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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1836
Page
2
The publication highlights President Jackson's stance on the French question, noting he recommends a temporary act prohibiting French imports and entry of French vessels. It criticizes the French government's evasive conduct and suggests a continued, mild, conciliatory approach within reason.
It states that Gen. Romulus A. Saunders of this state has been nominated by the President to the Senate for the post of Minister to Spain. Saunders enjoys strong support among the state’s Democrats and his appointment will likely bring satisfaction to them.
A pamphlet copy of a Treasury Secretary letter transmits a statement of annual government expenditures from 1816 through 1834. Available for viewing on application at the office.
The friends of Wolf and Muhlenberg unite on the same ticket for President and Vice President. The agreement is presented as lacking any doubt of success. Gov. Tyler, in a letter to the Maryland Whig Convention, accepts the party's nomination for Vice President.
Citizens hear that the Wilmington and Raleigh charter amended to run to the Roanoke, with capitalists invited to invest. Road would connect Wilmington to Weldon and meet Petersburg and Portsmouth lines, possibly branch to Raleigh. Steamer E D Macnair praised as a growing river trade link, with plans to run to Greenville and Tarboro and to invest in navigation improvements.
The document details a railroad charter enabling a Wilmington to Charleston line with capital up to 1.5 million dollars, subscription terms, and a 60 day book opening in Raleigh and Wilmington. It notes a 43 hour landing window from Petersburg, Portsmouth, or Norfolk to Charleston and outlines a 2 dollar down payment per share with instalments per the President and Directors. The Wilmington Advertiser sketches a northern route through Duplin, Sampson, Wayne, Lenoir, Greene, Edgecombe, Nash and Halifax to Roanoke River, praising the forested, flat pine country as favorable for surveying and construction.
Industry gains momentum as property values rise and business activity intensifies in the port. The market’s upbeat tone is reflected in the bustling canvass and the lively cries of port workers. The Cape Fear Bank expands with a new branch location joining these prosperous times.
The Dismal Swamp Canal, linking Virginia waters near Norfolk with Albemarle Sound in North Carolina, will reopen on the 19th. Work replaced wooden blocks with granite in hydraulic cement across 292 feet, featuring two 100 foot chambers and a 64 foot rise. Vessels drawing seven feet can pass.
Senate shifts from abolition to the President's French policy and Benton's resolutions to apportion surplus revenue for fortifications and to enlarge naval and military forces. House remains flooded with petitions from abolitionists, including several from women, demanding DC slavery abolition.
Col Nicholas was chosen by the Louisiana Legislature to fill the Senate seat left by Guyarre’s resignation. Both are aligned with the Administration. In Illinois, Gen W L Ewing was elected by the Legislature to succeed the late E K Kane, with four candidates in the race.
Maj. Gen. Scott moves to command forces for Florida repression amid ongoing Indian depredations. Gen. Clinch’s force at Fort Crane shrinks as militia term expires, forcing defensive action. Reports from Camp King hint at Creek Seminole collaboration and a dire Seminole-Negro attack on Major Dade’s detachment from Fort Brooke. Eight officers and 100 men killed or captured. the rest slain or left dead after a fierce battle near Fort King.
The excerpt recalls a brutal clash where many died defending the U.S. forces and endangered survivors reached Fort Brooke. It lists officers killed including Major Dade and several captains and lieutenants, notes the widows and fifteen children arriving destitute, and calls for immediate relief for New Orleans citizens.
The Capitol Now building in Raleigh progresses rapidly with solid granite from a local quarry and a railroad in operation. Competent judges praise the plan style neatness durability and the best elegant State house in the Union. Commissioners are thanked for their feeless service and Mr Paton the Superintendent and Architect earns much credit for rapid progress and faithful workmanship.
Official communication to Gov. Spaight reports a treaty concluded at New Echota on December 29, 1835. It provides for removal within no years, protection of possessions during transition, immediate land surveys, and pre emption rights for Cherokee heads of families willing to join Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina societies. Signed J. T. Schermerhorn.
U S commissioner Schermerhorn met five to seven hundred Cherokees at New Echota on the 21st last month. A treaty formed on the 29th granted Indians payment exceeding five million offered, amounting to about a half a million more for spoliations.
The article notes that heads of Indian families in North Carolina Tennessee and Alabama who move from Georgia and settle in those states by June first are entitled to a pre-emption right to a quarter section at $125 per acre. They may possess improvements in Georgia and other states for two years from ratification. Provisions mirror last winter’s treaty but with extra appropriation. New York Star reports broad national agreement.
The Fayetteville Journal notes its new year begins on an enlarged form with an improved appearance, expressing happiness at the paper's prosperity and praising the editor for progress.
A Fayetteville tile firm remitted $20,000 and directed prepayment of all demands against them from fire victims in New York. A Raleigh merchant, among others, followed with immediate remittance of obligations to New York merchants.
The cornerstone of the edifice for a new Breach Mint in the state was laid at Charlotte on the seventh, in the presence of a large, reputable county and town meeting. Gen. M. McLeary, Revolutionary War veteran, prefaced the ceremony with brief remarks.
Hillsboro Recorder reports tailor John D Brashiers was arrested on the 6th for pocket book theft. He died next morning at Roxboro jail, likely from laudanum. About 38, once trained in Washington, presumed DC native. Later Recorder notes the thief was Archibald Bradley, a journeyman hatter from Fayetteville.
The Richmond Postmaster offers 100 dollars for the capture of Richard Hawkins, late stage driver between Richmond and Fredericksburg. He escaped by violence from a Richmond police officer last evening. Suspected of stealing mail from the Richmond Post Office including the New York package of letters dated November 20 and the entire Northern package of letters dated the 9th.
Petersburg Market report for January 23 notes limited cotton arrivals over the past fortnight. Prices ranges from 14 to 144 cents with prime qualities likely to command the higher end. Con.
In New York on Jan 23 the cotton market shows brisk demand for export and home use with prices higher by about adjacent per pound. This week’s transactions total 2700 bales, of which 1750 were Up.
The readable text shows a stock listing for turpentine with quantities and a note of price reductions. It mentions locations or codes like 14016 and 439 4 with other cryptic markers such as ab 154 a 1635 300 do and 4 15a 17 25y do, and ends with a caution not to come for wars.
A fragmentary 19th century telegraphic snippet discusses rumors of British mediation between France and the United States. It notes uncertainty about official approval, questions Parisian press credibility, and cites a London dispatch from January 22 assessing French policy and potential English influence.
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