09 Dec 1837
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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1837
Page
1
The text appears as a garbled OCR passage describing a weekly issue at a press named Taphoraiwush, with references to advertisements and rates. It mentions lines to be inserted at specific sections and the need for payment, but the overall content is unclear and contains many misspellings and missing words.
A garbled excerpt presents romantic imagery and lost lines about memory and love. The text references a long journey across beautiful landscapes and a requir ed return to a beloved, with obscured spelling and inconsistent phrasing throughout.
A sallow, bent cobbler trapped in a grim pension of law and luck recounts a long, comic legal Odyssey. He speaks of debt, wills, caveats, probate, and a drawn out chancery case that drained his fortune while he remains a simple cobbler. Sam listens, grows sleepy, and both drift into sleep.
One married Charlestion lady, aboard the Home steamer bound north, reported daily visions of shipwrecks and the fateful voyage. She urged her husband to sail on the new steamer Eiowe, and soon after the couple and their family perished, as warned by her foreseeing apparitions.
A New York Star excerpt muses how a grim philosophy aims to shape the soul toward a fearsome conclusion. It argues that the universe and history are already etched, with clear limits, leaving the future’s mysteries to be read in the shadows of the past.
The New Haven Herald reprints Professor Olsted’s notes on the 18th November meteoric shower observed Monday before last. Eight observers tracked four sky quarters, the full moon hampering visibility to brighter meteors. 226 total meteors counted, most radiating near Leo’s head, and activity peaking after 3 am. Sun spots and zodiacal light noted, with eight sunspot groups seen and over sixty distinct spots resolvable. Death by self, a coroner reports Henry Weaver, city messenger to the Vic Governor, found dead due to self-inflicted debt, leaving a final letter blaming financial strain and pledging family support from God.
Fragmentary line mentions seeking God’s protection for children in a local context. No clear event, date, or named entities available to extend.
Louisa Wallace of Raeford county sued Dr John Sappington for breach of promise of marriage. The case occupied the court for the past week and the jury returned a sealed verdict on Monday morning. The Chronicle reports a verdict of 5600 dollars for the plaintiff.
A Philadelphian in Florida reports Osceola and other chiefs, with about six hundred saviors under his command, have sent word to General Jesup that they will keep fighting till sunset.
A New York Journal of Commerce letter claims the ship Nestor carried 212 passengers to New Orleans. Of those, 162 died before October 4 primarily from Yellow Fever, and on October 9 only ten survivors remained. The Nestor departed New York on August 25.
An Indiana notice reports a marriage on October 5 between widower Wirothy Green, about 50, and Julia Jacobs, his second wife. The bride is about 20, and Green is noted as her eighth husband with all prior spouses reportedly living except one. The source calls for more history of Julia Jacobs and her multiple marriages.
The Montreal Vindicator, a leading opposition journal of the insurgents, is reportedly to be transferred to Burlington, Vermont. A volunteer corps has been raised in San Juli n.
Mr. S. Glackburn died on the 6th inst in Williamsport Tennessee from a severe skull fracture caused by a blow with a loaded whip during a public quarrel with Mr. Edmond Hale. The whip’s bat penetrated three inches into the brain. Hale is held on a $2000 bond.
Gen Rob Y Hayne, president of the Louisville Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company, formally applied on the lithograph to the Tennessee Legislature for banking privileges and state subscription financial aid.
A fragmentary note mentions The Grape Vine in Ohio and a gentleman near Cincinnati this season with unclear context and incomplete details about timing or event.
Half an acre of Isabella Cape and Colanhs grapes is raised, enough to produce 700 gallons of wine valued at about one thousand dollars. The estimate indicates significant quality and potential market value for the crop.
The splendid statue, crafted in Italy by sculptor Carlo Riel of Carraca, was placed on its pedestal behind the Portico on the 26th. It depicts Washington seated in a fieman toga and armor, raising his right hand as he speaks, with his farewell address table in his left hand and sword at his feet. The gift cost $14,000, a tribute to Mr. Hagan.
The Secretary of War directed discontinuing the practice of selling spirits to Indians on the frontier and forbids giving liquor to United States troops at the posts.
Philadelphia Gazette previews the trial of John Lovans against the Westerchester Railroad Company. Jury awards the plaintiff 5500 dollars for injuries from the defendant's driver's carelessness, signaling potential liability and safety concerns for rail lines.
An incredulous man, urged to magnetise a nervous cat for proof, witnessed the animal wag its tail, knot its own tail, mew in distress, and wake after commands, convincing him of animal magnetism per the Y. Star account.
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