24 Jun 1837
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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1837
Page
1
The notice outlines ad rates and insertion rules for the Tarberoisé Press. It specifies payment per line and maximum costs, with ads limited to six lines in a column and longer ads requiring multiple insertions. It notes that letters to the editor must be paid and may not be printed otherwise.
The text presents an archaic poetic fragment praising divine favor and pure love. It references blessings from above, devotion, and a reverent gaze toward a sacred source, evoking a spiritual sentiment without clear modern context or identifiable persons.
Fragmentary poem laments a broken romance, accusing a partner of betrayal and social performance. The speaker recalls a past enchantment, now scornful, noting a wealthy rival and a large Broadway house. The tone blends bitterness with resigned acceptance of social charm over genuine affection.
A household note surveys Western literary scenes, praising a Portland Courier illustrator famed for The Sleigh Ride and Courtip and lamenting his anonymity. It cites a Louisville Gazette tale in the Sterne vein about Tom Towson and Col Ridgely’s daughter, with comments on poverty and wit.
In Silver Valley Tom goes to Col Ridgely to settle a division line with Joe Gibson's Poverty Plantation. A storm hits as Tom arrives. Lucy Ridgely, elegant and wary, charms Tom with wit and laughter while the Colonel tests his manners. Tom wins favor, then sues for time, and soon Lucy becomes his wife.
A fragment from a humorous or satirical item discusses Rum Salad and hints at a wider joke about American atmosphere. The readable text is brief and centered on a whimsical phrase. Further context is not available in the fragment.
A Phil Gazette note warns that spontaneous combustion in matches from France caused a New York fire. It recalls last summer’s nine Matel boxes lightning a drop, exploding like gunpowder. The article urges extreme care in transport and deposition to prevent dangerous, easily ignitable boxes.
Builders know wetting bricks before laying yields sturdier walls. A twelve inch wall bonded with soaked bricks forms a stronger, rocklike structure because saturated bricks don’t draw moisture from the mortar, allowing proper crystallization. dry bricks rob mortar of moisture and cause mortar to crumble, risking collapse.
The York Republican reports a striking exhibition of force by workers shaping the Wrightsville York and Gettysburg Railroad. A rock over eleven perches and about twenty three tons broke free from a 30 foot deep excavation bottom, blasted by sand and hurled seventy feet, landing intact beyond the line of the railroad.
The Balt Patriot notes that a York editor questions the legitimacy of a power blasting display, calling it a matter of doubt and comparing it to past actions by any agency in the United States. The remark suggests concern over the demonstration and its authorities.
A note from V. Y. paper lists ninety two periodical publications in New York City. It categorizes them as 8 quarterly, 20 monthly, 7 semi monthly, 33 weekly, 9 semi weekly and 16 daily.
The Bradford shoe trade shows workers rebounding from recession by shifting to farming and gardening. Mechanics move households to land purchases, many farms housing 13 occupants on 18 to 20 acres. The piece urges migration to farming to gain independence and offset trade downturns.
The specie aboard the Ben Sherrod is valued at 220000 dollars drawn from New Orleans banks and is unlikely to be recovered. In Boston, Jonathan Lopper a Black man and Elizabeth Everett a white abolitionist woman were jailed by police pending evidence against magistrate Johan Williams for allegedly coercing an unlawful marriage and violating state law.
The report states Joe Switch of the Golden Bible Memory has been taken up in Geauga county Ohio as necessary to an attempt to murder. Switch claimed a revelation that a certain sceptic merited martyrdom.
An attempted kidnapping involving a conspirator who induced accomplices to act failed when their plan unraveled. They shot at the target, but the assault did not succeed, and the victim was eventually captured or delivered as the intended target.
New Orleans dated report describes a June 1 message discussing Texas Senate action to authorize seeking British recognition of Texan independence and to negotiate treaties. It notes Texas policy shifting toward ending slave imports, and questions whether Texans will back this policy amid British recognition prospects.
A Connecticut reader shares a note from the Texas Telegraph at Houston. The editor narrates storms tides sand bars and bayous delaying his arrival. He finds a roofless shanty like the Capitol of Texas and still records the first Congress proceedings with stubborn zeal. Prices of pro-
Mrs Phebe Whitlock filed at No 27 Renwick Street disposed to the basement of the house for a dose of magnesia and took from shelves a package she believed contained the drug. She mixed two tablespoons in a cup of milk and years passed since the event, with one child present.
The unnamed enslaved man Lew, claimed by Mr McKain, was detained in New York after being seized in Mobile. Counsel was allowed a habeas corpus in Judge Oakley’s court, but Lew rejected representation and insisted on returning to Massa McKain. He left New York bound for Mobile.
Mr Edmund Clark of New Milford Connecticut reports his whole 64 sheep flock killed by a lightning strike while under a tree. Several were found standing dead as the tree was struck, illustrating wool as no better protector than feathers against electricity. A stray dramatic aside mentions a French waltz with a deceased partner.
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