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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1838
Page
1
The Tarborough Press outlines subscription terms at two dollars fifty cents in advance or three dollars per year. Advertisements priced by square inches with first insertion one dollar, plus twenty five cents per additional inch. longer ads charged by proportion. Rates increase twenty five percent for court orders and legal notices.
President Van Buren warns citizens against aiding invaders after uprisings in Canada and reports from Col. Worth on Prescott landing of arms and the invasion’s costly end. Officers describe a drawn battle near Ogdensburg as 400 troops and gunboats arrived and regulars enveloped the land side. Frontier communities express shame. authorities prepare for possible further actions while comforted by courteous cross-border contact. The text notes exhausted troops after five days of hard weather.
The Globe from Canada reports mixed grief and horror as Col Worth’s dispatches reveal Canadian invaders at Prescott were routed by locals who urged aid yet treated the invaders as pirates. The piece warns of responsibility borne by Canadian refugees and their supporters in this country.
Excerpt laments actions urging youths toward self destructive deeds harming the country and alliance with a friendly power. It appeals for public shock at the wickedness of such attempts and urges citizens to reject deceit and misleadership while expressing frustration at ongoing provocations.
The piece rails against butter monopolists who bought 16 000 firkins at low prices and sell in small samples at high prices. It argues for lifting duties on foreign butter and cheese to curb monopolists who profit from the suffering of the poor, suggesting bread and butter is most economical for hungry children. It condemns monopolizers in flour fuel and essential goods and urges relief in Orange county.
The North Carolina General Assembly assembled in Raleigh on November 19, 1835 in the 63rd year of independence. Forty six Senate members appeared, credentials were filed and seats taken. Milson and Joyner led the Speaker nomination with a viva voce vote listing numerous senators supporting Wilson and others.
The North Carolina Senate fails to choose a Speaker after multiple ballots and adjourns. Col. Joyner wins later by a narrow margin over Col. Wilson, with 22 to 22 and two scattering votes, as clerks are appointed and further ballots pursued.
In the House of Commons assembled in this city on Monday the 19th, 112 members appeared and credentials were checked. Kenneth Rayner nominated William A. Graham of Orange for speaker, with M Hoke of Lincoln added to the Democratic Republican ticket and a Federalist slate led by Wm. A. Graham.
The assembly named Mr. Graham Speaker after a majority vote and listed absent members. Charles Manly and E. B. Freeman were reappointed principal Clerk and Clerk assistant. James Page was elected principal Doorkeeper, with Anderson chosen as Doorkeeper's Assistant afterBalloting adjourned to Tuesday morning for further proceedings.
The governor addresses the General Assembly about public duties, praising prosperous times yet warning that heavy tariffs and a deranged currency have harmed the nation. He traces causes to 1816 to 1828 tariff growth, Bank of the United States role, and the 1836 crisis, urging permanent, practical policy and stability to prevent renewed distress. He notes credit strains, interstate trade disruption, and the transfer of wealth from many to few.
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