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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1838
Page
2
The newspaper announces a revised mail timetable with the change that the issue will now appear on Saturdays instead of Fridays, reflecting an alteration in the arrival and departure of the mails at the local post.
The article notes a shift in the Senate after Mr Wright's report and mentions opposition from the Richmond Enquirer editor who favored the State Bank system. It argues daily developments push the choice toward Sub-Treasuries or a National Bank.
A few shad were caught in the Tar River at Greenville on Saturday night. It is hoped these welcome visitors will soon make their way up the river to this place.
Relatives of the late Dr John Parker learn of the recovery of his body. Once missing under suspicion toward two enslaved workers, a postmortem showed accidental drowning while the doctor attempted a canoe crossing to his Pensacola Island plantation. Family solace comes from the finding that no violence was involved.
The Philadelphia Herald reports that a Saturday convention approved inserting the word white as a voter qualification, effectively excluding Negroes from voting. Northern citizens push a strong stance against abolitionists, with South praising the move as timely and salutary.
The Senate on the 25th passed Bentons bill to raise the army adding 62 artillery per company, 3 infantry and 5 dragoons. engineers may reach 21 officers. House on the 24th debated a partial 1838 Indian hostilities appropriation, Wise amendment cut, and bills moved to the House. Abolition of slavery in DC and Texas annexation petitions flood both Houses. Clay submitted abolition resolutions asserting state control over domestic slavery and congressional noninterference.
The Senate declares petitions to abolish domestic slavery in the District of Columbia should be rejected. It notes cessional good faith forbids abolition there without compensation and urges unity. It also says abolition in Florida is unwise, per compromise, and condemns agitation while reaffirming attachment to the Union.
A resolution in the Kentucky Legislature recommends Henry Clay as a suitable presidential candidate and proposes leaving the final decision to a National Convention. A large Cincinnati gathering of General Harrison supporters, chaired by Judge Burnet, adopted an address and resolutions requesting a June convention in Pittsburgh.
At Guilford Superior Court Henry Humphreys owner of Mount Heela Mills was indicted for issuing Due Bills in violation of acts prohibiting small promissory notes. Convicted, judgment reversed by the Supreme Court, which ordered a venire de novo. The opinion notes the act treats issuing passing or receiving notes as a circulating medium instead of coin as indictable.
The note as substitute for money is key to the offense and must be averred in indictments. A new trial followed defects in indictment and proof. The court rejects constitutional objections, affirming state power to regulate currency and curb fraudulent paper issues.
An aged desultory fragment references Colton Fayetteville Petersburg and Liverpool with measurements and declines, attributed to an Aal Star source, leaving unclear context and full meaning.
The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad stockholders held their annual meeting in Raleigh. The old board of directors was re elected without opposition and resolutions to extend the road southward were unanimously adopted. The work progresses rapidly with ten miles to be used in March and forty eight miles to be completed by the first of duty or sooner. The remainder to Raleigh is under contract with many workers employed.
George Dailey of Richmond Virginia was examined for robbery and committed to jail for the spring term of the Superior Court. In Capt Guion s Hotel Osbourne and Garnett chased a robber from their third floor room to the Parlour leading to his capture. A pocketbook and two rolls of cash were recovered with about 125 dollars missing possibly burned.
A young well dressed man of about 22 to 25, a house and sign painter, was found with money showing fire damage. He carried letters to Mr. Garnett, likely recommending his work. He had only been in the city a week and may have learned of Garnett’s room during visits, prompting temptation.
The Virginia Editors met in convention at Richmond on the 17th with Separa Thomas Ritchie as chair and Wm. M. Slackford as secretary. Seventeen presses were represented. Committees were appointed to report on subjects. The event fostered social intercourse reducing political prejudices. A February 1839 convention was planned. C. F P. Hill of the Wilmington Advertiser attended as a guest.
A North Carolina map of Cherokee lands surveyed by Col. R. Beaver shows 1 393 tracts totaling 210 592 acres in five quality classes. Estimated state revenue at minimum prices is 91 791, though fertile mineral-rich land could fetch far higher sums. Sale begins first Monday in September at Franklin Macon County under two commissioners.
Secretary of War Poinsett issues bulletin condemning Army interference in party politics. It reprints orders banning use of government cannons for any partisan celebration and urges strict adherence to military discipline and neutral conduct by officers.
Militia numbers reported to Congress in 1836 amount to 1 339 091, with North Carolina at 64 415. A New York small bill law banning issues below five dollars was repealed. Banks now pay specie with The New Bank Mechanics and City Bank active in handling specie, while Middlesex Bank of Boston appears in the snippet.
Report notes Commonwealth Bank doors closed and business suspended, with former president Mr Simpson said to owe about 250,909 dollars. Mobile branch of Alabama Bank shows 340,910 dollars in bad debts. Supreme Court of Louisiana hears Solomon Andrews trial for defrauding a bank director of about 450,000 dollars.
A locomotive on the Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad ran off the track about 12 miles from Richmond. Three cars were crushed and the engineer is severely injured with life despaired of. The report notes the casualty as a fatal incident with early details available.
On Monday evening citizens of the Fery hose district were alarmed by a loud cry. A colored man named Hammone was struck with a brick, fracturing his skull. Two white men, Frederius Jones and Allen Rowell, were arrested and committed for trial. There is little hope Hammond will survive. Fayetteville Observer.
The Eliza & RG arrived in New Orleans from Tampa Bay on January 11 with 131 Seminole Indians and Negroes under U S troops guard. Fort Cling attack reports were unconfirmed. The Tallahassee Floridian notes Creek fugitives in West Florida may have surrendered, led by Coa ha go and Stephen Richards, with about 70 Indians at Walker's Town on the Apalachicola River.
Canada reports patriots abandoning Navy Island, dispersing after Gen. Van Renssalaer’s arrest. Gen. Scott and British forces nearly clash along the river. Barcelona steamer passes after a near-attack. Detroit fears war spread. Bois Blanc and Sugar Island camps disperse after brutalities. In Texas, the Mexican invasion is only a cattle protection pursuit. Texian militia reorganizes. Rusk named Major General. Houston revokes land scrip sales with a $150 minimum per acre.
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