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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1842
Page
1
The Tarborough Press weekly at two dollars and fifty cents yearly in advance or three dollars per year at the counter. Shorter periods priced at twenty five cents per month. Advertisements under a square are one dollar, then twenty five cents per continuation. Longer ads and court notices higher by twenty five percent. Letters to the editor must be post paid.
Notice from February 14 1842 offering reward for return of a Gold Ring lost near the Olt Church or Episcopal Church. Finder to leave it at the office for reward.
Sherman products advertise camphor lozenges for nervous ailments and throat infections, worm lozenges proven in 400000 cases, and Poor Man's Plaster praised for back pains. The ads tout rapid relief, restored vigor, and broad health benefits, with Geo. Howard as selling agent in Tarboro dated Feb 23.
Verse from Tarboro dated February 22 expresses longing for a dark-eyed beauty. The writer Sam Sour-Crout meditates on her gaze, smile, and a diamond tear, pleading denial and despair with a desire for affection and an early grave if unreturned.
Fragment from Oh, do not talk to me of love. The speaker warns that love is cruel and unequal, a bird caged by vows that cost a single sigh. The voice imagines love as life to one, sport to another, and rejects future tears amid pleasures. E.G.J. W
Fayetteville Feb 8 1842 column reveals Dr Thomas N Cameron and W H Haywood Jr exchange letters amid Democratic nominating tensions. Cameron denies opposing Henry’s nomination while defending party loyalty and addressing rumors about burial expenses for Gen Harrison. Haywood responds, asserting his right to public critique and signaling continued party alignment despite differences.
The writer rejects accusations of opposing the Democratic candidate Louis D Henry. He praises Henry as honest capable and faithful, a Democrat not a demagogue, and urges North Carolina voters to elect him governor. He argues his own loyalty to party faith and states Henry’s fitness for the executive chair.
A young man Anderson Caulk of the north part of the county died instantly after being thrown from his horse while riding to the burial of a deceased brother in law on the 5th. He had started after the rest of the party and rode briskly when his horse balked.
A terrified observer recounts a chilling scene as the carriage bearing his brother-in-law’s body returns with his own corpse to be prepared for burial near the graveyard. The Greensboro Patriot notes the grim sequence as a striking tragedy.
A traveler from Tioga County, with a sum of money, left Wellsboro on horseback about ten days ago. West of Smithport, at a lone house run by a man named Brash, a masked robber on foot sprang from the woods and seized the horse. The traveler fired, hitting the robber through the heart, then returned to Brash for help. The robber’s identity was revealed after washing his face.
A Boston trial involved Signor Osimel li suing Worcester Railroad Co for 10,000 dollars for his injured son and 15,000 for lifelong inability to support himself. The jury awarded 12,000 for the son and 1,000 to the father, totaling 13,000.
Dr. Walker of Speedwell Claiborne County Tennessee reports a startling poisoning from inhaling coal pit smoke. A wood pit on fire caused three family members to vomit and suffer severe symptoms including convulsions and swollen tongues. The two sons recovered within three days, the eldest regaining speech in about nine hours.
The Vicksburg Sentinel reports an abolitionist was caught in the act of carrying off several enslaved people in Vicksburg and is imprisoned awaiting trial.
The late Mr Bussey leaves a 350000 bequest to Harvard. Half the income funds a Seminary for practical Agriculture, Botany and related sciences, with the rest split equally between the Divinity and Law Schools. It is the largest bequest to a literary institution aside from Girard's, enhancing educational opportunities.
A political one page paper in Rockville Indiana advocates whig and democrat doctrines. It is titled the Olive Branch with two editors, one whig and one democrat.
Extract from an English journal reprints in American papers describing Mesmerism applied to help patients undergo a severe operation without feeling pain. The report notes the method's calming influence and potential benefits in surgical settings.
A report outlines a dental trial where a patient in a mesmeric trance underwent tooth extraction without pain. Dr Engledue and Mr Martin facilitated the procedure, noting complete insensitivity and rapid recovery, followed by another successful extraction wishfully observed by bystanders.
The ground for the magnificent edifice cost about 750000 and the entire cost will be about 1100000. Rents when all apartments are finished will yield about 100000. The portion completed on May 1 and now occupied yields about 50000 for the current year.
UP Smith, a free African American, was tried in Richmond for abducting two of Dr. Cabell's slaves. He was found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years in the Penitentiary.
A Cleveland correspondent reports the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie closed its doors today. It was one of Ohio’s oldest and strongest banks, and fears grow that other banks once sound may soon fail.
The British author Charles Dickens visits the nation as a celebrated guest. Northern cities vie with each other in honoring him, while Dickens conducts himself with modesty and tact, showing manners due to his standing and the occasion.
The death of Mr. Robert Willis a late commission merchant of New York occurred Friday on the Jersey railroad while en route to Wilmington to marry a young lady. The tragic event has struck his fiancé and friends with deep distress.
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