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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1838
Page
1
Weekly publication by George Howard at two dollars and fifty cents per year paid in advance or three dollars after a year. Short advertisements up to a square charged at five dollars per insertion with larger ads proportionally higher. Notices require correspondence address and payments in advance. editor’s letters must be mailed to be answered.
A verse parody mocks a would be royal claimant, railing against hobble deeds and a crone rider. It laments a hobby horse politics contest across the North and South, praising a real horse and rider with wind and power to win. The piece ends with a stern anti bank stance in archaic prose.
Cambreleng argues the Sub-Treasury is settled by general laws and will endure through 1841. He contends repeal of barriers to specie payments and bank note reception should occur gradually, resisting calls for a permanent system or a new National Bank.
The debate centers on limiting executive discretion, imposing checks on public officers, and enacting financial regulations to regulate the Treasury. Proponents warn the bill paves the way for a national bank and consolidated power, while opponents argue it substitutes Congress for Treasury discretion and leaves revenue untouched.
The Treasurer of the United States acknowledges receipt of sixteen dollars in bank notes under a cover letter postmarked Lewistown Pennsylvania. The sender wishes to remain unknown.
John B. Henderson, accused of forging Treasury notes, broke jail in Washington Tuesday night. A $1000 reward is offered by the District Marshal for his capture.
The Banks of Kentucky resolved to resume specie payments on July sixteenth if the Banks of the East shall resume before that day and if the banks of Cincinnati Indiana and Illinois agree to resume on that day.
A late European scientific journal notes that a few drops of sweet spirits of nitre will effectively banish bed bugs, advising use as a remedy though details are brief and cautious.
Since Boston banned selling ardent spirits to all but druggists, the city sees at least seventeen hundred eighty new apothecary shops opened. The trade flourishes as residents purchase Epsom salts magnesia and pills to stock up on medicinal goods.
The Boston Morning Post reports that Miss Maria Monk has presented the United States with another citizen, noting a notable population increase through her example and naming the new arrival in a brief society item.
The New Orleans Bulletin reports cotton growth in Mississippi and Alabama is in an unpromising condition due to prolonged unfavorable weather and late frosts that damaged stands in many areas.
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