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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1838
Page
2
On Saturday July 14 1838 word spread that Hon John Branch has affirmed a gubernatorial bid for the next North Carolina election. A Wake county Democratic committee had urged him to run and his reply will likely appear in the upcoming Raleigh Standard.
A negro man, owned by Mr. D. Battle, was instantly killed by lightning while seeking shelter under a tall tree during rain near Falls Tar River in this county. He was bruised and the skin torn in places. The report notes that many lightning deaths occur when sheltering under trees.
Philadelphia banks voted 10 to 4 to resume specie payments on August 1. The U S. Biddle Bank could only persuade three others to withhold assent. The public criticizes the regulator as needing more regulating than its subordinates and conjectures that Southern banks will also resume soon.
The Senate adjourned after seven midmonths as Mr Strange sought a widow of John A Cameron pension bill. Debate covered civil pensions, the Pulaski steamboat widow, and a vote against the measure. Mr King of Alabama elected President pro tempore on ballot. Webster and Preston opposed Wrights bank note reform bill amid talk of church state issues especially deposits repeal.
The House narrowly blocked banks from misusing public money by a Speaker cast vote 101 to 101. A separate measure, the army expansion bill, passed both Houses and got the President's signature, becoming law to add 4,500 enlisted personnel to the military.
The Senate approved a measure to authorize Georgia and North Carolina branch mints to coin silver denominations of twenty five cents ten cents and five cents. The same machinery used for gold coins will mint the smaller silver pieces with no extra cost. The act aims to increase silver change nationwide aiding public convenience and curbing shin plasters by keeping small silver within domestic use.
The Hon. Felix Grandy of Tennessee is appointed Attorney General of the United States succeeding BLFP Butler who has resigned from the post. Grandy assumes held duties immediately with confirmation implied.
A dated dispatch from Gen. Winfield Seow to Gen. Dud ley reports that the entire Cherokee Tadians in North Carolina have been collected for emigration and will soon arrive. The remaining few in the mountains cannot stay out more than a day or two longer, per the Mal. Reg.
The Greensboro Internal Improvement Convention met on the 4th and adjourned the next day without action as anticipated. Attendance was light, and the gathering was abruptly forfeited, leaving no substantive decisions or plans announced.
Lightning killed E tibet Low aged 21 and Emesine Low aged 14, daughters of William Low, near Spartan burg Court-house on the 19th. They fled to a plaw orchard, sheltered under a tree as rain began, and were struck dead simultaneously. A third person about 15 feet away was knocked senseless and injured but rapidly recovering.
The Wilmington and R Ro Road Company received on the 4th an additional locomotive for their road from the factory of Dr. Bare & Co. of Richmond, Wilmington Ade.
An 18 year old boy at Masonborough Sound killed himself on the 24th by firing a rifle to his head after attempting to cut his throat. The shot destroyed the upper portion of his skull and brain matter was scattered on wall and floor.
Samuel W. Ellis, once a town resident, was accidentally knocked overboard from his boat Washington I Whig near the mouth of Pango river on the 19th ultimo, and drowned.
The mail stage ran away on a steep hill near Brownsville North Carolina a few days ago when the wheel horse foot slipped the driver Jacob Rapp leaped to stop the team was dragged over a mile his head and face were so disfigured no countenance remained the vehicle halted when the horses struck a brick wall at the post house one leader fractured its skull no passengers were aboard Fay four.
The Raleigh Standard notes a large turnout for the funeral of Joshua B. Hussey at Greenville on Tar River Pi County. Masons gathered at the Masonic Hall around ten, then moved to the Baptist Church at eleven for the solemn rites and final honors to a departed brother.
Members gathered after preaching by Rev Henry S Spivey then moved in a silent procession about a quarter mile to the grave. Goold Hoyt read the service. the march and prayers conveyed solemn reverence and virtue in the solemn rite.
The Albany Evening Journal recounts Mr. Swift of New Bedford describing how Judge Cameron perished with Judge Rochester after the Pensacola voyage. Swift woke at the explosion, escaped to a boat, and learned from a boy who survived briefly how Cameron stayed with him in a wreck fragment before exhaustion led to disappearance. Rochester was seen alive about three hours later, then drowned during landing as the vessel overturned near the shore.
