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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1841
Page
1
The Tarborougsh Press lists weekly publication at Tea Ballers and Ffy Cerots per year with advance payment options. Subscriptions under a year priced at twenty-five oats per month, with advance payment for distant residents. Advertisements up to a square cost one dollar for the first insertion plus twenty-five cents per continuation. longer ads and certain notices priced higher. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
The 1840 advertisement promotes Dr William Evans’s Soothing Syrup to soothe teething pain and prevent convulsions in infants. It details mouth irritation, swollen gums, excess saliva, and fits, claiming the syrup opens pores, eases pain, and prevents fatal convulsions. It includes a testimonial letter and agent names with address in New York and other places.
The act provides funding for Congress members and delegates, Senate and House officers and staff, and incidental expenses. It also authorizes payments to state messengers, compensation for conveying electoral votes, and adjustments related to the census and Department of State duties. Approved December 18 1840 and January 14 1841 by M Van Buren.
The act clarifies that the prior 1839 measure abolishing imprisonment for debt applies to all processes from U S courts. It specifies that if a state already abolishes imprisonment for debt, such practice must extend to federal court proceedings, as approved January 14, 1841.
An act revises the 1839 law to permit certain marshals assistants who had not completed returns to finish enumerations before May 1, 1840 and for marshals to file with the Secretary of State before June 1, 1841. It preserves penalties for late returns and limits entries to inhabitants of the district on June 1, 1840. The act also broadens the section on printing aggregates to include pensioners and related statistics and fixes procedures for the census of pensioners.
A joint resolution directs presenting one copy of the Library of Congress catalogue to up to three hundred universities colleges athenaeums and historical societies in the United States and to the American Antiquarian Society. Approved January 14 1841.
The National Intelligencer cites Mangum alleging Jackson’s backers sought war with France to force a third term. The Globe rejects these claims as false, detailing Jackson’s insistence on treaty execution or war, aided by Adams, Clay, and the House. It critiques Mangum for misrepresenting Webster and praising Clay’s supposed secret influence.
The Vermont Legislature recently enacted a law governing runaway slave claims. It requires a jury verdict, imposes penalties for kidnapping on re-arrest or removal, and imposes bonds and costs on claimants. The state attorney general may issue subpoenas without charge, and bond amounts include 500 dollars, 2 dollars weekly support, and 100 dollars to the allegedly enslaved person if the claim fails. Also penalties for unlawful removal of an alleged slave from the state.
During the past year 6,412 men enlisted across the nation. Total money advanced for this service amounted to 356,474.36 dollars, with all but 8,145.95 dollars accounted for.
A historical reflection notes 1740 and 1840 as era markers with dramatic political changes worldwide. Mentions upheavals in Europe Asia and America, monarch deaths abdications, England’s royal upheavals, Napoleon and Louis Philippe, and shifts in Americas independence and new continental discoveries shaping future centuries.
The Presbyterian Advocate reports that Rev. Thoas S. Kendall, a respected minister of the A s s o c i a t e Church, was served and feathered or reading and explaining the letter of the Associate Synod on slavery to a congregation in South Carolina.
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