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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1836
Page
1
The Tarboroush Press published weekly at ten dollars per year with annual rate details. Notices require advance payment and may be suspended if not prepaid. editor contact and address rules are stated for paid advertisements and discontinuations.
The document recounts France demanding explanations as a condition to honor the 1831 indemnification and to enforce a treaty. It argues France refuses to fulfill obligations, insists on degrading terms, and defends American sovereignty and dignity. The speech notes prior official explanations, a French minister letter, and ongoing diplomatic tensions with Paris.
The secretary argues that communications with France must be in official form, condemns attempts to bring letters before Congress, and criticizes French use of diplomacy to appeal to the American people. He urges strong measures, including naval buildup and coast defense, if France refuses treaty obligations. The House previously resolved to uphold the 1831 treaty and demand indemnification.
From Liverpool dated December 7 a report on widespread complaints of false packing in cotton. A memorial signed by fifty nine top Cotton Brokers urged the American Merchants Chamber of Commerce to seek state laws requiring gin owners to stamp their name and residence on each bale, while planters are urged to voluntarily adopt the scheme.
A Norfolk Beacon correspondent from Chowan North Carolina on December 26 reports a project to build a railway from Norfolk to Charleston South Carolina. The proposed route is sketched and the Santee River’s great depth is cited as the main obstacle requiring steam boat crossing.
Nineteen mob cases have been tried at Baltimore, reflecting a period of judicial action against organized crime. The report notes prosecutions, court proceedings, and outcomes, highlighting ongoing law enforcement efforts in the city.
The last convicted was a Mr. Lynch and a splendid barouche was sent by an unknown friend to the court to convey him to the jail, but the Judge would not permit the indulgence of this ostentatious exhibition of unmervited commiseration, and Lynch was sent to close-quarters in the usual style of such culprits.
The Star notes a few bottles of Scuppernong wine described as white with flavor like Malaga, sweeter and stronger than Muscat. It argues the grape can be cultivated widely in North Carolina's sandy soil, suggesting profit from serious adoption as foreign wines rise in price.
Since our last, there have been a few new cases of small pox in our town, estimated at five to six. None within four or five days past, except one reported this morning. Eliz City Times.
The great fire in New York originated in the store of Messrs. Comstock and Andrews at 25 Merchant Street. Witnesses report an explosion around six o’clock, followed by flames erupting from the first and fourth story of the building. The adjacent shops remained dark for minutes while the blaze broke out. gas-pipe explosion blamed, with no fault assigned to any person.
The New Orleans Post reports a white man named Williams and a Black man were summarily killed by a mob at Jackson Louisiana on December 26. The executions followed belief they instigated an anticipated slave uprising. Great excitement spread through Jackson and neighboring parishes.
On Christmas Eve a party in Monrocco Geo entered the residence of Mr Ray, who mistook the gathering for a Negro insurrection. He fired a shot from his bed, killing one man and injuring others as the group fled the scene.
Abraham Prescot, condemned for murdering Mrs Cochrane, was executed at Hopkinton New Hampshire on Wednesday. He appeared indifferent and gave the signal himself. About 18000 people witnessed the event, and the piece notes the morbid appetite for such spectacles and contrasts it with potential mobilization against a foreign invasion.
A man named Andrew Wilhelm of Penn advertises that Frederick Tarr ran away with his wife and his black mare. He offers a twenty five dollar reward for the mare's return, and no reward for the wife who left him with five children.
The Rochester Daily Democrat reports a city mechanic has invented a machine that will hereafter take the place of fingers and thimbles for sewing clothes, signaling a potential transformation in garment making.
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