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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1842
Page
1
The Tarborough Press announces weekly publication at two dollars and fifty cents per year paid in advance or three dollars at year end. Monthly options exist for short terms, with rates and advance payment requirements for distant subscribers. Ads priced by length with court orders at a higher rate. letters to editor must be postpaid.
The Fayetteville Journal reports the great meeting of gubernatorial candidates held on Tuesday the 7th. It notes both contenders appeared at the event, with Gov Morehead described as stout athletic and robust with an iron constitution.
The article praises Mr. Henry despite weakness from illness, detailing his fiery debate with Gov. Morehead. It notes Henry’s victory in exposing Morehead’s inconsistencies and proscriptions, while highlighting Henry’s eloquence and resilience amid pain and fearsome opposition.
The Ocean Insurance Company's defalcation shocks New York as secretary James S. Schermerhorn, in office 15 to 20 years, allegedly siphoned funds since 1832. He used stock losses to cover gaps by forging cashier receipts, totaling over 100000 dollars. Schermerhorn confessed to directors and was arrested by police.
In New York on Thursday evening during a Bowery theatre show, famed wild beast handler Driesbach faced an unplanned clash between his leopard and tiger inside the cage. He managed to separate them, but the incident proved fatal for him.
A German tamer faced two dangerous animals as a leopard leapt onto his shoulders and a tiger sprang at him. The tiger bit and clawed his face, tearing scalp and spraying blood, yet the tamer’s courage and skill subdued the beasts, though the audience remained unaware of the injury.
A railroad car near New Orleans equipped with side scythes to mow grass fatally wounded a Black man. Authorities report the victim was cut to pieces by the blades.
A Philadelphia resident astonishes onlookers by lifting an anchor weighing about 1100 pounds several inches off the ground. He later lifts 12 weights of fifty six pounds each with one hand, showcasing remarkable power.
The Sparta Gazette reports that Wednesday night Mrs. Mary Hunter widow of Joseph Hunter was shot through the head at her fireside while with two ladies a few miles from Sparta. The shot came from outside through a window in the dark and the killer remains at large.
A Virginia slave owner named Watson claimed a runaway female slave who had married in Philadelphia and lived there. An arrest writ was issued, but Watson seized her himself, taking her by carriage to Wilmington Delaware and home. The hack driver was jailed on $300 bail for assault and battery.
Reports from Panulai and De Sete counties Mississippi describe a new enemy to cotton, a shellless snail that eats the leaf and bud. The slimy invaders, resembling bark-dwelling snails, have ruined several entire plantations and now threaten other crops.
The Tallahassee Sentinel cites an authentic source describing a brief rise and fall of the Suwannee river and streams in Hamilton and Alachua Counties, and in Lowndes County Georgia, occurring a few weeks ago with a three inch rise over five minutes. A slight earthquake shock was felt in Thomas County the same day, likely causing the unusual event despite no rain.
From Matamoros on April 16 reports reach the Journal of Commerce via the Rosal that a Texan force, aided by Indians, is marching toward Matamoros. The Mexican commander has issued two proclamations calling inhabitants to arms in response to the threat.
The Cincinnati Gazette notes a sharp reduction in banking in Cincinnati from June 1841 to June 1842. Loans and discounts fell from 5,916,777 to 3,?5,725,436, a drop of 2,191,441. Circulation dropped from 1,433,424 to 294,220, down 1,139,204. Overall reduction totals 3,330,645 in one year.
On Tuesday last a bold display by Neil, Moore & Co. stage coaches thrilled spectators. The feat showcased skill in handling the coach and harness, drawing praise for precision and daring.
Descending a hill west of Zanesville a lever broke, throwing the driver. A passenger, riding inside the stage, climbed to the driver's seat then onto the tongue and finally to a wheel horse, stopping the runaway team. Several passengers praised the man for risking his life to save others.
At Worcester Massachusetts on the 25th ult Mr Samuel Harrington aged 50 an undertaker and his wife Nancy died of erysipelas contracted from a corpse he helped lay out on 23 April A daughter narrowly escaped death The infection began with a cut on his thumb from a glass while adjusting the head of the corpse and spread through his arm His wife and daughter also contracted the disease while attending him
Resumption in Tennessee must occur twenty days after Louisiana and Kentucky banks resume. Louisiana has already resumed, Kentucky resumes on the fifteenth of this month, so Tennessee banks should resume on the fourth of July. Baltimore Sun reports the sequence and legal requirement.
Louisville banks have voluntarily resumed redeeming notes in specie as presented. The Journal of the 30th reports Kentucky paper at par with the standard. Exchange to the East is ample and dull, five days sight at par. Bank rate 2, out of doors 1, Alabama paper at 30 dis.
In Mount Morris Tennessee a young man named Harrison was killed by Bell in Lee county. Jealousy is cited as the motive. Bell greeted Harrison with a left handed handshake and stabbed him to the heart with a Bowie knife. He fled, seized a double barrel gun, and fled toward a wood before being pursued and finally surrendering without resistance.
The last of Vendovi arrived by the Vincennes in New York Friday and died Saturday. A cannibal chief, he had been sick since being put on salt beef. Years earlier his Fojee band captured the Salem brig Charles Bagget and devoured eleven American sailors. This summary from the Richmond Compiler notes his return with the Exploring Squadron.
The trial of Monroe Edwards for numerous forgeries began in New York on the 6th. Yesterday morning the jury found him guilty, and he faces five years in the State prison. Judgment appears likely to follow to the full extent of the law.
Later accounts state that 17 towns and villages suffered in the late Earthquake with loss of lives in nearly all. In Santiago inhabitants rushed into a church to implore mercy and, when it fell, rivers of blood flowed from crushed bodies.
A new method of taming wild horses by breathing into their nostrils is reported as tested in England.John Catlin notes buffalo calves in North American Indian customs obeyed the handler, following closely after the horse. Indians capture horses with lassos then apply the same breathing technique.
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