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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1836
Page
1
The Tarboroush Press by George Howard details weekly publication, advance and delinquent payment terms, and rates for short-term subscriptions. It notes advertising insertions, continuation charges, and that letters to the editor must be postpaid.
The article discusses the restoration of navigation on Dismal Swamp Canal, its significance to Norfolk and North Carolina, and a proposal to Congress for funding to remove obstructions at Deep Creek and Joyce's Creek. It notes timber and mast supplies for the navy, historical trade through the canal, and a state plan to subscribe for more shares in the canal company to expand capacity and stock.
A power was judiciously granted to raise capital when deemed necessary by the stockholders of the firm Norfuith Her. This action reflects prudent governance and the potential for future expansion.
The Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad reaches South Anna twenty miles from Richmond. An excursion from Richmond carried six cars and 150 passengers to the new terminus on the 15th ultimo.
The Elizabeth City Herald reports no new small pox cases in town for ten days. Remarkable Fact presents Silliman's Journal claim that water in a filled tube develops west to south rotary motion when a middle-bottom hole discharges, opposing sun motion, and resumes after stopping the motion.
A man argues that rapid globe motion brings objects to a ball and cites a hare dodging a shot. In Ohio a pursuer traps a black snake by zigzagging around a birch. the snake knots itself while the man flips into a back somersault. The oddities prompt disbelief and curiosity.
Col Crockett tells of an Arkansas bank that accepted animal skins as currency. He trapped, hauled skins to the bank, and drew money, keeping 50 percent in specie. He repeated the plunder by selling finer skins at bank hours, then at night prying the bank safe with a ramrod to reclaim skins for resale, ultimately bursting the bank.
Rumor spreads that Col. Crockett died after reaching Texas. Rebecca Peake was sentenced to be hanged.
The Morning Post reports Chelsea Vermont note of a trial in which Mrs. Peake, second wife of Mr. Peake of Randolph, poisoned her husband and two children with arsenic and later a son. She admitted the crimes, claimed insanity, and now awaits a death sentence with possible clemency efforts reported from Boston.
The banking capital of Louisiana will exceed seventy two million dollars by session end. Discounts are expected to total around one hundred fifty million. Earlier figures show rapid growth since 1811, with capital rising from seventy five thousand to seventy two million by 1836 amid sugar, cotton, and port commerce growth. After Prescott's execution, a pedlar offered tin ware proceeds for the widow of the deceased, calling for bids on a teapot.
In Clinton Mississippi a duel between Caldwell and Gwynn drew about 400 spectators. Caldwell was killed, dying within a few hours. Gwynn was struck by a glancing ball in the chest and is recovering.
The Edgecombe County Patrollers must visit slave houses monthly and as needed to search for firearms or sedition. They may seize arms and bring findings to the County Court with a written return. Night or day patrols may arrest suspected slaves and punish offenders with up to fifteen lashes if rule violations occur.
Extracted rules establish slave patrol power to prevent mischief, seize runaways, and officers duty to enrol slaves aged twelve and up, punishments up to thirty nine lashes, and court escalation for absences, with patrol committee oversight, taxation, and enforcement by Justices of the Peace. The document, dated February Term 1836, outlines patrol duties, funding, and enforcement procedures in detail.
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