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Newspaper

Tarboro Press

Location

Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1837

Page

2

North Carolina General Assembly 1836 37 Acts List

The long adjourned North Carolina General Assembly released a lengthy Public Acts list from the 1836 37 session. Key items include banking, railroads, county divisions, courts, internal improvements, taxation, land titles, and school funding with extensive charter revisions and new turnpike and road projects across counties such as Davie, Halifax, Wayne, and others. University trustee Andrew Joyner elected to replace P W Kittrell.

North Carolina Courts of Equity Edenton and Norfolk Rail Road Company Davie County Rowan Davie General Mining and Manufacturing Association Moore Montgomery Ansoin Macon Haywood Yancy Buncombe Rutherford Burke Cabarrus Mecklenburg Lincoln Tredel Surry Wilkes Ashe Secretary of State Halifax Northampton Nass Cape Fear Yadkin Pedee Franklin ‘Turnpike Company Franklin Maron County Nantahala Mountain Valley River Georgia Line General Assembly Portsmouth and Roanoke Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company Halifax and Seldon U. States Congress Bank of Beaufort and Fayetteville Fayetteville and Western Road Wilmington and Raleigh Othe General Assembly Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Expunging Resolution Passes Senate Amid Protests

The Senate voted 24 to 19 to adopt the expunging resolution. The secretary marked the journal with lines and the words Expunged by order of the Senate this 16th day of January 1857. A gallery disturbance followed, and some leaders withdrew in mortification. a Santa Anna letter and reply were also transmitted to the President.

Senate Yeas Messrs Benton Brown Buchanan Dana Ewing Illinois Fulton Grundy Hubbard King Alabama Linn Morris Nicholas Niles Page Rives Robinson Ruggles Sevier Strange Vailmadge Vipton Walker Wall Wright Jackson Ohio Clay Webster Calhoun Our Republic United States Santa Anna

Santa Anna peace bid and Texas independence debate

The document recounts Santa Anna’s capture by Texian General Houston and his peace overture for Texas independence. The President declines intercession citing policy and Mexican non-recognition of Santa Anna’s acts. a resolution acknowledging Texas independence is introduced. The text also notes a tariff bill and progress on a 85 mile rail line from the town to Waynesboro with contracts for grading and depot work.

Texas Santa Anna Houston Mexico Walker House of Representatives Cambreleng Committee of Ways and Means Waynesboro Halifax Halifax and Weldon Company Wilmington Ade

Mrs Louisa Long Dies in County

Mrs. Louisa Long, wife of James Long and daughter of Rev. Joshua Lawrence, died Monday in the county.

Louisa Long James Long Joshua Lawrence

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