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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1836
Page
1
The 4 yrhavauzh Press by George Howard, weekly issue at five cents, yearly subscription price ten dollars in advance or twelve dollars at term end. Shorter periods priced per month, with option to discontinue anytime on notice. Advertisements priced 50 cents for first insertion and 20 cents for each continuation. Long measures and insertion counts must be specified. editor letters may be unpaid or ignored.
A condensed statement shows the growth of banks and capital over twenty five years. From 1811 to 1835 the number of banks rose from 89 to 548, capital from 52.5 million to 131 million, and specie from 15.5 million to 44 million, with yearly increments listed for 1516 1520 and 1530 periods, indicating substantial expansion across the nation.
Chartered capital rises to 34,781,000 plus 27,205,000 sought for a total of 61,986,000. Near seventy million dollars in combined capital is reported, signaling strong growth in state financial assets.
State sovereignty drives talk of a Mammoth Bank and a central bank with branches in each county. Maine contemplates an eight million state bank loaned to foreign capital at four percent, reflecting pressure for a mother central bank and local branches.
The governor approves using state credit to back a twelve million dollar loan for the Citizens Bank of Louisiana, signaling official backing for the lender’s financing plan and potential impact on state banking policy.
Thos. Pike Jr. a late paying and receiving teller at the Market Bank in Boston has been convicted of stealing 3700 dollars from the institution. He concealed the theft for a long period through false entries in the bank records.
A late arrival in Baltimore brings English language intelligence from a Maryland colony of emancipated American blacks. Harper adjacent to the Cape almas town faces thefts by natives using proximity to the colonists. Governor Hall arranges amicable measures by appointing tribe head men as justices of the peace and constables to form a vigilant judiciary and thief catchers.
Fragmentary notice reports a dispute or accusation involving S. Smith at Woodsoac. Details are unreadable, but the item references a discriminating or accusatory context linked to the individual named, with insufficient surrounding facts to determine exact event or outcome.
Ket, R. J., robbed of about $200 in goods when a break in occurred on the night of the 4th. Thieves then robbed Mr. Harris’s stable, took a horse, equipped it with whips and buffaloes, and vanished with no further trace reported.
An informed Western source reports record high prices for pork and wheat in Kentucky, Mississippi, and neighboring states with pork at seven dollars per hundredweight and wheat around three dollars a bushel. Chicago pork reportedly sells for twenty five dollars per barrel as prices rise with westward emigration and rising population boosting demand for grain, provisions, and livestock.
A heated dispute within temperance circles in New Jersey centers on whether wine is mentioned or approved in the Bible. Discussion touches on Jesus turning water into wine, whether the Cana miracle involved fermented liquor, and calls for total abstinence versus use of unfermented “pure juice” for communion.
A temperance discourse argues wine’s use is not the issue but its abuse. It cites biblical figures drinking unfermented wine for sacred rites, explains a method to produce alcohol free wine, and notes moral lessons about restraint amid festive traditions. The report also covers Mr. Colt's new multi charge rifle pistol and its potential factory venture.
The Massachusetts Medical Society offers a 500 reward for the best 1000 leeches propagated in the United States from foreign stock. It stresses the need for high quality medical leeches domestically to rival European suppliers, noting trials in Philadelphia have not yet succeeded.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports Nathan Sharp a Shaker Society trustee and business agent has separated from the Lebanon Ohio community amid a financial dispute. No $100,000 embezzlement or mortgage to the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. exists. the amount in question is under $10,000 and the society’s property is not mortgaged to the Trust Company.
News from St Augustine reports volunteers and regulars withdrawn from General Clinch to reinforce him after Indian advances. General Scott arrives with 110 troops. a local debating club and a weekly gazette appear. Severe cold hits Florida, fuel shortages rise as prices soar and interior wood cannot be obtained.
The Rodney Telegraph notes a noteworthy Fayette County event from Saturday night, reporting scarce details and indicating uncertainty in coverage. The Mississippi paper references Lynch’s Law era language in its brief mention of the Fayette occurrence.
The article recounts a Fayette mob breaking into a jail and hanging Spinney after he faced trial delays. It warns such vigilantism risks widespread violence and destruction targeting Catholics, Protestants, and innocent townspeople alike, amid sensational claims and religious accusations. It also notes conflicting claims about Maria Monk and related notoriety in several papers.
The latest issue of Human Rights, a New York abolition paper, notes the number of Abolition Societies on its list has reached four hundred.
Two famed drivers John Pounden and Abraham Smith proved to town that some feats rival Napoleon. They yoked twelve horses in two six-span teams and drove to Elizabeth town with a sleigh train, receiving hearty applause and a reception at Sanderson's Hotel.
At about 4 o clock this morning a fire gutted the Methodist Book Concern on Mulberry street between Broome and Spring, destroying the two story frame adjoining house. A vast amount of property was lost and hundreds of poor people suddenly left without work in the cold season. One nearly finished work with plates was valued at 60,000 dollars. Total loss about 239,000 dollars, only 20,000 insured.
A Montreal paper debunks the New York sensational tale Awful disclosures of Maria Monk by presenting a Protestant girl who spent four years under a Mr Hoyt once described as a Reverend Methodist preacher tied to Canadian Sunday Schools. It cites the affidavits of the mother as part of the exposé.
Moon observers Gruithausen and Schroeter of Munich assert despite insults that lunar elevation reaches 55 degrees south and 65 north. They report traces of life from 50 to 74 degrees lat, with roads, a colossal edifice near the equator, a metropolitan city nearby, and a horn-work fortification.
The Cortez of Spain has positively affirmed the independence of the South American Republics. Formal acknowledgment should have occurred earlier, opening hopes of enhanced trade and special privileges. The shift ends Spain’s monopoly on certain markets, with the Americas, England, and France sharing commerce now. N. F. Star.
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