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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1838
Page
1
The Tarborough Piress outlines pricing for annual and short subscriptions with payment in advance or on expiration, notes ad rates and penalties for extended or abbreviated placements, requires ads be prepaid or confirmed, and directs letters to the Editor be mailed to be attended.
London papers to the 24th and Liverpool to the 26th are received in New York. Commerce reports cheering trends with cotton rising nearly one penny per pound in the ten days to November 22. Ashes and tar improved, turpentine dull. The British Parliament opened on November 15 by commission. on the 20th Queen Victoria opened it in person and read the following.
Speech by a lord addressing the assembly about foreign relations and peace. He notes assurances from powers, plans to maintain harmony, and hopes to advance subjects’ interests through peace. Mentions Spain’s civil war, treaties with Peru and Bolivia, Lower Canada, Civil List reforms, and budgetary discipline. Calls for orderly expenditure, reform measures, and relief for the poor.
In the House of Commons Lord John Russell announces plans on December 13 for bills to sustain the Irish poor and regulate municipal corporations while reform measures for Ireland and Lower Canada are set for early debate. The sovereign urges impartial justice and asks Parliament to co operate with loyalty and wisdom.
Eye witness accounts describe the attack on the steamboat Curative traveling from Buffalo to Schlosher with 45 to 50 on board. Five armed boats bearing British troops attacked during the night, killing several and wounding Captains Handy King and Applebee, who swam to shore after serious injuries. The engineer escaped.
Eyewitness accounts describe a brutal ambush aboard the Caroline as it neared the falls. Bayonets pierced a 12 year old cabin boy, sabres arced through the crew, and the ship was set ablaze and destroyed in the river. Witnesses recount a savage, indiscriminate massacre with murderers armed by pistols muskets and axes while mockery and shouts rose from the attackers.
A Philadelphia family aboard the steerboat Buffalo prepared for departure when the four year old daughter wandered away and fell overboard. The father, unable to swim, cried for a rescuer as the mother despaired. A local boy, about twelve, sprang into action to try to save the child.
In a dramatic rescue, a young boy plunged into icy water to save a child submerged in thirty feet of water. He retrieved the child and handed it to the mother, then refused any compensation for his brave act. The incident drew praise from onlookers as a display of quick thinking and courage.
The Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens passed resolutions saying slavery in the United States is not a moral evil but a civil and domestic institution to be meliorated by Christian instruction. The Augusta Synod of the Presbyterian Church declared slavery a civil institution, void of legislative authority, urging open assent to that view.
A 19th century letter from Columbia postmaster details the sinking of the Flat in the Wateree River. Sixteen enslaved people and four mules drowned, with twenty four negroes aboard the flat previously. Names include James C. Duby and John Whitaker. The Express Mail Carrier delivered the sad news yesterday evening.
A note records the sudden death of Alderman Peters wife, just after his sister's marriage at his house. She felt ill after the ceremony, rested, and died. The piece laments the coincidence and mourns a beloved domestic figure amid a large circle of friends and family.
The commissioners Judge Buchanan and Gen. Emery report to the legislature that they have negotiated six millions with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company on terms prescribed by law to procure the eight million loan.
The Jacksonville Gazette reports Mr Oakley has obtained a one million dollar loan in New York for Illinois internal improvement funds, bringing total to two million dollars for the object this coming season. A late Public Works meeting directed contracts to build 260 miles of railroad across the state in the next six months.
The Delphi Oracle reports praise for President Van Buren noting better crops, weather, health, fewer disputes, and more weddings since his administration began. It claims record calm and prosperity compared with any prior period since creation, urging continued gratitude and good conduct.
A bill to establish a Tennessee State Bank has passed the House of Representatives. It provides for a five million dollar capital, with a principal bank and five branches. The measure lays out structure and distribution of branches across the state.
Lill’s provision allocates millions for internal improvements with 1.4 million to East Tennessee 1.6 million to Middle Tennessee and 1 million to the Western District. Thirteen hundred thousand dollars are set for the Hiwassee and Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Roads. The Legislature reacted with great excitement as the bill passed 38 to 36.
The South Carolina Legislature adjourned and resolutions praised Texas emancipation from Mexico, hailing its admission to the family of independent nations. The text states Texas joining the American Union would benefit the confederacy on fair terms and international obligations.
A Globe correspondent reports the Presidents proclamation has spurred a strong commercial surge. Cotton rose to a decent advance with 3000 bales sold at higher prices while the stock market recovered modestly. Specie continues to decline and is near par, signaling a shift from earlier months.
A Pennsylvania case before Judge Fox last week held that a black man had no right to vote in the state. The decision raises questions about voting rights and civil liberties in the era.
Canada reports about 600000 residents in Lower Canada with 480000 of French extraction. Upper Canada counts 400000 inhabitants, primarily British in extraction.
Wa Thompson, hotel proprietor, confronted a drunken 17 year old Mississippi man Charles Stewart who then drew a pistol and shot B. D. Boyd in the abdomen. Boyd is dangerously wounded and Stewart is jailed awaiting the wound’s effects.
The Whig reports zero hogs slaughtered in Cincinnati Ohio during the current season, while Covington across the river tallies at least 19,000 hogs. The figures reflect a disparity between the two localities.
A printing press is reported en route from London to the country with capacity to print six thousand sheets hourly, signaling a boost to local publishing capacity and production speed.
A case pending in the Court of Common Pleas at Ipswich Massachusetts involves several lawyers and about one hundred witnesses. The dispute centers on ownership of a card of slabs valued at three dollars, with costs to date over $1500.
A man rushed toward a northern city pill manufactory crying Hallo Jim and declaring he had taken to boxes of fashionable pills with directions and was about to swallow the agent to see the effect. The tale appears in the Picayune.
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