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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1838
Page
1
The Tarborough ress announces a weekly edition priced at ten dollars and fifty cents per year when prepaid or at expiration for partial years. Monthly rates apply with notice required to pause subscriptions. Advertisements under a specified size run one dollar for the first insertion and twenty five cents for each continuation. Court and legal notices incur higher charges.
Senator Webster introduces a resolution seeking Treasury secrecy to examine payments by Boston port collector. Senator Strange defends the official, disputes alleged illegality, and argues against a United States Bank while praising the Sub-Treasury system. The exchange centers on bank notes, deposits, and potential corruption.
The speaker argues that public officers may lawfully issue checks on deposit banks when no other payment mode exists and that creditors may accept notes by voluntary arrangement. He contrasts this with warrants issued due to bank infidelity and urges a government system: receive and disburse revenue only in gold and silver, free from bank dependence.
The Cherokees receive an Extra from the Athens Courier reporting United States Commissioners Kennedy and Wilson and Superintendent Val Smith declaring the treaty will be enforced. The message refutes claims by the Cherokee Delegation and Rosspand, stating removal must occur by May 23, 1838 or be carried by force to the country.
An early month incident reports a base attempt to destroy the printing office of the Einaberh City Phessix by placing wood with gunpowder in the stove. The Phoenix publication suspended for one week due to the damage. no one was in the office at the time of the explosion.
Maine residents are accused in Georgia of abducting a slave. Georgia demands Maine's surrender, and if refused again, Georgia may alert all states, the President, and Congress. Maine’s next session may trigger a Georgia assembly to convene and chart future safeguards for Georgia’s rights.
An intelligent and esteemed friend has supplied a statement showing the results of an experiment with one of two steam dredging boats built to deepen Ocracock to Core Sound on the North Carolina coast, detailing the launch and initial performance.
A Baltimore report recalls a trial of a dredging machine by Messrs Watchman and Bratt. The apparatus, fixed on one side, pumped six cubic feet per bucket. In thirteen feet and six feet depths eight buckets were discharged per minute, about 28 cubic yards per hour, with expectations for higher output when operating on both sides. The engine is thirty eight horsepower, and the setup reflects local craftsmanship and rising fame of Baltimore mechanics.
The Bank of Albany and the Commercial Bank announce resumption of specie payments. Following their lead, all Albany banks have resumed redemption of their notes in specie, marking a return to specie payments in the city.
The Hempstead Inquirer reports a young lady’s exhumed body preserved in good condition. From her face and features sprouts of whitish grass-like filaments with small buds emerged, some plucked and shown to a local informant. The note likens other ancient mummies to dry soils and preserved fluids feeding cryptogamous growth.
Robbers in New Orleans devise a new street hoax by stringing a cord across the road on a dark night, tripping unsuspecting passers by and then pretending to assist them, while stealing all valuables from the victim.
On Saturday night the 9th at 10 o'clock a man on horseback called at the Central House in North East and sought the residences of Doctors James and Ephraim Smedley. After directions, he rode toward their homes, returned with a companion, and was followed by a carriage and horses belonging to a prominent county citizen, reportedly the president of the Fire County Abolition Society.
Citizens watched as a wagon seized by armed men carried six enslaved people from central Halifax area to Dr James Smedley's yard. A preacher, a captain, and locals aided the move while the horses were swapped and the carriage headed east. Slaves described as from Richmond Virginia may have been in flight.
In Louisville on Jan 5 Captain Clarendon E. Dix killed Clerk Owen Parker and wounded Treasurer M S Julian, then shot himself. Dix, once allied with Julian and Dix a longtime resident, died within hours. Parker left a widow and children. investigators note bank funds were untouched.
From Shreveport on December 24 the snag boat Shreve has nearly cleared the Red River raft, promising uninterrupted navigation 1500 miles upstream. Emigration surges. provisions command high prices as corn reaches two and a half dollars per bushel. Movers urged to lay in supplies before departure from New Orleans.
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