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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1842
Page
2
In the Senate a Treasury plan to form a Board of Exchequer faces doubt with Mr Mangum denouncing it and no Whig ready to defend. Democrats oppose. In the House the tariff question dominates, with no clear end in sight as debate continues.
The General meeting of stockholders of the Bank of the State was held at the Banking House in this City yesterday with Gov. Morehead presiding. Directors elected for the present year include Duncan Cameron William Boylan John H. Bryan Alfred Jones William Peace Charles Manly and George W. Mordecai. A unanimous resolution approved the President and Directors handling of the bank’s affairs over the past year.
The Trustees of this institution met at the Executive Office in the city with Gov Morehead and other notable members. The faculty reported improved morals and punctuality. a commencement is planned for June. A correspondence about a mineral collection from Vienna was read, praising the cabinet of minerals. A horrid attempt to assassinate Rev Josiah Crudup occurred as he read the President’s Message. he fired a musket at intruders after a rifle shot narrowly missed him.
A Virginia legislative vote on Bank Resumption indicates a push to force specie payments. A Scott resolution to relieve banks from 12 percent damages set to apply after January failed 65 to 61. Also reported is a city man who recovered money after a letter promised to help and yielded more than lost.
The Episcopal School property in this vicinity was sold Monday the 6th instant after advertisement. No other bid appeared. A trusted church friend, aiming to restore the fund and align the buildings with their original design, purchased the property for the amount of the original purchase money plus back interest. The property will be leased for five years to Rev. Albert Smedes, a successful rector of a female school in New York City.
The Methodist Church at Milton in Caswell County is offered for sale to settle the remaining balance on the church building. The sale action aims to discharge the debt tied to the erection cost and restore financial clarity for the congregation.
The challenge to run four mile heats over the Union Course Long Island for twenty thousand dollars aside with one fourth forfeit has been accepted by Fashion supporters. The race is set for the second Tuesday in May next, the 10th.
James W. Vinson of Wayne county was killed the other day under barbarous circumstances by William P. Jernigan, per the Coroner’s report to the Executive. Jernigan has eluded lawmen and is thought to have escaped. The notorious Robert Potter, formerly of this State, has been elected a Member of Congress in Texas.
In the North Carolina swamps health remains high among workers despite heat and wet fields. A Dunbar family at Alligator Lake has 52 white members and only Whooping cough once. Also, the steamboat Savannah foundered off Cape Hatteras with several lives lost as four boats rode out the storm.
A clash erupted on the Capitol steps after a fight in the House last Saturday involving Messrs Has kell Whig and Rowles Locofoco. Two or three shots were exchanged on the 29th, causing no serious injuries.
The Oxford Examiner notes a loathsome disease appearing along the Roanoke edges of Mecklenburg and Warren counties in Virginia with one or two cases near Woodworth's Store in Granville. Containment measures have been implemented to prevent further spread.
A feared smallpox outbreak appeared along Roanoke River near Mecklenburg County Virginia and Warren North Carolina. Reported transmissions include a sick boatman and goods carried by a pack peddler. About forty people were affected before containment steps. Hospitals were erected and river traffic halted with mail service cut off from the infected area. The outbreak lies near Granville about 24 miles from Oxford and Woodsworth’s store.
One case reported with two others in hospital thought diseased. Robert Reed is convalescent after an attack, Johnston and Mrs Hendrick suspected victims with Johnston reportedly dead though hoped not true. Letter from Woodsworth suggests progress checked. Warns against pack pedlars and urges exposed residents to avoid gossiping to distant friends.
Distressing accident reported from Iredell county where Thomas Willford age about 22 died after a tree he was chopping while husking corn with companions split and felled catching him beneath its trunk. The fatal blow fractured his skull and caused instant death, according to the Salisbury Watchman.
Thomas J. Davis, once a stage driver, died last Thursday morning after an apparent decline. A coroner's inquest found death caused by intemperance. He was described as quiet and honest but habitually indulgent in drink, losing employment and relying on a neighbor's shelter and support. Greensboro' Pat Town Mercury.
A twelve year old black boy, property of Mr. Ratcliff, died after a rifle mishap two or three days ago. He found an old barrel with lead in the breech, tried to melt it out, held the loaded end to his head, and the charge exploded. He was struck above the eye and died within hours. The incident is reported by the Wilmington Chronicle.
Two sons of Jonathan Reid drowned crossing McAlpins Creek after a night of rain swelled the ford. The elder, a promising student at Reverend Cyrus Johnson’s Classical school near Providence church, had nearly finished his course in preparation for college. The younger brother left home the evening before to travel with him. both were thrown from their horse during the crossing. Hats appeared first at the ford, prompting neighbors to search. the elder’s body was recovered Saturday evening and the younger’s on Monday.
A Phiten vessel from an unnamed port carried enslaved people to New Orleans. Slaves mutinied killing the agent for two owners and wounding the captain and crew. The mutineers forced the second mate to Nassau where most slaves were freed. 19 leaders were jailed at the American consul's request. New Orleans papers accuse a Baptist preacher Bourne, from Norfolk or Richmond, of inciting the act.
A fragment notes that certain people are not present in Eastern Virginia unless visiting, referencing Richmond as the location. The text suggests a cautious mention of geographic presence without confirming affiliations or roles.
The Cincinnati Gazette notes pork prices have climbed despite an average of four thousand hogs daily driven to market since cold weather began. The best quality pork now brings $2.23 per hundred weight as demand grows from Eastern buyers converting Western debts into produce for foreign markets to escape fraudulent bank currency.
Fayetteville market reports a quiet week aside from two droves of hogs selling for 450 to 5 per hundred pounds. The hogs were from Johnston county.
At the residence of Dr. Benj Boykin in Sumpter county Alabama on the tithult Mr Clemmons Darden formerly of this place
A subscriber has determined to remove and will sell at private sale on Tuesday January 11, horses, mares, hogs, cows, corn, and farming utensils. Also a general assortment of bed and superior household furniture.
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