Survey and land notices prompt railroad and public land items
The item lists actions on a Greensboro to Fayetteville and Gaston railroad survey, mentions Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Company, and allocates state instalment shares. It notes votes in favor for Eringhaus Waters Perrell Haywood and outlines swamp and public land questions, including Nags Head. The record reflects state financial claims for military service and proportional rights where Congress has not appropriated public land funds.
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Board of Internal Improvement
Greensboro
Fayetteville and Gaston
Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company
John C. Eringhaus
Joseph H. Waters
Dave Perrell
Raleigh Register report on last day of session
The Raleigh Register notes the state legislature adjourned after fifty one days. It lists killed bills and resolutions including creating an agent in Macon County and expanding survey and sale of Cherokee lands, plus turnpike and railroad survey resolutions and the addition of proceeds to the Literary Fund.
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Senate
Macon County
Trent River
Yadkin and Columbia Rail Road Company
North Carolina Central Rail Road Company
Neuse River
Davidson
Orange
Cumberland County
Literary Fund
Raleigh
Hillsboro
Greensboro
Board of Internal Improvement
Salem
Fayetteville and Western
Fayetteville and Western Road
Federal Whig Abolition Pleadings Stir North Carolina
From the Raleigh Standard reports James T. Morehead presented two Guilford abolition petitions to the North Carolina Senate. One copy was shown. the other was withheld. The piece accuses Federal Whiggery of aiding Northern abolitionists and urges action to end slavery. An amendment by Reid to approve senators’ abolition votes was said to be rejected along party lines, with Federalists blamed for aiding federalism. A Richmond fire description follows.
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Raleigh Standard
North Carolina
James T. Morehead
Guilford
Senate of
Peririon
Society of Friends
New Garden
Guilford County
General Assembly
Norhan Menpessatt
Reid
Rockingham
Congress
Senate
North
Fire destroys Eagle Tavern and several shops
A large blaze consumes the Eagle Tavern and near half an acre of stores including the Apothecary Store of Mr A Duval and Lottery Office of Messrs Clark and Hoyt. Loss exceeds 150000 dollars with insurance under 50000. Fire authorities suspect arson.
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Eagle Tavern
A. Duval
Messrs
Clark and Hoyt
Putney
Booth, Regnault and Drew
Carrboro Subscription Notice for The Republican
January 1839 notice urges subscribers holding papers for The Republican to forward them to the Washington publisher so the paper can begin operations early next month. It calls on subscribers in the state to act promptly to ensure delivery.
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Republican
Washington
Congressional documents thanked to Brown Strange Stanly and Bynum
The note expresses indebtedness to Senate members Brown and Strange and House representatives Stanly and Bynum for several congressional documents, signaling formal acknowledgment from the publication.
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Messrs. Brown and Strange
Senate
Stanly
Bynum
House of Representatives
Ad dress Adopted by Democratic Republican Legislators
The last Standard notes an address adopted at a Raleigh meeting of Democratic Republican members of the Legislature held in the Senate chamber on the 2nd inst. The item promises its insertion in the next issue.
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Senate
Raleigh
Captions of Laws and Bloc Notes in Recent Assembly
The article catalogs laws passed and bills not matured by the recent General Assembly. It notes the Assembly stood out for Democrat opposition amid Federalism and three colored banners of Federal Bank Whiggery. It calls for rebuke of alleged trickery by Republican Whigs and State Rights factions before the next election.
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General Assembly
Congress inaction and stalled public business criticized
The Senate passed acts including anti counterfeiting measures and rail duties relief while the House delays decisive action. A Globe report laments hours wasted, noting numerous public bills on the Speaker’s table unreferenced, prompting accusations of neglect and obstructed governance.
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Senate
Stanly
Atherton
House of Representatives
House
House of Representives
New Lamshire
Abolitionists and Whigs Debate in House Obstruction
The piece decries in the House a wide, useless debate as abolitionists and Whigs, including Southerners from the Potomac region, seize the moment during the Committee of the Whole on the President's Message to vent vituperative declamations, neglecting national business and policy. It names Wise, Prentiss, Bell as leading figures in the obstruction.
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House
Wise, Prentiss, Bell
Senators and North Carolina resolutions clash in Senate
The Globe reports the Senate faced debate over plain and intelligible resolutions passed by the North Carolina legislature. Federal Whigs oppose instruction while Brown and Strange defend their duty as Senators. Mr Clay’s stance on instruction is criticized as misrepresentation. War news notes Santa Anna in Vera Cruz and French actions at Sacrificios.
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U.S
Senate
General Assembly
Oey
Brown
North Carolina
Messrs. Brown and Strange
Clay
Kentucky
Federal Party
Messrs. Strange
Africa
France
Mexico
Laguira
Peru
Vera Cruz
N. O. Bulletin
Late from Europe Royal William steamer Liverpool dates
A brief maritime transmission reports the latest dispatches arriving aboard the Royal William from Liverpool, updating observers on European developments. The note references arrival timing and the vessel’s late departure, with emphasis on impressions of the voyage and distant events.
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Europe
Royal William
Liverpool
Broad summary of markets and rumors from December newspapers
The note covers sharp advance in the grain market and cotton sales up to December 7 and again to December 14 with firm prices. English funds fell due to Canadian news. Large purchases of American stocks at higher prices and heavy shipments of manufactured goods to this country are reported. War rumors about Russia and mobilizations at Cossack ranks surface, with Austrian and French armies said to be observed on northern frontiers. Petersburg cotton steady at 12 to 124 cents. various prices for corn pork and turpentine noted in Washington markets.
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Canada
London Morning Chronicle
United States
Bank of England
Great Western
Russia
England
Richard Cain Marries Jinsey Loubgood in Halifax County
In Halifax County on Thursday evening a marriage was performed by L B K Dicken Exq. Richard Cain wed Miss Jinsey Loubgood in a local ceremony.
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Halifax County
L. B. K. Dicken
Richard Cain
Jinsey Loubgood
King Geeliche’s Matchless Sanative Cures Astonish Europe and America
A fragment notes a legendary remedy called King Geeliche’s Matchless Sanative praised for astonishing cures across Europe and America, highlighting its claimed global impact and acclaim in medical circles.
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King Geeliche
Europe
America
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