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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1837
Page
1
Publication terms state weekly issues at Teo Dollars and Pita Cents per year for paid subscribers with three dollars after expiration of five subscription years. Advertisements under 16 lines cost two cents first insertion and 29 cents per continuation. Longer notices charged per square. Notices may be continued until ordered stopped. Letters to editor must be postpaid.
A humorous verse about a diminutive speaker married to a tall wife. The speaker laments being small and undervalued, while his wife dominates debates and daily life. Recurrent refrain highlights the contrast of size and its comical consequences. The poem ends with a playful knell and a nod to national stereotype.
The Kilmarnock Anoval volume presents a Fireside sketch by John Reid praising a clean swept hearth as the epitome of domestic comfort. The piece argues the hearth fosters warmth toward the house’s mistress and servants and softens views of the world, likening the joy to seeking beauty. It notes some consider visiting a pretty girl more thrilling, but asserts that the fireside brings the most delightful sensation a man can know.
A long reflection on pristine hearths and tidy firesides as signs of virtue. The author contrasts clean swept hearths with dirty ones, arguing a well kept fireside signals an affectionate, orderly household led by a wise, educated mistress and happy daughters, while a dirty fireside suggests domestic discord and a savage spouse.
An old marriage advisory sketch warns that a lack of warmth at home ruins harmony. A wife without love for her fireside life threatens misery or desertion, while a husband who does not love his home risks a broken heart and exile to tavern life.
A Worcestershire minister recalls a man who married three times. The first wife is described as worldly and avaricious, the second as corpulent and easygoing, and the third as a violent termagant. The man muses that he has married the world the flesh and the devil.
An old man, after burying his wife, marries a younger woman. His son asks why. The father replies that the son has pleased him so well that he would gladly have more such companions in his house.
A clever resident of Northampton Massachusetts devised a small contraption to prevent babies from crying in church. The waggish inventor showcases humor and practical mischief in a local novelty aimed at quiet worship and parish life.
A dialogue traces fashion origins from Boston to France with a punch line about where garments actually come from. The piece playfully suggests styles flow from the devil, closing amid a child’s interruption.
A vignette sketches universal discontent among workers from cooper to tailor. Each tradesman laments his hard lot and exhausting daily toil under heat and pressure, longing for easier or more varied work as banks, customers, and fate press down.
The text presents a speaker lamenting the endless complaints of people about their lot in life. He notes everyone wishes for different roles from truck horse to dog and mocks the universal cry for contentment with one’s own station, suggesting society endlessly complains about their calling.
Anxiety causes indigestion as businessmen live under constant fear and speculative pressure. The article notes that modern commerce has shifted from simple trade to high risk, with each trader watching every minor shift for fortune or ruin, reflecting pervasive wealth pursuit.
Dr. Channing preached at his Boston church on Sunday about the times. He urged listeners to curb extravagance and luxury tied to a widespread mania for rapid fortune, as a major cause of current distress, according to WM. Y. Star.
The Arkansas Gazette remarks that Arkansas is the only distinct political community not convulsed by bankruptcy and ruin. It notes the state lacks a bank within its limits, highlighting regional financial resilience.
Governor Ritner refuses to convene the Legislature citing concerns over bank note denominations and charter forfeitures. He argues an act allowing notes under five dollars would harm the public, while a stay on charter forfeitures would worsen the banking mischief. Public opinion in six months will shape the fate of bank charters and financial recovery.
The passage argues that social welfare may justify a sudden, injurious rise in bank issues if representatives of an injured community act decisively. It claims an honest, patriotic use of power can restore a healthy currency, and that unlawful acts compelled by necessity may be excused. The executive vows no effort will be spared to achieve this just outcome.
The Great houses of Dicks and Yeatman Woods Co. in New Orleans are shown to have liabilities far below earlier claims. Dicks liabilities estimated at 15 million are under four. Yeatman Woods Co. liabilities once 16 million are not more than nine. Assets exceed liabilities for both firms.
A $100 note of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi sold at public auction in Natchez for $255 on twelve months credit. The piece notes neighbors have shifted from cotton to money dealing, with the writer offering sharp praise and satire.
Extract of a letter to the Richmond Whig from Hinds County notes an unprecedented surge in litigation with over 6000 suits already brought across three courts including the upcoming circuit sessions in twenty two days. The writer warns that about six hundred more suits are expected to the next session.
Solomon Andrews, director at the Bank of Mobile, was seized aboard the steamboat Monarch in New Orleans and jailed on charges of obtaining 250000 by fraudulent pretenses. Authorities recovered over 50000 in drafts and doubloons from his possession.
Captain William W. Vail former master of a packet between New York and this port strangled himself with a cord tied to a bed post on Saturday afternoon. He had lived locally with his family for years and was described as of inoffensive, unobtrusive character. Mental aberration and low spirits are given as the sole causes. Norfolk Harbor News.
Antoine Rousseau, fishing near West Pear River, Louisiana, with his daughter and a Mrs Moore’s son, mistook the children in white dresses for roach and fired. He killed both youngsters in a tragic hunting accident.
Mr Brown of Morgan county Kentucky and his son went turkey hunting. They split up to meet at a point. The son arrived first and climbed a small pine to imitate a turkey call, while searching for his father.
A Louisville Gazette report describes a tragedy where a father, hearing a noise he thought was a turkey, aimed his gun and accidentally killed his own son. The boy survived three days after the shooting.
Tensions rose at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa after students skipped recitations provoking a commotion. A professor fired a pistol at the students, who fired back but caused no injuries. As a result, all students involved were suspended for insubordination.
The ship that once carried Captain Cook on his world voyage is back in New York waters. Once named the Endeavor, it has undergone changes and now bears the name Reubens.
A husband who faced a court decision over child support attempted to shoot Judge King in Girard Street Philadelphia. Mrs King intervened when the assailant drew a loaded pistol, knocking the weapon aside as he fired upward in the air. The incident followed a prior court proceeding where the father had lost a custody dispute.
A county report warns that a traveling peddler offered comfort honey said to be prime Northern strained honey but was actually a chalk soda and molasses compound manufactured in Yarmount Norwich Conn. The claim notes widespread purchase by grocers and families, with the ruse exposed by the Norwich Chron.
Chronicle discusses a man asked to loan funds and his refusal as a case study in moral philosophy. The piece frames the scenario as an inquiry into obligation, reciprocity, and personal boundaries within financial requests.
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