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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1836
Page
1
A fragmented verse piece contemplates life and death, piety and doubt. It ponders the journey's dreariness, the extinction of lights, and warnings of storm, yet upholds the steadfast protection of the righteous against ruin.
The President and heads of departments yesterday laid the corner stone of a new city on the Virginia shore of the Potomac, linked to Washington by a bridge. The project aims to be a major commercial hub, navigation for large ships, and a gateway to the Ohio and Chesapeake regions. Thousands attended a masonry parade and military display as George Washington Park Custis spoke to applause. We will publish the proceedings if provided.
The Richmond Inquirer reports Jude Philip P. Barbour declines the Georgia Nullifiers’ vice presidential nomination. He cites two reasons, a personal one and a higher political consideration, saying he cannot place himself to oppose the party he has long served and whose principles he upholds.
The New York Sun reports that revenue collected at the Custom House in New York during the quarter ending September 30 last is not less than prior figures. The note suggests steady or improving receipts amid ongoing customs activity.
The document notes receipts exceeding $5,472,642 for the quarter, more than double the amount of the same quarter in 1834, and more than half of the total secured for the whole year, highlighting a sharp quarterly rise.
The bill before the Tennessee Legislature requests 500000 dollars for state appropriations 300000 dollars for Nashville and New Orleans Rail to the Western Railroad Company 1500000 dollars to contract a road from the Nashville and Orleans line to the eastern edge of the state 750000 dollars for a Charleston to Cincinnati line via East Tennessee and 300000 dollars to the Atlantic and Mississippi line totaling 3350000 dollars. Question raised about funding sources.
An advertisement calls Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road stock open for subscription with already $160,000 locally and $200,000 in Raleigh raised. Expected early February start and over 50 miles of road plus a Roanoke Bridge at Gaston. The line may reach Warrenton Lewisburg Oxford with broader southern connections, boosting commerce and stock dividends.
Fragmentary political exhortation urges unity and support for Rip in his undertaking. The speaker claims the company will command premiums similar to major roads in the state and urges a long push forward with a strong collective effort to aid Rip.
The piece reports Governor Marcy of New York backing strong action on abolition and urges the Legislature to pass penal laws to stop residents from seeking protection of state laws while aiding insurrection or treason in a sister state. It critiques Whig speeches and emphasizes the governor’s claim of legislative power to curb such activities.
A Rev. Mr. Stouts, while praying to deliver a lecture against slavery in Northfield New Hampshire, was arrested by a constable and confined to await trial before a justice of the peace under the vagrant act.
A Sunday night burglary at Col John G. Colley's shipyard off Wide Water Street and the Custom House lot saw 25 tool chests broken open and contents stolen. By Monday nearly all the property was recovered from a wooden building on Rothery's Lane, linked to a three month resident hosting a flying-horse circus for depraved crowds.
A man was taken into custody by the police and brought before the Mayor where he underwent a brief examination and was committed to jail according to the Norfolk Herald.
A shipment of fourteen blooded horses, mares and fillies from Liverpool aboard the Caledonia Brander, Capt. F. P. Dewson, was landed at City Point with no accidents. The animals are quartered at O. P. Hare’s New Market Race Course as plans for a full list of names and performances are prepared. The undertaking is praised by the press as a landmark effort by Virginia gentlemen to improve US racing stock.
In a neighboring village a man was tried for stealing a wood saw. He claimed it was taken as a joke. When asked how far the joke extended, he said about two miles. The magistrate declared that was carrying a joke too far and committed the prisoner.
A three day old female infant was found at 104 Bedford Street and taken to the Alms House, named Sarah Ledford. A woman named Eliza Glack, wife of James Black, admitted the baby’s baptism pretext and that her husband took the child away, leaving her distressed and under investigation.
Mr. Ocran Clapp of East Haupton Massachusetts, long feeble, returned at night from an anti slavery meeting when a snow storm overtook him and he froze to death in a field along the road.
Report recounts the first duel in the United States, in 1681 New England, between two servants whose quarrel led to a so called honorable duel. They fought furiously then left the field unscathed. Puritan authorities arrested and bound them hand and foot for twenty four hours without food or drink.
A Boston Mercantile correspondent claims that applying hot bees wax to affected feet will cure corn pests. The method is described as simple and effective when heat tolerance allows.
In Monroe county a Miss Hudson, an indigent orphan, won a slander verdict of 400 against a widower named Dewell. He had proposed marriage she declined, then published accusations of theft to harm her reputation. The Balance of Lockport reported the late term ruling and the defendant offered no substantiation at trial.
A southern newspaper describes Alligator Sink as a notable local landmark among many familiar places. The account emphasizes its rustic character and longstanding place in regional lore, reflecting community memory and regional color.
A vivid scene describes the barrens in Florida crowded with monsters. When they ascend ten times from hidden recesses, the circle fills like a tub of eels, illustrating an overwhelming surge of these creatures.
The report states there are now 46 Baptist churches in Michigan Territory, a rise from about five or six two or three years ago, indicating rapid expansion of the denomination as settlers organize new congregations.
An Intelligencer writer named lacitus surveys global religious distribution. He estimates humanity at 774 million, below common figures of 800 million to a billion. Christians 260 million, Buddhism 206 million, Mahometans 100 million, Kalimanism 70 million, Judaism 4 million, all others 140 million. Christians split into Catholic 139 million, Greek Church 2 million, Protestants 9 million. Mahometans divided between Omar and Ali sects. Buddhism mainly in China and Japan. population total for Asia-Pacific may be higher than stated. Baltimore Amer.
The juice of the Tomato vine is said to yield a superb innate green coloring used as a dye. It claims to produce shades from dark to pale green and, when mixed with other colours, forms a stronger base than any other vegetable dye.
St Augustine reported fierce conflict as Seminoles declared war. Burnings loom over deserted settlements and plantations. Henry Woodruff of Spring Garden killed for liquor use. his brother Joseph escaped. White planters abandon homes as guards tighten around Clinch and nearby volunteers.
Miss Amanda Sill of Bethany Genesee County New York perished after her clothing caught fire while tending a sick mother on the night of the 12th. She awakened her mother but help was unavailable and she died near a well where she had run hoping to find her father.
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