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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1835
Page
4
A lyrical praise of a guiding angelic figure aiding a lonely soul. The verse expresses that without this mercy a person would lose warmth and purpose, likening life to a sunless world. The tone is reverent and tender, emphasizing kindness as essential to existence.
Captain Smith reports from Montevideo that in early December a mulatto sailor aboard the U S Schooner Enterprize attempted to destroy the vessel by placing firewrapped coal in the powder magazine. The plan failed as the materials were discovered and removed, leaving the crew at their stations and the mulatto in the boat nearby. Com Renshaw later held a court martial over the suspected man aboard the Natchez Ontario and Erie were also at Montevideo.
The report lists provisions and cotton bales for the Colony and plans to send manufacturing implements to enable colonists to work in a House of Industry. It notes a replacement for the Colonial Agent position, with Dr Ezekiel Skinner taking over duties once a successor is found. A Natchez gentleman frees about twenty slaves with funds for Liberia settlement. Also mentions Alden C Montfort’s forged check case tied to alcohol and gambling influence. Baltimore railroad rioters’ sentences include Murphy to be hanged and Coil and Gallagher to serve eighteen years with solitary confinement first year.
The corvette Cyane, captured with the frigate Constitution in the last war, filled with water and sank on Monday night while lying off the Warren at the Philadelphia navy yard.
A Boston woman regarded as highly deserving of aid was committed to jail after being found drunk. Police secreted fifty dollars on her person as part of the incident.
The Virginia Legislature approved a half million dollar subscription to the James River and Kanawha improvement. The Richmond Enquirer lauds the project as fulfilling patriotic hopes, creating a fast, economical connection between the James and Ohio rivers and uniting the eastern and western waters.
A well written letter book titled Code of Manners urges extensive circulation. It argues for polite conduct, good behavior, and social responsibility, presenting guidance in a concise, quotable form meant to influence public manners across communities.
The article outlines age based etiquette for young women advising on appearance behavior and social conduct through ages fifteen to nineteen, urging vivacity modesty and flirtation. It closes with a report of a Holliston, Massachusetts man named Rice killed when a small swivel gun burst after he loaded it with powder and snow in the muzzle.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports southern cotton yarn from Petersburg Virginia, produced by slave labor, is selling cheaper than eastern New England yarns. Southern buyers are satisfied with profits and expect a tariff to become popular in the South as well as the North.
Reports from Jamaica via Norfolk through December 24 describe a calm island, with order restored by vigilant stipendary magistrates and improved public security. Local authorities emphasize stability and peaceful conditions in the wake of recent unrest.
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