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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1840
Page
1
The Tarborough Press announces weekly publication with yearly rates of one dollar fifty cents prepaid or three dollars after year end, twenty five cents monthly for partial year. Advertisements up to a square cost one dollar first insertion, twenty five cents per continuation, longer ads at a proportional rate, court notices higher by twenty five percent. Mail letters to the Militor must be postpaid.
A Victorian advertisement promotes Evans Soothing Syrup as essential for teething infants. It claims quick relief from gum pain, reduces convulsions and fever, and prevents recurrence with nightly use. The letter from a parent praises its efficacy after dramatic relief in a teething crisis. Endorsed by multiple regular agents in 1640 New York listing.
The Nashville Union reports General Andrew Jackson arrived at the Hermitage in improved health after a notable journey to ease friends and celebrate public service. A Mississippi welcome included Gov. McNutt and Speaker Speight, with addresses praising Jackson’s leadership, regional progress, and the craft of state institutions.
The narrator recalls the veteran’s eventful history with respect and affection as time has worn his once vigorous frame to illness. Tears rise from fair ladies old soldiers and hardy workers who witness the ravages time and sickness have wrought.
The Indiana Legislature approved a public works bill described by the Louisville Public Advertiser as issuing treasury notes to contractors. The plan authorizes up to 1.5 million in five dollar and fifty dollar notes, with one year for the five dollar notes and two years for the fifty dollar notes, receivable for state taxes in 1840 and 1841, backed by future state interests and bank debts.
The Banks and the House of Assembly of Mississippi pass a bill by 50 to 39 to require banks to resume specie payments on five dollar notes January first and extend a schedule to ten, twenty, and larger notes with penalties for noncompliance. Four Democrats and four Whigs oppose. Also notes of Steinberger, the cattle monopolist, show large assignments and asset surplus amid claims against the Bank of the United States, Bank of Penn Township, and Baltimore banks. Portsmouth Old Dom.
Early reports from the Eastern States show new banks struggling to attract subscribers to stock as people lose faith in paper money and push for specie. The shift reduces banking profits and signals tightening money conditions.
The 1840 census will record not only population but also Agriculture, Manufactures, Mines, Commerce, and Education. Interveatories outline new statistical tables, with the same enumerator gathering both population and wealth data, minimizing extra labor and expense.
Both houses of the Ohio legislature vote to assert authority to repeal any act of incorporation, establishing a sweeping power over corporate charters. The decision affirms legislative prerogative in charter matters.
An agent located a Southern slave recently absconded and obtained a warrant. The slave, initially fearful, greeted arrest as deliverance from illegal freedom. He appeared before the Recorder to be sent back to the fields, hopeful to soon be returned to his companions.
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