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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1842
Page
1
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State of Carolina shows a Superior Court equity term where Demp y Taylor and others petition to sell lands for partition among heirs of Reuben Taylor and related kin. Defendants not inhabitants ordered to appear at Tarboro courthouse on the next term, else default. Test. LNORFLERT CMR
The Globe notes the Treasury statement of December 23 1841 and March 3 1841 shows outstanding notes were overstated. It argues the debt on March 3 1841 was 38,379,059 86 and the debt on December 24 1841 was 314,725,085 07 after redeemings not yet entered.
The piece denounces Van Buren for curtailing estimates only in words, accusing him of no real retrenchment after 1840. It contrasts Whig promises of reform with scant budget cuts, noting only occasional small reductions in 1842 and criticizing the gap between campaign vows and practice.
A column criticizes inflated appropriations for Surveyor General offices and state agencies, noting large increases for Wisconsin Iowa and Florida, plus pay hikes for Army and Navy. It condemns repudiation in Mississippi and reports Ohio and Maryland staunchly opposing it. The article highlights rising fraud in US cities and calls for accountability.
William Wiley, a New York City justice of the peace, was tried and found guilty in connection with a spring bank robbery in Virginia that netted fifty thousand dollars. His lawyers plan to file a bill of exceptions.
Dr C C Edlday of Yukon City Mississippi travels to Washington City to seek a patent for a perpetual motion machine. The device is described as operated by condensed air and capable of condensing air itself according to the Whig of that place. dial. Reg.
Army paymaster Elbert Herring was arrested in New York last week for withholding 35,000 from the government. He was held to bail at 50,000.
A memorial to the New York Legislature notes the railroad earned nett profits of 238,857 dollars per year on capital over the last five years and requests the Legislature to limit fare to two cents per mile.
The Court of Criminal Sessions quashed the proceedings by the Grand Jury against Biddle and others connected with the United States Bank. The matter will be brought before the next Grand Jury, as was generally expected.
On the 24th ult in Somerset county near Salisbury six miles, Isaac Hastings his wife daughter niece and a black man were murdered in one house, which was then set on fire and burned. A quantity of specie was known to be in the house, and robbery is believed to be the motive.
A Jefferson resident reports that Robert Cunningham of Jefferson County was killed Thursday evening by a enslaved worker who shot him in his room as he read. The accused faces trial today with no proof needed for conviction, per the report in the Lucianah Republican.
The Revenue Cutter seized two schooners off New Jersey in the Hudson, tied to a Mexican government supply plan against Texas. Authorities include a Parxtian thirty pounder and six eighteen pound carronades, crewed by Mexicans and Americans, with accidental mentions of officers aboard.
Judge Mulanphy fined bar member F W Risque repeatedly for refusing to take seat. Next morning Risque attacked the judge, struck him and disheveled his hair. The judge drew his sword cane. Risque drew a pistol. County Marshal Kennerly intervened and restored peace.
A French inventor in Poland described by the United Service Journal has devised a horse shoe that covers the entire hoof with a smooth base, requires no nails or screws, is very light and cheap, and is reportedly gaining use across Russia after receiving a fifty thousand rouble prize from the Emperor.
The Alton Telegraph and Review editor reports from Springfield that the Auditor's office has no official record of bond amounts or numbers. Information must be gleaned from reports periodically made to the Legislature.
Indiana report by Noah Noble reveals startling frauds against the state and massive losses under the late Fund Commissioner. The document portrays bold crimes and unprecedented financial mismanagement in the state’s fiscal history.
Bishop Smith states that Kentucky has four hundred Baptist meeting houses, one hundred Presbyterian houses, twenty Roman Catholic churches, and twelve Episcopalian establishments, reflecting broad denominational presence across the state.
A provocative remark envisions all white babies under five in the United States gathered together. The speaker questions the scene and whimsically imagines the noise of a mass spanking and the demand for sugar plums to quiet them.
The article states that 34,000,090 females are employed annually in Massachusetts factories and manufactories producing straw hats locks and related New England goods. It notes about 10 990 females work in the woolen factories and roughly 24,000 in other Woolen and related industries.
The Mercer Chronicle reports a reconstructed case from Lena's Ridge where a roaming organ player disappeared after staying overnight with the brother of a suspect. Evidence links the man to a murder scene with blood signs and a hoard of specie and bank deposit certificates, while a thrice questioned household reveals a hidden crime.
A wealthy county resident reportedly owns 60 pews in various churches: 17 Baptist, 7 Unitarian, 2 Trinitarian, 240 Roman Catholic, 9 Universalist, 6 Episcopalian, and 16 Methodist. At about $60 per pew, the investment yields roughly 11 percent, described as unusually profitable.
A concise observation likens modesty to saltpetre for a robust woman, implying it imparts a blush of whiteness and helps preserve purity. It frames modesty as a preserving influence on character.
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