The Salisbury Watchman notes that wheat crops in this State are not only fine but unusually large due to many slaves having been sent southward.
The article extols Shocco Springs as a premier North Carolina resort offering healing waters for bilious complaints and climate benefits. It highlights elegant company, educated society, music, literature, and refined leisure, noting comfortable, well arranged domestic accommodations and a healthy, wealthy region.
The passage extols benevolence and attentive care for the ill and frail, noting how sympathy from strangers at watering places strengthens social bonds. It quotes classical lines to praise interdependence, contends polite hosts and refined visitors ease distress more than medicine, and highlights independence blending with manners to relieve sorrow and enhance pleasure. Raleigh Star
An order stops removal of the Cherokees until September, citing unfavorable season. Indians will be collected and kept together under guard, fed from public bounty, with nearly all in the state already gathered for emigration.
A Post Master from St. Augustine reports ongoing Indian outrages daily against interior settlers. He notes the condition of the Territory worsening and quotes that an end to these disturbances is hoped soon.
The steamer Santee reports a clash near Newmansville with 60 Indians. Captain Beal and Lieut Howe led about 92 men. Captain Walker and Beal’s party suffered casualties. Walker killed, five of Beal’s men wounded, five horses slain. Indian fatalities unconfirmed. Gen. Taylor arrived at Black Creek with six companies yesterday.
It is understood that the $50,000,000 Bank projected here will begin operation in a few weeks. T. Oleon of Albany has been chosen President and accepted the appointment. Sylvester's NY Rep.
The Nashville Union reports that the New Bank of Tennessee will begin discounting on the fifth of next month and that its issued paper will become payable at the end of twelve months.
Presidents of the banks in New Orleans met on the 16th to plan a return to specie payments. They resolve to resume the first Monday in January, contingent on national and Southwestern conditions, and on maintaining community safety and bank interests, with the United States Bank of Pennsylvania supplying general currency through its city agency until the new system is in place.
A fragment notes plans around establishing a National Bank and other remedial measures to support the currency. It mentions government sustenance of payments to stabilize the banking system and protect banks from deploral sequences of a second payments by the Government.
The Money Micricief notes the Bank of the Mid States now favored in Philadelphia and Baltimore with 14 percent shifts in exchange positions. New York exchanges offer more favorable terms, while in New England and Maryland the payments remain unsettled. Still, money maintains value in our city, signaling a sound state of affairs despite regional fluctuations.
Fragmented OCR report notes victims from steam boat incidents and faulty engines within a county. Mentions counts 350 in 1836 700 in 1837 1600 in 1888 totaling about 2300. Also references two murdered sons and a shocking death.
The report states the total Soninal allocated to Charleston sufferers amounts to 194,73 in aggregate. This figure appears in the financial brief detailing relief funds distribution and supports ongoing aid efforts by local authorities and organizations.
In New Orleans rumors claim yellow fever has broken out, targeting transient populations. Officials have not confirmed widespread cases, urging calm and pointing to ongoing health monitoring and containment measures.
Late reports from the jy indicate disturbances have subsided and normal intercourse between the neighboring counties is resuming as before.
The New York correspondent of the National Intelligencer reports that several black soldier units organized in Upper Canada are being shielded by runaway slaves from Kentucky and other slaveholding states, highlighting escapee aid amid military recruitment.
Texas reports from the Telegraph Despatches received at the Department of State note that Britain has not recognized independence yet but a commercial arrangement allows direct trade between the two countries. Despatches dated April 5 indicate France’s rest day intent, with slow progress toward recognition.
A Jamaica report notes the Colonial Assembly voted for formal emancipation of slaves to take effect August 1, 1838, instead of the earlier date under the apprentices act. The piece argues planters fear free labor and predict upheaval as independence nears, warning of social degradation and economic ruin across Jamaica and neighboring colonies. The New York Star framing characterizes emancipation as a threat to property and order.
From Europe the Oxford brings New York June dates with little new intelligence. The Rainbow, built by Mr John Laird, reportedly steamed 22 miles in one hour and one minute, a record speed. Liverpool cotton market shows a small June 1 rise wiped out by cautious trade, others steady.
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