harris’s home in Morgan County Georgia in late July. Thirty six of forty guests fell ill from a dressing mixed with poison and the cook is suspected while all recovered. The New York Star is cited.
A countryman named Mason was pulled by an elephant at a western state circus. After removing a straw from the elephant’s mouth, he was hurled about ten feet to the ground. He survived about five hours. The keeper gave his widow forty dollars.
Utica observers recall the abolitionist gathering at a former headquarters and a clash near Genesee and Seneca streets. A fight between a black man and a white man ended with the black man biting off his own lip while attempting to bite his foe’s nose.
Florida Herald recounts the Yemassee tribe once powerful in South Carolina and Georgia. After near-extermination they moved to Florida near St Augustine under Spanish protection and later to the interior. A Seminole tradition tells of Yemassee survivors perishing on an Everglades island, save two. Jumper and Alligator claim descent as last representatives.
A Plympton man descending cellar stairs slipped and was caught by a nail protruding from a plank. The nail pierced his nose as his weight pulled the head through, leaving him briefly suspended but without serious injury to the proboscis.
An Irishman accidentally broke a pane of glass in a house on Queen Street and, trying to disappear, found himself in trouble as Pas. across the street approached with authorities, prompting an orderly but urgent response from local officials.
In a scene from Edinburgh, the proprietor seizes a man by the collar and accuses him of breaking a window. The reply admits the act and reveals the money is being hurried home to pay for damages.
The Chicuzo Democrat warns visiting ladies from the East not to rush engagements after arrival. It advises them to look around a little and consider options before forming any arrangements for their benefit.
A girl laments a cold and hip discomfort while a friend reframes the issue with a quip. Obadiah advises avoiding the chaps near the lips, turning the complaint into a humorous moral.
In Findlay Hancock county Ohio on August 29 a well drilled by Richard Wade Jr produced water gushing in torrents. A crow bar strike ignited the water which burned like alcohol, sending a thunder like roar and shaking the ground for hours. The blaze rose five feet above the surface and burned puncheons atop the well. The boiling water continued afterward.
The Hon. Levi Gilman, a Missouri Supreme Court justice, has married an Indian princess raised in Theodore Davis's Gibson's Creek household. Daughter of Fox chief Black Bear, Lydia is described as witty, attractive, educated in New Jersey, fluent in French, and projecting a Pocahontas-like royal lineage for Missouri.
Mrs Hartwell of Lunenburg accused her husband Timothy H Hartwell of an unlawful intercourse with their daughter, a sixteen year old. The notion of six months danger and threats preceded her report, and Hartwell fled upon learning of the complaint.
A man was brought from Milford to Fitchburg under charge and bound over for trial at the next Common Pleas in Worcester in the sum of 1000 pounds. Lacking security, he was committed to the county jail. While in Fitchburg, he attempted to hang himself with a handkerchief but was rescued by night warders. Pennsylvania paper.
The Hempstead L A Enquirer reports a Sunday church incident where a young man, jealous of the choir leader, loudly sang rival tunes and argued with the choir. A gentleman calm approach restored order and church services resumed. Also noted is the Morris and Essex railway locomotive by Seth Boyden, claiming 60 to 70 mph with passenger protection from sparks.
In front of the Camden Post Office on the fifth, Bronson proprietor of the Camden Journal clashed with Eldridge Brown Express Mail agent. Shots were fired at about five paces and Brown was killed instantly.
A 17 year old boy leaped from the mast head of a sloop about 60 feet high at the foot of anal street. He climbed the mast calmly smoking a cigar, fell into the water, and swam to the wharf as 1200 people watched. The incident occurred Wednesday evening at four o clock.
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